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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1941
Page
2
Market notes from Amour Stock Yards and Watertown report gains in hog prices with 2,000 hogs sold and a top around 9.40 for butchers. Cattle and sheep prospects are steady with strong steers and yearlings, veal higher, and sheep steady amid mixed fat lamb activity.
Chicago market notes show hog prices uneven and slower trading with 10-15 cent gains over Tuesday. Cattle and calves remained steady to strong while sheep eased up to 15 cents. Western markets report salable hogs around 10,000 to 15,500 head with varied weights and several loads sold early at higher prices. Huron, Sioux City, Mitchell and Watertown summaries detail regional prices for hens, eggs, butterfat and live poultry across multiple markets.
Mixed cattle hogs and sheep quotes from St Paul and Sioux Falls markets show steady to higher bids on some classes. Cattle ranges include steers 9.00 to 10.50, heifers 9.50, cows 5.25 to 7.25, and feeders 8.50 to 9.75. hogs and veal also steady, while sheep demand remains strong with fat lambs at 10.85 and up. Sioux Falls reports hogs up to 4.73 top, bulk 4.60 to 4.75, cattle broadly steady to higher, and Sioux City listings reflect similar price pressures across steer and cow categories.
Markets at New York show continued retreat in war shares with lower prices and cautious sentiment. The page reports wandering highs and lows, with heavy trading liquidation by commission houses and mixed signals in commodities including cattle, shipping, and produce futures. Chicago butter and potato futures are listed with closing figures and movements.
In Boston on April 3 the wool market mainly handled fine and half-blood foreign wools with few domestic transactions. Buying for future needs was limited, but prices held generally steady.
Wheat slipped as much as 142 cents before rallying to recover most losses. Prices fell to their lowest since March 22 amid Balkan war news and Churchill speech tones, though buying interest and prior short positions helped support prices. May and July futures showed modest gains versus yesterday, while cash and local quotations varied across grades in Minneapolis and Chicago markets.
The Grace Episcopal Church rector Rev Thomas Mathers will speak at the Doon service tomorrow at the Huron Theatre. Dr H Retele of the Presbyterian Church will read scripture and lead prayer as congregational singing occurs. Union services run daily except Saturday between 12:30 and 1:10. A sunrise Easter service at 6 30 o clock will conclude Holy Week in J WC Campbell Park.
Official sources in Mexico City report Berlin and Rome would sever diplomatic ties with Mexico after President Manuel Avila Camacho expropriated 12 Axis ships harbored at Tampico and Vera Cruz. The move aimed to aid the Mexican merchant marine and to halt Nazi and fascist influence in Latin America.
New York April 3. War shares led the retreat as traders reduced commitments amid wartime concerns. Imports like rubber and cocoa rose on expectations the war effort would intensify, while defense-contract firms saw notable activity. Transactions around 600000 shares indicated lightening nervousness after early market jitters.
Weather has caused widespread telephone outages in Dakota Central as rainwater seeps through insulation. Manager T. E. O'Brien reports about 50 phones and 2 exchange shares in the north side area off, with lines in the southwest and west also affected. Damage stems from cracks and wear in cable insulation, sometimes blamed on birds and rifles, requiring careful locating, drying, and re-insulation by expert linemen.
Chaos grips the Balkans as German forces push from Bulgaria toward Greece and Yugoslavia. Skoplje falls to the Germans on the Belgrade railway axis while British, Greek, and Yugoslav units fight to stem the advance. Metaxas line breached, Italians advance in northern Albania and near the Italian border. Coventry bombed by Luftwaffe as Kiel and merchant fleets face Allied air power.
Twenty seven youths from nine South Dakota counties left Huron for CCC Camp No 783 at Soubase in the Black Hills after enrolling yesterday. Enrollees included four Huron youths and others from Kingsbury Spink Stanley and Beadle counties. Enrolling officer Ben Mariska of Bismarck was assisted by Otis Jerdle state supervisor H. Cotton Beadle County social security director and Major F. Judlis commander of the Huron camp.
Funeral tomorrow for Charles Rohrabaugh will be at 2 o clock in Welter's Chapel with Dr C E Wilcox of the Methodist Church in charge. Burial will be in Ideal Cemetery. Pallbearers are Martin Erickson Walter Manwaring Fred Brandenburg Edward Torgrud Richard Hill and William Quale.
Funeral services for Hugh McKichan Bonilla resident who died at his home will be held at the Presbyterian Church in Bonilla at two o clock Friday afternoon. Burial will follow in Bonilla cemetery.
Holy Communion service during Holy Week at the Presbyterian Church will be tomorrow at 7 30 p m The pastor Dr Hubert Ketelie will speak on The Adventures of Forgiveness and the choir will sing The Old Rugged Cross Mrs S S Van Voorhis and Loftus H Ward will sing Just When I Need Him as a duet by Gabriel
Strikes continue as CIO United Mine Workers and coal operators meet in New York to break deadlock over a new contract. Secretary Perkins certifies a two day CIO strike at Phelps Dodge plants as Ford expels concerns, with River Rouge shutdown affecting about 200000 workers and wages. John Steelsten notes a southern miners wage gap while Ford discusses grievances with unions.
In a brief entry, Par aid MA Myers and Roy Daim forfeited $1 bonds in a local court related to a parking dispute. The record lists Brett Red, Fort Benning, Bart Mente as involved, noting the case concerned coverings of the alligator garah by primitive wear.
Two Beadle County volunteers Charles F. Delvaux of Cavour and Wendell M. Vallin reported to the local board this afternoon for instruction before transfer to Fort Snelling Minnesota where they will be inducted into the U S Army for a year of service. Delvaux and Vallin were chosen as replacements after other men were rejected at the induction station as Beadle County’s quota was set for March and fulfilled in April.
The PTA district meeting occurs Tuesday April 15 at Wilson School in Huron with registration at 9 and a program starting at 9 30 am Publicity displays from each unit will be shown and presidents will report Aiming attendees include Mrs Gertrude Flyte national art chair and Mrs J C Lepler state PTA president Also listed are Mrs E L Bersagel Aberdeen and Harold Wenberg district No 9 president.
The Rev Earl Longfellow will speak on The Greatest Thing in the World at tonight's 7 30 service at the Baptist Church with the choir and Peggy Teuber as soloist. Also notes weather data including temperatures and precipitation for the area and region. Extra notices list local ads and requests for rides and employment along with sale of an Angus bull and other classifieds.
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