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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1933
Page
12
Armour Stock Yards Huron reports hogs up 10 to 15 cents with a top of 3.45 as receipts reach 600. Cattle calves and sheep listed steady. assorted steer and heifer grades shown with modest price ranges. Sioux Falls and Chicago markets note mainly higher hogs and slow cattle trading.
Hogs moved into higher price groups in early trading in Chicago on March 23 as offerings exceeded estimates by 2,000 head. The 12 markets showed heavier supplies than last Thursday but below a year ago, with most best hogs selling around 4 to 4.20. Cattle and mutton volumes dictated a mixed, generally steady to slightly weaker market beyond hogs.
Bullish sentiment opened trading with stony tones for all grain futures. Near the day’s close a second advance brought real gains as May wheat rose 1.5 cents, July 1.25, and September 0.5 cents. Cash wheat demand remained aggressive, with durum and winter follows steady, oats and rye showing fair to good demand. The report notes favorable Washington advices aiding liquidity and contrasts with slower cash corn and strong flax demand.
Across Soux City and St Paul markets buyers offered few bids for light weights while heavier cattle showed slight strength. Minneapolis carlot grain ranges and cash wheat quotes appeared mixed with steady to higher tones. Chicago futures moved with modest gains as demand varied by commodity and type.
Markets across Huron and surrounding Midwest towns show firmer poultry and steady butter with easiness in prices. Butter and eggs hold near prior levels while live poultry and dressed poultry stay firm. regional prices for hogs, hides, wool, and potatoes are listed from Chicago to Sioux City with variations by grade and shipping terms.
Fairmont to hold a formal opening Saturday for its enlarged produce plant at Utah avenue and Second street in Huron. The merger with Buck Brothers creates a combined creamery and produce house under one roof with 25 workers today and about 75 during poultry season. The plant isolates the creamery room for purity and will keep a separate butter and ice cream operation on the railroad track side.
Louisville trading sees stocks tumble after initial gains with an estimated 950000 turnouts in trading activity and broad declines across major indices. Investors cited volatility and mixed corporate results as a drag on shares.
A trio of light tremors shook Los Angeles between midnight and early morning, with the first at 12:40 a.m. and the last at 7:38 a.m., each lasting only seconds. The report notes widespread low-intensity quakes but offers no damage details.
In a 121 to 72 split the House rejected an amendment to the Columbia beer bill proposed to block opening a saloon under the Capitol dome. A separate bid to legalize wine sales in the district failed 60 to 22. Representative Mary Norton pledged to propose an amendment restricting sales to persons under 26 after protests over the failure to include that provision.
Washington March 23 The Celler bill to liberalize prescription of liquor by physicians was approved by the Routt judiciary committee. It mirrors the house approved measure from the last session but omits the house floor amendment to authorize malt liquor prescriptions. The bill now applies only to spiritous and vinous liquors and died in the senate.
Northwest Bancorporation directors postponed action on the quarterly dividend due April 1. President E W Decker said the policy would conserve income and build up reserves during the reconstruction period. Last year quarterly dividends were 15 cents per share.
An informal Post Office Department opinion says newspapers publishing beer and wine ads before midnight April 6 may violate law. It stressed it is not a formal ruling and no action will be taken unless a case is presented, with no complaints filed to date.
Rare books from the cradle age of world literature are highlighted with Dr Otto Vollbehr credited for supplying 2000 volumes to the Huntington Library and a copy of the fist Gutenberg Bible to the Congressional Library in Washington. Judge James E. Robinson, longtime North Dakota Supreme Court member, dies at the national soldiers home. Mil waukee discusses 5 cent beer as new regulations shape its return. Missouri Senate defeats outright repeal of prohibition, with possible reconsideration.
In St Louis on March 23, the federal and state taxes on newly authorized beer products may set the price at five cents per glass. The measure envisions beverages of about six to eight ounces.
The Milwaukee water department contemplates a revenue increase of over $50,000 as a plan to supply more than 1.5 million gallons of water annually. Henry Podmant, superintendent, notes the city expects brewers to use the additional water.
Foster Krake resigns as head of the music department at Huron College. He leaves Friday for Colone Michigan to aid his elderly parents after recent Michigan related events. The faculty vacancy is being reviewed by the board committee. his duties are temporarily covered by other staff.
Judge Frank T. Lemible of Hettinger issued an order in Mandan prohibiting execution upon any judgment on file until further notice. The action cites a state bank holiday and a temporary moratorium on indebtedness declared by the president and governor, with an emergency exemption possible for creditors.
Winners announced by Huron theatre and Montgomery Ward store include Betty Phillips 10 winning first prize, Melford Kilnsteam of Cavour second, and Philip Sweet of Utah Avenue Southeast third. Winners must call at Montgomery Ward to claim prizes.
DES MOINES Iowa forces won a temporary victory by 4 docking senate action on a bill to set up machinery for a constitutional convention to repeal the lath amendment. Sale of 3.2 per cent beer awaits action by the Iowa legislature to become effective, says Le Roy Rader assistant attorney general. The opinion notes the Iowa code defines intoxicating liquor to include beer and malt liquor.
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