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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1937
Page
2
Wholesale hog prices tumbled Tuesday with butchers down 2 to 25 cents and packers 28 to 35 cents. Top hogs fetched 12.20 while receipts were light. Calves, sheep, and cattle showed mixed movement with several classes steady or slipping slightly across Armour, St Paul, Sioux Falls, Chicago markets.
Hog prices tumbled as consumer resistance to pork persisted in Chicago market trading on Aug 11 07. Hogs fell 35 to 50 cents per hundredweight with tops near 13 dollars. Scarcity of grain fed stock kept prices strong for certain hogs while grassy and short fed animals weakened. Lambs and steers also declined with tops around 17 dollars for choice grass fed steers and 2 dollars for lambs.
Sioux City market notes show calves light demand at 850 to 375 pounds, feeders slow, yearlings up to 13.73 with varied quotes for cows and heifers. Hogs traded mostly lower with top at 12.49 per pound, packing sows down, and sheep/lambs weak with lamb ranges much lower across the week’s early trading.
Chicago markets rose as Liverpool wheat quotations and Japan’s vessel space buying boosted prices by about 3 1 4 cents. Late profit taking trimmed top levels. 1,000,000 bushels from the southwest eyed as a supply factor. Nearby futures closed higher with Sept at 1 12-5 8 and Dec at 1 13 7-8 14. Corn mixed.
New York Produce Tuesday reports dressed poultry prices with ranges for chickens in boxes and broilers fryers and roasters. Fowls in several weight bands are listed with figures for 36 to 65 pounds and per pound rates. Frozen turkeys are noted for regional markets including northwestern western and southwestern supply lines.
U S D A reports firmer butter prices and varied creamery quotes while Sioux City and Boston markets show mixed levels. Potatoes in Chicago on track shipments remain steady with Russet Burbanks edging higher and other varieties holding near current values.
Pittsburgh report notes six year old Ruth Weber insisted on identical treatment with her twin Esther. Both girls had their tonsils removed after the mother agreed. A nurse reported the twins are doing splendidly following the procedure and now resemble each other more closely.
Volga August 17 A circuit court decision denies Olivet Presbyterian Church Society the right to use the local church building and manse. The building manse and money on hand last October are to be turned over to the Presbytery of Huron. The suit followed Olivet’s withdrawal from the Presbyterian Church U S A over doctrinal differences, with broader implications for other cities in South Dakota where affiliates have left the parent body yet occupy church property.
Commissioner of insurance P J Bung announced $42,605.24 raised by the fire insurance premium tax in 1936 will be apportioned to 260 cities and towns. Funds go to volunteer departments or city treasuries depending on department type, with vouchers issued to recipients including Aberdeen Belle Fourche Brookings Deadwood Hot Springs Huron and others.
Feeble repercussions from the Shanghai battle front affected the New York markets as stocks opened weak, with steel and motors leading declines before buyers returned, trimming losses to fractions and sparking partial recoveries. Uncertainty over neutrality laws loomed as shipments of military materials to Japan and China drew scrutiny amid the drift in prices.
New York August 17 Jimmy Walker the playboy mayor who resigned under fire in 1932 is virtually assured a lifetime city pension estimated between 12000 and 15100 yearly. The transit commission appointed him assistant counsel two weeks before a five year absence would have disqualified him. He will direct transit efforts to eliminate grade crossings in NYC while earning 12000 in his new role.
Dr J J Limburg first lieutenant Medical Reserve Corps U S Army spoke at the Lions Club luncheon at Hotel Marvin Hughite outlining CCC camp medical work and emphasis on educational programs. He noted regular inspections of personnel quarters and projects. Lions Club favored city acquisition of river land for a golf course and park. W C Peterson named to a service committee.
Funeral services were held for four of six drowning victims from Lake Amsden near Andover. The Rev. B C Benson officiated at Andover Methodist church as mourners overflowed the sanctuary. Luo Schoenbeck, 36, to be buried at Butler after a 10:30 a m service, with Rev. Perthman officiating. Herman Werck, 42, to be honored Wednesday at 2 p m at Zion Lutheran church with Rev. Boeschen delivering the sermon.
Congress debated farm tenancy funding with Chairman Jones and Representative Hope pressing for loans to tenants and land retirement. A wage hour reform petition stirred caucus activity while Senator Black faced Senate opposition on Supreme Court confirmation. Sugar control bill risked veto, air mail sparked a one man filibuster, and housing measures moved toward White House approval ahead of adjournment.
The sixth annual Moose convention in Aberdeen closed after a Dutch lunch and games. Dr. George A. Randolph and J. W. Thomas attended as officials, with discussion of the 1938 convention site. Six members received Fellowship degrees and a team competition showed Aberdeen defending champions.
Scattered showers brought relief from a heat wave across eastern South Dakota last night. Rain totals varied by town with Aberdeen recording 0.5 inches, Mitchell 0.65 inches, Canistow about 1 inch, and Sioux Falls 0.36 inches. Temperatures fell to the 50s and 60s across Aberdeen Watertown Sioux Falls Yankton and Pierre as rainfall reduced heat conditions.
Mrs. Helen A. Rogers aged 66 and Charles W. Douglas aged 74, longtime sweethearts, eloped to Gering and were married today by County Judge C. C. Lytle. She spoke of past family objections while noting both had prior marriages and separations.
In Sioux Falls on August 17 two of the citys youngest car thieves, ages nine and seven, were captured after driving away L. E. Brewsters car. The seven year old said they wanted to take lite sides and that their father explained the clutch and gear shift. The boys were handed to juvenile authorities.
Anniston Alabama August 17 Major Barron, blind since birth for 37 years, suddenly regained sight after a brief prayer meeting. He described a beautiful white world unfolding as he left the room and expressed wonder at colors still unseen. The event marks a remarkable medical surprise.
Aug 17 funeral plans are underway for William Hughes 18 who died in a Madison hospital from injuries after a July accident near Madison. Hughes was among seven youths in a roadster that overturned at a corner. he was paralyzed from the shoulders down while others endured lesser injuries. Yankton total listed as $957.66.
Huron police announce the arrest of two young men who deserted from the army. Owen Sheggard of Eclair Wisconsin and Norman Thayer of Minneapolis were taken into custody and will be sent to the nearest army station per Fort Snelling officials.
Huron fire chief Max Teuber announced work began on replacing the old siren with a new 5 horsepower vertical unit received today. Tests will be conducted later this week to gauge the siren’s range, replacing the dust-sand worn 20 year old J horsepower horizontal model.
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