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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1944
Page
2
Hog quotations steady on Thursday with hogs and butchers mostly steady under 300 pounds. Cattle weak to 25 cents lower. sheep steady around 15.25 to 16.25. Western markets show varied ranges for hogs, cattle, and calves with several price bands and lots sold.
Chicago June 15 hogs 17 000 head very slow sales with heavy overs. Fed steers and yearlings up to 15 cents, top 17 60. Cattle receipts 4 000 calves 500 with feed cattle up to 15. Sheep 2 000 steady. Hogs mostly 11 50 to 13 00, sows 10 50 12 75. Beef bulls 13 25 15 00. Overall funds indicate scarce light hogs and large unsold volume.
Live cattle steady to weak with bids 25 cents lower. top 16.75 on 1220 lb steers. Vealers 13.50-16.00 top 16.00. hogs 13,000 head steady to lower on sows. sheep 1,000 head steady to strong with good lambs trading at 14.75-15.75 for No 1 shorn. Prices include cattle, hogs, and lamb ranges with weights and grades noted.
Sioux City cattle sale notes 4000 head available, calf sales steady with cattle mostly unchanged. Heifers steady, bids weak to 25 lower. steer and yearling quality mostly good to choice with top loads around 1219 pounds at 16.90 and two loads 1625 to 1650 pounds. stockers scarce, receipts slow.
CHICAGO June 15 grain traders eyed House approval of parity price legislation with bullish sentiment. Wheat and rye futures rose up to five cents, oats followed, and short covering boosted activity. Wheat closed higher. oats, rye, and barley moved up, while grain prices in Minneapolis showed mixed gains on cash bids and receipts.
New York June 15 Stocks firmed in late trading on revival of selective buying in motors steels and other key industrials. Prices rose to near five year highs with gains from fractions to about two points and volume around 1 500 000 shares.
Markets report daily price ranges for Euron and Huron produce with entries on poultry like heavy hens roosters light breeds and leghorns, plus butterfat eggs and dairy prices in Chicago. Details include FOB live poultry prices, butter and cream scores, and U S dairy standard receipts and pricing ranges.
New York dairy market summary dated June 18 shows Battery 1,143,022 firm and prices unchanged. Includes BS Cheese 615,580. Exes 29,544. current wholesale selling prices for mixed colors and white varieties across various grades and weights with fractions noted.
New York wholesale poultry quotations include a 1 percent cushion above ceiling costs for first hand distribution. Fresh and dressed poultry prices show ranges for ducks young hens and toms, with old roosters and aged birds listed. Frozen boxes or barrels iced top grade birds also priced, illustrating market values for live and dressed poultry.
The Dover Strait area enjoyed bright clear morning weather with a smooth sea and light northwesterly breeze. Temperature around 60 degrees at 8 a.m. and visibility was good. Barometer signaled continued fair weather. Berlin dispatches predicted Allied landings at Calais and Ostende imminent.
Dorothea Dunbar leads city Girl Scout Day Camp as 57 girls attend. Activities include whittling, pattern selection, outdoor fires, cooking by angels on horseback, sketching, knot tying, sewing for soldiers overseas, and a German song segment. Jo Ann Parker elected scribe. counselors Mrs Kiel and Mrs Manning assist.
Iowa and Nebraska face continued flood concerns as waters from the Missouri River rise briefly in Nebraska City and nearby areas. The level, after peaking near 19.7 feet, steadied around 19.5 to 19.6, while breached dikes threaten farmland but are easing pressures on levees, with improvements noted by the Kansas City Weather Bureau.
The article details the B 29 Super Fortresses powered by four 2,200 horsepower engines with two superchargers each. It notes their 141.2 foot wingspan vs the B 17 and quotes General Marshall on the strategic value and centralized command under General Arnold, with long range bombing shaping the war's offensive reach. It recalls the April 18 1942 Doolittle raid and its impact, then reports items from Pierre about incorporation and oil company ventures in Great Plains region.
Washington June 1 Congress edges toward recess as price control extension clears for vote but faces a presidential veto threat. Senator Murdock cites opposition to an amendment allowing broader OPA testing in federal courts, while House action approved by 2206 to 181.
