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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1938
Page
2
Swine prices dropped 20 to 24 cents with top around 7.60 at Armour Stock Yards, receipts mixed. Cattle and sheep were steady to higher, fat lambs off 15 to 25, and cattle showing mixed gains as demand remained firm across Sioux City and Chicago markets.
Sioux Falls poultry and produce prices listed for December 20 with heavy hens, Leghorn hens, springs, and stags by weight. eggs No 1 and No 2. butterfat and butter prices. Mitchell and other local markets show hens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and butterfat figures with varying weights and bids.
Cattle trade noted for Tuesday with subdued activity in South St Paul and mixed results across weights. Steers bring 7.50 to 9.00, heifers 6.00 to 6.50, bulls around 6.00, calves about 2.50, and sows around 6.40 to 7.35. market described as uneven with some declines on heavier weights and steady to slightly lower on others. sheep quoted around 7.50 with no early action and steady tone overall. In Sioux Falls, cattle demand remained active but quotations unchanged, with butchers around 6.40 and sows 6.00 to 6.25, reflecting a generally steady to weak trend across categories.
Local produce listing shows poultry weights and prices for Sioux City and Watertown. Entries include hens of various weights, Leghorn birds, cocks, ducks and geese, No. 1 and No. 2 eggs, brown flats, creamery butter and butterfat levels with regional price quotes.
Chicago reports indicate snowfalls may aid winter wheat crops, pushing wheat futures lower while corn and oats shift modestly. In Minneapolis and New York markets, grain and butter prices show mixed movements, with No. 1 dark northern wheat quoted around 72 cents, while butter and cheese prices hold near prior levels.
Onn December rallyed modestly across many issues amid unclear data. Names and numbers appear garbled, with references to Northwest Bank Minneapolis Bank Ford and general bank stocks. overall tone notes a mixed performance and modest gains on the day.
Markets at a glance show mixed activity with bonds uneven and rails shifting little. Foreign exchange erratic as sterling slips. Coffee improved with trade buying. Wheat lower from snow south, corn firm on Argentine conditions. Cattle strong to 25 higher, hogs lower. New Orleans buying noted amid liquidation activity.
Germany signals readiness to aid Jewish emigration with a Berlin office, using part of a 400 million mark fine to help poorer Jews leave. Goering and Hitler reportedly favor a two year program, with foreign governments or Jewish communities arranging currency conversion and an international loan to finance departures.
Fifteen Standard Oil salesmen from across the state attend a four day tractor clinic in Huron to learn tractor mechanics, spot faults, and improve operational economy. Directors include W Westmiller, B I Farr, J W Van Cleave, George Parks, and L R Hobart with co sponsors from International Harvesters, John Deere, Allis-Chalmers, and Minneapolis-Moline.
Salvation Army appeals for more contributions as heavy winter relief demand strains kettle drives. Captain Read cites exceptionally light kettles delaying holiday cheer program amid need in Huron. City schools join in by filling stockings with food for baskets to be distributed this week.
Puron debaters on both sides won three free debates at Redfield yesterday afternoon on the topic that the United States should form an alliance with Great Britain. Huron affiliates Blake and Conner defeated Redfield. Brady judged Aberdeen affirmatives. Pappas and Lenzner defeated by Querman. Reuter accompanied the Huron team.
Funeral services were conducted this afternoon for Kathleen Fern Hofer age 18 daughter of Mr and Mrs Peter Hofer of 666 Nevada Ave Southwest. She died at home at 2 a.m. Burial followed in Hofer Cemetery near Bloomfield.
The jury charged a conspiracy to restrain trade formed through meetings of local medical society officials. On November 3, 1937 the society adopted a resolution directing its hospital committee to block group health organizations from hospital care for patients of physicians employed by the society. The resolution claimed no direct control over hospital policies except via society members on hospital staffs.
Nine directors have been subpoenaed to testify before the state attorney general's investigating committee. Dietrich Musica was fired as assistant vice president and assistant treasurer as the full board met at the company office. Charles F Michaels resigns as trustee to avoid conflicts while William J Wardall announces his appointment as chief executive assistant in charge of operations amid reorganization.
The obituary traces Castle family mobility from Pearl Creek to Kansas by wagon, train travels, and settlement patterns. It outlines a machinist apprenticeship in 1900, later work in Missouri Pacific shops, Topeka, and Huron, with a long tenure at C and N Railroad shops until death. Surviving relatives include widow, parents Louis Cartier and his wife, and several children residing at 651 First Street Southeast.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars post 1776 closed its year with a Christmas program led by District Commander Orville J. Cronk. Commander J. Garrity reported strong attendance. The program featured multiple musical numbers including piano, trumpet, violin, cello solos, readings, dance acts, and a short story. Santa Claus distributed candy and fruit to attendees.
Fair tonight with unsettled Wednesday bringing snow and warmer conditions. Sunrise 8 04 a m. sunset 4 57 p m. Temperatures show high around 65 and low near 5 with record extremes noted. Precipitation totals for month and year are 16 and 19.99 respectively, with normals 35 and 20 43.
Fair conditions with increasing cloudiness across the region. Snow likely in the southwest tonight with rising temperatures for western areas. Minnesota sees colder conditions east and north with clouding and warming later. Iowa should be fair and colder in central and east areas with a warmup and possible snow in the extreme west.
In London Prime Minister Chamberlain confronts complaints of incompetence in defense ministries as three youthful ministers push for a cabinet shakeup. War Minister Hore-Belisha and Sir Thomas Inskip are among those under fire. In Paris General Denikin accuses White Russians aiding Hitler against the Soviet Union. In Rangoon 100 students injured during police charges at sitdown protests against British imperialism in Burma. Bitter weather hinders offensives in Surgent and Spain. In China Japanese officers unveil a five year plan to pacify north China and blunt guerrilla resistance.
ABERDEEN December 20 Charles H. Jacquot 78 pioneer drug salesman long known across South Dakota died Thursday morning in an Aberdeen hospital and was buried yesterday. Funeral at Huebl Chapel with Rev A Le Curtis and Rev R C Keagy officiating. Burial Riverside Cemetery. Born Hortonville Wisconsin August 16 1867 he graduated Lawrence University and came to Aberdeen in 1928. Survived by wife four daughters three sons two sisters ten grandchildren and many friends.
In Los Angeles on December 20 the defense portrayed Martin Snyder known as The Gimp as an innocent victim of circumstances after a shooting that left 30-year-old pianist Myrl Alderman dead. Snyder faced charges of attempted murder kidnapping and violation of the state gun law as defense attorney Jerry Giesler argued he acted to protect his own life.
The debate on extending old age insurance to farm and domestic workers drew sharp remarks from Rep. Knutson Minnesota Republican who warned that the administration seeks to draw in everyone from Henry Ford to Rosie O Grady and to outpace Townsend forces.
In hospital notices Donna Datri Huron admitted for surgery Carrie Dickson Hitchcock medical M K Woicr Yale medical W J Ashby Wolsey medical Dismissals include Carl Webber Virgil Carrie Dickson Hitchcock Mrs John Hubbard and baby con Baron Don Sears Huron Phyllis Taylor Woonsocket Speed recovery with Walkers flowers Lost pen Schactfor black and green Return to Verna Triplett Lost Brown Springer Spaniel 3 months old reward phone 6324 House for rent 234 Utah SE Modern furnished Samuel Birks Will pay cash for portable platform scales Also No B cleaner cleaning mill RB AGL Huron SD
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