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Newspaper

Evening Huronite

Location

Huron, South Dakota, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1944

Page

2

Market News Swine Steady to 25 Cents Lower

Hog quotations held at a 25 cent weekly drop across markets in Armour Stockyards Huron and Chicago with traders noting extremely slow hog trading and weights outside the support bracket. Cattle and sheep mostly steady, with fed steers premium and other classes largely unchanged amid weak demand. Sioux Falls Watertown and Huron show mixed hog and cattle quotes, while wheat and barley prices at Huron are listed for No 1 2 3 dark northern and malt barley.

Armour Stockyards Huron Chicago Choice Sioux Falls

Chicago Grain and Beef Markets Mixed Across Midwest

Chicago grain futures show mixed activity with wheat and oats quoted alongside barley and rye futures. Livestock markets in St Paul and Sioux City report steady to firm cattle and hog prices with stable to higher demand for choice beef and feeders amid moderate slaughter levels.

Sioux City SIOUX _CITY

Wheat and Rye Fall on Sudden Market Decline

Wheat and rye faced the sharpest drop in months as selling grew once commissions showed no bids near the close. The government crop report released after yesterday's close projected higher winter wheat production, aiding the fall across pits. Oats dipped mildly, while barley and rye posted notable declines. July wheat fell to 167 3 4, rye May 325 4 4.

Chivago Compission

Produce Markets Report From Huron and Nearby Bureaus

Regional market notes list live and dressed poultry pricing and egg rates from Huron Watertown Mitchell and Chicago with varied weights and wholesale figures for hens leghorn roosters ducks and butterfat. Prices show some firmness but many lines unchanged from prior reports with no uniform national totals.

Sioux Falls Poultry and Dairy Prices Reported

Sioux Falls market shows heavy fowl and leghorn prices with hens at 4 lbs plus at 22, under 4 at 20, heavy and leghorn cocks at 17 and 18 cents. Butterfat No 1 at 49, No 2 at 47, eggs No 1 at 40, No 2 at 24. New York dairy prices unchanged with butter at firm 0.49 and eggs irregular, various wholesale price ranges for milk products and related goods.

Watertown Mitchell Sioux Falls NEW York Dairy New York

Minneapolis Cash Grain Prices May 11 Report

Wheat receipts today 196 this year vs 300 last year. Trading basis unchanged with close including commissions. Dark northern No 1 163 percent, No 2 163, No 3 162. Winter hard 164 167 percent. No 1 red durum corn No 3 yellow 100 111 percent. Oats No 3 white 78 89 percent. Barley 109 138 percent. Rye No 8 and other figures noted.

Minneapolis Itu

Trading Lacks Vim But Stocks Steady

New York markets show a muted day with little enthusiasm among leaders as price moves stay fractional and near closing levels. Transfers around 600000 shares dominate activity with medium-quoted issues making up most volume while brokers anticipate a potential technical correction of the April dip and watch for possible war news.

New York

Closing Quotations By the Associated Press

A list of corporate tickers and percentage figures appears in a market brief. The compilation includes AlleghCorp MackTruck AmAirlines MontWard BoeingA and several other firms with varying percent changes, alongside airline and steel industry names.

Associated Press AlleghCorp MackTruck AlChDye MarshField AmAirlines Martgico ArmInternat MiamiCop AmTel&Tel MontWard AmWool Pi MorrellCo Anaconda NatDairyPro Arm Central AviCorp Nor&mAvia & BeridixAvia NorPac BethSteel Ohio Oil Boeinga OliverFarma BrigasMiz OsisElev BuddMe ParamPie ButlerBros Jcpenney Calurmet&Hee Pennrr Colgatpalmp Pulsbury ComSouth Radinfama ComWth&Ed ConsCopper CorProd CurtissWrt CurtissWra Deere&Co DowlasAir DupDeNem EastKodak GenEtec GenFoods GenMotors Gnicrect GtWestSug Greyhound

War bond ad rule clash in House committee

Washington The House rules committee refused to approve legislation for paid newspaper advertising of government war bond sales. Also reports include a Brooklyn crime figure sentenced to 25 years to life, a Ford Canada plant prep for war production, postmaster salary hike probes, a hero husband returns from war, Roosevelt delegate counts, and a Nazi note to Turkey.

Washington House Rules Committee Riller Monticello Jacob i Drucker Trigger Man Murder, Inc Brooklyn Crime Syndicate Clinton Dan Rose Walter Sage FORD Windsor Ford Motor Co Canada

Gandhi Arrives in Bombay After Release from Internment

Indian Nationalist leader Mohandas K. Gandhi was released from internment last week and arrived in Bombay today from Poona. He was driven to Juhu, a seaside resort, where he will stay.

Igandhi Beaside Bombay India Mohandas K. Gandhi Poona Juhu

Red Cross class visits Sioux Falls extends institute

Enrollees from Beadle County attended a Red Cross home service course in Sioux Falls to learn the institute’s functions. Mrs. Harriet Stratton, in charge, extended the session through Friday with examinations for volunteers at the close. Kate Simmons of St. Louis led yesterday’s session and local officials accompanied the group today.

