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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1927
Page
3
The cotton market was quiet but steady in New Orleans with limited trading ahead of holidays. January futures reached 19.77 and exports totaled 32,623 bales for the day, while spot cotton closed steady with middling around 19.92.
New York cotton futures moved higher on optimistic views of the textile sector but faced selling and failed to hold gains. Futures closed steady to slightly higher with multiple months quoted near the day’s lows and the market described as not fully maintained.
Liverpool reports steady prices across grades with American cotton in demand. Sales reach 00 bales including 5,800 American, with receipts of 2,000 bales. Futures close easier from Jan to Oct with minor shifts. official noon close noted.
In New York on December 30 cotton seed oil closed steady with prime summer yellow at 10.25 and prime crude at 8.62 1 2 87 1 2. In New Orleans the same day prices were steady with prime summer yellow at 9.65 prime crude 8.75 and futures for February to September listed from 9.80 to 10.65.
New Orleans wires report a quiet but steady cotton market with prices a shade higher than yesterday. Trade interest fair with shorts covering. post holiday realization seen, yet contract demand sufficient to absorb it. Spots high with strong Carolina selling and optimistic outlook for higher prices in the new year.
Call money firm all loans 5 1 2 with closing bid 5 4 2. Time loans steady. Mixed collateral 60 90 days 4 1 8. 4 6 months 4 1 4. Merchantile paper price 3 3 4.
New York December 30 Liberty bonds closed with varied results. Liberty 31-23 rose to 101.21 while first 4 1-4 reached 10315. Third 4s at 100.20 and fourth 41-4s at 103.80. Treasury 4s traded at 110.28 and 4 pds at 115.24.
Irregularity appeared in today's market with dull trading ahead of the holiday. Buying focused on food, steel, office supplies, copper, tobacco and utilities while call money held firm and broker loans rose. Notable leaders included Nash and Packard Motors, Inland Steel, IBM and Mexican Petroleum with overall volume near 2.2 million shares.
Opening prices show wheat steady to up then sagging, corn slipping early then broad setback, oats holding firm, and provisions easing. Evening quotes put wheat and corn unsettled with modest changes, while lard and other fats show varied movements in a volatile session.
Butter unchanged with receipts of 7 466 pounds. Eggs unchanged with receipts of 34 000 cases.
Chicago December 30 poultry trading shows alive steady with five car receipts. Fowls sell around 23 1 2 cents per pound, springs 27 1 2, turkeys 25 to 30, roosters 18, ducks 23, geese 21 23.
George W. Bean Florida national committeeman warned that southern delegates to Kansas City will go unrestrained and unrewarded, and must back a candidate in sympathy with Coolidge policies. He said delivery attempts would provoke strife and that he favors Coolidge though he won’t push a draft without assurance he would accept.
In New York on December 30 a sister of the famous song is set for a New Year Eve radio airing. The tune was born 25 years ago by Dick Gerard and Harry Armstrong who earned about $2,500. Their hit legacy influences today’s rendition.
Three hundred ninety seven students enrolled in LSU extension psychology and sociology classes in 1927 28, a gain of 161 from prior terms. About 247 sought college credit, 50 graduate credit, while 150 took courses for personal enrichment.
D M Doughty manager of the Monroe Automobile License bureau says licenses for 1928 go on sale January 3 at 8 o'clock. Color schemes vary by vehicle size with blue on white for small cars and white on blue for large cars and red on blue for trucks. The bureau expects around 20 000 licenses this year, with total licenses issued in 1927 at 24 616 and 15 dollars minimum, up to $200 for some truck licenses. Licenses must be used by February 1 or face penalties. early purchase is urged to reduce rush.
Superintendent of Grant parish reports nearly all high school principals have earned the maximum extension hours for the M A degree. several first term centers aim to raise enrollment and add new centers. Superintendents Arnette of Jefferson Davis and Barrow of Tensas push Jennings and St Joseph as extension centers with organizing plans under discussion.
Professor T C Brown superintendent of Ouachita parish schools receives a Christmas gift from teachers to mark more than 25 years of service. The 17 jewel Illinois watch bears the inscription Presented to T O Brown by the Teachers of Ouachita parish December 25 1927.
The Hunt & Whitaker pawn shop reported a handbag valued at 16.50 stolen yesterday. W. H. Kennison of 111 Harrison Street reported a yellow leather suitcase with clothing stolen.
Roswell, N M Dec 30 Miss McDaniels a customs service agent along the Mexican border nabbed a rum laden airplane and two men. She won 10 percent of the plane sale and earned praise for guiding officers to the downed craft after spending 56 hours at the wheel.
New York reports Leonard Rhinelander heir to $160 million faces a separation suit by his wife Alice Rhinelander daughter of a Negro chauffeur. She alleges cruelty and abandonment while demanding no alimony. Rhinelander has moved to Louisiana to establish residence as his counsel plans service by publication if needed.
White G. W. Tampton of Marion wed Nala Lang of Monroe. John A. Waggoner of Eros married Eula Rodocker of Monroe.
Cars driven by T. E. Johnson of El Dorado Arkansas and Thomas Williams collided at the Grand and DeSiard streets intersection yesterday at 2 10 p m. A fender on the Johnson car and the crank on Williams car were damaged.
H. D. Apgar calls for action to curb children shooting air rifles and skating on city pavements. He cautions parents to forbid these dangerous acts as they violate the law and invite punishment.
The past week shows three completions in Ouachita parish sector with two Catahoula tests dry and abandoned. New locations appear in Morehouse Richland and Union parishes, including Moody Seagraves and F M Fuller entries, plus a Lindbergh departure note from Guatemala with President Chacon greeting the aviator and crowd cheers.
A. B. Hunt of Crew Lake reported clothes stolen Wednesday night. Officer Lee Parker arrested John Hawkins and B. Wilson, both Black, for investigation and suspected in the robbery.
The flyer’s route from Belize toward San Salvador and on to Tegucigalpa and Managua draws enthusiastic crowds. Honduras awards an honorary colonel title and a laurel wreath, while a million Welcome Lindbergh buttons circulate. Officials plan a day of rest in Panama.
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh departed Guatemala City at 6 20 p m central time for Belize 250 miles away witnessed by about a thousand people as he began the next leg of his journey.
Born in Chicago to Otis Skinner the actress Cornelia Skinner used early theater life in dirty wings and family influence to shape her path. She studied in France with Socretaires of the Comedie Fran. ise and Jacques Capeau, produced and acted in several American shows, wrote verse and a play Captain Fury, and drew Broadway notice with readings this year.
Fashion Shop at 108 St John street near Ouachita bank announces new arrivals of hats priced 7.50 to 10.00 dollars and 5.00 to 7.50 dollars. No reservations, sale to be held tomorrow.
Two Ruston funerals were held for Lawrence Gahagan, killed in a Stark Florida crash December 23, and Mrs. B F Robinson, 66, who died after a severe high blood pressure attack. Gahagan, son of Mr. and Mrs. L C Gahagan, was buried at Greenwood Cemetery with survivors including his parents, a brother, two sisters, and another sister in Denver. Robinson’s service followed at their home before burial near Athens. she leaves three children: Mrs Leon Butler, Mrs C A Riddle, and De Witt Robinson.
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