Market Report Shows Mixed Close in Frenzied Trading
Financial desk notes volatile session with late recovery and steady close. Prices edged down from earlier peaks as traders weighed signals and deferred moves into March and May futures.
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1929
Page
1
Cotton futures steady as liquidation limits price moves
New York February 16 opening trading saw moderate activity with Liverpool cables steady and cotton liquidation renewed. May futures rose to 20.07 while next contracts eased from 20.06 to 19.97. overall close held steady with gains of a few points. Middling cotton prices remained quiet with slight net advances, while several near term months posted modest gains and varied open interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Liverpool
Livestock Prices Reported By Associated Press Chicago
Hogs 90,000 mostly steady with Friday’s top 10.25 for around 20 pounds. Cattle 300, better grade fed steers and yearlings 25 to 75 cents lower. Fat cows 25 cents lower, heifers steady. Sheep 2,500 weekly. fat lambs 16.60 to 16.78, yearlings 13.00 to 14.50, fat ewes 8.25 to 9.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Poultry Prices Reported in Chicago Market
Associated Press notes from Chicago on February 18 show poultry receipts with alive, easy conditions and prices for fowls springs roosters turkeys docks geese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Butter and Eggs Receipts Reported in Chicago Market
In Chicago on February 16 butter receipts reached 12 594 tubs with various grade figures and eggs receipts totaled 11 405 cases. The report lists numerous price and quality markers such as extra firsts and ordinary firsts across both commodities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Obituary Charles E White of Swartz Dies After Surgery
Charles E White age 15 son of J R White of Swartz died this morning after an operation for appendicitis. Survived by parents and two sisters Mrs Will Freeman and Mrs BR Anderson, Swartz. Funeral this afternoon at 4 oclock in Swartz with interment there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. White
J. R. White
Swartz
Will Freeman
BR. E. Anderson
Tremont Woman Dies at 71 in Tremont Mississippi
Mrs L F Taggert 71 died at her Tremont home Tuesday with interment Wednesday. Son R L Taggert and family attended the funeral. Surviving children include B R Taggert M Clifton Taggert Mrs Elmer Laifflette and Mrs B Tharp all of Tremont. In Delhi funeral for Mrs Charles Harrell formerly Miss Udssie Trezevant held with interment at nearby Masonic cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. F. Taggert
Tremont
Miss
R. L. Taggert
Grand Street
Delhi
Charles Harrell
Monroe
Masonic Cemetery
Harrell
Udssie Trezevant
J. ‘Trexevant
J. P. ‘ Helle
Anna
Stock Market Slides on Fed Efforts to Curb Borrowings
New York stocks fell as federal reserve actions to reduce brokers borrowings drove liquidation. Radio and many issues dropped 2 to 8 points, with heavy volume over 2.5 million shares. Key names Wright Aeronautical, Otis Elevator, Union Carbide, and others fell five to eight points as selling pressure weighed on the close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley W. Prenosil
Associated Press
New York
Federal Reserve Authorities
New York Fedevel Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve
Wright Aeronautical
al- Ved Chemical
National Cash Register
International Combustion
International Telephone
Electric and Auto Lite
Otis Elevator
Motor Products
American Power and Light
Union Carbide
Grain Prices Dip on Stock Market Weakness
Chicago grain markets opened lower on Feb 14 with wheat down 1 8 to 1 2 cents and corn slipping 1 8 to 3 4 cents. Oats and provisions followed the trend as traders noted overall weakness in equities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Trade buying boosts New Orleans cotton market amid optimistic outlook
