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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1941
Page
2
Swine prices eased by 5 to 10 cents with top hogs at 9.95 as Armour Stock Yards reports softer bids. Cattle and sheep held steady, with long haul hogs well conditioned but mostly softer. Sioux Falls and Watertown markets show similar dips and steady to lower quotes across butchers, sows, cattle, veal, and lambs.
In Chicago hogs eased 10 to 15 cents as receipts of sheep rose and yearlings and light steers climbed up to 25 cents. Cattle and calves across St Paul showed gains to 25 cents, with best yearlings near 11.85 and heavy steers about 10.50 to 11.25, while hogs and sheep sold mixed with limited early sales and steady to higher bids.
Markets show mixed recovery signals with firm stocks and industrials, narrow currency movements, and cautious commodity activity. Bonds resist, cotton and wool show hedging and selling pressures, sugar steady, metals active led by utilities, wheat and corn lower, cattle and hogs firm with higher cattle values.
Sioux City, Watertown, Sioux Falls, Mitchell, Bronx Falls, and New York markets report poultry and egg prices for June 5. Hens, roosters, turkeys, eggs, and butter fat vary by weight and grade, with no single uniform price across all items.
On June 5 in Boston the wool market moved slowly with new business sparse. Fine territory wool brought 1.03 per length on a scoured basis and prices ranged from 84 to 87 cents for other grades, while combing wools held steady at 46 to 47 cents in grease. sales were limited amid sluggish activity.
Chicago June 5 Wheat and corn futures slipped from early gains as baking and milling demand softened. Wheat for July fell to 97 44, September to 98 34, while corn declined to 93 1 2 for July and 74 for September, with slight weakness across the board.
City livestock market report for Sioux City dated June 5 lists cattle salable 2,600 head and calves 40. stockers and feeders steady with bulk fed steers and yearlings 75 to 10.00, spots at 1,200 lb beeves about 11.00, sows 3.50 to 3.85, feed pigs mostly salable 5,000, early fat lambs steady with a Western springer load around 80 lb.
New York reported a tepid session as traders avoided a bull stampede. Recovery efforts pushed some stocks higher though deal volume slackened after mid day. Quotes showed fractional gains and several names rose while many indicators drifted, with notable activity on large wires.
A meeting is planned for Friday evening in the city hall basement recreation room to form a kittenball league for young women. Sidney Larson district WPA recreation director and Florence Kelly will discuss the program aimed at organizing six teams, with eligibility for girls 15 years or older.
The NLRB hearing began today in Washington with Judge J C Baten presiding over charges that Armour and Company violated the National Labor Relations Act by discharging workers at the Huron plant for union activity. The case, filed by Amalgamated Meat Cutters Local 414, alleges firings of Eugene Zurek on December 21 1940 Lloyd Tobey on February 19 1941 and Clarence Hindman on February 25 1941 plus warnings to employees against joining or aiding the union. Witnesses and exhibits were being arranged as the session started near 1 15 p m after delays from preliminary matters.
Admitted patients include Judith and Gray in Huron minor surgery, Mrs Thomas Van Zee and Miller minor surgery, Willis Gross Hitchcock medical, Mrs Liburn Russel Miller surgical, Paul Hose Huron surgical, Ellen Purington St Lawrence surgical. Dismissals include Mrs Sadie Brasnahan Kansas City Missouri, Alice Ulrich Huron, Mrs William Ambacher Huron, Mrs Rans Woonsocket, Judith Ann Grau Huron, Willis Gross Hitchcock.
A condensed market roundup shows diverse equities with various percentages. Major listings include Armilt 54 AtchTandSF 27 percent and Boeing Aircraft 1534 with mixed readings across automotive and industrial names. Financials feature First Bank and Minneapolis Bank stocks with bid ask close data.
Washington reports that Secretary Stimson defended granting the President authority to requisition property for defense to relieve bottlenecks and shortages. Lawmakers demand specific time limits and targeted use, with Senate debates over tying takings to strikes and ensuring limits to prevent dictating dictatorial power.
Adults in Huron will graduate from the Life Enrichment program at the YMCA with a symposium led by Roy E Case and panel discussions by state and local education leaders. Mrs Henningsen will discuss poetry trends as part of the evening, with certificates to eligible students.
Informants noted that transferring one fifth of the domestic oil tanker fleet to British service could ease scarcity but faces limits. A new pipeline bill offers little short term relief as construction takes 12 to 15 months. Defense needs and tanker reallocation may shift areas to nearer eastern industries, with Ickes planning to press FLD use of existing fleets.
Funeral arrangements were under way for Jack Swift 64 a hotel employee in Sisseton after he died by hanging at the local stockyards around noon yesterday. Sheriff Anton Peterzon reported the death as a self-inflicted act.
A federally supervised radio operator course is organized in Huron under Supt. A J Lang. E R Matthews leads instruction with government supplied equipment. Free enrollment for 17 to 25 year olds with exams for amateur licenses. Two classes nightly, Monday through Friday, starting Monday, with a Friday meeting for enrollees.
Billy Winsor five year old son of Mr and Mrs William Winsor of De Smet died from injuries after falling from a car three miles north of De Smet Wednesday evening. He was returning from a fishing trip at Big Stone Lake with his parents, found unconscious and rushed to Huron hospital where he died shortly after. The boy was an only child and the grandson of Mr and Mrs W F Klinkel of De Smet. Funeral arrangements had not been completed.
British military circles forecast a crisis in the Middle East as Nazis amass force in French mandate Syria. Turkey reports 15,000 German troops, while Britain reinforces Palestine Iraq and Cyprus. De Gaulle reportedly travels to Palestine for staff talks with Gen Wilson amid fleet movements off the Syrian coast. Nazis reportedly infiltrate as Jewish refugees with falsified passports.
Washington officials push to supply critical items for two more panzer divisions in France and the Balkans with mobile units of equal or superior power. The committee adds 29.293 million to Budget Bureau plans to hire 30,000 civilians for housekeeping at cantonments for next year. Marshall testifies the air force bears vast costs, roughly 50,000 aircraft at about 2.5 billion annually, stressing the need to sustain air power without bankrupting the country.
Two Huron youths admitted stealing parts from a grain binder and selling them for junk. Albert Sackett, 24, and Darrell Vance, 18, pleaded guilty in municipal court and were fined 15 dollars each. Judge C N Hall presided. Sackett paid his fine. Vance remained jailed pending payment arrangements. A D Clemmens filed the complaint, noting the farm location two miles south of Huron.
Reports say Germany slipped 15000 troops into Syria masked as refugees and landed planes along the coast while 540000 British troops under Wavell counter the threat. Reinforcements rush to Iraq and Cyprus as Vichy France and Britain clash diplomatically.
Prices for rice beef cattle chickens wool veal calves and lambs remain above parity while apples hogs eggs and fat are near parity. Cotton and fats have risen with high government loan rate prospects. War era price trends cited. Classifieds include rental ads apartment listings and a Dodge sedan for sale with specifics.
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