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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1940
Page
2
Swine prices showed a modest rise with top hogs near 5.20 in Sioux Falls and Chicago markets closing up to 5.55 for select lots. Cattle and sheep also moved higher in parts of the region, while Watertown and Sioux Falls reported steady to firm cattle bids and lambs advancing in price.
Markets At Glance reports a mixed session with an early stock rally fading amid mixed bond activity. Foreign exchange steady, Belga guilders rise, cotton and wheat slip, sugar steady with producer buying, metals quiet, and livestock prices uneven with small gains for Plymouth Rock and white rock ducks. Creamery and butter prices steady, and various dairy and egg quotes unchanged amid unsettled market signals.
The Huron produce market reports the daily price range gathered by telephone between 10 a.m. and noon for the Evening Huronite. Prices reflect the latest quotations from local vendors and markets observed in Huron.
Dollar wheat briefly erases gains in MUAY market as prices drop 2 cents per bushel amid heavy selling tied to Winnipeg and other world markets not responding to news of large European purchases. Export reports suggest about 100 million bushels bought by Britain from Canada and Australia, while futures activity remains muted.
Mitchell and Watertown produce notes dated January list item prices for poultry such as hens leghorn and heavy breeds, turkeys, ducks, and geese plus eggs and butterfat in No. 1 and No. 2 grades. The entries include weights and price ranges for live birds and products with cents per pound or per dozen figures.
Cattle salable 2,400 with steers and yearlings steady but weak overall. Heifers steady. Corn slow, low grades steady. Calves 1,400 salable green prices mixed. Hogs salable 14,000 fairly active to strong, top 5.40 for shippers on good demand. Packers showed activity in gridiron trade.
Jackson citizens seized two hundred snowplows Tuesday night to keep Teton Pass open as long as possible this winter. Governor Neil H. Smith said highway officials would abstain from maintaining the state fleet and would use flange plows after moderate snows, citing cost of rotary equipment and limited funds.
James J. McEntee acting CCC director forecast almost 160 percent replacement enrolments to fill 60,000 January vacancies in the Civilian Conservation Corps. He noted some states like New Jersey may miss quotas due to rising re employment while others have two or three applicants per CCC job.
New York stocks fell as investors faced tax fears and a broad relapse in low priced issues. Losses reached two or more points for many favorites in the final hour, with volume rising to around 6 million shares as stop orders in steels motors and aircraft fed the decline.
A dense list of company names and stock-like figures appears, featuring many brands such as AT&T Boeing Airplane Walworth Co and United Airlines, with percentages and odd codes that resemble market quotes or bond notes. The fragment shows sections of bonds and New York curb listings, including government bonds and Home Ownership Loans, alongside scattered company tickers and percent figures.
Snow flurries swept across South Dakota with strong west central winds delaying travel from Murdo to Philip. Visibility dipped to zero at times, then improved as skies cleared. Temperatures fell from 10 to 24 above earlier, with a low near zero expected tonight, and colder conditions spreading across the state.
The annual South Dakota agents meeting of State Farm Insurance Companies ended at the Marvin Hughill Hotel. Rev. Chester E. Tules spoke on Some People You Will Meet. R. F. Miller and J. G. Grey were among speakers. High producers Edith H. Marty Marti Swediing N. J. Haan and others were recognized. Palm led the meeting with North and South Dakota agents in attendance and a visit to Bismarck planned.
The United States advances a ten million dollar credit to Norway via the RFC and Export-Import Bank to buy American farm products, mine equipment, and supplies, following earlier ten million dollar credits to Finland for munitions and related goods, underscoring Washington's aid to Scandinavian nations resisting Russian aggression.
Dr. Ernest O. Lawrence of Berkeley, a Nobel laureate for building the atom smasher, is listed as one of America’s ten outstanding young men of 1939 by biographer Burnard Hewes. The selections include men aged 32 to 40, announced in Los Angeles. Governor Harold Stassen of Minnesota is also named.
American Farm Bureau Federation leaders met with President Roosevelt to seek 607 million dollars for parity payments on cotton corn wheel tobacco and rice and 200 million for dairy and other products, aiming for 100 percent parity based on prices to December 15. They offered to support higher taxes to fund the scheme, while Roosevelt stressed revenue needs and echoed calls for Congress to fund parity.
Bartley West Virginia January 11 At least two miners trapped by an explosion at Bartley No 1 mine faced tragedy in the past year J H Mullens and Jasnar White each lost a daughter in October when a school bus crash near War killed seven. Goodmar Rickman not in mine. Seven coal diggers came out at 4 pm unaware a blast had occurred. Cause under study by District Mine Inspector W C Sturgiss who theorized a gas-filled entry may have been ignited.
Congress debate centers on trade agreements as a tool to boost farm income and export markets. Hull notes that wartime controls and tariff barriers hurt global trade, while 22 reciprocal pacts now cover about 60 percent of U.S. first trade. Exports to pact countries rose sharply in 1934-36, outpacing gains to non pact nations.
Carl Fromke of Plankinton will headline the Chamber of Commerce Good Fellows stag at the Elks Ballroom Marvin Enghitt Hotel next Wednesday. A.W. Palm will preside over the fellowship program. tickets available from committee or Chamber offices. Other entertainments and a launch luncheon planned for the public.
Two new civil actions were placed on the January docket by Judge Boys M. Benson after hearings for continuances. Fred Shanderf Mitchell’s motion to remove the case Misel Motor Company v Randall Fuller and Reymond Whitlock was denied for lack of ten day trial notice. Myrtle Titus of Huron seeks damages from Mighty Sheesley Midway Shows after injuries from a stray shot at the 1939 State Fair, with a continuance denied. Lorine Bucher of Buron seeks 6787 from Joe Williams of Grovin for injuries in a June auto crash near the Country Club grounds. The January Term opens at 10 o'clock Monday.
Jercy Carter Jr a 25 year old Huron Black man waived a hearing before U S Commissioner Mabel Alworth on federal charges of violating the White Slave law and was taken to Sioux Falls by FBI agents. He was an employee at a shoe shining place and was arrested Wednesday evening at the request of FBI officials. Carter is wanted by eastern Washington authorities and accused of operating in the white slave racket. He will be held in Sioux Falls pending extradition to Washington.
On the Essex coast near Kent crowds watched a small steamer being attacked seven miles offshore. Explosions followed as the vessel burned while a lifeboat pursued by fighters aided survivors. A second steamer, likely Italian, later hit a mine and crew abandoned ship awaiting tugs.
Admitted: Lena Tande De Smet medical Hetty Snedigar Huron medical Mrs Floyd Vaughan De Smet minor surgical Albert Holm Yale medical Walter Harist rural route Huron medical Dismissed: Mrs Herman Dirkson Lake Preston Marilyn O Keefe Cavour J W Davis Huron Mrs A Beuther Alpena Mrs John Walters ate
A young man seeks a ride to California and offers to share expenses. He lists contact numbers 3720 and 3490 for連. The ad appears among miscellaneous classified snippets including gas stove and other items with unclear context.
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