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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1939
Page
2
Hog prices ease 10 to 25 cents with light weights down 10 to 15 cents and heavyweights off 15 to 25 cents. top hog price 7.10. Cattle show weakness with varying steers and yearlings values. receipts around 1,000 at Armour Stock Yards and 5,000 at Falls, with bids mixed and demand softening for midsize cattle and heifers.
Livestock market report from St Paul notes totals for cattle 4500 head with slower early week, hogs 14000 with moderate activity and prices mostly 10 to 15 lower, calves 2500 weak, sheep 9000 with killers lower on lamb and ewe prices, early asks around 8.50 to 8.75 for lambs and higher for good stock.
A New Year buying movement in the wheat pit pushed prices up nearly two cents to the highest level in five months. Wheat traded above 70 cents a bushel for the first time since early August, with the day’s rise the sharpest for a session since the September scare. Moderate buying and spot short covering aided the advance, and futures closed higher with May and July supplies showing gains while corn and oats also moved up.
The New York and Midwest markets opened with a broad selling wave and downward tilt as selling pressure pressed many jet and metal stocks. Early losses eased by close with mixed results as transfers hovered around 1,100,000 shares and several firms posted modest gains despite the overall downturn.
New York stocks show irregular trading with profit selling hitting aircrafts. In Chicago wheat rises on dry weather while corn and oats dip. hogs mostly down. Sioux Falls reports poultry and egg prices with butterfat and butter figures for No 1 and No 2 eggs and related dairy products.
Pierre dispatch quotes Governor Harlan Bushfield urging government to destroy pessimism and provide welfare, insisting proposals must serve the whole people. He warns against overspending and expansion in agencies and buildings and calls finances to support future prosperity. Prices for corn oats and other grains are listed following the remarks.
Hog prices fell up to 25 cents with 160 to 200 pound hogs around 7.50 to 7.70 and heavier weights weaker. Cattle and calves showed broad declines with short-fed steers 11.00 down to 8.50, cows 10 to 15 lower, vealers 9.00 to 10.00, and sheep market weak with fat lambs 8.74 to 9.00 on good to choice grades.
Cleveland dispatch reports Russell Nuckels, 25, captured after a struggle, claiming Frank Haines of Chicago led escaped inmates from Lira state hospital in plans for a spree of big-time crimes. Nuckels described Haines intending to kill his wife and cops in Chicago before a nationwide robbery run, with other fugitives to join.
President Roosevelt polished the draft of his address to Congress to be delivered at about 12 noon Washington time. He will broadcast the message nationwide and plans to avoid announcing major appointments before Thursday as he shifts focus to budget and legislative items. John L. Lewis is among visitors today at the White House amid talks on nominations for confirmation.
William Lewis, a New York park department laborer, will not permit amputation of his five year old daughter Dorothy's right arm despite doctors saying surgery could give a slim chance to live. He seeks alternative treatments as physicians warn the sarcoma may prove fatal within a year.
Elks meet in club room at 11 45 p m Wednesday to attend funeral services for Brother John A Sruce at Episcopal Church at 2 p m Elks will conduct rites at the cemetery. Hospital notices list admits and dismissals from Huron Cal Four Willow Lake Doland Letcher Carthage Wolsey Alpena and others with multiple names in medical and surgical care and transfers. Speed recovery with Walker’s flowers.
Clifford Lee aged 16 died last night from streptococic sepsis after about a week of illness in Karen hospital. He was born January 13, 1922 and is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Melvin Lee and four brothers and a sister. Funeral services will be at Walsh's Chapel at 3 PM Wednesday with Rev Sender Tollefson officiating and burial in Riverside Cemetery.
Governor Bushfield and legislative leaders outlined a sharp budget plan to cut state spending, merge agencies, and trim operating costs. Proposals include a 20 percent cut across departments and elimination of the two mill property levy, alongside a call for targeted aid programs and a tax on ability to pay.
Post election analysis highlights renewed attention to farm law and labor relations as Democrats and Republicans clash over New Deal programs. Roosevelt’s address and possible WPA funding shifts loom, with Senate inquiries into Hopkins and Murphy fueling anticipated contention in Congress.
Mixed old notices include a modern unfurnished World Building apartment for couple with phone 4581 a Young Woman seeking housekeeping with Mrs Frances Horton at Cavour SD a modern three room cottage near George H Costain priced at 20 dollars a Montana five room newly decorated cottage at 1028 Montana priced 15.90 monthly furnished rooms Ohio Ninth with phone 3517 a registered Domino bred bull a yearling and a gun wanting work for room and board with phone 8005.
At a reorganization meeting in South Dakota the Planning Board elected Sidmar Roberts to succeed Ronald Mitchell who resigned due to health. A M Eberts was named and elected vice chairman, Collins was re elected secretary, with W T He of Rapid City and J Ho Shan of Bridgewater joining as new members. Biennial reports and recommendations to the state legislature were on the agenda.
The speech recalls pioneers facing hardship and urges destroying pessimism while aiding those in need. The speaker, humble and guided by faith, calls for a government that respects liberty, supports industry, and restores national standing amid stress and economic woes.
A South Dakota political text urges cutting government growth and scrutinizing new funding. critics say the party platform calls for economical governance and restraint on state expenditures. The piece emphasizes living within means and deferring nonessential projects to protect finances. It notes no New Year’s Day babies in Huron for 1939.
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