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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1943
Page
2
Market notes from Armour Stockyards and Watertown report hogs up 5 to 10 cents with light weights top around 13.95, while cattle and sheep hold steady. Dairy cows slow but steady, calves mixed, with bulk good to excellent cattle and calf prices noted. representative sales list hogs, sows, and cattle mixed across Sioux City and other markets.
Chicago, Aug 17. Hogs and sons shared in an advance of 10 cents with good and choice weights from 370 to 270 pounds selling 14.50 to 14.80, top 14.85, 17,300 head receipts. Cattle and calves mixed with steady to lower prices, hogs 17,500 opened steady to higher, feed steers and yearlings active, fat natives weak to lower. Sioux Falls and Sioux City reports follow with lighter volumes and mixed changes.
Daily market report from Evening Huronite lists price ranges for heavy hens, light hens, roosters, and butterfat across Huron markets. Includes New York Chicago Watertown Sioux Falls and Sioux Falls data with eggs, butter, and poultry prices, noting firm live poultry and unchanged ceilings.
New York August 17 Wool tops held steady amid Boston spot buying as hedge lifting supported demand. Trade seen at about 215,000 pounds with locals active on both sides. Grease wool futures closed mixed and certified grease wool firm to unchanged.
Chicago markets report wheat up four to four higher with rye rising as short covering moves through. Hog futures top at 14.85 while other poultry and egg quotes hold near steady. Butterfat price listed at 49 with various poultry weights and egg markets noted in brief.
In Chicago wheat and rye led grains higher amid short covering and light offerings. Oats firmed modestly as traders noted Commodity Credit Corporation purchases. Minneapolis cash wheat bids showed gains with various grades, while the Chicago futures board posted mixed moves across wheat oats and rye with several contracts closing higher.
In New York the stock market opened with limited bids yet many rails and industrials stayed in plus. Peace psychology grew from Sicily's conquest while fears of broader continental victory lingered. Investor activity showed about 500000 shares traded with General Foods blocks and utilities aiding volume as big events were viewed as not imminent.
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A large gathering heard farmers and businessmen criticize Roosevelt era administrators not as commanders in chief but as presidents, naming bureaucrats for home front administration. Speakers included Rep August Andresen and Rep Karl Mundt, who warned that directives were written by non-elected people and urged action to curb bureau power. Congress costed blame, calling for accountability and immediate measures to secure coal and cargoes amid looming winter fuel shortages.
Sixteen men died and five were seriously injured in two crashes involving Pocatello Idaho army air base planes. One bomber crashed in western Wyoming near Dubois, killing eleven. A second aircraft, attempting a landing at Pocatello, killed five and left six injured.
Bad Shinats reports the death of Oscar the alligator, about 10 inches long, a pet once given by Sid Larsen for recreation director. Oscar lived in a two-compartment house with food always at tongue reach. The cause of death is unclear, with no sign of food shortage, and the pet was associated with Daigi Olson who recently served in the navy at Miami, Florida.
RELMAN MORIN reports from North Africa on August 17 that Sicily’s fall has opened the Mediterranean doors to a broad Allied push. The capture provides a major base for future operations into Italy, Sardinia, Corsica, or southern France, with Sicilian ports like Palermo and Catania ready to support large seaborne movements.
The War Manpower Commission widened its list of 35 essential activities on August 17, adding production of constructed materials such as paint and gypsum products, portable and pre fabricated buildings, newsreel work and crutches. The update extends coverage while keeping all prior items and the nearly 3,000 key positions intact, with those in these roles eligible for preferences in hiring and draft deferment.
Funeral services were held for Nellie Conlon Wednesday morning at St Thomas Church Faulkton. She is survived by a sister Mrs M Brown of Madison Wis and two brothers Joseph and Edward. Average thickness of Greenland's ice cap is 1006 feet.
Quebec August 17 The Quebec war conference enters its second week amid strong signs the gathering will intensify Axis nerves by coordinating Allied planning. President Roosevelt and Churchill are expected, with Eisenhower possibly present, as secrecy gives way to rare advance disclosures.
Washington Aug 17 The Allied military currency in Sicily was described as supplementary to the island’s own money and acceptable in all respects. The treasury war department said the currency was issued under international rather than American law and aims to liberate and rehabilitate rather than destroy the local economy. It notes the occupying authority must provide adequate exchange, sustain public order, and meet varied conditions, with powers to manage currency under international law and league conventions.
James F. Byrnes, close Roosevelt confidant, said the major battles lie ahead and urged all-out offensive force against Nazi Europe. He stressed aerial bombardment's success to date and promised home-front sacrifices plus a substantial cost-of-living reduction, with Quebec talks looming.
HOT SPRINGS Aug 17 The man whose bullet pierced skull and skeletal remains were found in the Flint Hill district near Hot Springs likely died by his own action or accidental death investigators said. Officers try to identify a sheep herder missing since 1937 from a ranch two miles away. a .22 rifle with a discharged cartridge and many shells were found with the bones.
A Red Cross worker is reported lost during the Sicily invasion with about 70 others continuing hospital and club services on the island. Russell Bullard of New Smyrna Beach Florida and William Stevenson are named. Bullard is noted as the first Red Cross fatality from enemy action in this war.
Fernando Ortiz Rubio son of former President Pascual Ortiz Rubio of Mexico State was sentenced by District Judge Jarrids to ten years in prison for killing Governor Al Zarete Albarran. Rubio must pay about 15000 pesos to the widow as part of the judgment.
American and British columns converge to seize Messina after a hard coast-to-city advance. Third and 45th divisions close in from the northwest while engineers repair bridges and clear paths. Front-line troops report steady gains and a marked German Mark IV knock-out near Gesso.
A. G. Kelly Miller Brothers Circus will parade noon Thursday through Huron streets as a preview to matinee and evening performances under canvas at the State Fair grounds. The show features four elephants trained ponies dogs monkeys aerialists clowns and sideshows in three rings under Veterans of Foreign Wars auspices.
The Help One Another Club met at Athz Anderson's home in Wellington on Thursday. After the business session a comforter was finished for the hostess. Miss Nellie McLoughlin, home extension agent, attended as a guest. The next meeting is set for September 16 with Mrs. Lala Bingham.
Four German reconnaissance planes crossed the south coast last night with one shot down. Whitehall’s war cabinet convened urgently to review developments and consult technical heads. At hospitals many admissions and discharges listed, including Claude Gascoigne, Leora Meyer, and Paul Schlegel, with various medical and surgical cases. Miscellaneous classified snippets include lost keys, a baby stroller wanted, and farm help ads.
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