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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1944
Page
2
Armour Stockyards Huron reports hogs steady to 10c higher with 200-270 lb butchers around 13.45 and 270-330 lb ranges 10.25 to 11.75, cattle and sheep mixed gains in Sioux Falls and Watertown markets with steers 14.50 to 17.50 and lambs 13.50 to 16.00, Chicago highs near 12.10 for select hogs and 17.50 for fat cattle.
Daily market summaries from Huron Chicago and Watertown detail live poultry, roosters, eggs, butterfat, and dairy prices. Includes FOB pricing, weights, and standard milk product quotes across multiple markets with firm to steady trends and varied lots from fowl to geese and eggs.
New York stock market closes at peak levels not seen since late 1939. Broad advance follows a fast first hour with about 650000 shares traded, later rising to around 2.2 million. Major groups including rail, aircraft, and others participated. many listed issues show gains though some small caps lag.
Washington June 13. Sen Millikin questions Army Engineers on flood control as a springboard for other activities. Col Miles Reber argues flood control aids reclamation and cites large potential crop plans under Missouri Basin projects. Reber resists halting authorized projects amid protests, warning of continued rains and possible disasters.
Wheat and rye futures showed gains with wheat up one to two cents and rye up about two to three cents on strong demand and short covering. Oats and barley futures also advanced amid reports of crop conditions and disease spread affecting the southwest and neighboring states.
Minneapolis reports steady tone with cash wheat values for No. 1 heavy dark northern around 1.58 to 1.63 amid receipts 434. Prices for No. 2 dark northern near 1.565, No. 3 1.545 to 1.555. Other grains listed include corn 1.09 to 1.694, oats, rye, flax. Chicago shows limited bids with barley 1.25 to 1.41 nom and feed 1.15 to 1.221% nom.
Cattle and hog prices posted across St Paul Minnesota and Sioux City Iowa markets. Steers and heifers steady to strong with top steers near 16.25, calves 13.50 to 15.50, hogs 170 to 370 pounds mostly 10.75 to 11.73, feeders active with gains around 25. Sheep bids softer with limited supply, lambs 11.00 to 14.25. Cattle and hog totals show sizable receipts and mixed demand across regions.
Advanced Allied Headquarters in New Guinea reported that after invading Geelvink Bay airbase on Biak May 27, American forces have broadened their perimeter around Mokmer airstrip. Troops moved inland and north along ridges to protect the supply route, with 629 Japanese prisoners taken to date in the Hollandia Aitape sector and total enemy casualties reaching 6,706 in the Hollandia Aitape and Sarmi Maffin Bay area.
LUMUON June 18 General Charles De Gaulle received recognition of his Committees of National Liberation as the provisional government of the French Republic from four governments in exile. Poland Belgium Czechoslovakia and Luxembourg announced their actions as De Gaulle sought similar status from all United Nations.
Washington reports Sweden has agreed to make a very substantial reduction in shipments to Germany of ball bearings vital to the Nazi war effort. The move was learned today and signals a significant curtailment of material support for Nazi forces.
House passage sent the compromise G I Bill of Rights to the White House after Senate approval in a conference report. The measure broadens veterans benefits and aligns House and Senate versions on key provisions.
Nearly 300 Masonic grand lodge members gathered for the 70th annual communication with a banquet to feature Col. Otto B. Linstad of Pierre as principal speaker. Sessions include election, installation of officers, and a toast by Irwin R. Erickson with invocation by Rev. Vine V. Deloria.
Stewart Transfer Company, one of Huron's oldest businesses, is sold to Carlos H. Fliss and Atley L. Hegg. The firm will operate as Stewart Transfer from the Dakota Central Telephone Co building at 154 Third Street Southwest with headquarters unchanged. Russell T. Stewart announced the sale and expressed thanks to patrons as he plans to remain in Huron.
Directors from Mitchell and Huron voted to unite into the Mitchell Huron Production Credit Association with headquarters at Mitchell and a full time office at Huron. The new PCA serves 15 counties across South Dakota and Iowa and will have nearly 850 farmers and ranchers, with loans over a half million dollars. Officers include W. P. Tobin as secretary-treasurer and Ollie Sedgwick as Huron manager. directors are Edwin Fawcett Merritt Fenner J W Winright J W Jones and Karl Neugebauer.
