Hog market advances and cattle steady across midwest reports
Market notes from Armour Stock Yards Huron and multiple western centers show hogs 5-15 cents higher with top hogs around 14.80 to 14.85, light weight hogs at 14.20, bulls and sows up to 10 cents, while cattle and calves move slowly with varied gains and steady to firm tone. Sheep remain steady to firm with active lamb sales at St Paul and Sioux City reports.
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Armour Stock Yards
Huron
Chicago
USDA
St. Paul
South ST. Paul
Mkt. News Soc
Sioux Falls
May
Sioux City
Ana
Alla
Buron and Chicago Markets Reported for Huron Produce Area
Markets show poultry and butterfat prices steady with no changes in Chicago and New York quotes. Huron area grain and live poultry notes appear alongside regional price ranges and market reports collected by telephone through midday.
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Chicago
Sioux Falls Produce Prices for Hens and Poultry
Sioux Falls May 6 Heavy hens 4 lbs and over 21 under 4 lbs 19 leghorn hens 18 heavy cocks 19 leghorn cocks 1 Falls No 1 38 No 2 28 Butter 49 34 No 1 grade cream 49 No 2 47 Heavy crested broilers and friers over 2 lbs 24 leghorn broilers over 2 lbs 23
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Sioux Falls
Watertown Produce Price List Fragment
Watertown May 6 market items include heavy hens over 5 lbs at 22, hens 4-5 lbs at 20, hens under 4 lbs at 18, leghorn hens 18, heavy breed roosters 14, leghorn roosters 22, ducks 105, geese 10, hennery eggs 36, No 1 eggs Al No 2 eggs 25, butterfat No 1.50 No 2 48.
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Watertown
Wool Market in Boston Sees Mixed Foreign Wools Sold
In Boston on May 7, foreign wools were sold in small lots for urgent needs. Secured Corrienter's wools drew $1.06 in out-of-bond pricing, while Australian 3 per cent burr y fine wool sold at $1.14. The Quartermasters corps sought bids on flannel shirts serge coats and sweaters.
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Boston
USDA
Corrienter
Quartermasters Corps
Wheat Prices Rise on Mild Buying and Weather Clips
Chicago wheat futures edged higher near the close with May at 146 for May delivery and July around 145 to 145 1/2 as buying supported by unfavorable crop weather and bread price ceiling boosts. Oats and rye also gained while other grains held near prior closes.
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Chicago
Markets At A Glance May 1 to 7
New York markets show stocks steady as selling fades and bonds hold. Commodity notes report quiet cotton, wheat up on poor crop signals, corn steady, hogs strong, cattle lower with limited demand, cash grain quotes mixed across grades and regions.
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New York
Chicago
Stocks Edge Higher Amid Mixed Profit-Taking
In New York May 6 the stock market opened weak then firmed late as profit taking cooled. Railroads oils and specialties led gains while most favorites rose modestly. Canadian Pacific Atlantic Coast Line General Motors and Eastman Kodak among new year highs. Steels coppers aircrafts and rubbers paused.
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York
Canadian Pacific
Atlantic Coast Line
General Motors
Continental Motors
Standard Oil (No
Standard Oil of Calif
Patine Mines
American Radiator
American Locomotive
Eastman Kodak
America Airlines
Montgomery Wr
America Foreign
Closing Quotations By The Associated Press
A compact listing of closing quotation figures for major corporations and brands including AlleghCorp AmAirlines PepsiCola BoeingAir General Electric USSteel Westinghouse and more with percentage scales and note of various capitalization quirks. The data presents a snapshot of market sentiment across industries from alcohol to motors and utility firms.
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Associated Press
AlleghCorp
IndusRayon
AlChem
IntBusMach
AllisChaim
IntTel
AmAirlines
Johns-Mann
AmInternat
LockhdAire
AmTel
MackTruck
AmWoolpf
MarshField
Anaconda
MartGloCo
Armill
MiamiCop
Armillof
NatDairy
AviaCorp
NorAmAvia
BendixAvia
NorPac
BethSteel
OtisElev
BoeingAir
ParamPic
BrigesMfg
Penney(jc
BuddMig
PepsiCola
ButlerBros
PhelpsDodge
Calumet
PillsFlour
CelotexCorp
RadioCorAm
Case
Jico
RepSteel
Reytobb
ChryslerCorp
UnitedAlrer
East Kodak
Usgypsum
GenElec
Ussteel
GenFoods
Ussteel of
WesUniTel
GtNorRyp
West&Mfg
CtWest
Woolworth
Homestake
California removes three day gin marriage wait
California Gov Earl Warren signed the repeal of the gin marriage law. The change ends the three day wait for license duplications though pre marital physical examinations remain required. The governor termed the law dead and stated another barrier to hurried weddings still exists.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Earl Warren
Warren
Wellington resident recalls helping volunteers during blaze
A Timmerman farm incident description shows a resident admitting to volunteering as flames jumped a fire, noting a brief delay before assistance. Municipal Judge C N Holl issued a warrant for his arrest in Huron.
