Market News See 15c Drop In Swine Prices
ARMOUR STOCKYARDS Huron April 13 Hog market for Tuesday was 15 cents lower with top price on choice light weight butchers at 14.40. Long haul hogs eligible to sell 5-15 cents per hundredweight lower. Cattle 25 cents lower, sheep weak to 25 cents lower, common to medium 9.00 to 12.50, culls down 7.00 and below. Hogs 12,590 bids and few sales 25 lower, good-choice barrows and gilts 170-300 lbs 14.50, 300-360 lbs 14.45 50, good sows bid 14.25, feeder pigs at 14.50. Sheep 1,500, no early action.
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Armour Stockyards
Huron
Sioux City
Hogs Price Drops Amid Slow Cattle Trade Across Markets
Chicago reports a 29 cent decline with hogs trading around 14.75 to 15.00 per hundred pounds as demand weakens. Cattle and calves show slower sales with good to choice fed steers and yearlings mostly 16.75 to 17.55, while sheep and lambs also move slowly with bids down 10 to 15 cents. Sioux City listings mirror subdued trades with feedery and stocker activity down and hogs near 14.50 to 14.60.
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Sioux City
Heavies Re. Ayrice No. Av
Sioux Falls Livestock Auction Report and Prices
Sioux Falls and St Paul livestock markets report plenty of cattle, hogs, and calves traded. Cattle in Sioux Falls 2,000 head with prices around 14 to 15 dollars for varied classes. St Paul notes 3,400 head with slaughter steers and yearlings in tight supply and prices largely steady to weak, with packers 25 to 50 lower and calves around 13 to 15 dollars for top lots.
Produce Market Prices Reported For Huron Markets
Daily price range from 10 1/2 to 12 noon to Evening Huronite shows heavy hens over 5 pounds 21c per pound heavy hens 4 to 5 pounds 18c light and Leghorn hens 16c heavy breed roosters 26c to 12c butterfat No 1 50c No 2 butterfat eggs ag hosiery eggs extra eggs 34c medium eggs 30c mo 2 eggs 28c
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Huron
Ag Hoowaery
Medim
Wool Market and Early Grain and Livestock Quotes
Boston wool prices show Indiana grades at 54.33 cents per pound for clean todium and 37 cents for rejects. California wools offered 1.08 to 1.10 delivered. Lakeview Oregon wools at 41 cents grease. Chicago futures list egg at 38 to 33 cents, butter receipts steady, cheese nominal, dressed poultry firm. Minneapolis cash grain quotes include wheat with No 1 heavy dark at 189, various classes quoted. oats 60-64, flax 322-323.
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Boston
USDA
Indiana
Southern
Chicago
Minneapolis
Minn
S. D
Chicago and Sioux Falls Produce Prices Bulletin
Chicago on Tuesday lists poultry prices with seven trucks and firm prices. Sioux Falls shows heavy hens, under four pounds, leghorn hens and cocks with varied prices. Watertown adds prices for heavy hens, roosters, ducks, geese, eggs and butterfat with multiple weight classes.
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Chicago
Wheat Futures Trimmed Gains Amid Light Trading
Wheat futures moved on light volume as traders awaited Washington developments. Prices showed intraday swings with a midday advance followed by a setback from a mill selling and later rebounding near session highs. Rye and oats also fluctuated while corn held steady.
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Washington
Grain futures report from Chicago on Tuesday
Chicago grain futures show May wheat at 143 with highs 143 and lows 142 percent for May, July at 234 with 143 peak, corn and oats listing mixed figures, Rye May at 82 percent with July at 85, 87 in later months, December values around 145 to 149 across grains, bids and closings fluctuating through the session.
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Minneapolis
Minneafolis
Gly Huron Grain
Chicago
Sep
BA Bos
Bam
Market Report Highlights From New York And Chicago
Markets at a glance show stocks lower and a rate decision affecting rails, bonds weak with carriers down one to three points, cotton steady with fresh buying in New Orleans, Chicago notes higher due to poor crop news, corn unchanged at ceilings, hogs down about 25 cents with top at 15.00, and cattle barely steady with extreme fed steer tops around 17.70.
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New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Rail Stocks Drop On Rate Hike Ban
New York April reports a sharp fall in rail stocks and related bonds after the Interstate Commerce Commission suspended freight rate increases. Heavy blocks traded included Southern Pacific Lackawanna and U S Steel with mixed results, losses easing later but overall markets remained down as turnover neared 1.6 million shares.
