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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1927
Page
6
Cotton rose to intraday highs led by favorable cables and fair weather outlook in the western belt. Spot cotton settled 55 points higher at 16.67 middling with July futures around 16.92 and December near 17.40 as gains cooled late. Exports totaled 28,100 bales for the day amid steady market mood.
Liverpool cotton spot prices hold steady with American grades leading. Sales reach 6,000 bales including 4,800 American, receipts 6,000 bales with 1,600 American. Futures closed steady with July 9.86 and later months around 9.03 to 9.19.
Favorable reports on cotton goods and dry west Texas weather with Mississippi overflow worries spurred buying. Futures closed firm with October around 17.13 and July near 16.90, spots steady at middling 17.10. Opening quotes: July 16.48, Oct 16.86, Dec 17.08, Jan 17.16, Mar 17.32.
Chicago grain trade opened with limited offerings and wheat advancing due to bullish Indiana leaf rust reports. Corn weakened early then slipped further, oats eased, and provisions dropped overall with mixed intraday moves. closes unsettled as corn led declines and wheat finished modestly higher on the session.
June market report from Chicago shows declines in batter and eggs with fresh receipts for various poultry categories. Poultry receipts total 7 ears fowls 16-20 springs 24-29 broilers 36-21 turkeys 23 roosters 43 ducks 22-25 geese 23-25. Eggs receipts 20,754 cases with firsts 20-21 and ordinary firsts 19-1/2.
In New York trading cotton seed oil closed firm with a firm summer tone. Prices ranged from 9.10 for June to 9.95 for January with various months listed including July 9.8 and August 9.57. The note recalls a quote attributed to King Alfonso of Spain about preferring to be a soldier.
Trade in Fenner & Beane wires opened firm with gains above 2.50 a bale and held up as floods and weevil reports boosted demand. Private wires from northwest Texas reported showers not general and relief in scattered areas. Memphis forecast the second flood would approach the first peak, submerging more land. Engineers noted 160000 acres in Missouri underwater again and officials warned about half a million acres replanted and flooded twice.
Stocks in New York show brisk buying at the open led by rail shares with strength in Reading, Rock Island, Norfolk and Southern and others. Rails were strongest despite lower carloadings while coal shares slipped with Pittsburgh terminals and two other names among the notable losses. Total volume neared 2.5 million shares as the market closed firm.
Rev H R Camp of Gordon Avenue Church discusses China at 7 45 pm. he cites Asbury College missionaries. 1927 nurses training class at St Francis Sanitarium graduates. Geologist W R B Julian returns from southern Texas. Pat Mason of Peters Undertaking in Shreveport. Junior Chamber meets at 7 30 pm. Two auto thefts reported. Alonzo Peevy named as suspect after Dodge roadster missing. Milner Motor reports Ford coupe missing. Fire department responds to suspected exhaust smoke at Al Lewis coupe. J and Voorhies of Security Industrial in Monroe eyeing branch offices in Monroe and Shreveport.
Earl Carroll, jailed in Atlanta to serve one year and a day for perjury, is described by Dr. Charles Nellans as mentally anxious but with no organic illness. He was brought from Greenville after a train collapse and placed in the prison hospital for treatment and observation.
Northwestern University invites poets and composers to create an anthem that avoids athletics focus. A $200 prize for the best lyric and $309 for the top musical composition. The contest, led by the General Alumni Association, aims for a unifying, all campus spirit.
Professor William Herbert Hobbs of the University of Michigan leads a second Arctic expedition to Greenland with Carl O. Erlanson and others to study atmospheric conditions. Members include Prof. J. E. Church, R. L. Belknap, C. R. Calquist, Fred Herz, and P. O. Oscanyan. Most return by summer's end. Church and Oscanyan stay for winter with wireless updates planned to Ann Arbor.
Leopold Auer the violinist born in Hungary becomes a US citizen 82 years ago today. Judge William H. Atwell of Dallas born in Sparta Wisconsin b years ago today. Rt Rev James H Darlington Episcopal bishop of Harrisburg born Brooklyn New York 71 years ago today. Dr Walter E Clark president of the University of Nevada born Defiance Ohio 54 years ago today.
Wednesday patrol reports list T C Simmons W L Neel and Sam Culpepper fined five dollars or six days each for traffic violations. W W Mounger and W D Calhoun fined seven fifty or seven to twelve days each. Virgil Lawrence jailed thirty dollars or eighty days for dangerous conduct. Lee Moseley Rich Long fined ten dollars or ten days each for trespass. Joseph Wood fined fifteen dollars or fifteen days for fighting. Laura Blanks charged with vagrancy twenty five dollars or twenty five days. Miss Ford alias Cox bond forfeited for failure to appear after drunk driving arrest. W H Hardy fined five dollars or five days for stop sign violation and twenty five dollars or twenty five days for speeding. additional charge of aiding a criminal was transferred to State. Wagner wanted for assault. Lemle victim. Wells arrested. case set for Friday.
Concord Massachusetts faces losing Co H, 182nd Regiment, the town’s historic military unit dating to 1636. With only two local members on the rolls and others from Acton and nearby towns, residents fear the disappearance of a symbol linked to the Revolution and earlier conflicts.
