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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1941
Page
9
Markets across New Orleans and New York show a year end liquidation in cotton futures with closing prices steady to modestly lower. January to July contracts drifted lower by 2 to 3 cents, with spot cotton in New Orleans quiet at 11 points down and stock levels reported.
U S S shipments for Wednesday are daily 540 with moderate supplies. Nebraska Bliss Triumphs No 1 reports 250 units while Minnesota and North Dakota Triumphs show L 5S No L in a slow market. Arrivals 321 on track 334 with U S and shipments 7i noted.
DPE appeals to world powers during the Christmas season to end wars and seek peace. Pope XI, speaking from Itican City, asks leaders to sheath weapons, end human catastrophes, and foster justice and faith amid tempests and turmoil.
Petro it police report Raymond Grennan aged 39, president of a baking concern, plunged to his death Thursday from a hotel apartment ledge. He apparently slept while smoking and toppled from the window ledge to a parking lot below.
Fragmented text shows mixed numbers and place names with rises and falls. The readable bits reference Chattanooga and Arkansas, with scattered figures like 3.7 9.1 13.6 and 14.3. No cohesive event or clear entities emerge.
Markets at a glance show mixed stocks with tax selling hindering recovery. Bonds decline regularly while rail shares dip unevenly. Cotton soft with commission houses selling and switching. Sugar steady amid liquidation by firms. Chicago wheat easy with hedging sales. Corn firm with small shipping activity. Hogs steady to 10 lower. cattle yearlings and light steers steady, others weak to 25 lower.
Scattered weak trading trimmed gains as American Telephone tumbled more than five points. The market lacked fresh war or business news and tax offerings loomed large. Volume for five hours near 1.3 million shares with uneven bonds and mixed commodities.
Chicago grain markets closed for the holidays with steady prices across most contracts. Wheat finished lower by about one eighth to one fourth, May at 1.25 and July near 1.28. Corn gained about one quarter to three eighths with May around 83.5 and July around 84. Stage notes show thin trading and limited price swings.
Last Thursday residents and relatives from Okaloosa and nearby towns gathered for picnics and visits. The Mace family from El Dorado Arkansas returned home after enjoyable sojourns with relatives in Okaloosa, Monroe, and Alexandria. Other local guests included Byrd, Bennett, Frith, Cotton, Mize, and Berry families. Misalignment of a wheel is cited as wearing tires prematurely, shortening casing life.
Across 40 states and the District of Columbia a wartime Christmas toll reaches 431 dead. Traffic crashes cause 354 deaths, with 97 from other causes including fire and gun incidents. Notable tragedy in St. Louis involved a bus wreck and fire killing 10 returners from midnight mass.
The Motion Picture Herald poll shows Mickey Rooney as the national box office leader for the third consecutive year. Clark Gable and Gary Cooper rank high. stars like Betty Grable Gene Tierney Judy Garland Bob Hope Spencer Tracy Gene Autry and others populate the list with noted cowboys and western stars also featured.
In Chungking United States British and Chinese leaders report complete harmony of views and a military council for prosecuting the war against Japan. General Wavell and Major General Brett joined Chiang Kai Shek and others in discussing all aspects of the Far East campaign. The council was created December 23 and the leaders left Chungking for Rangoon to resume duties.
Winnsboro couple Mise Myrtie Lee Nichols and John D. Arnett wed in a Leesville double ceremony with Madge Miller and Lealie E. White. both grooms stationed at Camp Polk to reside in Leesville. Evelyn H. Butler and Sterling Sullivan announce marriage. couple to reside in Ridgeland with Sullivan employed at the Mississippi Institute of Aeronautics in Madison Mass.
Baton Rouge December 26 With Louisiana public schools mobilizing all educational resources for the war effort no unit plays a larger part than 216 high school vocational agriculture departments John E Coxe state superintendent of education says vocational teachers are training farmers and farm boys to grow food and repair essential farm machinery Federal defense training supports classes for out of school rural youths aged 17 and up offering about 400 courses in metal work woodwork electricity and machinery care plus other instruction in food production and repair by high school teachers
The Salvation Army plans its annual Christmas program Friday at 6 30 p.m. at 201 Wood Street open to Salvation Army members and others wishing to attend. Major Hammer said the busy Good Fellows activities left little time for a prior celebration.
The American colony led by Consul-General Addison Southard attended Christmas services in battered Hong Kong churches amid Japanese shelling and later dined at the American Club. Most Americans were safe except one missing person. Southard’s Vittoria Peak residence was destroyed.
Legal notices announce a marshal sale of a 1935 Chevrolet Sedan under a Fi Fa writ in Monroe Louisiana with sale at City Hall front steps on December 27, 1941, and bids for various state purchases due by December 29 30 or 31 1941. multiple notices cover bids for groceries fertiliser an automobile and prison goods, plus a warning notice about Horseshoe Lake Place and other court actions in Ouachita Parish.
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