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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1935
Page
8
July to December futures drifted with little change in a quiet session. Exports totaled 22 987 bales as spot cotton closed five points lower in New Orleans with receipts of 899 and stock at 365 237. The market anticipated a small notice day and cautious bears lingered.
New York stock market notes show early declines as favorable weather and southern news prompted partial recovery. By afternoon, cotton trading stabilized with net declines of 4 to 6 points and futures closing steady to 6 to 10 points lower. Spot prices remained quiet with middling around 11.90.
Liverpool reports 3,000 bales traded including 2,400 American. Spot prices advance one point with American strict good middling at 7.30 and other grades listed. Futures closed quiet with July at 6.30 and later months around 5.90s.
The June stock market closed in a narrow range with mixed profit taking. Leaders rose or fell slightly as trading settled into a dignified jog amid little change in trade news and a modest uptick in secondary bonds.
Chicago market report shows Wheat and Hogs weaker with declines up to 10 cents and a top price for hogs at 9.75. Corn edges higher on hot weather expectations while Sugar and Coffee trading remain firm and Cotton steady amid liquidations and firmer prices.
Chicago grain prices opened lower as harvest progress in the southwest fed expectations. Wheat fell 3 to 8 cents, later stabilizing with September around 793.5. Corn slipped 1 to 2 cents early but closed near the initial range, oats unchanged to 1.8 higher, provisions mixed with gains and losses.
USDA market note shows U.S. potato shipments for Saturday and Sunday and mixed prices across varieties. Wisconsin round whites, Idaho russets, Arkansas Bliss Triumphs, Louisiana and North Carolina types listed with U S No 1 and decay notes. California Burbanks and North Carolina cobblers also priced with pack and quality indications.
In New Orleans on June 24 cottonseed oil prices closed mostly lower with July at 9.63 and September 9.66 while October stayed at 9.66 and December at 9.50. In New York on the same day bleach able cottonseed oil futures eased with July 9.90, September 10.01, December 9.80 and January 9.848, with 145 contracts traded including 86 witches.
Sugar futures firm as July and September contracts advance on scattered covering and buying by trade houses. July No 3 climbs to 2.32 cents per pound while September to 2.38, July No 1 to 2.36, with trading at 2 p.m. near recent highs.
ICAO reports June 24 pricing for butter and eggs with various grades and carloads. Butter lists extras firsts and standard grades with scores from 88 to 93, while eggs show firm current receipts and graded firsts, extras, and storage items with prices around 22 to 23 per unit.
Chicago market report shows hogs 15 000 head including 7 000 direct, prices mostly under 8.50 for lighter pigs and 8.00 9.50 for various weight ranges. Cattle and vealers total around 12 500 with light activity and price ranges from 6.50 to 12.50 for different classes and weights.
In New York on June 24, foreign exchange remained steady with asks for Great Britain at 4 94 1 4 and France at 6 62 1 4. Cross rates show Belgium at 16 88, Germany 40 38, Holland 68 12, Norway 24 82, Sweden 25 48, Denmark 22 06, and Finland 2 18 1 2.
Call money in New York remained steady at 1 to 4 percent throughout the day with time bills showing 60 to 90 days at 1 to 4 percent and 4 to 6 months at 1 to 4 percent. Prime commercial paper offered at 3 to 4 percent as bankers acceptances held at 30 days 3 16 to 1 8 and 60 to 90 days 3 16 to 1 8 with rediscount at 1 2 percent by the New York Reserve Bank.
Public seizure and sale notices from Ouachita Parish include the Alpine and Monroe actions. Writs of seizure and sale authorize auctions at the western front door of Monroe courthouse, with properties in Maryland Brooks addition and SE quarter sections, plus Lots 6 and 7 and part of Lot 8 in square 49 on Olive Street, all cash, no appraisement, dates July 6 and July 8 1936 1935. Sheriff Milton Coverdale directs.
Poultry prices and weights in Chicago are detailed for live inventories including hens, leghorn hens, rock fryers, colored varieties, rock springs, barebacks, leghorn chickens, roosters, hen turkeys, toms, old ducks, young white ducks, geese, and smalls. Specific weights range from under 2 pounds to 5 pounds and higher with various classifications.
Publics notices detail sealed bids for Monroe projects with the U S Engineer Office times and dates in 1935 1938 and sheriff sale listings for Monroe Building & Loan Association vs Dairy Products Company Inc describe property and personal items to be sold on July 6 1935 plus missing animal notices for a brown mare mule a clipped black setter and a red hound with contact names and locations in Monroe Sterlington and Ouachita Parish Louisiana
Used piano offered for recital use with easy terms via Brook Mays and Company at 124 Dessard Monroe. Also complete hatchery equipment at low cash price with potential terms. write Box 444 News Star World Chicks Clayton Reds Rocks Wyandottes Oroh Leghorns and more hatchery names appear in ad.
The News-Star World offers a free Losers' Service Bureau listing for lost items such as dogs jewelry or articles not advertised in the paper. An accurate index of recent lost and found ads helps locate owners and assist advertisers in recovering items at no extra cost.
Local ad announces a price week for shorthand and typewriting courses. Mrs Smith offers enrollment details by phone 1076 to inquire about discounts and schedule.
The notice promotes Prof Van Zan the Master Mind promising to cure troubles and turn failure to success after 40 years of work. A reduced price offer runs this week at 200 Arkansas, BRN Mannesero Notary Public News-Star-World office.
The notice fragment requests a classified ad format listing location street and mam dash. It mentions price per week or month and conditions such as new war paper. It invites readers to phone the News Lune World Classified Dept at 4800 for weekly ads at seven cents per line, plus free theater tickets.
A speaker declares a range from a Shori Eleon to a cartridge and warns against bites or gunfire, signaling fear and demand for safety amid armed threats. The message highlights perceived dangers and a call for restraint in a tense environment.
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