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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1943
Page
2
Market notes from Armour's Stockyard Buron South St Paul Watertown and Sioux City show hogs steady to 10 cents lower on Tuesday. Cattle mostly steady, lambs weak to 25 cents lower. quotes include Good cows to 12, calves near 14, hogs around 11 to 13. Dogs.
Hog prices opened slow with a large holdover seen for today as hogs ranged broadly. Cattle and calves showed a quiet, steady tone with Choice fed steers and yearlings up about 15 cents and other grades mostly steady or down slightly amid limited demand and a small supply. Sheep market remained unsettled with bids weak to steady and western lambs trading above 14.75 dollars for loaded good quality lots.
Hog receipts 2,500 with market unestablished. Cattle 1,200 steady to strong with diverse ranges: choice fed steers and yearlings 1425 to 151.75, heavy cattle 1425 to 151.75, fair to medium steers 1150 to 1250, fair to choice heifers 1000 to 1500, cows 850 to 1150, canners 600 to 825, bulls 800 to 1950, calves 800 to 1300, feeding stock 1000 to 1250, choice western grades 1125 to 1250, inferior 800 to 1000, trashy 750 to 950.
Cattle salable 4090 calves 50. Slaughter classes mostly shy. Fed steers and yearlings 19 to 18.25. Choice 1070 lb beeves 15.90. Medium to good cows 8.25 to 10.75. Hogs 12 000. 200 270 lb steady at 13.45. Sheep salable 44500, ash ing fully.
Huron and New York market notes show daily price ranges for butter fat eggs and poultry. New York receipts and prices for butter cheese eggs and dressed poultry are listed with current and special quotations across multiple weights.
Local entry lists Mitchell market prices for poultry and eggs. Hens over four pounds 20 cents, leghorn hens 18 cents, old roosters 15 cents, bi cocks 14 cents, leghorn cocks 19 cents, heavy springs 23 cents, leg horn spring 21 cents, number one young turkeys 30 cents, turkeys 26 cents, geese 17 cents, number one eggs.
Markets at a glance show inconsistent stocks and bonds with mixed rail results. Commodities slip with cotton and grains down while cattle and hog markets show uneven demand and higher price ranges. Top cattle prices reach 316.50 with strong fed steers and yearlings advancing. Eggs and butter move modestly higher in the day.
Watertown market reports varied poultry and egg prices with details for colored springs, leghorn springs, hens by weight, heavy breed and leghorn roosters, ducks and fowls, hennery eggs and standard egg numbers, butterfat grades, and other dairy values. Prices range from 12 to 37 cents for eggs and up to 55 cents for butterfat.
Sioux Falls price listing shows heavy hens four pounds and over at 21 cents, lighter hens 19 cents, leghorn hens 19 cents, heavy breed springs 24 cents, leghorn springs 24 cents, two pounds and over leghorn springs 20 cents, heavy cocks 15 cents, leghorn cocks 14 cents. Also numbers for poultry four cents less, turkeys and eggs with prices for number one and two, pullets at 21 cents, butterfat at 49 cents for number one and 7 cents for number two.
Wheat and rye futures fell more than two cents from prior close after a higher open as local houses and liquidations sold. Oats and barley also eased while demand concerns and rumors of lower prices for hard wheat weighed on the market. May wheat closed 1 1 4 points lower, May oats and barley fading alongside futures across the board.
The Huhomn grain market lists No. 1 dark northern wheat at 1.48 dollars per bushel, No. 2 dark northern at 1.45, and No. 3 dark northern at 1.44.
Minneapolis cash close shows mixed wheat quotes with No 1 heavy dark northern at around 162 to 163 and No 2 at 160 to 161 percent, Montana hard and red durum prices listed, trade basis largely unchanged for oats barley and rye with several numbered grades and percentages noted.
Chicago grain futures show a mixed session for wheat with Dec and May contracts posting varied highs and lows. The market displays modest shifts across Dec May and July positions as prices hover around mid 160s to low 170s with notable percentage changes amid fluctuating demand signals.
New York December 21 Financial markets moved into reverse after five sessions of gains. Stocks opened steady then weakened with scattered declines and uneven performance across sectors. Traders noted modest losses amid a choppy session as major indexes drifted lower.
The ailing Prime Minister Churchill shows gradual recovery from pneumonia at No 10 Downing Street. Doctors in the Middle East report his circulation remains satisfactory while he continues to receive newspapers flown from England.
