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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1941
Page
12
News item lists closing averages furnished by Dow Jones through E. F. Hutton for Wednesday and Thursday. Indus rails utilities figures show slight changes with indices 125.65 to 125.96, 29.86 to 30.09, 18.31 to 18.49, and 42.60 to 42.78 across sectors.
United States dollars in Canada show 10 percent buying premium and 11 percent selling premium under official control, with open market discounts. British and European rates list open market and cable figures. Latin American, Far East rates are given as official and free prices, with spot cable notations.
U S Dept of Agriculture notes irregular prices as bulk fine territory wools sell 98 to 1.03 dollars per pound scoured. Medium-grade territory wools close 90 to 92 cents for 3 1/2 blood, and 85 to 87 cents for 1 1/2 bloods. Combing brights 1/2 blood fleeces move 45 to 47 cents grease. similar fleeces mostly 45 to 46 cents grease.
Wheat opened strong with up to 2 percent gains as short covering and mill buying supported prices. Eastern firms routed orders into pits but profit taking soon followed. prices closed unchanged to lower from yesterday. September wheat at 1.115-1.119, May 1.183-1.184, corn down about 5 percent, oats about 3/4 lower.
New York August 14 futures firmed after an initial $2 decline as mill price fixing, New Orleans and local buying limited offerings. Futures closed 13 to 18 points lower with Oct 16.08 and Dec 16.27 29 among nearby quotes. Middling spot 16.73.
Copper steady electrolytic spot 12.00 export FAS NY 11.00 12.00. Tin steady spot and nearby 53.00 forward 51.25. Lead steady spot New York 5.85 5.90 East St. Louis 5.70. Zinc steady East St. Louis spot and forward 7.25. Pig iron aluminum antimony quicksilver platinum Chinese wolframite and domestic scheelite unchanged.
Los Angeles reports receipts from the Produce Exchange on August 14. Butter in bulk 3744 pounds and candled large eggs 37 dozens, medium eggs 35 dozen, small eggs 20 dozen.
Hogs salable 2 500 total 2 540 with 240 lb hogs down 5 10 higher, top 11 25. Cattle salable 2 000 total 2 030. calves 400. fed heifers 892 lb at 12 90. Missouri fed steers 12 00. other fed steers 10 75 11 85. fat cows 7 00 8 00. Sheep salable 2 000 total 4 500. good to choice native spring limbs above 11.00.
Salable hogs 9,000 of 13,000 total with good to choice weights 180-270 lb at 10.65 to 11.55. cattle 5,000 salable with calves 700 and top 12.50 for 939-lb mixed steers and heifers. stockers and feeders scarce. Sheep 1,500 salable of 4,500 total, slow market with bulk native lambs 10.00 to 11.40 and ewes around 5.25.
Hogs salable 200 steady to 5 higher with top 12.60 on 205 lb truck-ins. Cattle 350 salable mostly canner to medium, slow steady trade. Calves 100 steady, vealers up to 13.50. Sheep 150 salable, lambs 10.85 to 11.10. Denver cattle 300 steady, calves 100, vealers up to 13.50, hogs 400 to 800 head with varied averages, sheep 3,300 to 4,800 with steady to strong demand.
New York trading aimed to break a long stalemate with a modest rally led by rails and scattered industrials. The Roosevelt Churchill sea conference policy barely stirs sentiment as broad transfers run around 400 thousand shares, with mixed results for major issues and notable movements in Santa Fe, Southern Pacific, General Motors, and U S Rubber.
Burbank California motor scooter owners gathered for an inaugural scootercade at Kagel Canyon. At a fuel stop the group filled tanks with a dime's worth of gasoline, leaving organizers joking about the modest jackpot.
About 5 000 unpaid volunteer observers furnish data to the Weather Bureau Department of Agriculture.
Listing of radio programs across stations KFRC KVOA KECA KGO KNX KTUC KRC KFI and others with times from 6:00 to 9:00 PM including music dramas quiz shows sports segments and comedy programs. Notable acts include Xavier Cugat Rudy Vallee Glenn Miller Fred Waring Amos n Andy Lum and Abner and Hollywood Party.
Arizona remains mostly cloudy with mountain showers and light rain at lower elevations this afternoon and evening. New Mexico expects showers along the southern portions and continental divide with higher mountains seeing thundershowers. Friday brings fair conditions overall. Southern California will stay warm with highs near 90 today and around 85 Friday, as thin clouds drift across. West Texas reports partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers this afternoon and evening, followed by slightly warmer conditions in the south portion on Friday.
A motorist attempting to pass a trolley on the wrong side found himself outnumbered by a dozen policemen who boarded the car and blew their whistles. Every vehicle in the block halted as officers took control.
Radio listings detail dance orchestra programs across stations from 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. featuring musicians like Jarrett Byrne Winton Loring Hallett Smith Foster Clancy Jergens Saunders Stoker Foster and Marshall with stations KFRC KECA KGO KPO KOA KRLD KRLD etc.
A clipped listing shows midday to evening radio programming across KTUC and KVOA. Programs include News, Songs of Cheer, Club Matinee, Portia Faces Life, CBS Concert, Wives Over Jordan, and The Nickel Man among others with several anchors and hosts noted.
An assortment of classified notices and ads offering low prices on furniture including discarded pieces, new and used refrigerators, washing machines, and home goods. Also notices for car washing, florists, a white woman seeking housework, and small sale items with contact details.
The page presents a crossword puzzle with numbered clues from 27 to 48 covering various word types and a cryptogram quotation. The Cryptoquote reads SRCGCSPXG KV PRX HIFXGMEKMH XWXEXMP JL WKLX, CMO KV CUJFX HXMKBV-VCBMOXGYV. Yesterday's line provides the solution KEEP NOT IN MEN COMPANY LEST YOU INCREASE THE NUMBER-HERBERT and credits King Features Syndicate Ina.
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