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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1933
Page
8
Armour Stockyards in Huron reports a midweek hog sale with five hundred hogs received. Top hog price 3.55 exists while market declines run 10 to 15 cents, cattle calves and sheep hold steadier. Listings cover cattle prices from good steers to plain cows, veal, hogs across weight classes, with prices and ranges for hogs 160 pounds and under to 360 pounds, plus packer and sow figures and regional quotes from Sioux Falls and Sioux City markets.
Chicago hogs held at 4.90 as trade ran steady to lower with heavier receipts. Outside lakes were slow with prices steady to 10 cents lower. Cattle offerings rose sharply, bids weak 25 to 90 cents lower. Sheep and lambs sold about steady amid heavy receipts, with early rounds weak but mostly steady by noon.
In Minneapolis on May 10, wheat futures rebounded from Tuesday losses, with May up 2%, July up 1%, and September up about 1%. Oats rose modestly while rye and barley showed gains in July contracts. flax also advanced. Cash wheat and oats demand improved slightly, while rye and flax demand remained softer.
The report notes Our Now Do DIS 4 No.1 red vdurum flax on track to arrive late May with specifications and prices listed for July September and October shipments including 1.49 and 1M figures.
Daily market sheet from Huron and Minneapolis notes Huron poultry and hogs with light and heavy hens, eggs, butterfat, and wool prices. Hides and horse flesh listed with prices, pelts and tallow, followed by Minneapolis flour prices for May 10. Chicago stock markets show steady trading with unchanged poultry and butter prices.
Montevideo Minnesota May 10 7 Members of the Minnesota Farm Holiday Association prepared to join farmers of other northwest states in a national farm strike Saturday after a militant session last night urging President Roosevelt to remove Secretary Wallace from office The 4000 convention delegates also pledged not to pay interest taxes or debts until the dollar is an honest measure of value They attacked the rejection of the cost production amendment to the farm relief inflation bill and condemned foreclosures in Watonwan County and Kandiyohi County with governors urged to intervene, amid threats of farm holiday action nationwide and martial law in northwest Iowa counties.
Market notes from Chicago, Minneapolis, Sioux City, Duluth and New York show prices for live poultry, eggs, butter, and potatoes. Hens and roosters traded at varied cents per unit, broilers and turkeys quoted with ranges, while grain futures and corn prices in the Upper Midwest report modest gains.
Cattle at South St. Paul for May 10 show open slow with all slaughter classes weak. Steers and yearlings down 10 to 15 or more, best light steers around 5.50, bulk 4.00 to 5.00, cows and bulls mixed, calves steady, hogs active but lower, 200-300 lb range 5.00 to 6.40, 240-350 lb 5.65 to 6.35, sows 3.25 to 5.0, light pigs mostly mixed. Sheep sparse with few native lambs around 7.50 to 8.00 and slaughter lambs around 6.00. Chicago quotes show slow, steady to weak bidding across cattle and hogs with weights and grades noted.
New York May 10 The stock market advanced into higher territory in late trading with gains around four points. Leaders included Allied Chemicals, Delaware Hudson, Owens-Illinois, and Columbian Carbon. Also up were Loew’s American Telephone Electric Autolite and Baldwin, Kelvinator, Fox, and Allis-Chalmers among others.
Washington May 10 Invited to spend the summer in the Black Hills Roosevelt today told Senator Norbeck he expected to spend the summer in Washington and Hyde Park New York. Senator Norbeck said the president listed money as a prime reason for staying home believing it cheaper to use his own home in New York and Hyde Park. President Coolidge spent the summer of 1927 in the Black Hills.
Mission and educational films of the Presbyterian church will be shown at a general meeting of women’s associations Thursday afternoon. Dr. William Harshaw and Rev. William J. Bell will present the program, touring the area. The event begins at 2:30 p.m.
A jumble of ticker symbols and percentages shows a thinly mixed session across major names. Companies including General Electric, General Foods, Chrysler, Ford, IBM, and AT&T appear among many others, with varying shifts signaling modest investor hesitancy and sector rotation. Major hardware, energy, and consumer goods firms posted uneven results as traders weighed earnings, demand signals, and macro factors.
Standard Oil Indiana reduced gasoline prices across its territory this week. Regular gasoline dropped to 153 cents from 175, Ethyl to 173 from 205, and Standolind competition gasoline to 143 cents from prior levels. The move aims to counteract overproduction and widespread cut price competition, leveling prices toward a normal, equitable basis.
Ray Harmon and Walter Beeler succeeded in private flying license tests conducted by Lester G. Orcutt of Fargo. The pair, already licensed, retook due to a new 50 hour flight requirement. Halsted and Hebble passed written portions for limited commercial and transport licenses respectively and await flying tests in Aberdeen. Orcutt inspected three ships here, including Redfield pilots and aircraft belonging to Beeler of Hurport.
Mrs Maria Vile Cort a longtime Huron resident died at home 115 Ohio Avenue Southwest after paralytic strokes last September and December She was born August 3 1852 in Pennsylvania and married Charles Edwin Cort in Rochelle Illinois February 16 1876 Surviving are four daughters two sons eleven grandsons four granddaughters and one great grandson Funeral plans set for Friday at 2 30 at the Presbyterian church with Dr Hubert Netelle officiating Burial in Riverside cemetery Mrs Cort a Presbyterian member for about 70 years
An invitation from Forrest McMullen post 1776 Veterans of Foreign Wars invites Gold Star mothers G A B Spanish American War veterans and families to the annual Mother's Day dinner at the Knights of Pythias hall Huron at 2 30 p m next Sunday Wayne Wilson committee chair urges broad attendance not limited to Huron or Beadle county and asks Gold Star mothers from Spink Clark Kingsbury Sanborn Jerauld Hand counties to send names and addresses to George Longstaff adju of VFW post Nation Bank of Huron building for roster compilation.
Children from Wilson sang at a Rotary Club luncheon while SyStanley Colter, pre club, spoke on the reconstruction at ox City.
Mitchell hosts Upper Missouri River Development association with W G Robinson proposing a 20 dam Missouri River system from Ft Peck Montana to Yankton, plus two new lakes at Gann Valley and Corsica. Project aims waterway irrigation flood control and power, with a Roosevelt relief appeal to fund permanent public improvements through federal aid.
Several two year normal students have secured teaching positions for the coming year. William Beckman has been elected to teach the seventh and eighth grades at Cavour. The following students secured teaching positions: Maxine Bager Florence Berson Florence Boersman Lucile Firmerty Vera Elizabeth Miner Irene Miner Hoyton Florence Poulson Dorothy Parkes George Stihl Alfred TeKrany Amelia Weldenbech Theodore Touw
Admitted to Huron hospital are Lillian Waldner and Fred Kirby. Dismissed from care is Mrs. Neil.
W Disney, chairman of the Forrest McMullen Post VFW Poppy Day committee, announced that President Roosevelt approved the Buddy Poppy sale near Memorial Day. The message says orphans of veterans deserve happiness, funded by the VFW home at Eaton Rapids Michigan, with proceeds aiding maintenance and veteran employment in home communities.
Members of the Independent Grocers Alliance gathered at Hotel Marvin Hughitt for a sales meeting. Elmer Lilleskoy of Aberdeen showed motion pictures illustrating modern merchandising methods. Operators attended from Highmore Bancroft Wessington Springs Worsington Miller Wolsey and Woon socket.
Classified notice seeks a reliable woman for general housework and to take full charge of a four-person family in a strictly modern home. Wages expected must be stated. Furnish references. Mail to Huronite.
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