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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1941
Page
10
December cotton futures end at 16.51 on noon settlement up 13 cents while later prices fall 15 to 25 cents a bale. March 16.81 May 16.98 July 17.00. Spot middling 18.18. Commodity Credit Corp considers plans to dispose of surplus wheat if needed.
The US Department of Agriculture notes fine combing territory wools averaging to good French combing length sold mostly 1.12 to 1.13 dollars per pound scoured. Fine Ohio delaine brought 45 to 46 cents in grease. Three eighths to quarter blood Ohio fleeces sold about 51 to 52 cents grease. Spot Australian and South African wools remained in good demand at firm prices.
A local retail ad shows live poultry tyers and dressed options with prices per pound. Leghorns and colored birds are priced at 25 to 27 cents per pound for various weight ranges, squabs at 60 cents, rabbits at assessed rates, and roasters around 27 cents per pound.
LOS ANGELES Dec. 16. Butter receipts 227304 lbs and 36 percent bulk. Eggs 2605 cases. Cheese none. Butter quality figures: candled large 40, do medium 37, do small 35. Data from U S Dept Agr and Produce Exchange receipts.
Kansas City pens show hogs balance 170 to 300 pounds mostly 10 to 11 dollars and sow prices 9.65 to 10.00. cattle and calves feature strong demand for fed steers and yearlings with top values near 14.40 for steers and 14.25 for yearlings, while sheep listings steady or higher with best fed lambs around 12.40 and bids about 25 lower early. Stockers and feeders mixed with prices generally steady to firmer.
Hog sales total 32 000 with 25 000 salable hogs. prices mostly 15 to 25 cents lower for weights under 240 pounds, heavier butchers 10 to 15 lower. Cattle salable 11 000 calves 1 000 with yearlings around 14 10 to 14 50. steers 13 85 to 14 00 for some lines, cows uneven but generally steady. Sheep 7 000 salable, fat lambs 25 to 50 higher late Monday, trade not fully established today with bids 15 to 25 lower for fat lambs, some yearlings barely steady.
Hogs salable 300 mostly 15 to 25 lower with good and choice 180 to 220 pounds at 12.00 to 12.10. Cattle salable 400 firm with steers 10.00 to 11.50, medium and good up to 12.00, heifers 9.40 to 9.40, cows 9.00 to 9.25, bulls 8.25 to 9.25. Calves 150, vealers 12.50 to 14.00, slaughter calves 10.50 to 12.25, stockers scarce. Sheep none, lambs 11.00 and up for choice, ewes 4.50 to 5.50.
U S Department of Agriculture reports cattle salable 1300 of 1400 with strong demand for best fed heifers and high prices for strictly choice loads, hogs slow with 11.25 to 11.35 for 180-270 lb and 11.00-11.30 for 160-180 lb. sheep remain steady with fat lamb bids around 11.65 and best fed lambs at 12.35.
On December 16 in New York, foreign exchange rates show Great Britain at 4.02 buying and 4.04 selling dollars, cash cables at 4.04. Argentina official 29.77 and free 24.00, Brazil official 6.05N and free 5.183%N, Mexico 20.68N. Spot cables prevail unless indicated otherwise.
New York market moved with armament stocks showing early gains then retreating by session close. Steel, copper, aviation, oil and specialty issues led gains, later trimmed by weakness in motors and mail orders. Large blocks of low priced shares lifted volume to about 1.2 million, seventh straight day above one million. International Telephone sold 26,400 shares, down slightly. Sentiment cooled by potential British reverses in Hong Kong and Malaya, despite war bulletins from Russia and the Philippines. Major names fronting gains included U S Steel, Bethlehem, Boeing, Douglas Aircraft, Anaconda, American Smelting, Phelps Dodge, Standard Oil, Texas, Westinghouse, Santa Fe, and Pennsylvania. new 1941 laws listed for GM, Chrysler, Montgomery Ward, Sears Roebuck and Allied Chemical. losers included Du Pont, Union Carbide, Dow Chemical, Goodyear, Goodrich, Aviation Corp., Consolidated Edison, Great Northern, J I Case and Caterpillar Tractor. Bonds remained moderately steady.
Grain prices eased from midday gains as demand slackened and price control uncertainty kept traders cautious. Wheat rose briefly on soybeans strength but closed near yesterday, while corn, oats, rye and soybeans showed mixed moves and deferred contracts rose modestly.
Thirty applications for enlistment in the U S Army Air Corps were received by noon at the university recruiting bureau Capt Emry Lynch in charge reported Arizona posted 241 enlistments the day before with expectations of reaching 300 by night The course attracts men ineligible for pilot training and leads to bombardier navigator roles requiring a high school diploma and physics exam.
An Indiana farmer poured 14 000 pennies over the counter of the Brazil Trust Company to buy 140 dollars in national defense bonds. The event highlighted smallholder support for defense efforts.
A list of dance orchestra radio time slots across stations KFRC KTUC KECA KVOA KTAR KFI KNX KRLD and others. Notable acts include Gould Miller Kenton Hallett Belvedere Drak Halett Nobel Ravazza Scott Grier White man and more with 8 PM starts and late night 12:30 entries.
In New York on December 16 copper remains steady with spot prices at 12.00 in Conn. valley and 11.25 on Sport FAS NY. Tin holds at 52.00, lead steadies at 5.85 in New York and 5.70 in St. Louis, zinc at 8.25 in East St. Louis. Pig iron aluminum antimony quicksilver Chinese wolframite and domestic scheelite unchanged.
Edward Ruby found a mushroom thriving in a crack between two metal sheets in the rear of his car in Clinton Indiana. The fungus matured to about three inches across and nearly four inches tall prompting curiosity and a rare roadside find.
Classified fragment page shows local ads for thrift furniture cash for old furniture trades and house listings. Mentions include Spec ify Hope s steel windows at low prices, thrift store ads, real estate rental and sale notes. Several names and phone numbers appear for services and deliveries.
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