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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1932
Page
11
In New Orleans June 9 cotton futures eased to season lows before a late rally and fluctuated through the day. July touched 5.11 then dipped to 4.93, October 5.13, December 5.29 after highs near 5.47, with exports at 5,639 bales and final close 8 to 9 points down.
New York prices opened at new lows then rallied on bargain buying but demand stayed slack. July futures rose to 5.10 after a dip to 4.95, yet finished with slight losses as afternoon selling pressed prices. Spot market remained quiet with middling around 5.00.
New York June market opened with net losses of 7 to 9 points, then rallied 14 to 15 points before prices slipped again to new daily lows. Short covering spurred the forenoon rise, while renewed selling and weak securities pulled values lower in the afternoon.
Chicago June 9 live poultry prices list 50 trucks noted as weak. Fowls 12 to 12 cents. broilers 14 to 18. Leghorn broilers 9 21 2 to 12. turkeys 18 to 12. roosters 8. spring ducks 10 10 11 1 2. old ducks 9 10. geese 8.
Markets in New York show heavy trading with rallies faltering and fresh liquidation. Bonds steady for U S governments, curb and utilities soft, foreign exchanges irregular, gold and currencies weak. Commodities mixed with cotton down, sugar steady, coffee quiet. In Chicago wheat barely steady amid government report uncertainty, corn steady on export chatter, cattle slow but steady, hogs steady to higher.
Reports of heavy liquidation in Liverpool and sharp wheat declines sparked early breaks in Chicago grain. Wheat opened 3 8 to 7 8 down and drifted near limits, corn opened 1 8 to 5 8 down with limited rally, oats down 1 2 to 3 4, provisions little changed to up 5 cents.
Prices from New Orleans on June 9 show cucumbers 1.00 to 1.25 per bushel and snap beans 75 to 90 cents. Squash 25 to 40 cents per bush, peppers 1.75 to 2.00, okra 3.50 to 4.50, Cuban stock 1.50, spinach 1.50, peas 3.00, potatoes slow at 15 to 1.00 per 100 pounds, Maine Green Mountains 1.25 to 1.40. Sweet potatoes weak at 50 to 8 per cwt. Creole onions 1.00 to 1.25, green corn 1.00 per 100 cars, garlic 25 to 1.00 per double string, eggplant 50 to 75 cents, celery 40 to 50 per dozen stalks, tomatoes 2.00 to 2.25 per 30 lb box Louisiana stock, Mississippi tomatoes 1.25 to 1.75, cherries 2.25 to 2.50 per 15 lb box, cantaloupes 3.00 to 3.65, watermelons 18 to 28 pounds average 18 to 28. Louisiana shipped 34 potato cars, 5 cucumber cars, 2 carrot cars, 2 mixed veg cars, 2 sweet potato cars, 1 car each tomatoes onions cabbage celery. Mississippi shipped 127 tomato cars, 10 mixed veg cars, 6 potato cars, 3 cabbage cars.
Foreign exchange irregular with Britain at 2.67 1 2 dollars demand and 3.67 5 8 cables. Other quotes include France 3.94 3 16 demand and 3.94 5 8 cables, Italy 5.13 1 2 demand and 5.14 cables, and various European and global rates for Belgium, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Poland, Czecho Slovakia, Yugoslavia, Austria, Romania, Argentina, Brazil, Tokyo, Shanghai, Montreal, and Mexico City silver peso.
Hogs 26 000 head with direct sales at 3.50 top for 230 260 lb, sow prices 2.60 3.00, pigs 2.85 3.15 for 100 130 lb. Cattle 6 900, calves 2 500, feeders slow but steady, slaughter steers 6.50 7.60, 1100 1300 lb 7.75, vealers 6.00 7.00. Sheep 15.00, lambs and yearlings down, fat ewes steady 125 290, ewes 90 150 lb 1.90 2.25.
New York stocks rose briefly on a Auburn short-squeeze but faded in the afternoon. The session saw mixed gains and losses with total volume about 1,100,900 shares as U S government bonds and key commodities supported sentiment amid a wary bear-market backdrop.
In New York on June 9 cottonseed oil markets closed steady with prime summer yellow at 3.20 and prime crude ranges from 2.50 to 2.62 per unit. Reports note multiple bids and sales activity totaling 27 contracts across various grades.
In New Orleans on June 9 the market closed steady for cottonseed oil. Prime summer yellow ranged 2.95 to 3.05 with prime crude 2.50 to 2.62. Futures listed for June 2.98 July 3.03 August 3.11 September 3.14 October 3.16 November 3.18 December 3.22 January 3.26.
