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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 28, 1939

Page

7

Cotton market shifts as New Orleans closes steady

In New Orleans trading, grade buying and year end short covering erased early declines in cotton futures. Prices closed steady with minor gains across contracts, while New York and Liverpool reports showed mixed moves as December and March futures fluctuated amid mill demand and overseas selling.

New Orleans New York Liverpool

Live cattle market notes from New Orleans to Chicago price quotes

Market report cites salable cattle and calves in New Orleans and Chicago with bids and ranges. Highlights include yearlings around 11.50, steers mostly 10.78 to 11.28, heifers and bulls higher, stocker and feeder supply light, sheep steady with top around 9.15 and ewes at 40.50, late Wednesday receipts near 9,500 head.

Chicago USDA Weerlings Aherme

Sugar futures dip on weak market sentiment and quotas

New York oats report notes softer sugar trading as fears of large quotas weighed on both domestic and world futures. Prices slipped 1 to 2 points in afternoon trading with January at 1.84 and March at 1.91, while Cuban and European liquidation influenced late quotes. Refined sugar held at 4.70 with various contract details and unit prices cited.

New York Europe

Chicago Butter and Egg Prices Reported Firm

In Chicago on December 2 butter prices held firm at 48 319 with creamery 98 score and specific figures 30 1 2 92 291 2 88 27. eggs showed firmness with fresh graded extra firsts at 2014 while other prices remained unchanged.

Chicago

Financial market recap shows varied gains and losses

New York stocks firm as steels and aircraft rally while bonds improve and corporates lead. Foreign exchange mixed with belga slipping and guilder rising. Cotton steady. New Orleans buying. Sugar soft amid talk of large 1940 quotas. Metals quiet. copper export declines. Wool uneven with spot liquidation. Chicago wheat unsettled. corn steady. cattle up to 25 higher. hogs down 10 to 25 with top at 6.00.

New York New Orleans Chicago

Wall Street Rebounds In Year End Stock Rally

New York market turns up after backsliding as tax selling dries up and investors reinvest. Steel and aircraft shares lead a broad rally with volume around 1000.0 shares, while gains stay modest and cautious sentiment persists ahead of year end.

Victor Eubank New York Dec Wall Street

Grain futures dip as moisture hits hard winter belt

Chicago wheat prices resume decline with small selling and May at 1.02 1/4 to 1 3/4. July 1.02 to 1 3/4. Corn steady with May around 59 1/2 to 59 7/8. Oats lift slightly. Poultry prices steady to higher with various fowl priced above 14 cents per pound.

Chicago

Wuthering Heights wins New York critics award 1939

New York critics name Wuthering Heights best English language picture of 1939 after a long split over Gone With the Wind and Mr Smith Goes to Washington. Vivien Leigh and James Stewart win acting honors. John Ford is cited for Stagecoach. Foreign film honors go to Marcel Pagnol’s Harvest. The awards ceremony is set for January 17.

New York Samuel Goldwyn Emily Bronte Stewart Robert Donat Merle Oberon Laurence Olivier Cathy Heathcliff Walt Disney Goldwyn LaGuardia James Cagney Margaret Sulivan

Ouachita Parish Alcohol Ordinance Adopted in 1939

The police jury of Monroe Louisiana passes an ordinance banning alcohol sales after midnight and restricting sales to licensed bars. It sets penalties up to $100 fine or 39 days in jail and revokes licenses on final conviction. The measure includes provisions on underage sales and general enforcement. Found notices and classifieds follow.

Vinson Owens All Ordnance Ouachita Louisiana Ouachita Parish Beard State of Gore Yeas D Y Smith W J. Vinson A.B . Mrrratt Ockland A Kincaid Tor Hicks W. A Mills Henr Sande Berry D S. Owens A. EB Montgomery Lk. Warren J. M. Breard L Warren EF HK. Hill Monroe

Hot Seat Smoke Ends With Quick Fire Station Stop

C A Hollister of Rockport Missouri raced 12 miles in a burning coupe to a fire station where firefighters quenched the blaze before serious damage. Harry P Whalen of Omaha after 36 years crossing the Missouri River ferry finally received the first toll coupon book when the bridge opened.

Shenandoah, la C. A. Hollister Rockport Omaha Neb Harry P. Whalen Nebraska Iowa Missouri Missouri River Brownville Whalen

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