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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1937
Page
2
Chicago hog market tops at 12.65 per cwt as 6,000 hogs arrive with 1,500 direct to packers. Hogs gain 15 to 25 cents, with top price 13.65. Cattle calves and sheep steady to slightly lower. fat cattle good and choice cows steady. Sioux Falls and Sioux City reports show mixed results across hogs, cattle, and lambs with varying prices.
Sioux City and Sioux Falls markets show varied poultry, eggs, and butter prices. Hens, leghorns, and roosters listed with weights and pricing. eggs and butterfat values noted. Chicago reports steady poultry, fluctuating butter and eggs, with detailed car lots and regional price ranges.
In Saint Paul, livestock prices drifted with slaughter steers and stock cows about steady, bulls steady, stockers strong. Calves mostly 19.00, grass calves down, good to choice hogs 9.50 to 10.00, barrows and gilts 15 to 22 percent, packinghouse bids higher.
New York market data shows butter and creamery prices mostly steady with a $2 score in the creamery. Mixed columns and special packs fluctuate. dressed poultry prices remain steady to firm with fresh aid from fowls.
Chicago August report details a strong grain rally with wheat rising 2 to 7 percent and near a four-cent increase per bushel. September corn nears the four-cent daily limit as Liverpool demand boosts North American imports. Short covering and stop orders push all grains higher amid dry weather notes and hog price highs.
Chicago and Minneapolis market brief notes on futures for butter and flour, with storage standards and price moves. Mentions October futures, high and low close figures, and various commodity references. Includes references to standard patents, shipcownite, and pure product figures in fragmented form.
Grain market notes from Chicago and Minneapolis show futures and cash quotations for wheat corn soybeans oats rye and flax on Thursday. Includes range data for Chicago futures Sept through May and carlot receipts and prices in Minneapolis, with No 1 and No 2 grades, test weights and protein hints.
President Roosevelt states he will do all in his power to discourage use of gases and chemicals in war. He opposes elevating the chemical warfare service to a permanent chemical corps and calls for abolition when possible. He warns against expanding any bureau tied to chemical studies.
Congress pushed ahead on sugar control despite President Roosevelt’s threat to veto if refined shipments from Hawaii and Puerto Rico remained restricted. Senate action was mixed as the House labor panel moved a revised measure, while discussions touched on wage and hour legislation and agriculture funding. A long list of corporate and stock market tickers followed, reflecting a busy page of financial data and congressional notes.
Aug prices list durum wheat grades from No 1 hard amber to No 5 with discounts noted. No 1 red durum and mixed durum shown with price adjustments. Flax No 1 with dock reflects 2.05 to 2.074 in the report.
New York trading opened with a show of strength in the mock market as lead and export copper prices rose. Gains appeared in several sectors with fractional advances and notable activity in metals producers including Anaconda and American Smelting, while diverse steel and machinery stocks showed firmer prices amid the broad market uptick.
The United States dollar was quoted at 26,6725 francs in final foreign exchange, down from an overnight New York rate of 2.75% cents per franc. City Service, Bond & Share, Ford Motor Ltd, and U.S. government bonds show varied closing bids across corporate and government securities with figures for Farm Mortgage issues and Home Owners Loan. Minneapolis stock scene lists mixed closes with various bank and utility names appearing.
The article reviews a six month anniversary of President Hoostvelt proposing a court reorganization bill and notes senate plans to take up a lower court procedure bill alongside a wage hour bill and Roosevelt Treasure replacement. It lists other tentative measures and highlights permanent neutrality, Guffy regulation, farm Chaney program, and major laws like RFC and three-cent Postal rate.
Detroit August reports say Chrysler Plymouth plant closed after rival unions clashed injuring ten men and provoking police, with 710 idle workers at Plymouth and many others at Briggs and Dodge plants. Union leaders demand reinstatement of four discharged men amid talks with Chrysler.
Papa Dionne complains Dafoe blamed them for Emilie s sickness while Dr Dafoe says infection came from outside the nursery and not from the Dionne family. He notes the family hasn t seen Emilie for over a week before the cold and that none of his relatives were sick.
In Denver authorities report the death of Mrs Kathryn Williams Vernoon a resident of St Tauke s Hospital where pursuings indicate an eyebrow plucking routine led to fatal complications. This bruising incident prompted medical officers to note the procedure as the possible cause of death.
A group of about 20 members of a society protested commercial ads shown in Little Rock’s largest theater. They booed the sequences on screen, aided by their own sound effects, and claimed victory as familiar ads were missing from the routine.
Rapid City August session opens with Frederick Stinchfield of Minson Polis, president of the American Bar Association, urging defense of the profession and praising the Supreme Court. The convention gathers 133 men and 48 women as talks call for self-protection, bar standards, and potential reforms to prohibit dues-delinquent attorneys and raise minimum ABA standards.
Gene Denning, secretary of the Huron Chamber of Commerce, announced today that he has several cards listing the counties and their license plate numbers. Cards may be obtained by calling at his office.
Incomplete hospital admissions list shows patients from Huron Artesian De Smet and Lake Preston. Names include Alice Bakeman George Knouse Lucian Edler Mire G Gardner Mrs Walter Siegenthaler Marlin Jorgensen Lynn Hashe Evid Carlson Mathilda Skyberg and Franklin with medical surgical ad missions noted.
A local girl appeared before County Judge T. F. Luby on two juvenile delinquency charges and was sentenced to the state reform school at Plankinton. A Huron boy is scheduled to appear before Judge Luby on August 12 on the same charge.
Protest allegations swirl as Huron files against Mitchell after a Sunday game outcome. State Legion officials in Pierre review the protest over a faulty pitch and a disputed replay that gave Huron a 1 1 tie. Mitchell contends no protest was filed despite a late report from manager Alex Cuthrne.
Funeral services were held Wednesday evening at Welter Funeral Home for Jacob H. Pronk who was accidentally killed Sunday morning west Maurice. Relatives came from Orange City Iowa Leota Minnesota and other nearby towns including John Pronk Henry Dransver Mrs Elizabeth Gin horst Philip Pronk Titus Alva Scott Mrs Elizabeth Scott Anne Darge and others from Bemis Rapid City and Cuslewood.
In Lowell Massachusetts Aug 47 forces backing the Committee for Industry Organization were defeated in the Gad Convention of the Massachusetts Federation of Labor by a score of 167 to 61.
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