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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1940
Page
2
Market reports show higher hog quotes with mostly steady cattle and sheep values. Prices per hundredweight range with hogs topping around 4.85 while cattle. calves and sheep show mixed gains and steadies in Watertown and Sioux City listings. Receipts and a few high grades noted. activity varied across markets and weights.
Huron markets report a price range across multiple product lines including heavy hens, Leghorn hens, and ducks with varying weights and egg quality. Regional city notes from Sioux City Sioux Falls Watertown detail prices for hens, eggs, butterfat and related dairy items, showing regional variation and case lot pricing.
Slightly reduced receipts eased hog prices with gains up to 15 cents while the trade ran slow with a weak undertone. Early lambs showed strength but all cattle and hogs faced uneven, generally weak bidding. top hog price reached 5.25 and fed cattle markets showed limited demand across several regions.
Mitchell product listing from April 3 shows prices for hens and roosters by weight, along with turkey sizes No 2 and No 2 young toms. Butterfat prices for No 1 and No 2 grades are included.
New York and Chicago market notes from April 3 show butter prices easing with creamery scores around 92, eggs firm with current receipts and storage data, and live poultry steady to firm. Chicago reports similar trends with butter down to creamery scores near 93, eggs firmer, and poultry prices mixed with car loads and breed listings.
Markets at a glance with erratic stock activity and higher bonds as rails utilities gain. Foreign exchange uneven with sterling movement. Cotton firm on speculative buy amid stock market rise. Sugar easy due to trader liquidation. Metals steady with buying. copper futures lower on hedge and spot activity. Cattle steady to uneven, live cattle prices up to 15 cents higher. Chicago produce futures show mixed high low close readings.
New York April 3 stock market rose in the heaviest trading since last autumn. A mid morning surge in United States Steel lifted many shares, rising fractions to over 3 points on expanding volume. Transactions neared 3,700,000 shares, about double the previous day and the largest since November. Brokers split on whether hopes for business improvement or Wisconsin primary results drove the movement.
Rapid City reports opening day fishing as Donald Sikes, 16, dropped bait through a bridge crack and hooked a 3 pound 15 inch trout. Charles West and Sonny Holden, both 14, rescued the catch by lifting Sonny to scoop the fish from the water through the crack.
Mount Hood Oregon April report says James Lorentz aged 18, one of two climbers missing since Sunday, was found alive after becoming separated from companion Gerald Herrmann 28 during a blizzard. Lorentz sheltered near Paradise on the southwest slope and was being taken to Timberline Lodge. Rescue teams from Hood River and other units continued searching for Herrmann.
Election results from 2 076 precincts list Francis McGovern with 102 495 votes leading the field. William Rubi 94 202 Charles Hammersley 92 85 and Charles Henney 69 734 follow. McGovern and Hammersley are Democratic Party Organization of Wisconsin candidates. Callahan 73 546. One Progressive vote split among Roosevelt and both Republican factions.
Bank stocks in Minneapolis show mixed bids with First Bank and Northwest Banco near midpoints as market activity continues. Government bonds in New York list Treasury notes and Fed Farm Mortgage 3s with varied quotes, reflecting ongoing yields and demand.
New York curb market notes show Cities Service at 53 percent and El Bond and Shelden trading at 7 percent as of April 3, reflecting shifts in demand and liquidity amid ongoing adjustments in curb closet securities.
G L Parker of Sion Falls resumes duties as assistant manager of the J C Penney store in Huron after previously serving as second assistant at Sioux Falls. L A Cook moves to Watertown Wis to become assistant manager, with Cook's career dating to 1928 at Penney. Cook will train for eventual store management. Parker's appointment marks advancement for both men.
County Attorney Russell Frazee said he would file first degree murder charges against Mrs. Carl W. Lindeman of Hector. She is jailed after her husband was found hacked to death with an axe. Authorities say the weapon was partly cleaned of blood and that three head injuries occurred. Neighbors report family quarrels and a history of threats.
Cecil Fry of Huron faces reckless driving charges after Irma Brown 24 of Wolsey died from injuries in a March 16 crash on Highway 37. Fry, arraigned before Municipal Judge C N Hall, released on 500 dollars bond. State Attorney Luby led the filing after an intensive investigation. Fry was represented by Ralph Luch.
The article notes an intensified Allied blockade likely in the North Sea and Skagerrak with possible British naval and air actions against Sel Cana. Swedish Defense Minister Per Edvin Sköld warned of uncertain fate while urging a strong neutrality policy and unity of northern states in defense.
The Wessington school band under director M C Ecker will present a concert titled Let Sre Ste heated schoolnusium this evening in St Lawrence. The exchange concert features the St Lawrence band which played at Wessington previously. The public is invited to attend.
Fred J. Zink of 968 Kansas Avenue Southeast formally announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for county commissioner in the fourth district. A 49 year old railroad employee, Zink has lived in Huron since moving from Fort Wayne, Indiana, and is married with two children.
Northeastern Minnesota endured sleet and ice causing widespread disruption on April 3. Duluth area telecoms reported hundreds of poles down, roads near standstill, and travel halted in parts of Warroad and Mesabi range. Strong winds followed an overnight thaw and freezing.
In Madison last night three local teams cracked the top five in the state bowling tournament. The K and K squad led with 2705, Tom's Care of Sioux Falls followed at 2681, Tracy's Bar tied for third with 2631, and General Beadle Hotel stood fourth with 2525.
The meeting will cover developing methods for miniature film, one grain developer techniques, and an explanation of the Refractor Grain developer. T. C. Wright will exhibit Swift and Company's pictures in a salon. All members are urged to attend and visitors are welcome.
The Smith committee outlined sweeping Labor Board changes while Congress weighs a five member NLRB and measures favoring craft unions. Senate approval nears on a three year reciprocal trade program and tax revision, amid votes on export import controls and a new Treasury fiscal bureau order.
Seattle April 3 energy services conducted for James William Campbell former Huron banker civic leader who died Monday night after weeks of illness. Services at Clement's Episcopal church were in care of Rev. E. C. Pritchard with burial to Springfield. Campbell lived in Huron where he headed First National Bank and remained active in civic and fraternal affairs. Survivors include three sons, James McDougal Campbell of Dubuque, J. W. Jr. of Dubuque, and Thomas H. Campbell of Seattle, with sixteen grandchildren and one great grandchild noted. he was a Democrat and served on multiple public boards.
Belgrade says it will allow German ships to use its territorial waters to reach Trieste for bauxite shipments, arguing neutrality remains intact. Yugoslav officials claim bauxite is not a war material and that the British blockade is not sighted beyond Corfu, with a test voyage planned by the freighter Ankara from Dubrovnik through Yugoslav waters.
London air raid watchers describe shells and anti aircraft fire as 10 shelters shield civilians for 45 minutes. Spectators recall a sea raid and a possible ship hit near Scapa Flow while hospitals list admitted and discharged patients from towns including Huron, Wesson, and Tulare. Townsend Auxiliary meets at Gamble's with prizes awarded and social time after the business session.
Fragmentary text shows a framed building inquiry about a property near a tower with a 12 by 12 foot square area. Names such as Chick Talentt and Jack Yong appear in unreliable OCR. The notice references rental terms and a property at a location unspecified.
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