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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1938
Page
2
Livestock markets remained fully steady with all quotations unchanged. Hog receipts were reported at 300 and top price held at 36.95, while Armour area details and Minneapolis flour notes accompany the market brief.
U. S. D. A. hogs 18 000 head. top 7.55. 180 260 lb bulk 7.95 9.59. cattle 5 500, calves 1 200. market less active than Wednesday. steers 8.75 11.00. yearlings 12.50. cows steady to weak. bulls higher. weaners 8.50 9.50. sheep 7 000. fat lambs steady to strong, top 9.50. ewes up to 4.00. bulls 9.25 downward. overall activity mixed with price shifts across categories.
Sioux City and Sioux Falls livestock report for Thursday shows calves and beeves active with gains to 25 higher. Prices include fat heifers up to 10.50 per cwt, strictly choice steers above 12.25, cows 6.50 to 9.75, feed and choice fat lambs weaker with top near 7.15, sows 6.65 to 7.15, and feeder pigs around 5.00 to 6.00 with mixed cattle and hog values across weight ranges.
St Paul livestock sale notes steady to strong demand across cattle and calves. Cattle prices ranged from 6.00 to 9.50 with top steers near 7 to 9.5 and calves around 8.50, while sheep and hogs showed modest declines or steadying with bulls and sows varying in price.
Market prices furnished by Swift and Co Huron S D for hens over four pounds and under four pounds Butterfat grades No 1 and No 2 listed with weights and terms in the daily market report from Huron South Dakota.
Sixty lines of live poultry prices list heavy hens by weight and breed, leghorn hens and cocks, springs, stags, and ducks with per pound figures. Butterfat No 1 and No 2 prices are noted along with butter price 0.30.
Chicago and nearby markets report mixed prices for poultry eggs and butter. Geese weaken while dressed turkeys hold steady. eggs and butter show limited movement across Dallas rounds, with No. 1 turkeys and various hen weights listed for regional buyers.
Heavy bred springs forty four to fifty pounds and up. Leghorn hens four to five pounds. Leghorn cocks three pounds. heavy toed stags seven to eight. geese six to ten. eggs No 1 twenty one to twenty six. No 2 seventeen to nineteen. butterfat No 1 twenty six. No 2 twenty four. No clear date or business names.
New York market report shows butter steady at 1 256 864 pounds and cheese quiet at 1 655. Dressed poultry new box and fresh prices list chickens roosters 14 14 23, fowls 36-42 pounds 12 1 4, 60-65 pounds 18 23, old roosters 12 ½ 15 ¾, turkeys by box and barrel Northwestern 22-20, Western 20-26, Southwestern 19-24, frozen chickens and ducks priced with fryers at 16-21 and 1S 16 respectively.
Chicago December 5 butter futures and storage standards show mixed activity with edge near 16 to 28 percent. Prices for light eye futures and refrigerator standards hovered around 21 percent with late session 20 percent.
Wheat rose slightly on Chicago floor amid reports of an 8 million bushel Romanian purchase and Turkish troop concentrations near Spain and France. Export buying was cited for United States corn with 600 thousand bushels sold at St Louis for Gulf of Mexico shipments. Futures close modestly higher with December around 84 to 85 cents and May near 61 to 62 cents, while oats edged up and soy largely steady.
Stock futures show a lighter New York session with mixed bonds and some declines in foreign exchange. Chicago wheat prices rise on European cues while Minneapolis reports varied cash grain quotes and carlot ranges across wheat, corn, rye, oats, and flax with several price tiers listed.
New York reports a lower stock market with minor advances in a few groups. Year end tax selling and fears over European events weighed on traders as volume slipped from the prior session, with transfers around 750000 shares.
A fragmented list of company names and percentages appears, resembling stock or quotation chatter from an Associated Press sourced page. The snippet strings names such as Alaska Airlines Loews Anaconda Anil North Amer AT&T and many others with varied percentages, creating a dense, noisy ledger of corporate entities and values.
Evans campaigned for Linn County treasurer and reported one item on his expense account four cents to send in statement of election expense. In Chicago, J J Jacobs who suggested a 15 percent cut to Cook County workers sues to recover 1886 dollars lost from the salary reduction.
Beadle County commissioners continue their December session at the courthouse and plan a regular inspection trip to the county farm and sanitarium this afternoon. The group spent the morning disposing of regular business and yesterday discussed a proposed constitutional amendment to shift county indebtedness to the permanent school fund back to the Department of School and Public Lands. They urged the county's legislative delegation to back the proposal in the next session. The early session opened Tuesday and focused on relief matters.
Mitchell South Dakota December reports farmers elevator association reelected Chris Jensen president for tenth term with Otto Tiede Andrew Nelson and C A Woods as directors. Resolution opposes a natural gas line through the state citing impact on coal and elevator business and calls for blocking RFC loan. Also urged criminalizing sale of grain not owned by seller and funding grasshopper control, plus duties for county deed abstracts. Seven miners killed in Quebec Bell asbestos mine rock slide following dynamite blast two hours earlier.
A fragmented OCR list shows numerous corporations with share percentages and values including Ford, General Motors, United Airlines, US Steel, Kennecott, Westinghouse, and Ellwood among others. The fragmentary data hints at a market roundup with fluctuating stakes and company names of industrials, autos, and utilities.
