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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1944
Page
2
Swine Mart announces no price changes and no applications until a later date to be published. Cattle remain steady to strong, sheep steady with lighter weights down 10 to 15. Feeder pigs firm, 100 to 130 lb lots noted. Sioux Falls livestock report shows sheep 2,900 steady, fat lambs at 25.25 to 15.75 with other quotas unchanged.
Daily price ranges for Huron produce reported to the Evening Huronite include heavy breed springs and hens, roosters, butterfat and hennery eggs. New York prices list butter, cheese, eggs, and various wholesale poultry and produce figures with mixed colors and grades.
Activity in hogs slackened in Chicago with 34 000 head traded and prices up to 13.88 for top 200 330 lb hogs. Cattle and calves showed strong demand with price gains up to 25 cents, beef cows active, and weighty bulls scarce. Sioux City reports slower hog trade but steady quotes for 200 330 lb hogs. cattle and calves largely steady to higher with medium and good steers and yearlings around 15.00 to 15.50. Sheep and lambs mixed with buyers present but limited early sales.
Cattle 3700 head open slow with some steadying trends lead steers around 16.50 while other loads good and choice teem toward 15.25 to 16.00. Hogs 27000 and fair activity with 200 lb barrows rising, sows steady. Calves 2300 vealers steady with feeders and dairy cows quoted around 97.00 to 140.00.
Wheat receipts 434 today with cash close unchanged. No. 1 heavy dark northern at 1.647% dollars, No. 1 1.63, No. 3 2.624, All winter 1.647. Durum 1.6278. Corn No. 4 yellow 1.09 and oats 0. tenia. Market shows broad list of industrials and commodities with varied prices across several firms.
In Sioux Falls on February 2 the poultry prices show husky hens four pounds and up twenty one under four pounds nineteen leghorn hens nineteen heavy breed stags eighteen leghorn stars seventeen heavy cocks fifteen leghorn cocks fourteen. Fall no 2 poultry four cents less. No. young hen turkeys thirty three No. 1.
Mitchell market report lists prices for hens over four pounds and various poultry items including leghorn hens heavy springs leghorn springs old roosters heavy cocks leghorn cocks and turkey counts. Also notes on egg cases and run eggs with jittery figures for No 1 eggs and case runs.
Petitions circulate for a slate of delegates to the Democratic national convention announced by Mrs. A N Carrier state vice chairwoman The list includes Helen Jennings A W Powell Carl Schneider H W Clarkson J M Magness H H Humphrey M A Crilley Gordon Hanson Alternates named John Jackson John Ellefson George M Bailey Sarah Klaveter Lynn Fellows Marie Coughlin W L Chaussee L A Haug Also reports Frank L Burns admitted to practice in the supreme court in Pierre and a Lenten service Friday at Grace Episcopal Church with 730 am 10 am and 730 pm services
South Dakota receives full state coverage for market basket price ceilings under three district orders effective this week. Northeastern and southeastern areas implement area flat pricing while the west river order updates existing prices. New ceilings cover butter cocoa crackers pudding mixes lard dehydrated soups tea beans and other items. fresh milk and certain canned goods are excluded. Prices rise modestly due to higher producer costs with some items unchanged or lowered. Area ceilings may be amended by the district office.
Arthur Leroy Jenks 179 Fifth Street Southeast died in a Huron hospital after years of illness. Born June 27, 1890 in St. Paul Nebraska, he lived in Iowa and Turner County before moving to Huron nine years ago. Survived by widow, seven children Arthur Leroy Joseph H James B John E Francis M Thomas B, Helen Hosford, sister Nellie Mills, half sister Hazel, half brother Kenneth. Rosary Friday at 6:30 pm at Kinyon's Funeral Home.
Reports from Ankara claim Britain halted delivery of military and civilian supplies to Turkey after breakdown of talks. Turkish officials offered no confirmation but signs point to pressure on Turkey to join the Allies. Unconfirmed reports also mention American lend-lease matériel in the stoppage.
