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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1925
Page
8
New Orleans reports cotton closed steady with a net decline of 15 to 29 points. December slipped to 22.70 early and ended near 22.78 with. prices eased at first on favorable weather and strong export totals. The session saw mixed moves as rains in Texas and improved deliveries influenced market mood.
The New York cotton market finished mixed with a net decline of 21 to 30 points. October to May contracts opened easy and sold off on light selling, Liverpool cables, and expectations of softer spot basis in the southwest. Trading saw heavy offerings and some covering, with December dipping to new low territory before settling losses around 23.32 for December and 22.52 for January.
Poultry market reports show firmer alive poultry prices with receipts of 12 cars and eggs rising. Butter markets advance with 12,376 tubs received. creamery extras at 51 and above, and egg prices lifting to 88-41 cents for firsts across varying grades.
Cotton spot demand remains fair with prices steady. American grades show values from 11.17 for good ordinary to 13.27 for strictly good middling. Sales total 6,000 bales, receipts 7,000 with 200 American. Futures closed barely steady with varied months around 12.0.
Open higher on September 29 as wheat leads gains amid hopes of a one cent a bushel drop in 16 1 4 to 18 1 2 tent range. Eastern houses and commission firms push purchasing while advising against selling on new setbacks. Corn and oats follow wheat with modest early gains and a surge to 3 8 higher from opening.
Hog receipts reach 22 000 with values for 140 to 220 pound hogs at 13.30 to 13.70 and heavyweights up to 138.30. Cattle on 12 000 head with fat cows 4.50 to 6.00 and vealers 12.00 to 13.00. Sheep receipts 17 000 with native lambs 15.00 to 15.25 and range breeding ewes 9.00.
Col. Mitchell urges a separate air service and a department of national defense to unify air, land, and sea forces. He argues for rapid air development, aviation divisions, and a secretary of aeronautics, warning that missiles from Europe or Asia could threaten America if air power is neglected.
Lieutenant Colonel B D Fourlois, commandant at Mitchell Field and early Army air service pioneer, charged the war department policy forming body with imposing handicaps on the army air service. He was called to precede Colonel Wt- in a Washington dispatch dated Sept 29.
Mitchel recounts 2010 budget limits of 150 dollars to sustain a single Army plane and 300 dollars of his own money. He says he begged borrowed and stole material from the chartermaster corps to keep the aircraft in service as aviation faced officer shortages and slow recognition of its seriousness by War Department and civil authorities. Colonel Fourlois notes naval aviation was never fully staffed. Mitchell’s entrance drew applause but was halted by a board chairman.
Lieutenant Anderson testifies before the naval court of inquiry at Lakehurst that the Shenandoah maintained its course as clouds gathered and showed no sign of a severe storm initially. He notes the storm became the worst encountered after the airship began its ascent.
Navy court witnesses describe the Shenandoah air ship caught in a storm, rising to 6065 feet then plunging, breaking in two after an eddy. Loss of two engines, gas valve changes, and disputes over gas cell failure are noted. Commander Lansdowne and a new valve system are discussed along with the Navy's flight timing decisions and a late weather judgment by Lt. Anderson.
A new record for document volume was set in Calcasieu Parish as 155 oil leases covering acreage near Sulphur were filed by Union Sulphur Company. Recording costs totaled 474 dollars.
Newport Rhode Island September 29 The Inter state Electric company vice president Sid Elliott told a meeting of radio dealers from Louisiana Texas and Arkansas that radio will save farmers thousands of dollars annually by providing early market reports and weather forecasts and offer rural families home entertainment Other speakers included N D Patti of New York E D Lewis and R A Jemison of Shreveport
Mrs Martha N Johnson Engels of Louisiana was elected secretary as the Spanish War nurses reelected Mrs Cora Geddes Taylor of New York as president. Ballot by mail announced in St Petersburg Florida.
Mrs A D Petty of Ruston visits her parents Mr and Mrs Andrew Jackson. Miss Biffie Morse heads to Shreveport for a stenographic job. Chester Carr of Monroe visits. Pauline Mattis stays with her parents. Lee leaves for Centenary College in Shreveport. Lerenthols attend Jewish holidays then head to Little Rock and Monroe. A large pavillion dance on Sept 25 and Donegan's Show draws crowds. City Drug Store opens in new building. Wallace Hamilton visits from Baton Rouge. Nettie Dennis, newly employed in Langham, visits home. Dr Womack opens new drug store. all in first class condition.
