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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1943
Page
2
Armour's Stock Yard reports hogs steady with some price moves while cattle ease and sheep hold. Sioux City market shows cattle, calves, and feeders uneven, buyers slow. beef steers and yearlings mix of prices. Hogs 200 to 360 lb mostly $12.50 to $13.60, some lighter or heavier weights vary. sows higher at about $11.90, lambs not established.
Hog arrivals reached 29 000 with direct consignments from large packers. Prices showed slow to steady movement across weights, with top hogs around 13.75 and 13.25 to 15.25 for various weight ranges. Sheep and cattle markets advertised higher openings, with lambs around 14.75 and cattle tops near 16.80, while feeders and canners remained largely steady to lower.
In St Paul stockyards on December 8 lawmakers report a dull slaughter cattle and heifer market with prices mostly 25 cents lower for week. Cows and bulls soften while calves hogs and sheep show varied results with top steer price about 15.40 and hogs steady around 13.45 to 14.00 for mid weights. Sheep demand soft with lighter wool and lambs around 22.60 per 81 pounds.
Sioux Falls livestock prices show nominal steadiness with top bids around 13.20 dollars for 1SIOUX parcel, bulk at 13.00, hogs at 13.20, sows steady near 11.60, cann ers and rettents at 0.00 with unclear details. Market chatter notes slight upward pressure on certain hogs and mixed movement on feeders.
Watertown market notes show hogs and cattle steady with narrow changes as grain prices slump after profit taking. Hogs under pressure on some weights, butchers at 10.35 to 13.10, sows around 11.20. cattle steady with grain-fed ranges 10.35 to 13.10, grass and short fed 3.00 to 10.00, cows 6.00 to 10.00, bulls 7.50 to 9.50. sheep rise up to 25 cents with lambs 9.00 to 13.25 and yearlings 8.00 to 11.00. Grain markets in Chicago show mixed shifts with rye up briefly on eastern demand, profit-taking dragging others down. wheat down 1/4 to the close, oats steady to down, rye up, barley mixed. Wheat No.1 dark northern around 1.43, No.2 at 1.42, Huron markets cited.
Huron, New York, Watertown and Minneapolis report produce and grain prices. Huron lists heavy breed and leghorn eggs and butterfat values. New York notes butter, cheese receipts, eggs, and poultry firm. Watertown lists varied poultry, eggs, and butterfat prices. Minneapolis provides cash grain quotes for wheat corn oats rye flax and more.
New York stocks extend upturn led by highers while bonds hold steady. Rails rally with mixed profit taking noted. Chicago wheat eases on light buying. corn and oats show slight gains. Hog market around 10,000 holdovers. cattle slow with steer top about 16.60. Eggs varied. butter fat at 50 cents. Chicago produce lines report firm butter with 116,918 receipts and unsettled eyes with 10,141 receipts.
Sioux Falls reports prices for poultry and eggs with heavy hens four pounds and over at 20 cents, leghorn hens 18 cents, heavy springs 28 cents, leghorn springs under 20 cents, heavy cocks 15 cents, leghorn cocks 13 cents. Eggs numbered one 41 cents, two 36 cents, pullets 33 cents. Delivery included in Sioux Falls.
Mitchell market bulletin lists a range of fowl prices with hens at 18 to 17 cents, old roosters 13 cents, heavy cocks 14 cents, leghorn cocks 33 cents, and pouter chickens and young turkeys around 28 to 22 cents per unit. The wording reflects era spelling and occasional OCR garble but preserves pricing and product names.
The market closed with mixed signals as rails and key sectors such as steels motors and farm equipment showed varied advances. Volume traded reached about 1,300,000 shares with notable broker relief and buying pressure aiding late gains amid a cautious session.
Davis president of St Louis Federal warns that while 1943 farm prices support a cash income of 19 to 20 billion dollars, further increases risk inflation in farm real estate and higher costs. He urges farmers and American Farm Bureaus to join to hold prices steady for welfare and long term stability.
U S heavy bombers raid the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal as part of ongoing Allied air attacks on Burma. Four engine bombers hit Japanese installations on Chatham in the Andaman group and a fighter is reported shot down. The communique notes long action against Rangoon Mandalay Akyab Prome Beho and other Japanese positions with twelve Allied planes missing and eighteen Japanese downed.
Mrs George Larson of Woonsocket died at 7 20 in a Huron hospital after a lingering illness. She was 35 and had been hospitalized only a few hours before death. Her body was taken to Woonsocket for burial.
Arnold L Artz, 71, Aberdeen photographer, died Tuesday morning of a heart ailment at his home 15 Eighth Avenue Southwest Aberdeen. Survived by widow and 16 grandchildren. sons A Artz of Huron and Ralph of Aberdeen. daughters Mrs Fred Bennett Prior Lake Minn Mrs Lloyd Lolo Mrs Don Hardin and Mrs Hollis Button, all of Aberdeen. Funeral mass at 9 o'clock Friday in Sacred Heart Church Aberdeen with interment in Sacred Heart Cemetery.
