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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1948
Page
18
Hog prices climb 25 to 50 cents with active bidding. lightweight sows exceed 24.00, best native spring lambs at 29.00. Receipts include 6,000 salable hogs, 1,000 cattle, 200 calves, 300 sheep. Kansas City reports mixed cattle and hog action with top hogs near 28.50 in spots.
USDA cattle sale totals show 500 head with 100 salable calves. Market mostly steady with median cow values around 20 to 23.50, canners 17 to 18.50, bulls 23.50, stock cows and stock steers 24 to 26. Hogs show 200 salable with 2 000 total, barrows and gilts 28.50 to 29.00, sows 21 to 23, few lots 20.
Cattle sales in Los Angeles show slow activity with barely steady to weak prices. Medium and low good grassy steers around 31.50 to 32.00 with some at 29.00. cows 21.00 to 24.00. canners down to 15.00 and under. calves 25.00 to 28.59 with some vealers at 30.00. hogs 28.50 to 29.00 for 187 to 200 lb truck ins. grain fed fetches 30.00 or more.
New York markets show steady stocks after early declines. Bonds steady with some rail gains. Cotton weak with heavy near term selling. Chicago Wheat weak with harvest yields improving. Oats weak as cash demand slackens. Hogs 25 to 50 cents higher to top 28.75. Cattle steady to weak with steer at 38.60.
In New York trading, demand picked up after an early dip. Rails and motor stocks showed resilience with modest gains, while Nickel Plate rose to a yearly high. Several leaders slipped including US Steel, Chrysler, AT&T, and Genco, while Paramount, 21st Century Fox, US Rubber, Firestone, and Kodak advanced.
Foreign exchange rates in New York show Canada at 93.25 U S cents, Great Britain $4.024, France 32 0 francs, Italy 001739, Sweden 27.85, Switzerland 23.40, Argentina 21.00, Brazil 5.50, Mexico 20.61. All values listed as unchanged.
Paul J. Cella and Sara Lefr-Wylen preside as public records list cases including speeding bail of 912.50 and overtime parking for Edward Lamb, driving without license for Alonzo Drayton, and similar for Mrs. W. H. Dalrymple. Reckless driving $30 noted for Justice Johnson. preliminary exam July 8 and trial July 9 for Cletus Hibner with $500 bail. Subsequent battery cases include Swinger Gilford with $2,000 bond, Willie Wilson reduced to simple battery with $100 or 60 days, Joseph Kelly disturbing the peace continued, Henry Molina improper turn continued to June 29, and Johnnie Coleman livestock killing dismissed.
Multiple cases listed including J Mercer Johnson division and Lee Garrett division with divorce complaints against James F Marshall. Rayburn N Carpenter against Anna M Carpenter. Celedon Varela seeking name change. Elizabeth Thompson against David C Thompson. Ruth Barnes against Robert G Barnes. Gertrude Hamm against Howard Hamm. hy Sales Inc versus Joseph Mart. Arizona Tire and Supply Co as agent for 1778.50.
Belle O Hall records clerk Henry Tucson and Fresia Felix age 22 wed. Charles Heneby age 53 and Hattie M Arndt age 41, both Hemet California, obtained marriage licenses.
A series of birth notices from St Marys Hospital and Tucson families lists newborns. Names include Marcelano Martinez and a girl at 11:31 a.m. and Joe Salgado with a boy at 5:06 p.m. Other entries mention Rafael Glaser, Kenneth McCormick, Pedro Gallego, Santiago Estrada, Paul Sanchez, Roy L. Rucher, James Concannon, and spouses at various Tucson addresses with birth times in late June.
The durable goods sector calculates higher costs from John L. Lewis peace terms. Miners gain one dollar per day and twenty cents per ton of coal, lifting U S coal bills. Steel demand rises as coke supplies stabilize and Belgian steel imports grow amid high freight and tariff pressures. The National Confectioners Association urges a free cocoa market and repeal of the 1948 sugar act.
Acting Gov Dan E Garvey rides in a new official car with plate eq Since no prior car was assigned to the office Garvey would have borrowed a vehicle like Osborn did The Supreme Court ruled Garvey is secretary of state and acting governor authorizing use of a Cadillac bought with legislative funds for the secretary of state's transportation
New York June 4. Cotton futures declined sharply on a liquidation wave for nearby July and heavy selling in October 1948. The drop reached 7.50 a bale before partial recovery on mill buying and short covering. Prices closed 0.50 to 0.94.5 lower with July at 35.35, October 32.72, December 32.43.
American candy makers oppose European cocoa bean purchases with Marshall dollars and critique the world allocation by the international emergency food council. They fault British and Brazilian governments for marketing practices that concentrate over half the global cocoa supply in a few sellers or boards.
The Arizona state employment service reports opportunities abroad as oil firms seek both women and men for Saudi positions. Women may apply as file clerks stenographers typists duplicating machine operators and supervisors. men as stewards pantry men dry cleaners mechanics tire repairers crane operators welders pipe fitters painters. Pay ranges from 285 to 385 dollars monthly with free room and board and employer-provided transportation. Contact 443 South Stone Avenue for details via Mgr. August Wieden.
The Fountain Pen and Mechanical Pencil Manufacturers' Association says the industry suffers from lost foreign markets with up to 47 percent of some companies' output going abroad. Canada and India have banned imports of assembled pens and automatic exchanges.
Postmen groan under the semiannual load as Sears Roebuck reports prices about 1.7 percent higher than spring editions and 5.9 percent above last fall with half the items unchanged. Spiegel’s prices rise similarly while Alden cites new lower cost lines. Montgomery Ward notes higher textiles but lower home appliances.
The U S navy contracts Caltex Oil Products Co of California to purchase 9 814 million barrels of Persian gulf oil over five years for 182 85 million dollars aiming to boost domestic supply for civilian use.
Carl Moon 69 noted writer artist and photographer of American Indian life died of natural causes at his daughter's home in San Francisco. He lived in Pasadena and began collecting Indian prints in Albuquerque in 1904. As art director for Fred Harvey he documented Navajo life across the Southwest. His work reached top galleries including the Smithsonian and the Library of Congress.
The federal district court in Washington ordered two Cleveland lawyers Marvin Harrison and Allan Hull to show cause why they should not be compelled to testify about their legal services for Cyrus Eaton. The action relates to the Kaiser-Frazer stock collapse and a June 3 SEC hearing. The SEC probes the February 9 deal failure involving Otis and Company and First California Company.
Arizona Junior Chambers of Commerce will push to place a workmen's compensation measure on the general election ballot. State president James R. Freestone of Mesa says the drive continues despite a state supreme court ruling on insured high salaried actors and supports setting a $1,000 monthly cap on compensation benefits to limit computations.
The Chilean senate approved the government proposal to outlaw the Communist party. The measure moves to the chamber of deputies for consideration of senate amendments after the chamber already approved the bill.
Plans to expand carpet-wool production in Syria will double output. The move aims to boost textile capacity and export potential, with authorities backing new looms, supply chains, and processing facilities to meet growing demand.
A crowded classified section lists appliance sales and service providers, plumbing and septic work, construction and cement blocks, cooler maintenance, and various employment notices. Listings include power and equipment Co, Weil Appliance Co, and Hayden Excavation, among others, with contact details and local business scope.
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