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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1940
Page
2
Hog prices recovered with 15 cent gains at Armour Stock Yards and Chicago in another day of mixed signals. Reports from St Paul Sioux Falls and Sioux City show steady to higher hog and cattle quotes, while Minneapolis and Chicago wheat futures slipped on late rains.
Sioux City market Thursday reports cattle receipts about 2 000 and calves 150. Slaughter steers yearlings and heifers steady to higher with bulk fed near 10.50 to 11.25 for yearlings. Cows 5.75 to 6.50, canners 4.00 to 5.50, stock steers 6.25 to 9.25. Hog receipts about 3 500.
Markets at a glance show early rally in stocks fading with steady bonds and irregular foreign exchange. Cotton mixed amid liquidation and cover purchases. sugar uneven with offsetting trades. metals steady. wheat lower in the northwest. cotton futures and cattle strength noted.
NEW YORK July 11 steels and aircrafts showed early gains but failed to lift other stocks. Most traders waited on European war developments and the outcome of next week's Democratic convention in Chicago before extending purchases. Transfers totaled about 300000 shares as many investors stayed cautious.
New York July market notes show unsettled butter at 924533, creamery higher than extra, tubs and cartons around 27, firsts and seconds mixed in the mid- to high-twenties, Cheene steady at 141183, eggs easier at 15 128, mixed colors Fancy to extra fancy from 18 to 24, storage packed firsts 1734, graded 1738, current receipts 16, dirties No 1 154, average checks 40 percent. Dressed poultry irregular with fresh boxes for chicken roilers at 15 22. Fresh and frozen prices listed but truncated.
Chicago markets list butter futures for November with high 27.30 and close 27.20. Refrigerator standards show November values with high 19.55 and low 15.26, while Get 1935 futures peak near 19.10.
A garbled catalog of names and pieces includes Richard Bryson vocals for The Old Frog Pond and The Woodpecker swang, with fragments of overtures and selections by Kaliika Friml God Bless America Berlin and others, leaving unclear performers or dates.
Sioux Falls July 11 spokesman for the sect said a site other than the Coliseum would be sought for a July 24 to 26 convention within 150 miles. City officials demanded a $50,000 bond and $1,560 cash for policing if the Coliseum were used. The move follows reports of shots fired at a Des Moines organizer near Irene, South Dakota, with no claim of identity. Several offers for outdoor space have been received. lodging for thousands may be challenging.
Soil Conservation Service officials in Huron announced a second soil and water conservation tour to be arranged after harvest, following a week’s event at the Frank Curtis farm near Virgil. The tour drew 16 participants from four counties: Jerauld Hand Beadle and Sanborn, with sponsors including the SCS Extension Service and cooperating farmers.
Wendell Willkie announced plans to campaign in the South during the coming race. He said talks would be held with a focus on voting support while on vacation with Mrs Willis, adding he would spend the day resting and reading.
Sioux Falls reports South Dakota has passed 50 percent of its state quota for the Red Cross drive aiding European war refugees. Zelda R. Krueger executive secretary of the Minnehaha County chapter said she was advised today by Red Cross officers.
A compact digest lists numerous corporations with varied performance. Notable figures include Chrysler trading around 63 percent, Gen Electric about 31, Ford and General Motors in the mid forties, Schen Dis near 9, and US Steel around 5. The list also shows Safeway, Sperry, DuPont, Kodak, and Westinghouse among others with diverse percentage changes. Bond data shows New York July 11 government notes at 4 percent and loan yields near 52 to 47, with prices around 119.98 and 107.10 respectively.
Franklin Monroe Hollister died at his home on 15 Glenn Avenue Northwest after a stroke four weeks earlier. Born April 14 1872 in Illinois, he worked 23 years for the city of Huron as night engineer in the water department. Survived by widow, three sons Marion Minnesota George Illinois Merle Huron. two daughters Mia Vernella Dili Kansas and Margaret Smith Haran. sister Mrs Alice Andrews Audubon Iowa. 12 grandchildren. Funeral arrangements not yet set.
