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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1943
Page
2
Hog market Thursday at Armour Stockyards Huron January 21 fell 20 to 25 cents with a few choice butchers eligible to sell at 14.15 dollars per hundredweight. Long haul well conditioned hogs remained 5 to 10 cents per hundredweight higher.
Prices reported daily to the Evening Uranue list heavy hens and springs by weight, butterfat, and other poultry items. Entries include Huron and Watertown markets with figures for hens, springs, leghorns, roosters, ducks, geese, and butterfat Nos. 1 and 2.
Salable hogs 16 000 with weights mostly down 15 to 25 cents. sows steady to 10 lower. Cattle and calves 9 000 with fed steers and yearlings 25 to 40 under. heifers and killer cows soften. Sheep 6 000 with opening bids 15 25 lower, some 16 25. Sioux Falls and Sioux City reports mirror lower trend across beef, pork and lamb classifications.
At Sioux Falls slaughter steers and heifers show steady to firm bids with loads of medium and good steers offered from 14.09 to 15.00 per 100 pounds. Cows bulls sows and calves also trade near steady ranges while hogs and sheep begin with lower or no early activity. New York dairy and egg markets record firm butter and egg prices as wholesale levels hold.
Sioux Falls bulletin lists prices for farm poultry and eggs. Heavy hens six pounds and up bid 20 with smaller hens at 18, leghorn birds varied, heavy cocks 12, springs 22. Eggs No 1 at 32, No 2 at 27. butterfat and cream prices noted with No 1 grade cream at 50 and No 2 at 48.
CISDA Butter receipts 201,823 92 score 464 MIs and Eye receipts 2,192 reported. hennery whites 39 3934 and Aennery browns 38¢038%4. Re handled current receipts 3534 36. Dressed poultry firm all fresh and frozen prices unchanged. Live poultry firm.
The Boston wool market was quiet with a few small sales of higher grade Australian wools at prices slightly below maximum grease. Trade hindered by limited shipping space from South America to Montevideo and Buenos Aires, delaying activity into April.
Grain prices weakened after reports that price ceilings may be imposed on cash and futures wheat. Wheat and corn fell about a cent, trading remained light as traders awaited Washington word. Wheat closed about four percent lower, with May and July futures both down. oats and soybeans also declined.
Markets mixed with gains in brocka and steel sectors while Bonde steadies. Cotton varies as hedge selling meets New Orleans buying. wheat down while corn tracks. Cattle and hogs show declines, with hogs under pressure. Minneapolis cash wheat receipts up from a year ago and cash quotes listed for several grain categories.
Steel and motors led New York stocks in a modest early rally as trading began slowly. Fractional gains appeared across many issues with the final hour seeing slight positive turnover and around 700000 shares changing hands.
The snippet lists numerous company names with percentage figures, resembling an index or closing prices from an integrated press table. It includes AmAirlines, BoeingAire, GM, DuPont, US Steel, Westinghouse, and Woolworth among others with varying percentages, suggesting a market or corporate performance summary.
A Fort Meade soldier who escaped from a train at Iroquois was arrested in a Huron cafe after a clothing store tip. He had boarded an oil truck to return to camp, concealed money, and discarded his uniform before being spotted by state patrolman 4 J. Markusen and turned over to military police.
Miss Shirley Van Tassell of the Huron Chamber of Commerce travels to De Smet on Friday noon to sing at a memorial for Miss Zepha Everhart. Everhart longtime De Smet City Schools teacher died suddenly from a heart attack during Christmas vacation. Memorial services are co sponsored by the PTA and local organizations.
In Fairview Oklahoma stormy weather sent church attendance down. Reverend C. Moser advertised in the lost and found column for his missing sheep. Only 23 showed for morning feed as laughter and bleats echoed on the line with a persistent joke response.
Banks will launch ration coupon banking on January 27 per the Huron Charity House Association. Wholesalers and major retailers must open ration bank accounts with their banks as directed by the Office of Price Administration. Ration checks will be drawn against coupon balances, while normal money and personal accounts remain unaffected.
The Office of Price Administration announced canned baby foods will be rationed under the same point system as processed fruits and vegetables. Strained or chopped foods in sealed cans or jars will be included, while canned milk formulas and prepared cereals are excluded.
Word arrives of the death of former Frankfort resident William More who moved away years ago. He died after an operation in a Huron hospital. Survivors include his wife and several children. Mrs and Mrs Stanley LeGranie of Hitchcock are listed as parents of a baby born at 8:55 this morning weighing seven and a half pounds.
Mrs. Howard Williams received 1500 in a 5000 personal injury suit against Wessington Township in circuit court. A 12 member jury found negligence by the township for failing to provide sufficient danger signals at a culvert washed out in May. The accident occurred May 3 when the Williamses’ car hit the washout after leaving town.
Chicago reports a new continuous caudal analgesia method offering painless childbirth. Doctors say it is safe for mother and child though limited to hospital use by trained physicians. Since its development, 589 births occurred with three infant deaths not linked to the technique.
Bryant January report notes Pioneer businessman Mart Ward died Thursday. A long career in general merchandise from 1830 to 1913 and stock buying from 1890 to 1929 are cited. Funeral arrangements are pending. Central Trades Union elects officers Peter J. Thielen president Percy A. Phillips vice president Welsh secretary.
Intermittent snow flurries and continued cold across Huron and Vicinity with a low tonight between minus five and minus fifteen degrees. South Dakota experiences light snow north and snow flurries elsewhere with extreme south values around ten to fifteen below zero and northern areas twenty below tonight.
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania a strike over a 50 cent raise highlights a sick anthracite industry. Miners faced deductions totaling wage losses, with reported pay as low as 32 dollars for two weeks after taxes and store charges. They blame John L. Lewis for central control and favor toward bituminous miners.
Peggy La Rue Lotteries testified she had an abortion about a year after accusing Errol Flynn of indecency on his yacht. The state and defense sparred over timing while Judge Still allowed the medical record to stay. Police inquiry into Miss Satterlee’s disclosure was anticipated.
Brown emphasizes maintaining wartime economic speed to supply weapons and food, supports rationing and price controls as public protection, considers localizing gasoline allotments, and notes potential modest price and wage increases as he assumes the OPA role. He seeks legality and broad public trust.
The Navy announced on January 21 that all casualties from the Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard will be listed daily rather than in periodic accumulations. The first daily list names 14 dead 15 wounded and 43 missing and the policy to notify next of kin before public release will continue.
Los Angeles reports Joseph E. Davies former ambassador to Russia disclosed at a town hall that Nazi spokesmen in 1940 proposed peace terms to him. They offered favorable terms if Britain would accept Nazi dominance while allowing Hitler to retire and keep Europe under their new order. Davies said he refused to present the plan to the President or Hull and reported it to the State Department.
Funeral services for Gerald Edsard Munson four months old, son of Mr and Mrs Calvin Munson of Bonilla, will be held Friday at 2 pm at the Bonilla home with burial in Borie Cemetery. The infant died yesterday morning in Warren hospital. The body is at KF yon Funeral Home in Hares.
Reported Allied and German maneuvers stretch across the Caucasus and Pacific theaters with fighting near Salsk and Rostov while MacArthur’s forces press the Papuza Peninsula in New Guinea. Casualties mount as flood of air raid losses hits Britain and a newborn ties to local notices in South Dakota.
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