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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1942
Page
2
Market news from ABRMOUH STOCKYARDS Huron and Sioux Falls shows hogs 15 to 25 lower with top at 12.65 in Huron and 12.90 tops for good hogs. sheep 25 lower with lambs at 11.15, slaughter cows steady, feed prices mixed. Hogs sales around 5,500 head in Huron and 2,500 in Sioux Falls. cattle quotes largely unchanged.
Huron and Mitchell produce markets report daily price ranges from 10 a.m. to noon. Hens over 5 lbs fetch 16, 4-5 lbs 14, light and Leghorn hens 13, roosters and stags vary, Butterfat No 1 34, No 2 32. Mitchell and Sioux City notes list hens by weight, Leghorn pensils and springs, turkeys by weight, eggs at 25-26, Butterfat around 35, with regional variations.
Chicago market shows dull grain trade with modest cash demand for corn and oats shipped east. Futures rallied after early dips. wheat up about half a percent, May futures around 1.29, corn and oats near unchanged to slightly higher, soybeans up small, rye firm. Minneapolis cash closes with unchanged basis. milling grain prices vary by grade and region.
Chicago market report shows hog prices steady to 10 cents lower with 16 000 hogs traded and 13.40 top for 180 270 lb. cows and sows down. sheep and lambs mixed with weights 98 lb and up at about 11.65 to 12.10. cattle and calves 5 500 and 800 with fed steers steady to 25 lower, top around 15.00 for 1500 lb.
Cattle totals about 4000 with slaughter steers and yearlings steady. Good weighty steers around 13.00, heavier kinds 12.80 to 13.00, medium to good 10.25 to 12.00, cows 7.75 to 8.75, bulls 9.75 to 10.00, stockers scarce. Calves 2000 with vealers steady 14.00 to 15.00, hogs 10000 with prices 12.40 to 13.00, sheep 1000 with no early trade around 12.00.
Sioux City, Ia reports cattle sales with 9,000 calves salable and 50 slaughter steers, less active than Wednesday. Heifers steady, cows easy, stockers and feeders supply small, bulk feds steady. Prices: good and choice beeves around 13.35, choice 6.30, cattle jocks 13.00, medium to good heifers at 12.50 to 13.35.
Watertown: heavy hens over 5 lbs 17, 4-5 lbs 15, under 4 lbs 13, Leghorn hens 13, heavy stags 12, Leghorn stags 9, roosters 8, ducks 6, geese ?, hennery prices 26, butterfat No.1 34, No.2 32. New York and Chicago reports list butter, eggs, and cheese prices with mixed colors and grades. Sioux Falls: heavy hens 5 lbs+ 17, under 5 lbs 15, Leghorn hens 13, heavy cocks 11, Leghorn cocks 9, ducks 8, geese 8, eggs No.1 24, No.2 21, butter 35, butterfat No.1 35, No.2 33.
In Boston today graded territory wools sold in limited quantities at 1.05 to 1.08 scoured and 1.13 to 1.15 for line, and front combing wools of average to good quality sold around 1.05 to 1.08 scoured, with prices noted in informal market chatter.
Markets at a glance show stocks weaker and specialties softening while bonds remain narrow and trendless. Cotton stays steady amid hedge selling. Wheat and Corn rise on scattered mill buying and robust shipping business. Hogs hold steady to ten cents higher with top at 13.40 amid a rebound from prior gains. Cattle show choice steers steady with other grades down about 25 cents. light demand for graded three eighths blood combing territory wool around 1.09 to 1.03 dollars per scoured unit.
War worries and tax doubts weigh on the market with declines led by steels, autos, utilities and motors. At close losses ranged from about 0.2 to 0.7 points, with many issues weaker from the start and transfers for the full stretch around 459,000 shares.
Secretary of War Stimson announced the army will draft by order number, not by age. Registrants from February 16 will mix with earlier registrants around June 1, with local boards issuing orders. A hypothetical example showed a board with 100 old and 900 new registrants drawing 60 from the new group and 10 from the old to meet quotas. No separate 20 or 40 year old classes will be created until younger groups are exhausted.
A traveller arriving from Rome reports U S involvement dampening Italian morale and boosting anti Fascist activity. Count Carlo Sforza's free Italy movement gains underground traction. OVRA efforts persist while Mareotti circulates widely. public appearances by King Vittorio Emanuele Crown Prince Umberto and Mussolini are noted.
Beadle County Commissioners met at noon for the March session. The session focused on routine matters as hospital admissions and discharges were listed, including Emma Schmidt Yale and Lucille Jacobs Woods among admitted patients, and Leslie Decker Huron and Nyland Nelson Huron among those dismissed. Frank McKinney and Ownie Bush of the Indianapolis Baseball Club renamed the home stadium Victory Field in Indianapolis.
