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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1942
Page
2
Sioux Falls livestock report shows hogs about 5-10 cents lower with tops near 14.25 to 14.30 for good to choice. cattle steady with beef cows 9.25 to 10.00. lambs strong with top around 21.50 to 21.75. buyers active as 1,500 sheep and 3,200 hogs traded across the market.
Daily price range report from Huron Mitchell Sioux City and Watertown markets. Listings include hens roosters turkeys eggs butterfat and market quotes by city, plus grain and futures notes from Chicago and Minneapolis.
Trading activity was light in Chicago with hog prices near steady from the previous session. Hogs 9,000 and 5,000 salable cattle showed slow to steady demand, fat lambs steady with late trade. top hogs 14.40 to 14.50, fat lambs 12.25, cattle mostly weak to 25 lower, calves 15.00, heifers scarce, cows steady to weak, bulk cattle 14.00 to 14.50, sheep offerings 9,000 with fat lambs firm and slaughter ewes quoted lower.
South St Paul market shows cattle pools steady with improved heavy weights and Canada loads. Calves and hogs mixed with weakness from midweek, while sheep remain active with strong salable volume and limited early action.
Sioux City Iowa April 9 cattle salable 3,200 calves salable 60 market active fed steers and yearlings steady to strong fat stockers and feeders scarce in light supply steady beef steers and yearlings 11.25 to 12.75 few sales 13.00 79 good and choice 1,340 beev es 14.50 strictly choice quoted 2 and 15.50 choice 360 lb heifers scattered sales medium to good 10.00
Boston wool buyers report French combing length sold at 1.18 to 1.20 and other wools mainly 1.12 to 1.18 scoured. Chicago poultry market firm with live birds and chickens priced across weights. eggs and butter receipts noted. New York dress goods and fowls firm with mixed box and bird prices. overall market unchanged.
New York markets show a broad decline as war news halts gains and drags stocks lower. Cotton rises on trade and mill demand while Chicago wheat slides on war headlines. Cattle weaken, with some grades down. old roosters and poultry prices show minor shifts amid steady live poultry. Futures for butter and storage packs edge higher.
Chicago April 9 grain prices softened on war news from the Pacific with a favorable crop outlook offset by storage concerns late in the year. Wheat and rye weakened most of the session, corn and oats fluctuated on strong live stock feed demand and reported oat damage in the southwest. Wheat fell to four month lows, closing about 40% lower than yesterday while corn held steady to up slightly and soybeans slipped about 1% credit to market uncertainty.
In New York on April 9, stocks continued to limp with bearish tone as war news dampened investor enthusiasm. Blue chips slid and losses extended toward the close while buyers withdrew, with about 325000 shares changing hands amid bond notes showing Treasury 4 1/2% around 115.22.
Huron School Board names four women to conduct house-to-house census starting next month. Mrs Addie Stowell, Mrs Jennie Corley, Mrs James Lowrie and Mrs Katherine Smith will list every person in Huron aged 5 to 21 for the state school census used to distribute school funds and enrollment data.
Kansas City dispatch reports a record 630 million bushel wheat carryover, with only 8 million of 53 million elevator capacity available in the hub. Nebraska Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma grainmen meet to urge growers to provide private storage as railroads struggle to move grain amid wartime demand. The shortage could leave about 500 million bushels beyond elevator capacity, forcing farmers to store on their own farms.
Republican Brost of Carlyle Township announces candidacy for Beadle County register of deeds. Howard Shober says Brost was omitted from last week’s petition list at the county courthouse.
Naval recruiter Richard Simmons issued an urgent appeal for men to enlist in the U S Navy. In Omaha District this week 865 men were shipped to San Diego for training and more are needed. About 182 must leave Omaha by next Thursday with enlistees within ten days exempt from returning to inactive duty. Induction orders from draft boards do not bar enlistment if completed by induction day. Extra trainees were needed due to expanded facilities at San Diego.
About 200 Dakota Division employees of the Chicago and North Western Railroad gathered for their annual safety meeting led by W. F. Smith. Chicago officials L. Henry and G. Lohse spoke on preventing accidents and protecting both war and civilian shipments, reading letters from defense and production leaders praising the company's safety and perfect shipping policy.
A fragmented list of company and stock quotes appears in this brief item. The piece catalogs numerous firms across industries such as aviation steel oil and automotive, with percentages indicating price changes or values. The chaotic OCR text reads like a stock ticker roundup from a past AP dispatch.
British headquarters deny landings at Akyab after reports. Admiralty reports Dorsetshire and Cornwall sunk by Japanese air attacks, with about 1,100 survivors out of a 1,330 crew, including commanding officers.
War Department notes the American Filipino defense of the Philippines, led by the 31st Infantry and air force personnel around 6 000 at invasion start. Mindanao and northern Luzon show resistance as Japan advances threaten Bataan, with control split across about 7 000 scattered isles and key islands Luzon Mindanao Jolo Masbate and Mindoro.
Amid heavy Japanese bombardment near Corregidor and Manila Bay, American and Filipino troops on Bataan face a prolonged, exhausting stand as Lufts of enemy forces envelop the eastern flank. General Wainwright reports supply issues among front line noncombatants, with Japanese superiority and persistent night bayonet assaults driving a dangerous drive toward Fort Mills.
About 300 music students at Huron High prepare a benefit performance titled Fiesta de las Pampas to aid the Navy Relief Society. Helen Buchanan and the South American themed acts will be part of the program in the college auditorium with proceeds to the relief society. An orchestra of fifteen, three pianos, and soloists will showcase the event as reserved seats go on sale at Wheeler Drug Store.
Seven persons died in the Los Angeles area blackout as an air raid bell tolled. A warden died after a two story fall and another warden was injured critically. The blackout followed a report of unidentified planes, later identified as friendly, per Lieut. Gen. John L. DeWitt in San Francisco.
Weather data shows high 86 and low 41 for this date with prior year extremes. Monthly and yearly precipitation totals are given, along with normal benchmarks. Forecast calls for warmer conditions in Huron with showers then cooler. South Dakota to turn much colder with afternoon rain changing to snow and strong winds.
Hospital admissions list includes Laverne Studt Joyce Davis Carol Ann French Peter Gross Mrs John Singshein Mrs G W Beddow Mrs G R Shaw Otto Carstens George Gebhard Tatchie Wolsey. dismissed Emma Langsdrn. For sale large wooden work bench. WANTED Woman to care for invalid stay nights some housework. For sale 300 bushels oats and 250 bushels barley seed. 7% mules south of Cavour or 465 Simmons St E Huron.
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