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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1950
Page
3
New Orleans market reports mixed early movement as cotton futures show small gains for nearby contracts and declines for longer options. Prices at 11:30 a m CST range from 39 30 for Dec to 42 62 for May with several quotes moving within narrow bands.
USDA reports live poultry steady with 31 loads received. Prices unchanged for heavy hens 26 to 29 cents, light hens 23 to 24, roosters 27 to 33, fryers 23 to 24, old roosters 18 to 18.5, ducks 15 to 25. Local buyers keep bids stable amid light supplies.
Butter receipts reach 334,569 with wholesale prices mostly unchanged. AA 93 score at 66.75 cents. 92 A 66. 99 B 63.5. 89 C 61. Eggs receipts 11,209 with wholesale prices steady to down two cents a dozen. U S extras 46-47 cents, U S mediums 42-45, U S standards 39-41, current receipts 38 with dirties and checks 37.
Charles Edwin Cox age 21 of West Monroe wed Bobbie Ann Gibson 17 of Monroe. William Jackson Barnes 23 of West Monroe married Lois Elaine Beaird 20 of Monroe.
Ivy Smith received a permit to add to a car port at 3928 De Siard street for 150 dollars with day labor. A. L. Parker was issued a permit to add to a building at 3918 DeSiard for 4400 dollars with day labor. Molly Jones was granted a permit to add to a dwelling at 114 Curry for 110 dollars with day labor.
Five major National Cotton Council committees will meet January 20 in Biloxi Mississippi to map the 1951 industry wide program. Fifty five committeemen will draft plans for sales promotion utilization research production and marketing foreign trade and margarine legislation.
Funeral services are announced for Bennie L Warner 56 who died at his Grayson home. The service will be at Holum Methodist Church with interment at Welcome Home Cemetery. Survivors include wife Josie Warner three sons two brothers and three sisters. Also noted are the funeral for Emma Wright 65 Swartz and Deborah Marie Canal born at birth with services in Mulhearn Funeral Home and burial at Riverview Park.
Washington reports the House could adjourn until after Christmas as 179 of 435 members responded, nine short of a majority. Speaker Rayburn and Democratic Leader McCormack conferred at the rostrum to plan, while absentees were sought to avert automatic adjournment.
Three Monroe fire companies responded to a fire at Dr C B Flinn’s home at 2309 Myrtle Street shortly before 2:30 a.m. Thursday. The doctor and family were vacationing in Sun Valley Idaho. Fire officials suspect the blaze started from a floor furnace in an upstairs bathroom, spreading to bedrooms and a downstairs bath. Firemen from engine companies three five and ladder company two battled the flames, which had engulfed the upstairs when the alarm arrived. No occupants were home at the time.
Baton Rouge Louisiana December 21 One man was killed and another jailed after a truck auto collision on the airline highway last night identified as Carlos Moore 45 dead Wilbur Laird 37 jailed pending coroner inquest both men from Woodville Mississippi Laird drove truck Moore in car collision occurred about 1130 p m on the highway in the western edge of the city Also included a cooking tip about frying unblanched almonds in oil at 325 to 350 F for four to five minutes then draining and salting while hot.
Funds for the Good Fellows drive grow by 75 dollars after a turkey auction on KMLB. Sheriff Bailey Grant and deputies contribute 25 dollars in memory of Joe W. Hudson. E N Thompson wins a donated turkey from George Franklin of Holly Ridge at 75 dollars, amid a disputed 90 dollar bid later clarified as unauthorized.
Water levels show rises at St Louis Memphis Helena Wickliffe Natchez Baton Rouge and Ouachita Camden Monroe Jonesville Pittsburgh and Cincinnati with several locations recording notable flood increases. Tennessee and Arkansas cities report falls including Chattanooga and Shreveport while Shreveport area shows rising pool stage after yesterday’s readings.
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