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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1937
Page
2
Armour Stockyards Huron reports June 2 prices with butchers steady to firm and sows down ten cents. Receipts 150. cattle, calves, and hogs show variable bids, with top hogs around 11.25 and cattle steady. Regional quotes from Sioux Falls Sioux City and South St. Paul reflect mixed demand for hogs, cattle, and lambs.
Modest hog price decline follows a larger hog run of 16 000 head up 5.00 from estimates and 1 over a year ago. Prices held at 11.00, while light weights and pigs fell more. Cattle prices stayed steady with good and choice steers at 10.50 to 13.00 and top near 14.25 to 15.00. Spring lambs rose to 12.75, pork moving from storage as fresh meat output lagged. Cold storage at end of May shows 191.172 million pounds, down 15.335 million from April.
Chicago livestock bid volume shows hogs 16 000 mostly 10 lower than Tuesday. Cattle and calves steady with limited value, hogs top at 11 73, good and choice 200 300 lb about 21 45. Sows steady near 10.00, vealers weak, natives and yearlings mostly 10 99. Aborn ewes 3. 00 top lambs around 11 15.
June market notes show government buying of eggs and dairy, butter and egg prices steady or lower, and mixed poultry rates in Chicago. Wheat futures tumble later in the session, with carlot grain ranges and Minneapolis cash prices listed for several commodities.
June agricultural price sheet lists poultry and butterfat values for Sioux Falls and Watertown. Heavy hens, Leghorn hens, and cocks priced by weight, with butterfat quotations No. 1 and No. 2, plus egg and butter prices listed by grade and size.
congressional leaders move to start a speedy inquiry into tax dodging at Roosevelt’s urging. Senate Finance Chairman Harrison says wealthy individuals may be summoned to testify, as six senators and five representatives are set to conduct the probe amid hopes of uncovering evasion schemes. Treasury officials aim to secure prosecutions and tighten laws to recover over ten million dollars.
New York June 2 The stock market drifted after a fraction ledge and trading inertia, with leaders noting eased war fear but steel strikes dampening sentiment. Notable gainers included U S Steel Bethlehem Public Service of New Jersey and Westinghouse, while National Steel Chrysler and General Motors lagged.
A dense list of corporate tickers and percent changes appears to compile closing quotes across diverse sectors. The column references Am Can, AT&T, Chrysler, General Electric, Goodyear, Goodyear, RCA, Rem Rand, US Steel, Union Carbide, and many others. Percent figures vary widely, with several firms showing modest gains and others posting sharper moves. The piece resembles a market summary page aggregating closing prices and daily performance across industries and major corporations.
Stocks from Minneapolis and New York show bid ask and close figures for banks, Northwest Lance, UW U S bonds, and government issues. Notable readings include First Bank at 13 percent bids, 13 percent asks, Home Owners Loan 3s near 10124, and Fed Farm Mortgage at 102.16.
War issues dominated the 149th general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in TLSA. Debates covered pacifist efforts to alter war doctrine, aid to Loyalists in Spain, and objections to vast military spending. The body also called for restrictive liquor laws, labor rights support, public education on venereal disease, anti prostitution and anti gambling measures, and action on lynching acts.
Funeral services for Mrs Ed McNaboe of Troquois will be held at the Catholic Church in Cavour on Friday at 10 a.m. Father Millmans of Carthage will officiate. Burial is in Cavour Cemetery. She died after an extended illness at her home yesterday. She was a daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Delveaux of Cavour and is survived by her widower and one child. The body lies at Fisher and Greer funeral home in Trequels.
Entomologists report heavy grasshopper numbers across Utah Montana Wyoming Nebraska Missouri and Iowa with two to five times more hoppers than last year. Poison campaigns underway in drought hit regions while weather favorable for a fungal outbreak could curb feeding as Beadle County locals monitor hoppers and hold community meetings to discuss control efforts.
Chicago crop experts projected the 1937 harvest at 878 million bushels of winter and spring wheat. This compares with 626 million in 1936, and the forecasts show May deterioration in winter wheat. The six estimates place January forecasts and government totals within a 3 to 5 million bushel margin.
In Brookings on June 2, Civil War veterans opened the 34th annual encampment of the South Dakota Grand Army of the Republic and Auxiliary with the Woman's Relief Corps. Levi Van Voorhis of Huron, 93, presided. delegates registered and heard welcome by Bertha Elis and response by Belle Nichols. Joint memoirs services and other features highlighted the afternoon. Chaplain Claude E. Ireland of the Minnesota soldiers home planned to speak on Defenders of the Nation. New officers were to be elected Thursday for installation Friday.
Professor Schmidt, renowned magician, will perform a nightly Houdini box escape at the American Exposition on the State Fair Grounds. He will be handcuffed, shackled, fed, then sealed in a wooden box and freed, as part of the Veterans jubilee shows. Admission is free to the public and the act runs all week. Police reminded spectators to avoid parking near hydrants and to keep distance from fire plugs, with violators to be tagged.
County commissioners continued personal interviews with matron applicants at the Beadle County sanitarium during the June session at the courthouse. They also addressed bills and routine matters and planned trips to Cavour and Iroquois to inspect land for highway construction. The resignation of Matron Mrs. Joe Grant necessitated hiring a replacement, with duties to continue until a successor is found.
Edward and Wallis Warfield have friends stating no church opposition exists to a remarriage. Rev R Anderson Jardine may perform the ceremony, reflecting an Evangelical wing’s laxer view on divorced remarriage. Jardine, known as the poor man’s parson, leads a Darlington parish noted for its working class.
A mass meeting of WPA workers and jobless persons in Huron and vicinity is set for Friday night. Sponsors say the goal is to form a Workers Alliance to continue aid for South Dakota relief clients and provide jobs for the unemployed. The meeting will be at the temple starting at 7:30.
City officials warned youngsters not to swim at Ravine Lake before guards are on duty for the season. City Manager Don J. Sears urged parents to forbid their children from swimming until lifeguards are present, as the recreation center plans a June 12 season opening with Loftus H. Ward directing a supervised program and staff of trained lifeguards.
In Huron and nearby towns, admissions include Mrs H W Quigley of Huron for minor surgical care and Mrs Exnas Delvaux for ce?ar ailments, with Walter J Bachman also admitted. Dismissals include Mrs E L Campbell and others from Huron and De Smet, plus Hilma Erickson and Teel Fox.
Classified snippet lists items and notices including lost glasses with reward, a married man seeking work with references, and for sale farm implements plus a lost dog description. Names and addresses appear with partial phone numbers and locations in Hurun and Huron. The fragmentary OCR combines multiple small ads into one record with minimal readable details.
About 300 head of cattle and several hundred hogs plus some road horses expected. Auctioneer Roy Housman and manager Roy Housman listed with Tom DeHaven and P. Seibsen as clerk. Union Leader ad notes location near Huron Liquor Store opposite post office.
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