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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1939
Page
2
Market dispatch notes hog prices regain losses with top at 6.30 per hundredweight after Tuesday receipts of 330. Cattle and sheep also rise, cattle 70 to 15 cents higher, sheep 15 to 25 cents higher. Stockyards at Armour Huron open until noon Labor Day, with sale listings for heavy and light hogs, cows, bulls, and feeders across Minneapolis and Sioux City markets.
Hogs topped at 7.10 a hundredweight in Chicago with steady to strong activity across hogs cattle calves and sheep. Early weights above 80 pounds gained 10 to 15 cents, with best gains in lighter weights and sows. feeders and stockers showed steady to varied gains, while spring lambs and yearlings rose up to 10 cents and more.
St Paul Livestock data shows cattle around 3 000 head with grain-fed steers steady to strong and yearlings—prices ranging 8.60 to 9.35 for fed stock and cows mostly 4.50 to 6.50. Hogs about 6 000 head with bids up to 6.50 for 290 250 weight, sows to 5.50, and strong undertone on heavy hogs.
Markets report a mixed session with gains in some commodities and unsettled notes in foreign exchange. Wheat and corn slipped in Chicago while hogs rose and cheese remained firm. Wall Street priced in peace hopes as political risk eased. A death in Emery, D. prompts family travel.
Immigration authorities at Ellis Island detained 19 passengers from the Bremen and Normandie liner arrivals. District superintendent Byron H. Nichols said there was no unusual reason beyond standard questions of eligibility to land, including health, means of support, and passport validity.
Chicago market data shows a wheat price retreat from prior highs as European war scare fades. September and December wheat declined around 2% to near closing levels, while corn eased about a cent. Huron and Sioux City produce reports list grain, poultry, eggs, and dairy price ranges with multiple grades and multipliers.
A clipped market page lists August poultry and egg prices from Mitchell Sioux Falls Watertown and Chicago with weights such as 4% lbs, 5 lbs, and 6 lbs for hens springs cocks and ducks, plus butterfat and egg values. Nearby grain quotes show Minneapolis wheat futures and No 1 hard Montana values along with corn oats rye flax and seeds.
New York on August 23 saw stock trading thinned by European political tensions as investors avoided risks. Five hours of dealings moved about 500 000 shares with prices varying amid uncertain market mood and political maneuvers.
A dense list of closing quotations and percentage changes across numerous companies and brands, including AmPow&Lt, NatLead, BoeingAirp, PennRR, General Motors subsidiaries, and many others, with percentages indicating last trade or closing values. The compilation reads like a stock board summary from a historical financial page.
Rapid City Aug 29 The South Dakota American Legion convention nears the end of its midway stage with business ahead and parades behind. Pierre enters the bid for the 1940 convention competing with Watertown and Sioux Falls while Turner M Rudesilp Rapid City remains department commander contender with three candidates. The program includes a large parade and speeches by M A Kennedy and T C Kasper with a focus on state projects and citizenship efforts. National Commander Stephen Fy Chadwick left for Lincoln to attend a Nebraska convention.
An open-air concert closes the annual St Lawrence band camp tonight featuring 81 young musicians from 17 South Dakota towns. Prof RT Fulghum of the University of South Dakota directs the concert band with guest conductor. Participants come from Faulkton Hitchcock Huron Armour Britton Vermillion Wessington Reaval? Ouida Erwin Volga Alpena Bryant Miller St Lawrence.
The notice outlines a continued page item for the State Fair with Creamerymen's Day, with delegations and bands from Watertown and Mitchell visiting. It mentions butter judging in the confectionery building, a special butter judging contest for South Dakota creamerymen, and a schedule including Auto Racing Day on Friday, Children's Day on Saturday, and Closing Day featuring South Dakota cycling talent.
New York Aug 29 Additional broadcasts scheduled in the European crisis include WABC CBS at 6 45 from London and 11 p m Jan Marary from London 14 15 BY Kaltenborn from London 11 45 a m London and Paris 12 45 p m Berlin and London 3 30 London and Paris 3 45 Rome 4 45 Berlin work through.
In hospital news Admitted list includes James Burns De Smet minor surgical Alma Bloodgood De minor surgical Gloria Kelly Cavour minor surgical Marvin Kesey Cavour minor surgical Mrs Jones Irwin Surgical Maxine French Wessington medical Irene Bloom Doland Minor surgical Mrs Quinn Dennis Huron minor surgical John Felderman Doland minor Surgical Clarence Mayer Cavour not surgical T B Smith Huron medical Mrs Reinhold Mettler Wesington medical Dismissed list includes Mrs Bakken Biron Mrs Paul Hartley Huron Mrs Phil Kobinger and baby son Huron to Prees Huron February list Walter Morse Bonilla Ronald Schmidt Woonsocket Mia Ed or Rudy Cavour Speed recovery with Walker's flowers adv
Tokyo August 28 general Nobuyuki Abe announced the new cabinet lineup set to pursue isolationist policies. Abe retains foreign affairs for now, with Shunroku Hata named war minister and Zengo Yoshida as navy chief. Mamoru Shigemitsu was expected as foreign minister but no appointment made. The cabinet replaces Kiichiro Hiranuma’s, which resigned after Germany’s pact with the Soviet Union and its Rome Berlin Axiz alignment.
Secretary of the treasury disclosed that clearance papers were refused for the French liner Normandie and the German liner Bremen while awaiting a thorough customs inspection. He said inspectors must search for unmanifested cargo ship stores examine crew and passengers and perform other duties under the law.
The Chicago Herald American, Hearst’s newest consolidation, debuted yesterday. The merger combines the Morning Herald and Examiner with the Evening American as part of an earlier year plan to centralize William Randolph Hearst's newspaper holdings.
Testimony in the case centers on Beckwith’s reputation as a drinker. Rich and Ford describe him as an excessive drinker and say they observed him under the influence about ten times. Governors and attorneys clash over admissibility of reputation evidence while recalling past incidents in Washington and Atlantic City.
Brady D Danis was installed as bishop of the Catholic diocese of Sioux Falls at a solemn ceremony in Josephs Cathedral. A large West-area gathering attended the enthronement. A civic welcome is planned for Wednesday with a banquet to follow featuring Gov. Geld as a speaker.
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