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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1941
Page
7
Chicago wheat futures retreat from four year highs with losses up to 15 cents, grains follow including rye and oats, while corn eases on demand and possible government price supports. Lard and cottonseed oil futures halted after price administrator order. soybeans drop over 3 cents as lard and oil futures await resumption talks in Washington.
Livestock sales in Chicago show salable hogs 5,000 to 7,000 with slow, uneven trade. Early weights 240 lb and down steady to strong. later trades heavier. Cattle 1,000 and calves 200, odd lots steady to higher for some, cows and bulls weak. Sheep 1,000 salable, spring lambs steady, natives mixed with gains to 25, best prices around 12.50 to 12.10 for various weights. Overall market mixed with activity by dealers and stocker trades up to 25 higher.
New York stock activity kept spirits up amid holiday scheduling fears. Consolidated Aircraft rose to a yearly high on news of a 100 percent stock dividend, with American Woolen preferred, American Commercial Alcohol and Schenley reaching new 1941 peaks. Douglas Aircraft, Standard Oil NJ and National Distillers also advanced.
Los Angeles reports for August 29 show produce exchange receipts with butter totaling 71,800 pounds and bulk butter at 3719. Candled large eggs number 39, mediums 34, and smalls 26.
A newspaper listing details poultry prices: fryers and leghorns by weight, colored broilers under two pounds, dressed squabs and rabbits per pound, leghorn hens in various weight ranges, soft breasted roasters, and color hens priced between 17 and 25 cents per pound. The ad shows multiple category lines with specific price points for each item.
Copper steady at 12.00 spot and 11.00 FAS NY export. Tin stable at 52.00 spot and forward. Lead unchanged at 5.85-90 spot New York and 5.70 East St. Louis. Zinc steady at 7.25 East St. Louis forward. Pig iron aluminum antimony quicksilver platinum Chinese wolframite and domestic scheelite unchanged.
Hogs salable supply 100 steady odd lots medium to choice 180 to 210 pounds truck-ins 12.60 to 13.15 quotable top around 13.25 sows mostly 10.00. Cattle salable 150 steady Mexican steers 7.75 to 8.25 dairy cows 7.00 to 8.00 canners and cutters 5.00 to 7.00 bulls 8.25 to 9.25. Calves salable 50 steady odd vealers to 13.50 few calves 10.00 to 11.75. Sheep salable none good to choice wooled lambs 11.00 to 25 good ewes 5.50.
New York August trading showed irregular cotton futures with local selling and hedge liquidation pressuring prices. Stop loss orders and OPACS restrictions on fats and oils fed concern. By session end prices rallied 3 to 5 cents with October at 16.84 and nearby months around 17.0. Middling spot marked 17.42 nominal.
A moderate but spotty Boston wool market sold occasional lots steady in price. Twelve month Texas wools brought 1.03 to 1.07 dollars per pound scoured, with many sales nearer the low end. Fine Australian wools traded around 1 to 1.02 dollars, seoured, including duty. Small lots of territory wools and combing wools in bright fleece sold steady versus earlier in the week.
Noon rates show Canadian dollars at 109-16 with 8943 U. S. cents, up 0.06 cent. Britain at 4.02 buy 4.04 sell. Cables 4.03. Argentina 29.17 official 23.81 free, down 0.04. Brazil 6.06 official 5.10 free. Mexico 20.70, Hongkong 25.34, Shanghai 5.55. Rates are spot cables unless noted.
U S Department reports hogs 3 000 head with prices mostly 5 15 lower than Thursday. Cattle and calves show steady to easier demand in cleanup trade. Sheep slaughter generally steady with native lambs around 11 85 and good to choice lots near 11 75 while best bids at 5 00.
Cattle salable 200 total 75 noted as around steady with calves 25 and top vealers at 14.00. Hogs 400 total, slow with prices 11.85 to 12.10 for 180 to 240 lb, lighter stocks scarce. Sheep 7,600 total with 3,600 salable. spring lambs opened around 11.00 to 11.50, Colorado choice lambs Thursday at 12.35.
A list of radio highlights with time stamps and station call letters. Entries include personalities such as Powell Osborne Crosby and Herman along with stations KRLD KVOA KTUC KNX KGO KSL KPO KECA KFRC KTAR KRLD and others.
A mixed classified column lists items for sale and service offerings including blinds, furniture buying, car washing, hauling, and rental housing. Local ads reference businesses and contact numbers such as THRIFTY FURN. EXC., Cent. Auto, HUBBARD'S GREENHOUSES, and Charvoz Motors with various addresses and rates.
A clipped listing shows air times and station-call signs including KECA KFRC KGO KRLD KOA KTUC with names Reynolds Barron Dunham Logan Osborne. The snippet suggests a mixed daytime schedule fragment rather than a full program.
Weather bulletin reports cloudiness with accompanying showers prevailing in most sections of Arizona. The U S Weather Bureau provided the daily summary for Phoenix and neighboring areas.
A compact crossword list with clues and answers spanning chops to bronze coin, covering vegetables, languages, anatomy, animals, and geography. Includes entries such as a vegetable, hearing organ, adherent of Hinduism, feminine form, and classic era terms.
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