New Orleans Markets Mixed With Modest Cotton Gains
The New Orleans market reports steady cotton futures with net advances of one to three points and early trading activity tapering in the afternoon. Exports reach 48 bales while spot cotton closes quietly with sales at 21,000 and middling around 44 to 99, receipts at 1,589 and stock levels noted. Global grain futures show Chicago wheat and corn moving higher amid cautious market tone.
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Cotton futures wobble amid hedging and liquidation
In New York trading December 7 cotton futures slipped early on hedging and fund selling before recovering. March futures fell from 8.27 to 8.23 but closed around 8.25, leaving the market about 1 point higher to 2 lower on the day.
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New York
Liverpool Cotton Prices and Futures Rise in December Steam
Liverpool market report notes no American cotton, demand up, prices up 6 points. Quotations show American grades steady to higher with various middling and good ordinary figures. Futures closed 4 to 6 points higher with December to October positions listed.
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Cottonseed Oil Prices Steady in New Orleans Market
In New Orleans on December 7, cottonseed oil closed steady with bleachable prune summer yellow at 7.25N. Prime crude ranges from 6.12 1-2 to 6.25. Nearby contracts show December at 6.98B, January 7.05B, March 7.17B, May 7.25B, and July 7.33B. B-Bid format noted.
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New Orleans
Hogs and cattle rise as receipts fall in Chicago market
Hogs gain 15 to 20 cents with top at 7.55 as receipts shrink. Cattle and calves advance with good and choice fed stock up 25 to 40 cents, fat lambs steady above 9.40, and overall demand improving despite earlier week sluggishness. US Department of Agriculture listings show mixed gains across hogs, cattle, and lambs with tops and averages noted.
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Chicago
United States Department of Agriculture
Butter And Eggs Market Rates In Chicago
Butter prices steady at 419 908 with no change. Eggs total 3 928 with mixed declines and current receipts 25. Graded extras fetch 28, firsts 26 1-2, refrigerator extras 22 3-4, standards 22 1-2, firsts 22 1-4.
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Chicago
Market recovery seen as stocks advance amid mixed cues
Investors pushed U S Steel Chrysler Greyhound Douglas Aircraft and Union Carbide higher as the market edged toward midday. Utilities and aviation shares led gains while aluminum of America bolted upward on the curb and European exchange rates weighed on sentiment.
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Wheat and corn futures dip and rise in Chicago market
Chicago wheat and corn futures opened with mixed moves as dry conditions in winter crop regions drew attention. Dec wheat sits around 64 1 4 to 64 7 8, May near 66 7 8 to 67, while corn Dec 49 49 1 8 and May 51 7 8 to 53 4. In New York sugar futures firm on buying, March No 3 up to 1.95 and July to 2.20, with No 4 at 1.06 1 2 and May 1.11.
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Deputy Wage Hour Official Issues Warning To Employers
A wage hour official warns employers that strict adherence to scheduled hours is required. Records must show each worker’s hours per day and per week, with supplements added for any excess.
Dutch Akers Sentenced Again in Publicized Case
The report outlines Dutch Akers receiving another sentence following a prior conviction. It notes roles of authorities and mentions Hot Springs and a public case context. Details on charges or exact dates are unclear due to fragmented OCR text, but the central fact is Akers’ renewed sentencing in connection with the case.
Funds for Welfare Called Inadequate
Baton Rouge, La. Dec 7. A. Ro Johnson, state welfare commissioner and hospital director, said receipts from a new one per cent sales tax exceed the former luxury tax but funds for welfare remain essentially the same. The sales tax yields about 73,000 dollars monthly after collection costs, while the old luxury tax brought about 310,000 dollars monthly with a 14,500 dollar collection fee.
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Centenary College Damaged by Fire in Shreveport
A fire at Centenary College in Shreveport Louisiana caused several thousand dollars in damage to the administration building. The blaze, likely from spontaneous combustion in a janitors closet, shattered windows and led to library losses of about two hundred books. Classes postponed with plans to resume tomorrow. A trolley motorman alerted firefighters at about 6 am.
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Edward A Byrne Dies Designer of Triboro Bridge at 74
Edward A Byrne, 74, designer of the Triboro bridge project valued at $64,000,000, died of a heart attack at his son Edward Jr’s Rye New York home. A New York City native, he served 47 years with the city before 1933 when he became chief engineer of the Triboro bridge authority.
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Poultry prices steady in Chicago market
Chicago December 7 live poultry traded through 42 trucks with geese at 16 showing no change. Dressed turkeys firm with young toms at 24 per barrel and other prices unchanged.
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Remodeled NYA Homemaking Project in Baton Rouge
The NYA secures a four year lease for a historic building in Baton Rouge to house a homemaking project. Youths receiving NYA aid will rehab the building under HA Hearn supervision with material costs funded by the welfare department. Work aims to finish in four months to start the homemaking program.
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Liquidation Board Borrows Heavily in Post‑Adjournment Actions
Baton Rouge reports state board of liquidation borrowed over a million dollars since July, with $450000 for the state printing board and $190600 added from surplus funds. Legislation had allocated $167000 for this expense through January 1. The debt moratorium commission received $100000. student aid allocations totaled $305000 to LSU and three other institutions plus Southeastern Louisiana College. Court actions include C. H. Johnson drunkenness charge and several minor fines and bonds for vagrancy and traffic offenses.
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Doubts Chapman in Bovina Hold Up
Jackson police said they doubted one of two bandits who held up a Bovina Mississippi establishment Tuesday morning was Charley Chapman. They noted the robbery involved posing as officers, removing slot machines from the Rogers couple's business, and using a car owned by Hazel McIntosh of Jackson stolen earlier that day. Chapman was identified from pictures by a witness.
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Crippled Mrs Marek Beheaded in Austria Murder Case
Martha Marek, crippled and nearly blind, was executed by beheading in Vienna for the murder of her husband, daughter, aunt, and a boarder. Prosecutors called her a human cobra and highlighted her Jewish ancestry amid Nazi press framing. She denied all charges including the claim she severed her husband’s leg for a $30,000 insurance payoff.
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