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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1929
Page
11
Sioux City reports strong hog prices with top 10.40 and 170-250 lb ranges, while cattle and veal show varied gains and steadier ranges. Chicago and St Paul markets note mixed trends for hogs, cattle, and lambs, with gradual price shifts and notable top figures across weights and classes.
Wheat opened with a wide 7 to 8 percent drop amid panicky first hours and heavy stop loss selling. Oats and rye fell before partial recoveries, flax and barley showed weakness, cash wheat demand remained indifferent, and premiums eased with some quality buyers. Minneapolis grain notes list No 1 dark northern wheat and flax prices, with futures and cash ranges for May 31.
New York May 31 reports say several large operators took heavy losses in a sharp market drop. Many issues fell two to nine points while rails and public utilities rallied, lifting indices as investors covered positions and sent Dow components higher.
Standard Oil of Indiana closed at 54 percent on the curb market. The list includes many major firms such as Am Can Am T & T General Electric General Motors and U S Steel with varied percentages and values noted for closing quotations.
London officials announced at noon that King George is in satisfactory condition and progress remains tedious. Windsor physicians said the abscess is following its normal course and the thanksgiving service planned for June 16 at Westminster Abbey will be deferred.
In Hudson South Dakota on May 31 George Dixon a 51 year old farmer ended his life with a shotgun in the yard of his home his widow nearby found the body. Despondency due to ill health was blamed. House Passes Wood Bill for Rateways The House approved a 52000000 appropriation for extra railroad compensation for mail transport tied to higher rates set by the ICC. The bill moves to the Senate.
The Huron Y M C A decides to send at least two men to the Lake Geneva student conference in June. Five hundred men are expected. speakers include Bishop Edwin H Hughes Dr Charles Gilkey Dr Harrison Elliott and Coach Alonzo Stagg. Delegates’ travel costs for three are estimated at $100 and a $12.50 gift was handed to the Y M C A treasurer by a local businessman.
The first $86 worth of new United States paper money reached Huron today with two local banks each receiving one of the new $1 $2 $5 and $10 bills. Circulation is delayed until Washington releases orders and banks will display the currency as an exhibit. The notes are smaller than the old bills and feature portraits of Washington Jefferson Lincoln and Hamilton with landmark back images.
J H Searls, longtime Bureau investigator and former South Dakota city police head, is dismissed amid friction in the Sioux City bureau. He faces testimony in Sioux City before the grand jury and will remain in Huron with his family. His civil service status had not yet been attained, and the bureau can discharge at will during probation.
A severe cold wave sweeps Argentina with Ciudad Mendoza at 25 F as three people die from the cold. Snow and freezing temperatures disrupt railroad traffic in other regions as the cold extends across the republic.
States Attorney W W Howes returned to Huron after Memorial day activities. He spoke in the morning at Wolsey for the Snyder post of the American Legion and again in the afternoon for the CG T Hanson post at Bonilla, delivering memorial addresses.
George B Kennard organization director of the South Dakota Farm Bureau moved his residence to Huron at 606 Utah Avenue South Bast with his wife and two boys arriving from Sioux Falls. He established headquarters at the Farm Bureau state offices in city hall and began full duties January 1. He will cover southeastern South Dakota and work in central and northern areas in June and July. He previously served as Minnehaha county agent in Sioux Falls.
Three pilots applied for government licenses at Huronair field under inspector O J Van Valin of Chicago. Lee Parrish of Redfield and George Moore of Wessington Springs sought transport licenses while Loomis pursued a limited commercial license. Written tests were completed earlier with actual flying tests to follow this afternoon.
Chesty Mead, famed from Dakota league days, will pitch for Huron tomorrow as they meet the Colored House of David club on the air grounds diamond at 3 o clock. Huron’s Central South Dakota league lineup includes Tommy Larson likely catching and Johnny Johnson Beckett Lester and Tommy Diamond to field. Other leaguers such as Charles Miood good Matejka Burns Buell Cotton Lovejoy and more are listed among the expected players.
Huron attorney W. Markey spoke at the American Legion Memorial ceremonies at Yale yesterday, delivering the day’s keynote and echoing themes of remembrance and service.
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