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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1929
Page
2
In New Orleans on December 7 traders awaited official crop figures due Monday. The market saw limited price moves with some long liquidation offset by short covering early, then late selling pushed prices down. Final closes showed a steady to slightly lower result with declines of about four to six points.
New York cotton markets show January slipping to 17.06 with overall futures around 6 to 9 points lower as liquidation and southern selling press prices down. Spot middling quoted at 17.48 with the market barely steady.
Absence of major liquidation early in New Orleans trade kept prices in a narrow range. Margin calls in the last half hour pressured values, with no strong news to alter sentiment. Reports cite unfavorable weather across Texas and Alabama and fertilizer sales lagging last year, while manufacturers curb output amid light demand.
New Orleans December 7 reports show steady cottonseed oil futures with prices for prime summer yellow and prime crude oil quoted. Futures for nearby and upcoming months range from 790 to 850 with occasional fractional adjustments and tentative figures for January through December contracts.
Poultry prices remain unchanged with a near steady market in Chicago as two rail cars of live birds are received. The Associated Press reports stable demand and supply conditions.
Liverpool report shows prices up for American cotton with sales of 2 000 bales including 1 600 American. Receipts 21 000 bales. Futures closed quiet with December 931, January 933, May 950.
The market shows steady foreign exchange rates with Britain at 4.875 to the dollar and Italy 5.232 to the value. France quotes 3.935 to 3.936, Belgium 13.991 and Germany 23.921. Other currencies listed include Spain 12.84 and Brazil 11.7 percent, Montreal 9.06 1 4.
New York stocks rose despite weekend profit taking as investors pushed prices higher in active issues across utilities, steels, business machines and chemicals. Trading exceeded 8 million shares with hopes of holiday trade and possible future dividends fueling advances and solid closing strength.
Stocks rise with U S Steel up nearly 12 points and Aluminum Co up 11. Bonds mixed as ITT convertible 11-28 gains 4. Curb markets show strength while sugar and coffee stay steady. Wheat weak from reduced European buying. corn and cattle flat. hogs advance. foreign exchange steady except peseta soft. Brazil rounds out selling.
Chicago grain markets opened with Wheat 1/8 to 3/4 off and slid further before a rally. Corn oats and provisions followed with declines and limited recovery. Wheat closed 2 to 2 cents lower, Corn 3 to 1 cent down, oats 2 cents off, provisions unchanged to up 7 cents.
Cattle receipts 200 up to date with gains across weight classes. Top yearlings 16.25 and weighty steers 14.75, bulk yearlings 12.90 to 15.00, yearlings heifers to 15.26. Sheep receipts 1,000 from feeding stations and 4,200 direct with lamb prices up about 25 cents. fat lambs 14.00 to 13.25, yearlings 19.59 to 11.00, fats 5.00 to 6.00. Hog receipts 10,000 with direct sales at 9.00 and market strong to higher. butchers 250-300 pounds 8.85 to 9.30, 200-260 pounds 9.00 to 9.80, 180-200 pounds 8.75 to 9.30.
Butter steady with receipts of 8,355 tubs including creamery extras 42 and standards 40. Extra firsts 40 to 41 and firsts 36 1 2 to 38 1 2, seconds 34 1 2 to 35. Eggs steady with 1,562 cars received and prices unchanged.
Raw sugar in New York shows steady prices at 3.71 with no sales reported and light futures activity. Traders cover positions and some buying by trading houses with Cuban links support a steady undertone as December to September futures finish mixed.
The Monroe Catholic Daughters of America newly formed Court 1144 planned its initiation of 85 charter members at the Parochial School Auditorium. Members would gather at 9:15 AM for ribbons, attend 9:30 AM high mass, then lunch, installation of officers, and a formal procession with Knights of Columbus escorts from Alexandria and Shreveport.
Charles Cullen a 76 year old pipeline worker was struck by an automobile driven by Anderson Jones a Negro at the Grand and DeSiard street intersection at 1 40 P M The injured man did not appear seriously hurt Jones was placed under a $100 bond pending investigation of his reputation and the circumstances of the accident Cullen had just stepped off the sidewalk to cross DeSiard from north to south and Jones was turning from Grand into DeSiard to cross the Ouachita river bridge
In Middleton Tennessee on Thursday Carie Gunn, 21 from Tiptersville Massachusetts, confessed attacking a 15 year old white schoolgirl. Sheriff A W Nealey of Hardeman County arrested Gunn at 1 p m and outwitted a mob. The girl remained in serious condition as the posse dispersed after a 24 hour chase.