Otis A. Huddleston of 517 Wisconsin Avenue Northwest died in a Huron hospital after several months illness. Born November 1, 1888 in Scott County Texas, he came to South Dakota in 1900 settling at Wessington. He married Mary Berg in 1915. she died 1921. Surviving: one son Gerald in New Guinea. one stepson Ruth Ellen Rawlston in Sioux City. four brothers Charles Wessington Eli Huron Ezra Ersel Tacoma. one sister Mrs ED Winter Tacoma. two step-sisters Mrs Robert Shea Wessington and Mrs Gina Huddleston Tacoma. one sister Mrs Lou Verbeck Silverton Ore. Funeral plans pending.
Frank Sanderson reopens Frank's Hamburger Shop after the Royal Hotel fire in a new brick and stucco building at 242 West Third, near the courthouse. The modern structure features a front and side border of 170 feet of colored neon tubes and an eight-stool counter for hamburgers hot dogs and chili. Wilson plans a picnic at DMemnobela Park at 3 o'clock Wednesday.
Washington June 12 Senate finance chair George of Georgia said corporate and individual tax rates will fall after the war. War Mobilization Director Byrnes urged tax experts to craft a post war system this summer. The aim is to end war taxation with peace and spur investment and employment while managing the debt.
The Missouri River dike on the Iowa side near Plattsmouth collapsed, flooding hundreds of Iowa farmlands and triggering warnings from meteorologist M W Robins that flood stages will rise for days. Omaha traffic links were cut, with the Platte River bridge at Plattsmouth closed and a small Ashland bridge damaged. One rail line west of Omaha remained in service.
In Austin on June 13 the Texas Supreme Court weighed a petition from pro Roosevelt forces seeking to force certification of pro Roosevelt electors on the Democratic July 22 primary ballot. The state Democratic executive committee in Dallas had rejected a proposal to place names of electors pledged to the nominees on the ballot. The pro Roosevelt filing argues electors are state officers and belong before voters statewide, noting no statute authorizes electors by convention or other means than primaries. The 23 electors in question were named by pro Roosevelt forces after a May 23 state convention and a subsequent rump gathering.
Jeannette Gagnon Abbey of St. Paul recently passed the Red Cross highest water safety certificate and volunteers as a swimming instructor at Highland Park pool. She and her sister Lois Gagnon operate a photography shop at 387 University Avenue, St. Paul, former Huron residents and daughters of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Gagnon.
An hospital column lists numerous patients admitted for medical and minor surgical needs across towns like Huron Troquois Iroquois and Highmore. Names include Mrs Alvin Bergerson Elmer Peoples J W Montgomery Dorg Rose and Charles O Hara among others with injuries or procedures noted. Recovery urged with Walker's medicine and tonics.
NBC reporter Stine ley Richardson said there is disputable evidence that Germans tortured and murdered American paratroopers during the Normandy landings. He cited three cases, including a lieutenant with a throat cut and a bound group found near a German command post, and another paratrooper killed in a village with multiple stab wounds.
The Free Danish Press Service said four German minesweepers were sunk yesterday by saboteurs in Svendborg harbor near Fyen Island. A state of emergency was declared in Svendborg, announced by Tidning Garnas Telegrambyra.
Delegates and alternates to the state American Legion convention in Pierre will meet Friday night on the mezzanine of the Marvin Hughitt Hotel at 7 30 for final planning. William Reaves is mentioned among participants and all representatives are urged to attend.
President Roosevelt and Henry Morgenthau urge wartime funding for victory. They cite reduced Japanese shipping, captive troops, and costs from Naples to Rome and the Marshall Islands, warning that without money the armed forces cannot win. Morgenthau stresses the need to fund operations through to Berlin and Tokyo.
Classified snippets list multiple items and requests including wanted electric or gas stoves checker games waitress positions and a variety of for sale items such as livestock tractors furniture and household goods. Several listings request in person visits or phone contacts and a local duplicate bridge game is noted in the Parish House every Tuesday evening.
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