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New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Pacific
Lackawanna
U. S. Steel
Earl
Closing Quotations By The Associated Press
A listing of company stock closing quotations including AlleghCorp IndusRayon AlChem IntHarvest AllsCharm IntTela Tel AmA lines Johns Many AmiInternat LockhdAire AmTel Tel MackTruck AmWoolpf MarshField Anaconda MartGloCo Arm MontWard AviaCorp NatDairy BendixAvia NorAmAvia BethSteel NorPac BoeingAir OlverFarm BriggesMig OtisEley BriggsMfg ParamPic Butterarps penney Calumet Celotex PhepaDodge Case RadioCorAm CerroDePas RepSied ChryslerCorp ReyTobB ColgPalmP SearsRoe ComSouth Servel ConsCopper StandBrand CornProd StandOilCal CurtissWrt StandOilInd CurtissWrtA StandOiJ DeereCo StewartWarn DouglasAire StoneWeb Dupont TimRollB EastKodak TrauxTracr GenElec UnitedAire iGenFoods USGypsum GenMills USSteel GenMotors USSteel Of
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Associated Press
AlleghCorp
IndusRayon
AlChem
IntHarvest
AllsCharm
IntTela&Tel
AmA&lines
Johns-Many
AmiInternat
LockhdAire
AmTel&Tel
MackTruck
AmWoolpf
MarshField
Anaconda
MartGloCo
Arm
MiamiCop
Arm Pf
MontWard
AviaCorp
TrauxTracr
GenElec
UnitedAire
iGenFoods
Usgypsum
Abolition of FSA and crop insurance urged in bill
The House appropriation committee recommended abolishing the Farm Security Administration and the federal crop insurance program. It proposed transferring FSA duties to the Farm Credit Administration, limiting crop insurance to indemnities for pre August 1 1943 crops, and prohibiting sales below parity. The bill also trims SCS and other rural program funding and strengthens Extension Service coordination.
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Washington
Farm Security Administration
House Appropriation Committee
Agriculture Department
Farm Credit Administration
Russia
FCA
Lorsex
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Crop Insurance Agency
Budget Bureau
Commodity Credit Corporation
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation
Federal Land Banks
National Farm Loan Associations
Bankhead-Jones
Rural Electrification Administration
War Bond Pledges Pass City Goal Amid Drive
War bond pledges reached 42000 more than the city goal with totals reported at noon Tuesday from downtown solicitors. L C Patterson county chairman said the sale began Monday at 8:30 am and aims for 228750 citywide. In half a day Monday individuals pledged 16675 for the April second war loan fire as reports continued from the Newberry Building. Canvassing of residential districts will begin later by civilian defense black leaders delivering pledge cards.
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L. C. Patterson
Newberry
Colorless nail polish doubles as home aid and saver
Colorless nail polish proves a handy multipurpose tool beyond beauty use. It can seal scratches on shoes and metal surfaces, guard bandages against fraying, prevent tarnish on jewelry and hardware, label wet labels, protect switch plates, extend leather and fabric longevity, and even aid sewing by calming needle pricks.
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USA
Report of a scuffle with self styled barbers injures boy
A boy was reported seriously injured after a scuffle with a gang of students trying to give him a Heinic haircut. The incident, part of Monday reports to police, involved razzing close haircuts resembling spy villain styles and escalated with attacks in alleys and restaurants.
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Huton High Penoal Noy
R. M. Russell
WAAC recruitment drive shifts to committee at Hotel Marvin Hughitt
Lt Rose L Sestito delayed by an emergency. A committee will recruit WAACs tomorrow in the ladies parlor Elks Floor Hotel Marvin Hughitt from 9 to 5 pm with evening interviews by appointment. Applications go to Lt Sestite in Sioux Falls. the-enlistees will be notified for medical and mental exams in Omaha with all expenses covered. Sestite plans to return to Huron for further recruiting later.
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Rose L. Sestito
WAAC
Huron
Sestite
Sioux Falls
Omaha
Floods Recede In Grand Forks Area
Flood waters of the Red River have receded to 38.08 feet by Tuesday noon, 18 inches below Monday’s crest of 38.26. City officials expect the crest to have passed as flood stage is 29 feet. In Fargo, water also fell 1.72 feet over the last 24 hours to 28.41 feet, still above flood stage.
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Wn and
Forks
N. D
Red River
Grand Forks
Fargo
Allied push tightens Axis hold in Africa with advances
Allied forces drive into hills east of the Ousseltia plain and push north in the Medjez El Bab area as veterans and First Army units seal the Axis in a closing arc. Air power reports destruction of retreating Axis troops, airfields, and ships.