Home nursing classes are available across the county and open for enrollment. The Red Cross certificate requires about 26 hours of study with emphasis on practical demonstrations and home care guidance. Schedule includes Belle Prairie Township, Wal sey City, Washington area, Fairfield Township, Hur on, Ygle, Cavour and Borilla locations with multiple weekly times.
Harry Howard of Sioux City known to Twin City police as Mr Memory faces trial after pleading guilty to petty larceny in police court. He was rearrested after completing a 90 day workhouse sentence in Minneapolis and vagrancy charges. Howard admitted borrowing from many in Minnesota North and South Dakota by posing as an acquaintance.
Mrs. Stella Shanks, 65, who died Monday evening after a lingering illness, will be buried in the local cemetery after a Congregational Church funeral Friday afternoon officiated by Br. S. W. Keck of Huron. A 40-year resident of Lake Preston she was active in church groups. She leaves four children: life of Sioux Falls, Delwin of Miami, Marion of Arlington, and Everett of Lake Preston.
The funeral services for G. B. Van Allen were held at Welter Chapel with Dr. C. E. Wilcox in charge. Pallbearers named were 4.0, Cooper, Frank Reed, C J Johnson, W. DeGeest, Oscar Rundquist, H. H. Cook, and C. L. Bailey. The body was to be taken Friday to Hawarden IA for services at Ross Chapel and burial in Akron IA. Van Allen, a retired Standard Oil employee, died suddenly Wednesday morning after a heart attack.
Otis A Huddleston died Tuesday morning. Pallbearers Otis Huddleston William A Jones Harold Doyle Willard Hum meil John Evans Frank Blood good and Fredart attend the funeral at 3 30 Exiday afternoon in Welter's Chapel with Dr C F Wilcox of the Methodist Church officiating. Interment in Riverside family lot. Body in state tonight from 7 to 9 at Welter Funeral Home.
Yale teams met on the school grounds and the married men defeated the single men 7 to 5. R Ziegeldorf pitched for the married squad while R Maass and L Walz worked for the single boys. John Sweeney caught for the married men with W Maass catching for the single squad. A rematch is scheduled for next Sunday.
R R Twambly of White Lake was elected junior warden as Yankton hosts the 1945 annual Masonic communication. Rex Terry of Fort Pierre becomes grand master. Dr Francis Manning of Custer is deputy grand master. Sam E George of Sioux Falls is senior warden. Installers, appointive officers, and 327 registrants noted as the three day gathering closed.
The Fifth War Loan drive reached eight per cent of its $6 billion goal with $244,000,000 in individual sales by Tuesday night. Treasury notes bonds now buy more and better equipment than a year ago, listing revised prices for heavy bombers fighters planes and munitions, and the Garand rifle. Average annual earnings or prices cited show increases from last year to this year.
Southeast Asia Command reports a surprise joint assault on Mogaung by Chindits and Brig. Med Mike Calvert’s jungle force from the east. Allied air support backed the attack as Japanese forces were caught off guard. The battle rages with heavy casualties on both sides.
Admiral Nimitz said central Pacific bombers struck Truk for the sixth time in five days as Japanese interceptors fought a two way battle. MacArthur’s communiques report eight straight days of raids on Truk by bomber forces from the Admiralty Islands, with six Japanese planes downed as Biak invaders push toward Schouten Islands. Tanks and six inch guns hinder Biak’s air defenses amid stalled Japanese progress.
London reports De Gaulle welcomed in liberated Normandy after four years, praised for courage by residents of Sinigny. however, Allied relations clouded by alleged dispute over the use of French officers on D-Day and a denial of negotiations with Allied command.
Allied Headquarters in the South Pacific reports Admiral William F. Halsey resigns as commander in chief. He transfers authority to Vice Admiral Joey Henry Newton, 62, his first deputy, in a brief ceremony aboard a ship’s quarters building. Halsey will take a new, undisclosed role in the Pacific theater.
Classified brief listing shows items for sale including a 1936 Buick sedan 1% wheelbase, a 1942 Aristocrat house trailer 26 feet, a 154 Ford V-8 super de luxe coach, and a 1934 or 1939 Ford coupe. Also notices for a rummage sale, a large apartment for rent, and a lost dog named Shippy plus a dishwashing job lead near Willow Lake.
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