Trade buying and optimistic dry goods mood lifted prices above prior finals in New Orleans as liquidation was absorbed by spot houses and exporters. Liverpool cover and spinners buying supported six prices with a weekly 75,900 bales sold across southern markets, while weather and production signals hint at a stronger market next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Liverpool
New York
Worth Street
Cotton Seed Oil Prices in New Orleans Market
New Orleans February 16 cotton seed oil closes show futures with several contract months listed. Prime summer yellow at 9.80, prime crude between 9.00 and 9.21, February 9.80, March 9.87, April 9.92, May 9.35, June 10.01, July 10.14, August 10.21, September 10.21, October 10.22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
New York
Cotton prices steady in limited demand at Liverpool market
Liverpool on February 16 reports limited demand for cotton with higher prices. American grades sell 1,200 of 2,900 bales, with futures closing before March 10.23 and 10.24 for May, 10.36 for July, and 10.22 10.20 10.19 for other months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melans
Eimme
Bevues
Ming
Liverpool
Disappearance of Infant Opens New Angle in Case
The infant son of Mrs. Ethel Lewis, under trial for killing eight of her children and grandchildren, has vanished adding mystery to the wholesale infanticide case. Mrs Gorham’s daughter Mrs Wallace said Gorham feared the child would be killed. Lewis says the boy was adopted out and refuses details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph
Mich
Ethel Lewis
Okel Gorham
Dowaginc
James Wallace
Gorham
Lewis
Dowagiat
Wallace
Clarence Wesley Gorham
George Earl Much Improved After Second Operation
George Earl, 16, who fled from the Louisiana Training Institute over a month ago, remains hospitalized in Columbia after losing his right leg in a Missouri Pacific train strike near Columbia. He crawled from a ditch after rain, underwent a leg operation, then required a second procedure as his condition improved. He will be returned to the institute on discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Earl
Louisiana Training Institute
Missouri Pacific
Columbia
Here Comes Arabella staged by Delhi Lions club at Delhi High
The three act musical comedy Here Comes Arabella directed by Miss Edith Bahnsen with accompanist Mrs. W P Crawford was performed at Delhi high school auditorium under the Delhi Lions club. Despite rain a fair audience attended and the cast featured Bob Adair as the struggling artist and Edith Bohnson as Arabella due to Mrs Alyce Renwick’s illness. The show will be repeated Monday evening for rain‑prevented patrons.
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News-Star
Delhi
Lions Club of
Arabella
Edith Bahnsen
W. P. Crawford
Delhi High School
Bob Adcair
Frank May
Minas Edith Bohnson
Sydney Hopewell
Bob
George E. Cason, Jr
Bill
Jack
Lamar Bryant
Alden Tweddle
Henrietta
Imogene
Crystabell
Lola Franks
Maxine Greenlee
Mary Rundell
Debby
Prudence
Misa Winnie Rhine
Wayne Huckabay
Josh
J. C C. Barnard
Waddles
Larkin
Meeks
Town Goassipers
Florine Gordon
Elizabeth Parham
Rose Taylor
Lévinsky
N. Y
Chorua
Gloria Wollauh
Nancy Richardson
Marjorie Williamson
Clara Jane Crawford
Sara Margaret May
Carolyn Jones
Margaret Cutler
Helen Cutler
Olive Thomas Avent
Laura Ellen Cason
Regina Jones
Dorothy Halbert
Dorothy Mae Justice
Loretta Gilliland
Frances Sturdivant
Misses Pope
Cate Rundell
Carrie Rundell
Mary D. Gunter
Inex Stout
Geo
Pat Hooker
Evelyn Lowe
Gretta Jones
Alyce Renwick
Edith Bohnson
Tallulah Lions Get Charter At Night Assembly
The Tallulah Lions club received its charter at a 7:30 pm meeting in the Tallulah high school auditorium. Monroe Lions guests attended, with musical numbers by Mrs. W. L. Rountree and dancers Armandine Renaud and V. Moffett, and piano by Max H. Kulke. District Governor L. P. Abernathy presented the charter.
