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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1941
Page
2
Armour Stock Yards Hu Ron August 27 hog prices held steady with top quotes at 11.35 while heavy weights softened. Longhaul hogs good condition added 5 to 10 cents per hundred. Cattle and sheep steady with prospects steady amid a mixed market.
Produce markets report hogs steady to 10 cents lower in Chicago on Aug 26 due to liberal offerings at main and outside markets. U S 5D data shows hogs 16,000 steady to 16 cents lower than Monday, with weights under 240 pounds weak, and good to choice 180-240 pounds around 11.55. Cattle and sheep trading mixed. spring lambs down slightly, sows and cows steady to firm, yearlings and weighty steers strong.
Sioux City and surrounding markets show mixed cattle and hog demand with overall muted gains. Slaughter yearlings and cows hold near steady, while hogs under 230 pounds stay mostly high value. lambs and sheep exhibit limited early activity in a fluctuating regional market.
New York August 26 market reports show butter at 99.1 to 99.2 cents, firmer creamery, 92 score and premium markers around 92. eggs at 19,478, firm. storage packed firsts 30 percent, graded firsts 10. Poultry steady to firmer. live prices mixed by freight, heavy hens and colored chicks easing. Chicago futures August 26 report lists butter futures with close around 36.10 to 38.00, storage standards and November prices 30.70 down to 30.35, and poultry live prices broadly steadier with hens and springs varying by weight.
Watertown Mitchell and Sioux Falls report current produce prices. Hens over five pounds at Watertown and Leghorn hens listed with weights, ages, and varying c per pound. eggs and butterfat values noted. Mitchell shows hens and springs by weight, eggs receipts, and butterfat. Sioux Falls lists poultry by weight, springs, eggs, and butter products with prices.
Sioux City August 25 Poultry prices hens over five pounds 12c per pound under five pounds 12c Leghorns 10c heavy breed cocks 7c Leghorn cocks 6c springs heavy breeds 13c Leghorn springs 11c Eggs Herneries 25c firsts 23c pied 20c straight run farm eggs 6c Butter Creamery No 2 January wholesale 36037 No 2 grade cream 35c No 2 grade cream 34c sweet cream 16c
In Boston on August 26, inquiries about domestic wools were light. Fine delaine fleeces moved slowly at 41 to 43 cents per pound grease. Grade bright combing fleeces, three eighths and quarter blood, sold occasionally around 45 to 47 cents in the grease.
Markets at a glance show firm New York stocks with a quiet recovery in industrials and steady rails demand in bonds. Foreign exchange quiet as the British pound advances, cotton firm with New Orleans buying, sugar mixed with waking profits, wool tops improved with trade and world buying. Chicago wheat strong in sympathy with cotton, corn steady with a strong cash market, hogs steady to slightly lower, cattle steady to slightly higher with wool demand noted in the territory and French combing lengths priced on scoured basis.
Chicago grain markets rose late as traders awaited Washington developments. Wheat gained while corn and oats edged higher. soybeans and lard fluctuated, with a late rally lifting prices near day highs. Minneapolis cash close showed steady to lower basis and varied grain quotes across grades.
Chamberlain announces a September 8 meeting to discuss Missouri River power and manganese beds. Speakers include Carson Adkerson, Paul Messer, F D Devaney, and A Karsten. South Dakota lawmakers invited. sponsor group led by Lillibridge of Burke. expected 500 attendees. tour of the government test mine.
The Bath, formerly the U S destroyer Hope well, now manned by a Norwegian crew for Britain, has been sunk according to the Royal Norwegian Navy. An unspecified number of crew members were lost. It was the first former U S destroyer announced as lost.
N E Dodd, western division director of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, told AAA officials from 13 western states that farm price restrictions will be lifted from most crops in 1942. Acreage limits likely remain only on surplus crops such as wheat corn and certain vegetables. A 20 percent commitment to conserving crops will probably be kept.
Berlin reports German naval forces sunk a 6,000-ton freighter from a convoy in St George's Channel between Ireland and Wales and conducted a damaging attack on the harbor at Brug. The enemy action comes as World War II operations continue along the Atlantic front.
A dense OCR fragment lists numerous corporations and brands across industries. Entries include motor, chemical, steel, and consumer goods names such as Gen Motors, GenMills, DuPont, Goodyear, UnitedCorp, USSteel, Coca Cola variants, and Shell, with various percentage-like figures and partial addresses or codes. The text reads like a catalog of company names and related figures without cohesive narrative.