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Timmerman
C.'N. Hpll
Huron
Harlem soldiers in Tunisia long for Harlem lamp post
Negro troops from Harlem to Beale Street describe life in Tunisia while helping clear a sunken port. They joke about boogie woogie, note harsh prices for eggs, and compare duties to football practice as they work with engineers to prepare ports and dumps for the front.
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Tunisia
Harlem Lamp Post
Harold V. Boyle
Harlem
Beale Street
Sam
Lenox Avenue
Africa
Wilson J. Harris
Yvy Houston
Tex
Texas
Archie L. Lewis
Dermott
Ark
Corp
Russell L. Henderson
la Grange
James Richardson
Gainesville
Fla
Willie
B. Shorts
Waco
Wallace Sabb
Philadelphia
Joe Louis
Dave H. Hardin
Mexia
Bishop G. Williams
Corpus Christi
England
Youths Examined By Navy Aviation Cadet Board
A Navy aviation cadet selection board met at the Hotel Marvin Hughitt and examined four applicants for pre flight training Everett Peck James Baumbach Robert Romsdahl and Howard Peterka all aged 17 to 18 The board plans to interview more applicants from Huron Pierre and surrounding towns with training at St Olaf College Northfield and the University of Town before advancing to the Navy Pre Flight School. The board's Portland Minnesota address is listed as Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board 1645 Northwestern Bank Building Minneapolis.
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Marvin Hughitt
U. S. Navy
M. H. McCort
G. G. H. Coffey
H. T. Burt
Ray Malender
Everett Edward Peck
Kansas Avenue
James Frederick Baumbach
Bryant
Robert Edwin Romsdahl
Howard Joseph Peterka
Ree Heights
Lieut McCort
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Minn
St. Olaf
U.S. Navy
University of Town
Huron
Miler
Woonsocket
Lake Preston
Redfield
Deland
Pierre
Pierre and West River
Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board
Northwestern Bank
Minneapolis
Case Announces Army Base Additions in South Dakota
Rep. Case said the War Department authorized construction of extra facilities at an Army Air Forces installation in Pennington County SD at a cost over 3 million dollars. The Federal Works Agency announced a 16 370 allotment for five war nurseries serving 150 preschool children in Sioux Falls.
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Case
Army Base
Washington
Representative Case
Republican
South Dakota
War Department
Army Air Forces
Pennington County
S. D
Federal Works Agency
Sioux Falls
Youth Escapes Miller Jail Before Sentencing
James Patrick Comford, 18, a burglary defendant, escaped from Miller jail while working outside as a trusty. Miller County officials urged other officers to help locate him, with tips to Sheriff Roy W. Haas in Miller or the attorney general in Pierre.
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Len
Hand
James’ Patrick Comford
Roy W. Haas
Cormford
Comford
Haas
Miller
Pierre
WLB Panel Keeps Door Open to Lewis Attendance
The War Labor Board fact finding panel in the coal wage dispute votes to keep the door open for John L. Lewis to participate. Hearings move to open sessions as miners give no representatives and the latch string is on the outside. Harold Ickes outlines a plan to divert coal for emergencies amid a two week truce.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Labor Board
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Morris L. Cooke
WLB
Harold L. Ickes
War Production Board
Fire destroys three Wagner buildings on main street
A Thursday morning fire of undetermined origin destroyed three business structures on Wagner's west main street causing about 20000 in damage. Wagner Fire Department with Lake Andes help kept the blaze from spreading across the street. The losses included a second hand store an insurance and bond office a barber shop and a bakery. Wagner high school boys aided the fire crew.
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Wagnes
Wagner
Wagner Fire Department
Lake Andes
Populist Founder Dies After Long Illness
SEL Cranmer 88 founder of the Populist Party and close friend of Walt Whitman died in a Minneapolis rest home after a long illness. He fathered Frances Cranmer Greenman, a noted artist, once led a banking company in Aberdeen South Dakota and served as county attorney. Funeral services set for tomorrow. NORSE PRINCE IN BRITAIN Crown Prince Olav of Norway arrives in Britain from North America by plane, authorities say.
