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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1944
Page
2
Market notes show hogs up 15 cents in Huron with cattle and sheep steady to weak. In Sioux Falls cattle 800 slow but steady, hogs 10 to 20 cents higher with buyers paying 13.60 to 13.75, sows 12.45 to 13.00, sheep steady with lambs 14.00 to 14.50 and feeding lambs 10.00 to 12.00, yearlings 10.00 to 12.00.
Chicago markets across hogs cattle and lambs show higher bids with strong demand. Hog prices up 10 to 20 cents, top near 14.05 for 170-190 lb, cattle steady to strong, calves firm, lambs 16.40 to 16.50, Sioux City similarly active with hogs up and cattle steady to strong.
Southwestern cattle auction details show steers 12.50 to 16.10, cows 8.25 to 12.50, calves 2.46 and higher, hogs 10 to 20 per hundredweight, sows 12.90 to 13.85, fat lambs opening around 4.50 to 5.00 with steady tone and variable weights represented by dealers and buyers.
Daily prices from Huron market show ranges for heavy hens roosters and eggs, with New York wholesale figures for butter cheese eggs and poultry. Chicago Watertown Sioux Falls also report live poultry, egg, and butter prices with regional variations.
Chicago April 5 bids in grain futures showed moderate buying as Lake Superior navigation delay possibly shifts into mid month, limiting Canadian grain shipments. Wheat and flour markets rose briefly while millers worry about shipping instructions and field work delays in the northwest.
New York stocks rose fractions on renewed buying as investors eyed bullish signals from Wisconsin primary results. Key issues showed limited selling pressure while gold mining shares moved up. Jones and Laughlin Steel led a late surge with notable volume around 800 thousand shares.
Liberator bombers with Thunderbolt escorts attacked military objectives in the Pas-de-Calais area of France today as Allied forces resume westward air pounding after a three day lull. Berlin radio reported other bomber fleets over central Germany.
The War Production Board will handle reconstruction priorities for the Royal Hotel site destroyed by fire. The National Housing Agency will urge prioritization while designating Huron as a defense housing area. Armour and Company and other war industries need housing for workers. decision from Washington expected by May 1. A Huron War Housing committee is formed with E Mckenzie as president and Robert D. Lusk as chairman.
Ongoing Russian offensives claim Tarnopol western and southern areas in Soviet hands as air fields fall. Zhukov’s forces push toward Lwow with dozens of towns seized. German casualties exceed 3,000 with 300 captured as battles tighten in Ukraine and approaches to Kishinev and the Black Sea region are reported.
Associated Press reports from South Pacific fronts say Liberators and fighters attacked Japanese targets. The Dublon raid dropped 46 tons of bombs on the enemy stronghold while four Liberators failed to return and one crew was rescued by a destroyer. Rambutio island has been captured as American forces push through the Admiralty Islands.
Sioux Falls retailers and producers cite record production, labor shortages, storage limits, and reduced government purchases as cutting egg prices. They say current costs to farmers are around 19 to 20 cents per dozen, with rising government buying hoped to ease the slump.
Wisconsin results show Willkie failing to file ample delegates while Dewey gains momentum with a likely minimum of 14 of 25 delegates. Stassen maintains a smaller pledged total as Willkie fights to secure 13 delegates to boost influence at the national convention.
A mix of summer and winter weather hit New York and New Jersey on April 5, extending to Bear Mountain and to Atlantic City and Philadelphia. The storm caused numerous traffic accidents and brought up to two inches of snow or sleet in parts, the meteorologists said.
Mrs. C F McVey of Wessington Springs awoke to a 3 am intruder and armed herself with a fur, detaining Joe A Bell Jr of Hand County until Sheriff H B Hemmelman arrived. Bell faces a drunken driving charge with two rifles found in his car and is to appear April 23. Mrs McVey runs a bull station while her husband and son serve in the Pacific.
Huron plans an all city meeting Monday at 7 30 pm on the mezzanine at the Hughitt Hotel to discuss reviving and expanding the entertainment program chaired by Mrs M R Keck and Mrs H R McArthur after a Chicago visit by Columbia Concert Bureau representative Mrs L Parkinson.
Mandan North Dakota faces heavy flooding as a section of the dike along the Heart River fails after four days of high water. Work crews rushed to sand-bar and seal the breach to keep water from spreading to the main southeast residential area.
The hospital roster lists admissions including Mrs A Koblas of Huron for surgery and Louis Gathman of Iroquois for medical care. Other admissions include Mrs Jack Fonsberg Ardis Olson and Mrs Henry Speirs. Discharges include Maxine Lehr Esther Lynch and several others.
A scattered ad list shows multiple for sale and rental items including an income property at 807 Idaho Ave with $65 monthly income, various house rental requests, used cars a 1934 Ford coupe and a 1930 Ford truck, and several job or service ads. Also includes a late 1930s farm help note and miscellaneous notices.
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