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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1940
Page
2
Hog prices topped 4.95 with a 15 cent gain as receipts reached 600 head. Cattle and calves were largely steady with scarce stockers and feeders, total salable cattle 1,200 and calves 25. Active hog demand lifted prices 13 to 20 cents, with shipper top at 5.30 on 195 lb weights. Sheep salable 2,500 with fat lambs weak. wool products and hides held firm around 9.25.
New York markets show stocks easy with leaders drifting. bonds mixed and rails in brisk demand. Cotton weak on foreign pressure, sugar weak, metals steady, wool higher with trade support. Chicago corn and hogs down, cattle strong, hogs up to 35.70. Watertown livestock notes hogs 10 lower, butchers 4.25 to 4.90, packing sows 3.56 to 4.00. cattle calves and sheep steady.
Huron produce markets show generally steady values with fresh and Gore prices unchanged. Live poultry and freight by express remain about steady as reported daily to the Evening Huronite between 10 a.m. and noon.
Wheat prices fall more than a cent as selling slows amid forecasts of warm weather and Dutch peace appeals. Domestic and foreign demand waver, moisture improves in the southwest, and uncertainty over wheat loan policy unsettles traders. May wheat at 98 3/4 cents, July 96 1/2, cash bids mixed. Minneapolis quotes show No. 1 heavy and No. 1 dark northern around 1.03, with variety prices listed for different grades and protein contents.
Hog prices rose up to 25 cents per hundredweight as receipts fell, with hogs closing very active at 15 to 25 cents higher and tops around 5.70. Cattle trade remained strong for good fed steers and yearlings, while lambs showed steady to stronger tone in a slower market. Regional reports from Chicago South St. Paul and Sioux Falls note firm to higher hogs and variable cattle and sheep demand, with notable prices for fat lambs and choice vealers.
Watertown and Mitchell lists of farm produce prices for Jan 25 and June 25, detailing hens, roosters, turkeys, ducks, geese, eggs, and butterfat with weight classes and price per unit for Leghorn and heavy breeds at local markets. Includes eggs and butterfat pricing variations by quality levels.
Sioux Falls market list shows poultry hens at 4% lbs and up to 41% heavy hens. leghorns and heavy breeds spring chickens at quoted prices. ducks geese 5c. eggs No 4 18, pullet eggs 10c. butterfat No 1 299c, No 2 27c, butter 32c.
Sioux City lists poultry and egg prices with various weights and breeds. Hens over 5 pounds reach 9, hens 4 to 5 pounds at 7, Leghorn hens 6, heavy breeds 6, Leghorn roosters 5. Eggs show case lots No. 1 at 4.50, trade 3.60, No. 2 at 3.00. pulled eggs at 0.10 to 0.15 additional depending on grade. Butter values include No. 1 fancy wholesale 30 to 32 cents per half pound. other grades range 29 to 31 cents. Live poultry prices list springs 4 pounds up at 16 cents, white rock at 18 cents, and other weights and breeds with minor variations.
New York market reports bid butter at 1,022,017 firmer with creamery grades higher than extra 32 percent. Second line shows Chicago prices steady with mixed colors and various grades noted including firsts and seconds. overall butter and cheese figures and quality metrics listed for Jan 25.
Stock market leaders faced renewed declines as profits were questioned and the market opened lower. Traders noted broad selling pressure and the tone suggested continued weakness after Wednesday's tally.
Berkeley health officers imposed a 60 day kissing ban after 18 students were sick with mild influenza. Dr. S. L. Matzoff, medical director and psychiatrist, argued kissing is harmless and even beneficial, urging more affection not less.
Floyd DeVilbiss, a 18 year old farm lad described as a model boy by his mother, was convicted of first degree manslaughter in the December 25 shooting of his father Mergil DeVilbiss after a jury trial in Crow Wing County. Judge Torrance will sentence him, with a possible five to twenty years. The defense cited a troubled home life and a history of abuse as factors in the killing.
Government bonds report from New York shows no quotations for listed bonds Cities Service 44 El Bond and Sh 735. Market activity appears minimal with no price movements or trading data available for these securities.
Berlin reports Deutschland, the 10 000 ton pocket battleship, returned home after Atlantic raiding and was renamed Leutzow to keep the old name available for a larger ship. Adolf Hitler ordered the renaming. the original Leuzow heavy cruiser will also be renamed. The Graf Spee and Admiral Graf Scheer fates cited.
