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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1939
Page
2
Market data shows hogs rising up to 6.65 top price with strong demand Thursday at Armour Stock Yards. Cattle and sheep prices largely steady, dairy cows mixed by weight, receipts around 4 to 5 thousand in Sioux Falls and Sioux City reports. Representative sales list beeps and weights for cattle and hogs, with hog prices around 5.65 to 6.75.
Chicago market report notes unsettled trading with mixed dairy and poultry prices. Creamery scores and container prices appear fluctuating while poultry trucks report hens steady and chickens easing. Brailers of Plymouth Rock Leghorn varieties show modest price shifts amid general unchanged prices for other lines.
Hogs extended their advance in Chicago trading reaching 7.10 for the first time in a month. Prices across cattle and lambs were mostly higher with widespread gains in wholesale dressed meat, while steer trade remained active and firm.
Sioux City cattle and sheep prices mixed with gains in calves and fat ewes. Cattle 1800 head calves 175 slaughter steers and yearlings around 2010 to 15 higher at 6.00 to 9.50, heifers steady to strong, cows 600 to 75, stockers and feeders steady, sows and feeder pigs lower, sheep 1500 head with best springers Idaho offerings above 10.00 and fat ewes steady.
South St Paul cattle prices show sales active with slaughter steers and stockers strong. Beef cows and cutters steady to higher while calves and hogs rally with light weights leading gains. sheep trading light and mostly steady as markets close.
New York markets show creamery butter steady to firm with prices unchanged and various dairy items listed. Sioux City and Watertown reports cover poultry, eggs, butter, and fresh and frozen prices with mixed but steady tones, detailing weights and categories for fowls, turkeys, and Leghorn stock.
A Sioux Falls market list shows poultry prices and classifications for hens, heavy hens, leghorn hens, cocks, live ducks and geese, with numeric codes for eggs, butterfat and butter. Entries include 4% yes and various 1 13 and 2 10 style markers, reflecting wartime or agricultural commodity coding.
Mitchell report lists poultry and butterfat prices for hens 53 pounds and over with minor categories 12 hens under 5 pounds. Leghorn hens .09 roosters .06, turkeys 13 for toms .10, springs 12, butterfat No 1 20 No 2 18 and butter at 25.
Chicago market notes list futures for November with bids at 23 percent highs and lows, covering bitter futures and storage standards. The brief shows eye futures and refrigerator standards with accompanying percent changes and a terse closing snapshot.
Chicago June 22 Wheat prices fell another cent a bushel to fresh season lows. The decline follows weakness in corn and rye, with movement of new crop wheat to the southwest noted. Liverpool and Winnipeg markets showed similar pressure as demand remained soft.
Market brief from New York and Minneapolis, detailing mixed to firm signals across stocks bonds and commodities. Wheat and corn prices showed declines with harvest weather aiding selling. Minneapolis cash and futures quotes include No 1 dark northern wheat and No 2 mixed barley, with oats, rye, flax, and soybeans listed alongside.
In New York on June 22 the stock market showed a muted rally after a batch of favorable news items offset by renewed tensions over Far East affairs. Early declines gave way to a mild comeback near the close as reports of a long range lending program by the President influenced traders. Brokers cited discounted administration plans as dampening buying interest and transfers hovered around 450,000 shares, similar to the previous day.
A fragmented OCR style list shows percentage figures next to company names across sectors such as manufacturing, retail, utilities, and transportation. The line includes AmCan, NatLead, NYCentral, AT&T, Allis-Chalmers and many others with varying percentage values, suggesting a market performance snapshot or compiled quote sheet.
A six day search for Ray Olson, accused of killing two deputies, shifts to a waiting game as hunger might compel the fugitive to reveal his location. Guards protect Moose Lake area stores and gas stations after Olson, last seen Monday, burglarized a general store for food and tobacco. Coroner Lester Anderson report of a note found at Indian John Blue Sky’s cabin sparks speculation, but its contents await inquest.
