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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1925
Page
7
The New Orleans cotton market closes with futures slipping 16 to 19 points amid tame trading. Opening prices for nearby months show declines and October moves to 23.69 while December drops to 23.78 as weather reports hint at light showers in Texas.
Cotton futures opened easy and traded lower in New York as traders hedged and sold. Declines ranged from 9 to 14 points at the start, with private reports boosting mixed crop outlooks and Texas rain rumors weighing on sentiment. Private estimates suggested U S crop numbers near 13.86 to 14.02 million bales.
Liverpool cotton market reports steady prices amid good demand. American cotton shows strong middling values with sales totaling 8,000 bales and 4,000 receipts, including 2,790 American. Futures close steady across months from September to July.
Chicago open edged up as frost warnings from Canada and the Dakotas and a drop in world shipments supported prices. Eastern houses led buying but volume remained light with modest early gains and a later pullback. Corn oats and hog provisions followed firmer trend though gains were limited amid cautious trading.
Chicago September 21 live poultry prices show steady markets with receipts of 18 cars. Fowls bring 18 to 24 1 2 cents, springs 24 cents, roosters 16 to 18 cents, ducks 18 to 20 cents, and geese 50 cents per pound.
Stock market notes report hog receipts at 30.00 with top hogs at 13.65 and heavy weights reaching 18.40. Cattle receipts show best yearlings around 15.75 and heavies near 16.26, with bulk weights and packers influencing prices. Sheep receipts total 28,000.
A naval court of inquiry in Lakehurst New Jersey begins hearings to determine the wreck causes of the airship Shenandoah. Survivors Ohio witnesses and experts will testify while matters include structural changes and possible army navy accountability under Admiral Hilary Jones and a mixed board defending the inquiry.
A speaker within the department asserts ongoing support for air service appropriations and praises officers and men as competent and loyal. He outlines the primary peace mission to prepare for war and the war mission to win and supply air operations, stressing the war mission as the dominant guiding principle.
The chief of air service argues for a national air transport system as a defense asset. He favors indirect government aid through ground facilities and mail contracts, cautions against mixing civil aviation under military control, and stresses a strong aircraft industry as essential to national security.
About 172 dollars in currency may have been lost or stolen from T. J. Davis bridge foreman of the Missouri Pacific railroad while riding a train from Camden Arkansas to this city. Cody Watkins reported his Waltham watch and a small amount of cash stolen from his clothing while swimming at the natatorium Saturday morning.
Police reports show two Ford automobiles were stolen during the week end. A touring car owned by Charles Saltzman disappeared from St. Ann's Alley between 7 and 10 Saturday night, license 117 447. A Ford coupe owned by A J Regan of 307 Cypress Street West Monroe was taken Saturday.
Tom Mulhearn resumes second year at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge along with Grace Foren Alva May Gates entering LSU for fall. The Ladies Auxiliary meets Wednesday at 3 30 p m at K of P hall. A bootlegger hid six pints of whiskey in a Lovers Lane sewer and the cache was found Saturday by a resident. Detective Tarver and Police Sergeant Lenard confiscated the liquor.
Dispatches indicate France plans a funding settlement that reduces the principal without delaying payments. Caillaux and his aides aboard the Paris proposed increased annual payments over twenty years, with no delay for moratorium. Officials weigh France capacity to pay and oppose more favorable terms than those given to Britain.
The petition alleges that on January 21 1925 in Beaumont Texas the petitioner married Louise Devillier in Lake Charles Louisiana. Hubert Cramers a Lake Charles pastor allegedly pressured the wife into leaving and claimed the marriage adulterous. He allegedly stated illegitimacy of potential children and urged abortion to end the marriage.
Dr Thomas E Green a national Red Cross directorate member from Monroe earns wide recognition for preaching peace and world Brotherhood. Born Harrisville Pa he studied at McKendree Princeton theological seminary and held many church and academic posts with numerous honors and international decorations.
Two Bastrop men, C. E. Jackson aged 18 and Kenneth MacIntosh aged 20, were injured when their auto overturned on the Bastrop Monroe highway near midnight Saturday. Jackson suffered a fractured arm while MacIntosh sustained a fractured nose and facial cuts. A third occupant escaped unharmed. The driver said a loose rim caused him to swerve to avoid a bridge. Both workers were employed at the Louisiana Pulp and Paper mill in Bastrop.
Monroe National Guardsman Sergeant Conrad C. Cage led the Louisiana team with near perfect score at Camp Perry Ohio. Corporal Shelby Cage also competed as Louisiana finished ninth in Class B and twenty second overall out of 129 teams. Lieutenant W H Holland reports strong results and anticipates Clays A next year.
A regional Red Cross conference opening in Monroe gathers parish leaders from Ouachita Morehouse Caldwell West Carroll and Madison with national figures Dr Thomas E Green Everett Dix and others. The meeting includes papers on reviving Red Cross in Northeast Louisiana and a chartering notice for Collens and Thompson Company in Monroe.
The Police Jury of Ouachita ParishLouisiana adopts Ordinance No 928 detailing the 1926 budget with line items for salaries, health, roads, libraries, maintenance and contingencies totaling 대한. Revenue sources include parish and city taxes and road maintenance funds with publication ordered.
Rayville is well represented in colleges and universities across the south with graduates heading to Alabama Polytechnic Louisiana State Agricultural, Southwestern in Memphis Tulane Sophie Newcomb and other institutions. A quiet wedding in Rayville unites Elmus G. Lawrence and Lula E. Dunham. A stockholders meeting notice outlines corporate procedures and charter provisions.
Large crowds attended the First Baptist church for Reverend L. T. Hastings first sermon from his new pulpit. The morning message on The Good Shepherd drew praise, with another strong sermon at night. Attendance rose across departments and the Sunday school and B Y P A. A reception for the pastor is planned. The Hastings family arrived Friday and settled in the South Grand parsonage.
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