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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1934
Page
8
Armour Stock Yards Huron Mer notes mixed cattle and calf prices with steady cattle values and a hog drop of 5 to 19 cents. Hogs top around 3.75 per pound with various weight bands posting gains or declines. sheep rise to around 9 dollars, with strong undertone and light supply. Receipts 140.
Chicago March market reports slacken as the farm administration ends hog purchases until relief demand is met. Hog receipts were light with prices down, logs off a dime, and buyers scarce on 230 pound weights. Cattle bids weak, beef steers lower, lamb and mutton runs grow, with late day gains forced down by buyers lifting prices.
Chicago market totals show cattle and calves steady to higher with weight classes firm and hogs trading largely steady to firm. Trade activity slower with mixed demand for heavy weights, vealers steady, sheep and lambs in active demand with gains mostly above prior levels. South St Paul bids reflect similar strength in cattle and steady hog activity with feeders and bulls posting modest advances.
Sioux Falls market Tuesday reports cattle at 400 head steady to strong. Prices: top 4.10, bulk 4.90, 95 to 74.10 for butchers. Sows quoted at 3.20 to 4.40. Mostly 1013 lower, 1,000 head noted.
Sioux City market report shows cattle holding steady to firm for top lots while other cattle and hogs move weak to lower. Slaughter calves and yearlings scarce but generally steady, best fed cows around 5 35 to 5 75, hogs slow with top bulk near 18 dollars and sows mostly 3 50, lambs steady near 9.40 for Strictly Choice.
Wheat futures prices fell as unloading and slow trade volume reduced buying interest. May wheat closed 4 lower, July and Sept off about 4 to 4-1/4, coarse grains down late. cash wheat demand weak though oats and barley showed some firmness. Minnesota cash close listed receipts and assorted prices for No 1 southern and dark northern wheats, amber durum, and related grains.
This notice compiles commodity prices and market reports from Bolles de Rogers and Harge Hide and Metal Co of Buren South Dakota, Huron Poultry Butter Eggs reports from Swift & Co of Huron, Mitchell Produce, New York Produce, Sioux City Produce, Chicago Produce, and Chicago Poultry. It lists no. 1 cured hides under and over 45 pounds, wool and sheep pelts, poultry and eggs prices, butterfat, and multiple city flour and produce quotations with daily deliveries and carload lot ranges. Data cover New York poultry and butter rates, Omaha or Minneapolis flour quotes, and Chicago egg futures with nearby highs and lows.
Minneapolis carlot grain sales show mixed No 1 and No 2 grades across wheat and oats with fluctuating percentages. Duluth cash close lists several durum and flax bids and errors noted in figures. Chicago futures show wheat ranges with May and July contracts. Duluth futures note durum and related prices with incomplete data.
New York and Sioux Falls market briefs note modest rail demand and limited trading. Industrials wavered while rails rose modestly with Santa Fe Am Loco Douglas Amer Locomotive Southern Pacific gaining. Transfers around 1.2 million shares. Ogunquoit dairy and other quotes listed follow with erratic figures.
SIOUX FALLS March 13 In a demurrer brief filed yesterday in the fraud case of Jay Bennett Aberdeen and four Paul men Frank Sing Sidney A Johnson Milton M Schlesinger and Donald B McIntyre federal officials say it is immaterial whether the agricultural adjustment act is constitutional if those who violated its terms conspired to defraud the government They are alleged to have exploited the hog buying program by presenting false claims issuing false bills of lading and using the mails to defraud The government argues mail fraud counts related directly to the overall scheme and each mailed item constitutes a separate offense
Caroline Murray 72 died Monday at her son Charles Kenny Murray's home in Custer township near Huron after years of ill health since last August. Born October 8, 1801 in Freeport Illinois as Caroline Robkar, she married Joseph Slyvester Murray January 29, 1882. Funeral at Walsh chapel Wednesday at 4 pm with Rev. Alfred Trenerry. burial Riverside Cemetery. Survived by son, two grandchildren, and sister Margaret Knodie of Freeport.
Community officials announce a sequence of upgrades and natural changes to reduce water odor and turbidity. Aeration equipment at the city water filter plant will be operational later this week, improving water quality by about 50 percent. With James River ice breaking up, overall improvement reaches 75 percent by next Saturday. Commissioner G M Anderson provides the estimates.
