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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1936
Page
2
April market notes show steady prices with limited shifts. Strong demand noted for heavy steers and yearlings, while lighter weights and hogs faced mixed activity. Wool and lamb markets remained active with top prices near year highs, aided by direct and local trade.
Chicago markets show steady tone with slight gains in hogs while beef sections soften. Hog prices near steady to 15 cents higher on a narrow weekly range. better cattle down modestly. lambs stronger with April top at 11.60 on old crop wooled offerings amid dwindling supplies. Sioux Falls and Sioux City reports reflect steady cattle and mixed hog results, with lambs and fat stock activity fluctuating. Chicago oil and steers show modest declines in weight categories, demand remains tepid, and overall market tone remains cautious.
Chicago Poultry at to live truck prices steady hens 3 ¼ to 4 ½ cents. Sioux City and Sioux Falls reflect eggs butter and poultry tones with case lot prices for eggs and butter futures. regional meat prices list hens broilers leghorn stock and capons with weights and fat contents. Watertown and Yankton area reports show similar itemized pricing and product counts.
An excerpted farm market note from Chicago on April 14 reports butter and fruits firm or steady with limited activity. Heavy trading in May and October futures showed slight gains while buyers stayed on the sidelines awaiting clearer trends. no decisive sales or price shifts beyond minor storage and current price levels.
On April 18 in Chicago and across the Red River region, potato and grain markets show variable receipts and demand. Prices for US No 1 early Ohio and Minnesota Red River section items hover around 1 50 to 2.4360 with limited sales and several categories reported as fairly good or weak.
New York April 13 Chicago Produce futures mixed with firmer storage standards and price notes for eggs creamery dairy and related commodities. Prices show firmer tendencies for some items with scores and averages cited, reflecting market conditions in a detailed but non-graphic press briefing.
Minneapolis April 28 Wheat futures rise on heavy commercial buying spurred by strong cash demand. May wheat futures close higher with July and September advancing. oats, barley, flax show gains or stability. Winter wheat demand improves. durum prices firm. rye, barley, flax takeaway stronger cash market sentiment.
Minneaplis grain market report lists carlot prices for wheat, oats, rye, and corn with various grades. Cash prices show No 1 heavy dark northern spring at 59 pounds, No 2 dark northern spring 57, and No 3 etc. futures and test weights noted with several grades and delivery months.
WPA rolls in South Dakota are being cut from about 16 000 in February to just under 12 000 in April as workers move to highway and other projects. Administrator M A Kennedy said labor shortages persist in some areas, delaying at least one Hughes County contract, and under federal orders the rolls must drop to 900 by June 15.
Berniece Orcutt 26 died at 12 a m today in Pokegama Sanatorium Huron Minn Burial set for Minden Neb former Huron High School and Huron College alumna She later worked five years as a stenographer in the Chicago and North Western Railway offices in Huron Survived by her parents and one brother Orutt of Huron
Funeral services for Mrs. Dietz will be held Monday at 2:30 PM in Kinyon's Chapel, Rev. W. H. Riley officiating, burial beside her husband in Rexside Cemetery. Mrs. Dietz died Thursday at her home 378 Nebraska Avenue Southwest.
Knox arrives in Washington for a round of meetings with Republican leaders after a strong showing in Illinois. Delegates claim a sizable lead as Roosevelt leads the Democratic primary. intra party disputes and statewide pledges shape the fight for the Cleveland convention. Arizona Republicans prepare for their state convention with pledges anticipated from Knox and Landon supporters.
New York police tighten focus on the Nancy Evin Titterton murder case as toxicologist Dr Getler examines clothing worn by two unidentified suspects. Officials consider a discovery on a skirt bathrobe and bedspread may reveal stains linking suspects to the crime. A florist’s tip about an unidentified man buying flowers for Mr Titterton is deemed dubious by detectives.
Pierre April 18 Governor Berry announced the reappointment of Custer State Park Board members Harry Li Gundy Rapid City Senator Pater Norbeck Redfield and R D Courke Martin for four year terms. Their terms now run to September 2 1939, replacing expired appointments since September 20.
Police reported the badly beaten body of a 35 year old New York woman with bleached blonde hair found in Queens Long Island. The victim was identified as Mildred McCabe, 39, of Jamaica New York, by her sister Ann Scanlon who said they had accepted a ride from a man last night.
Chief Jake Nelson announced there is certainty the missing bookkeeper Oscar E. Weston is not in Sioux City. Weston vanished Monday after leaving his home to travel to Slowe City for business and was reported seen boarding a south bound passenger train. Mrs Weston contacted Pennsylvania relatives urging them to watch for her husband as they search for possible whereabouts.
Minnesota Republicans convene to adopt a platform and select four delegates at large for the national gathering in Cleveland next June. Eighteen of the twenty two statewide delegates to Cleveland are already chosen by district conventions and many are uncommitted. Delegates at large are expected to be chosen without instructions. Active pre convention work favors Governor Alf Landon and Colonel Frank Knox, with efforts to line up the delegates. Campaigning targeted the district delegates who are viewed as favorable to Senator Borah.
Three former Huron College students played major roles in current college productions. Miss Stasting attended Euros College as a sophomore and acted in Hay Fever at the University of Minnesota. Beth Jasper, from Moulton, and Vincent Ante, a former Huron sophomore, had leads in Big Hearted Mechert at the University of South Dakota. They are remembered by Huron people for their dramatics.
The Marionette Theatre presented at Washington School to a matinee crowd of 204 and a strong evening turnout. Spectators praised the performance as the Washington School PT A and the pre school groups sponsored the show. Proceeds were to fund office equipment.
The Interstate Commerce Commission recessed hearings on the Minneapolis Saint Louis dismemberment plan for 20 days. The May session will resume May 18, with about two weeks of testimony by opponents and railroads. Further hearings will follow, potentially into mid June, as officials consider abandoning several line segments.
Ottorino Respighi, the Italian composer pianist and conductor famed for The Sunken Bell and La Fiamma, died in Rome at 56 from heart disease after a period of illness. Reports say blood poisoning accompanied the heart trouble.
Sioux Falls reports a drunken driver labeled a potential murderer received a jail sentence in municipal court. Judge Gibbs urged revising the law to make drunken driving a felony with a five year prison term, arguing current penalties fail to deter deadly highway incidents. Martin of Canton lumber yard was forbidden to drive for a year.
Fragmented OCR lists multiple names and terms including Mex Jake Decker Hitchsock and Alfred Hannon with scattered medical references. Readable items are sparse. no coherent event or action emerges beyond a jumble of personal names and implied medical notes.
European diplomats seek confirmation as reports claim Turkey has moved its army into the Dardanelles amid rising tensions. Ironically, the Tongue of NationsEsiv e committee notes failures in peace efforts in East Africa.
Work to start on the governor's mansion includes a $22,000 project supervised from the governor’s office by Administrator ML AL Kenedy with George McConnachie of Fiero as superintendent. About 20 men to be employed. A separate related project to demolish the current home and landscape the grounds is allotted $13,000. Funding comes from federal works progress administration resources.
County assessors gathered at the courthouse to plan the upcoming operations starting May 1. The routine meeting included township and city assessors and received guidance from W. C. Welch, state tax director. The session began at 2 o clock in the circuit court chamber.
Lost notice seeks a reward for a brown and white Springer Spaniel female aged 21 months. Contact details include Delite Show and Laphar, with delivery requested to 44 Neb for reward.
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