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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1940
Page
2
Hogs rise with gains up to 20 cents and top $5.40 in Chicago trading, with 4,500 salable hogs and brisk activity on 180 to 300 pound lots. Cattle and sheep also firm with steers and vealers selling strong, bulk hog and lamb markets active across markets including Watertown.
Daily market report for Huron produce shows heavy hens 4% or more, heavy hens under 4% for lighter weight, leghorn hens and assorted eggs and butterfat prices. No. 2 poultry eggs and butterfat numbers listed with inconsistent OCR text.
Sioux Falls livestock sale notes Thursday results with hogs 15 to 25 higher in bulk and top bids around 5.00 to 5.15 per cwt for butcher markets. Cattle trade steady to firm with calves and yearlings around 8.25 to 10.00 for 1300 lb beeves, feeders scarce and cows strong amid active steer and heifer demand.
Sioux City and Sioux Falls markets report poultry and egg prices for Thursday April 11. Hens over five pounds and heavy breeds show varying prices. Leghorn hens and cocks listed. Eggs No 1 and No 2 prices provided. butter and butterfat quotations included.
Petty market notes from Mitchell Watertown and Chicago list varied prices for hens, leghorn roosters, turkeys and eggs, with butterfat and poultry values showing minor shifts. Chicago prices show butter and eggs steady with live poultry firm to steady across several breeds and weights.
New York stocks show an early rally with bonds firm and foreign exchange improving. Cotton, sugar, copper, wool, and meat futures display varied gains while Chicago grain and livestock move higher. butter futures and storage standards noted with price quotes across various commodities and dates.
Wheat prices recovered in Chicago grain pits amid war development news. May prices rose modestly with July futures also advancing, while other contracts edged higher on renewed buying interest.
In Camden Mrs Helen M Anderson seeks a divorce allegingher husband William forced her to sleep in the yard and struck her twice. In Atlanta a census taker reports two prisoners missing from a suburban jail. In Council Bluffs Jona E R Hayes contemplates honor among thieves after robbers loot his drug store and return stolen checks by mail.
A class of candidates will be initiated into the Huron Knights of Columbus Council in a Sunday ceremony, April 21, with the Watertown degree team handling the rites. Grand Knight George Wagner urged prospective candidates to apply promptly to be eligible for the event.
Market ends higher as steel and aircraft stocks lift trading while investors stay cautious. Narrow gains fade toward close with total turnover around 90 thousand shares as scans and Scandinavian actions keep traders wary.
London dispatch reports German transports driven aground in the Swish coast battle last night. Up to six of ten transports sunk and about 1,000 bodies were said to be floating. Crown Princess Martha of Norway reportedly entered Sweden per British wireless.
Admitted: Mrs. T. EB. McCail Huron medical, Alice Goss Limond medical, Mrs. M. D. Larson Manchester medical, Mrs. Charles Derscheid Troxuois surgical. Dismissed: Mrs. Melvin Elvaker, nake Preston, Mrs. T. C. Westhy p and son, Gerald Thomas Bonita.
Roy Jencks of Wolsey was turned over to Kingsbury County authorities for a petty larceny hearing after 35 days in Beadle County jail on an auto theft charge. Municipal Judge C N Hall suspended the remaining jail time. Earlier, Jencks allegedly stole a Saunders Motor car, fueled at several stations in Kingsbury County, and drove away without paying. the car was later recovered in Huron. The report notes the trip included multiple towns and a gasoline purchase dispute.
Hambro said Norwegian forces recaptured Bergen and prepared for rapid volunteer entry to resist the German invasion. Oslo area fighting centered on Elverum and Hamar with scattered German advances isolated by air, while Narvik retook by British forces and threats near Horten and Fort Bolaemé reported.
Reports from Berlin and Stockholm show German officials denying British naval successes and any major Allied landings in Norway. Officials insist no British troops are there and that Germany anticipated any landing attempts. Amid claims of naval and air activity, authorities say discussions with Balkan states over the Danube are not ultimatum or demand driven.
Appleton Wisconsin artist Tom Dietrich was featured at a Wednesday afternoon forum at Huran College. He discussed grain elevator paintings and local street scenes, detailing paints, color mixing, geometry, watercolors, murals, proportion, and art appreciation as craft.
Allied actions claim German naval losses and troop transports while fronts in Narvik Elbow and Oslo Fjord see heavy fighting. Norwegian and Swedish reports credit naval actions against German ships, with Norway’s government continuing its opposition to a German protectorate as Britain eyes possible Scandinavian bases. In domestic news, Blunt farmer David Runge dies at his Blunt area home.
Harlan Newton a Indiana Tech Fort Wayne student and Haron High School class of 1933 graduate won a Chrysler Institute of Engineering fellowship in Detroit. He will pursue graduate work at the Detroit institute with a three year program earning a master’s degree. about 30 such appointments are made annually from over 6,000 applicants.
Informed sources say German troops occupied Oslo and found 30 planes not yet fully assembled. Aviation experts note no secret designs could be learned since the planes could not have been sent to Norway in fully assembled condition.
Funeral services for Hemming Johnson who died at his home in Creek Township 11 miles south of Wessington will be held Friday at 2 o clock at the Community Church in Wessington. Burial will be in Wessington Cemetery. Surviving are the widow and eight children including Thorvald Bes and several daughters. also surviving are grandchildren.
British destroyers damaged or sunk figures show heavy losses on Monday including battleships battle cruisers heavy cruisers and escorts. German reports claim destroyers supply ships merchant vessels and transports damaged with two British ships sunk and submarines involved amid conflicting battle tallies.
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