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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1942
Page
2
Hog prices rose 10-15 cents on Thursday with tops near 14.05 while long haul and conditioned hogs gain 5-10 cents per hundred. Cattle slipped, sheep fell 25 cents, and spring lambs held above 14.50 with good demand for tops. In Watertown, hogs advanced 5-15 cents. butchers 13.50-14.10, sheep steady, cattle and calves steady.
Daily price range reported to the Evening Huronite by telephone between 10 am and noon. Heavy hens over 6 pounds and 4 to 5 pound heavies listed with light and Leghorn hens. Butterfat prices No 1 and No 2 eggs quoted as 28 cents and 22 cents respectively.
Hogs recovered 10-15 cents with heavier weights up, top price to 24.85. Spring lambs weak with offers 14.50 to 14.90, cattle and calves mixed with feeders strong in parts, beef cows weak to 15 lower, stockers steady to firm. Salable hogs 9,000 and cattle 6,000 reported, with varied price ranges across weights and classes.
Livestock prices mixed with steady to higher bids on hogs and cattle. St Paul notes strong calves and dairy cows, while grass cattle soften. Sioux Falls reports hogs up 10 to 15 cents and cattle steady with limited sales.
Sioux City Iowa July 24 WW S D A cattle salable 3300 calves 165 slaughter steers and heifers slow but early sales mostly steady cows fully steady stockers and feeders steady bulk common and medium steers 11.75 23.00 load choice medium weights 13.65 two roads choice 13.85 1b weights 13.75 medium to good heifers 10.75 12.25 bulk common and
Sioux City market notes for Thursday list poultry weights and prices including hens over 5 lbs 18 45 lbs 14 under 4 lbs and Leghorn hens 12 heavy breed springs 27 Leghorn springs 16 heavy breed cocks 103 Leghorn cocks 9. Kegs No 7 28 No 2 26 No 3 24 current receipts 26. Butler creamery No 1 fancy wholesale 36 38 No 1 grade cream 33 No 2 grade cream 34 sweet cream 46.
Mitchell and nearby markets report poultry categories with weights and counts for hens roosters springs and turkeys, plus eggs butterfat and cream prices. Listings include water town Watertown Sioux Falls regions with regional weights and grade prices for No 1 and No 2 eggs and butterfat figures.
Butter remained fully steady with receipts totaling 1,157,644 across markets and varied scores. Eggs held firm with fresh graded extra firsts priced under carlots at 24 dollars. storage packaged firsts at 33. Cheese steady at 127,495 dollars. mixed colors and grading ranges noted. Butter futures in Chicago storage outlines show November at 37.95 to 37.8.
Boston reports heavy deliveries of fine territory wools and 12 month Texas wools to mills. Inquiries extend to medium wools with some sales noted while buyers await blanket contracts. South American 44's grade wool sold around five cents under ceiling.
Markets at a Glance reports mixed but steady movements in commodities with wheat rising on renewed mill buying and flour demand, corn hovering near steady levels, hogs up 10 to 15 cents to a top of 14.85, and firm cattle and hog demand underpinning the market. grain quotes list No 1 dark northern wheat at 98, No 2 at 87, No 3 at 86, with barley and durum bids included.
Chicago and Minneapolis trading reports show renewed demand lifting wheat more than a cent a bushel to new six week highs. Profit taking and hedging sold off earlier but buyers led after noon, aided by higher government loan rate expectations and stronger flour demand.
C Krumm secretary of the committee reports 167180 pounds of rubber collected so far. Only a few days remain to sell old rubber as the drive moves closer to its peak.
Leonard Earl Lensar 45 of 543 Lawn Ridge Avenue Southeast died in a Huron hospital. He was born January 20, 1898 at Charter Oak Iowa and lived in Denison Jefferson Sioux Falls Wolsey and near Wolsey before illness. Survived by Esther Brekke his widow two daughters Karen Marie and Kay Margaret a brother Lloyd Yankton a sister Mrs Nattie O Hara Sioux City and four nephews. Funeral plans not set.
President Roosevelts remarks defend using government grain stocks to support agricultural production during wartime. Senate and House conferees push parity loans for wheat and corn, proposing 10 percent parity and buying plans, while CCC grain sales and storage concerns stir resistance.
New York reports a steady uptrend as the bull market advances at a moderate pace. Trading remained active with around 800000 shares changing hands, the day’s gains narrowing toward the close after early strength.