Alicia Hart offers practical tips for shared living among women facing housing shortages. From storing clothes and cosmetics neatly to discarding used makeup items, cleaning tools, and avoiding lipstick stains, the guide emphasizes tidy habits and considerate routines to ease roommate friction.
Report from Vatican radio states bombs were dropped in Vatican City during a night raid. The Vatican said an unidentified plane was involved and that Berlin propagandists blamed the Allies. General Eisenhower denied Allied planes over Rome at the time.
Hitchcock March 2 Mr and Mrs John Anderson learned their son Clement 25 was killed in action Feb 5 on Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands He had enlisted over three years ago and served at Fort Ord the Aleutians Attu and Kwajalein He had slight injuries Jan 31 and was discharged to hospital Feb 2 Three days later he was killed Surviving are his parents one sister Marian and three brothers Thoroad Harold and Raymond and another sister Mrs Ralph Tevis and Pfe Melvin Anderson stationed at Camp Swift Texas
The War Food Administration seeks to divert as many as 18.09 million washers of low grade white potatoes from surplus to be dehydrated in Nebraska Michigan and Ohio before shipping to alcohol plants for industrial use. Plan covers Maine Michigan North Dakota Minnesota and Nebraska with purchases totaling millions of bushels at set prices to curb prices and reduce waste.
George W Monasmith of Lane dies at 71 years old after a paralysis stroke. Funeral held at Lane Methodist Church with a Wessington Springs quartet. burial at Mitchellville Iowa. Survived by widow Belle Chandler, three daughters, one son Leland, six grandchildren, two sisters and several relatives.
Albert J Klein Sasser son of A A Kleinsasser Yale was ordained as minister in the northern Baptist convention. The ceremony occurred Feb 27 at Bonesteel Baptist Church with ordination at 815 pm. Rev Wald of Witten delivered the ordination message as parents attended.
Tokyo radio reports to China say a landing on Admiral lands was repulsed by Japanese defenders. U S government monitors say a later attack on Momote Airfield failed and the invasion force suffered heavy losses. The broadcast claims seven U S landings were sunk or damaged with numerous American deaths and injuries.
Washington March 2 cp A basement pit in the Washington Cathedral precincts yielded the bludgeoned body of a young woman named Miss Reardon, a native of Alexandria Virginia and William and Mary graduate. Police chased a suspect who had been employed as a handyman at the library near the Cathedral amid a vague tip from an anonymous caller. The case unfolds as investigators note the $30,000,000 Episcopal landmark houses crypts for figures like Woodrow Wilson and Admiral Dewey.
Washington March 2 The latest total of American casualties in Italy is 36 711 Secretary of War Stimson announced at his news conference The figures include 5 061 killed 21 785 wounded and 9 922 missing since the Fifth Army landed at Salerno last September The casualty total lags behind three weeks due to reporting delays.
Pierre March 2. Petitions for an employment compensation reduction law face signature challenges. Circuit Judge J B Hug orders verification of defectives and 92 signatures invalid. Court to reconvene. About 3,800 signatures allegedly edited. Secretary of State lists 10,696 names. 8,924 required for referral.
Smut reports the death of North Dakota Lieutenant Governor Henry in a Grand Forks hospital after several months illness. He was 55. The hospital list notes admissions and dismissals of several patients, with names and towns such as Athena, Huron, Frankfort, Wolsey, Esmond, and Virgil.
Small classified clippings show WANTED TO RENT seeks 3 or 4 room house, WANTED 4 or 5 room modern house, a furnished apartment for rent, and other rental notices. FOR SALE items include a large stove, equipment, a 1940 Plymouth with plates, a 1944 Ford Tudor, a heating stove, and household goods. Also bake sale notice at Meth Church on Saturday March 4 and a request for a practical nurse for night duty with contact details.
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