Liverpool June 9. Cottons receipts. spot in fair demand with 2 to 7 points lower. American grades quoted: strict good middling 4.68, good middling 4.28, strict middling 4.23, middling 4.18, strict low middling 4.08, low middling 3.98, strict good ordinary 3.78, good ordinary 3.48. Futures closed quiet and steady: July 3.84, Oct 3.86, Dec 3.88, Jan 3.91, Mar 3.97, May 4.01.
Chicago reports USDA potato market notes with current and old stock levels. Wisconsin round whites fetch 90 to 95 cents, Idaho Russets 90 cents to $1.10, Southern Bliss varieties around $1.25 to $1.40, and limited trades with moderate supplies. Total U S shipments reach 1 004 while old stock remains dull and trading is slow.
New York sugar market gains strength at 2 pm with July advancing from 0.62 to 0.64 and December from 0.76 to 0.79. The general tone remains firm with 2 to 3 point gains. approximate sales reach 24,200 tons. Futures closed 3 to 4 higher across months including July 66 and May 91 to 93.
The Fox drama Man About Town with Warner Baxter opens at Paramount today and Friday in a story of two friends divided by a woman, culminating in jealousy romance and tragedy with a final defense of the woman in a murder case. Cast includes Karen Morley Conway Tearle Lilian Bond and Alan Mowbray.
The Louisiana House approved numerous measures including H. 20 to expand gravity drainage districts, H. 55 and its companion H. 128 authorizing gas distribution by municipalities, H. 69 and H. 70 amending successions law, H. 83 exempting farm property from ten year assessments, H. 136 shifting merchandise assessments to yearly averages, H. 139 criminalizing fake court documents, and related acts with varied roll calls.
Washington. Mrs. Edward B. McLean testified in the DC supreme court identifying her signature on a memo authorizing Gaston B. Means to hand over $100,000 ransom to a man she called the fox. She cited prior negotiations with Means and Col. M. Robert Guggenheim as friends of Lindbergh.
Call money in New York remained steady on June 9 with a 2 1-2 percent rate all day. Time loans held at 60-90 days 1 1-2 percent and 4-6 months 1 1-2 percent, prime commercial paper at 2 3-4 to 3, bankers' acceptances unchanged.
The Philippine government plans to deploy an airplane to combat locust plagues and infestations across two provinces as part of its wartime effort.
In Washington on June 9 Representative Celler predicted former President Calvin Coolidge will condemn prohibition in the July Cosmopolitan. Celler called Coolidge a dry president and urged Blanton to read the portents, while others quipped about Dry vs Wet stances and party figures.
In Oakland California on June 9 a test bore 700 feet long is under way to study ground conditions for a proposed four lane automobile tunnel 3,184 feet long. The bore will pass through the Berkeley mountains linking Alameda and Contra Costa counties and removing several miles of winding mountain roads. About 250 workers are employed in the preliminary phase. The main tunnel project has bonds authorized and a cost of 4,487,060 dollars.
The Bureau of Standards records 3 900 brick color samples from across the country. Colors range from light buff to deep red, detailing a nationwide palette for building standards.
California mountain Toyon shrubs, native plants, are being marketed as Christmas holly. The renaming aims to capitalize on holiday appeal while preserving the plant’s ornamental value and local origin.
SOUTH BEND Ind June 9 Lopker Joe senior in Notre Dame fine arts school earns all America college illustrator status from student friends. He creates drawings for campus publications and his work is reprinted and borrowed by many contemporary magazines. Lopker from St Joseph Mich uses pastel watercolor pen ink charcoal oil and lithograph pencil with equal skill.
Miss Helen Marr Love hosted over the past weekend with her mother Mrs J F Love and sister Miss Clayton Love visiting from DeRidder La for a recital Friday. Miss Clayton Love performed a violin solo as a featured number. Mrs Clifton Ingram returns home after visiting her parents in Hope Ark. Mr and Mrs Field Montgomery hosted guests this week. Miss Edith Purdy of Lake Providence La and Miss Anne Cruse from Jena Louisiana joined Miss Irene Lord in Morehouse parish for demonstration work.
Snow spread over the Willoughby lake region near St. Johnsbury Vermont after night flurries. Temperatures remained below 40 degrees at several locations in the area.
Washington reports the House rejects Senate amendments to the $150 million economy bill and votes to send the measure to conference to resolve differences.
A South and Southwest health note explains chiggers or red bugs. Prevent bites by washing with Lifebuoy soap and air drying before exposure. If bitten, bathe in hot water and rub antiseptic lather into pores to remove mites and soothe itching.
An altar stone thought to have been carried down the Mississippi by Father Marquette remains in use at St Francis Xavier's Church in St Louis preserving a colonial Catholic relic.
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