Smoke filled the hall and stairs as flames swept the Royal Hotel in Beadle County destroying the 100 room structure and nearby businesses. Firemen tore down walls by mid afternoon and the Red Cross moved to assist displaced guests and workers.
Dr James Henry Kimball a 69 year old meteorologist who helped create early weather maps for transatlantic flying and aided Lindbergh and later transoceanic pilots died at his home. He served in the U S Weather Bureau since 1895 and headed the New York office starting in 1986 after a career across the United States and the West Indies. Dealings slackened with transfers about 700000 shares.
A dense OCR list shows closing quotations for numerous companies and brands including AlleghCorp JohnsMany AlChDye LockhdAir LowesInc AmAirlines Mack Truck AmiInternat Marsh Field AmTel Tel MariGiCo AmWcoilpf Miami Cop Anaconda Mont Ward Arm NatDairyFro Remtliorpt WYCentral AviaCorp NorAmAvia BendixAvia Ohio Oi Beth Steel Otis Elev Boeing Air ParamPic Briggs Mfg JCPenney Miz Sia PennRR Butler Bros PepaiCola CahumetHec PhelpDodge Celotex insPet CermDePas Proc&Gam Chrysler Pillsbury Colgat PalmP RadioCorp Com South Rep Motor ComWthEd Rep Steel CurtinW Curtiss Wirth StanaBrand StandOnCal Pougies J Sacoilind StandOiNT Baniodek Stew Warn Gen Foods Stone Web Gen Mills Tim RollB Gen Mstors Truax GNIroreCt Air Gtwe Greyhound Vasil Hormestake est Union remE Mig intHarv Woolworth IntTel Tel Tae YoungSHT
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau denounces the Senate finance bill as drafted, warning it opens the way to extortionate war profits and could trigger a national scandal. He criticizes renegotiation changes, urges real revenue and cautions on Social Security tax freezes impacting next year’s deficits.
The following pallbearers were named for the funeral of Mrs. Lela Brown who died Sunday: A. J. Lang, George G. Bell, Walter Brewer, Charles Kent, Robert Irving, and Oscar Haddorff of Minneapolis. The service is Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. at the Methodist Church with Dr. C. E. Wilcox officiating. burial in Riverside Cemetery. Mrs. Brown, a Huron College graduate, taught in Agar and at Huron High School and later worked in Swander's Baking Co. and A. J. Lang's offices. The article notes Brazil donating Amazon valley lands similar to historical U.S. western land giveaways.
L L Hoffman 436 Simmons Avenue Southeast died shortly after 1 PM Tuesday at a Huron hospital where he had been under treatment for 10 days. A retired engineer on the Chicago and North Western Railway, he is survived by his wife and a brother, F R Hoffman of Huron.
Hotel day clerk Leo Egan says 58 people were inside the Royal Hotel when a morning fire began. Owner Barbara Tams, off duty, and Don Burney were in the building. many guests were from Mitchell and nearby towns. By noon, Egan believed all guests were accounted for.
The body of William Foukas who died in Rochester Minnesota Saturday morning arrived in Huron. Funeral services will be held at one o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Grace Episcopal Church with the Rev Palakides of St Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Sioux City in charge. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. The casket will be opened for friends tonight between 7 and 830. Foukas formerly lived in Huron moved to Pierre about six years ago where he managed the Cozy Cafe. He has a wife son and daughter living in Pierre.
War Labor Board ends 24 hour suspension in Washington as presses resume after union wage talks faltered. Columbia Typographical Union denies strike while federal conciliator transfers dispute to WLB and vote to return to work succeeds 158 to 85. Also highlights Bolivian exiled leader Penaranda fleeing to Chile and hospital notices for several residents.
Washington reports two billion ration tokens to go into circulation February 27 replacing meat and processed food stamps. Tokens worth one point each will be given as change and match stamp values by color, with a two year token life and no expiry. Retailers receive token supplies February 22.
The Royal Hotel in Huron grew from an unfinished 1896 project tied to Pierre University into a functioning hostelry after owners bought the building for 15000 dollars and invested around 55000 to finish it. It carried the name Royal as a wartime tribute and later changed hands multiple times, with L. Holbrook, Gust Tams, and Mrs. Ba Tams guiding its era.
Practically new electric train set, ladies shoe skates size 7, hockey stick. Multiple items listed with contact numbers. Also mentions pingpong table and RCA console radio. Local ad fragment lists items for sale and phone references.
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