Lincoln Nebraska September 29 Noted life term inmate Fred Brown was killed by a guard during an attempted prison break. He and fellow prisoner Roy Smith were seen starting charges of nitroglycerine as Clarence E Morse a prison mail clerk was also killed. Smith remains hospitalized with slim chances of recovery. Brown's criminal career began early.
About fifteen automobiles formed a motorcade that left the city this morning carrying Monroe residents to Rayville for Monroe Day at the Richland parish fair. The Teflis Grotto and Louisiana Training Institute bands joined the party. Huff Daland airplanes will demonstrate dusting cotton at Rayville this afternoon, with most participants planning to return to Monroe this evening.
In Chattanooga Tennessee on September 29 Dr John Durham Wing rector of St Pauls Church was raised to Bishop Coadjutor of Southern Florida. The ceremony drew nine bishops and other dignitaries of the southern Episcopal jurisdiction and followed the spring diocesan action naming him to the post.
Paris bulletin confirms former French premier Leon Bourgeois dead at his Oger residence in Marne after a sudden collapse following a long illness.
In Zwolle Louisiana a man named Joe Ezernack shot Louis Bebee four times near a railroad crossing. Bebee had recently been released on bond for the killing of Jeff Ezernack, the shooter’s father, and Ezernack was arrested at Many jail after the fatal ambush.
Ruston Louisiana reports a trio of travelers in a Hudson car to Fort Worth returning via Dallas after a near wreck. A Pierian Club meeting featured Mrs Lora J Mance on Child Labor with a program including Evangeline themed pieces. A hotel burglary at 3 am yielded eight dollars and two stamps, the first in 18 years. E D McCallum sold his drug firm to J E Adams and bought a brick cottage on East Arizona Ave with plans to move.
Mrs. T. H. Bryant welcomes her brother and sister Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Russell and their son J. W. Russell of Indiana who are visiting Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Stockbridge in Shreveport on their way to Florida for the winter.
Fred Digby, sports editor for the New Orleans Item and Morning Tribune, visited the News-Star office today before continuing to Atlanta from Fort Worth to cover the Dixie series for his newspapers.
Secretary Donald F. Walker from the Chamber of Commerce said in Baton Rouge that the Lecompte Alexandria stretch will be paved in 1926. He noted plans to pave other Louisiana highways as funds become available.
Mansfield La Sept 29 George N Norris 72 former state legislator died at his home near Lula in Desoto parish Norris served 12 years in the legislature and was a longtime leader in uplift work He refused to run for a fourth term and was well known in his community for public service
Louisiana Highway Commission pledged aid to secure federal recognition and marking for the Lone Star route from Dermott Arkansas to Lake Charles. Commissioner Atkinson met local leaders in Baton Rouge with chamber secretaries from Lake Charles Alexandria and Monroe. The route will branch from the Mississippi Scenic Highway at Dermott. Other marked national roads include the Dixie Overland Jefferson and the old Spanish Trail.
Lions club members gathered at Hotel Monroe for Monroe Day and a luncheon. They voted to canvas all white blind children in the community to identify numbers for distribution of a magazine via the club. Bernard Levi named chairman of the committee.
New Orleans hosts the 48th triennial Protestant Episcopal convention beginning October 7. Over 2000 delegates from the House of Bishops and Deputies are expected, with reservations prepared for more than 3000 visitors. Bishops Cook of Delaware and Johnson of Colorado will stay in designated homes, and Bishop Edward Fawcett of Quincy plans to travel by van and truck, requesting parking arrangements.
In Le Mans France Joseph Caillaux minister of finance now in the United States for debt funding talks was elected president of the General Council of Sarthe receiving 21 votes to 12. The outgoing president former Senator Gigon resigned to allow Caillaux to reenter parliament and was re elected but then quit in Caillaux’s favor.
A violent earthquake near Mount Algoz in Erivan province sent nomadic cave dwellers fleeing from the valley. Enormous rocks crashed into the area as rumblings continued on the summit. No casualties reported. Mount Algoz peaks at 13,540 feet.
In Meridian Connecticut a gunman shot at Louis A. Kubeck owner of the Colony Inn missing him by inches. Kubeck’s associate Jack Quinn was wounded slightly. Police search for an unidentified shooter is underway as Kubeck believes the attack was retaliation for his testimony against Gerald Chapman in a prior trial.
A Lloyds shipping report from St Catharine's Point New Southampton says the British cargo steamer London Mars iner, which sailed from New York on September 19 bound for London, is afire in the English Channel and is asking for assistance.
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