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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1938
Page
2
Armour stock yards report steady hog prices with top near 1.50 and 30 head receipts. cattle calves and sheep held steady with ranges listed from common to prime. Bulls and heavier stockers showed activity, hogs up to 25 higher in Sioux Falls notes. sheep demand softening late Monday.
Daily market notes from Huron and Mitchell Sioux City Watertown Sioux Falls and Chicago list butter eggs poultry and hen prices. Leghorn springs ducks geese and roosters are priced with weights and pack specifics for Tuesday January 4 across several midwest markets.
Hog prices rose in Chicago with a 40 to 15 cent advance led by hogs weighing 230 pounds and up. Top hogs reached 8.45 per hundredweight as prices for cattle and lambs showed mixed movement. Sioux City sales on January 4 saw cattle steady to higher, hogs firm to higher, and sheep down with light demand.
Chicago livestock sales show varied results with hogs near steady to firm on tops of 8.45 while meats see 10 higher on select cuts. Calves around 11.50 for choice. yearlings near 10.00 and beef cows stronger to 15 higher. Sheep and lambs listing slower with softer bids. feeders weak.
Unstable grain trades show sharp gains as wheat prices rise in Chicago and major exchanges. Reports indicate strong early activity and a higher close, with markets reacting to international and domestic factors.
Minneapolis Minneapolis Jan 4 Wheat No 1 heavy dark northern spring 1.27 a range with other grades up to 1.20 No 1 dark northern 1.00 to 1.19 Oats No 2 white 29 Barley No 3 malting 30 No 1 hard Montana 4 Com No 5 17 0 Flow No 12 1816 Chicago futures range Prices with mixed gains and losses across wheat oats and barley while cash quotes show No 1 heavy dark northern 1.11 to 1.19 and No 1 dark northern around 1.00 to 1.19 for nearby contracts Duluth and Duluth futures show durum and other grain prices at varying levels with several No 1 hard amber durum and No 5 durum values noted. Various other grain items and commodity quotes appear throughout the report.
A joint congressional committee reported agreement on two points as they blend separate farm measures into a single term bill. They plan to give farmers control over electing local county committees to govern the ever normal granary program. They also considered altering the dairy live stock amendment, a change debated amid dairy and livestock region interests, potentially triggering a fight on the conference report.
J B McAllister was elected chairman of Bendie County commission at the January 1 reorganization session. The board, including John T Lewin and Acthac Miller as Republicans and W C Denison Jr as the sole Democrat, reappointed the county staff for 1998 and planned major appointments such as county physician and highway engineer later in the session.
Five crash victims remain in Faulkton and Huron hospitals after a New Year’s Eve highway crash seven miles south of Faulkton. Vivian Norfolk, 21, of Huron, shows improvement with no infection and rest after severe injuries and possible amputation avoidance. Other patients Milton Stocks and Loren Johnston suffer abdominal and rib injuries, Mrs Johnston dislocated eye and bruises, while Earl Ramsell and Eden Roth escaped with minor injuries.
In New York on January 4 stocks rose 1 to 6 points amid prominent armament concerns. Market activity was uneven with frequent ticker pauses. aircraft, copper, electric equipment, and motors led gains while rails and utilities advanced more slowly. Tobacco showed strength and bond quotes closed mixed, led by Treasury notes and Federal Farm Mortgage issues.
Georgetown reports the Waldeck expedition stranded on a rock in the upper Cuyuns River about 150 miles away while hunting for American aviator Paul Redfern who vanished in 1927. The party lacks food after months in the jungle as hopes fade. Redfern was declared legally dead yesterday in Detroit following his wife Gertrude Redfern’s petition.
Hollywood January reports say James Cagney ended his feud with Warner Brothers when the San Francisco court reversed a Los Angeles ruling canceling his contract. Negotiations for a new deal are expected, with unofficial word of over 100000 dollars per picture. Warner executives welcomed him back as Cagney vowed to focus on making good pictures.
Industrial leaders and lawmakers reacted with cautious optimism and mixed critique to President Roosevelt's speech. Colby M. Chester praised improved business government ties, while Senator Copeland urged stronger assurances of cooperation. Senators Vandenberg and O’Mahoney also urged pro growth steps, with others labeling the message a cooperative plea. Meanwhile Southern legislators refrained on wage hour debates as budgets loom and farm conferees begin crop and housing talks.
Siou x Falls report states 1937 fall pig crop near 259000 head, lifting the 1937 total to about 1217000 head. Statistician Evan V Jones notes 44000 sows farrowed with 97 pigs saved per litter on average. 1937 spring and fall combined fall short of 3765000 head in 1996 but exceeds 1985 figures.
Industry watchers expect lamb shipments from Doody Brothers Belle Fourche and Doody Brothers to arrive in about a week, with further loads to follow through winter. In Belle Fourche area, 50 000 to 70 000 lambs were on feed last year. Huron plant officials anticipate about a 20 percent rise in cate slaughters in 1938 and a proportional hog kill increase, supported by early winter figures. Strong pig prospects hinge on a large sow and gilt herd carried into spring.
Japanese forces push toward Suchow as a vital junction linking Peiping Tientsin and Nanking Shanghai railways. Tokyo claims air strikes on central China to crush China’s reorganized air force, while heavy fighting yields Chinese casualties and contested Hangzhou reports. Foreign observers doubt Chinese claims of Hangzhou recapture as vigilance groups guard Tsingtao against pirate threats amid ongoing Shanghai tensions.
The Rev. Father Joseph Schell pastor of St Marys Church in Aberdeen died in a local hospital this morning from pneumonia following an operation days earlier. He served as pastor for 30 years as mourners from two Catholic parishes observed four days of prayer starting New Years Day.
John A. Sloan, president of Bossy Corporation of America, is named top race promoter by the Motor Contest Association governing body. Sloan, son of the late J. Alex Sloan, has directed auto programs across states from Massachusetts to Florida, including the Minnesota State Fair and a Labor Day dirt track event. The 1937 honors include championships and awards to Gus Schrader of Cedar Rapids, recognizing Sloan’s influence in racing circuits and fair attendance records.
Constance Bennett, actress, files a 250 009 dollar damage suit in Los Angeles charging Janie Fidler, radio commentator, defamed her in a December broadcast. Bennett says Fidler made disparaging remarks about her and linked her to Miss Kelly and Beret comedienne in a publicity stunt. Other defendants include National Broadcasting Company and Gamble Manufactured Cooney.
Alabama voters chose among J. Thomas Heflin Charles W. Williams and former Senator J. Thomas Heflin for the U S Senate seat to replace Justice Huro L Navi with the term ending January 1933. Heflin faced illness but was reported improving and Mrs Dixie Graves backed the winner.
The city advances its airport project with 32 acres valued at 12 040 dollars and 18 000 from airport bonds. A WPA development plan will be submitted to state and federal officials, aiming for approval within six weeks and a hoped April 1 operation date for the Wyoming route.
A Maine farmer Harald C. Rogers claims a colossal egg found in his hencoop weighs between three and five yolks and measures nine by twelve inches in circumference. He cannot confirm which of his about 300 hens laid it and will not break it open.
Fragmentary notice from the State emergencies section at Norshell's Cafe Highmore requests a missing person urgently. The garbled text indicates a Wednesday deadline and a Red Owl M. t. reference, but key details are unreadable.
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