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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1943
Page
2
Market reports show canners and cutters at 5.50 to 97.50, heavy beef bulls to 10.75, steers firm with feeders 9.00 to 11.00, dairy cows steady, calves at 11.50 to 14.00. Hogs 34,000 head, barrows and gilts 200+ pounds mostly steady, lighter weights steady. sows 16.25 to 25. Sheep receipts 13,000 with little activity.
Armour's stockyard at Huron reports hog quotations steady on Thursday with cattle and sheep also steady. Sioux Falls market shows 500 head nominally steady, top hogs at 35 dollars, butchers trading around 13.00 to 13.35, sows 11.85 to 12.10, with about 1,000 head in steady quotations.
Hog numbers unsold push market to warn farmers against new shipments this week. Cattle and sheep show mixed results with steers and yearlings selling well while fat lambs and weaker cows drift. Prices cited include good and choice hogs and standard cattle, with holdovers around 18,000 and various weight classes showing varying trends.
Watertown market reports hog trading halted on Thursday December 2 and to operate on a permit system Friday cattle and sheep steady and unchanged. Pick up quotations.
December 2 Sioux City market reports cattle and hogs with 3,600 cattle and 10,500 hogs offered. Fed steers and yearlings firm, heifers steady, stockers soft. hogs slow though good and choice 200 to 270 lb steady at 12.45, sows down. Sheep 7,000 on offer, slaughter lambs not established. natives around 13.75, while lambs near 14.00. South St. Paul entries show steady steers around 15.75 at times, with good mixed yearlings 15.00 and cows bearish but generally steady.
Mitchell, Dec 2 Heavy hens over four pounds 19 cents Leghorn hens 17 cents old roosters 15 cents heavy cocks 14 cents leghorn cocks cent heavy springs 22 cents leghorn springs 20 cents number one young hen turkeys 30 cents membrane young tom turkeys 28 cents number one old turkeys 26 cents ducks and geese 17 cents Number two eggs 43 cents case hard eggs 37 cents Butter fat 50 cents Heavy breed springs 23 Leghorn springs Heavy breed roosters Butterfat No E Butterfat No IT Henery eges Extra eggs Medium eggs No O eggs.
Sioux Falls market quotes list heavy hens and leghorn varieties by weight with prices per pound, plus eggs and butterfat values. Watertown reports colored springs, hens, roosters, ducks and eggs with assorted prices, while Chicago shows poultry steady and butter and eggs firm with large receipts.
New York market notes show butter at 193,317 firm with no changes from ceiling. Cheese receipts 87,796 nominal with no quotations. Eggs 19,675 and poultry prices firm with prices overall unchanged, reflecting steady demand.
Markets at a Glance notes mixed activity in New York with modest rallies and firm cotton. Chicago grain shows wheat steady and rye down as December supply concerns widen. cattle demand remains strong with top steer prices around sixties.
Early trade saw firm demand with mill buying lifting May and July wheat to new seasonal highs. Liquidation toward the close erased most gains as December wheat and rye bore the brunt, while the Commodity Credit Corporation announced a 1,000,000 bushel Canadian wheat sale to Buffalo and the USDA warned feed grains remain tight nationwide.
In New York on December 2, bullish controls persisted as fronts in utilities and industrials led a partial recovery. Narrow gains followed a brisk opening before tapering, with close quotations mostly down from intraday highs. About 750,000 shares traded as investors weighed yearend tax effects and easing armament issue sales, aided by seemingly solid dividends from several issue names.
Berlin and Tokyo react to Casablanca talks with war of words. German and Japanese officials allege Allied propaganda aims to cover battlefield defeats. Berlin radio cites promises of peace as a lure while Tokyo accuses the meeting of political maneuvering.
Sioux Falls reports a severe influenza outbreak prompting health officials to urge public caution especially for children. Dr. F. H. Redewill and army authorities note widespread national patterns and several recent admissions at the station hospital of the radio school. Cases span three to four days with high fever and pain, though complications remain unlikely with proper care. A separate Minneapolis action closes upsite hospital visiting to curb spread amid colder weather.
