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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1934
Page
8
Armour yards report a steady hog market with top at 4.05 and receipts of 250. Cattle, calves, and sheep show varied consignments and prices across grades. Sioux City and regional bids indicate steady to firm trends in fat cattle, hogs, and lambs with limited demand for certain weights.
Chicago February hog market activity rose from yesterday with prices steady to 10 cents higher. Top hogs reached 4.99 while trade centered on 4 to 4.45 for most good hogs. Cattle values gained with yearlings to 7.35 and heavy steers to 6.25, while sheep trading was slower and prices for fat lambs hovered around 9.40 to 9.75.
South St. Paul and Sioux Falls reports show steady to slow trade across cattle hogs and sheep with mixed quality. Slaughter steers and yearlings mostly plain, cows steady to weak, bulls dull, stockers steady. hogs averaging steady to higher with top bids around 30 dollars. Chicago reports show hogs up to 10 higher, cattle and calves active with gains in fed steers and yearlings, strong demand for stockers and feeders, with varied prices across weight classes.
In Sisseton on February 1 a mob action led to an eviction on a foreclosed farm and the original owner being reinstated. Sixteen of the 17 men jailed remain jailed on bonds from 50 to 200 dollars as authorities plan civil injunctions against further disturbances. One man, Hans Grimsund, is at home recovering from influenza and may return to jail. Authorities report threats of violence from crowds surrounding the jail and courthouse, while governor's aide supports strict action if needed.
Miss Esther Mace announces the Campus Players cast for The Imaginary Invalid by Molere to be staged in March at Huron College. Tryouts completed Wednesday with parts awarded by trial performances. Cast list includes Regan, Berling, Beralde, Louison, Thomas Diafoirus, Purgon, Bounefoi, Fieurant, Angelique, Ceante, and Jasper Moulton in various roles. Only Campus Player members eligible to try out.
Washington announced Secretary Wallace filed a complaint against 10 meat packing companies for colluding to raise retail meat prices under the Packers and Stockyards Act. Named firms include Armour, Swift, Wilson, Cudahy, and John Morrell among others. hearings set for April 9 at the federal building in Jackson Mississippi. The note ends with an unrelated line about Florida’s State Agricultural College receiving monthly letters from farmers.
Belgian custom excludes women from the ceremonies as Queen Elizabeth and Princess Astrid remain secluded. Crown Prince Leopold and Prince Charles walk with the king’s coffin from the Brussels palace to the cathedral of St Gudule for a somber service. Veterans march past, ministers and diplomats attend, as the cortege proceeds to the final burial site with royal colors borne and a band playing a solemn march.
New York reports gold mining stocks cooled after the dollar returned to a modified gold bullion standard. Prices touched about two dollars a share for small investors, then retreated as gold fixed at $35 an ounce. Analysts note earnings trends depend on better prices and demand, with capacity already stretched in major mines.
Geo Manolis and others transfer to Chris Manolis and others in Huron a one third interest in Lot 28 Wrights Result of Lot 1 in Block 7 and first railroad addition. The consideration is one dollar.
A building housing an independent dairy was bombed last night causing estimated damage of 510,00 bricks were also hurled through windows of two independent milk shops slated to open Saturday. Alan Moore, a fifty year publisher of weekly papers in Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota, died at Cresbard South Dakota at age 78. He had published papers in Elna Swaledale Woden Liberty Interior Cresbard.
Huron observes George Washington birthday with flags and events. Public buildings closed. county relief offices open. A Masonic temple program features a radio talk by Yankton’s John H. Fonsberg. McKinley school pageant showcases colonial dances with about 150 children.
New Yorkers worked to dig out as a record blizzard paralyzed streets and railways while homes lost power. An Irishman chopped a tree for fuel after outages hit, and reporter Russell Owen described drifted conditions around his Connecticut home, noting the contrast to polar expeditions.
Minneapolis February 22 4 Appeals for drastic action by the government to speed up federal distribution of drought relief stock feed in Minnesota were telegraphed today to U S Senator Henrik Shipstead and Relief Administrator Harry L Hopkins by A T Forsberg state drought relief administrator Forsberg asserted cattle are dying of starvation in some counties
New York chemists reported three samples of Sam Thompson rye whisky contained a non-poisonous renaturant that made the liquor unfit to drink. The Alcoholic Beverage Control board ordered 48 cases seized.
Hospital notices list admittees and dismissals from Huron and Highmore. A Bolivian newspaper Ultima Hora reports the arrest on February 22 of Juan Valeri Valor, alleged leader of Paraguayan spy forces in the frontier area between Bolivia and Argentina.
The tenth annual banquet of the Huron P. T. A. was discussed at a Wednesday meeting at the high school. Dr. C. W. Pegsiag president of State College Brookings will be the principal speaker. The event is set for Thursday March 8 at 6 30 p m at the Congregational church. P T A chorus and other musicians will perform. Delegates from multiple schools attended the roll call including Senior high Lincoln Washington McKinley Jefferson and Wilson with counts ranging from four to eleven.
Basil Banghart testified as a defense witness for Roger Touhy and two others in the Factor kidnapping trial. He denied seeing co defendant Costner or involvement in the abduction, while Costner claimed Banghart was present near the Dells the night Factor was seized. Banghart, described as jobless, noted past prison time for auto theft and said he had known Touhy and the others but did not conspire with them.
Walter F. Brown told Senate investigators he acted within the law with presidential approval in a 1930 contract matter. Austin compared that Washington conference to a present administration meeting called by Howes to plan trimming payments under a funding cut. The panel examined Brown's stock and grain market dealings and used partner records to illustrate profits before the crash.
Bystrom of Fargo was named president of the North Dakota retail lumbermen's convention during the business meeting closing their fifth annual gathering in Fargo on February 22.
Paris reports a suspected secret band tied to the Stavisky pawnshop scandal and political upheavals. Judge Albert Prince was found murdered near Dijon with his belongings looted, suggesting an attempt to silence testimony in the Stavisky case and implying an occult, dangerous organization with national reach.
Des Moines reports the state senate approved a bill allowing towns to use federal PWA funds for utility plant construction. The measure, sent to the house, would amend existing law to authorize municipalities to issue revenue bonds to finance such projects in Town cities and towns.
Chinese bankers in Shanghai urged President Roosevelt to consider China in any American effort to rehabilitate silver. They argued that raising silver prices would be unfavorable to China and sought direct U.S. regard in the program.
James W. Woodruff aged 70, longtime Sioux Falls resident for 36 years, died at his Sawtelle, California home after illness. He once headed the Typographical Union local and served in the state legislature. He operated a job printing shop in Sawtelle. Survivors include his widow, a son and twin daughters.
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