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A London source asserts Sir Stafford Cripps could replace Winston Churchill as prime minister amid cabinet criticism. The report notes Churchill’s waning domestic support since Crete’s fall, while Cripps gains favor for leading Britain through wartime strife.
Washington March 5 A proposal to raise pay for the military won wide support led by Senator Reynolds Democrat North Carolina who said he would push immediate legislation if a committee approves. The plan would set a uniform pay scale for enlisted men and all ranks across the Army Navy Marine Coast and Public Health Service starting at 42 a month from 21. Senator Gurney Republican South Dakota backed the measure tentatively but questioned the scope and cost noting a 6 million strong fighting force could add about 750 million annually. He urged do away with the 21 dollar base and raise second lieutenants pay to a livable level though taxpayers burden remains a concern. No administration stance yet from departments.
A large crowd is expected tonight at the Huron Chamber of Commerce annual meeting. Don Marcellus, manager of Northwestern District U S Chamber of Commerce, will speak on the business outlook in wartime. The Elks Ballroom at the Marvin Hughitt Hotel hosts the event with a chamber distinguished service award to be presented.
The Rotary Club weekly luncheon featured farmer friends of members. Speaker William M. Davis of Yale and Beadle County shared early county experiences and farming contrasts with today. The program included performances by the Huron College Hussars with Miss Alene Gibbs and Kenneth Martin with Loftus H. Ward.
The William Reaves Post of the American Legion will hold its regular meeting tonight in the Legion hall. Post commander George Olson says the gathering may start later than usual as several members plan to attend the Chamber of Commerce annual meeting.
Miss Patay O Keefe of Huron College has been appointed secretary to Dean Orland M Ritchie. She will leave Friday for Washington D C where she will assume a Civil Service position. She has been serving as a special student in addition to her secretarial duties and is from Cavour.
The Central South Dakota Bandmasters Association will hold its spring meeting this Saturday in Huron starting with a 12:30 luncheon at the Marvin Hughitt Hotel. High school musicians will perform instrumental solos and small ensembles. FH Johnson, newly elected state president, will discuss plans and current problems in the music profession.
A statewide War Effort Conference set for Wednesday at the Mary Hughitt hotel in Huron aims to mobilize trade groups and chambers. About 200 executives are expected, with a noon dinner and several sessions led by secretaries and officials from South Dakota and national organizations.
About fifty men attended Grace Episcopal Church for a men’s Lenten gathering. Karl Lampe and Don Boyd cooked the meal. Dr. Sewell, senior warden, spoke on flowers, trees, industries, and American morale before Pearl Harbor. Color film of the Black Hills followed, produced by State Highway Camp mission and Willis Walker. Committees covered menu, ticket sales, and service.
Committee members express reluctance to comment on Treasury proposals. Several indicate income taxpayers face too large a burden. Debate centers on sales tax as a substitute and revenue instrument.
Naeve family reopens their independent Piggy Wiggly Shop at the Fourth Street Wisconsin Avenue Southwest corner Friday morning. J A Naeve and Kenneth Naeve bought franchise rights, remodeled the siding area, added fresh fruit displays, and expanded stock. The store will maintain independence but seeks savings from larger purchasing power with free gifts like coffee and doughnuts for the two opening days. The Wacres have run grocery business in Huron for about ten years, moving through three locations since starting on Third Street, now at this site since November 1940, with current staff retained.
The All Girl Scout dinner for the twentieth anniversary of Scouting will be at the Methodist Church next Monday at 5 30 p.m. Scouts led by Lady Bissell prepare an entertaining program with Brownies participating. Attending will be Girl Scouts Brownies leaders Woop committee leaders and council members.
Allied raids and Japanese countermeasures dominated the war brief. Reports describe suspected American bombers near Minamitori Shima, warnings issued from Tokyo, and a U.S. naval force shooting down 16 Japanese planes west of the Gilbert Islands. Hawaii reported a small bomb incident with no casualties while Port Moresby and Burma actions continued, as Rangoon prepared defenses and Mandalay anticipated force movements. A Huron Camera Club meeting was announced for 1942 with officers to be elected.
Classified page item warns of a needed heavy lifting warehouseman at National Refining Co with contact E. R. Fritz evenings. Also multiple sale ads include a 1930 Chevy coupe food condition steel range violin guitar mandolin at 63 Redfield Ave South Morningside. A competent housemaid sought by Mrs Laughlin 535 Kansas and a three room unfurnished downstairs apartment with private entrance plus phone 3802. Also notices for Red Owl circular and sale on bicycles.
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