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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1940
Page
2
Hed market reports no change in hog quotations with receipts around 700 and top price near 4.75. Cattle and sheep show minimal shifts, with hogs and sows active, feeder pigs varied, and representative Sioux City and Watertown sales noting steady to mixed demand and prices.
Sioux Falls markets show hogs steady to lower on Chicago trade as cattle and calves gain. bids soft, top hog price around 4.90 for 170-230 lb limbs. St. Paul and Sioux City results follow with cattle steady to higher and mixed hog bidding. poultry and eggs in Sioux City mixed with prices listed for various grades and weights.
June 20 market notes list various poultry and butterfat prices in Mitchell Watertown New York and Chicago. Entries include hens leghorn butterfat eggs and live poultry prices with weights and grade distinctions. Prices show minor fluctuations across regions and commodities.
Markets at a glance show retreating stocks including steels aircrafts and bonds. Foreign issues decline with uneven foreign exchange as the British pound slips. Cotton irregular with hedge selling while sugar follows a mixed trade. Copper exports push iron prices and wool tops see mixed activity in Boston. Wheat and corn ease in Chicago with hops steady to 10 lower and other grain notes mixed.
Wheat edged lower on the day amid fluctuating prices within a wide range and ended with modest losses. Prices for various wheat classes and related grains drifted with mixed results, while futures activity and spot quotes showed scattered gains and declines in Minneapolis.
New York June 20 UPI quotes generally edged lower amid thin trading with rails utilities showing modest gains. A Senate naval affairs committee vote setting a 7 percent profit limit on shipbuilding and aircraft contracts dampened aviation stocks as investors priced in tighter government terms.
The snippet records futures quotes for butter and other commodities in Chicago. It lists high low and close values for November and October contracts, noting storage standards and rates, with prices around 27 works and 18 to 20 in the index.
Report from wartime Britain notes a man and a woman killed by a house bomb in a smaller town. In northwest England high explosive and incendiary bombs destroyed several houses, with two women killed. Southern Wales near evacuee reception areas also suffered bombing, while bombs landed in fields and open country.
Trade tape shows mixed activity as curb close quotes iron out fractional changes. Notable entries include Cities Service and El Bonds as well as Celanese and Gen Motors with varied percentages. Volume weakens toward the final bell with small gains and losses across industrials and utilities.
Secretary Cordell Hull told Harvard graduates that isolation will not preserve American gains. He warned that nations fall to brute force and urged the United States to meet the current crisis with courage, citing past American resolve. Hull dismissed the idea of retreat and urged readiness against looming dangers.
A 1-year-old Dallas youth was held for federal postal authorities after being arrested at Wolsey for stealing mail from the C N W railroad station. Sheriff John Boyle said recovered items include a radio undergarments shirts and other goods from mail sacks. The theft occurred overnight Wednesday when the depot ticket office window was pried open.
South Dakota AAA leaders meet in Winner to review past Range programs and prepare recommendations for the 1941 National Range Program. The conference aims to report on Taige conservation gains, grassland restoration, erosion control, and dam construction benefiting stock water in the range country.
Italian sources report plans to occupy Savoy as armistice talks with France continue. Axis aims include Corsica and Tunisia with Italian air power to dominate the Mediterranean and East Africa.
The AM Bar at the Marvin Hushitt Hotel has a new Westhouse cooling unit. Northwestern Public Service Company installed the system, which began operation in the month of clay with finishing touches pending per hotel manager Nevin Jamison.
Washington debate centers on excess profits and deficit financing as Sen La Follette argues for draining war era profits. Connally adds a war profite tax plan raising personal rates and corporate levies, while Senate rejects a presidential nondefense cut proposal.
Berlin reports indicate Allied forces destroyed fortifications while talks with German envoys are expected to focus on Hitler’s terms. French sources dispute claims but stress no armistice until Paris accepts the terms.
The article recounts Petain’s remarks on France's early World War II setbacks. He compares 1940 troop strength to World War I levels, notes Allied divisions, and condemns material inferiority. He recalls Verdun, explains his peace decision, and cites the Somme and Aisne as bases for calling an armistice on June 13.
Air ministry reports British aircraft conducted a raid over Germany last night targeting multiple cities including Munich Gladbach Hamburg and Strasbourg. The operation involved a wide area strike with involvement from various bomber and fighter units.
At the hospitals admissions include Mrs Cheer Evans Jon surgical Ann Hamilton Hitchcock surgical Euron minor surgical Jack Maass Yale minor surgical Mrs L F Carter Huron medical. Dismissed: William Phillipps De Smet Mrs Elroy Lamb and baby Woonsocket Palmer Holm Osceola Clarence Law Yele.
Mixed short fragments mention a rental unit near 663 Kansas SE and a wool buying pool with protection terms. Additional lines reference Growers of and D west of Reese's Elevaine, and names Waltar Wormsisdt and Geopecsine Wonk Zour.
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