Fragmentary OCR listing percentages tied to named companies such as Allis-Chalm- ing, Johns-Manville, AmTelTel, Mack Trucks, Bendix Aviation, Nat Dairy Pro, and others. The passage reads like a stock style closing quotation sheet with percent figures next to corporate names.
Funeral services were held in Highmore for James Lee Ellis infant son of Mr and Mrs Herschel Ellis of Onida. The child died soon after birth in a Pierre hospital. Rev W P Slocum officiated and burial followed in Highmore Cemetery.
Readable OCR fragment lists entities with percentage figures such as Beth Steel 55 percent BoeingAir 16 percent BriggsMig 19 percent ButiMig 25 percent ButlerBros 544 Calumet and Hee 6 percent CelotexO 71 percent Gave IDCo 4 Coig Palm Tas ComSouth 732. Contains mixed company names and percentages without clear narrative.
Thirteen draftees, ten from Beadle County, left Huron for Fort Snelling Minnesota to be inducted into the U S Army. A send off parade with gifts from local organizations marked the occasion. Transfers and Navy enlistments altered the final list of inductees.
Officials said the Democratic State central committee will meet Monday at 1 p m in the Marvin Hughitt Hotel to decide campaign matters for the general election. Attendees include John J Exon Lake Andes chair. Herbert Hitchcock Mitchell national committee man. Mrs Jenny O’Hern Wakpala state view chair and others.
Miss Annette Biernbaum formerly of Rapid City arrived in Huron to take over duties as Child Welfare Worker for Huron and Beadle County. She succeeds Miss Helen Anderson transferred March 1. Announcement by C H Cotton Beadle County Social Security Director states she will be stationed in an office at the Beadle County Courthouse. Biernbaum is a University of Nebraska graduate with one year of graduate work in social sciences at the University of Chicago.
Ellis Thompson of Erwin died in a Huron hospital Wednesday at age 84 after an illness that kept him hospitalized since June 25.
British and Axis forces clash in day and night air battles as bomber and fighter commands target naval bases in Wesermunde and allied airfields in France. Interceptions report two German bombers downed while four British planes are missing. Axis claims ships sunk near the English coast and Egyptian front positions advance amid dust storms.
Rain and wet infield force postponement of the City Recreation League contest between Tredway and Siem and Gagnon's Dairy. Showers threaten further delays but a new date will be announced.
Irwin A. Churchill and George F. McDougall led a broad drive to raise funds for Huron College, speaking to Huron Co-Operative Club and Lions Club and other groups. Churchill outlined that the college faces a funding and enrollment challenge and urged city backing for a multi-year campaign to revive support and attendance.
Weather reports detail storms moving just south of Beadle County with heavy showers in Redfield and Spink County. Rainfall totals vary up to 3 inches with hail absent on many lines but localized crop damage noted near Cottonwood Lake and Canova Carthage corridor. Rail lines from Huron to Watertown report heavy rain and scattered hail in some sections.
Beadle County jury convicts Arthur S. Grote of second degree rape in a case ending after a long deliberation. The court set sentencing for 10 am next day with the maximum penalty up to 20 years in the state penitentiary. The trial concluded after testimony and arguments from States Attorney Luby and defense counsel.
Funeral services for Mrs. Leona Smith will be held Friday at the Welter Chapel. The Rev. J Gray will conduct the service with pallbearers J B Allister James May Orl2 to James Venables Sr Frank eton and Albert Arndt. The body lies in state tonight 7 to 9 oclock. Edith Sie arrived from Bu Ida and Lowell Smith from Camp Roberts Cal expected for the funeral.
A group of six Iroquois men formed a farm work crew to travel in one car and work at shocking after supper until dark for low wages. Members include W. A. Peterson L. H. Moching Russell Laposky Charles Bruha L. F. Soller and Ozlo Porer. Angeline Tesen first girl to register for farm work in De Smet. Alfred Ryland notes 24 potential shockers registered, swelling the registrant numbers.
A son named Leon Delano was born to Mr. and Mrs. Beadles of Euron at 7 05 Wednesday morning weighing seven pounds eight ounces. The delivery added happiness to the hospital as family and friends celebrate the new arrival.
Mixed fragments list for sale items including porcelain table-top items and threshers with prices. Also a small cafe for sale in Rapid City with seating for 45 and stock included. WANTED help for housework and child care. contact Mrs Otto Kukuk in Rapid City.
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