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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1935
Page
2
ARMOUR STOCKYARDS HURON Mar 14 hog prices fell 15 to 80 cents, top hogs 80, receipts 200. cattle and sheep steady with various classes listed. Chicago and Sioux Falls reports show buyers pressing lower bids, with midweight hogs, cattle, and calves trading weaker or steady, while packers seek lower prices.
Sharp weakness in the stock market pressured wheat futures in Minneapolis with May and July futures each down 1 and 4/5 cents, and September 1 4/5 cents. Cash wheat steady, winter wheat scarce, with mixed grain receipts and varied demand across fields.
South St. Paul cattle and hog markets show mixed activity with trade slow. Cattle demand weaker on some lots with good yearlings around 12.00 and beef cows mostly 5.00 to 6.50. hogs softer than Wednesday with 160-190 lb grades 9. from 8.75 to 9.20. sheep listings sparse as packers edge bids lower. Chicago hog market slow and lower, with medium weights near 9.30 and heavyweights 9.20 to 9.35, slaughter pigs 7.25 to 8.50.
Market listings from Huron show poultry butter and egg prices furnished daily by Swift and Co. The text lists various poultry items including hens, roosters, smooth spring chickens and other farm products with price ranges and quantities, reflecting typical rural market data.
HIDE AND WOOL MARKET. Poultry and eggs prices listed from Sioux Falls on March 4 with figures for heavy hens, light hens, leghorn hens, roosters, cocks, leghorn cocks, heavy white ducks, geese, capons, eggs, butter, and butterfat.
Sioux City markets list live poultry prices with hens, leghorns, roosters, cocks, capons, and young birds. eggs No.1 and No.2 prices. butter and butterfat values. Chicago reports include steady butter and eggs with specific bid prices and price movement across futures and cash markets for butter eggs and poultry. detailed price ranges cover various poultry types and weights.
Daily market brief from New York and Chicago dated March 14 reports mixed colors and dressed poultry steady with butter and creamery grades steady, plus potato quotations in Chicago with US No 1 russets and Idaho russets moving in a subdued market. Includes brief US shipments and stock notes, with some price ranges and stock terms.
In New York trading on March 4 the stock market slipped after a brief early rally. Industrials fell about one point while rails and utilities held up better. key names included Bethlehem, U.S. Steel, Chrysler, Allied Chemical, Westinghouse, and Du Pont. Volume neared 750,000 shares as closing quotations showed mixed gains and losses across numerous issues.
Police investigate a string of dog poisonings in Huron. At least five dogs died over yesterday and today within a six block area bordered by Wisconsin and Nebraska avenues and Second and Fifth streets southwest. One victim was Deacon, a water spaniel owned by A. J. Bick, 320 Third Street Southwest, a former county commissioner. Other victims belonged to Max Royhl Carl Hopkins Don Hudler and Mrs. Amy Burton.
Pittsburgh March 14 Government counsel sought to prove at Andrew Mellon’s income tax hearing that certain subsidiaries of Beth Techem Steel corp.–not Beth Techem itself–acquired the McClinder Marshall corp. Testimony was admitted to show how the link may connect to evade about 2 million of 3,089,000 assessed against him. The former treasury secretary has petitioned the board of tax appeals for a refund of 139,000 claimed as overpaid.
Barry Flitteen and Rudolph Lubitz of Yankton suffered cuts and bruises when their carturmayer blew a tire and rolled north of Huron. Doctors reported no broken bones and expect discharge in two to three days. Lubitz, a Yankton tailor, said the car went about 20 miles per hour after the blowout before overturning three or four times per Sheriff Reilly's investigation.
Pierre on March 4 Governor Bermany signed the bill creating a state seed department as part of a slate of acts. Also signed were House Bills 102 and 103 covering inspection and trading of potatoes and licensing wholesale potato dealers. The seed department bill includes an emergency clause making it effective immediately.
A small blaze last evening near 7 o'clock damaged a tree at the R. Ball home at 1235 Third Street southwest. Ball said the fire on the roof is believed to have started from sparks.
Flooding northwest of Sioux Falls flooded Elmwood park golf course and prompted a minor ice jam threat to two footbridges. Observers sensed the river peaked without causing major damage while a separate note mentions a US Department of Agriculture fodder harvest plan boosting yields by 1800 to 2000 pounds for small farms.
A consolidated market bulletin lists numerous stock symbols and percentage figures for various companies including United Fruit, Phillips Petroleum, Studebaker, Sears Roebuck, and Westinghouse, with bids, asks, and close figures. Government bonds in New York show Liberty 3s and Treasury notes, while the Paris dollar gains 4 percent, closing at 15.123 francs.
In Sioux Falls packing house district peace returned as Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen accepted a negotiated agreement with John Morrell and Co. The four day strike ended with 30 union leaders to be discharged and allowed appeal to a regional labor board. Seniority for plant staff to be set by vote within 60 days.