H N Rosenhein reports the sale of a vacant corner lot at Stubbs avenue and North Second streets. The 100 by 143 foot parcel, owned by Mrs Ida Kaplan, sold for 7000 dollars to H and S Masur.
Haywood Bonnett tried in district court on selling intoxicating liquor. fined 50 dollars plus costs. Charles Brown, Negro, received 60 days in jail and 250 dollar fine or four months more. will serve six months due to inability to pay. Brown arrested with five whiskey bottles hidden on his person. Dickens charged with obtaining goods under false pretenses will be tried Wednesday after the motion hour.
The Monroe minerals division office is virtually inactive as new Commissioner Robert Maestri of New Orleans appoints R. P. Webb to lead. Several staffers including J. H. Stinson John Ransom and Aaron Parker are off payroll while reorganization proceeds.
Police have not heard from Ernest Dixon alias Ernest Turpentine after a shooting at Leiber's quarters near Twelfth and Oak. Officers believe Dixon may be hiding in a nearby Negro house or has fled town by automobile. He is wanted on breaking and entering charges in Arkansas and Louisiana and has escaped jail multiple times, most recently in Hamburg, Arkansas.
Sheriff Nealey learned from a Black man that Gunn was the man sought in an attack on a girl. Gunn hid near Pocahontas, was captured, and a mob pursued. He fled via Mississippi, then returned to Jackson, Tennessee, and Memphis, placing the suspect on a bus under police escort.
A 21 year old Negro laborer Percy Lee Lewis is jailed in Lincoln parish awaiting a medical sanity exam. Sheriffs say earlier questioning labeled him mentally deficient but doctors must confirm sanity before ruling on the case. Two orphanage girls identified him as the alleged accoster, while some women could not positively identify him.
A boat with two barges swung by wind blocked the railroad bridge during the noon rush. Both bridges opened at 12 30 p m and the vessel freed at 1 10 p m. Hundreds of cars queued on De Siard street until congestion eased. The boat was downstream and suffered no pier damage.
Wasey M. Richard, injured days earlier in a stairway fall at the Stag pool hall, is reported doing fairly well at St Francis sanitarium. A spinal puncture was done to relieve pressure at the skull base following concussion. Eyeballs were swollen with dark rings from the concussion not blows. Pain at the skull base persisted and fracture was suspected though not evident on x rays.
Claphitat the endurance typist arrives in Monroe to attempt a record breaking stretch in a Stan dard Office Supply window at 125 St. John street. He will type continuously day and night for an unknown period while Ouachita parish residents guess the hours and words typed. He claims a previous 100 hour run without food or sleep aided by water and liquid sustenance.
Six candidates appeared for examination for Rhodes Scholarships from Louisiana before the Swarthmore committee. The prize funds support study at the University of Oxford for three years at 400 pounds annually. Notable contenders include Wil liam A. Beall Jr and Felix Webster McBryde of Tulane, J H Hean and William Whipple Jr of military academies, and Louis iana State University entrant Louisana State University Baton Rouge.
Central station Nos 1 5 6 7 and the emergency truck run three men per shift. Day shift 10 am to 6 pm 10 hours while night shift 6 pm to 10 am 14 hours. Night men rest on duty. day men perform repairs. Company No 2 opens a brick station 30 by 50 feet with concrete truck floor and pine living area.
U S Marines joined native constabulary to restore order as 150 demonstrators led riots in Port au Prince and Aux Cayes. The clashes left three Americans injured and prompted martial law and reinforcements as political disturbances spread through the region. President Hoover sent a congressional message outlining the crisis.
President seeks rapid Haiti commission and $50000 for that mission while Secretary Stimson announces 500 Marines sail from Hampton Roads. Five hundred Marines from Quantico and Paris Island board the Wright to Haiti with 120 enlisted and officers from Paris Island and Portsmouth joining.
A legislative panel charged Knox and Inman with conspiring to collect income and inheritance taxes, prompting Knox’s impeachment vote and his resignation. Hilbun, former supervisor of negro education and agricultural service director, faced audits revealing deficits and a Rosenwald fund shortfall, with probes paused as he resigned.
Victor Hugo Cummings six months old son of Mr and Mrs D C Cummings died at a local hospital from cerebral hemorrhage an unusual case for a child. The funeral was held this afternoon at the Corry-Davis funeral home with Rev L T Hastings officiating. Interment was in Walnut Grove cemetery.
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