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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1941
Page
10
Associated Press market report from Los Angeles lists butter at 158000 pounds and eggs at 1200 cases. Butter in bulk up .32 cents. Candled large eggs up .20 percent, mediums up .19 percent, and smalls up .15 percent.
Minor downward currents controlled the stock market in a listless session. Declines of fractions were common for most leaders at the close after an hour of small gains. About 300 000 shares changed hands as observers said traders tested transactions amid war news.
Foreign exchange trading in New York today stayed generally unchanged with only slight declines in Hongkong and Shanghai rates. Noon quotes list Canadian and international currencies including Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Japan, and Mexico with spot cable indications and bank rates.
Local live poultry prices show Leghorn hens at multiple weight ranges with 0.14 to 0.16 for under four pounds and over four pounds at 0.16. Soft and colored hens priced from 0.19 to 0.21 per pound. Fryers and broilers listed with colored and leghorn types across assorted weight brackets. Squabs and rabbits priced per pound at 0.55 and 0.30 respectively.
Copper steady at 12.00 spot in Conn Valley with export FAS 10.50-12.00. Tin steady at 51.25 spot 50.87% forward. Lead steady at 5.75-5.80 spot New York with East St. Louis forward 7.25. Quicksilver 177.00-178.00. Pig iron aluminum antimony platinum Chinese wolframite and domestic scheelite unchanged.
Cotton futures gained across new crop deliveries as Southeast and mill interests bought in Prospects against gray goods sales. March closed 10.44-45, May 10.42-43, July 10.36-37, October 10.10, December 10.09, January 10.07N with middling spot at 10.81N.
Silver price in New York remains unchanged at 34 percent bar rate as market watchers note no immediate movement on March 5. The report lists no changes in the standard bar silver percentage.
Hogs salable 1500 with top at 7.55, 180-260 lb 7.40-7.55, 270-300 lb 7.20-7.40, 140-170 lb 7.75-7.45, sows 6.35-7.75, stock pigs 6.75 down. Cattle salable 2000, calves 300. open slow with mixed bids on fed steers, stockers, and feeders. two loads of choice heavy steers 11.35, 341 lb to 10.75, yearlings 11.00, several loads good heifers 10.25-10.50, vealers 9.50-11.00. Sheep 5000, slow. best fed lambs above 10.25, early kids slower on slaughter lambs.
Salable hogs 12,000 total 19,000 saw slow trade 10-15 lower than Tuesday with tops 7.90 and bulk 7.60-7.85 for 180-240 lb. Sheep salable 4,000 total 5,500 with light lambs 10-15 lower and heavies 15-25 lower. top around 10.85. Cattle and calves: salable 9,000 and 1,000 calves with early top weighty steers near 14.00, yearlings 10.25-12.35, heifers steady, cows slow, vealers 10.00-12.50, good and choice cattle 11.50-12.50.
Hogs salable 150 steady to 10 lower with bulk 175-230 lb trucked-ins 8.40 8.50 top 8.90. Cattle salable 750 fully steady but bulk steers unsold medium 10.50 10.75, some held around 11.50, good steers about 12.00, cows 7.25 8.25, calves 200 fully steady with vealers to 14.00 and 310 lb Texas calves 11.00. Sheep salable 150 with ewes 5.00 7.00 and wooled lambs up to 11.00.
Denver reports cattle salable 1 700 with vealers down 13.50, bulls steady 7.00 7.40, hogs 1 900 salable with 180 240 lb at 7.50 7.60 and 240 270 lb at 7.25 7.50, sows 6.25 6.50. Sheep 2 000 salable with lambs 9.50 10.25 and ewes 4.50 6.00. demand weak to steady with some prices drifting lower.
Chicago wheat markets softened after crop experts suggested winter wheat conditions hint at a potential rise in 1941 production, adding to carryover. Exporters reported about 1,000,000 bushels of Canadian wheat sold to Great Britain, with weekly purchases around 5,000,000 bushels. Prices closed lower across May and July contracts amid moisture issues in the southwest.
Wool market in Boston today showed overall quiet activity with occasional inquiries for small lots of fine wools to supplement on hand stocks. Large quantities of new clip wools have been contracted in western states and many contracts reallocated to manufacturers. Demand for finer South American wools remains strong.
The War Department studies converting metro golf courses into emergency landing fields near New York City as part of broader wartime protection plans. An Air Corps survey may adapt courses by clearing fairways and leveling greens to create sodded runways, with LaGuardia Newark and Floyd Bennett noted as potential congestion sites.
Bill Henry launches a Wednesday and Friday night KNX series at 7 15. NBC Blue hosts Authors' Playhouse debut with Stephen Vincent Benets Elementals on KECA at 8. Henry Hull portrays William Penn for Cavalcade of America on KFI at 7 30. Eddie Cantor entertains Humphrey Bogart and Hattie McDaniel on KRLD at 7. KFI airs again at 10 p.m.
Contemporary history notes Sen. Henrick Shipstead of Minnesota speaking against the lease lead bill. Radio listings show KVOA and KTUC air times for European news and state network summaries throughout the day.
A dense list of stations and programs from KNX KGO KSL KTUC KVOA and others airing through the night. It notes dramas news quizzes dances and concerts with names like Fred Allen Gene Grounds Kay Kyser Glenn Miller and Amos n Andy. multiple times anchor the chart.
A detailed listing shows morning to evening programs across KVOA KTUC KTAR and KTUC stations. Names listed include Sam Moore Mary Lee Taylor Kate Smith Frank Ross and Harvey Harding with segments from Breakfast Club to NBC Newsroom and Dinner Music.
Stewart and Lewis certified as winners in Phoenix city posts after canvass shows Stewart with majority. Run-off set for April 1 to fill second commission post amid weather affecting turnout. Ballots total 9,243 with about 55 percent turnout.
Ordinance 893 amends Ordinance 647 changing bottling works from class A industrial to class C business and adds bottling works to permitted class C uses Section 1. Section 2 repeals bottling works from class A industrial uses. Passed March 3 1941 by Mayor Henry Janstad with City Clerk attest. Public notices advertise bids for Sixth Street paving from Park Avenue to Santa Rita Avenue in Tucson Arizona with bid details, plans, and deposits.
The City of Tucson issues a legal notice for bids on street work under Article 23 Chapter 16 Arizona Code 1939. Bids due March 17 1941, with 10 percent bond, 4 percent interest bonds, wage rates by Arizona State Highway Commission Industrial Commission, sealed bids, opening at 8 PM March 17 1941. Raleigh E. Stallings is Superintendent of Streets.
A jumble of localized ads lists bicycle repairs and sales, lawn mowers, furniture cash offers, auto washes, window makers, hardware, plants, brick buildings for sale, apartments, houses, horses, poultry, eggs, and daily specials. Includes multiple business names and street addresses.
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