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Minneapolis
Sel Cranmer
Northwest
Walt Whitman
Frances Cranmer Greenman
Aberdeen
S. D
Britain
London
Prince Olav
Norway
North America
Wilson Forwarding Co Strike Quiet After Court Injunction
Pickets halted their blockade at the Wilson Forwarding Company depot after a circuit court injunction barred blocking the way to the strikebound depot. Several freight movements stalled last week as seven local truckers and handlers were involved, with some consignments denied access and others stranded in the depot. The injunction prompted pickets to withdraw, and workers had not returned by noon, leaving minimal activity at the site.
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Wilson
Consignees
Pickers
Teamsters’ Union
Vermillion Greets Capt Joe Foss during university visit
Vermillion citizens packed Shadle Auditorium at 3 p.m. to honor Capt. Joe Foss a Guadalcanal ace. Mayor R D Thompson proclaimed a city holiday schools closed and business suspended for the ceremony at the University of South Dakota campus.
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Joe Foss
University of South Dakota
R. D. Thompson
Guadalcanal
Foss
Shagel Auditorium
Memorial Day Plans Discussed by Huron Legion
A special Legion Hall meeting at 8 p m Friday announced by A H Crawford commander of William Reaves Post American Legion. The meeting will include all patriotic groups and interested individuals to organize a Memorial Day program and form the Legion’s memorial day committee.
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Huron
Legion Hall
A. H. Crawford
William Reaves
The
American Legion
Legion
JAPS Stage Attacks on Rail Lines and Burma Front
British forces under Field Marshal Wavell report dislodging Japanese troops from a hill near Maungdaw Buthedaung road north of Akyab and inflicting casualties. In the Pacific, nine Japanese planes failed to halt U S Liberators at Wewak, while Dutch bombers raid Tocal and Australians strike Timika as monsoon actions loom.
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Chase
Burma
Sir Archibald P. Wavell
Maungdaw
Buthedaung
Akyab
Douglas MacArthur
Wewak
New Guinea
Tocal
Kai Islands
Australia
Timika
Dutch New Guinea
Postwar Public Works Program Urged Now
Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming, Federal Works Agency administrator, urged plans for an overall national postwar public works program to avoid a repeat of holes and make-work projects. He spoke at the war construction conference of the American Road Builders Association in Chicago on May 6 1947.
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Chicago
Philip B. Fleming
Federal Works Agency
Fleming
American Road Builders’ Association
House Group Urges Trade Plan Extension
A three year extension of the reciprocal trade program was urged by a House Ways and Means Committee majority report. The plan aims to extend authority tied to global peace, with a vote expected and a minority report planned by 15 members. The committee split along party lines with Republicans voting yes and Democrats opposed.
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House
Washington
America
Mets
West
Texas
McCormacl
Massachusetts
Ture
Commons Hears Hint Hess Family Together
London May 6 Laborite MP Wil Thorne asked in the House of Commons whether Fran Hess, spouse of Rudolf Hess, has joined her husband in England. The question noted 15 000 pounds in securities Rudolf Hess had upon landing in Scotland and whether they are used for his family’s keep. Prime Minister Churchill promised a reply later.
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Commons
Hess
London
Wil . J. Thorne
Franndolph Hess
Husbin
England
Adolf Hitt
Scotland
Germany
Thorne
Chur
Rudolf
Fran Hess
Britain
Canvas Shield Saves 18 Miners From Blast
Eighteen miners trapped nearly 2000 feet underground by a blast at the Etna Coal and Coke mine near LaFollette Tennessee were saved when a canvas shield held. They endured eight hours of deadly fumes before crawling from their barricaded position as rescue teams reached them. Two more miners died from carbon monoxide 400 feet away. The blast struck yesterday afternoon in east Tennessee.
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Lafollelie
Lenn
Mey
Hudei
Etna Coal and Coke
Como
East Tennessee
Tax bill dispute roils Senate finance committee
Debate over the Ruml plan and Carlson Rum proposal dominates finance committee sessions. Senators Radcliffe and Lucas back the Carlson Rum plan, while Connally opposes any plan that would waste funds. LaFollette and Johnson prefer the House bill’s approach, as do Chairman George and Senator Vandenberg, signaling potential rapid action next week.
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Finance Committee
Radcliffe
Maryland
Lucas
Illinois
Clark
Carlson
Ransss
House
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Johnson
Colorado
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Ed Smith
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A. W. Schlimgen
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United State Chamber of Commerce
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