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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1942
Page
2
Market reports show hogs steady to lower with top prices around 13.80 in Armour Stockyards Huron while Chicago quotes declines 5 to 15 cents. cattle and sheep largely steady with varied weight classes and futures mixed across Minneapolis and Sioux Falls pickups.
May 7 trading on the Boston wool market was mostly unchanged with occasional sales of fine domestic wools and some activity in fine Australian wools. Manufacturers seek supplies and will pay up to $1.18 scoured for territory fine, with minor increases possible. French combing of average ample. Buyers paid 12 to 76 cents scoured for 64's fine Australian wools in bond.
Livestock receipts lean with calves and yearlings uneven in value. Some bids lower while fat cattle hold, stockers and feeders scarce. Bulk cattle steady with medium to good fed steers around 11.25 per cwt for 1275 lb cattle, load lots at 13.00, and heifers at 12.50 to 13.00. Cows mostly 9.00 with most canners and cutters 6.75 to 8.50.
Daily price ranges for Huron produce markets listed with weights and product types including heavy hens roosters butterfat eggs oats soybeans and corn figures with monthly and seasonal variations recorded by the Evening Huronite. The report notes cash close values and basis trends for several commodities and market categories.
Markets show firm stocks with industrials recovering, bonds steady, rail and utilities improving. Cotton even with New Orleans activity, wheat and corn higher, hogs down 5 to 15 cents, cattle mixed with weaker real lines, assorted poultry and produce notes from Chicago and futures for butter eggs and storage.
Chicago May wheat rose to new highs for two weeks as buying surged after soybeans climbed up to 3 cents. Corn gained and rye rose, with late profit taking trimming some gains.
Thursday market in Mitchell shows prices for hens and turkeys by weight, with Leghorn and springs varieties listed. Includes young and old hens and tom turkeys, ducks and geese, and current receipts totals.
The notice lists live poultry prices with May and May 7 dates, including hens at 5 pounds and over and Leghorn hens at 135, heavy Leghorn cocks, duck prices, and butterfat figures. It compiles figures for hens cocks and ducks with unit weights and yard terms, though the legible data is fragmentary.
Plymouth area price list shows weights for hens over 5 pounds at 173, 4 to 5 pounds at 15, under 4 pounds at 13, Leghorn hens at 13, heavy breed roosters 9, Leghorn roosters 7, ducks 6, geese 6, Butterfat No 1 27, followed by various denotations. Eggs No 1 228, NL 2 24, No 3 price unspecified, No 1 fancy wholesale 40 41, No 1 grade cream 87, No 2 grade cream 326, sweet cream 33.
The field notes list Priced items including Leghorn hens and white rocks with weights around 5 pounds and above. It references Plymouth and colored varieties, noting percentages and categories like roosters and bareback birds.
Industrials push ahead as traders digest volatile sessions in New York trading. Investors weigh earnings, inflation signals, and policy cues while major indexes drift near mixed closes. Analysts warn volatility may persist amid global tensions and supply chain concerns.
Johannes Broderson aged 54 died Tuesday evening at 6 30. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 pm in Weltay Chapel with Rev Phil Mueller of Mt Calvary Lutheran Church officiating. Interment in Riverside Cemetery. The body to lie in state tonight 7 to 9.
A Royal Australian Air Force pilot spent 12 days without food after a crash on a rocky barrier reef. He swam seven miles through shark infested waters to reach safety clinging to an air cushion. Three companions drowned. He had no water until the fourth day when rain filled rock depressions. Spotted by a plane, assistance arrived. Meanwhile Lieutenant Governor Miller kept plans for a June gubernatorial nominating convention unchanged.
The hearing concluded in Aberdeen as Judge Crane prepared to decide whether State Treasurer W G Douglas and Land Commissioner Earl Hammeraquist will stand trial in circuit court on charges of profiting from state money and accepting improper gratuities. A separate dispatch reports a small Nicaraguan vessel sunk off the Atlantic coast with survivors landed at an east coast port. George Neely, U S Marine staff sergeant, will attend the William Reaves Post American Legion meeting.
Traders saw a comeback with extreme gains fading for favorites toward the final hour. The day closed with about 350000 shares traded, the largest volume in over a week as some moves intensified then cooled.
Washington May 7 Administration supporters argued Tuesday's primaries show voters want recall of antiwar lawmakers before Pearl Harbor but opponents disputed this. Senator Pepper of Florida said Bulow’s South Dakota loss signals a shift against prewar isolationists, while Nye noted Bushfield’s large Republican win suggests local factors at play. Taft and Danaher cited local issues and Bulow’s defense of congressional pensions as contributing factors.
Senators Johnson Taft and Henderson urged rapid action as officials warned civilian tires would run out within a year without government control. They backed voluntary sales of unused tires and predicted no civilian rubber supply, with synthetic rubber reserved for military use.
Warmer today and tonight with temperatures around 65 while record highs and lows for the date are noted. Precipitation total for the month stands at 3.49 inches, year to date 8.8 inches, with normal values cited. Sunrise at 6 16 a m and sunset at 8 43 p m.
Dispatches describe British commandos in training for raids in North Africa and a possible Japanese sea borne thrust toward Australia. In the Pacific, MacArthur notes increased Japanese naval activity around New Britain and Bougainville, with Kort frontier fighting near Wanting in China and continued British withdrawal toward India in Burma. German reports claim advances against the Russians and a deep British thrust toward Mechili in North Africa.
Delegates from Huron including Mrs Thad Oviatt Mrs Keith Potter and Mrs Harold Markey will attend the American Association of University Women state convention in Sioux Falls on May 8 and 9. Other Huron representatives are Mrs A A Chamberlain Mrs Dorothy Habel Miss Olive Neil and Mrs Alys Stensland. Prominent speakers include Mrs H Painter Miss Edna Durland Miss Lara Beam and Miss Mary Bell. Miss Beam will visit Huron May 4 to discuss Creative Arts and the May meeting will install new officers Mrs Habel president Mrs Lois Erikson secretary and Mrs E W Hale member at large.
The War Department reports about 11 574 soldiers sailors marines and civilians were captured by Japanese at Corregidor and Manila Bay forts as of April 15. The communique notes the total includes 2275 naval personnel 1570 marines 3734 American soldiers 1280 Philippine scouts 1446 Philippine Commonwealth Army soldiers and 1269 civilians and others. Lieutenant General Johnathan M Wainwright is believed captured.
A fire at the Municipal Airport hangar damaged three aircraft and part of a hangar roof. Lloyd Atz suffered second degree burns and was hospitalized. damage estimates exceed 5000 dollars with planes mostly destroyed. Huron Fire Department controlled the blaze within 20 minutes.
Active pallbearers for Milo W. Avery manager of the Huron Grocery who died Tuesday afternoon will be Frank Vogel O V Jeffers Orin Brogman Jim Andersen T J Coughlin and Frank Halfece. Honorary pallbearers include M S Finch Dan Scully W T Loder George A Starling Jesse C Burns all of Huron. Masonic rites will be observed at 10 oclock Friday at Congregational Church Rev E W Hele officiating. Body to Madison S D for 2 pm services and interment in the family lot there. The body will be in state tonight 7 to 9 in Welter Chapel.
Wisconsin based H C Johnson a new sales rep earns 241.9 dollars in his first selling week for Alexander Theatre Screen Advertising of the Alexander Film Co. The firm seeks men 35 to 60 for territory coverage with prospect of high commissions and training with bond options.
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