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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1944
Page
2
Market bulletin shows hogs steady to 10 cents lower with limited receipts. Armour & Company permits required for hog purchases and no permits after January 18. Cattle and calves mixed in Sioux Falls and Watertown markets, hogs and sheep also noted with varied prices. representative sales list bids and weights for beef cattle, yearlings, cows, and weaners across several cities.
Sioux City stock market notes cattle sales 3 000 calves 10 headstockers limited fed steers yearlings to 14 25 with top 15 25 and medium offerings. Hogs 12 000 slow steady tops 13 45 with lighter weights 11 50 to 12 50. Sheep 5 200 market not established lambs near 15 25.
Daily price ranges for Huron produce markets given by phone to the Svening Huronite. Includes live poultry and egg prices in Huron Sioux Falls Mitchell with figures for heavy breeds leghorns hens springs and roosters, turkeys eggs butterfat and butter prices, plus No 1 No 2 grades and weights.
Chicago livestock totals show hogs at about 10 000 head unsold overnight with 20 000 more expected. Hogs 200-300 pounds around 13.75, under 200 pounds active near 25 cents higher. heavy weights and sows steady to up 10. lambs strong to 10 higher with 10 000 lambs overall. Cattle and calves mix steady to lower with best yearlings around 16.00 and top heavy steers near 16.50.
Watertown farm market notes steady hogs and cattle with grain fed steers and heifers quoted from 13.50 to 15.00 for top grades. Cull cows and bulls range 7.00 to 9.50, lambs listed around 13.00 to 14.00 with middle grades.
Butter receipts 452,780 and eggs 11,938 show market unchanged with top grades steady. Poultry live prices firm with 2 cars 20 trucks noted. Minneapolis cash close reports wheat receipts 289 versus 306 year ago with trading basis and quotations unchanged.
Stocks ease as readers resume downward drift while bonds hold steady. Cotton weak due to New Orleans liquidation. Chicago wheat soft with scattered liquidation. Hog weights rise. best vealers around 16 dollars. Grain futures mixed across Chicago Minneapolis and Winnipeg markets with various wheat rye oats and flax pricing listed.
PIERRE Jan 12 The appointment of Curtis BR Mateer Pierre to a second lieutenancy in the South Dakota State Guard effective Jan 6 was approved today by Governor M Q Sharpe Mateer 38 a member of Company C first regiment Pierre
Allied forces hammer Japanese positions across New Guinea as MacArthur shifts air power to forward bases. Fifth Air Force targets Madang and Alexishafen amid reports of Japanese evacuations from Gonggat area. U S Marines counter a Cape Gloucester reinforcement attempt at Arawe while PT boats sink barges offshore. Australians push toward Saidor as long bunker lines show strain.
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis announces its annual appeal January 14 to 31 with James J. Meaghan as county chairman for the third year. The drive emphasizes research and education, noting 12 year epidemic history and that funds stay locally or go to national grants. A local benefit basketball game and a birthday ball at Marvin Hughitt gym are planned.
London reports a huge daylight air battle over central Germany in which about 1200 American fighters and bombers clashed with Nazi formations. Allies claim over 100 German aircraft shot down as production centers suffered heavy damage. Air leaders say replacements are plentiful as the air war continues toward invasion.
A survivor recounts a harrowing air raid aboard a damaged plane. He describes a ripped chute, bruising, and a dislocated shoulder, then powerfully praises the pilot who landed the damaged craft back at base after a 400 mile flight. Churchill is named as co pilot.
A Rome radio bulletin says Rome was bombed at noon and the outskirts were struck by American two engine Mitchell and Marauder bombers of the 1st air force on December 28. The raids damaged installations and destroyed parked aircraft at three Nasiairfields.
A three judge federal court restrained the Associated Press from using by laws that let members weigh an applicant's potential to compete when deciding admission. The ruling leaves AP free to craft new by laws to restrict admission without using competitive impact, and stays the judgment for 60 days pending appeal.
President Roosevelt warns the wage and price line cannot be held and stresses judicious subsidies to control costs. He cites a total wartime program of 397 billion with 292 billion spent by mid-1945, and details seven postwar problems including demobilization, public works planning, and veterans affairs.
Washington reports 1945 war and peace budget details per person. With a population of 137,410,060 the per capita share is about 725 dollars, rising to about 1,878 dollars if debt grows, and a total spending around 99.28 billion dollars for the fiscal year 1945.
Mrs Nettie Barrows of Helena Montana died December 30 in what is described as an early Huron area resident. Burial occurred January 3. She was born December 26 1860 in Columbus Indiana and was widow of C E Barrows. She was preceded in death by two sons and a daughter Wells George and Miriam. One grandson Robert Leon Barrows a seaman first class was killed at Mariveles Philippines January 25 1942. J Barrows joined the Eastern Star Chapter in Huron January 22 1809. remembered as a musician.
Madison reports a final appeal will target South Dakotans to raise 20000 to push the war fund total past 267000. Campaign chair Dr Lowry will deliver a 15 minute radio address from station WNAX at 945 p.m. in the statewide effort. Hospital notes include admissions for G F Ulrich Geraldine Gruver Charles Campbell Mrs Carl Ochsner Clyde Nelson and discharges for J A Funk and Mrs Albert Baum.
Washington dispatch notes President Roosevelt’s 12 budget messages would exceed three times all prior federal spending. He projected $99.789 trillion for the new fiscal year starting July 1, pushing his contemplated total past $378.6 billion, far above historical costs since Washington through Hoover.
Allied reports say nearly all American Fifth Army moved from the coast into central Italy. French units scale 2,000 to 4,000-foot mountains toward Cassine while Italian fronts push toward Reccheta and Isernia. Heavy air battles, German prisoners, and shelling actions accompany the push amid difficult terrain.
Four inmates serving five or ten year terms escaped from the Iowa reformatory last night. The breakout followed a week of violence including a prior breach in which a guard was stabbed. Gov. B B Licken Jooper ordered an immediate investigation into irregularities or mismanagement. Three guards were dismissed and two demoted after the January breakout at Davenport.
Funeral services for Mrs. Camden Meyer who died Friday morning in Shoshone Idaho will be held Friday at 2 30 p m at the Kinyon Funeral Home with Henry Hartmann in charge. Burial is in Riverside Cemetery. Pallbearers are L A Meyers Carl Bonesteel Ger Royer E G Funck Gene Kinzie and Noble Gantvoort. The body arrived Friday morning and was accompanied by her husband. She was formerly Marjorie Brown a 1930s Huron College graduate. She leaves two sons Gary and Noel and two sisters Mrs Frank Richards and Mrs John Adam Moore.
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