Three sailors were rescued from the torpedo boat Tomozuru in Sasebo Japan hours after it capsized. Eight more men were reportedly alive in the engine room when escape occurred through a submerged hatch. The hull was pumped dry and air holes drilled to rescue survivors as workers hoped to reach others before midnight.
A dense stock table listing numerous companies with fractional stock percentages and share totals, including Curtis Wright, Du Pont, Eastman, General Electric, Goodyear, General Motors, Johns Manville, Kennecott, Penn RR, Packard, Penney, Phillips Petroleum, Pullman, United Aircraft, US Steel, Woolworth, and many others, indicating a broad market snapshot and fractional stake values. The fragmentary OCR reads as a catalog of corporate names with mixed percentages, prices, and line items, typical of a midpage financial roundup.
Minneapolis stock round up shows bid ask and close figures for First Bank Stock Northwest Bancshares and others. U S government bonds in New York closed with Liberty 3s 102.23 and Treasuries around 109.36. Paris foreign exchange eased the dollar by 2 centimes to 15.1925 francs.
South Dakota restaurant operators in 16 towns must organize under the code of fair competition to comply with NRA rules. Exemptions apply to smaller places with five or more employees. Cities listed include Aberdeen Brookings Deadwood Hot Springs Huron Lead Madison Mitchell Mobridge Pierre Rapid City Redfield Sioux Falls Vermillion Watertown and Yankton.
Tenant farmer Scotter was bound over to the circuit court today after appearing before Judge Irving R. Crawford in Municipal Court on a charge of grand larceny. He is accused by former landlord P. G. Carroll of taking about 300 dollars worth of grain from the Carroll farm in Prairie township when he moved in March. Bond set at 400 dollars. Scotter represented by T. H. Luby with Chas. P. Warren, assistant state's attorney, prosecuting.
A severe dust storm swept central South Dakota today with peak wind speeds around 40 to 43 mph at about 8 25 am. The sky cleared somewhat in the afternoon though visibility remained low as the third dust storm in six months affected the region including Sioux Falls.
Two proposals to soften the stock market control bill focus on margin trading. One would extend current margin accounts, while the other delays the act’s effective date to future months. President Roosevelt's administration pressures for a strong, reworked measure after consultations with experts and the Fed. In Doorn, Holland, Kaiser Wilhelm may return to Germany as a council at his castle considers the royal family's financial woes and German export bans.
A First National Bank in Mason City was robbed this afternoon by machine gun bandits who took several employees as hostages. R L James was shot in the leg while nearby. The bandits reportedly escaped westward.
St Teresa School hosts a tonight performance of Irish Laughter with large advance ticket sales. Special entertainment features will be provided by Mike Gibbs' orchestra Phyllis Busse Jimmy Bard Maureen Ariz and Frank Cameron accompanying the show.
Miss Harriet Carson secretary of the Huron YWCA spoke at Huron College about the YWCA, its local national and international organization. She covered club types at Huron, especially the Girl Reserves with Mina Sporrer and Helen Hornbeck. Sporrer outlined the code slogan and purpose, Hornbeck explained her role as a Girl Reserve, and a spring conference on March 24 at the Presbyterian church was announced.
McArthur was named president and led a ceremony where Weasinston Springs Wayne and Al ton Luick earned Eagle scout badges. Axelrad and George Schmidt won medals for attending the World Jamboree in Hungary. The program paid tribute to past presidents and to the late A F Miller. A telegram from regional leaders extended greetings and good wishes.
Washington reports George H. Earle has resigned as United States minister to Austria to pursue the Pennsylvania governorship. He will return to the United States to launch an active campaign.
Pecora stated there are sharp differences among parties drafting the revised bill. He noted several major changes and plans to study them. After leaving Washington, he handed the draft to Thomas Corcoran and Benjamin Cohen for review and favors a simpler margin provision, proposing 60 percent cash with brokers allowed to carry until the margin is 40 percent of market price.
Contralto Helen Margaret Hackney, a junior voice student, will perform a solo recital tonight at 8 in the Huron college chapel. She is assisted by Lois Gitchell and Walter Blum, with program including works by Rossini and Ambrosio, under director Lottus H. Ward. Hospital notices list admitting Cecil Freeburg Everett Christopherson and Mrs A J Richardson, with dismissals for Mrs C H Graden and Mrs R M Jones.
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