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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1942
Page
2
Market reports from Armour Stockyards Huron and Chicago show hogs up 10 to 15 cents with top butchers around 13.15. Cattle and calves mixed with strong fed steers, but overall slow sales. sheep steady to firm. Watertown and other markets record gains in hogs and mixed results for cattle and lambs, reflecting cautious demand and varied weights.
Sioux City report shows 7,000 cattle and 9,000 hogs salable with higher prices for slaughter steers and mixed demand. Calves and yearlings moderate, cows steady, stockers steady, calves around 13.00 to 14.50 for choicer lots, hogs 13.Ten to 13.85 for good and choice, sows steady near 13.10, sheep 1,300 with native lambs above 15.00.
Sioux Falls livestock market report from Monday shows hogs at 15 higher to top 19.30 with bids 23.00 to 13.25. cattle steady with steer and yearling prices from 12.50 to 15.50, heifers 11.50 to 15.25, cows 6.75 to 11.50, bulls 10.00 to 11.25, feeders 11.00 to 12.50, various grades and week-ago closings noted. Inclines include common to good grades, canners and cutters, and grass-fed ranges with multiple price tiers for different stock categories.
Market update from Huron markets via telephone 10 am to noon listing heavy springs 4 to 8 lbs at 15 cents, heavy hens over 8 lbs at 16, heavy hens 4 to 5 at 14, springs over 8 at 15, springs under 4 and Leghorns 13, light and Leghorn hens 13, heavy breed roosters, butterfat No. 1 at 45, honey eggs 36, No. 1 eggs, No. 2 eggs.
New York New York December 7 receipts show firm markets across dairy eggs and poultry. Creamery cheese and fresh milk flats hold steady with varied scores and grades. dressed poultry and live poultry also firm with range listings for fowls turkeys and roasters.
In Watertown on December 7 and across Chicago Sioux Falls markets, wholesale poultry and egg prices show regional variations. Leghorn and Plymouth Rock fowl, spring hens, roosters, ducks and geese list mixed weights with No 1 and No 2 eggs and butterfat values noted.
Reports from New York and Chicago indicate mixed commodity activity with bonds irregular and carviexx dealings noted. Wheat remains about steady with profit taking while corn weakens. hogs rise 10 to 15 cents with top around 13.70, and cattle strong on small supply. Boston wool purchases rise under British control with new price schedule reducing cost by about four cents per pound, Texas wools at 1.12 to 1.14 clean.
Chicago reports early grain market strength fading as buying subsides. Prices retreated to small net losses with December futures most in demand. spot prices higher than futures offset gains. Wheat mixed with slight losses, and Minneapolis quotations show varied rankings for dark northern and hard winter cereals.
New York stocks closed lower as rails fell amid market weakness. Leaders elsewhere declined on mixed signals, with only scattered gainers seen among remaining issues. About 500,000 shares changed hands as traders awaited clearer guidance.
Major T F Samsel reports Salvation Army collected 43.48 in two opening days of the Christmas fund drive at Yale. Food gifts will be distributed to needy families this week with food bags from a cooperative list to avoid duplication. Items include canned goods, flour, milk, butter, bread, potatoes, fruits and cereals. Sugar and coffee await rationing board permission. The campaign targets 500 dollars as kettles appear on streets and coin boxes are placed in local shops.
The article reviews ongoing Allied air operations from Malta and Libyan bases against Italy, Sicily, and southern French territories, noting German dive bombing and fighter shortages. It cites raids on Eindhoven and Abbeville, losses among RAF and US bombers, and a Russian push near Stalingrad with renewed assaults along the Don. It also reports Allied progress around Buna and Gona in New Guinea, plus local notices of a Townsend Club meeting and a cafe fire in town.
Fragmented OCR listing multiple company names with odd percentages and symbols. Key entities include AmAirlines AT&T AmWool Armill AviaCorp MackTrk MiamiCop PepiCola and MarshField, with stray numbers and punctuation. No coherent event or outcome established.
