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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1938

Page

9

Cotton Futures Close Steady After Holiday Trading Slump

New Orleans and New York markets show modest gains as holidays curb activity. January through October contracts traded near flat with late-session improvements, while spot cotton closed slightly higher amid light demand and steady export pace.

New Orleans

Cotton Prices And Futures In Liverpool Market

Liverpool reports cotton with 4 000 bales sold with no American buyers and spot quiet. Prices range from strict good middling 5.78 down to good ordinary 3.53 with futures closing varied from 1 point higher to 1 lower for January to October contracts.

Liverpool

Cottonseed Oil Prices Steady With Bonded Figures

Market notes show cottonseed oil closing steady with bleachable prime summer at 7.35 nominal. Prime crude ranges 6.25 to 6.37, 1-2 bids. Futures quoted around 7.03 for December, 7.02 for January, 7.26 for March, 7.32 for May, and 7.40 for July with bid bids noted.

New Orleans

Market Report: Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices Rise in Chicago

U S Department of Agriculture notes hogs totaling 18 000 with gains 10 to 25 cents as top hog price reaches 7 65. Cattle and calves total 9 500 with fat cattle up 25 to 40 cents and best fed steers 11 50 to 13 00. Sheep and lambs price trends show fat lambs up 15 to 25 cents with top near 9 50.

Chicago U. S

Butter and Eggs Market Report Chicago Dec 19

Butter for sale 607,136 unsettled with creamery specials at 25 3 4 to 26 for extras and 24 to 25 1 2 for firsts. Eggs at 26 forgraded extra firsts, 25 1 4 for firsts, current receipts 24 1 4, refrigerator 21 1 2, standards 21 1 4.

Chicago

River Stages Flood Present 24 Hour Stage Change

Flood swelling river levels reported a 0.2 foot fall in the 24 hour stage as observers monitor rising waters and potential impacts along affected shores.

Stocks Slip as Profit Taking Slows Rally in Mixed Markets

New York traders see irregular stock action with profit taking cooling gains. Bonds rise while rails lead a new upswing. cotton and sugar show uneven moves. coffee and foreign exchange hold steady amid mixed curb and air craft data.

New York

Aircrafts Hit Fresh Highs In Yearend Stock Rally

New York December market notes show aircrafts reaching new year highs with gains up to two points. Major aircraft related names such as Douglas Bendix United Aircraft Eastern Airlines and Glenn Martin led the trend, while steel and rail issues trailed and utilities and oils moved narrowly.

Victor Eubank New York Douglas Aircraft Bendix United Aircraft Eastern Airlines Glenn Martin United States Steel Bethlehem Southern Pacific Great Northern Chrysler Westinghouse Montgomery Ward Wright Aeronautical Union Carbide

Chicago Wheat and Corn Prices Edge Up in Early Trade

Chicago wheat and corn futures opened modestly higher as Liverpool quotes supported by a European cold wave. May wheat rose to 66 5-8 to 3-4, July 66 1-8, with May corn at 52 1-8 to 1-4 and July 53. At the close, May wheat 66 7-8 to 3-4, July 66 1-2 to 3-8, corn up 3-4 to 1 cent, May 521-2-5-8, July 533-8-1-2, oats up 1-4 to 3-8.

Chicago Liverpool Europe Italy

Chicago Poultry Prices Move Across Live and Dressed Markets

Chicago market report lists live poultry and dressed turkey prices by weight and type. Hens and colored birds range from 11 to 17 cents per pound, roosters around 12 cents, turkeys from 18 to 27.5 cents, ducks and geese noted with varying weights and prices. Dressed birds show hens at about 25 to 29.5 cents per pound and toms from 16 to 27.5 cents.

Chicago Plymouth White Rock Plymouth Rock Leghorn Roosters Ducks Young Toms Southwestern Young Hens

Sugar futures rise on covering and trade buying

Sugar futures advanced as traders covered shorts and bought, with March No 3 at 1.98 and March No 4 around 1.14, May 1.14 1-2, near the day’s best in midafternoon trading.

New York

Gloria Baker to Wed Today in Palm Beach Society Wedding

In Palm Beach a restricted guest list of about 30 attends the double ring ceremony for Gloria Baker of New York and Palm Beach and Henry J. Topping heir to a tin plate fortune. The bride’s half brother Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt to perform the nuptials with Mrs. George Vanderbilt as attendant and Rev. Arthur M. Depew to officiate. The couple met on a cruise and share connections to Emerson and Vanderbilt fortunes.

Palm Beach Fla Gloria Baker New York Henry J Bob” Topping Margaret Emerson Topping Daniel Miss Baker Cromo-Seltzer Isaac Emerson Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt George Vanderbilt Arthur M. Depew First Christian Church of West Palm Beach Daniel G. Reid American Tin Plate Company Acress Jane Shadduck Africa Mrs. Emerson Gloria

Roosevelt Sends Message to Scouts and Christmas Cheer

President Roosevelt urged the Boy Scouts to perform good deeds in a holiday message released by Chief Scout Executive James E. West. He will deliver Yuletide greetings from Washington as a 76 foot Rockefeller Plaza tree lights up and parks host festive broadcasts.

New York Roosevelt Boy Scouts of America James E. West Washington Franklin D. Roosevelt New York Women’s Trade Union League Rockefeller Plaza Times Square Stuyvesant Square Union Square Columbus Circle

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