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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1933
Page
9
In New Orleans on December 14 trading was moderate with narrow price fluctuations. Futures closed steady with net declines of 2 to 3 points amid firmer stocks and grain. Spot cotton closed steady up 4 points with sales of 866 bales and strong middling levels.
Cotton futures closed steady after a morning drop as trade buying and dollar strength supported the market. March contracts rose to around 10.19, while mid-afternoon quotes stayed within a point of the prior close. Sp ot middling quoted at about 10.15 with a nominal spot close near 9.93 to 10.13.
Liverpool reports fair demand for spot cotton with American grades listed as nil. Quoted prices slip by a point across grades with American strict good middling at 5.97 and good ordinary around 4.42 to 4.72. Futures close quiet and steady with Dec 5.11, Jan 5.11, Mar 5.13, May 5.16, Jul 5.18, Oct 5.22.
New Orleans December 14. Cottonseed oil closed steady with prices for Prime summer yellow 3.90 to 3.95, prime crude 3.00 to 3.25, Dec 3.99, Jan 4.01, March 4.20, April 4.29, May 4.41, July 4.52.
New York December futures for bleach able cottonseed oil end steady with spot unquoted. Dec 4 30B, Jan 4308, Feb 425B, Mar 458, Apr 4698, May 475B, Jun 478B. Sales total 70 contracts, including 58 switches.
The notice lists dairy product pricing and weekly receipts for Chicago creamery items. Butter and creamery specials show multiple grade and score entries with current receipts totaling 15.0 for the week and eggs at 3,070 units.
Call money held steady at 1 percent all day. The Scans elder aged 69 days 3-4-1, 99 days 1-1 1-4, 4-6 months at 1 1-4 to 1-1 1-2 percent. Prime commercial paper quoted at 1-4. Bankers' acceptances unchanged.
A fragmented timetable shows rail and coach departures and arrivals across lines to and from Missouri Pacific and American Airways routes. It lists numbered trains, stations such as St Louis Alexandria Bastrop and Dorado, and varied times for north south and east west travel with daily and Sunday patterns.
New York stocks moved up gradually as investors awaited currency stabilization talk and a steady gold price. Trading showed mixed momentum with several blue chips advancing and the market closing mildly irregular amid notable activity in Allied Chemical and U S Steel while grain pressures and dollar rumors lingered.
New York traders report firm stock advances led by specialties and strong bond and industrial sectors. Foreign exchange and sterling rally. commodities mixed with cotton weak, sugars nearly steady, coffee rising. Chicago grains slip as corn receipts rise. cattle and hogs soften with tops noted for steers and hog prices.
Chicago prices moved higher as securities upturns influenced the market. Wheat advanced then eased, corn opened steady to up a fraction, oats varied, and provisions mostly unchanged with a small rise.
Hogs 33 000 with 7 000 direct sales. bids 5 to 10 or more lower. Top at 3.45. Sows 2.30 to 2.60. Pigs 2.25 to 2.85. Cattle and calves varied. steers and yearlings uneven, some good and choice light and heavy weights steady. Vealers 4.00 to 5.75. Sheep 12 000. fat lambs active, 7.00 to 7.25 for top. ewes 2.25 to 3.50.
The Porean Exchange lists world rates with Britain at 5.09 1 2, France 6.11, Italy 8.16, and other nations quoted in dollars or cents. Demands show Belgium 21.60, Germany 37.20, Holland 62.65, plus various cross rates like Tokyo 90.62 1 2 and Shanghai 33.25. N-Nominal.
Live poultry prices in Chicago on December 14 show a broad spectrum with 51 trucks reporting. Leghorn hens around 7 to 7 1 2, Rock springs 10 1 2 to 11, colored 9 1 2 to 10 1 2, roosters 6, young and old toms listed, and No 2 ducks geese and hen turkeys noted. Dressed turkeys hold at 18 for young hens and Tore, 15 for old hens, 14 for old toms, with No 2 at 11.
Hollywood actor George Raft punched Paramount associate producer Benjamin Glazer after a dispute over lines in a film scene. Glazer says Raft pushed him. Raft apologized and they reportedly made up. Earlier Raft refused a Sanctuary role, citing fit and character concerns.
Paraguayan forces report capturing Fort Saavedra and advancing toward Fort Munoz in the Chaco Boreal after Bolivian garrisons set fire to their barracks. Fort Munoz reportedly in flames as Paraguay seeks to seize key Bolivian bases amid armistice talks at Montevideo.
The Louisiana public service commission asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to postpone hearings on Southwestern cotton rail rates to Gulf ports, citing the need to study potential effects on Louisiana intrastate rates and limited time for preparation. The ICC began an investigation of cotton rates from southern shipping points to Gulf ports to determine possible unfair advantages among shippers and localities.
Jeff Chandler who was sentenced in Morehouse Parish on May 12, 1933 to three and a half years for manslaughter received a pardon from Governor Oscar K. Allen. Louis E. Commagere, who was sentenced in New Orleans on April 9, 1933 to 16 months to two years for possessing stolen property, was granted an indeterminate reprieve.
Dixie Roofing Co Inc of Monroe Ouachita Parish La is adjudged bankrupt on December 9 1933. First meeting of creditors before J M Grimmet Referee Monroe La December 19 1933 at 10 00 a m. Creditors may elect a trustee examine bankrupt prove claims and transact business. File proof of debt. consider immediate sale of property free of liens.
Monore News-Star and Morning World ad rates shown with minimum charge and telephone order notes. The long list covers announcements contracts and categories from Lost and Found to Real Estate Automobiles and Rentals with numbered groups for quick reference.
The parish of Ouachita adopts a 1934 budget totaling 115000.80 dollars with revenues from parish taxes severance tax and other sources. Notices announce bankruptcy discharge hearings for Roland Siegle and Elba Chappel Smith with dates in January 1934 and details in Shreveport.
A card of thanks expresses gratitude to friends for kindness during illness and death of Alice Whithorne. The notice lists several local families and a series of sale and service ads for boats, ribs, motorcycles, pecans, photos, wreaths, and a travel era aircraft. Bank annual meeting dates and notice of the liquidating committee appear with bank officers and dates in Monroe Louisiana for January 1934.
The News-Star and Morning World offer a free Losers' Service Bureau listing for found articles not advertised in today’s papers. An accurate index tracks recent lost items to aid owners in recovery, and ads for lost articles receive free listing to maximize exposure.
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