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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1942
Page
2
Market reports from Armour Stockyards Huron Sioux Falls Watertown and Sioux Falls describe hog prices fluctuating from steady to 10 cents lower, with top quotes around 14.60 per 100 pounds. Cattle and sheep markets show mixed results, with steers, yearlings, and cows varying in strength and weakness across regions.
Daily market report lists prices for heavy hens in various weight classes, Leghorn hens and roosters, broilers, Eggs No 1 No 2 No 3, Butterfat grades, and duck and turkey values across Huron Sioux City Watertown Mitchell and Sioux Falls noting April 23 quotations and changes by market district.
Cattle numbers and price trends across South St Paul and Brown City markets show slow openings for slaughter steers and heifers, with steady to stronger cows and mixed weights. Hog bids drift lower on the day while hogs and calves hold firmer, and sheep action remains limited with no early bids.
The Chicago market shows poultry and related items with live hens over five pounds and broilers down modestly, with various color varieties and weights listed. New York reports butter strength with scores near 92 and 35 to 39 percent, while poultry prices and fresh graded receipts appear unchanged amid market notes.
Market round up shows stocks steady to lower with leaders resuming declines on trade. Bonds ease while rails resist. cotton, wheat and corn slip as demand softens. Hog prices rise to around 14.80 per cwt with dressed pork firm. swine and grain sectors show uneven activity in late trading.
Boston reports demand for average to short French combing wools at 1.12 to 1.15, scoured. Higher quality French combing lengths around 1.15 to 1.18, scoured. Grease market for a quarter-blood combing bright fleece wools at about 52.52 cents. Chicago futures show butter at 39.40 to 39.00, storage services at 32.15 to 34.75 with close around 34.25.
Chicago and Minneapolis markets show sharp declines as grain futures slip and soybeans fall about three cents. Traders cite no price ceiling relief, ample crop prospects, storage tightness, and pending anti inflation policy remarks as bearish, with wheat, corn, oats, and rye all posting losses.
New York April 23 stocks opened lower under pressure as leaders relinquished most of the gains from the recent rally. Prices drifted down from the session start and the market showed renewed weakness.
Two hundred forty paid registrations for the 1942 Boys State citizenship project were reported, with a quota of 280 and a journalism department for ten. Applications close May 1. youths may be sponsored by civic or fraternal groups and pay a $15 entry fee by mailing to Mr. Huntsinger in Aberdeen. Notable registrants include Wallace Kruse and Louis M. Janele. Aberdeen Macabees and Mission Legion Post sponsor delegates.
The Office of Price Administration approved a 16 percent increase in maximum retail prices of new auto tires and tubes for those allowed to purchase them. The new rates take effect Saturday.
San Angelo officials say marriage licenses issued to soldiers decline after troop movements as new soldiers must get acquainted with the area. The drop occurs a few weeks after units depart, before new enrollments stabilize.
An elderly white haired woman asked Northwestern University student Robert Pendarus to help her cross a street. He obliged and she thanked him before leaving. Pendarus later found his wallet missing after the encounter. Nearby, trading showed persistent lights and minor declines with volume around 400,000 shares.
A dense list of company names and percentages appears, detailing dominance, market share, and relative size across sectors. Included are automotive, aviation, steel, oil, chemicals, and consumer goods firms with varying percentages, indicating relative metrics in a historical financial snippet.
SAMS Will s Ga April Two merchant vessels torpedoed off the coast were brought into port by salvage boats with 271 lives lost. Sixteen bodies were recovered from one ship, two missing, and thirty five and nineteen men rescued from each vessel respectively. Six or seven identifications possible. others to be buried locally. Naval and private tugs towed one vessel in yesterday and the second this morning.
Liggett stresses that building dams required hard work and that rancher Berry, a drought survivor, understands the need for water and feed preparedness. He implies broader preparedness could have eased the current emergency.
The article argues that continued coast raids by Commandos pressure Hitler to fortify defenses from Norway to Brest. It claims these actions force a two front posture, fuel French resistance, and aid Soviet efforts as RAF strikes target France and Germany. American airmen and Commandos aiding Britain heighten Hitler’s invasion fears, with a likely western European assault arriving soon.
Weather data notes scattered showers and cooler temps with winds. In air actions, American pilots Olson Donovan Overend Groh Hodges and Little achieved victories over Japanese planes, while enemy activity diminished the next day with ongoing air alerts and patrols.
Reports from Western Europe describe German night raids on a south coast munitions plant and aerial strikes while Stockholm notes rising expectations of an Allied invasion. Soviet cabled updates claim German forces pull back to defend fortified positions and focus on the Caucasus, with heavy casualties near Yukhnov and Karelia. North Africa sees limited patrol clashes as Britons and Axis troops spar.
Spring clerical training classes begin at the adult education center offering free courses in bookkeeping business spelling and letter writing for adults in Myron and rural areas under the war service plan of the Work Projects Administration. Adults who could not call last week may start Thursday or Friday at 7 30 p m in the center across from the Anderson Lumber Company according to Mrs Olive Crawford local supervisor.
An Allied communique notes contact with enemies in southern Panay Island amid halted resistance on Mt Baloy. Japanese claims cite 53,400 prisoners from Bataan with 9,598 Americans, while MacArthur reports continued fighting in Timor. Stilwell’s forces retreat under Japanese pressure as Chinese units straggle at Loikawa and Yenangyaung.
Mrs. George Bartsch expresses gratitude to Rev. Mucher Dr Tschetter singers neighbors and friends who stood by her in the loss of her husband in this bereavement notice.
Multiple brief notices include requests for housing and housework as well as sales of pets rifles tires and farm services. Entries mention locations across South Dakota including Redfield Huron Holabird Mt. Vernon and Carthage with contact phone numbers and addresses for potential buyers or workers.
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