Bowles told the Senate banking committee that Congress ending food subsidies could raise living costs by about 10 percent within a year. He warned such a move would unleash strong pressures on price and wage controls across the board and threaten government price management.
Chicago December 2 190? William Walliser class of 77 rose to vice president of the Chicago and North Western Railroad. He died after ten years as president of a suburban line. His son George Walliser of West Chicago survives.
Grim mood grips Americans aboard the Gripsholm as they head home from the Far East. Officials expect all 1494 passengers to disembark by noon. They warn the Pacific war may last years and urge release of internees in Manila and Tokyo camps.
The US escort carrier Liscome Bay was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine during Gilbert Island operations. Admiral Mullinix and Captain Wiltsie are among the missing. the loss marks the first carrier sunk since US entry and the first for over two years. Liscome Bay was built at Kaiser Vancouver yard, launched April 19, 1943, named for a bay in Alaska.
Washington December discussion on price ceilings for wheat tied to parity and freight differentials. Allen Moore of the OPA cited willingness to adjust ceilings to protect farm parity while ensuring smooth market flow, with Reed challenging authority over altering established freight differentials. Moore said no final decision yet and all angles would be explored.
A 35 year old Bronx lad pleaded guilty in County Court to a second degree murder charge in the slaying of his 75 year old step grandmother Mrs Jennie Flicker. Police said he strangled the elderly woman in her Bronx apartment. Sentence to be passed January 4 with a mandatory life term.
A telephone company executive was found dead in Omaha. Nearby were a crew driver and other personnel described as being nearby. Police launched an investigation into the incident and are reviewing surrounding circumstances. Further details were not immediately available.
Rabbi Stephen S Wise told the House foreign affairs committee that saving European Jews from Nazi slaughter requires immediate action. He urged opening Palestine to Jewish immigration as the first step in a broader program. Senate questions over 14 high ranking army promotions delay after the Patton cuffing incident. Taft denounces Roosevelt campaign buttons sent overseas to Arabs and urges a ban on government paid political material transmission to the services.
Coast Guard retiree Sir Hubert Valléehe’s former crooner Rudy Vallee will marry 19 year old screen actress Bettejane Greer in Westwood Community Church tonight. Lt Walter Kane of the Coast Guard will serve as best man, with Mrs Ralph French as matron of honor. The couple will spend a week’s honeymoon in the desert.
London speaks on censorship rules as MPs challenge British handling of a major conference news flow. Critics call coverage mismanaged and a farce while editors lament editors' inability to file from the scene. Hospital notices list admitted patients including Delvaux, Wilson, Powell, and Crippen among others.
Soviet dispatches describe German reserves pouring into the 600 mile eastern front as Russia claims to hold lines and push near White Russia and the Dnieper bend. Eddy Gilmore notes fierce fighting in historic mud with both sides using rail and road networks amid damaged supply routes. Red Army advances threaten Cherkasy bridgehead and Smela rail junction as counterattacks number into the thousands.
Representative Everett M. Dirksen announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination. A petition signed by 36 members of Congress urged him to seek the 1944 national convention. Dirksen, 47, a Pekin Illinois native and World War I veteran, was joined by signers including H. H. Smith Karl Mundt Reid Murray Alvin O’Konski Frank Keefe and Francis Case.
Actress Veronica Lake was granted a divorce from Maj. John Stewart Detlie as she testified he objected to her absences on bond-selling tours. She claimed he called her an unfit mother due to time away with their 2 year old daughter Alaine. A property settlement awards custody to Lake.
A jumble of terse items appears including livestock notes for purebred and Hampshire breeds, a cemetery fragment, a kitchen help ad, a sale for an automatic electric machine, a farmers notice, and a tax filing reminder claiming December 15 deadline. The text includes names like Hamp shire and H J Ward Agency and references to Western Union Bidz.
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