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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1941
Page
2
Swine markets show 15-20c gains with top hog quotes near 8.45. Long haul prices up 5-10c. cattle, sheep steadier with weighed indicators. Sioux Falls Sioux Falls Livestock and Chicago reports note higher hogs, steady cattle, and mixed sheep demand amid light trading.
News rounding of daily price quotations for hens roosters eggs butterfat and poultry from Huron Mitchell Sioux City Watertown Sioux Falls Chicago New York dated April 30 with ranges for heavy and light hens Leghorns roosters hens and various poultry products and butterfat quotes.
In Boston on April 30 traders reported moderate arrivals of fine territory wools with very light demand. Buyers offered around 1.00 to 1.04 on a scoured basis for good French combing lengths, but holders held firm at 1.02 to 1.04 and failed to move stock. Chicago futures showed butter at 34.75 with slight declines in storage standards.
New York April 30 markets show mixed results with bonds easier and rails largely firm. Canadian dollar resumes gains as cotton remains buoyant and sugar slips on May liquidation. metals steady with tin firm. wool prices rise on short covering. Chicago wheat weak after an early advance, corn mixed, cattle steady to 25 cents lower.
Market brief notes futures and storage terms show minor price changes with June activity and no current sales. Detailing includes refrigerator standards and numeric quotes such as 20.90 20.49 20.80 and 24.10 24 15 with rounded figures.
Chicago and Minneapolis grain market notes show wheat futures slipping after a brief advance on parity loan bill news. Prices closed below yesterday's finish as profit taking and uncertainty reduced May and July contracts, with corn and rye also dropping modestly.
New York trading opens with a dragging market as buying interest wanes and stock prices fall across sectors. The market closes down by small fractions to three points, with about 400000 shares traded as investors shift toward commodities.
Farm leaders from 10 eastern and central counties of South Dakota will meet in Huron to plan farmer participation in the national defense effort. The session, part of a state series sponsored by the South Dakota AAA committees and State College extension service, aims to explain Wickard's price stabilization program to county and area representatives and various agricultural groups.
President Roosevelt announces he will not reappoint Hugh S. Johnson as brigadier general in the Army Reserve Corps. The decision, conveyed by Stephen Early, cites no personal factors and notes Johnson’s prior NRA leadership and public criticisms. Also lists hospital admissions and dismissals in various cities.
A整理 of various company stocks shows PackardLight at 33 percent, PatheFilm high at 75 percent, and Fenney at 18 percent. Other notable figures include PennRR 24, Philip Mor's 73, PurityBak 10, Pullman 23, PureOil 65, and USSteel 51 in fluctuating positions across the market.
R A McCurdy reports approval of a National Youth Administration project in Huron. A furniture and woodworking shop will employ 60 Beadle County young men ages 17 to 25, leasing space from Avenue Lumber at Wyoming Avenue and Fourth Street Southwest. The 14 month project costs 30274 dollars, largely funded by the federal government, with state fair board and Beadle County as cooperating agencies. The shop will produce chairs tables cupboards and other items for NYA projects and cooperating agencies. An automotive repair shop project on Beadle County property is separate. About 140 NYA youths already work at the fair grounds and total NYA employment in the area will rise to about 200. Unemployed youths are urged to apply through the Beadle County auditor.
The article notes Franklin D. Roosevelt raising the topic of convoys and naval support for Britain, with speculation about their link to a broader war strategy. It also reports a possible transfer of coast guard vessels to the Navy and a survey of civilian airplanes for defense needs, citing 17,351 civil aircraft registered at year start.
Miss Grace Finley a 14 year old junior high pupil will perform in a Huron College chapel recital Thursday evening. Harold Camp a high school junior and Elks Lodge voice scholar will assist. Deft note mentions the students are children of local families and are under school support.
Four year old Jane Lammers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lammers, suffered a broken leg and jaw when a runaway pony pulled a tethered clothesline causing a small farmyard building to collapse. She was taken to Miller hospital and is reported recovering.
The Federated Business and Professional Women's Club annual meeting elected new officers for the coming year. Marguerite Shoemaker became president and Mildred Terry was named vice president and representative on the district board. Delegates to the Mitchell convention include Edna Kloth, Marguerite Shoemaker, and Mildred Terry with alternates. Plans were made for state convention attendance May 16 to 18.
War report says 5 000 British troops including a general and many Serbs captured as German forces advance in the Peloponnesus cutting off retreat. Other reports claim 45 000 British imperial troops moved from Greece to war fronts elsewhere and naval bases in Singapore face invasion danger.
Harold Camp, a junior at Huron High School, received the Elks annual music scholarship. Ted Loder presented the award as eight candidates were inducted into the lodge. Camp performed solos with the lodge chorus and the event featured remarks by McKenzie and other Elks officials.
The American Legion post will nominate officers Thursday night at the rog ing of William Reaves Post with Vice-Commander Frank Jonason presiding in Commander Hal Bris absence. Roy Case will lead an educational panel for veterans, and the annual election of post officers follows at the March meeting.
Robert W. Adams of Spokane Wash is held in Hurts jail after confessing to Fort Lewis desertion on March 26. Police report he used a counterfeit check at Sherman Moe Drug Store and wore his army uniform. He is pending word from U S authorities.
Sherman D. Stewart 75 pioneer resident of Wessington died in a Huron hospital after an extended illness. Born December 15 1865 in Elgin Minnesota he is survived by four daughters Mrs Roy Kaci Lake Preston Mrs Harlan Sass Wessington Mrs William Sass and Mrs William Kock Huss and one sister Mrs C E Ho Wessington His wife and son Merry preceded him in death. The body is at Kinyon Funeral Home and no arrangements were set.
The Lansing Camera Club will exhibit fine prints at the Huron Camera Club monthly meeting. The Huron group, affiliated with the Photographic Society of America, will host a print exchange as a service of the society. Members and anyone interested in photography are urged to attend tomorrow at 8 o clock in the Pheasant Run room of the Chamber of Commerce.
The week saw below tenth inch totals in many stations with sunshine limited for the period. Day temps averaged 55 to 65 early and 85 to 75 late with nights from 23 to 35 degrees early and 35 to 45 degrees late. Thunder was limited by cold. Weekly precipitation varied, Aberdeen 0.0, Ardmore 0.49, Breings none, Fairfax 0.03, Faith 0.16, Hufon trace, Lemmon 0.42, Milbank 0.12, Mitchell 0.03, Mobridge 0.19, Pierre 2.00, Rapid City 1.03, Sioux Falls 0.03, Tyldall none, Vivian trace, Watertown none, Yankton trace.
Classified snippets advertise an American Oriental rug and pad 9x12 Congoli um rug for sale at 912 with bargains at 1006 Utah and phone 2419, a girl to assist with housework on a farm, a two room apartment for rent on 539, a lost Angora cat near Callen and Mrs Helen Zeller at 03 Beach.
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