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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1941
Page
2
Market notes show Hog prices lifting 10 to 15 cents with choice light hogs gaining most ground. Top quotation 7.80, long haul base 100 dollars per hundred. Cattle and sheep markets unclear but generally steady with bids slow and some salable stock.
Profit taking pushes grain prices into reverse with wheat slipping from session highs for net losses. Corn weak on profit sales and hog-production outlook while early wheat buying cited higher loan rate prospects from Washington. Prices close lower with May around 1 1/2 to 2 cents down and weather/market factors cited across Huron Sioux City Watertown and Sioux Falls reports.
April market snippets show hogs rising up to 10 cents with top prices near 8.28 in Chicago. cattle and calves mixed with declines and firming trends. Sioux City and Sioux Falls reports note active hogs, steady to higher bids, with fat lambs scarce and beef cows and steers steady to lower on lighter demand.
Cattle sale figures show 2,700 head cattle available early with strong to very good quality broadly described. Prices quoted include slaughter steers 9.00 to 10.00, heifers 8.50 to 9.50, cows 6.25 to 7.25, canners and cutters 5.00 to 6.00, bulls 6.50 to 7.00, feeder steers 8.50 to 9.75, vealers about 1,500.
Markets at a glance show stocks rising with rails leading the rally while bonds edge higher. Canadian dollar up on quiet foreign exchange. California fires boost buying interest. Sugar narrow trade with local demand. Chicago reports wheat and corn down on profit taking. Hogs generally strong. cattle steady to lower with midgrade steers easing.
Olyphant Pa police captain Michael Rusyn resigned after a clash with a council member but returns to duty. A San Rafael Jail report notes 70 years of an escape-prone solitary cell. remodeling revealed wood used in construction. Sheriff Sellner comments on walls withstanding a half-bloody assault. Prices for territory wools in French combing length range from mostly 1 to 1.03 dollars per unit and 1 to 1.05 dollars for graded lines.
Drizzling rains and wet snow marked South Dakota weather with chilly temps across the state. Precipitation totals ranged from .26 inch at Watertown to lighter amounts in Yankton Huron Mitchell Sioux Falls and Aberdeen, with Rapid City farther west. Last night fell below freezing after a high of 54 at Mitchell. rising temps expected Friday.
Wool Market business desk notes several moderate volume sales in fine territory and stable weights for Australian wools while South American fins maintain firmness. Trade observers see steady demand across wool classes with no major price shifts noted this period.
Buying in rails today touched off a speedy stock market rally with favorites gaining 1 to over 2 points, some reaching new highs for the year. Brokers linked the rebound to inflation signals boosting cautious buyers, as bidding rose in industrials and turnover neared 900000 shares, the largest for 1943 to date.
The President dismissed the convoy issue as absurd to consider at the moment. Senator George of Georgia said he had heard nothing to indicate a plan to start convoys and expected consultation with Congress before any action. Attention shifted to a purely naval matter discussed with Secretary Knox and Admiral Stark, with some sources suggesting a larger naval role for Britain.
A dense OCR list shows diverse corporations with percent figures, including AmCan, AT&T, Boeing, Chrysler, General Motors, and Packard, among many others. The fragment preserves share percentages, company names, and ticker-like abbreviations, reflecting a mid-20th century financial listing.
Labor turmoil expands as Ford strikers press for mediation while Allis-Chalmers yields to the National Defense Mediation Board after riots at West Allis. UMW coal talks show some progress in New York. Wage demands and union shop terms surface across multiple plants including Ithaca, Buffalo, and Bayway as price controls tighten.
The article discusses Japan’s cautious stance toward Britain and the United States amid Axis setbacks in the Balkans and Italy’s defeats. It notes Japan’s dependence on US supplies, the lend-lease impact, and British moves in Singapore. It mentions discussions between British and US leaders and Saburo Kurusu’s warning of a Japanese American war as a crime against humanity.
Beadley County commissioners accepted Stannary Vu Company's bid to furnish about 156000 gallons of oil at below rival bids. The oil will be ordered as needed by the highway department for upcoming road projects. Five firms bid, letting held at 2 PM Wednesday.
Senator Russell told the Senate that national defense spending has not benefited farmers and has raised living costs. He warned the relief policy would keep farmers off relief rolls as artificial protections stretch across American life. The Senate allowed a 10 day adjournment while a conference committee finalized a 4.3 billion dollar supplemental defense bill, approving foreign beef and other purchases under conditions.
The article reports Premier Musso’s spokesman saying Italy and Germany doubt Yugoslavia will keep its territorial integrity under the Rome Berlin Tokyo pact. Berlin orders most Nazi staff out of Belgrade, raising war fears. German forces mass near the Yugoslav frontier while Belgrade’s defense prospects remain unclear. News from North Africa and the Horn flags a broader war context as Eritrea and Massaua tensions rise.
Six convicts were placed in solitary confinement after overpowering two guards in a failed escape from the Indiana state prison in Michigan City. Kenneth Rogers, 29, climbed the wall and fell 30 feet, injuring both wrists. The group included Fret Adams, 45, Paul F Pierce, 21, Theodore Hulbert, 30, Alphonsa Skuschiet, 22, and Richard Sweet, 128. Guard James Copeland was overpowered, keys used to open the door, and a rope of sheets aided their attempt before guards regained control. An investigation was ordered.
Ships continue to stir Atlantic rumor mill with reports of German and Italian vessels in South American ports. Venezuela denounces burning and scuttling of Axis ships as deliberate and punishable. US indicts 16 German seamen in Boston for alleged sabotage aboard the Neri tanker as authorities thwart more Axis plots in the hemisphere.
Fragmented OCR from a newspaper page shows a jumble of classified ads and notices. Readable items include a WANTED ad seeking a girl to handle simple cooking and serving at a small wage, a phone line, and miscellaneous references to goods and services. The legible pieces are minimal and no coherent article emerges.
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