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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1941
Page
2
Sioux City and Armour stockyards report higher hog prices with top at 10.70 and 11.00 for 190-300 lb hogs, cattle mostly steady to higher, calves and yearlings strong, buyers active across Sioux City Sioux Falls Watertown and nearby markets with feeders and sows also moving in brisk trade.
Light hogs rise 15 to 25 cents as wholesale beef strengthens. Fed steers and yearlings gain 15 to 25 cents, lambs up to 25 cents. U S D A salable hogs 16,000 on weights under 240 pounds. Cattle and calf markets show mixed, with buyers steady for heavier steers and heifers, calves strong to 50 cents higher, and dairy cows steady. In St Paul, cattle demand slows, steers and cows weak to 25 cents lower, stockers scarce, hogs slow but late bids up 15 cents for lighter weights, sows steady. Sheep little traded.
Chicago produce notes a Monday poultry price list with live items and dressed poultry. Hens over five pounds list prices in the low to mid teens per pound with various weights and breeds such as Leghorn Plymouth Rock and White Rock showing mixed fractional values. Turkeys and geese appear in the dressing section with firm demand and assorted weight categories reflected.
Huron and Sioux City market reports list daily ranges for heavy and light poultry, roosters, hens, Leghorns, and various eggs and butterfat grades. Entries cover weights from under four pounds to over five pounds, with prices for No 1 and No 2 eggs, pullet eggs, and farm eggs, plus regional dairy and turkey figures.
Markets at a glance show irregular gains in stocks and firm cotton, with ease in sugar and quiet metals. Grain and livestock move modestly, hogs up to 25 cents, dressed pork higher, cattle and calves mostly 15 to 25 cents higher, and poultry prices mixed across regions with varied weight classes and egg and butter values listed.
Dec 1 reports from Watertown and Chicago show varied prices across meats eggs and dairy. Leghorn hens and heavy breeds lead a wide range of poultry figures while butterfat and eggs adjust with regional receipts and market grades.
Boston December 15. U S D A reports domestic wool sales were small and in immediate demand. Prices were firm to slightly higher as dealers moved limited lots to buyers.
Survey of Huron merchants shows heavy volume of trade Saturday with most proprietors needing extra clerks. Stores will begin closing earlier next Wednesday at 9 p.m. and will hire extra staff as the last minute rush starts.
Duke University will host the Rose Bowl match with Oregon State in Durham North Carolina at Duke University. Minneapolis cash grain reports show wheat receipts down and varying prices with several grades listed for No. 1 heavy northern and other categories along with oats barley rye and flax prices and bids.
New York stock market reopened with steel, aircraft, rails and armament specialties leading a mixed recovery. Fractions to eight points gains appeared for some leaders, while motors, rubbers andWaik ore ders lagged. Volume reached about 1,100,000 shares as advances dominated the board.
Chicago reports a six cent drop in soybeans unsettled the grain market and paused the cereal rally. Early session gains in rye and other grains faded as bean prices collapsed. soybean oil fell after fat and oil price ceilings were imposed. Wheat closed mixed with declines, oats fell then rose, rye moved mixed, and lard showed varied moves.
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A dense list of closing quotations across numerous companies and sectors features names such as AirReduc AlleghCorp IntTel Tel AmLoco BoeingAirpl Ohio Oil Borden Packard Pens. AmCan Chrysler Dupont EastAirL GenElec GenMotors Studebaker GimbelBros UnICarbide UniAir and UnitedCorp among others with varied percentage shifts. The compilation presents the day’s market mood by stock deltas and notable movers in a period-appropriate style.
Nine of sixty accused of conspiring against the Italian state were sentenced to death after a Trieste trial, with forty eight others given prison terms from three to twenty years and remaining defendants acquitted. The charges included plotting to blow bridges, sabotaging munition plants, conspiring with Yugoslav elements, and planning to assassinate Mussolini in 1938.
Charles Franklin Mead died at 7 15 p m Sunday at 302 East Sixth Street after a five year illness from a paralytic stroke. Funeral at River Funeral Home on Wednesday with Rev H E Jenkins officiating. Interment in Nigh Cemetery near Lamar. Born October 10 1882 in Comanche Texas. Married Della Brown October 9 1962 in Gainesville Texas. Lived in Huron 13 years, then Jasper and Wolsey, Palisade Minnesota. widow and five children survive. Methodist Church member.
The Huron Altrusa Club held its annual Christmas party in the Hotel Marvin Hughitt mezzanine dining room. A tree from the Black Hills stood as the centerpiece with gifts for the needy donated to the Salvation Army representative Mrs. O S Massey. The meeting discussed next year’s defense themed program and monthly dinner meetings.
In De Smet last week Jacomet vs Peterson from Oldham produced a jury verdict of 39.30 to the plaintiff on a note claimed 75.30 after board deductions. Costs of 21.96 were deductible, final recoveries totaling 17.40. Warrer and Eggen represented the plaintiff with C C Fritzel as counsel for the defendant before Judge F Fisher.
A hospital list from Huron area shows numerous admissions including Mrs Walter from Worm Stadt and Leo Arndt from Huron, with a mix of medical and surgical cases. Other entries include Fern Milan and Thelma Jones from Huron, plus Nat names from Alpena Manchester and Wolsey region.
New York dispatch says German wireless reports representatives of Germany and Japan met in Berlin for a conference described as tackling new tasks widening the war against Britain and the United States. Attending were German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop Italian Ambassador Dino Alfieri and Japanese Ambassador Oshima Hiroshi.
Mrs Sewell describes a luxury liner in dangerous waters toasting calm amid zigzagging course and a crew tightened precautions. Captain Berndtson warned no convoy no news of Hawaii, banning radios and deck smoking while passengers kept rumor notebooks and prepared to disembark in San Francisco.
Reports say Draja Mihailovic promoted to general for organizing Serb resistance as Greek government in exile notes 24 Axis divisions tied up in a growing pocket war in Greece. British gains southwest of Gazela reported as Rommel claws for a decisive clash before Axis retreats.
Beadle County residents may donate to the Red Cross War Fund drive in Huron begun today led by chairman Boyd M. Benson. Stations are set at three banks with more centers planned. the county quota is 34800 and funds support armed forces, civilian defense, and morale. Donations may be mailed to local coordinators or the Huron Red Cross Chapter.
Manila reports hundreds of American women and children moved to safer areas while newspapers cut pages and amusements close at night. Quezon issues anti hoarding order amid food price increases as internment avoidance raids net Japanese detainees and suspected bombs. Japanese radio continues propaganda urging surrender with little effect.
Postmaster E H Bruem mer announces a special mail box will be installed in the post office lobby for posting Christmas cards with 11 cent stamps to relieve the usual Christmas mailing congestion. In Germany bats are called fledermause meaning lying mice.
A mixed Omaha style classifieds fragment lists for rent front apartment and furnished rooms in California 52 California and 682 care Huronite near Virgil phone 2583. Also sale of a 1931 Ford V-8 and six volt console radio at 267 Third South. A Huron Rabbit Extermination Club meeting is announced for December 16 at Legion Hall in Strombergs Eupett. Breeding birds Brook turkey toms and Narragansetts offered seven miles south of Zell by Frank Minnick.
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