San Rafael Calif Jan 25 Dr Byron Haines 64 faced a 200000 alienation of affections suit from Capt James Willey over Mrs Lillian Willey 37 the plaintiff’s ex wife. A jury ruled he was no love thief and awarded no damages.
Members of Huron Council No 179 and their ladies will gather at St Martin’s Church basement Monday at 6 30 pm for a pot-luck dinner. Afterward the evening includes cards and other entertainment.
Heath County taxpayers with delinquent personal property taxes were granted compromises by the county commission. The Jan 30 deadline for paying revised tax bills is set, and if not paid the taxpayer must cover the original amount plus penalty and interest. Compromises were allowed under a state law that expired Jan 31, 1939, sometimes saving taxpayers up to half by removing penalties and interest.
The Turkish Republic newspaper predicts the Danube and Balkan nations will resist aggression in Southeast Europe. Reports say armed German railway guards reached the Romanian frontier and took over railways from Romania through the Russian-occupied sector of Poland. Germany denies the reports.
Samuel G. Dunn urged Minneapolis business leaders to support federal and state bills for fair railroad regulation. He argued railroads seek equal rights for all with no special privileges and criticized powerful interests opposing such legislation. He blamed low railroad mood, traffic diversion, and rising operating costs and taxes for the present industry strain.
Sioux Falls police seek Mrs. Albert Lehman 27 who vanished from the Lehman apartment about midnight Tuesday amid frigid weather. Detectives note the husband says she had been acting queer for weeks. A prior call to headquarters involved a voice saying to send out a gun with the words I will kill myself if you send out a gun.
Ottawa reports an immediate general election announced by the governor general Lord Tweedmouth to be Canada’s first since 1995. Voter choice will address wartime conduct and its handling amid provincial and political criticism.
Deadwood board of education president and Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad roundhouse foreman James Pence, about 60, was killed when a revolving fuel line pump hit him aboard an all burning locomotive being serviced outside the poundhouse. Survived by widow, two daughters and four grandchildren.
Wick of Huron was elected secretary of the Beadle County State College Alumni Association at a mid winter meeting held last evening at 459 Seventh Street Southwest. Thirty attended including four from out of town. Lippert of Sioux Falls president spoke of colored movies from 1936 to 1829, Harding discussed alumni trips to Washington and other eastern cities, and Doner shared details on new campus buildings including completed dormitories and an Union building due in March.
Senators gauge remaining political options as Wheeler predicts it would be extremely difficult for Roosevelt to seek a third term. Republicans cite labor ties and administration faith with labor as disputed while others doubt the administration would break precedent.
Arthur Miller, Bear Folk County commissioner, remains at home near Bonilla with a heart ailment and complications. A group of county officials including Auditor Edward G. Youngs and Clerk of Courts S. P. Glaner visited him yesterday. He is under care of a trained nurse after a previous critical prognosis.
Forrest McMullen post VFW to honor former heads at Past Commandery Night tonight. Orville J. Cronle said the event will be among the year’s biggest, with Mess Sergeant George Nelson’s staff to serve dinner after the meeting and informal hours to follow. Past commanders listed as expected include James R. Lowrie Walter J. Bachman B Buchanan Lester Wallenfelt Irving RR Crawford Charles C. Taylon and Wayne J. Wilson.
New Orleans January 25 James H Morrison a defeated candidate in Louisiana's first Democratic gubernatorial primary emerged from hiding and said he would take sides in the runoff between Earl K Long and Sam Jones His stance clashed with a Jones radio attack while Morrison contended he led a ruthless trust vote tally showed Jones planned a February 20 runoff tour for Long Baton Rouge adjournment of a special legislative session was announced to pass what opponents call a vendetta style package
Finnish forces fight back as Russians gain ground near Abjoki and Kitela. Finnish pilots and foreign volunteers strike at Soviet bombers while civilians suffer in air raids behind the lines. A North Oslo report claims Soviet troops concentrate in north Finland near Peisamo, hinting at Arctic action. An armored car theft is reported in the downtown area, with a car recovered near Ninth Street and Nevada Avenue.
At the hospitals the following were admitted or dismissed. Admitted: Mrs Francis Ernster of Wessington and Norman John, son, of De Smet, for medicals. Dismissed: Lillian Rohrahaugh of Huron, Mrs Thomas Van Zee of Miller, Doris Hendricks of Wessington Springs, Mrs Ed Gamble of Manchester, Mrs June Timmerman of Wessington, Sam Wipf of Willow Lake. Also notices for rental and beauty services with local prices and locations.
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