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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1938
Page
7
Cotton futures in New Orleans closed with 3 to 5 point declines as liquidation and shifting months dampened near positions. January to October contracts hovered. May 1940 saw a small gain. Spot cotton eased to 5 points, with sales 121 and stock at 731,904.
New York trading on December 27 saw cotton futures ease under liquidation on first January notice day. Buyers emerged on reaction, helping absorb offerings. March contract dipped from 8.36 to 8.34 cents, finishing about 2 to 4 points lower mid-afternoon.
New Orleans reports steady cottonseed oil closes with bleachable prime summer yellow at 7.35, prime crude 6.12 1-2-6.37 1-2. Prices listed for January 6.98, March 7.19, May 7.29, July 7.36 in B units.
Butter and eggs report firm prices in Chicago with two day totals. Butter totals include various quality grades from extras to standards and a 143,840 pound two day tally. Eggs also show firmer demand with grades from extra firsts to standards and current receipts around 231 to 261 per unit.
Chicago wheat futures opened with fractional gains as cold waves sweep the grain belt raising concerns over snow protection for crops. May and July contracts moved higher while corn and oats also advanced with losses in late trading. A note on Fukuoka highlights its status as a modern airport.
New York stocks slide with leading industrials down while bonds show mixed results and rails retreat on profit taking. Foreign exchange holds steady as sterling and franc narrow. cotton quiet and sugar buys support trade. Chicago wheat rises on crop damage fears. corn firm on wheat. cattle and hogs firm with hogs up to about ten.
Pivotal industrial stocks fall fractions to a point or more while aircrafts rails and specialties gain modestly. Steel drop estimated at 12.9 points in weekly mill operations to 38.3 percent capacity. Trading pace slows after a lively start with around 1.2 million shares changing hands.
In Chicago on December 27 poultry market figures show live offerings with 1 car and 23 trucks, hens and chicks priced across weight categories. Leghorn hens, colored broilers, White Rock and Plymouth Rock varieties rise to 15 18 and 17-18 cents per pound, while roosters and turkeys see mixed gains and declines. Dressed turkeys and boxed hens also move with varied prices, reflecting steady to firm demand across weights and species.
Sugar futures moved inconsistently in a narrow range in New York trading. The No 3 contract rose about a point on covering and trade support with January at 183 and July near 2.01 at 2 p.m. The No 4 contract fell 1 to 2 points as May traded around 114 1 2 and September at 1.15.
Herschel Grynszpan, awaiting trial in Paris for killing a German envoy attache, says he wants no defense contributions. He returned a donor's gift to Dr. George Herzog with a plea to instead aid 1,200 Jews jailed and starving on the Polish border.
Notices of multiple property seizures and sales by Milton Coverdale Sheriff in Ouachita Parish Louisiana. Auctions set at the Monroe courthouse front door on dates in December 1938 through January 1939, with parcels from Bon Ar Rome, Steele Madden, Cole Addition and other tracts offered for cash.
Former Belgian premier Paul Van Zeeland aboard the Normandie praises the United States in troubled times. He notes Americans are fortunate with two oceans as their most precious gifts and contrasts U S. troubles with Europe.
John Brownlee 64 died after a short illness in a Shreveport hospital Sunday. Funeral held at Mrs. J. E. Webb’s home on Arkansas road today. Interment in Liberty cemetery near Calhoun. Survived by wife, one sister Mrs. W. E. Leonard and four half brothers.
Public sale of property in Ouachita Parish Louisiana to satisfy a writ of fi fa issued by Fourth Judicial District Court. Sale takes place at the Monroe Court House with details listing numerous parcels and lots in West Monroe and related subdivisions. Also notes a preliminary meeting of the Ouachita Nations seeking election of officers.
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