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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1944
Page
2
Market notes show hog prices flat at Armour and a steady cattle and sheep trend in Chicago Watertown St Paul and Sioux City reports. Hogs near $13.50 to $14.00 for top weights, sows steady, cattle mixed with fed steers around $12.75 to $16.90, sheep firm with lambs $14.50 to $16.75.
Huron market reports price ranges by telephone between 10 and noon. Sioux Falls hogs 2,500 head steady to 25 higher, top 18.20, cattle 1,200 strong with bulls 9.50 to 11.50, sheep 4,500 steady to 25 higher, lamb chairs 15.50 to 16.25. New York and Chicago wholesale figures show mixed butter, cheese, eggs, and poultry activity with prices largely unchanged.
Watertown reports mixed farm product quotes with colored springs at 13, leghorn springs 15, stags 18, hens over four and a half pounds 21, hens under four and a half pounds 18, leghorn hens 18, heavy breed roosters 14, leg horn roosters 12, ducks 18, geese 17, hennery eggs 33, eggs No 160, butterfat No 2 48.
Minneapolis reports cash close figures for February including wheat varieties at 1.63 to 1.74 and winter wheat at 1.64 to 1.67, corn No 3 yellow at 1.09 to 1.14, oats No 3 white at 78 to 79, barley around 1.07 to 1.38, rye No 2 at 1.21 to 1.24, and flax No 1 at 3.05 with trading basis unchanged.
Market notes from CHICAGO show feed barley and wheat quotes with various grades and futures. Prices listed for Wheat No 1 dark northern No 2 dark northern No 3 dark northern in Chicago futures with May and Sept figures and closing quotations across a wide range of industrial and consumer stocks and commodities for the session.
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox said Britain has embargoed shipping through the Bay of Biscay, a major step toward halting supply movement to Germany. He compared it to U S efforts to stop blockade runners from Japanese ports, stating it will minimize and eventually end transport of goods to Germany via France.
The Senate approved a bill amending the permanent corrupt practices law to ban financial contributions from labor or management groups toward elections of federal officials and to prohibit receipts by candidates or political committees. The measure passed without debate and moves to the House.
FIRESLONE Minn Feb 15 One person suffocated as a major blaze destroyed the Calumet Hotel Pipestone the leading hostelry. The victim was C E Hershberger 53 of Rockford Illinois carried from a third story room but died soon after from smoke effects. About forty registered guests escaped unharmed as the fire started shortly before 10 p m last night.
Paul Robeson, renowned Negro singer and actor, named winner of the American Academy of Arts and Letters 1944 good diction medal. Other recipients include Walter Hampden, George Arliss, Lawrence Tibbett, and Lynn Fontanne. medal to be presented at the academy’s annual ceremony in New York.
Sioux Falls on February 15 saw hog prices break the government floor for the first time, rising 25 to 80 cents to a top of 13.50. Strong shipper orders fueled the surge, lifting the top from 13.20 set since November. Heavier hogs moved about 12.00, down from 11.75, with lighter hogs near 11.25.
Western governors and congressmen from eight states unite to drop a nine foot Missouri River channel from HR 3961 and add language protecting upstream irrigation and domestic uses. They urge safeguards to ensure water for agriculture and industry while flood control plans proceed, with Roosevelt cautions and calls for basin wide development.
In New York a talk by Dr. George Wilfred Hartmann of Peace Now was canceled by church trustees after they cited definite threats to disrupt the gathering. Hartmann, education psychology professor, linked the threats to the Communist party.
Sioux Falls report: 57 gallons of chocolate cup syrup seized by U S Marshal G W Robertson at a Watertown store. Federal libel action claimed the product, shipped to the store, was adulterated and manufactured by Lifers Extract Company of Iola Kansas.
War Minister Sir James Grigg said he was unaware of any order to the AST for forbidding them to address American Negro troops except in the presence of whites. He offered to investigate after a Labourite member said he would send a copy of the order. At hospitals, admissions and dismissals are listed, followed by a note of Kenneth Stevens visiting Huron before returning to Farragut, Idaho, with his mother.
Mrs. V R Deyo chairs a fundraiser in Beadle County with Back Home Service Club selling honor roll booklets Friday and Saturday after last weekend's cold weather kept people away. About 100 books were sold. organizers seek more volunteers to boost sales and fund additions to the honor roll.