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A. K. N. Andersen
First
Ousseltia Plain
Medjez-El-Bab
Hospital Admits and Discharges List
At the hospitals Admitted Dorothy Richards Iroquois surgical Mrs Mary Crecelius Hitchcock medical Fred Peterson Bancroft medical Laverne Meilus Cavour minor surgical Mrs Lionel Anderson Huron medical Mrs A J Olund Huron medical Mrs E Corrigan Cavour medical Mrs J W Oekline Huron medical Andrew Lynch Huron medical Dismissed Mrs J N Dethler Huron Alicia Anderson Hitchcock Mrs Effie Raynor Huron Mrs Walter Sheffield Wessington Springs Speed recovery with walker flowers.
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Dorothy Richards
Iroquois
Mary Crecelius
Hitchcock
Fred Peterson
Bancroft
Laverne Meilus
Cavour
Lionel Anderson
Huron
A. J. Olund
E. Corrigan
J. W. Oekline
Andrew Lynch
J. N. Dethler
Alicia Anderson
Effie Raynor
Walter Sheffield
Wessington Springs
Alker
Credit agencies seek public loan limits on private terms
A fragment notes a general limitation to prevent all such loans unless private lending agencies have refused. It mentions credit agencies seeking access on terms comparable to private sources, indicating a push for public involvement in credit means. The text cites a constraint aimed at channeling lending through non-private routes when private firms reject requests.
Three Convicts Missing After Alcatraz Break
SAN FRANCISCO April 13 A break at Alcatraz Island federal prison left three convicts missing after they plunged into the bay at 10 25 am as guards fired rifles from the towers. A fourth prisoner was picked from the waters by a speed boat about 309 yards from the island.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz Island
Bay
Bond Drive Fanfare Mistook War Drill for Air Raid
A Monday air raid drill caused civilian defense volunteers to drop work and report to posts. G. Martin, commander of the citizens defense corps, said the largest turnout was in messenger service, mostly boys aged 13 to 15. He noted the two minute fire siren would signal a blackout and belts are not part of the warning. A second item records a surprise fifteenth wedding anniversary party for Mr and Mrs William Leckey north of Manchester.
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G. ©. Martin
Citizens, Defense Corps
Martin
Manchester
William Leckey
Rayon Hosiery Price Ceilings Delayed to May
Minneapolis announces new ceiling prices for women s rayon hosiery will not take effect on April 15 but begin May 15 to align with WPB standards for rayon hose production. The delay is announced by the Office of War Information.
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Minneapolis
WPB
Minneapolis Office of War Information
Rust Resistant Wheat Held Clue To Higher Yields
Washington testimony by Dr. M A McCall on the impact of stem rust resistant wheat varieties. He cites North Dakota Minnesota and South Dakota losses averted totaling millions of bushels in 1940s and 1942 due to resistant strains. He notes progress with amber durum varieties Carleton and Stewart offering high quality and strong rust resistance.
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Washington
M. A. McCall
Bureau of Plant Industrated
North Dakota
Miniwac
South Dakota
McCall
Dakotas
Minnesota
Dakeigs Uye
Thatcher
Tacht
Amber
Minduii
Carleton
Stewart
Mindum
Quays
Co-Operative Club Pledges War Bonds
Members of the Co-Operative Club pledged to buy 025 in war bonds during the second war loan drive and voted to purchase a 400 bond for the club. The group discussed beautifying the Huron College campus with Robert Fair, park superintendent, and a committee was appointed to pursue proposals. Helen Buchanan thanked the group for flowers after a opening performance of Nations on Parade.
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Co-Operative Dis
Tw Jin Progress
Huron College
Robert Fair
Ecy Park
Helen Buchanan
War Group
Charles Miller
Sub Mother Reported as Lost in Mediterranean
The British submarine Medway, a 14 650 ton vessel launched in 1912 and designed for 400 men, was announced as lost by the Admiralty. The report notes the news was withheld at the time the enemy could not be sure of the submarine’s fate.
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Binion
Pi—Liess
Medway
Ie Admiralty
Admiralty
Grand Officers compliment Huron on Syracuse Lodge visit
K P Grand Officers from Sioux Falls attended a meeting in Huron to compliment Syracuse Lodge No. 16 Knights of Pythias on its administration. They reported Pythianism has gained members in the past year in South Dakota. April 13 report notes a bill allowing women to serve as Army doctors alongside men passed the House and awaits the President.
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K. P
Cloud
Owens
Sioux Falls
Huron
Syracuse Lodge
Knights
Fythias
South Cal
Washington
House
For Rent Two four room apartments in One
Auction Household goods at 1 o clock Friday April 11. Michigan S. W. For Sale Bicycle good 25 dollars. Piano 30 dollars. Call 2502. Lost kerosene tank cover near Piggie Wisgly. Reward Joe Wipf Huron S. D.
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Michigan S. W
Piggie
Joe Wipf
Huron
S. D
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