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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1936
Page
2
ARBOUR STOCK YARDS HURON reports a steady hog and cattle market with mixed receipts. Cattle varied from dry steers to heifers with prices ranging from 3.10 to 7.00 while hogs showed gains up to 9.25, and sheep and calves indicated robust demand amid fluctuating cuts and weights.
New York markets close with domestic Canadian and European trade halted. Hog prices slip slightly, while cattle trend higher on killing quality. Best steers around 15 dollars, bulk down to 12 50 to 13, hogs 0 to 3 cents lower, fat lambs up about two to three dollars, overall year comparison shows higher hogs by about 42 per hundredweight with recent tops near 2.59. The recent pack at 119 reports a top slightly below this figure. lambs and other meats show modest gains over last year.
Minneapolis grain markets show wheat futures finishing notably higher with May posting around 1% gains and nearby contracts up about 1 cent. Coarse grains followed, cash demand firm for winter wheat and rye, with mixed futures directions and light cash receipts noted.
Furnished by Bollés Rogers and Fluron's Hide and Meat Co. Huron SD no 1 cured hides under 43 lbs and over 45 lbs. No 1 cured hides Korea cured. Large hides priced 125 to 800. Tallow No 1 Sheeplts. Sioux City Produce. Tuesday. Various poultry prices for hens, leghorns, springs, stags, cocks, geese, turkeys. Eggs and butter prices listed.
Sioux Falls markets list poultry and eggs with prices for heavy hens, leghorn springs, and pullets. Chicago reports butter firmness, rising butter futures, and steady poultry. Chicago potatoes and eggs also noted along with New York egg and butter values. Minneapolis flour and shipments recorded.
New York December market shows increased demand for Aircarts oils and specialties with gains around four points for Selective issues. Boeing Wright Wright Aircraft among strong gainers as air industry firms lift the market. about 2,200,000 shares traded. closing quotes list several names including Alaska Juneau and Alleghany.
A would be groom demanded his license fee back when the betrothal collapsed and the girl changed her mind. Judge Kennedy ruled that no refund was due but allowed a name change without charge if a new bride is found. Later the man returned with another woman and the judge ordered the proper substitution of names on the license.
Kansas City officials pursue Alvin Karpis after a tip links him to Homer Slim Fanning. Fanning, arrested with a stolen car, claims Karpis was his partner and that they traveled together for months. G men press the search as a cabin camp owner offers a photo and description resembling Karpis.
Richard Hauptmann, convicted of kidnapping and the Lindbergh baby murder, declined any confession and faces a death sentence scheduled for the week of January 13. A clemency appeal will be reviewed next week by the court of pardons. Reports of a partial confession were denied in a discussion with his wife Anna who quoted him saying I have nothing to confess. The text also includes stock market notes and currency exchange figures.
Waukegan Illinois January 1 Justice of the Peace Henry F Wallenwein lake county marriage deputy offered to wed free in 1931 if the bride makes the marriage proposal in true leap year fashion. He recalled that whenWallenwein made the offer in 1932, 29 couples took advantage of it.
In Washington January an unnamed third party candidate backed by the Liberty League could split New York votes and threaten Roosevelt’s re election. Senator Lewis of Illinois says some Democrats wary of Roosevelt favor a New York independent. Alfred E. Smith, a longtime New Deal critic, may address the league on January 25. Touett Shouse, league president, declines to discuss campaign plans.
Washington dispatch reports New Deal measures take force at start of the year. Unemployment insurance terms under the Social Security Act begin taxable, tax schedules rise, and corporate income taxes are graduated. Laws bar suits against the government for gold clause breaches in federal contracts. Trade pacts with Canada Brazil and the Badge-Tardieu accord with France take effect as well.
Jan 1 Denver the so called angel of mercy Farice King once life sentence in the Colorado penitentiary was released and married her childhood sweetheart Earl McBurney a retired farmer. The couple grew up in La Cynge Kan and were inmates at the Deleon facility. King had been convicted of the murder of Denver policeman J C Bobzine Ioane. At her trial it was disclosed she was 'fancy her once and that they had quarreled.
A scientist, Dr. David Caney of the University of Kansas, at a conference predicts a future where masculinity fades in many species. He cites observed shifts in care of young and size dynamics, noting some mammals and certain territes show male decline while females dominate. The talk references the possible twilight of human masculinity and cautions these are evolutionary hints rather than determinate outcomes.
Ohio Republican strife centers on Borah candidacy while GOP leaders seek to avoid preprimary fights. Mayor-Elect James Seccombe bars Rep. Hamilton Fish from speaking at McKinley Day banquet amid Borah support. Fish denounces intolerance as Borah allies work with the state committee to maintain unity. Ed D. Schorr notes Borah friends cooperate with central committee.
The 28 mile east Coachella bore of the Colorado river aqueduct approaches completion after three years of tunneling under the San Bernardino range. Two crews of workers advance toward each other with final rock removal totaling only a few feet. The project will transport 1.9 million gallons of water daily to Southern California and is set for a coast-to-coast radio broadcast ceremony.
Olef Hanson, a Sioux Falls hardware dealer, left one of the county’s shortest wills on December 7. The 19 word document grants to his wife Sophia all he possessed. The estate is valued at about 3000. Also noted are statistics showing Oregon vehicle registrations rising 13 percent from November 1904 to November 1935.
Bitter recriminations surged as Italy and Ethiopia traded protests at the League of Nations over a bombardment on the Somaliland front. Haile Selassie asserted Italian gas use and Swedish Red Cross desecration, while Rome defended war methods and blamed Ethiopian troop concentrations, with counts of casualties uncertain and both sides asserting justification.
Crime activity shows a lull with only 19 circuit court indictments in the past year. Four burglaries affected ten people, and three grand jury complaints involved five individuals. Accusations include car theft without consent, contributing to a minor's delinquency, drugs and liquor offenses, child desertion, second degree murder, reckless driving, forgery, and obtaining money under false pretenses.
Washington senator Costigan urged a constitutional amendment to grant federal power over production and working conditions. He tied the need to new deal laws to Supreme Court cases, saying only an amendment could let the government handle changing economic conditions. He noted AAA and TVA sanity depends on ruling legitimacy and warned of an irresistible demand for an enabling amendment. Gasoline use in early 1935 rose sharply compared with 1934.
Lost dog notice for a white female fox terrier with black markings named Tiny. Reward offered by Greta. Contact phone 4ug for information or recovery.
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