Senator Harlan J. Bushfield denounced the administration subsid y program as propaganda and warned it would fuel inflation and lead to regimentation. He spoke on WAAT arguing the President could curb inflation without subsidies and that abolishing subsidies would not cause inflation.
Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennaults United States 14th Air Force pilots conducted operations over French Indo China, sinking or damaging 22 000 tons of Japanese shipping including a 10 400 ton transport. They intercepted 25 enemy fighters on Feb 12 while protecting two American bases, shooting down seven, probably destroyed seven more, and damaging one. Two Allied craft were lost but crew saved.
Sioux Falls local 718 of the National Federation of Post Office Clerks filed in the secretary of state office a 1943 financial report showing dues of 336 dollars, expenses 337 dollars, and other income 11 dollars. The 1943 statute requiring unions to file annual financial statements is under litigation in Minnesota County circuit court with a hearing on a show cause order set for tomorrow.
Charles R. Spencer, a Hyde County pioneer born June 14, 1856 in Indianola, Iowa, died at his Highmore home Monday morning. Funeral arrangements are incomplete, pending relatives' arrival.
Mrs. Louisa Maynard died after a three week illness at her Orient home. Funeral services were held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Methodist Church with burial in the cemetery south of Orient.
W P Noble formerly of Wayland died February 13 at a Yankton hospital after months of treatment. Aged about 75, he was a community pioneer and farmer who also ran the Bank of Wayland from 1915 to 1928. Survived by his wife Alice, two sons, one daughter and several grandchildren, he was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Wessington. Funeral services planned in Yankton. Attending the gold wedding anniversary in Wayland were Mr and Mrs Carl Otto of Los Angeles and Mrs Charles Winders of Santa Ana, with Mr and Mrs Fred Brown of Los Angeles.
Pierre February 15 Nominating petitions for twelve uninstructed delegates and twelve alternates to the Republican national convention in Chicago on June 26 were mailed from the office of Glenn W. Martens, state chairman. The May 2 primary will vote the slate. Delegates and alternates listed declare preference for president. Names include C. A. Christopherson Lin Falls Walter H. Burke Pierre A Boland Rapid City Mrs Fresconi Winner H G Re Parkston Luther Johnson Roland J Lloyd Yankton L W Robi Mitchell Martha Garwood Aberdeen O J Fett Timber Lake Hold Black Deadwood Andrew S Bogue Parke Mrs Harry T Dory Way R W Hitchcock Rapid City American Horse Kyle B L Rosholt Harold L Shervald and E E Walseih Lake. First district alternates D Sutherland Sioux Falls E Bane Brookings Named second district T Wilson Pierre W Buffalo.
Navy Officer Chief Z. L. Omaha will address the Huron Elks program marking the 70th anniversary of the Elks founding. The event includes initiation of candidates, entertainment acts by Ardelle Bradley Gearte Royale and The Great Roy, plus Joe Silva Evelyn Bortnichk and the Huron Elks male chorus.
Breckinridge Minnesota report says John W. Siioren a 2b of beka Minn pleaded guilty to forgery and was sentenced to five years in St. Cloud reform school. A woman named 25 Cole 33 of Sioux Falls was held here with Siioronen and later handed to Watertown authorities for questioning in charges there.
Mrs Shad Major hosted the Delta Delta Club at her Wayland home last week. Two tables played with Ca. awarded for high scores to Mrs Carl Ravenscroft and Martin Wood. Hostess provided refreshments during the games. Mrs Guire will host next.
We express our deep appreciation for the many kind deeds and offerings during the illness and death of our loved one. Special thanks to friends neighbors Elks Lodge T. Ladies Rev C E Wilcos pianist and the parish family Everett J Thurston and numerous listed couples.
A jumbled classifed notice sheet lists moves from Lampe Buile to Samaritan Hospital and former Costain apartments, plus wants and sales. Entries include WANTED harvest workers, two room apartments for rent with specifics, sale items like a 42 inch sini board, bed and wardrobe items, and a police/unclear reward notice for a missing dog. Some lines mention two ladies seeking two or three rooming options and a request for stenographers.
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