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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 30, 1948

Page

10

Stockholders Meet for Stonewall Investment Company

Annual meeting set for January 27, 1949 at Knights of Pythias Hall Monroe Louisiana to elect Board of Governors and Officers. Notices include sheriff sale of assets, bids for city projects and various local notices with dates in late 1948 and early 1949.

Knights of Pythias Hall S Sale Commercial Securities Company, Inc Louie A. Sanders State OF Louisiana Parish OF Ouachita Fourth Dist. Court Fourth Judicial District Court Ouachita Monroe Louisiana Bailey Grant Sheriff's Sale White System OF Monroe, Inc Reo C. Coon Reo C Coon Fourth Dist Court Court House Philco Bailey City Hall Joslyn P. A. Pong Dugdemona Sam A. Barnett Dugdemona Soil Conservation District Oila

Market declines fade after brisk year end rally hopes

New York stocks drifted lower with losses capped by a number of gains remaining on the board. Turnover ran about 1,400,000 shares while the bond market rose, and investors weighed near term weakness against expectations of a year end rally.

Wall Street

Market Wrap Investors See Mixed Signals In Commodities

New York stocks opened with early gains erased as bonds rose on light turnover. Cotton showed irregular trade with buying and liquidation while Chicago wheat and corn moved on fractional changes. Hog and cattle prices were uneven with hogs 25 to 75 cents lower and cattle steady to lower, highs listed.

New York Chicago

Cotton futures ease after profit taking in New Orleans trade

Cotton futures mixed in early New Orleans and New York trading with profits and hedge selling softening gains. Spot cotton closed steady with several bids and varying regional receipts and stocks noted.

New Orleans

Louisiana business jumps in November

Louisiana business activity rose 3.9 percent in November from October, per LSU commerce research. The index shows a 22 percent rise from a year earlier, with payrolls the only factor dipping slightly. Department store sales climbed 5.2 percent versus October but fell 1.5 percent from last year.

Baton Rouge Louisiana Louisiana State University Commerce Research Division

Grain futures ease after early advances on Chicago board

Chicago grain prices pulled back from early gains as profit taking hit the Board of Trade. Wheat finished mixed with May at 2.28 1/8, corn declines of up to 3/8, oats down 5/8 to 1/8, rye slipping to 1.70 1/2, soybeans 1 to 1 3/4 lower toward 2.59 1/2, and lard down to 16.60 for January.

Chicago Board of Trade

Chicago Hog and Cattle Market Report Mixed Prices

Salable hogs 13 000 total 19 000 with tops 22.75 and prices across weight ranges. Cattle and calves 2 500 salable with slaughter steers 25.00 32.50, beev es above 34.25, canners and cutters 15.00 17.75. Dealers bid 32.00 down.

Chicago USDA

Butter and Eggs Prices and Receipts Shift in Chicago

Butter receipts total 357,454 with prices unchanged. Egg receipts 11,239 with prices unchanged except a drop of 1 1/2 cents per dozen on current receipts at 44 to 44.5 cents. News desk report from Chicago dated December 30.

Chicago

Poultry Prices Steady Amid Light Chicago Receipts

In Chicago on December 30 live poultry receipts measure 13 trucks with fryers steady to unchanged overall, prices dipped by one cent per pound for fryers at 36-40 F. O. B. Balance remains firm on other poultry items according to USDA data.

Chicago USDA

Market closes with mixed oil and gas stock moves

Curbs Cities Service slips to 44 1/4 while Electric Bond & Share climbs to 11 3/8. Humble Oil holds at 76, Le Tourneau dips to 10, United Gas rises to 20 5/8.

Humble Oil LeTourneau United Gas

James E Hamilton arrested for DUI in West Monroe

James E Hamilton 37 of Downsville was arrested by West Monroe police shortly before 3 a m Thursday on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He is jailed in West Monroe on $300 bond and faces a Friday city court session. Francois Boissier, a French inventor, perfected a storage battery using iodine as the active material.

James E. Hamilton Downsville West Monroe Francois Boissier

Winter Below-Zero Punch Belts Midwest Belt

U S weather bulletin reports sub-zero temperatures across the Midwest snow belt from northeast Nebraska to northern lower Michigan with 14 below at Norfolk and 10 below at La Crosse. Forecasters predict a quick rebound toward freezing as the storm dissipates, while rain affects the Atlantic coast from Maine to Florida.

Chicago Midwest Nebraska Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin Lower Michigan Mercury Norfolk Nebr Rochester Minn Elkins W. Va Jacksonville Fla

Barkley Leaves Europe for Washington After Eight Day Tour

Vice President Elect Alben W. Barkley departed Europe for Washington in a U.S. Army plane after completing an eight day tour of the continent.

Paris Alben W. Barkley Washington U. S. Army Europe

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