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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1930
Page
7
A calm trading day in New Orleans saw narrow price swings for cotton futures. March and May declined from early highs with limited liquidation before the holiday, ending slightly down, while late-session rally muted and closes were steady versus yesterday. Exports for the day totaled 23 bases.
New York cotton opened with a pre-holiday advance and slight buying in, then stalled as demand appeared met and offerings rose. The mid session showed March around 12 to nearly steady and July near 10.43, with slight net declines, spot activity quiet and prices fluctuating in narrow ranges.
New Orleans December market shows small steady tone with late point slips. British weavers vote against more looms, signaling possible textile disruption. UK strikes loom. Domestic dry goods trading improves while overall news remains light.
New Orleans market reports show Louisiana cabbage in good demand at 50 cents to 2.25 per dozen heads. Beets spinach and mustard sold 30 to 40 cents per dozen or bunches, carrots 15 to 20 cents, broccoli 1.75 to 2.00 per dozen, iceberg 3.00 to 3.75 per crate, and Cuban tomatoes 1.75 to 3.75 per crate. Six carloads of onions and peppers and one car of cabbage were shipped Tuesday.
Cottonseed oil markets in New York and New Orleans closed steady with values for prime summer yellow at 7.10 and 6.75 respectively. Crude prices ranged 5.75 to 6.00, with futures for several months listed from January through August. Ten contracts were sold in New Orleans.
Chicago market notes indicate mixed poultry prices with weak demand. Figures show alive poultry 2 cars 22 trucks and various fowl values including roosters 14, young turkeys 21, ducks 21, geese 17, and fowls 15 to 18.
Potatoes were steady and trading slow in Chicago markets on December 31. USDA reports Wisconsin round whites selling 1.55 to 1.70 per hundredweight with 42 variety potatoes noted in the overall market.
CHICAGO December 31 Butter and egg quotations for market today show butter at 5 859 easy creamery 92 score 274 tandards 0 sc carlets 2744 x ten firsts 90 91 score 2644 27 firsts 88 89 score 25 26 seconds 86 87 score 24 244 Eggs 4699 steady prices unchanged
Hogs total 21 008 with 6 000 direct slow steady over 200 lbs. Cattle 6 500 with calves 2 000, bulls weak, vealers steady. Sheep 9 000, lambs strong to high. bulk good to choice $8.00-8.10, top 235, ewes $2.50-3.50, lambs 90 lbs down $7.00-8.40, medium to choice $2.00-2.75 for ewes and related.
Liverpool reports a quiet cotton market with prices steady. American mid dling fair 6.54 and strict good middling 6.09. Sales reach 3,000 bales with 1,400 American. receipts 2,000 bales. Futures close quiet at Jan 5.19, March 5.28, May 5.40, July 5.51, Oct 5.63.
New York sugar markets were quiet with a firmer undertone. Reports said refiner bids around 3.20 for sugars in specified positions while holders asked higher. Raw futures opened 2 to 5 points lower, then firmed by midday as covering and buying recovered. refined sugar held at 4.55.
New York December 31 Foreign exchanges show varied demand with Great Britain at 4.85 percent in yield and France 3.92. Italy 5.2344, Belgium 13.96, Germany 23.80 and Norway 26.724. Sweden 26.78, Spain 10.52, Greece 1.2944, Brazil 9.80. Tokyo 49.51, Shanghai 34.3744, Montreal 99.845 percent, Mexico City gold peso 47.30. Great Britain in dollars, others in cents.
The Salvation Army reports several requests for groceries from the poor. Captain Grace Norment urges people to help and asks callers to telephone 2298 before 9 am and then visit the corps hall at 116 1 2 South Grand Street after that hour.
Mrs J S Bloch of 215 Hudson Lane donated a large quantity of canned goods and groceries to the Monroe Welfare association on Wednesday. Solo Mon's store contributed a large lot of new clothing to the same relief effort.
