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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1941
Page
10
Chicago wheat and corn futures fell as soybeans led losses amid lower prices. Reports show increased outstanding grain contracts and limited offsetting support, with some buying absent due to prewar demand and expected future deliveries, while pork and lard markets moved with grain weakness.
Wednesday cattle and calf sales at San Antonio show varied demand with steers trading around 12.60 to 13.50 per hundredweight and slaughter calves steady. Calves and yearlings moved slowly with few strong bids, while hogs and sheep receipts fluctuated amid moderate activity and broad price ranges.
Fragmentary notes indicate metal trading activity with references to prices and quantities. Names and figures are unclear, but the item suggests a market update on metals with several price points and supplier mentions. The readable terms imply a financial delay or shipment inquiry affecting buyers.
A garbled city note reports minor injuries from a vehicle collision on Blayeo road and Weed lawn avenues near Galveston. Names and places are partly unreadable. mentions a Lt. Col. L H Hewitt, a Mr Toynlo, and St. Mary’s confessions, with scattered details about local postings and an Alfred Bebweter event.
Cattle at Union stockyards show mixed movement with steers and yearlings steady to strong, canners and culled cows up 15 to 25 cents, bulls active, and moderate slaughter calf trade steady after a prior gain. Hogs steady to $10.75, sheep and goats active with unchanged prices. Reports note large grass cattle near top prices and varied rain influence across regions.
Fragmentary report shows cotton futures trading higher then lower amid mixed demand. Mentions December and March 17 dates, alongside metal market notes in New York, with several garbled phrases about prices, buyers, and market activity.
The text lists numerous grocery items with prices and locations, including avits vegetables fruits and related goods. It names products such as apples cabbage carrots cucumbers lemons limes onions oranges peaches grapes and various poultry dairy items with price per unit or weight, historical sourcing from states like Texas Idaho Colorado California and more, in a dense OCR style.
The Agricultural Department estimates 1939 cotton production at 16 061 000 bales, average lint yield 2342 pounds per acre, harvested area 22 629 000 acres, based on October 1 condition. Previous forecasted 10 710 000 bales with 2208 pounds per acre. Last year production 12 586 000 bales with 252.5 pounds per acre from 22 419 000 acres. Also noted are wool market details and an unexpected bank director appointment in London with James Mayer Keytes elected director of the Bank of England.
The Chicago market summary lists live poultry and produce notes with prices and conditions. It mentions ducks, Plymouth Rock, and White Leghorns with varied weights and prices, plus miscellaneous poultry items and New York produce figures including cheese and other dairy products with price ranges and percentage changes.
The market opened lower on light volume with declines in many industrials as investors weighed German penetra tions in Russia and mixed corporate signals. Dow Jones saw tepid turnover as Allied Chem and Kodak fell while Union Carbide and Westinghouse held steadier amid a broad array of name brands trading unevenly.
Fourth Court civil apals reviews multiple motions from Willacy County Water Control and Improvement Districts No 1 and No 3 to advance submission or file amended pleadings. Appeals involve Michael Nussbaum and others from Willacy and adjacent counties. Several motions to file mandamus or transfer petitions granted or denied with dates set for December proceedings.
Obituary notices report Achy Walter Forguson of Kerrville dying at 75 with services at Hagy McCollum Murray chapel led by Rev Van Dyke, interment at Mission Burial Park. Survivors include wife Tovie Forguson and children Capt Jack Porpasan and Capt Kim Forguson among others. Additional items mention Jacob Hasl and a separate service for an unrelated person, with funeral details and cemetery names. A long, garbled block on exchange rates follows, including named countries and figures, but lacks coherent context.
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