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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1942
Page
2
Heavyweight hogs drop 15 to 20 cents with top price held at 10.75 dollars as Jong-naul hogs remain well conditioned. Cattle trade steady to weak with steer and yearling classes uneven into the day. Hogs sold 11,000 head while sheep buyers held firm on good fed wool lambs above 12.49.
Daily price ranges from Huron to Sioux City and Sioux Falls markets. Poultry eggs butterfat and livestock values listed with weights and grades across Sioux City Sioux Falls Watertown Mitchell and New York Chicago markets.
Chicago January 9 report shows hog prices dropping five to ten cents as 5000 extra head hit the stockyards. Lambs fall 10 to 25 cents, cattle and calves sluggish but steady for common grades. Good to choice fat natives and westerns around 12.25 to 12.65 for lambs, steers around 9.50 to 10.00 for medium goods.
St Paul livestock sale shows cattle steady to mixed with steers and yearlings holding, cows active and strong, bulls firm. Hog prices slow with lighter weights at around 10.50, sheep trading late with slaughter lambs steady to lower and natives and lambs around 12.00 to 25.00.
Bloux Fells livestock report from Sioux Falls dated January 9 shows Hoss 3,500 head with most cattle around 15 lower, top 49.00, bulk 10.30 to 11.00, butchers 10.25 to 11.00, sows 9.60 to 9.90. Cattle 300 steady, bulls 5.00 to 30.00, feeding calves and yearlings 9.00 to 10.50, choice western feeders 20.00 to 11.00.
Markets at a glance show irregularity in stocks with rail gains and higher bonds. Cotton and hog prices rise while hog receipts exceed estimates. cattle and poultry markets show varied but steady trends across regions and classifications.
In Boston a light wool market session saw firm asking prices and limited sales. Domestic wools held firm with occasional small lots of graded fine French combing moving at about 1.10 to 1.12 per pound scourer basis. Graded three-eighths and one-quarter blood combing bright wools quoted around 51 to 52 cents.
Trading notes report advances in cereal buying led by rye amid distiller demand for industrial alcohol. Wheat futures rose and soybeans gained marginally while corn and oats moved unevenly with regional cash prices and futures quotes from Chicago and Minneapolis.
The stock market edged higher in an irregular session with Rails and other blue chips showing uneven gains after a cautious start. Traders awaited further guidance as the market fluctuated between small rises and dips amid thin volume.
The Huron Line cancelled passenger flights mid night on Dec 11 after continuing mail and express service. Cheyenne offices noted traffic was temporary and the action did not stem from the war. The first passengers since the disruption were carried Tuesday.
W C Welter Beadle County first aid chairman notes the new Red Cross first aid training class starts Friday night at the YWCA. The program continues from 1939 with 495 trained in Beadle County and eight active units now operating in towns. Watch Evening Huronite for class announcements.
The House passed a daylight saving bill by 67 to 20 to advance clocks one hour starting 20 days after enactment and lasting until six months after the war ends. The Senate bill allowed up to two hours with a conference to reconcile differences. President Roosevelt urged saving electricity.
Soviet dispatches say Leningrad and Sevastopol sieges are effectively ended as Red Army advances east of Leningrad and off Sevastopol in Crimea. Reports detail German withdrawals, Soviet landings near Feodosiya and Yevpatoriya, and a widening Russian offensive from the Caucasus toward the Kerch peninsula.
A dense OCR scrap lists stock quotations and percentages for numerous companies and brands such as AT&T Chrysler John Deere General Electric and Phillips Pet. The fragment includes percentage figures and partial company names, suggesting a financial page or market snapshot.
Huron opens a physical fitness program for boys ages 10 to 15 at St Teresa School gym tomorrow from 1 30 to 4 00 PM. Activities include boxing drills volleyball and movies on national defense presented by Richard Simmons and supported by the Euros WPA Recreation Project Civilian Defense Council American Legion and St Teresa School.
Imperial Tokyo acknowledged an Allied submarine raid within 160 miles of Tokyo that damaged the freighter Wakai Maru No 1 off the Izu Shichiro Islands. A U S Navy bulletin earlier claimed Japanese transport and supply ships were sunk by submarines in the Far East.
Funeral services for Mrs. C. E. Buchanan who died yesterday in a Huron hospital will be held Saturday at 2:30 PM in Weiler's Chapel with al C. E Wilcox of the Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be Riverside Cemetery. Pallbearers include J. W. Bieger Milt Stevenson Gus Ferber LR Crawford William Blank and M A Myers. The casket will be open for friends tonight from 7 to 9 at the Weller Chapel.
David Scott aged 89 died Wednesday in a Huron hospital after an extended illness. Born December 14, 1852 in Columbia County Wisconsin he lived with Mr and Mrs Fred Coit 11 miles south of Wessington. Surviving are daughter Mrs Buxton of Saskatchewan Canada son William Scott of Barrington Illinois daughter in law Mrs Lucy Scott two grandsons in Corvallis Nebraska and a granddaughter Mrs Leola Kane in Miner.
The dispatch notes submarine patrols guarding against subs and stalked opportunities for attack. Air raids against Japanese bases in Thailand show American volunteers with the RAF destroying seven or eight enemy planes on the ground, with most raiders returning to Burma. Marines on Wake report sinking a Japanese destroyer and other ships, cited from Majors Putnam and Bayler. An earthquake alert follows the Wake siege report with no damage noted.
More than one hundred farmers and stockmen gathered for the eighth annual meeting of the Huron Production Credit Association in Bailroom Marvin, with leaders predicting higher incomes for stockmen and farmers due to meat, milk, and egg production. Edwin Fawcett and William Holsener were re elected to three year terms on the board. Ralph Uphoff Henry Metler and E J Simantel also serve on the board. The association has joined 1 237 000 in its first eight years and holds earnings over 22 000.
The Arlington case unfolds with judges adjusting sentences from first degree kidnapping to an included offense of abducting a minor female for debauchery. Smith, Nelson, and Quinn receive concurrent terms totaling five years with two years suspended, leaving one year of penal servitude. The case now appears closed.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention money orders stamps stationery rent and a Rabbit Exterminating Club. An adult education center near Anderson Lumber Co invites adults to defense health first aid and bookkeeping classes with registrations on Wednesdays and Tuesdays.
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