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The
News Star
Tallulah
Tallulah Lions Club
Tallulah High School
Presbyterian
Monroe Lions Club
Lions of
W. L. Rountree
Armandine Renaud
V. Moffett
Monroe
Max H. Kulke
L. P. Abernathy
Lion W. 8. Craig
Tallulah State Bank
Lion P. E. Orpet
Tallulah Club
Lion Barney Oakland
West Morroe youth accused of forest fire
Ha. N. Reynolds, a West Morroe man, is held on a 150 dollar bond for willfully setting fire to a forest. Bond was signed by Tom Allen and G. W. Reynolds with W. E. Shell as complainant. A separate ward conflict led to a 300 dollar peace bond against an unnamed party. D. E. Johnson filed a fear affidavit against Henry Owens, served by the sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HA. N. Reynolds
West Monroe
Tom Allen
G. W. Reynolds
W. E. Shell
D. E. Johnson
Henry Owens
Mr. Owens
Sheriff's Department
Westminster Abbey chimes heard in Pittsburgh broadcast
Radio listeners in the United States heard the Westminster Abbey chimes via Pittsburgh station KDKA from Chelmsford England. The chimes strike midnight London time at 6 pm Monroe time, about 4,590 miles apart, though reception is not nightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin City
London
England
KDKA
Pittsburgh
Chelmsford
Monroe
British Isles
Prohi Informer Acquitted of Murder in Biloxi Trial
In Biloxi Mississippi on February 16 S8 M Mac Taylor a federal prohibition officer was found not guilty of the murder of George Hammond a Biloxi fisherman. The trial marked the first murder case heard in a Mississippi federal court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated
Biloxi
Miss
Mac) Taylor
George Hammond
Taylor
Hammond
W. L Grubb
Mississippi
Crowville Physician Improves After Pneumonia Battle
Special to The News. Dorctor C. D. Powell, a well known Crowville physician, was critically ill with pneumonia at Streets sanitarium in Vicksburg but is reported greatly improved and on the road to recovery. Mrs. R. L. Jones and Mrs. L. Binion of Bayville visited Delhi Wednesday afternoon. Lena Phillips of Delhi, who had an appendectomy at Riverside sanitarium in Monroe Wednesday night, is rapidly improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Delhi
Dorctor C. D. Powell
Crowville
Streets
Vicksburg
R. L. Jones
L. Binion
Bayville
Lena Phillips
Riverside Sanitarium
Monroe
Police Chief From Corinth Here For Return Of Youths
W A Burns chief of police at Corinth Mississippi arrived in Monroe this morning to take Lloyd Prichard and Amos Warfield Kentucky youths back to Corinth. The two youths admitted stealing a car from Corinth and were arrested in Monroe this week by Officer A P Clower. The Corinth chief said the insurance company will push prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Burns
Corinth
Miss
Monroe
Lloyd Prichard
Amos Warfield
Kentucky
Prichard
Warfield
A. P. Clower
Inssurance Company
Neal Found Guilty in District Court Case
Neal, a West Monroe fish merchant, was found guilty in district court on three charges of wholesaling fish without a license. The verdict followed over ruling motions to quash by the defendant’s attorney. sentencing was deferred due to Neal’s absence in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Neal
West Monroe
Neal
Senate Debates Jones Bill on Liquor Offenders
At the Capitol the Jones bill to stiffen penalties for liquor law violators faced limited debate in the Senate with a 3 pm limit. The House considered immigration measures while a railroad consolidation bill lingers without prospects this session. Representative Wurzbach of Texas testified that large patronage had been stripped from Republican officeholders amid ongoing investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Wurzbach
Texas
Slain bandit identified as Fred D Burton in Mississippi
The dead man found near Orange Grove Mississippi with chest and head wounds is identified as Fred D Burton wanted for attempting to kill a New Orleans policeman on December 24 1925. Cecelar Reyes of Tallahassee Florida identified him and police in Mobile confirmed the identification after fingerprinting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mobile
Orange Grove
Miss
Fred D. Burton
John Fleming
New Orleans
Burton
Amarillo
Texas
Cecalur Reyes
Tallahassee
Fla
Ozark
Ala
Mississippi Agencies Seek Suspension of Gravel and Sand Rates
Five Mississippi agencies petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission to suspend increased rates for car load shipments of gravel sand crushed stone and similar commodities. The rates would affect western Tennessee western Kentucky and Mississippi highway construction costs rising by about 511200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tennessee