Lloyd Harris Cakebread son of Mrs Mabel Clara Hanks Miller was among 18 young men enlisted in the U S Navy at Omaha. He was sent to Great Lakes for preliminary training before assignment to a ship after applying at the Huron recruiting station run by D S Sharp.
Mrs Clara Anderson purchases Siebrecht Florist Shop at 334 Dakota Avenue South Huron from B F Siebrecht of Aberdeen. She has managed the shop six years and previously 13 years in Aberdeen and Sioux Falls area. Interior remodeling underway for formal opening on Wednesday December 15. Evelyn Head continues in south half with E H Lingerie Shop.
Charles L. Amick 78 of 337 Frank Avenue Southeast dies after a two week illness in a Huron hospital. Born April 30 1860 in Russellville West Virginia he moved with family to Sioux City then Letcher and later Huron. Survived by nine children and 17 grandchildren with funeral at Kinyons Chapel Saturday at 2 pm. Burial Riverside Cemetery beside wife Mathalda Nutter.
The Works Progress Administration reported a drop of 23,088 in the employment rolls for the week ending December 3, totaling 3,183,418 workers. States with declines included Iowa Montana North Dakota South Dakota and Wisconsin, while Minnesota showed an increase.
Secretary Hornby outlined 1939 State Fair progress with three days of horse racing and two days of auto racing to replace the earlier format. Auto racing will open the fair on Labor Day with another feature later in the week. Children’s Day will be Saturday and livestock from Minnesota will be released the Saturday before Labor Day to allow transit to the South Dakota Fair.
Real estate transfers show Carol Stephens and others moving property in Beadle County with small sums noted. Hospital admissions list multiple Huron patients including Donald Lundsen Joyce Boyd Edwin Hein and others with surgical or medical needs. A derailment near Austin Texas on the Missouri Pacific Sunshine Special injured the engineer and several passengers.
Yankton December 38. Chan Gurney, US senator-elect, announced the appointment of Dr. Bert E. Benson of Flandreau as his secretary and others on his official staff. Benson, a dentist since 1932, has led in Republican circles and state league work. Harvey Crow, Lemmon attorney, becomes staff clerk. Fern Ringquist and Margaret Mitchell named chief stenographer and office assistant. Gurney will depart for Washington after Christmas.
In Belle Fourche South Dakota on December 3 1938 work resumed on two road projects after Chainers Keller shot a worker to enforce a farmland right of way dispute. J F England Rapid City contractor began moving equipment back and Vic Mutter Butte County engineer planned a new box culvert and fencing to satisfy the agreement with Keller.
Barry Bridges CIO west coast director faced renewed deportation demands after Portland police chief Keegan testified he attempted to overthrow the U S government. Bridges dismissed the charge as silly saying he was in San Francisco. Rep Thomas and A L chairman Chadwick criticized Labor Dept for delaying action while Bridges’ deportation remains in abeyance amid parallel Supreme Court cases.
The Huron High School music department will present a sacred Christmas program on Sunday night December 11 at 8 o clock. The free program features the high school orchestra conducted by Duane C. Smith and the senior high mixed chorus boys chorus and girls chorus directed by Miss Helen Buchanan. Attendees are invited to hear Yuletide music.
Five Chicago guild members were arrested after a melee on the Hearst building picket line during a strike against the Evening American and Morning Herald. About 100 picketers faced truck drivers loading papers as tensions flared and police moved to separate the groups. A guild statement claimed the drivers attacked the line, leading to the arrests.
Three Senate finance committee members voiced support for aiding railroads by reducing interest burdens through an income tax concept. They noted it mirrors a 1938 tax bill provision. Senator Vandenberg and Senator Herring backed the idea as a potential solution, while Senator King urged safeguards for private railroad operations. Senator Truman questioned practicality and funding ability for most carriers.
The Evening Buronite announces a renewed coloring contest with many entries judged last week. Winners include Carleen Meyers and others from Huron area. ten free tickets to the Ve ron Theatre prize for eligible children who color a section in the Saturday paper and submit by next Wednesday.
Dr. Walker worshipful master elect leads Huron Lodge No. 26 A F and A M at installation last night. Other officers named include J. K. Potter senior warden A J Ray junior warden C B Voigt treasurer E Ball secretary and W E Warren trustee for three years.
The Huron Motorcycle Club met at the Walbergs home to decide uniform type and color. Entertainment was planned for the next meeting at the Moffict home on Dakota Avenue South, with a time change to 3 pm.
The article notes 1935 aid trains between Moscow and Tokyo, a Soviet leadership reshuffle with Nikolai Yezhoff leaving the internal affairs commissariat and Lorenti Beriya succeeding him, frontier actions by Spanish forces near the Ebro, and a Chinese spokesman announcing halted Japanese drives on three fronts. Secretary Welles says Nelson Johnson is summoned to Washington to report to President Roosevelt after four years abroad.
Theatre building and stock rights offered by HL Meyer in Iroquois South Dakota. Wanted women for daily washing ironing and cleaning. Write to 141 Huronite. Yellow corn and shelled corn offered by Farmers Elevator Willow MODERN SLEEPING ROOM near 532 Ohio Ave S W.
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