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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1934
Page
13
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened firmer with March at 12.59 and October up to 12.47 before easing slightly. Exports for today reached 64,450 bales led by Japan with 40,000. Spot cotton closed steady with low middling 12.12 and middling 12.77 in New Orleans.
New York traders saw uneven cotton trading with liquidation and hedging on bulges. March dipped to around 12.56 midday, closing near 12.58. December and other contracts finished 3 points lower to 3 higher, with spot middling at 12.75.
Wall Street edged lower as utilities led the retreat with scattered gains in select industrials and specialties. Transfers reached about 90,000 shares while bonds and foreign exchange showed limited movement.
Liverpool reports 12 000 bales traded including 1 200 American with spot demand up two points. Quotations show American strict good middling 1.78 and various grades, futures closed quiet and steady with Dec 6.85, Jan 6.82, March 6.80, May 6.76, July 6.73, Oct 6.60.
In New Orleans on December 20 cottonseed oil closed steady with prime summer yellow at 9.65 to 9.80 and prime crude at 9.00. December 9.72, January 9.75, March 9.82, May 9.92, July 9.96. In New York futures closed steady with spot unquoted. December 9.6b, January 10.02b, February 9.95b, March 10.02, April 10.00, May 10.09, June 10.10b. 24 contracts sold.
Butter trends steady in Chicago with creamery specials near 93 score and various grade ranges. Egg prices unchanged. no egg sales reported. A giant gin hand illuminated by electricity attracts tourists opposite Munich railway station, highlighting town interests.
New York traders saw irregular stocks with utilities down and bonds uneven as U S governments traded easy. Curb and merchandising issues varied while foreign exchanges stayed quiet and cotton sugar and coffee showed modest demand. Chicago wheat waited on a government report, corn fell, cattle held steady to firm, hogs rose on scarcity, top at 6.55.
Chicago futures opened lower as a proposed Illinois five cent per hundred tax on futures trading unsettled traders. May wheat fell from 98 1 8 to 97 1 4, corn slipped to 87, and eats and oats followed with mixed moves. Overall, wheat finished mixed, corn and oats down 5 8 to 1 4, with provisions varying.
Chicago market report shows hogs at 26 000 head with 13 000 direct and 10-15 higher than Wednesday. Slaughter pigs 3.00-4.25, sows 6.00-6.50. cattle 6 000 commercial and 100 government. fed steers steady with heavier weights showing better demand. vealers 4.75-6.00. sheep 12,000 with fat lambs in demand and slaughter wethers and ewes steady.
New York December 20 foreign exchange rates show Great Britain at 4.94 1 4 for demand and cables, 60 day bills 4.93 1 2. France 6.60 1 4, Italy 8.56, Belgium 23.42, Germany 40.23, Norway 24.84, Sweden 25.49, Denmark 22.08, Finland 2.20, Spain 13.69, Portugal 4.50, Greece 0.93 3-4, Poland 18.95, Czechoslovakia 4.18 1-2, Yugoslavia 2.28, Argentina 32.96B, Brazil 862N, Tokyo 28.87, Shanghai 34.25. Montreal in New York 100.93 3-4, New York in Montreal 99.06 1-4. N-Nominal.
Poultry prices in Chicago show live birds steady to firm with various weights. Hens range 11 1 2 to 13 1 2, Leghorn hens 9 1 2, Rock springs 14 1 2 to 17, colored 13 1 2 to 16 1 2, Leghorn 10, roosters 10, hen turkeys 24, young toms 23, old 19, No 2 17, ducks 4 1 2 pounds up 17 18, small 15, geese 16 1 2, 6-7 pounds 19. Dressed turkeys steady to firm, prices unchanged.
In Ouachita Parish Louisiana Fourth District notices include a sheriff sale of a beverage cooler and a Kelvinator appliance on December 22 1934 at Monroe with Milton Cordale Sheriff. Also stockholders meetings for Ouachita and Quachita National Banks set for January 9 1935, tax ordinance hearings December 24 1934, and administration notices for Thomas Parks Ela C East and dissolution of T J Haynes Inc with liquidators named Allyne H Marshall and Mary Haynes Ober.
A list of classified ad categories including Help Wanted Musicals Instruments Machinery and Tools Office Fixtures Typewriters Farm Products Livestock Seeds Pets Wanted to Purchase Rentals Real Estate Automobiles and related sections formatted as a catalog for quick navigation.
Sugar futures in New York on December 20 showed limited movement with January contracts at 1.72 and September sliding to 1.89 after opening at 1.88. Trading remained modest with 129 December notices for 6,450 tons stopped, and spot-month activity paused. Futures closed mostly steady with prices around 1.70 to 1.89 and 5,450 tons traded.
At a large pheasant farm on the Sussex Hampshire border in England, 500 hens are kept and about 150000 eggs are sold each year, highlighting productive capacity at one of the nation's sizable game farms.
The News-Star and Morning World offer a free Losers Service Bureau listing for found items. An accurate index of recent ads aids owners in reclaiming fur n articles. Readers are urged to phone the Classified Department to report or inquire about lost possessions.
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