A turbulent trading day saw the stock market aim for recovery with rails and industrials leading early gains of fractions to a point. Turnover around 500 000 shares, with lenders closing near day’s end. Government bonds and curb market quotes show mixed activity in New York and Minneapolis trading notes.
Lord Beaverbrook, British minister of supply, told reporters the United States should join the war, saying he would like to see them in but stressing it is a matter for American citizens. He noted U S tanks and aircraft but warned Britain still has more troops than weapons and urged renewed effort. He cautioned against relying on the U S or Russia to shoulder Britain's tasks.
Ralph Suhr, 37, Aurors man, sentenced to life under the habitual criminal act after pleading guilty to statutory charges. Circuit Judge W. W. Knight noted eight prior convictions ranging from forgery to grand larceny. Accusations say he exploited two underage girls during a harvesting pretext, taking a 15-year-old and assaulting a 14-year-old who fled into a corn field.
Martin of Montana Avenue Southwest is named general campaign chairman for the Huron Bay Scout finance drive proposed for September 22 to 27. He succeeds Dr. W. H. Saxton and is a past president of the Huron Chamber of Commerce and a member of American Legion Post 97.
Pierre August 26 The school and public lands department today sold oil and gas leases on 2539 acres in northeast Carson County and 2241 acres in Harding County to Carter Oil Company Tulsa Ohio and M D Miller Baker Mont respectively The leases sold at the $1 minimum bonus with fixed rentals at 10 cents an acre the first five years and 25 cents an acre for the remainder of a lease period
Huron merchants of the Chamber of Commerce agreed to keep stores open Labor Day until 1 PM to serve State Fair attendees and exhibitors. No firm decision on evening closing hours. individual stores may set their own. The Evening Huronite will suspend publication on Labor Day.
In unoccupied France the Vichy regime adopted Nazi edict terms expanding Aryanization to Jewish owned businesses shares property and real estate. Commissioner Xavier Valjat gained power to appoint administrators for Jewish assets except private homes.
PLEREE aug 26 Twenty one top South Dakota softball teams begin the state tournament with ten first round games Sunday. Finals set for Monday evening. Byes awarded to Heigen Pharmacy Yankton Letcher Puritan Oil Rapid City McBride's Lead Yankton Binger Brothers Camp Narrows CCC Custer Gettysburg Armour AC Huron Dakota Display Mitchell Camp Custer CCC Standard Oilers Pierre.
The hospital drive surpassed the $23,000 mark as six contributors added $257.50 to the total. Today's donors include Naeves' Food Shop and employees, Colonist Bakery and Cate and employees, G. V. Gassmart, Leo J. McManus, W. D. Conrad, and the U S Bureau of Animal Industry. The running total now stands at $23,921.50.
Canberra reports that Prime Minister Menzies cabinet rejected a Labor demand for resignation after a cabinet meeting followed a Labor caucus vote against joining a national government. Labor insisted the cabinet resign to allow a Labor government.
Berlin announced Germany will withdraw Mexican consular privileges in Germany after Mexico ordered closure of 15 German consulates. The action follows Germany’s prior move to close Haiti’s consul in the Reich for political reasons.
President Roosevelt reiterates that the Commodity Credit Corporation will not release government wheat while prices stay near parity at $1.17 per bushel. Aides say the government aims to be ready to dispose of stock if speculative activity pushes prices significantly above parity.
A San Francisco restaurant strike ends after 46 days with a five year master contract covering 121 ratings plates. The accord restores a 25 percent wage cut, five day week, closed shop, and hiring halt. The Navy plans to transfer capital stock to the Navy while denying control of yard operations as Admiral Bowen expects cooperation. Hospital notices follow with a list of admissions and dismissals for local residents.
British and Russian forces advance into Iran from Iraq and the northwest toward the oilfield near Bandar Maʿsh as Premier Mansur vows neutrality. Turkish reaction draws international speculation on Turkey's stance amid a widening regional war front.
In Pierre on August 26 11 Treasurer W G Douglas was fined with costs after state cigaret tax stamps were underpaid on two packs bought in Lemmon last week. Gus Zakes the case proprietor noted the error and the state inspector James Flannery reported the matter to court judge George D Boaks.
Aug 26 19xx Minnesota officials gain authority to extradite Tyan Stellivacher from Beltrami County after a parole violation. The case involves a 1937 burglary sentence and relates to Stilwater prison. Local notices include unrelated ads for beauty services and a sleeping room.
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