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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1938
Page
2
Market notes from Armour Stock Yards Huron Sioux Falls Saint Paul and New York report steady cattle and mixed livestock demand. Hog receipts around 700. lambs 25 cents lower top 7.50. cattle and sheep showing limited changes with some classes down. New York dairy and poultry prices hold with slight fluctuations across grades.
Jan 20 report shows producers curbing supplies boost the sashing hex market with prices up to 10 cents and top at 865 for all purposes. Wood butchers sold at 15 to 3.40, cattle trade weak, heavy weight heifers plentiful and cheaper, sheep and lambs slow, fat lambs down about 25 cents, no action on axed sheep.
Reported sales show regional cattle and cattle byproducts moving with weak to steady demand. Prices vary by grade with calves and yearlings mixed futures, while hogs and sheep trend mixed, noting lighter weights and heavier offerings. Major markets include Sioux City and Chicago with cattle, calves, sows, and lambs priced across multiple weight classes.
Huron area market notes show hens and leghorns priced by weight with yields listed for 14 hens at 44 and 4% springs. Plus Spring leghorns and various eggs and butterfat values. Watertown and Sioux Falls reports include poultry prices, weight categories, and butterfat quotes. Official Minneapolis cash grain quotes show wheat and corn bid ranges and futures references.
Chicago market reports show wheat futures closing higher with gains up to 4 cents amid stronger North American export demand and moisture scarcity in the southwest. 500,000 to 750,000 bushels moved to Europe. basis for No. 2 red wheat rose, with May and July contracts higher. In Minneapolis, carlot sales list No. 2 dark northern at 1.68 to 1.84 dollars per bushel and other classes adjusting with mixed futures.
Chicago market notes weak old potato stocks and steady new stock across varieties. Idaho Russet Burbanks, Colorado Red Meatures, Minnesota Cobblers, Florida Hirey Tehwarbs appear with U S No 1 and No 3 classifications and price estimates per crate or hundredweight.
Sioux City market notes include poultry and egg prices for hens pullets and roosters by weight, Leghorns and heavy breeds listed, ducks and geese values, No 1 eggs trade and loose eggs, butter prices for creamery fancy wholesale and buttarfot No 1. Trade figures and egg classifications appear with incomplete OCR details.
In Chicago on Thursday January 20 07 butter kept firm with steady creamery firsts and standards while eggs and poultry showed demand and stability Leghorn hens and Plymouth Rock lines held around recent levels. Boston wool market saw activity rise with most prices steady and grease and scoured prices mostly unchanged.
Joe Beoph a farmer near Orient tells authorities he was dragged to Kansas City where two unidentified men compelled him to gamble and withdraw 1700 dollars from a bank. He was later returned to Kansas City where he was allegedly robbed.
The White House announced the resignation of 3 P T O Connor as comptroller of the currency. Roosevelt asked him to withhold the resignation until April 1 due to unfinished work on bank dividend payments. O Connor, a Los Angeles attorney, plans to run for California governor in August primaries.
The Senate judiciary subcommittee unanimously approved the nomination of Stanley F. Reed for the Supreme Court. Reed, solicitor general, attended the session with Attorney General Cummings who praised his legal ability and called the nomination a personal satisfaction. Final confirmation was expected early next week.
A Department of Commerce aviation inspector testified at a board of inquiry in Bozeman Montana about missing vertical fins and attached rudders from the Northwest Airlines plane wreck. The crash, ten days earlier, killed ten people near the city.
Wilson Barber defeats Huronite two games to one to tighten a first place hold in the City Bowling League. Chicago and North Western keglers win three in a row from Huron Alleys, Hamm Peers take two of three from Schooner Beers, leaving Huron Alleys in a two way tie for second. World of standings shift as top outfits lose ground and a tie is formed after the night’s matches.
Stocks rise across gold mines steels and motors with some reaching new highs before retreating in late trading. Volume nears 850000 shares as market closes mixed with overall cautious sentiment in New York.
Miss Margaret Jamison of Woonsocket won the free trip to Washington in the annual state citizenship contest by the South Dakota D A R organization. Anne Osterman of Minnehaha County and Juliana Werls of Edmunds County were named first and second alternates with gold medals awarded to the alternates.
Southern senators predicted next week will force reconsideration of the anti-lynching measure as filibuster tactics and procedural moves stir Capitol debate. Senators Connally Norris and others weighed strategies to sidetrack the bill in favor of appropriations for independent offices while other leaders urged persistence for passage.
The article details Roosevelt's continued remarks on limiting holding companies to those necessary, modernizing anti trust laws, and promoting cooperative ventures. It notes planned discussions with major auto manufacturers and financers at the White House, plus hospital admissions and dismissals in Huron and Roswell.
Weather summary reports light rainfall early and clearing skies in Huron, followed by a warm spell that eases dangerous driving conditions. Air service disruptions persist due to freezing conditions with Hanford and Huron to Kansas City and Orsha routes affected. Northbound Minneapolis service canceled for the day. Aberdeen reports snow and sleet delaying arrivals. Forecast calls for partly cloudy tonight and Friday with temperatures between 10 and 20 degrees. last night’s low near 21.
PIERRE Jan. Gov Jene sen was advised by Rep Francis Cuse and Sens W J Butow and Herbert Hitchcosle that final action is expected on the $50,000,000 federal seed loan appropriation. Delegation said relief funds and WPA quotas for South Dakota are being pursued with urgency.
South Dakota Methodists prepare a two day conference in Maron March 23 and 24 led by Bishop J Ralph Magee of St. Paul. Reports will address the 200th Aldersgate anniversary and preparations for the United Stars convention in Chicago February 3 4 and 5. District superintendents join a cabinet meeting to discuss vacancies and Sunday School attendance strategies.
Reports from the Yangtze valley and Shanghai coast describe Japanese counter moves in retreat while snow and sleet hinder operations and air raids. Refugees suffer amid the cold as Japanese invaders face delays. In Shanghai the International Settlement and French concession round up 98 Chinese suspected of terrorism. Chinese sources claim a terrorist network exists near Nanking. Hangzhou area reports say Chinese forces near the Chientang River with firing heard though Tokyo denies threat to Hangzhou. Washington reports a Soviet-backed District of Columbia election naming B J Laws as president.
Jurors hear defense witnesses and medical testimony in a Sioux Falls lawsuit filed by Ms. Esophir seeking $6710 for spinal injuries after a city bus allegedly lurched in reckless fashion. Lawyers for the plaintiff and defendant outline timing and causation as trial proceeds this week.
Los Angeles in January 2017 reports Captain Exel Kynette and Detective Dan Draper of a special police intelligence squad were ordered held on suspicion of wire tapping at the home of Vice Investigator Harry Rayme. District Attorney Buyon Fitts issued the order.
MEMPHIS Tenn Jan 2014 Bishop James M Maxon ordered the removal of Dean Israel Harding Noe I today The bishop recovering from illness sent a lengthy written communication notifying the cleryman he would resume duties at St Marys Episcopal Cathedral This step had been urged by church leaders as the dean appeared to be fasting to prove immortality The report notes the dean offered no immediate response US Dollar Paris Jan M UP AS the close of trading today quoted dollars at 29 78 francs up from 26 cents to the franc in New York
Fragmentary OCR item lists goods and prices including beef quarters potatos grapefruit winesap apples honey and vegetables. Mentions U.S. No. 1 and a Saturday sale at Huron Livestock with good work promised. Names and some numbers appear garbled.
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