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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1941
Page
14
Closing averages show mixed movement with gains in utilities and industrials. Bond listings for major U S and foreign issues detail varied yields and price changes across industries, railroads, and utilities, reflecting a broad market snapshot.
Livestock numbers from Denver show cattle salable 2 500, total 2 800 with fed steers 12 25 to 13 00 and cows 8 00 to 9 00. Hogs salable 1 000, total 3 400 with top 11 40 and weights 180 to 270 pounds. Sheep salable 13 000 with fat lamb bids around steady or higher and top fed lambs around 12 35 freight paid.
New York December 29 cotton futures moved higher as demand grew under renewed farm bloc parity ceilings and Os production push. Mill price fixing and Wall Street buying limited hedging, closing 60 to 75 cents higher. March to July contracts quoted around 17.10 to 17.30 with middling at 18.40.
Los Angeles report lists USDA receipts for December 29 with butter totaling 130,823 pounds and cheese 52,322 pounds. Eggs reach 6,323 cases along with bulk butter 37 and candled large eggs 39, medium 35, small 33 dozen.
Government caps monthly gasoline consumption for private automobiles in Turkey, setting a limit on fuel use per vehicle. The policy aims to manage energy resources amid shortages and stabilize prices, with enforcement details pending and exemptions under discussion.
In Los Angeles market notes dated December 29, hogs supply about 900 head, fairly active and steady with prices 12.00 to 12.25 for 180-220 lb, some 11.25-12.60 for local fed and grain finished sows 9.50-10.00. Cattle salable 1900, steady to 25 higher with steers 11.25-11.85, common cows 7.50-9.25, bulls 8.25-9.50, vealers 10.00-12.00. calves 600 with vealers 14.00-15.50. Sheep 225 mostly feeding quality, lambs slaughter 11.25.
Kansas City market notes show hogs salable 3 500, 10 30 lower with tops to 11 10, cattle 12 000 salable, calves 1 000, fed stock steady to easy, stockers 9 25 11 75, sheep 8 500 salable with lambs selling slowly and prices sharply lower early, best fed lambs above 12 25, good yearlings near 10 25.
U S Dept of Agriculture notes salable hogs 24 000 to 31 000 with prices mostly 10 to 20 cents lower than Friday. Top 11 40 for 160 240 lb hogs. 240 270 lb mostly 10 11 20. Sheep 12 000 salable. lamb bids around 12 25 12 50, fat lambs not established. Cattle 16 000, calves 1 000. good to choice steers and yearlings 11 75 13 75, top yearlings 14 35, weighty bullocks around 13 25, best cows 7 60 down.
Radio highlights list programs across multiple stations with show names hosts and times from 6:00 p.m. to after midnight. Notable items include Adventure Stories on KVOA Gordon Jenkins Orch on KOA World News KECA and Dr I Q quiz on KVOA plus Rosa Resnick piano on KGO and Orson Welles on KNX with KECA Nighttime pages feature music, comedy and drama across KECA KFI KGO KNX and others.
A scanned TV radio grid lists programs across KTUC KVOA and related outlets for Tuesday. Entries include news, talk, dramas, music shows, and mystery features with time slots from 7:00 AM to 5:30 PM. Names like Portia, Scattergood Baines, and World Today appear among varied serials and news segments.
Exchange rates for foreign currencies on December 29 in New York show the Canadian dollar at 86.06 U. S. cents in open market, up 0.16 cent, and various official and cable rates for Great Britain, Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico. Rates are given in spot cables unless noted otherwise.
Copper held steady with spot and export prices around 12.00 in New York and 11.25 for F.A.S. Tin stayed at 52.00 for spot and forward. Lead remained at 5.85 in New York with 5.70 in St. Louis. Zinc quoted 8.25 in East St. Louis. Pig iron No 2 offered at 25.00 Eastern Pa and 24.00 Buffalo with 20.38 in Alabama. Aluminum virgin 99 percent listed at 15.00. Antimony Chinese spot 16.50. QuickSilver 205.00 to 210.00. Platinum 36.00. Chinese wolframite 24.00 to 26.00. Domestic scheelite 23.00 to 26.00.
In Boston today the wool market showed very low demand with only occasional inquiries and sales limited to immediate needs. Prices remained unchanged and firm as traders kept to small lots.
Reports indicate a notable share of Russian troops will be issued footwear manufactured in the United States, signaling logistical and industrial links shaping the conflict. The decision underscores wartime supply arrangements and potential implications for military mobility and morale.
In the fastest session in 18 months the market moved unevenly with most gains only slight. Steels rails and blue chips recovered fractions to about 2 points while rubbers oMs tobaccos and motors fell. Heavy tax selling was absorbed but curbed many issues and tempered replenishing demand. About 2.7 million shares traded, strongest since May 1940. Prominent leaders included American Telephone Southern Railway Santa Fe Bethlehem Steel Western Union Kennecott J I Case United Aircraft Allied Chemical and Du Pont. Laggards included U S Rubber Goodrich American Can Standard Oil Texas Co General Motors Sears Roebuck and the tobacco and Reynolds Liggett Myers groups. Bonds performed better.
Chicago grain markets edged higher amid a quiet holiday mood as price controls and the government selling program for wheat and corn weighed. Processing firms reportedly moved substantial government corn from steel tanks at prices above market levels, signaling industrial demand and tighter open supplies. Wheat closed about 4% higher. May 1.26 1/4, July 1.27 1/4. Corn rose 1 to 3 1/4 percent. May 84 1/4, July 86 3/4. Oats were steady to up slightly. rye up modestly. soybeans unchanged to up.
Classified items list thrift ads and notices including cash for old furniture flower shop offerings garden plants and contact numbers. It also includes lost dogs named Tiny and Porky, job ad for Fountain Girls, rental notices a vacant unit and a Star Citizen box seeking a modern unfurnished 3 4bedroom house plus a private branch change operator.
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