New York stocks closed 1930 with a strong rally as relief swept Wall Street. Gains led by U S Steel Westinghouse Bethlehem Steel and American Telephone with widespread advances across rail oil and utility issues amid expectations of tax selling completion and firmer demand in January.
Well known to peace officers across four southern states Eddie Thomas 23 is held in the city jail after two shop robberies in North Louisiana. He was arrested Tuesday while trying to pawn goods at a local shop and police found a large stash of clothing watches and jewelry at his home. Police briefed stores connected to the recent thefts with details from the arrest and recovered items.
A brief item notes hearings or public discussion related to the character Little Orphan Annie and the phrase we mear, reflecting a fragmented OCR transcription from a historical page. No clear names, dates, or decisive event details are preserved in readable form.
The new West Monroe city court completed its first month with $353 in fines imposed, $224.60 collected by the clerk, five violators released, and four found not guilty. Officials praise the court for speed and efficiency with daily criminal hearings and many civil cases resolved.
Quachita parish residents who have not paid their 1930 poll taxes and cannot call at the sheriff's office before midnight Wednesday may mail payments. All mail payments will be honored if postmarked before midnight Wednesday. payments dated January 1 will not be accepted.
Levi Stationery Company plans relocation from 209 DeSiard Street to 107 DeSiard Street as it expands. New equipment arriving will stock the larger firm, and a future gift and book shop feature is promised as one of the state’s most modern establishments in north Louisiana.
Crosley school of West Monroe starts the new year with rising enrollment around 950, claimed by Principal L A Smith as the best attended grammar school in Louisiana. Last year’s count already made it the state’s largest grammar department, with similar numbers reported now.
West Monroe Welfare association members will meet Friday evening at Mrs. C. C. Bell’s home for the annual gathering. The program includes a report on this year's work and the election of officers for 1931. The secretary’s report lists families aided, clothing and food distributed, and funds expended in 1930.
C E Slagle and associates offer Forsythe avenue Loop road property known as Hard Times plantation as a site for the Ouachita parish junior college. They propose selling 30 40 or 60 acres at 250 per acre with portions previously fetching up to 1250 per acre.
Activities at the Y W C A resumed after New Year’s Day, per secretary Mrs J B Pollard. The Calesthenics club will meet among others resuming with the programs after the Christmas break.
The West Moffine clerk's office saw a steady line of property owners paying taxes on movable and real estate to avoid delinquent fees. The office closed Wednesday afternoon after the busy session.
The Salvation Army corps will hold a watch service tonight from 11 p m to 12 15 a m at 116 12 South Grand Street. Captain Grace Norment says a special program will usher in the new year and bid farewell to the old with refreshments served.
Albert Hunter a black delivery boy for Collens pharmacy was struck and run over at Fifth and Washington by an automobile driven by an unknown white man at noon Wednesday. An ambulance was sent to the scene and police obtained the license number while investigating the case.
Members of the L. Barkdull Faulk American Legion and friends join in the annual New Year’s Eve dance sponsored by the Legion with Herb Cook and His Oklahoma Joy Boys providing the music Wednesday night.
The deacons and elders of the First Presbyterian Church will hold a quarterly meeting at the church next Tuesday at 6 30 p m. A Friday night banquet for men of the church is planned for January 9 with a large attendance urged.
A 1990s Ouachita Parish notice lists a sheriff sale of Lot 3, Brooks Subdivision, Block 3, Monroe. The sale, to satisfy a writ of fi fa, is set at the courthouse front door in Monroe, cash with bidder’s premium, on a January date specified in the notice. The record also references the Wesley J. Hodge succession with probate docket 3027 and an order of the court.
A series of notices from Ouachita Parish Fourth District Court detail sales of land and property to satisfy mortgages and writs. The actions include sales of described tracts in Sections 20 29 33 34 and 27, Township 18 North Range 1 East, West Monroe and Monroe, with terms of sale cash or credit. Also listed are sheriff sales of livestock and notices of administration for the estate of Sammy Lewis.
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