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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1939
Page
2
Swine prices advance 4 to 10 higher with 180 to 240 lb hogs at 6.50 to 6.80, top 6.65, lighter heaviest sections quiet. Salable sheep about 2,800 with undertone firm. good fed skins around 10.25 and feeders scarce. hogs Chicago market firmer, receipts around 4,000 with steady to higher day.
Markets show mixed poultry and egg prices across Huron South Dakota and several cities. Huron reports hens under 4 pounds at 8 cents, roosters 6, and broad poultry listings. Chicago notes steady butter and cheese, New York lists butter firmer with varied cheese, and Minneapolis flour and Watertown Mitchell provide regional pricing for hens, leghorns, roosters, and eggs.
Paul Livestock reports mixed cattle and hog demand with steady to higher prices for steers and sows, calves and hogs showing firmness in spots. Sioux Falls and Bronx City notes show hogs mostly higher and cattle steady to strong, with various quotations across stockers feeders and slaughter classes.
Sioux Falls report lists heavy hens and Leghorn cocks with weights and prices, eggs and butterfat rates, plus Sioux City values for hens, roosters, No 2 poultry, and case lots. Also includes Minneapolis carrot range data for May 3 with grain prices for wheat, corn, oats, rye, and barley.
New York markets show stocks in a slow rally with a firm tone while bonds remain steady. Industrials demand remains higher with steady foreign exchange. Cotton and cattle are firm with short covering and buying. hogs steady to higher. wheat lower on rains. corn weak on demand. rails advance in parts. Chicago reports mixed trade and higher cattle prices in spots.
Wheat markets slipped over a cent and then recovered part of the loss as rains across the grain belt and Liverpool prices pressured futures. Chicago crop forecasters projected a winter wheat harvest of about 528 million bushels, down from 687.9 million last year, reflecting weaker conditions in the southwest. July and September futures showed notable declines while corn and oats posted mixed moves amid broad selling. Minneapolis cash quotes showed softer bids for No. 1 heavy dark northern and related classes, with trading on a stable basis and prices mostly lower across grain types.
Stocks rallied with cautious buying as quotations rose up to four points from fractions. Volume reached about 750050 shares, nearly 50 percent above yesterday. Traders cited no major news and Europe and Washington were quiet, marking the best rise on Wall Street since Roosevelt’s April 15 message to Hitler and Mussolini.
A dense OCR fragment lists percent figures and company names such as Alaska LiquidCarb Loews AmCan MiamiCop MinHonBeg MontWard AmSpaco MurrayCorp NatCashReg AT&T NatDairyPro and NatDistill amid scattered punctuation. No coherent event or narrative is identifiable.
In Boston on May 3 officials ruled the electric chair obsolete, risking harm to the executioner. The state executive council approved the correction commissioner and governor’s recommendation to delay the executions of Walter St. Sauveur and Wallace Green until the first week in July for the Somerville storekeeper robbery murder case.
Two Sioux Falls youths aged 16 are en route to Sioux Falls in Minnehaha County custody after admitting to stealing five automobiles across South Dakota. They were captured in Lead after stealing two cars in Pennington County and were handed to Minnehaha authorities to streamline charges. The boys said homes are in Sioux Falls and they planned to work at a Montana ranch, traveling through Sioux Falls Cham berlain Kadoka Wall and Rapid City.
Governor Julius P Heil signed a bill restricting closed shops to units where 75 percent vote in favor and requires notification for perishable product bargaining. The measure, opposed by labor groups, also abolishes the Little Wagner Act and reconstitutes the labor board with a three member panel and limited powers. Bushfield urges youths at Madison banquet that opportunity remains for those with will to win.
A dense OCR of company names and stock symbols across industries appears, including aviation, autos, chemicals, electronics, and banks. The fragment lists firm names such as Boeing Air, General Electric, US Steel, Penney, JC, Westinghouse, and Union Oil with varied percentages and par values, interspersed with bank mentions and regional headings like NEW YORK to MINNEAPOLIS.
The American Legion post will hold its May meeting Thursday at 1 pm in the clubrooms to nominate officers and tackle important business. Harold Markey will outline Memorial Day plans with an outdoor ceremony possible. a junior baseball report and season-ticket sales are also on the agenda. Commander Ray A. Stratton leads the current lineup until October installation after the summer recess.
