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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1937
Page
2
Armour stock yards and South St. Paul markets report hog receipts down 25 to 50 cents, top hogs around 11.00, cattle and calves showing mixed declines. Sheep and sows also eased, with light trades and prices drifting lower across weights and classes at multiple state markets.
Chicago hog and cattle prices eased as hogs fell about a dollar per hundredweight from last week’s peak. Swine receipts neared 9,000 head with pork wholesale prices down due to consumer resistance. Choice steers rose to around 18 dollars per hundredweight, while spring lambs and other cattle saw modest gains.
Sioux City markets mixed with cattle firm on prime cattle and scarce fed heifers. Calves and yearlings uneven. stockers slow to steady. Beef cows mostly 5.00 to 6.70. prime load beef cattle quoted above 14.00 per 100 pounds. light steers up to 6.75. Produce markets noted with general activity.
Minneapolis market reports grain and livestock bids with prices for wheat, oats, rye, corn, flax and barley from No 2 and No 3 grades. Sioux City listings include hen, rooster and spring prices, butter, eggs and poultry quotes, with Chicago and New York price observations on butter and other commodities. The digest covers Aug 18 bid snapshots, commodity grades, and regional market tone.
Mixed grain prices and cash close reports from Minneapolis on August 9 and August 18. Wheat and corn quotes range for No 1 and No 2 grades with minor declines. oats, barley, rye, and flax prices listed. heavy creeds and butter markets also appear in regional summaries. Notable entities include Sioux Falls, Potala Flures Idaho Russell, and various U.S. No 1 and No 2 grade designations.
New York markets showed a slow session with mixed currents. Late trading softened shares and several issues faced fractional losses as President Gay of the New York Stock Exchange warned about liquidity threatened by government regulation amid ongoing financial district tensions.
FAIRBANKS Alaska Aug 1 Eskimos along the northern Alaska coast report hearing engines four or five days ago guiding the search for the missing Soviet transpolar plane. Pilot Bob Randall said natives near Barter Island heard a roar but saw no craft, tracing a route 175 miles east of the Lath meridian on a 4000 mile hop from Moscow. Authorities await clearing weather as Jimmy Mattern and Joe Crosson prepare to depart. Moscow reports indicate delayed Soviet airmen entering the Arctic from Siberia.
Congressional actions focus on crop loans, wage and hour standards, and energy control, with House committees split over costs and a push for a Senate resolution to place energy control atop next session’s agenda. Several representatives mount petitions and calls for forums as President seeks assured crop control before broader aid.
Sioux leader Iktomi urged the U S government at the Western Association of Game and Fish Commissioners conference to restore wild land and game for Sioux living as ancestors did. He warned against forced prairie farming and praised living off wild animals for food and clothing. Herbert C Davis of Sacramento was elected president.
Albergh reports that hot dry winds last week damaged corn in some areas while much of South Dakota remains fair to good. Harvesting of small grain nears completion as threshing continues. rain is needed as ground stayed too dry for plowing. Pastures dry, stock feeds affected. frost reports include measles of sleeping sickness and anthrax in cattle. Precipitation totals listed for several stations across the state.
Washington August 18 President Roosevelt signed a bill intended to curtail price cutting of nationally advertised goods. The measure, added to the District of Columbia tax bill as a rider, enshrines fair trade acts in 42 states and exempts them from federal antitrust laws. It allows manufacturers to set retailer prices for items from face powder to cigars, a move praised by retail druggists but debated for potential higher costs and impact on small businesses.
BELFORD Aug 18 Albert Melle state commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars announced appointments for 1938 state encampments at Hot Springs and for a national program. Jerry Holly Harner Jones and Bad Block named for advance arrangements and Millard Chl Pierre named graves registration officer. Selby to work with national headquarters on uniform veterans laws nationwide. Also praised Colonel Boyd Wales for forty six years of Army service. Rainbow Lodge picnic postponed indefinitely and regular meeting canceled.
President Roosevelt denounced the Liberty League and allied critics, urging democracy and majority rule as safeguards of liberty. He spoke at the 350th anniversary celebration of the Lost Colony in Manteo Roanoke Island, citing Macaulay and warning against concentrated power by a privileged minority.
A statewide dairy group met at the Greater South Dakota Association office to draft a rehabilitation program for South Dakota dairies and creameries. Attending were A. M. Helguns of Madison, Raxms Anderson of Miller, Dale Thom of Huron, Gordon Stout, Hoy A. Cave, BE. W. Hall, T. H. Olson, W. A. Hebert, and George A. Storsing, plus GSDA leaders.
James W. Granger departs his ten om ager role at the Fusfield Store after a year and a half to join the Jarold Shop in Aberdeen. He will be located there temporarily, with Coston having been in charge at Fusfeld.
In Cannes during the Battle of Flowers, President Roosevelt's son allegedly sprayed champagne at the mayor and knocked his bouquet aside. Georges Goin called the event a traditional but the mayor's aides said Roosevelt acted during the festa despite denials from the Roosevelt camp.
Edward Smithback of Lake Preston was sentenced by Circuit Judge Alva Taylor to 90 days in jail and costs for drunken driving. The judge cited disruptive behavior during sentencing. State's attorney Jar Kingsbury and Merle Moelstad of Kingsbury County contributed to the case.
Chamber of Commerce officials announced today that a bulletin of Suce Fair premiums is ready and can be obtained at the Chamber of Commerce or at the Suce Pair offices at the fair grounds.
Admitted: Mrs Clyde Willard Wer ington medical. Mrs Harold Kilne Doland medical. Delores Wahl Huron surgical. Bernice Tenold Lake Preston medical. Treva Barnes Alpena surgical. Shirley Winkler Harrold surgical. Albert DeVries Howard medical. John Bonin Hitchcock medical. Dismissed: Mrs Everett Gilland and baby daughter Huron. Mrs L L Voor hees Huron. Mrs H J Theodoril and baby sem Huron.
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