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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1927
Page
3
New York June 8 market reports show an actionary mood with limited buying despite some bullish signals. Prices moved from early buys to lower levels with October futures at 17.03 and the market closing steady to slightly down, spot middling 16.85.
Cotton spot remains moderate with prices steady in Liverpool. American grades show strong middling at 10.23 and 9.88 for good middling and strict middling, with total sales 7,000 bales including 3,000 American. receipts 4,000 bales American 3,800. futures closed steady with July 8.97 and nearby months near 9.1 to 9.24.
Fresh down turns in wheat and weakness in corn mark the opening as traders react to improved weather outlooks from Kansas and the Northwest. Wheat opens with a 5 to 11 4 decline and corn slips before a late rally. oats and rye follow suit with mixed moves. Provisions ease as futures quote lower across the board.
Chicago June market notes show butter receipts at 16 160 pounds and price changes. Poultry listings include several categories with counts such as 24 springs 83 and roasters 14 20. Eggs remain unchanged in latest cases with creas teras and firsts and seconds noted.
New York prices show firm oil close with July at 8.10, August 9.52, October 9.90, November 10.03, and other bids at 10.10 for Stannery and 12 for certain sales, reflecting steady demand and brief shifts in futures pricing.
The record notes a brief business visit by C L Netherlane freight agent for the railroad. Multiple garbled lines mention dates and a river scene near Pine Bluff and a hospital discharge following a suicide attempt using mercurochrome after a quarrel with her husband.
The New Orleans market closed as New York held steady on weak northwest breuth and rising fertilizer sales. Reports from Carolinas rains favor selling. Chicago weakness spurred liquidation. Flood concerns rise in Oklahoma and Mississippi. fertilizer totals to May 21 show a 13 percent drop.
Stocks turned volatile as bear selling pressed prices after early gains. Buyers supplied support while turnover soared with about 225,600,000 shares traded and a 20 minute ticker delay. Texas and Pacific and Missouri Pacific fluctuated, marking a tense session in broad participation.
U S staff correspondent notes the tradition of court jesters entertaining leaders. The piece highlights George and O'Connor as theater partners who perform for presidents, blending stage work with business income and public demand.
A United States citizen was killed in a Mexican city. An official report notes the victim was well known locally and that the consul did not request urgent assistance. The article provides few verifiable details and does not specify names or circumstances beyond the basic incident.
A British take on American golf invaders argues England’s players Anthony Spaulding critiques Mitchell Robson Compsten and Abe, warned of poor form. The piece laments Mitchell’s recent collapse but notes patriotic sympathy for the team.
In a colorfully frugal rivals profile, Luis Firpo and Paolino Uzcudun emerge as boxing’s thrift kings. Firpo cashed big in 1924 against Dempsey while Uzcudun rivals him in modest earnings, each managing finances with care amid promoter and manager watch. The piece notes Firpo’s past missteps and Uzcudun’s cautious lifestyle as they loom toward potential title paths and lucrative bouts.
International News Service reports the National Flag Day Association will mark the American flag centennial week June 8 to 14. A June 11 ceremony at Forbes Field precedes Pirates versus Braves, with Betsy Ross, Uncle Sam, Miss Columbia figures and 2000 Pennsylvania Railroad employees in a flag-raising event. Young city representatives from Wheeling to Pittsburgh will portray the thirteen stars.
The article notes senators’ persistence with snuff amid declining use many decades after the Capitol extension before the Civil War. Although snuff boxes remain in senators’ private rooms and are considered a Senate custom to honor, efforts to remove them are resisted by a large majority.
Bulgarian King Boris faces public push to marry as press notes his Children Day speech on care of the nation’s youth. A Sofia newspaper mocks the royal delay and calls for actual acts of fatherhood and family care.
Kalawao and Kalaupapa on Molokai host 523 lepers with their own county government and hospital staffed largely by patients. The settlement includes two villages, a nonprofit paleta, jail, church, and a payroll of about 5000 dollars monthly, while babies are protected from birth and inherit no disease.
In Siberia near Tomsk two villages Pushkarevy and Gorbunovka ended a two century land dispute by a ruling of the Supreme Land Commission. All records and documents remain intact, marking a historic conclusion of the case.
Rev H F Camp pastor of Gordon Avenue Community church attended the Asbury College commencement in Kentucky. He, a 1925 graduate, heard five returned missionary workers in China speak. he notes the policy bars foreigners from leading Chinese institutions and cites the China for the Chinese slogan.
Secretary of War Dwight Davis urged a nationwide approach to Mississippi River flood control, warning against rushed, unstudied plans and calling for sound engineering and economics. He highlighted the need for data, funding, and a strong federal role, with Congress urged to act. Governors and senators pressed for large appropriations and unified action.
Ford Pinchot, former Pennsylvania governor, urges a broad Mississippi plan beyond levees, faulting army engineers for flood mismanagement. He calls for a joint commission with diverse experts led by Goethals, to propose immediate measures and a comprehensive river plan from source to mouth.
State police report two brothers seeking the car owner disappeared Tuesday evening and were later found dead on a lonely road near Pittston. Miss Monica Fonzo and Andrew Pichella suffered fatal injuries. a wrecked car and torn clothing were nearby.
A plainclothesly dressed woman entered Mrs. Phelps east 74th street home and handed a flower box. After a blank card was revealed, Mrs. Phelps was struck twice while about to sign for the flowers. She was taken to a Presbyterian hospital with non serious injuries. The attacker fled and has not been identified.
Report from Monroe notes Congressman Wilson will not seek the governorship while busy with flood relief and control work. Friends urge him to run as the man of the hour, while others say his congressional career matters more than a four year term as governor. The debate pushes him toward a decision as pressure grows southward.
The congressman, a leading Democrat on the flood control committee, urged not to gamble a secure congressional career for volatile state politics. He said he would return to Monroe within several days after departing Thursday afternoon, retaining a strategic role in Louisiana remedial legislation.
Charlie Chaplin describes a life of marital distress, alleging his wife was calculating, unfaithful, and neglectful of the children. He cites infatuation with a young man and later an automobile salesman, with parties and drinking cited as key misconduct. He seeks divorce and custody of their two children.
Police investigate double homicide in Mississippi with two leading theories. Witnesses describe a yellowish or yellow white man seen near the Reese home and in Mr. Reese's car. Mrs. Reese remains unconscious after an operation at Jackson Infirmary.
Lindbergh lands at Le Bourget after a fog plagued flight across the channel. In New York a three day welcome includes a record dinner for Captain Charles A. Lindbergh at the Commodore on June 15 with Evangelina Lindbergh invited by Mayor Walker.
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