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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1941
Page
2
Market reports from Armour Stock Yards Sioux City and Watertown dated April 22 show hog prices weakening to top around 9.35 per hundredweight, with hogs and sows trading steady to lower and feeders weak. Cattle and vealers mostly steady to lower, sheep and lambs steady with strong lamb values observed in some lots.
Livestock bids in Chicago on April 22 show hogs generally 5 to 10 cents lower after a slow start, cattle and yearlings under pressure with early sales between 9.75 and 11.50 per cwt and vealers weak. Lambs hold firm to higher, sheep steady to higher, sow prices mostly steady, 9,000 salable sheep and 7,000 cattle indicate a mixed regional market. Other western spots report cattle slow, calves scarce, and steady to lower tendencies across markets in Sioux City and St Paul with varied bids and lighter demand.
New York markets show mixed stocks with early rally, freight and rails advancing, sugar steady, copper higher on spot markets, and Shanghai dollar around 1941. Chicago futures trend lower on offerings, hogs active down 5 to 10 cents, cattle steady to 25 cents lower, cheese and dairy futures steady to up slightly.
Boston wool market reports scattered sales as graded combing bright fleece wools from country shipments move direct to users at 45 to 46 cents per pound in grease delivered. The April 22 report notes variability in prices as transactions occur amid market activity.
Chicago April 22 Wheat prices eased after gains as offerings increased and buying interest weakened. May futures finished at 89 44 to 89 44? and July at 87 34 to 87 34? with a modest net decline from Monday. Corn and oats also posted fractional losses.
Chicago and New York market notes dated April 22 show mixed butter and egg values with steady to firm prices. Butter receipts and futures movement appear alongside dairy and poultry price shifts, while regional markets report slight variations in hens broilers and poultry items.
War news from New York in April unsettled traders as an earlier stock rally faded. An ill timed forenoon swing erased gains and left markets tentative amid a more pessimistic tone.
A joint installation of officers for Forrest McMullen Post VFW and its Auxiliary is set for Thursday evening at the American Legion Hall. Commander J W Marston announced a supper at 6 30 p m with installation to begin at 8 30. George Longstaff will install officers including H H Kock as commander Fred Jonason senior vice commander Les Vorhees junior vice commander Earl Harrell quarter master and Rev L H Camp chaplain.
A surprise party was held last night at 44 Secona Street Northwest in honor of Junior Thomaz. Guests included Dwain Cornwell Roger Bolte Ralph Roberts Jimmy Webster Donald Day Don Paul Bob Paul and Oscar Weston Jr.
Arthur Snyder proclaims luck as himself after a near trampling incident when a moving train conductor freed him with a sudden act, leaving only a ruined shoe sole. In Beadle County, circuit Judge Boyd M. Benson grants divorce to Louise M. Licht from Ernest Licht on cruelty and non-support grounds. The Lichts wed in Huron on December 30, 1930 and have no children. Anna Shadle Peterson, en route from Washington to San Francisco, visits Wolsey and stays with the Lambert Christopheersons, dining with Mrs. C. N. Mellvaine at 343 Colorado Avenue Southwest.
A dense OCR style list shows closing quotations and stock references from The Associated Press sources. The fragment names numerous companies and percentages, indicating a market update with numerous tickers and sectors, including AmPower and Lottine, Loews, Bethlehem Steel, Packard Motors, Boeing, Sears, United Airlines, US Steel, and many others. The piece resembles a snapshot of closing quotes and share movements rather than a narrative.
Wessington Springs hosts the fourth annual state regional high school music contest with about 1200 contestants from 28 towns across 12 counties. Season tickets cover all sessions and grand concerts. Registered schools include Alexandria Alpena Artesian Bonilla Chamberlain Forestburg Fort Thompson Highmore Hitchcock Hopper Kennebec Kimball Lane Letcher Miller Mount Vernon Murdo Plankinton Presho Pukwana Ree Heights St Lawrence Virgil White Lake Wolsey Woonsocket Wessington Springs Reliance. Supt L E Gerber is contest manager, Eric Langemann chair, John J Richert secretary-treasurer.
Leonard DeMoor of Byron College spoke at the Kingsbury County Sunday School convention in the Iroquois Methodist Church on April 66. The talk titled Life as a High-Calling focused on Christian Education. About 160 Sunday School workers attended with J. G. Van Dyke and Rev. E L. Jones also on the program.
Raymond Harmon, 33, pleaded guilty to marrying three women without divorce, taking time from painting and paper hanging. Judge E A Montgomery sentenced him to two consecutive terms of one to five years in Stillwater penitentiary, denying a concurrent-sentence motion. The judge remarked the defendant was "entitled to all he can get."
The commission discussed lagooning sludge at the Huron plant to ease heavy winter waste loads from Armour packing house by lowering costs versus adding digester tanks. Dunmire will submit a detailed plan and cost estimates soon amid defense order delays. Krumm asked removal of eye sores during spring clean up. zoning board changes noted with Ramsell replacing Davis.
The Women’s Noance 5 Matenants Jeal Association held an informal guest night dinner and program at the Hotel Soarer. A chicken-in-the-rough dinner was served, followed by stunts from each member and guest. The event, organized by Pine destant, marks a year since the group’s formation in St. Lawhorce Club area.
E R Lockwood died this morning in a Redfield hospital at age 84. An old-time Huron resident, he was father to J Wilhelm of this city, Mrs F D Booth of Athol, and Mrs T E Bancroft of Compton, Calif, who with her husband are en route to South Dakota. W R Lockwood of Los Angeles. funeral plans not set. his wife died about ten years ago.
RAPID CITY April 22 A thief climbed an 800 foot stairway to Mount Rushmore National Memorial and stole a life sized plaster cast of Theodore Roosevelt modeled by the late sculptor Gutzon Borglum. Lincoln Borglum reports the theft to U S District Attorney George Philip and says the case is referred to the FBI. The cast used as the model for the Roosevelt head is of great historic value and tied to the heroic carvings of Washington Jefferson Lincoln and Roosevelt.
British and Greek forces continue a disciplined withdrawal along the Greek front amid mounting German pressure. Reports say transports were sunk and ships damaged off Greece while Axis forces press in and air raids intensify. British evacuation plans and potential debarkation by sea are discussed as Allied leadership weighs the nearest escape routes.
The 60 members of Huron's First Methodist Church choir will be honored at a family night gathering in the church dining room Wednesday evening. A banquet by the Ladies Aid at 6:30, followed by a program at 7:30 featuring instrumental and vocal soloists, quartets, trios, a quiz kids skit, and other acts, will be broadcast in a remote center radio cast from Station FMC. All congregation members are invited to attend.
Huron firemen were dispatched to Brown's Service Station at 209 Illinois Avenue Southwest Monday afternoon to extinguish a fire in a grease pit. The blaze caused little damage and was brought under control by an employee before fire crews arrived, according to Fire Chief S A Goethal.
The report lists record highs and lows for Twerry Weather A with temperatures from 54 to 94 degrees, monthly precipitation at 3.78 inches, normals around 2.387 inches year to date, sunrise at 5 38 AM and sunset at 7 25 PM. Forecast calls fair tonight in Huron and Vicinity with cooler tonight and warmer Wednesday, plus scattered showers in Iowa and Minnesota regions as indicated.
Extended forecast notes near normal temperatures for the Northern Great Plain with unsettled conditions. Precipitation expected as scattered showers from mid to late period with varying amounts and timing.
Classified snippet lists travel request for three passengers from Camp Claiborne on April 28 with a contact phone 2871 for evenings
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