Mrs. Marguerite Sankey 70 died at her home 664 Colorado Avenue Southwest after a long illness. Born November 20 1860 in Flintshire North Wales she came to the United States in 1872 and has lived in Huron since 1902. Survived by son Bert L. Sankey daughter Georgia Sankey two sisters and a brother. Funeral services Monday at Welter Chapel conducted by Rev A L Johnson of St Stephen’s Episcopal De Smet. Burial in Aberdeen beside her husband Lee Sankey who died September 1927.
President Roosevelt invoked the last resort procedure to defer a threatened walkout by 30,000 Railways Express Agency clerks and terminal workers. He halted the strike after a Friday deadline, citing a dispute over working hours and ordering a fact finding commission under the Railway Labor Act.
London July 11 Foreign Affairs Under-Secretary Butler told the House of Commons that Britain's bid to improve ties with the Soviet Union had grown more promising in recent months. He noted progress since March when the U S S R approached Britain and signaled a resumption of trade talks. Butler said Cripps in Moscow leads discussions aimed at reducing the danger of Soviet actions aiding Germany.
The Senate sent the Hatch Act expansion to the White House after House amendments. The measure tightens political activity limits on state and local government employees funded by federal money, broadening existing rules that already ban federal worker political activity.
Partial market note from New York dated July 11 indicates curb on Cities Service bonds at 5 percent, with related yield activity and market implications. Details are limited in the fragment, showing prices or movements for El Bond and Bh6 percent securities.
At Holcomb Missouri a Frisbee Lumber Company sawmill boiler exploded just after noon killing three men and injuring eight others, five critically. The dead included two mill employees and an unidentified man found at the mill, with initial reports suggesting five fatalities. The blast scattered the mill across the area and hurled the smokestack across highway 25. cause not yet determined.
Bucharest reports Mihail Manoiliscu received invitation to Berlin to press Romania's stance on Transylvania. He may seek German support for a plan to have Russia return Northern Bucovina and to set a semi autonomous Romanian state for 100,000 Germans in Bessarabia. Romania rejects Bulgarian territorial demands and will not cede Transylvania to Hungary. The country also withdraws from the League of Nations.
Col. Frank Knox was sworn in as secretary of the Navy at the White House and immediately headed to his department to begin work. He told reporters it is a working job, not a talking job, as Henry L. Stimpson also assumed the role of secretary of war for a second time.
A tornado struck near Mabel Minnesota about fifty miles south of Winona last night. No fatalities reported though 35 dams and houses were wrecked and farm buildings leveled. Communication with the stricken area was out this afternoon. The storm ripped through a twenty mile area with heavy rain and some hail. Several head of livestock were killed.
In Congress debate on the Burke Wadsworth compulsory training bill centers on expanding the Army to 750000 and training 300000 additional troops. Supporters urge immediate action while opponents warn of threats to democracy. Plans to begin a new defense program are set for July 22 after recess during the Democratic national convention.
National Commander Ray Kelly of Detroit Congressman N Mason of Illinois and Mrs Ly Corwith of New York named as principal speakers for the four day Legion convention July 28 31 in Watertown tentative program released by Wright Tarbell executive secretary of the local committee Also listed are Governor Harvan Bushfield South Dakota Rev P Dermot Atlantic Tov chaph and Bark to Pay tenville Minn chairmen of national rehabilitation sessions begin Monday morning with Kelly and Mrs Corwith addressing the opening, Mason and Bushfield among speakers throughout the week
In Istanbul Russian spokesmen reject any aim to seize the Dardanelles or involve the Caucasus. They dismiss rumors of U.S. czarist policy, saying duties in Finland and Bessarabia explain measures, and reiterate that relations with Turkey are good and the straits remain open. Turkey floods mobilization for defense with cavalry drills and reservists called to active service.
The Yale area suffered hail and rain with crops damaged and debris everywhere. A threshing machine overturned and a heavy all-start plow turned over. Kerkow farm sits seven miles north and five miles east of Yale as reports spread to Beadle and Kingsbury counties.
Dialogues on Roosevelt renomination and Wheeler’s potential selection unfold as convention officials in Wad report scant local turnout. Vice President supporters push for Wheeler if Roosevelt runs, while Clements blocks that idea. Only national committee officials are on the scene, with minimal delegate presence and no crowd.
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