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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1940
Page
2
Armour stock yards report a 10 to 15 cent price advance with top hogs at 4.85 and most butchers selling around 4.80. Sioux Falls, Watertown livestock reports show higher hogs by 5 to 10 cents, top near 4.95 and 4.75 respectively, with cattle and sheep showing mixed gains and steady to higher bids.
Daily market ranges from Huron and surrounding towns listed for poultry hens leghorn breeds heavy and light, ducks and geese. Butterfat prices No 1 and No 2 shown for Sioux Falls Mitchell Watertown and Sioux City with eggs and butter values, followed by Chicago New York city figures and Minneapolis grain quotes.
Hog prices advance about 15 cents with top at 6.40 as good to choice cattle and yearlings gain up to 25 cents while lambs hold higher. In St Paul and Sioux City notes, fat cattle and feed stock show strength, with hogs around 4.65 to 5.00 for typical weights and sows up to 4.15.
Chicago futures text shows storage standards with 3 high low close figures. The fragment mentions storage, futures values, and dates in late November and April aliases. No clear event or person names present to anchor a fuller summary.
Markets at a glance show irregularities in stocks including papers and steels with lead activity. Bonds are mixed as corporates show Tower. Foreign exchange steady with rallies. cotton lower on May liquidation. sugar higher on Cuban support. metals firm with lead and copper advances. wool tops uneven amid house buying and profit-taking. CHICAGO Wheat finished fraction lower. corn steady. cattle active. hogs up. Refrigerator standards listed with Oct figures.
Wheat prices eased over a cent a bushel as buying waned in parts of the hard winter belt while war scare cooled. July and September new crop deliveries reached near three year highs, with futures activity down from yesterday’s volume and prices closing modestly lower across May and nearby contracts.
On April 10 New York stocks softened amid selling tied to reports of German pushes in Norway and Scandinavian shipping disruptions. Paper shares surged to new highs while steel shares fell, then a British counteroffensive and Norwegian resistance triggered a reversal, with about 90,000 shares traded, far below the previous day.
Fragmentary OCR item lists bond categories and amounts including Treasury and Home Owners Loan entries with figures like 5444 44 314.22 and 197.26, lacking clear context or complete details.
The Work Projects Administration announced its first large reduction to curb unemployment. About 1,500,000 positions expected by June. Officials said 83,770 relief enrollees were dismissed between March 27 and April 3, reducing total enrollment to 2,204,264.
The Agriculture Department's April 1 estimate puts the winter wheat crop at 426,216,000 bushels, up from December's forecast and below the 1939 crop. Yield per acre is placed at 9.4 bushels, with rye at 69 percent of normal. State figures include Minnesota 2,160,000 and South Dakota 1,260,000 bushels, among others.
Hemming Johnson aged 72 died Tuesday afternoon at his home in Sand Creek Township eleven miles south of Wessington after months of illness. The body is at Kinyon Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements had not been completed.
President Roosevelt announced a ban on United States shipping in all waters around the Scandinavian peninsula on April 1. The proclamation tightens wartime controls affecting trade routes and merchant vessels under U S authority in Northern European waters.
Minneapolis and New York bank shares moved modestly higher on Wednesday as investors weighed earnings cues and broader market volatility. First Bank showed slight gains while Northwest Banco posted a small uptick. trading remained cautious with bid and ask spreads reflecting ongoing uncertainty.
Pierre April 16. The highway commission awarded contracts for district office and shop buildings at Huron and Mobridge. Huron project costs 22,462 with work to begin in about two weeks. Mobridge bid 7,640. Huron Construction Co. won the Huron bid at 19,180 plus 600 for electrical and 2,682 for plumbing. Mobridge project awarded to R Neypure Construction Co. of Aberdeen for 7,640. Preliminary grading and drainage underway. One story, 40 by 130 feet, located north of McKinley grade school.
In Istanbul on April 10 officials signaled a move within Turkish government circles to convene a Balkan Entente conference. The goal is to align Romania Greece and Yugoslavia with the Allies, forming a five nation bloc with Turkey. They argue Germany's invasion of Scandinavia shows small states cannot remain neutral. Turkey defends its stance as non belligerent, aided by mutual assistance pacts with Britain and France.
Refugees flee toward Elverum while Britain warns any Norwegian talks with Germany are duress. Narvik raids sink a British destroyer and damage others as Germany claims control of key Norwegian ports. Iceland takes over foreign affairs after Denmark invasion. Britain and Norway face possible wider conflict in Europe.
An Associated Press report from Cincinnati describes a study by Sohn A. Killian and Charles Odassin showing a group including six men and two women increased physical work by 68 percent in a week after taking small alka l sodium citrate pills seven times daily with slight aspirin for pain. Non athletes benefited more, and the standout case was a woman previously with full leisure duties.
The article reports on Allied vows to fight for Norway while detailing naval actions along the Norwegian coast and North Sea. It notes German cruiser losses, British claims of slight damage to two cruisers, and speculation about the sinking of warships including the Gneisenau, with observers calling the engagement the largest since 1916 and hinting at broader operations toward Belgium and the Netherlands.
Dewey gains strengthen a two stop Dewey fight as he dominates Nebraska, Illinois, and Wisconsin in recent primaries. Taft remains the center of opposition while Vanderberg’s position depends on late results and possible deadlock at the convention. Roosevelt expands lead for Democratic renomination, fueling third term talk and Garner opposition within the party.
German high command said Narvik defenses sunk four Allied boats as Britain acknowledged two destroyers lost and a third heavily damaged in the raid. Earlier Germany reported the loss of two cruisers, the Bizehher and Karlsruhe, under Norwegian coastal fire yesterday.
Associated Press reports that confirmation of a Bremen sinking is lacking after rumors spread through Amsterdam stock market circles. The story notes earlier mentions in London and Paris but provides no substantiation.
London reports cries of no and never as Labor MP David Kirkwood pressed Undersecretary R A Butler for peace by negotiation. Butler refused to alter government statements on Britain's aims and said peace talks were not being pursued.
Washington April 1071 Majority Leader Rayburn and Senate Leader Barkley told President Roosevelt that Congress is well along with its work and could adjourn between June 1 and 10.
Danish trade ministry reports no Danish ships may leave port until further notice. German agency notes state railway schedules reduced and all express trains halted. Also hospital admissions list includes Robert Saylor Virgil James Harold James and others with dismissals noted. Help wanted for a small lunchroom and an outboard motor in Enon.
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