Huron Chamber of Commerce retail division named a committee led by W H Chase to work with State Fair board on the 1959 exposition. Members include A W Palm Chick Talcott C K Waller and Leg Boerxer with George Redmond as another appointee.
Rev J 4s Penner, California evangelist born in Russia, will recount his country’s upheaval since 1917 and family fates as part of nightly sermons at the Huron Gospel Rescue Mission. He will describe his own escape from execution and details of relatives banished or killed. Pastor Joe E. Wipf oversees the mission.
Romania sent a formal note to Washington offering to settle about 65.6 million dollars of its war debt to the United States. The State and Treasury departments will study the proposal and decide what recommendations to send to Congress.
Heavy Japanese air and missile attack on Chungking, the Chinese wartime capital, reportedly killed or wounded hundreds as bombs struck near new projects and fires ignited in the congested city. In a separate note from Birkenhead, England, cheers marked the launch of the new battleship Prince of Wales under Britain’s rearmament program.
National Officers attend a regional Girl Scout conference in Sioux Falls at Hotel Carpenter May 3 4 and 5. Mrs Fredrick Macy national commissioner will be honor guest with E C Grothe and other council members attending. National staff member Miss Ove McCormick will discuss Senior programs and camping plans. Dorothea Sullivan HQ personnel placement will field questions on standards and training. Mrs Helen Daily from National Equipment Service will host a model shop and answer questions about uniforms and camping gear.
The American Legion Auxiliary invites and urges mothers of ex service men to attend a Mothers Day banquet next Tuesday at 6 30 p m in the Legion hall. Honored guests include Gold Star mothers and three Huron unit mothers whose sons were killed in action Mrs Henry G Hein Mrs J W ScholVian and Mrs L K Harvey now in Glendale California. Ex service mothers should contact auxiliary president Mrs Inna Fleming for arrangements to attend the dinner.
The discussion centered on stabilizing public policy to unlock idle funds for productive use. Davis argued for a steadier policy to aid capital flow, while Robert M. Hanes said credit facilities are ample and urged risk investment. M J Cleary warned against foreignism and Magill criticized tax rhetoric against business.
Congress approves a defense bill totaling 162 million in appropriations plus 46.9 million in contract authorizations to fund unemployment program grants, FBI personnel, and coast defense. Navy to extend enlistments to six years and add 5,000 sailors. Senator Norris calls for a 500 million dollar expansion of national power facilities to avert wartime disruption, with Roosevelt citing need for Caribbean defense due to swift attack planes.
Beadle County Agricultural Conservation bulletins outline minimum plant requirements for farmers in 1939. Chairman Eli Martin states committees will determine idle farms by half the soil-depicting acreage, counting crops seeded for 1939 harvest, volunteer crops, summer fallow, tame grasses or legumes, and small grains for pasture, with strict adherence at payment certification.
The Rev AE Birch of Milwaukee says a modern pastor must excel as a businessman and cleric. He is a delegate at the 49th annual English Evangelical Lutheran Synod of the Northwest convention in Minneapolis. New officers were elected Tuesday night with Rev Fr Ty Gerberding of Minneapolis reelected president for 12 years, Rev William Milwaukee reelected second, and K Jensen of Janesville renamed treasurer.
John Barrymore filed suit in New York for separation from Mame Barrie and named her, her mother Edna Jacobs, and financial adviser David Fisher as defendants in an accounting action over about 200000. The pair had been on tour and planned to perform in Sioux City that evening.
Funeral services for August Jungemann 77 Beadle County farmer who died Monday will be held Friday afternoon at St John s Lutheran Church at 2 p m with Rev P F Leyhe preaching the sermon instead of Thursday as previously announced.
Medical staff G F Atkinson Boni Jin Huron medics care for John William Shoesmith and Mrs Mary Franzke. Patients discharged include Mrs Thomas Dugdale and Mrs Charles Cray. Additional names C Eisenbraun Hitchcock J D Hoy Hitchcock Mrs J Kline Huron. Walker's flowers aids speedy recovery.
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