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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1943
Page
2
Hog market up 15 to 20 cents with top light weight butchers at 15.20 while long haul hogs gain 5 to 10 cents. Cattle and sheep hold steady with higher feed steers and yearlings at 13.00 to 15.00 and prime cattle up to 16.00. calves and lambs show mixed shifts in Watertown and Armour stockyards.
Markets show mixed rails and higher bonds amid broad demand. Wheat rose to 447 with mill buying while hogs closed 15 to 25 cents higher at top $18.00. cattle up 10 to 15 cents, fed steers $17.65. Oats and rye and flax figures are uncertain in this note.
The Huron Produce Market reports price ranges for hens and roosters by weight and breed. Listings include heavy hens over five pounds and four to five pounds, heavy breed stags, leghorn stags, heavy breed roosters, butterfat eggs by grade, and assorted henry eggs with various quality classes.
The Sioux Falls hog market reached a 20 year price peak of 15.452 dollars per hundredweight for choice and medium butcher hogs. Receipts were limited and bidding was active as buyers competed for supplies. The record echoed the 1942 and last Thursday price peak of 15.35 dollars.
Hog market strengthens with supplies tightened pushing top hog price to 15.00 and gains up to 25 cents. Cattle and lambs advance above yesterday's averages as 17 500 head active, with limited cuts and better bids. Sows traded around 15.50 with gains across weight classes and new peaks echoed from March highs.
Calves and yearlings show mixed demand with fed steers up to 10-15 higher and butcher cows weaker. Hogs steady to higher on good demand while sheep and lambs firm to higher. steady to rising bids noted for choice western wooled lambs and ewes. Reports include prices for steers, heifers, bulls, vealers, and stockers across St Paul and Sioux City markets with references to ongoing bidding and load lots.
Market notes from Sioux Falls on Thursday show hogs at 1,500 head with prices 10 to 15 higher and top around 15.48, bulk near 15.15. Butchers steady at 18.18, veal? 14.83. Cattle around 500 head steady with limited movement.
Western contraction stays brisk with Montana 90,000 fleeces at 42 to 44 cents, Nevada 60,000 at 38 to 42 cents, Wyoming 90,000 at 38 to 42 cents, Idaho 100,000 mixed at 44 to 45 cents. Texas 12 months wools contracted at 48 cents as New York and Chicago markets show firm butter and steady eggs and poultry.
Wheat markets advanced on light trading as mill buying appeared and USDA purchases of four cargos planned for tomorrow could total as much as 250000 bushels. Oats and rye followed, with May wheat at 145% and July 146, corn steady near ceiling, Minneapolis cash closes show mixed yet firm bids.
Chicago April 1 report shows wheat May at 145 and July 145 with highs and lows around 246 and 1464. Sep and Dec prices hover near 147 to 149. Oats May 64 with July 81 and September around 82. Rye May 85 with July 88 and Sep 90, Dec 98 to 94.
New York April 1. Rail stocks surged to a six year high helping steady several industrials. Early weakness gave way to rallies in the transportation group with volume tapering after a mid day rise. Most issues stayed mixed with many closing lower as transfers traded near 1,800,000 shares.
A dense listing shows company names and percent figures from AlleghCorp to United Air, including AmAirlines, BoeingAire, DuPont, General Electric, and Westinghouse, with varied percentages reflecting fluctuating quotes in a historical market page. The block reads like a snapshot of corporate names and abbreviated figures in a financial roll call.
In Chicago an official stated that the United States will achieve its aviation training objective. He cited progress and outlined continued efforts, emphasizing continued dedication by officials and industry partners to reach the target.
Three hopefuls enter the race for the Huron public safety commissioner seat to be decided April 20. Candidates include A J Larsen veteran sheriff and city marshal with family ties in the area, Angus Saunders a World War veteran with nine years in law enforcement and business ownership, and Barney Weir a native Huron resident with 37 years in the hide and fur trade and airport development work. Charles Anderson withdrew citing time constraints.
American bombers and fighters raided Kiska twice and Attu once in the Aleutians, one bomber lost to anti aircraft fire. Dauntless dive bombers escorted by wildcat fighters attacked Munda on New Georgia, starting fires. all U S planes returned. The Munda strike hit New Georgia air base more than 100 times in four months.
