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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1941
Page
15
New York cotton futures eased in quiet trading with December positions off the board at noon. Prices fell 15 to 25 cents per bale on late selling amid CCC studies on surplus wheat disposal. Last traded quotes showed December around 16.51 and March near 16.90 to 17.10 with nearby spots at 18.18.
In Boston on December 16, trade writes of fine and combing wools from Pennsylvania and Ohio. Average to good French combing fetched about 1.12 to 1.13 dollars per pound scoured, with grease basis around 45 to 46 cents. Grading shows three eighths and one quarter blood, with Australian and South African wools in good demand at firm prices.
The notice lists poultry and rabbit prices with grades such as Leghorns hens over 2 pounds at 19 to 25 cents, colored Leghorns under 2 pounds at 25 cents, squabs dressed by the pair, and soft breasted roasters with bay at 27 cents. Rabbits dressed per pair priced in the same range.
Los Angeles December 16. Department of Agriculture produce exchange receipts show butter 227304 lbs cheese none eggs 2605 cases. Butter in bulk 3614 large eggs 403 candles medium? 375 smalls 35.
A brief local market note records egg prices around 48 per unit in varied sizes. The entry mentions fresh shipments and fluctuating demand in the town market.
Hogs were salable 2700 head with uneven demand and prices generally 10 lower to 10 lower than Monday. Cattle salable 5500 with strong demand for good and choice fed steers and yearlings up to 25 higher on some lots. Sheep salable 6500 with bids steady to higher on best fed lambs, overall activity limited.
Salable hogs 23 000 total 32 000 active through mostly lower weights 240 pounds. Butchers 10 15 pounds off, bulk 160 270 pounds. Cattle 11 000 calves 1 000 yearlings up to 14 50 top, mostly 12 00 14 00, average to good quality 9 50 11 50. Sheep 7 000 salable total 10 000 fed lambs up 25 50, fat lambs bid 15 25 lower to 12 65 for choice fed lambs, yearlings 10 25, sheep scarce steady.
Los Angeles reports show cattle and hogs steady to lower with mixed lots and active bidding on top weights. Denver notes strong demand for fed heifers and steady to higher prices on steers and calves, with hogs and sheep showing varied activity and price levels.
New York reporting on late foreign exchange rates shows Britain official buying at 4.02 dollars and selling at 4.04. Cables quoted at 4.04. Argentina official at 29.77 with a 24.00 fee. Brazil official 6.05 with 5.183 free, Mexico at 20.68. Rates listed as spot cables unless noted. N denotes nominal.
New York stock activity showed mixed gains and declines as steel and copper led early strength while motors and rubber issues weakened toward the close. Volume reached about 1.2 million shares for the seventh straight day of heavy turnover with notable blocks in low priced issues.
Chicago December grain trading slows mid session as demand slackens and traders weigh pending price control legislation. Wheat rose to about a cent and a half, soybeans jumped, while most futures finished near day’s highs but only fractionally above prior closes. Government policy on federally owned wheat stocks unsettles the market.
Thirty applications for enlistment in the U S Army Air Corps were received by noon at the university recruiting bureau Captain Emry Lynch said the new course drew many who would be ineligible for pilot training Bombardier navigator rating requires a high school diploma and physics exam completion Arizona reported 241 enlistments yesterday with a projection of 300 by tonight
An Indiana farmer poured 14 000 pennies over the Brazil Trust Company counter from four lard buckets a quart jar and a tin box to purchase 140 dollars worth of national defense bonds.
Radio lineup lists performers and times across stations KECA KVOA KFRC KFI KNX KTAR and others. Acts include Gould Miller Hallet Nobel Ravazza Wright and Drake with multiple 30 minute blocks from 8 PM to midnight.
A readable rail of the Wednesday morning and afternoon schedules lists KTUC and KVOA programs hour by hour. Notable items include News and Breakfast Club, Life Can Be Beautiful, Right to Happiness, and The Sons of Pioneers, with afternoon slots featuring Aunt Jenny Mystery Man Portia Faces Life and The World Today among others.
Copper steady across markets with electrolytic spot at Conn Valley 12.00 and NY 11.25. Tin holds at 52.00, lead steady at New York 5.85 and St. Louis 5.70. Zinc unchanged in East markets. pig iron aluminum antimony quicksilver wolframite and domestic scheelite offer no change.
Edward Ruby discovered a three inch diameter mushroom nearly four inches tall sprouting from a crack between two metal sheets in the rear of his automobile in Clinton Indiana. The report notes Nature and a mother accompanying the scene.
A jumbled page ad list features cash offers for old furniture and fur items, household appliances, plants, and rental notices. It includes classroom and job requests, vehicle sales, and travel requests, all packed with street addresses and phone numbers for storefronts and services.
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