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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1940

Page

9

Cotton futures rise on short covering across markets

World market roundup reports New Orleans June 18 trading with gains in July and October futures, inching up due to short covering and mill activity. Spot prices in New Orleans steady, average southern markets show higher middling prices, while New York futures close 10 to 14 points higher amid improving textile demand.

New Orleans Cottom New York Shorts Nomminal

River stages mixed as stocks steady in June market

June 18 report shows stocks steady after an early rally falters while bonds rise and some axis loans retreat. Foreign exchange mixed with Nazi currencies up and the Canadian dollar down. cotton, sugar, metals, and wool trade steady or higher with specific price directions. Cattle firm, hogs mostly down. Chicago wheat and corn rise.

New York Boston Chicago

New York Stocks Edge Up Amid War Gloom And Defense Hope

Trading opened with steel rails and rubber stocks leading gains before profit taking trimmed advances. Investors eyed Hitler Mussolini peace terms for France as broker optimism centers on defense spending and demand for military materials, with 790000 shares changing hands in the session.

Victor Eubank New York France Well Street Hitler Mussolini U.S. Steel Bethlehem Youngstown Republic Santa Fe New York Central Southern Railway Great Northern U. S. Rubber Goodyear Goodrich Sears Roebuck United Aircraft American Telephone Western Union Anaconda du Pont Loft Allied Chemical Aluminum of America Jones & Laughlin N. J. Zine Bath Iron Works Phoenix Securities

Spot cotton prices fall as futures end unchanged in Liverpool

Liverpool reports spot cotton quiet with quotes down 22 points across grades. American grades show strict good middling 7.98 and good ordinary 6.18 amid futures closing unchanged to seven points higher, with July at 7.10 and October 6.86.

Liverpool

Cottonseed Oil Futures Mixed In New Orleans And New York

In New Orleans on June 18 the market held steady with bleachable prime summer yellow at 6.00N and crude around 5.49B to 5.70B for later months. In New York on June 18 futures closed 1 lower to 3 higher with July at 5.96B and January 6.18B after 70 contracts traded.

New Orleans New York

World Sugar Futures Inch Up On Outside Demand

New York traders saw slight gains in sugar futures with July at 1.79 cents and March at 1.93. Domestic activity steadied amid hedge selling absorption, with refined withdrawals slow and Puerto Rican and Philippine shipments noted. Futures No. 3 closed mixed and No. 4 mostly steady as sales totaled around 3,000 to 3,800 tons.

New York Puerto Ricos Philippines

Potatoes Market Report Dated Chicago June 18

The USDA notes arrivals 110 and on track 323 with total U S shipments 562 as supplies remain liberal and demand fair. California Long Whites sell at 2 00 to 2 25 per U S No 1. North Carolina Cobblers range 1 55 to 1 70. Arkansas Oklahoma Bliss Triumphs 1 50 to 1 70. Alabama Bliss Triumphs at 2 00. Louisiana Bliss Triumphs 1 60 to 1 70.

Chicago USDA U. S California Bliss North Carolina Cobblers Arkansas Oklahoma Alabama Louisiana VU. S

Kiwanis Week Observance Planned by Monroe Club

Monroe Kiwanis will mark All Kiwanis Week with a Wednesday meeting led by President Ivy Jordan. Rabbi F K Hirsch heads the education committee with members taking part in a program stressing Kiwanis education, pledge to adhere to Kiwanis principles and community service.

Monroe Ivy Jordan F. K Hirsch Kiwanius Club Committee of Education Kiwanis Bennett O Knudson Albert Lea Minn The Kiwanis International Jordan United States Canada

Lost Leather Billfold Returned for Reward

A leather billfold loss near Border Heights was reported with a reward offered for its return. The item is described as Beck brand and contains identification. no further details were provided.

Newstar

Air Ministry reports RAF raids over Rhineland and destroyer hit

The air ministry said RAF bombarded military objectives in the Rhineland and northwest Germany last night. An enemy destroyer off Frisian islands was bombed amidships by a Lockheed Hudson on North Sea reconnaissance. the vessel, anchored near Norderney, smoked as the aircraft departed.

London Air Ministry Rhineland Germany Frisian Islands North Sea Norderney

Anglo Saxon Fight Mouthpiece Sees War Split

Virgino Gay da, Mussolini's mouthpiece, writes that with France collapsing and Britain aided by United States materials the war becomes a purely Anglo-Saxon struggle against much of the world. He notes Britain fights with imperial forces and US promised aid, and questions how long the war can last.

Rome Virgino Gayda Mussolini France Britain England United States Gayda Il Giornale d'Italia

Wheat and cattle markets see gains and steady edges

Chicago grain prices rise early with wheat up to 13-8 and corn gains, then close little changed. Hog and cattle futures mix as hogs slip while cattle and calves firm to 15 higher. sheep mostly lower as Idaho lambs and Nebraskan feeds trade.

Chicago USDA Idaho

Store Owner Challenges New Orleans Liquor Tax

Romeal Theriot, Louisiana liquor chain operator, told the house ways and means committee that New Orleans illegally collects a municipal liquor tax. He said law prohibits taxing liquor and beer yet the city earns about 700000 annually and warned the industry cannot bear higher state and federal taxes.

Baton Rouge House Ways and Means Romeal Theriot Louisiana New Orleans Theriot

Parole request and sheriff sale notices in Ouachita Parish

Local legal notices include an inmate parole bid for Sheree geare after a larceny conviction, with signatures from Angola and Monroe, and two sheriff sale announcements in Monroe by Milton Coverdale. One sale lists a 1937 Chevrolet seized under a writ and the other details property in Mart 1949 subdivision with exact lot lines and terms of cash-only sale.

Sheriff's Sale Three Way Finance Company J. O. Lolley State of Louisiana Parish of Ouachita Fourth District Court Fourth Judicial District Court Ouachita Monroe Louisiana Towit Sherif aLronne Sevings Bank & Trust Com Mary Lacara Lowisiana Marte Calypso Street Pegback Jalietine Louisiena Calypso Seventh Perallel

Poultry prices steady at Chicago live market

Poultry live market in Chicago on June 14 shows 47 trucks steady to firm with hens 5 Ibs and under at 13 1 2 cents, broilers 2 1 2 Ibs down, colored 15 1 2, Plymouth Rock 17, White Rock 17, springs under 4 Ibs 18, turkeys hens 12, other prices unchanged.

Chicago Plymouth Rock White Rock

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