Kentucky
Edwin Denby Leaves Estate of 35000 Dollars
Edwin Denby former secretary of the navy died February 8 and his will filed in probate court here leaves almost the entire estate to his widow Marion Thurber Denby. The heirs are two children Edwin Jr age 16 and Marion 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Prensa
Detroit
Edwin Denby
Biedenharn Elected Secretary of Bottlers Assn
Irving Well of New Orleans was elected president of the Louisiana Bottlers association. M S Biedenharn of Monroe was elected secretary treasurer at the New Orleans meeting held last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. S. Biedenharn
Bottlers
Ass'n
New Orleans
Irving Well
Louisiana Bottlers Association
M.&. Biedenharn
Monroe
Hoover Leaves on Last Lap of Everglades Trip
President elect Herbert Hoover departs Clewiston Florida at 8 30 am on the final leg of his Everglades inspection tour en route to Canal Point Palm Beach and his Belle Isle vacation home amid foggy roads and hurricane wreckage. He views 1928 flood relief plans by the army engineers detailing a three phase levee canal system around Lake Okeechobee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clewiston
Fla
Hoover
Everglades
Canal Point
Palm Beach
Belle Isle
Miami Beach
Carlton
Lake Okeechobee
Jadwin
Army
Caloosahatches
Gulf of Mexico
Saint Lucie
Atlantic
Kierimee River
Fishing Eat Creek
Fingerprints of Dead Man Sent to Navy Department
A stranger killed in an auto crash near Bastrop last Sunday had fingerprints taken by Banister, the city jailer, at the morgue. The prints were sent to the Navy Department in Washington for identification, as the victim is believed to have served in the navy. A report is expected within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collinston
Banister
Bastrop
Washington
Navy Department
Navy
Permits issued for gas field tests in local areas
Two new tests approved in Ouachita parish last week with one additional test for Richland parish. A test in LaSalle parish was abandoned. Details include Magnolia Petroleum U S A No 2 and Northern La Nat Gas Hemler No 1 in specified sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouachita Parish
Richland
LaSille Parish
Northern
la. Nat. Gas Company
L. A. Hemler
Ayres Bros. & Tremont
Tremont Lumber Company
Red Swanson's squad goes 8-3 in Louisiana road stretch
Out of eleven games this season Coach Red Swanson's camera have lost only three games. They won four straight frames from Bastrop and defeated Lake Providence 24 to 7. They plan a return game tonight and travel to Oak Ridge tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Orleans Police Arrest Man for Beating Spouse
In New Orleans on February 16 police charged Leon Castillion after his wife Grace Castillion, age 21, reported being assaulted. The case began when a 17 year old girl named Marie Morris told police she was dragged into a vacant lot and attacked, later revealed as the Castillions’ daughter. Police questioned Nicholas Frey, who sought his daughter, and Castillion admitted a quarrel while denying heating. the accusation was assault and battery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Fifth Precinct
Marie Morris
Nicholas Frey
Marie Morris,” Police Said. Mr. Frey
Grace Castillion
Leon Castillion
Lindbergh Overdue Amid Fog With Possible Southeastern Landing
Weather hampered Lindbergh's New York to Paris flight with rain and fog suspected to push a landing to a southeastern airfield. Coastguard and radio stations stretched from Atlanta to Spartanburg in search, while experts noted the 140 gallon fuel load could sustain about seven hours aloft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindbergh
Airways Division
Lighthouse Service
New York-Paris
Roy W. Hope
Bolling Field
Indbergh
Chicago mass murder sparks dry enforcement order
State's Attorney John A. Swanson confronted Chicago and Cook County police and sheriff's offices demanding strict enforcement of gambling and vice laws. A sweeping order followed from Police Commissioner Russell to close all gambling dens and vice venues. Moran blamed the Al Capone gang for the killings, while Capone remained in Florida.
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John A. Swanson
Chicago
Cook County
Russell
Swanson
Moran
al Capone
Capone
Florida
Herald-and-Examiner
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