1836 Eugene Hale Maine senator born Turner died Washington Oct 27 1918. 1846 1456 Charles Stuart elected president pro tempore US Senate. 1848 UC first board of regents organized. 1276 Charles Dickens died Gad's Hill born Portsmouth Feb 7 1812. 1473 Solomon Howard fifth president Ohio University died San Jose born Cincinnati 1811. 1902 King George ascended throne of Saxony. 1907 Julia Magruder died Richmond born Charlottesville 1854. 1925 Charles Dickens home Doughty Street London dedicated as British National Shrine.
Ruth Wade Wuerth testified in St Joseph Michigan as Benjamin Purnell allegedly turned water into wine for doubters in the House of David colony. She described parlor parties with liquor, intoxicated girls, and a Sweet taste in the wine. Mary Purnell known as Queen was present as Francis Thorpe was named in court.
Paris reports show Andre de Fouquieres the so called fashion dictator of France opposes short trousers for men except sport He argues for gradual evolution in men s wear citing elegance and economic benefits He favors evening short wear in satin velvet with silk stockings and patent leather pumps The piece notes his relation to Pierre de Fouquieres and a broader Paris campaign by tailors New York stock exchange prices rise to 220000 in a separate item flagged as high asiento context
Benny Campbell a negro, died at Riverside sanitarium after being shot on the Monroe Sterlington road. Howard Nolan, farmer and store keeper, admits shooting after a collision between a truck and a store porch post. Nolan and his son fired four times with a pistol and once with buckshot, leaving Campbell in the road. Coroner to empanel a jury. Nolan in custody. motive cited as ice peddling competition.
The St. Francis Sanitarium Nurses School held graduation exercises in the civic building. Nine nurses received diplomas as Drs. J. Q. Graves W. L. Bendel I. J. Newton F. C. Bennett and Father Marie attended on stage. Thelma Scott topped the class earning a first honor medal. Grace Cobb was second with honorable mention.
In San Francisco Alois Frey, a plant hybridizer, uses a tiny camel hair brush to transfer pollen and breed permanent colors in Freesia. His 25 acre bed yields over 200 shades and hundreds of mixtures from 1200 creations, with a ten million plant field fragrant for miles. Frey, formerly Chicago Lincoln Park greenhouses superintendent, started in Crown Point Indiana and moved to California eight years ago with over 100000 bulbs.
William V. Dwyer, once a leading figure in a vast smuggling syndicate, is broke owing 160 000 dollars. He urges others to avoid the liquor trade. The United States hosts more than 9 000 industry and trade associations.
In New York a Scotch terrier beloved by the secretary of the treasury may soon share space with White House collies. Senator Bruce and Mrs Bruce brought the dog from Europe after visiting their son and daughter-in-law, Mellons’ daughter.
Local notice promotes Central Service and Storage highlighting convenient location and dependable vehicle storage options with contact phone 481 for details.
Two motorists W. W. Mounger of 101 Cypress Street and W. D. Calhoun of 3505 Lee Avenue were in a minor accident Tuesday at 9 30 a m as Mounger pulled away from the curb at the DeSiard and North Second streets intersection. Only slight damage occurred.
New York June 9 Russian American trade has grown and is now twice prewar levels. Amtorg Trading Corp and three other firms handle about 40 million yearly with Soviet partners. Despite Britain severing relations, American firms report continued gains with exports rising and credits shifting toward German suppliers.
A year after the Hawaiian republic founder died in Honolulu, obituaries reflect on Sanford B Doles leadership and legacy in the capital.
Associated Press reports in New York that Irving Berlin may title his next song The Speeders Blues as he must appear in court after his chauffeur drove 80 miles an hour in a Belgian limousine.
The Saenger Amusement Company sets Saturday as Lindbergh Day with theater programs across its territory The Washington arrival time and local participation reflect a nationwide urge to honor Charles Lindbergh's historic feat A local manager arranged a fitting program to express Monroe citizens interest in the transatlantic flight during the hour of peace.
More than a hundred sleeping passengers escaped serious injury when the New York Limited rammed two Pullman cars on a siding in Rochester. Three Pullman riders were slightly hurt. all others resumed travel eastward after transfer to other cars. A switchman’s wrong switch was cited in an immediate investigation. The Limited had a new locomotive after a two hour delay.
London June 9 The Ministry of Labor reports 1926 dole payments reached 250 million pounds up 25 million from 1925. Average relief about 646000 weekly. early 1926 pay roughly 3.50 to 4.00 pounds. Unemployment peaked after the general strike at 1,106,015 before easing. Debt of the fund rose from 85 million to 110.9 million. Debate grows over benefits and work requirements as calls mount to curb abuses.
Rev Dr Rockwell Harmon Potter of Hartford Conn has been re elected president of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. A Hartford resident and longtime Congregational leader he was born in New York state and educated at Yale Divinity School and the General Theological Seminary. He has pastored Center Congregational church for over twenty five years and has served as Connecticut Bible Society president and National Council moderator. The ABCFM, organized in 1810, is the oldest foreign missionary society in America.
A novelty fruit cocktail delighted guests at the warrant officers mess aboard the U S S Memphis. Coronel Lindbergh and fellow officers praised the drink during the shipboard event, marking its first appearance on the menu.
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