The J. J. Newberry Company at 269 Pakota Avenue South will open a Christmas Toylend Wednesday Dec 5 in space west of its Third Street entrance. After Jan 1 the store will be remodeled and the new area joined to the main store. Four more clerks and about 10 extra clerks will be employed for the holiday rush. Fluorescent lighting may be installed.
Beadle County will honor the local selective-service board at 7 p m today in the Legion Hall Williams will be guest of the event George Longstaff attorney will be speaker and T H Luby state’s attorney toastmaster Guests include Fred D Greene chair William H Saxton Carl E Voigt J H Fonsberg Harry B Adams H W Markey Munigpay Judge C N Hall County Judge M Russell and Robert D Lusk at the gathering
On the first anniversary of the Pacific war, editorials note Japan capital ships under construction and losses announced by Tokyo radio. Figures show battleships and carriers sunk, air casualties, and Allied estimates challenging Japanese counts, with overall Allied and imperial tallies cited. Catalpa Circle to hold Christmas birthday gathering at 1178 Illinois Ave SE.
Secretary of the Navy Knox said Japan’s ship and cargo losses are nearing desperation, aided by American submarines in the western Pacific. He warned that Japanese forces in occupied islands will soon lack replacements as U S naval war aims press toward Tokyo. He noted Pearl Harbor images were published with the piece.
On Pearl Harbor anniversary the United States launched the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill and other warships nationwide. The New Jersey battleship was to enter the water at Philadelphia while seven ships and a receiving station were to be commissioned at Tampa. The destroyer USS Sigsbee, named for Admiral Sigsbee, slid down the ways in Kearny New Jersey, and the Bunker Hill, sister to Lexington, launched at Quincy. Minesweepers Alarm Apex Alchemy Arcade Arch and Armada prepared to enter the water in Tampa, as cruiser Miami was set to be christened in Philadelphia. Other vessels and related launches occurred at Camden Portland Bath and Boston in a nationwide max of shipbuilding activity.
Members of Huron Lodge 443 B P O Elks who died were honored at memorial services Sunday afternoon in the lodge rooms at the Marvin Hughitt Hotel. Musical pieces included the Chopin funeral march piano solo by Roberta Peterson Unfold Ye Portals and Crossing the Bar sung by the Huron College choir and Ellis male chorus directed by Loftus H Ward. The speaker was the Rev Earl C Longfellow.
Nettie Fisher, 86, long time Lake Preston resident, died Saturday in a Huron hospital. The obituary notes her local ties and family presence at the end of life.
Traveling salesmen receive higher gasoline allocations under an Office of Price Administration ruling at the request of Rubber Director William M. Jefferson. Eligible only for those selling essential commodities, the mileage cap allows up to 65 percent of last year's miles or 8,600 miles annually, whichever is less. Representatives of traveling salesmen groups backed the new limit as sufficient for essential travel.
Funeral rites were held for 83 year old Louise Michaelson a Pot ter county pioneer woman at the Congregational church in Lebanon with Rev Carl W Hughes officiating She leaves one daughter Hilda and three sons Henry Bernard and Michael Burial followed in Lebanon Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs Anna Whalen who died December 1 in Stockton California will be held at 2 o clock Tuesday afternoon in the Welter Chapel Rev Paul W Mallory of the Congregational Church will conduct and burial will be in Riverside Cemetery beside her husband who died March 15 1908 Mrs Whalen arrived in Huron this morning with her daughter Mrs Charles Bingham of Stockton
Dr R P Bethke was notified of the death yesterday of his brother A Bethke in Odessa Minnesota. Dr and Mrs Bethke plan to go to Odessa to attend the funeral services to be held Wednesday.
Weather data shows temperatures with highs and lows from a year ago and records for the date, plus precipitation totals and sun times. Local forecasts predict little change, with warm today in South Dakota and snow in the western area tonight. Also listed are a rummage sale at 1078 Nebraska S. W. on Tuesday, five sale items including a four burner table top range, furs appeal, a helper wanted, and a 1941 refrigerator and gun for sale with contact numbers.
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