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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1938
Page
2
Armour stock mixed at Huron with steady prices for toys and sheep. Cattle steady with limited movement as hogs range near 7.18 to 7.95 in Sioux Falls. Local report notes hogs and cattle holding near steady values amid light trading.
Produce pricing from Mitchell Huron Watertown Sioux City Sioux Falls and New York markets. Details include hens over and under weight categories, leghorn ducks geese butter and eggs with varying price quotes, plus Chicago and Minneapolis floor figures and butter futures. Names of cities and market days repeated, with numbers for weights and prices.
U S D A notes a nominal cattle and hog market with weak undertone and rising next week supplies. Lambs steady. hogs averaging around 8.25 to shippers with fed cattle and yearlings largely firm to higher. California and western lambs show strong demand while several classes retreat.
Sioux City April 30 cattle quotes show steers and yearlings steady to 25 lower, stockers and feeders up to 23 higher, beves and cows mixed. Hogs steady with week top 15.75. Lambs steady to 40 higher, week top 8.50, weekly sales near 4950 dollars. total week receipts 72,565.
In St Paul on April 1 cattle receipts eased midweek allowing sellers to rebound from earlier declines. Choose heifers reached 9.25, with dealers and yearlings around 37.25,850. Medium and good heifers 7.50 to 8.00, beef cows largely 5.50 to 6.25. Hogs began lower, recovered, then finished weak. barrows down 2 to 3 cents, gilts and packing sows off 20 to 25 cents. Slaughter lambs rose 25 to 50 cents. good to choice wool lambs 8.25 to 8.50. ewes up 25 cents.
Chicago and Minneapolis market notes show wheat rebounded from new lows as buyers returned after midafternoon weakness. May futures firmed while old crop delivery contracts rose. private crop estimates hinted abandonment in Texas and Oklahoma. Oats declined slightly. corn mixed as prices edged higher from prior finish. Local cash quotes for No 1 dark northern and other grades are listed from the Huron and Minneapolis markets.
New York markets show light leadership drift with steady bonds and narrow currency movements. Commodity quotes feature firm wheat and easy corn, with hogs nominally lower. Minneapolis and Duluth cash closes report mixed grain prices and carlot ranges across No 1 hard Montana durum, No 2 yellow, flax, oats, and barley values amid sparse trading activity.
A quiet Wall Street session saw little movement with most lenders easing modestly while many issues held steady. Transactions hovered around 150000 shares as rails and processers attempted shallow recoveries before lagging, reflecting a slack market and limited impact from the wage hour bill defeat and the President’s monopoly message.
A compact list of stock quotations dated June 9 shows various company names with percentage figures, detailing a market snapshot. Major names include Alleghany, AmPow&Lt, Anaconda, Boeing, Ford, Boeing Aircraft, General, and numerous others with fractional to multi percent changes.
Two Huron men faced charges in Municipal Court after an early morning crash on Dakota Avenue South injured three people and badly damaged both cars. L. C. Rogers was charged with operating under the influence of intoxicating liquor and August Neitzert with leaving the scene of an accident. Three occupants were injured, with Alva Pierce the most seriously hurt.
A dense OCR fragment lists numerous corporate names and bond figures across sectors, including Chrysler, General Electric, Ford, United Airlines, Union Pacific, Westinghouse, and others. It also references New York curb markets, government bonds, and Treasury notes with scattered percentages and prices.
At the FORUIRT Webnay meeting the Standard Oil salve force presented farewell gifts to two men. EH Schaefer departs for Detroit Michigan and Honor Slater heads tonight for Minot North Dakota after transfer by the company. L R Ho hart made the presentations.
The hospital report lists admissions including Mrs George Larson of Manchester for surgical and Alys Pierce of Turon for minor surgery. Also admitted are Margaret Parnell of Huron minor surgical, Mrs Sam J Hofer of Carpenter medical, Mrs I M Corcoran Broadland meds, Bauman Huron minor surgery, Mrs Harry Marone Huron medical, J Freeman Huron medical, Homer Krentz. Dismissals include Marie Bates Bancroft Grace Funke Alpena Wilix Schwartz Huron Vers C F Mar Haran No Grove Winfred Mrs Virgil Gilbert and baby Carpenter.
Urquhart and Mars of Huron returned home last night after a four month African tour. They left in December traveling by automobile crossing the Sahara, visiting Timbuktu, Belgian Congo, Tanganyika, Kenya, and the Nile to the Mediterranean. They also spent time in several European countries.
Reports describe continued fray near Eudrove with stalemate on eastern fronts as weather halts a weeklong push by forces attempting to widen Generalissimo France's foothold on the Mediterranean. In China a Japanese force reportedly occupies a village five miles from Langhei rail hub, signaling steady advance after recent setbacks.
London and Paris outline a peace strategy to resolve the Sudeten German issue in Czechoslovakia with a coordinated land, air, and sea force. They seek a compromise with Konrad Henlein and aim for an all European parley, relying on diplomacy before military pressure to defend democratic ideals.
In Czechoslovakia on April 30 1947 a Sudeten German, Karl Petty, was shot by two Czech secret service officers while posting May Day placards. The incident sparked calls for unity among Czech groups and a government order barring political demonstrations. Government sources praised Britain and France for talks in London.
Shanghai dispatch reports Taicheng in Shantung changing hands twice in 12 hours as Japanese forces recapture. Chinese HQ says fresh troops arriving for another battle centered on Matowchen village northwest. The wider front sees brutal stalemate with counterattacks halting Japanese advances near the Lunghai line and Tientsin-Pukow corridor.
The Roosevelt party sails aboard the cruiser Philadelphia from Charleston as President Roosevelt tours the Atlantic aboard the 10,000 ton ship. The White House group watches the hull and recalls Admiral Farragut as officials discuss WPA funding for the Hartford and a broad call for economic reform.
Governor Jensen will headline a political rally in Daum's Auditorium Huron this evening at 245 p.m. in support of his Republican U S Senate candidacy. He arrives from Hitchcock and will be introduced by Levi Hulbert, longtime Beadle County Republican committeeman.
Yale April meeting hosted by the Yale Young Democratic Club drew a large crowd for a program headlined by G W Chitty, with Beadle County political figures in attendance. Afterward, Muselé Hall hosted a dance as numerous county candidates appeared including Carl Weir William Barnet C E Pytter Raymond Breger and others.
The St Paul Daily News will end daily issues after today, switching to a twice weekly format with a shoppers guide distributed to homes in St Paul. No employees will be laid off immediately. about 225 full time staff and 240 carriers affected, some absorbed by rival papers.
Classified column lists a young horse for sale in Mex EA near Ly man forty two miles north of Dance Pavilion, a FOR RENT entry for three housekeeping rooms at 806 Utah, contact 2245. WANTED TO BUY a small building by Il liam Bush Route 2. SLEEPING ROOMS ad for running hor at 418 Town with phone 2256. MODERN FRONT BEDROOM at 408 Utah S E near 255 Town Ave ground floor rental with private entrance and phone 3089. FOR RENT three room furnished apartment on ground floor at 255 Town Ave S E with private entrance. MUST BE SOLD a 1935 Chevrolet Master Coach in perfect condition with original finish and good tires, owner private, write 1227 Huranite.
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