Captain Marty Bell a WAAC officer will join 15 other WAACs at Fort Leavenworth Kansas for a nine week command and general staff course starting April 19. The program, among 1 400 officers from all branches, trains in leadership and staff duties. Captain Bell also inducts WAAC recruits in the Twin Cities this week.
OPA announced plans to issue a special ration book for small eating establishments. The new book would resemble the meat and canned goods book used by households and would drop the certificate point system for small venues, while larger places keep the certificates.
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau said a complete tax bill combining revenue measures and a withholding plan could pass by fall, but the withholding levy may not start before January 1 due to House action. He met with Ways and Means Committee Chairman Doverton and said they are aligned. Republicans urged immediate reconsideration of pay as you go, with some backing Robertson’s plan to cut the 1942 brackets and tax rates. Majoriy Leader McCormack called for enactment of pay as you go with partial relief and said no extra hearings are needed.
Beadle County Educational Association members will gather in Huron at 2 p.m. Saturday at the W. A. cottage for a program on new school laws and a lunch following talks by local educators.
Reports say Allied forces push from El Guetar toward the sea with armor engaged and mine fields hindering progress. French Moroccans and British First Army advance toward Bizerte, while Rommel retreats from Gabes and El Hamma. U S troops push toward Kairouan as air power targets Axis columns and airfields.
Aberdeen reports four foot rise in Moccasin Creek floodwaters and 125 homeless, while the James River crests threaten North Dakota towns with rising levels and school closures. In Bismarck Mandan, ice gorge breaks flood the Missouri, cutting rail service and prompting evacuations. Mississippi expected to approach flood stage over weekend.
Residents warned to move stock and equipment to higher ground as the Elm River backed up and flows from the James River flood tide clash, threatening property and infrastructure along the lowlands.
Sei Adachi a Japanese American student at Huron College spoke at Rotary and Kiwanis meetings about the evacuation of Japanese Americans during World War II. He outlined the three generations and noted 112,900 on the Pacific coast moved to assembly and relocation centers. Nurses led by Lot Ward sang at the Kiwanis luncheon.
An urgent appeal seeks housing for 15 families connected with the Civil Aeronautics Administration war training service at Iron College. The Chamber of Commerce requests two to four room furnished apartments and asks those with suitable accommodations to notify the Chamber or Bad Youngs or Ken Neville at the airport.
In Washington sources say a plan to remove 3-B and place all childless married men into 1-A is under serious consideration. A new deferment category for hardship on dependents could be created. Draft boards have already begun moving childless married men to 1-A from 3-A or 3-B.
Pvt. Robert Hofmann reports landing at Henderson Field on August 7, 1942 as part of the first air force protecting Guadalcanal. He is out of the war zone in the South Pacific and notes ample food and rest. Address: Pvt. R. H. Hofmann, Headquarter Squadron, First Marine Aircraft Wing, EMF, care of Fleet Post Office, San Francisco. Also lists hospital admissions and discharges in Huron area.
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden urged in Ottawa that Germany Italy and Japan be totally disarmed to secure lasting peace. He warned against trusting their statesmen and demanded they be prevented from rearming to threaten humanity again.
Labor leaders from the CIO AFL and railroad unions pressed President Roosevelt for rigid retail price ceilings and labor representation at the top on War Production Board and War Manpower Commission. The combined labor war board said prices had risen while wages were stabilized and that Roosevelt took notes on their views. William Green of the AFL stated the concern over food price inflation during wartime.
Red Cross collectors reached eight thousand dollars in Beadle County War Fund drive though goal stood at nine thousand three hundred fifty. County chairman T E O'Brien noted progress as local firms and agencies including the State Triple A office Huron Tea Company S a w n de r Baking Swift and Company plant and Northwestern Bell Telephone Company joined in the effort.
Elks lodge Huron 444 plans a dance at Marvin Hughitt Hotel in the Elks ballroom. Proceeds go to the recently organized service center for servicemen housing at the hotel. C W Maynes, chairman, said tickets will be complimentary for service men.
Classified list shows two scatter rugs paired with a fabric chair and a telephone contact at 3950 or 1341 Kansas Avenue Southeast. Also offers a General Electric refrigerator in good condition for $50 at 1179 Kansas NEB. Includes 14 vaccinated sows with 103 pigs ready to wean in three weeks, contact 3750 Huron. Also notes a Van Brunt drill a 10 foot double disc, a Letz hopper mill, and a river implement co. sales listing in Huron.
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