Topeka March 1 assistant director Frank Storr of the Kansas highway patrol said a string of highway robberies and kidnappings in eastern Kansas were solved by confessions of two men, Carl and Ted Klenk, brothers. Carl 20 and Ted 24 surrendered. Carl had returned from Sturgis and disclosed details after a fatal gunfight with John Kuenzi. Art Calkins, Herington chief of police, was abducted and later released unharmed. Engle, a Topeka taxi driver, was wounded during the confrontation.
President Roosevelt and Senator William J. Bulow of South Dakota were presented with miniature rock gardens by the Hot Springs junior chamber of commerce. W. J. Beck delivered the gifts in Washington this week to the officials.
Dizzy Dean will oppose Babe Ruth as the St. Louis Cardinals meet the Boston Braves in St. Petersburg next Wednesday. Manager Frank Frisch plans to start Dean, giving grapefruit league fans the matchup they have awaited.
Pennsylvania the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League champion for the eleventh time edged Columbia 35 34 in a neutral Rutger University court playoff. Veteran Quakers finished the season with ten wins two losses after a deadlock with Columbia. Eva Sherbourke of Madison named to state soldiers home board succeeding Mrs James Hobertson Madison effective April 1 for a two year term.
Alyce Jane McHenry a 10 year old Omaha girl who had organs shifted from her chest to the abdomen shows improved breathing after surgery and may settle in New England. Her mother Luella McHenry has a Boston job offer but has not decided about relocating. Physicians report satisfactory progress and general condition remains optimistic.
PITTSBURGH Mar 14 The possibility that an attorney s agreement may obviate the necessity of calling Chairman Charles M Schwab and President Eugene Grace of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation to the stand appeared today in Andrew Mellon s income tax hearing The two big steel men have been subpoenaed to testify in that phase of the 3 089 000 tax case involving the McClintic Marshall steel fabrication firm which Bethlehem took over four years ago Their part would be largely to state the value of McClintic Marshall stock in 1913 when the income tax law first became operative.
Dr G W Nash president of Yankton College and district governor met Lincoln committee to plan the Rotary 19th district conference set for April 22 23 in Lincoln Nebraska marking the silver anniversary of the Sin sla club Fifty four clubs across Nebraska South Dakota and western Iowa form the district with Lincoln club the oldest in the district and a long history among Rotary groups.
Pierre March 14 A.D. Lotus Brams Dupree contractor has filed suit in the South Dakota supreme court to recover 3606.24 plus interest from the state for a stripping operation at a state owned coal mine near Firestad. Brams says he acted under the coal mining commission and was owed the amount when the commission halted work March 1 1933. The commission later discontinued all state mining operations and rejected the claim. The 1935 legislature appropriated 9482.83 to cover past coal mine obligations, but a bill to pay Brams failed. The attorney general was asked to answer within 30 days.
Washington March 14 The agriculture department plans to buy a fifth of the nation s creosote supply to halt chinch bug ravages in the corn belt this summer Lee A Strong chief of the bureau of entomology told a House appropriations sub committee there is no question these pests sap corn plants and pose a menace He estimated 2300000 would be required to erect creosote barriers to stop the insects during the season
ASBURY PARK New Jersey March 16 The fire wrecked Ward liner Morro Castle slid over a sandbar at the crest of the full tide and floated in deep water for the first time since beaching last September 8 The salvage crew of Merritt Chapman Scott Corp spent months hoisting the ship from beneath the convention hall to the open sea Also in Washington Frank Wally Grogan naval architect and chief technical advisor on German vessel claims died at 77, after entering the Navy in 1881.
A list of admissions and dismissals including W Arms of Huron in surgical, EM Walters of Yale in medical, Mrs Tred O1 Son Virgil surgical, Mrs Jack Lawther Virgil medical, Patsy Schultz Carpenter surgical, Ruby Lake Preston, Este John Kleinsotser Huron surgical, A J Turner Alpena, Mrs Ida Peraing Huron, Fred Knouse Carpenter.
Pierre November reports Gov Berry signed 18 measures from the recent session with emergency clauses. Several laws take effect immediately, others July 1. Included are waterworks election validation at Wagner, county options for school funding, truck and farm vehicle fee changes, stock and charter clarifications, defense and public debt appropriations, and tax division actions for the 1945 37 biennium.
Friday is the final day to file federal income tax returns. The post office building second floor office, run by L. Anderson, will be staffed tomorrow to assist filers. Revenue officials expect more visitors than last year as people seek help before the March 15 deadline.
Complete returns on township balloting in Beadle County were received from Yong and Wessington townships to finish the tabulation. Changes include Jonan Emer Walters named chairman of the board and reelections for Jacob J.P. Tschetter and J. O H. Ziegler, with several others named to the board and assessor positions. the official tone reflects reorganizations within the township governance.
Jamesville rehabilitation center in Yankton county faces an unsettled future as the lease with the state rural credit department expired and no renewal decision is yet made. Governor Berry noted federal relief authorities have discussed options, but nothing definitive has occurred. A chaotic mix of unrelated notices and ads follow the main item.
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