Cotton Futures Edged Higher Amid Shipping Nerve and Demand
New York cotton market opened with mixed fortunes as May and July contracts moved around the 1750 level. Prices showed brief gains on covering and buying for a rally, then slackened with renewed selling amid shipping concerns and local pressure, while large exports and improved southern demand lent a steadier tone into afternoon trading.
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New York Spot Cotton Quiet as Prices Dip
New York spot cotton trading opened with declines as uplands marked 17.35 cents per pound on modest demand. Trading activity was light with traders awaiting further market cues and export news.
Liverpool Cotton Prices and Futures (Jan 1942)
Liverpool spot cotton quoted with good middling 10.97, middling 10.65 and low middling 10.65. Reports show 500 bales for spec and export. Receipts 1,2000. Futures listed for several monthly spreads from January 1942 through January-February 1947 with varying values.
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New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady With Mixed Early Moves
New Orleans January 18 cotton opened steady with January 1.30 March 16.96 May 17.08 July 21 October 16.00 asked. Early trading saw a rise then a fall as unsettled conditions influenced prices. By noon the market recovered to seven points over yesterday's close and remained steady amid light offerings and a spot demand uptick. Receipts reported.
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Metal market quotes for lead and zinc mix up in St Louis delivery
The Associated Press reports metals prices with lead quoted at 770 bid, and spelters plus zinc moving in the market. St Louis delivery noted amid varied bids as the market shifts.
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Wall Street Dashes Bethlehem Steel as Trading Rises
New York stocks show Bethlehem Steel dropping 19 points from yesterday's 30 point loss while gains appear in Marine preferred Atlantic Gulf West Indies Industrial Alcohol and Pittsburgh Coal. United States Steel and related metals rise. Long Island Railways leads gains with several steel and utility names advancing.
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Turpentine and Rosin Market Reports From Savannah
Naval stores notes from Savannah report turpentine firm sales and receipts with figures for rosin firms. Price quotes include B D I F and several initials with varying amounts, showing fluctuating daily activity in pigments and spirits in the market.
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Chicago Prices on Butter Creamery and Produce
Chicago markets report butter prices at 31 1 2 to 36 1 2 with receipts 1 415 cases unchanged. Potatoes receipts 70 cars unchanged. Poultry alive lower with fowls at 18 and springs at 18.
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Chicago
Dairy and poultry market wrap from New York and Kansas City
Butter and eggs show mixed movement with declines in New York creamery prices and firmer dressed poultry. State average prices hold. Kansas City reports higher creamery butter and egg firsts with modest poultry gains across hens and roosters, turkeys weaker in some lines.
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Sugar futures rise as refined demand grows
In New York on January 18 raw sugar held steady with a 527 cent price for centrifugal and 440 for molasses while refined stayed firm at 675. Exporters continued to seek refined sugar, keeping futures 4 to 7 points higher at noon.
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Mercantile Report: Exchange Rates and Money Market
New York Mercantile Page shows sterling 3 1 2 to 3 3 4 for sixty day bills, demand 475 3 8, cables 476 1 2. Government bonds steady. rail road bonds irregular. Time Lons steady with varying periods. call money steady with rates around 1 3 4 to 3.
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Live Stock Prices and Receipts Across Kansas City and St Louis
Hogs receipts at Kansas City 9 000 with 5 cent drop. Bulk price 10.60 to 16.95. light 10.25 to 10.75. pigs 9.00 to 10.00. Cattle receipts 3 000 steady with ranges for prime fed steers 10.85 to 11.50 and cows 5.25 to 9.00. Sheep receipts 4 000 steady with lambs 13.25 to 13.90 and yearlings 11.50 to 12.25. At St Louis hog receipts 13 500 steady with lights 10.65 to 11.10 and heavy 11.05 to 11.25. Cattle 3 500 steady with native beef steers 7.50 to 11.50 and calves 6.00 to 14.25. Sheep 200 head steady with lambs 12.75 to 14.35.
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Chicago Market Week Hogs Cattle Sheep Prices
Chicago report shows hog receipts 52 000 with price ranges from 10.45 to 11.10 for various weights and a 10.00 to 11.10 spread for heavy hogs. Cattle receipts 9 000 with native beef 8.00 to 11.80 and western steers 7.70 to 10.10 plus stockers, ewes, calves up to 14.50. Sheep receipts 11.00 with lambs 11.00 to 14.25.
Wheat futures rise amid rain forecasts and Argentina crop worries
Chicago futures show gains as rain risks deepen and Argentina crop damage reports fuel buying. Wheat and corn advance with May at 188 104 and July near 151, while hogs weaken provisions and car shortages hinder shipments. Other grain quotes include No 2 red wheat 196 to 197 1-2 cents and corn No 2 yellow 101 3-8 to 102 1-2 cents.
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Cotton seed oil market closes firm in New York
The New York cotton seed oil market ends steady with spot bids around 12.40 and futures ranges from 12.26 to 12.45 for several months. Total sales reach 1,000 units. Separately the Swiss National Council Women’s section comprises 86 societies and 25,000 members.
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Peace barred by Entente reply says Zimmerman
Dr Alfred Zimmerman Germany's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs says the Entente reply to President Wilson's peace message bars further steps toward peace for now. Zimmerman, formerly Under-Secretary under von Jagow, is a famed Kaiser diplomat and bears a scar from a student duel in Heidelberg.
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Detective Kelly Shoots At Thaw Residence in Philadelphia
A private detective guarding 5260 Walnut Street where Harry K. Thaw attempted suicide last week fired at the house after claiming he was struck by an assailant. He wasSemi conscious when police arrived and was hospitalized.
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Davidson College 1917 Grid Schedule Announced
Davidson College announces its 1917 football schedule featuring Georgetown, North Carolina A and M, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, VMI, Wofford, North Carolina and Clemson. Three dates remain open.
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American Aided Raid Denial by Romanian Minister
Berlin reports Charles J. Vopicka, American minister to Romania, rejected rumors that Sadler the American vice consul aided in destroying Romanian oil properties. He says Sadler instead filed a large compensation claim for losses, and that about ten Americans remain in Bucharest with order in the city.
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Princess Christian Trims Her Own Hats
Princess Christian, eldest surviving daughter of Queen Victoria, is pictured trimming her own hats in a drafty drawing room. The image reflects royal leisure and simple domestic acts admired in wartime Britain.
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Eddie Collins Signs for 1917 with Braves
Boston January 18 J Edgar Collins the first Boston Nationals member to sign this year sent his contract to business manager Hapgood today His salary will be the same as before Evers Gowdy and Konetchy are the only other members under contract
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Legal Holiday Observed on Lee's Birthday in Wilmington
The Wilmington Clearing House Association notifies a legal holiday on Friday January 19 1917 in Wilmington banks will not transact any business that day Thos E Cooper secretary Wilmington N C advertisement
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Attorney Virgil P. Kline Dies at 72 in Cleveland
Virgil P. Kline, 72, personal attorney of John D. Rockefeller, died of apoplexy in Cleveland on January 18. He had long served as counsel to the Rockefeller interests and was a prominent legal figure in Ohio.
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