Civil action Jacob J. Siilier versus Joseph Stahl and others heads toward jury verdict in circuit court this afternoon. The dispute centers on a verbal rental agreement tied to a 100 head of ewes and fodder previously on the Hut ter ite Society farm north of Huron, plus $150 payment. Stahl counters seeks $2,300 for damages tied to the Society farm tenants in 1935 and 1936. A. A. Chamberlain represents Miller. the plain tiff is listed with TR Craw ord.
At the hospitals a number of patients were admitted and later discharged. Admitted include Mrs. Frank Baye at Ca vour, Jevee Carney at Hitchcock, Edward Wipf at Frank fort, Mrs. Lloyd Dickson at Hitchcock, Rebekah Holer at Carpenter. Dismissed include Wilfred Webber at Hu ron, Mrs. A. Trudeau at Woonsocket, Mrs. George Stahl and her son at Yale.
A long OCR fragment lists numerous 19th and 20th century company brands with varied percentage values, including NoAmAvia Northamer OhiaOil PackardMot Penney PennRR PhelDodge PhilipMor Philip’s Pet Reo Melor Sears-Roe ShellUni SoconyVae SouthPie SperryCorp Spiegel iStandBrands StandOil StandOil Inc StoneWeb Studebaker SwitchCo TexasCorp TransAm UniCarbide UnionPact UnitedBise UnitedCorp UnitedFruit UnGasImp USGypsum USRubber USSteel Woolworth YellowTr&c YoungSha&T and others, indicating share figures or market data from a historical sources.
The Huron unit of the South Dakota National Guard is due to arrive home tomorrow at 7 45. An announcement from the Dakota Division archives of the C N W railroad states the guardsmen will travel east bound aboard the morning train and will be assigned to special coaches and equipment cars. They have spent the past two weeks at Camp Rapid near Rapid City for annual summer encampment.
Miss Gladys Pyle and Miss Harriet Carson stayed in Sioux Falls this morning after speaking yesterday at the Interstate Conference of Farm Women. The eighteenth conference, first outside Sioux City, drew about 500 women from Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota, with Minnehaha County Extension Club and home agent Sara Dewing organizing. Pyle addressed Women in Public Life. Carson also visited Mrs. W. D. Griffith during her Sioux Falls stop.
Townsend arrives to a crowd of thousands in Indianapolis as he assails party men and vows to push his elderly security proposal. He calls for a rational program to end the depression mood and warns a third party may form if needed. Ben Turner reports on the nationwide convention turnout and Townsend’s stance against party control.
Warning continued from page one recounts seized war materials and Japan’s occupation of Swatow. Secretary Hull said the State Department would not press Tokyo and Japan’s warning was not an ultimatum but a request to stay clear of military zones. Yarnell said U S ships would avoid interfering while protecting national interests and stressed Japanese authorities remain responsible for damage to U S vessels or personnel. Farmers Union official to give radio talk. Secretary Everson urged South Dakota farmers to listen to Edward E. Kennedy on NSC network June 24 at 1030 a m CST.
Miss Cla y Bayle led a two hour session on Foods and Value of Foods as part of a home hygiene program for the sick class. Twenty one members attended under the direction of Miss Daisy Keene Beadle County Public Health nurse. The class is among Red Cross county projects.
The House approved tax bill faces a Senate jam as debates over monetary policy and silver price fixes unfold. Senate leaders and the silver bloc weigh timing, with Treasury revenue and expiring programs tied to actions before June 30. Australia comparison ends the fragment.
At the 64th annual state convention, Charlotte Williams was named Secretary-Treasurer of the Scribes group in Belle Fourche. Loretta Miller of Rapid City was elected president, with Huron named as secretary. district divisions for local schools were created, and elections were set for today as a pageant and Round-up preview highlighted the program.
The President urged adopting a permanent policy of federal funding for public improvements during employment slumps. He proposed revolving land funds and low interest projects to maximize employment per dollar, arguing broad public support for sustained government investment.
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