The Treasury announced Finland arranged to pay $233,915 on its World War I debt to the United States due December 15, with total owed about $9,000,000. Also covers hospital admissions, dismissals, a WSCS musical tea, a club meeting, and a stock listing including aviation and steel firms.
The House Ways and Means Committee killed the proposal to authorize government paid newspaper advertising for war bonds by an 11 to 10 vote. Chairman Doughton noted other bills on the subject could resurface. Also: National Broadcasting Company president Niley Trammell criticized FCC Chairman James L. Fry, defending industry self regulation over government control. Walter P. Reuther warned subsidies keep food prices in check as subsidies debate continues. Milton S. Kronheim & Sons settled a $200,000 liquor price overcharge case with the OPA.
Mrs. Raissa Irene Browder wife of Earl Browder general secretary of the Communist party in this country failed to persuade the United States government to suspend deportation. The Board of Immigration Appeals denied her second plea stating she entered the country illegally and cannot stay. Her husband was a three time Communist party presidential candidate and she has three children. The deportation order remains pending due to war time transportation difficulties.
Sgt. Rod Crowlie, wounded in Sicily in August, has been returned to the United States and is hospitalized recovering at Schick Hospital in Clinton. He served with the U S Rangers and was wounded by a Tommy gun during combat practice. four bullets struck his chest and shoulder. He has been in hospitals in Sicily, North Africa, and the United States and recently transferred to Clinton on Thanksgiving Day, where family members joined him.
The city school board Tuesday night studied replacing the steam heating system with new electrical stokers to be more economical, aiming to begin next spring for summer work. A return water system was also recommended and physical education credits may be earned in a four year plan. students urged to take more math courses. George Longsteff posted a $500 bond to qualify as clerk adviser and announced Washington School deed transfer to the Huron Clinic Association with $12,500 sales proceeds deposited.
Former President Herbert Hoover, after a conference with Alfred Landon, said he approved the Moscow pact and that Landon had not opposed it. Landon, in a talk to freshmen U. S. senators, warned the pact may have settled more than military arrangements and called the conference hazy except for Russian statements.
Rep. Charles A. Halleck of Indiana was elected chairman of the Republican congressional committee by acclamation. He succeeds the late Rep. J. William Ditter of Pennsylvania and will serve until the end of the current Congress. Halleck pledged a vigorous and energetic role in next year’s elections.
A War Production Board appeal for vast steel plates and sheets to build invasion craft is reported. In the southwest Pacific a high ranking officer says Germany’s defeat could hasten the Pacific war more than feared. Ground fighting eases on Huon Peninsula and Bougainville while Allied bombers strike New Britain’s northern arc. Capes Gloucester raids involve 150 planes with barge and troop movements spotted. Rabaul’s decline continues as airfields show limited activity and harbor use by Japanese ships drops. Rear Admiral Robert Carey notes Rabaul is no longer tenable as a base with Allied air and naval supremacy central to the sector.
President Roosevelt ordered the Navy to take over and operate the Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company shipyard after the company's failure to meet contract performance. The action, signed December 3, was to address unsatisfactory progress and excessive costs on naval auxiliary vessel contracts.
A message received this morning announces the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Engel of Fort Michigan. The event occurred Tuesday night December 7 around 10 20 PM on Tenth Street Southwest.
Sergeant John M. Lynch recounts North African currency with blue green gray and red scenes on both sides in French and Arabic. He notes 50 franc bills are smaller than 20 franc notes and recalls wartime confusion among troops over the currency while serving in the finance department of the Army in French Algiers. He is due for reassignment in Monterey, California, December 13.
Elks Lodge in Huron initiated thirteen new members on Tuesday night. George Crane Aberdeen president of the state association and Carl Nelies Madison chairman of the national foundation committee praised Elks support for war efforts and outlined recruitment of Army Aviation and Naval Air Corps cadets. Awards of merit were given to H C Whaley Tom H Luby H H Hedblem and George A Dekretz.
John McMullin 58 of a farm 16.5 miles southwest of Wessington died at home about 12:30 Tuesday after a year long illness. Born May 25, 1885 in Hank County, he spent his life there and married Margaret Johnson December 6, 1915. Surviving are his widow, four daughters Ruth Juanita Beth Ana Bea and Stanley, three sisters Elizabeth Pedersen Coeur dAlene Ida Mamie McMullen Seattle and Mrs Edgar Alexander Wessington Springs. Funeral at the home Friday at 2 pm and at Free Methodist Church at 2:30 with Rev Harden officiating. burial in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Too Late To Classify FOR SALE Two dressers two rock ing chairs 235 Seventh S W WANTED Stockman and wife for large ranch Salary preferred Phone 30R4 75 Beach S E For sale 35 White Rock Ballets 1.40 each Call at 230 Fifth St 8 E Phone 2493
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