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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1927
Page
23
New York June 3 market sentiment remains reactionary as traders restrain buying amid nerves over west Texas crop progress. After an initial drop, October fell to 17.03 with mid afternoon losses of about 9 to 11 points, while close readings show futures mostly steady to lower and spot quiet at middling 16.85.
Cotton spot in Liverpool shows moderated business with prices steady. American grades Mostly unchanged with 7,000 bales sold including 5,000 American. Receipts total 7,800 bales. Futures closed steady with July at 8.97 and later months near 9.1 to 9.24.
Fresh down turns in wheat and weakness in corn mark the Chicago market as weather reports from Kansas and the northwest temper grains. Open-high-low-close figures show mixed declines for wheat and corn with slight rallies later, while provisions ease.
Chicago market notes list live poultry prices for fowls springs broilers turkeys and roosters with varied receipts. Butter prices show lower receipts and creamery standards firsts and extras reported. eggs unchanged with 22502 cases received.
Associated Press reports firm cotton seed oil trading in New York on June 3. Prices for prime yellow range 9.10 to 9.30, prime crude around 9.00, with futures showing January 10.10 and December 10.03. Sales totaled 12,300 barrels.
Locals C L Netherland assistant general freight agent of the Illinois Centre railroad is in Monroe today for a brief business visit. The Ouachita river reading today was 42 7 and records show this level was reached by the rising river on Apr 48 with rapid upward movement earlier.
The New Orleans cotton market was closed as New York held steady amid northwest drought and favorable spinner export data. Reports of rising fertilizer sales and recent rains in the Carolinas influenced selling, while flood risks grew in Oklahoma and river systems. Fertilizer sales to May 31 reached 3,128,000 tons, down from 3,584,000, with early losses预计.
June 3 New York stock action shows bear selling in morning with price losses reversed by afternoon. Banks called about 25 million dollars in loans while market turnover neared 2.51 million shares. Rails held support as Missouri Pacific fluctuated but ended weak with a late close.
Washington June 3 A profile of George O Connor the White House jester who with partner Matt Horowitz entertains at many banquets since 1923. A plain businessman by day he performs character songs to provoke laughter and has earned frequent invitations to the president’s programs causing applause at gatherings.
Washington reports the killing of Arthur Brewer, an American, at a government office in Yucatan. Consul Dudley G. Dwyre urged Mexican authorities to apprehend and punish the assailant, described as a well known Mexican.
David J. Walsh quotes Anthony Spaulding on England's golf professionals. He singles out Fred Robson Archie Compston and Abe Mitchell as the only strong players, criticizing the rest as lamentable and predicting America may win. Mitchell is faulted for temperament and inconsistency while Robson shows improvement after ill health.
In Washington the Senate maintains its snuff boxes as a vestige of a bygone era. Two small black embossed metal snuff boxes sit near the Vice President's dais and are kept supplied by pages. Despite waning use, most oppose removing them, arguing the practice is a Senate tradition.
Paulino Uzcudun plans to amass wealth similar to Louis Firpo as both Renown Latin fighters cultivate frugal lifestyles. Firpo earned nearly a million from Dempsey era bouts while Paolino’s earnings remain under one hundred thousand. Both weigh prospects of future title chances and big paydays against fading punch power and savvy managers.
National Flag Day Association plans a June 8 14 program in Pittsburgh for the sesquicentennial of the American flag. A June 11 tribute at Forbes Field precedes Pirates vs Braves with 2000 railroad veterans marching to the flagpole. Betsy Ross Uncle Sam and Miss Columbia will take part, with city girls representing the original stars.
Sofia dispatch reports Bulgarian newspapers push King Boris toward marriage amid a Children’s Day sermon urging care of the Bulgarian child. One paper adds a sharp quip noting the palace is childless and pleas for deeds over words.
AP reports Kalaupapa on Molokai houses 523 lepers in two settlements Kalaupapa and Kalawao with their own county government and jail. The territory funds a hospital and non leper staff run care while patients work for a $600 monthly payroll and receive $20 yearly for clothes. Exports are two babies and mail with disinfected envelopes. legislature visits every two years.
A land dispute between the Siberian villages Pushkarevo and Gorbunovka near Tomsk was resolved by the Supreme Land Commission after more than two centuries. All documents and records remain intact, marking a historic closure of the case.
Rev H F Camp pastor of Gordon Avenue Community Church returned from Asbury College Kentucky where he is a 1925 graduate. Exercises ran May 28 to yesterday. he heard five returned missionary workers in China and notes the policy of no foreigners leading Chinese institutions with the slogan China for the Chinese in full effect.
Secretary of War Dwight Davis urged a coordinated national flood control plan for the Mississippi River, stressing a careful, well funded approach. Arkansas Governor J F Martineau urged a congressional mortgage of 1.0 to 2.0 billion dollars for levees and works, with a push for a federal program to relieve exhausted states and fund ten years of prevention.
Ford Pinchot urged a modern commission including army engineers and civil experts to replace levee only policy. He argued the Mississippi regulation failed under military routine and proposed immediate joint resolution to name commissioners and deliver a river control plan from source to mouth to aid farmers in America’s granary.
Andrew Pichella reported seeing two men fleeing near the wrecked car after a double homicide. Miss Monica and Miss Fonzo were found shot and bludgeoned on a lonely road, with evidence including torn flesh on the windshield and clothing nearby.
A New York society matron, Mrs. Phelps, was attacked at her East 74th Street home after a woman handed her a flower box and a blank card. The assailant struck twice, then fled. Mrs. Phelps, not seriously hurt, was taken to Presbyterian Hospital. her husband and daughters were away. The attacker was described as plainly dressed and well spoken.
Report from Monroe indicates Congressman Wilson will not seek the governorship while busy with flood relief and control work. Friends urged him to run, while others warned against sacrificing his congressional career for a four year term as governor. Supporters argue his leadership could restore a governorship to a senate path later.
The article notes a congressional party member, Mr. Wilson, warning against sacrificing a secure congressional career for state political risks. He departs Thursday, planning to return to Monroe within days. Wilson, ranking Democratic member of the flood control committee, holds a strategic role in Louisiana remedial legislation.
Charlie Chaplin recounts a troubled marriage accusing his wife of infidelity and neglect. He describes her relationship with a young man and an automobile salesman, frequent partying and alcohol use, seeking divorce and custody of their two children.
A Mississippi home is the scene of a fatal shooting as Mrs. Reese dies after surgery and Miss Reese is killed. Police pursue two theories centered on a yellowish black man seen fleeing in Mr. Reese's car and a conflict involving a white man and the Reese family. Chief Simmons leads investigations with fingerprints taken from the maid who found the bodies.
Lindbergh returns to Paris landing at Le Bourget field at 10 02 after 8 13 takeoff. Thousands of Parisians watched from windows as he descended from high altitude. In New York a three day welcome includes a June 15 private dinner for 3500 guests at the Commodore Hotel with Evangeline Lindbergh invited by Mayor Walker.
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