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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1938
Page
2
Armour Stock Yards Huron reports mixed gains with butchers top at 9.15 dollars, receipts about 250, other stock steady. Prices for calves, cutters, and hogs show modest moves. Sioux Falls quotation page lists top at 9.20, bulk around 8.08 to 8.50.
Markets across Huron and nearby cities report poultry and egg prices with Leghorn hens ducks and turkeys listed by weight and size. Poultry, butterfat, eggs, and live poultry prices are given for Sioux City Mitchell Watertown Sioux Falls and Chicago markets with noticeable variations by region and date.
Hog prices strengthened to age as market markers show mostly steady to higher bids. Hogs top at 975 dollars, bulk sold 340 to 520, 8 000 head receipts, down 1 000 from yesterday. Cattle pens slow, buyers offset Wednesday gains. steers 6 to 9 25, sheep and lambs slow with some 25 cent gains. hogs and cattle markets reflect cautious demand and varied processing outlook. Chicago futures show March butter at 26 percent, storage standards mixed with slight gains.
Chicago market notes show mixed cattle and hog trading with moderate demand. Early sales weak to 10 lower on steers, heifers steady to weak, cows steady to easy. bulls soft, hogs mostly 9.30 to 10.50 per cwt, light weights higher. sheep steady with packer demand moderate.
Thursday market report shows mixed cattle and sheep activity with prices for heifers, bulls, stockers, calves, and hogs. Indications point to a steadier undertone in slaughter ewes and lambs, with bids running higher than Wednesday on select lots.
Sioux City market notes show cattle and hogs mixed as calves and yearlings move slowly while steers and heifers hold firm. Butchers, sows, and pigs trade higher with strong demand for heavy weights, while lighter stock remains steady. scant lamb bids reported with no early fat lamb offers.
Wheat futures in Chicago retreated from gains as weather setbacks and dust storms drove mixed sentiment ahead of the government crop report due tomorrow. May corn and oats showed minor changes while July wheat slid and other grain prices held steady in a volatile session at the grain market.
Minneapolis and Duluth market notices report cash and futures quotes for wheat and corn. Prices vary by grade with No. 1 dark northern and No. 2 dark northern among the key wheat bids, and No. 4 yellow corn, with rye and oats also listed alongside futures receipts and basis figures.
Stock gains faded after an initial rally as the day wore on with leading industrials retreating by 27 points or more. War fears cooled but buyers stayed scarce. rails lagged, old mines weak, and Homestake fell over 4 points. Transfers totaled about 950,000 shares as broader indices and many names slipped to new lows for the year.
Members of the executive committee from across the state attended the mid year meeting of the Temperance Union in Huron held in the South Dakota Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Officers included Mrs Flory Mitchell of Brookings president Mrs Lu Borneman of Slocesl city vice president Miss White Ipswich treasurer Mrs Katharine Peters Hexel secretary. Plans were made for a state convention in Watertown in September and Alcohol Education programs for youths and adults.
A special train carried about 80 Odd Fellows and Rebekahs from Huron and nearby towns to Redfield for an Akron meeting. The group left Huron at 6B pm and returned by 2:15 am. Janes River Lodge No. 32 conferred degrees on two candidates. Rebe efield Rebelahs hosted women, then Odd Fellows and Rebekahs danced after entertainment and lunch.
Vienna reports that March 1 a German police chief ordered a test of Masonic members and others linked to clerical quarrels amid alleged false rumors about the National Socialist regime. Lodges to be watched, entries barred during a planned purge and closures. Austria cites unemployment relief and a Munich Nazi aid package as regional actions.
Spanish insurgents reported they had driven government defenders from Caspe and occupied the town amid a march toward the Mediterranean. Dispatches from Burgos said reinforcements aided the advance, while Madrid communique claimed government forces held the hospital and old chateau near the Ebro and Guadaloupe forks. Civilian defense works and barricades rose as a furious counter attack began with heavy artillery and reports of wounded and prisoners, including Americans and Canadians, amid claims of massed Axis aircraft on the front.
Beadle County Young Republican elects Best Named Head of group at last night meeting. Best succeeds Boyd A Benson who resigned to become a circuit court judge. Officers include Joe Ruddy vice president and James Hamz Wolsey secretary. A motion sent James Faun Beatie County club to the Young Republican convention March 2 with John Mam ion as main speaker. A future Westerton meeting date was discussed.
Washington reports the White House named three Interstate Commerce Commission members to a special committee to craft immediate congressional action on rail problems. ICC Chair Splawn and Commissioners Eastman and Mahativ were chosen amid a conference with labor financiers and government reps.
Announcement states there will be no Ho-Ho dance at the Duar torium Friday night due to the basketball tournament in Sioux Falls. Dances will resume next Friday.
The article notes resumed discussion of Memel as unwon territory in Lithuania and anticipates what Hitler may say about Germans in Czechoslovakia, amid broader speculation beyond Spain about his plans and policy.
Secretary Hull declares no intent to use American forces to police the world and rejects a universal war referendum. He denounces automatic neutrality, withdrawal from global issues, and any plan to fight without the will of the people. He reiterates nine guiding international principles and urges peaceful negotiation and treaty observance.
The local hospital admission log notes Alya Everts Huron Mrs A C Baum Huron Chris Johnson Arlington Mrs Floyd Larson Woonsocket Ada Yoeknson Arlington Billy Tyre II Iroquois Mrs Mary Dona hue Huron Henry Schwartz Wkopf Trequais along with dismissals Lila Voorhees Hitchcock Dolores Dunn Esmond Mrs B C Sierson Wessington A J Parkinson Bana Mrs F C Peterson Bonilla and J W Gross Huron in a brief patient movement tally.
A theater performance in Detroit featured a horse from Adveurs' stable that collapsed on stage during a hack riding scene. The accident halted the show as riders and staff attempted to revive the animal and continue the performance.
In Montpelier Vermont May 11 1933 farmhand Percy McLoud confessed to killing the wife Grace Spear 45 and Paul Chapman Sr of Medford Mass while the husband Jude Spear was away at his Williston home. McLoud reportedly said he acted after the family called him a watchman and noted liquor consumption at the farmhouse.
Twelve members of the advisory board of the Murainet recreation program met this week in the Pugsley building to plan summer activities. Donations to promote the program were requested from all organizations, with checks made out to the Canton Commerce Recreation Fund. The fund-raising chairmen are Judge T. H. Luby, Snyder, and Mrs. Wolter.
The State Board of Control reversed a December decision and approved ten man squads for the state tournament. Officials announced referees for the event and noted voter uncertainty over how to classify some responses. About half of Huron High’s student body plans to attend the tournament, with a large cheering section expected at the Coliseum. Radio station KABR will broadcast all games in the South Dakota bracket.
A garbled report notes Litvizof urging peace as U S and Soviet relations loom large. Mentions possible warrants and calls for formal proposals. Names and places are unclear due to damaged text but reference to Russia USSR and Western nations appears.
Nordness, a candidate linked to the Invemore Syndicate of Minnesota, is discussed as seeking a seat in the legislature. The note suggests prior House service and ties to a college and various organizations, with unclear context about the nomination and party lines.
Fragmented report outlines debates among Lloyd George and Churchill figures over a national unity approach in the face of rising danger in Europe. It notes Britain’s cautious stance as Hitler’s ambitions and war clouds loom, with cabinet ministers discussing postwar strategy and potential alignments while vacationing abroad.
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