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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1944
Page
2
Hog quotations were steady in Armour Stockyards at Huron and market data from South St. Paul show cattle supplies up 2500 head with steers dominant. Top steer prices reached 16.56 for 1190 lb, while cows and sows softened. Sioux Falls and Watertown reports note steady to unchanged prices across hogs, cattle, and sheep with limited arrivals and strong lamb values in parts of the market.
Livestock prices held steady with bids from local packers and eastern buyers. Lambs advanced slightly with top near 17.10 dollars, hogs steady across weights, cattle and sheep mixed with higher steers and steady yearlings, fewer sows and canners noted, western lambs and fed wooled stock showing gains amid fluctuating demand.
Sioux City Iowa market weekly livestock report shows mixed demand across cattle hogs and sheep. Slaughter steers and yearlings mostly 13.00 to 15.50 with varying weights. hogs slow with most weights 11.60 to 13.45. sheep and lambs limited sales with fat lambs up to 15.25 and feeding lambs around 13.95. Breeding ewes listed at 9.00 to 10.00 with clipped wool categories noted.
Daily price range for Huron area markets reported by telephone include heavy hens and leghorn categories, butterfat quotes, and egg and poultry figures from Huron Mitchell Sioux Falls Watertown and Minneapolis futures data. Regional grain futures from Minneapolis and Chicago show wheat oats rye flax and barley with opening highs and lows and closings for May July and September contracts.
The Huron grain market lists Wheat No 1 dark northern at 1.43 and Wheat No 2 dark northern at 1.44, with other bids around 1.43. Barley trades near 1.15 per bushel. minor OCR fragments obscure some details.
Minneapolis reports cash grain receipts with strong trading basis for wheat and various grades of rye and corn, amid price listings and basis movements. Chicago notes a nervous under tone with minor losses, selling pressure from weather and war-weekend risk, while milling interests support July wheat and rye deliveries hold steady.
New York trading dragged through an indefinite month as selected issues found modest support while lenders hesitated to signal a trend. The slow session saw about 200000 shares change hands and most issues little changed near the close. Investors remained cautious on war developments likely to impact prices while bonds and commodities moved on a thin market.
A fragmented list of corporate names with percentage figures reads like a closing quotation roundup. The text ends with a sentence about West African tribesmen visiting friends and relatives and their longings and livestock.
In northern Arizona during a snow storm yesterday a navy two engine transport crashed 30 miles southeast of Flagstaff. The salvage party faced rain and wind as four injured men survived among 23 aboard. Names of the dead and injured were withheld.
General Mark W. Clark was decorated as an honorary knight commander of the Order of the British Empire. General Harald Alexander praised his planning at Salerno and push from Salerno to Cassino, with four other generals also honored but unnamed due to censorship.
Jean Grace Towers sixteen was shot and killed accidentally by a six year old boy on a back porch while polishing a dress for a junior class dance in Cattaraugus County. The rifle discharged after the boy picked it up. the bullet went through a glass door and struck her forehead. no charges will be filed against the child.
MINNEAPOLIS April 29 Theodore R Gamble national director for the War Finance Division outlined plans for the fifth war bond campaign opening June 12 to state and county committee members. Representatives from nine Midwest states will confer with Gamble today Minnesota Montana North and South Dakota Nebraska Iowa Wisconsin Missouri and Hindis.
At the hospitals a list of patients and staff includes Gene Seona mond and Gus Neuharth among medical and surgical cases. Dismissed: Mrs. R. C. Keenan of Huron, Mrs. A. J. Schaeffer of Orient, Mildred Robinson of Huron, Mrs. Forest Owens and baby daughter of Huron, Mrs. Willis Walker and baby daughter of Huron, Mrs. Ted Blom of Huron, Mrs. Anna Hofer of Carpenter.
Masons assemble at the Masonic Temple Monday at 3 30 p m to attend memorial services for Brother C I Crawford. Services will be held at the Presbyterian Church at 4 o'clock.
George Gallup reports little sign labor will desert Roosevelt if he seeks a fourth term. Union workers favor Roosevelt at 61 percent with 35 percent for Dewey, while non union members tilt 59 41 in Roosevelt's favor. Farmers show stronger Dewey support at 58 percent to 42 percent amid a near end to Europe conflict.
Marion businessman George G. Champ plans a free pork distribution in the public square. He will give away 18 live weaned pigs on a first come, first served basis due to a government freeze on corn sales. No money or catch, and no favoritism.
Washington April 25 Ten billion units of penicillin can be allotted to civilian use under a War Production Board program. Over 1,000 hospitals will serve as depots and deliveries are expected to begin soon with mold-type drug shipments. An Office of Civilian Penicillin Distribution in Chicago will authorize nationwide distribution to designated hospitals and maintain steady supplies unless war casualty rates rise.
Indian leader Mohandas K. Gandhi shows improved condition after fever. Government communique states he is in good spirits. Earlier reports described him as weak and causing anxiety. the 75 year old figure remains under care in Bombay.
City Hall production rooms operated by the Red Cross will be closed starting Monday May 1 until materials for kit bags and knitting arrive. Mrs. O. R. Whitney, production chairman, announced the measure today.
Emperor Hirohito marked his 43rd birthday in Tokyo by watching a military parade as radio reports observed planes that reportedly flew over Hawaii. U.S. monitors recorded the broadcast but did not confirm if these planes were involved in the Pearl Harbor attack.
Eleven prominent Huron citizens urged support for the Community Concert Association ship drive May 16. They highlight education cultural benefits a permanent financially sound concert series could bring, planning three national artist performances in 1944 45.
More than 45 restaurant operators in Turon and nearby towns attended a question and answer conference last night called by district OPA representatives. Robert L. Veenker and C. Bruce of Sioux Falls explained price compliance rules and noted attendees' willingness to cooperate. They expect few if any repeats of recent minor violations.
A three week meeting between U S Undersecretary Edward R Stettinius Jr and British officials on current and postwar problems was announced as highly successful. The joint communique said discussions showed a large measure of common ground and all parties expressed great satisfaction with the results.
Huron Council No. 5 Royal and Select Masters installed officers led by G. O. Quale grand master assisted by J. H. Fonsberg and E. Weston. Also named were C. D. Streeter deputy master C. C. Taylor P C W. W. M. Griffith treasurer J. R. Johnson recorder G. O. Quale of G. RH Jacki IC and others. A reception for George Quale was announced for May.
Officials outlined a Monday meeting to speed the conversion of 75 housing units intended to house workers in key industries. The plan, discussed with bankers and builders, aims to add rent tiers from 30 to 40 dollars per month and secure applications through commerce channels amid industry hiring demands.
London reports quote a silent news agency as it describes a Berlin broadcast interrupted by an explosion or blast. The announcer resumed transmission after a brief pause, noting prior communiques and ongoing reports.
In Newark New Jersey on a spring day Judge Thomas F A Meaney administered the oath to Mrs Zano in chambers after a war department telegram informed her of her son’s denied action. The telegram arrived as she dressed for swearing in the courtroom and Mrs Zano awaited the formal oath. An engineer named Daniel Zelle, a Flying Fortress crewman, was referenced in the proceedings.
Reports from Chungking state Chinese authorities deny the death of General Chen Cheng or any Chinese vice minister of war in a bombing incident. The rumor claimed he was shot down by a Japanese air attack and witnessed by several friends, but officials dismissed the report as false.
Fragmented OCR item lists items for sale and rent including furniture and a bed. Mentions upholstering chair rocker table crib and baby chairs from a repair shop with partial names and addresses. Also notes a rental for modern sleeping rooms and an address in Kansas.
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