Beadle County Red Cross Sioux Falls Harriet Stratton Beadle County Home Service Edw. G. Youngs William Emler Veterans Administration Kate Simmons St. Louis American Red Cross Dale Hodge South Dakota Evelyn Blume Evelyn Tracy Stratton Marvin Hughitt Huron Chamber of Commerce

Grace Church Parish Dinner Friday Evening

Grace Church hosts a parish dinner at 6 30 Friday night in the Parish House. Families are asked to bring their own sandwiches and fish to pass during Family Week observances in the Episcopal Church.

Grace Church Episcopal Church

Pacific Air Score Shows 4,887 Enemies Downed

Secretary Stimson announced the American air forces in the Pacific and Asia destroyed 4,887 enemy planes and lost 1,414 American aircraft through March 7, 1944. In the Pacific four air forces the 5th 7th 11th and 13th led the operations, destroying 4,064 planes in air and on the ground with 1,163 American losses. The tally excludes the Flying Tigers and prewar aviation losses.

Ngiun Pacific Asia Stimson Philippines Hawaii Flying ‘Tigers Army 14Th Airforce

Dewey Opposes Poll Taxes In Public Statement

Governor Thomas E. Dewey voiced clear opposition to poll taxes and any device that deprives free people of their votes. He reaffirmed his long standing stance against such measures and called for equal voting rights while on the national stage in Washington.

Dewey Albany N. J Thomas E. Dewey Grant Walter White Stin National Association For the ‘Advancement of Colored People Washington

Delayed Planting May Reduce Food Supply Next Year

Washington May 11 The agriculture department warns that widespread spring planting delays due to heavy rains cold weather and labor shortages will cut 1944 acreages. Farmland crops including oats wheat rice and tobacco may be affected though current supplies remain ample. Winter wheat prospects rise to 662 million bushels up from 524 million last year as April weather boosted yields.

Washington Agriculture Department Department

Blake Slugged By State Historian

Pierre May 11 A dispute between Finance Secretary A B Blake and State Historian Lawrence K Fox led to a confrontation in which Fox reported a bruise and Blake claimed he did not strike but might have slapped Fox Fox said Blake heckled him over history department payroll matters The incident coincided with the attorney general's appeal to the Supreme Court over moving the state free library into the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building The memorial is used by the state historical society and History Department Blake had earlier suspended a roundkeeper service for the memorial which was then unheated over winter and Fox said he planned to ask about groundkeeper service but did not.

Pierre Finance A.B. Blake Lawrence K. Fox Ake Fox Blake Iary History Department Attorney General's Office Supreme Court State Free Library Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Capitol State Historical Society Department of History

Wagner Man Found Burned In Haystack

The charred body of Fred Bartunek aged 37 from Wagner was found in a haystack northeast of WIT by his brother and a neighbor. A shotgun with a discharged shell lay nearby, and items identified by his wife linked to the victim. An inquest is expected later this week as authorities pursue the death as possibly self-inflicted. Bartunek is survived by his widow and five children. Dr Higging arrived from Cleveland to visit his ill mother at 417 Utah Southeast.

Wagner Fred Bartunek Wit Tom Chas. Kostel Bill McCabe Bartunek Tags Cleveland John F. Hig Utah

Wellington Womens Fun Day includes dinner and movie

The Women's Study Club of Wellington held its annual Fun Day in Huron today with a noon dinner at the Marvin Hughitt Hotel followed by a movie and shopping. Ten club members attended the event.

Women's Study Club of Welllington Huron Marvin Hughitt

Germans Fire 4,000 Shells into Anzio in Half Hour

Allied headquarters reports a massive German artillery barrage at Anzio, with about 4,000 shells in 30 minutes. The Luftwaffe sent planes to the beachhead area, two raiders shot down. Eighth Army positions reportedly advance after German withdrawals in the Cassino front amid continued bombardment and small Allied raids near Cisterna.

Naples Anzio Fifth Army Eighth Army Adriatic Cassino Cisterna Heay

Nazi Victory On Dnestr Claimed

London May 1 The German side claimed a sizable Russian bridge head on the lower Dnestr River was driven from the line and that troops remained in the Crimea west of Sevastopol destroying 20 tanks. Soviet communique said Sevastopol and all Crimea had been cleared of German and Romanian troops. The latest Soviet note reported the sinking of two 4 000 ton transports while enemy survivors were being ferried from the port.

London Dnestr Sill Crimea Sevastopol Grigoriowol Uher Galati Cup Romania Carpathians Danube

Recreation Center Discussion Tonight at Senior High

Pupils and parents will join a panel tonight at 8 in the music room of Senior High to discuss a youth recreation center for Huron. The meeting is sponsored by the Senior High PTA, with Co-Operative Club and Co-Onerettes pushing the project. Lunch, supervised games, dances, and a snack bar are planned.

Poin Huron Co-Operative Club Co-Onerettes Parent-Teacher Association A. W. Palm Nick Koppert

British Sink German Ship Off Dutch Coast

The British navy torpedoed and sank an armed German trawler off the Dutch coast as light coastal forces attacked a patrol group during an English Channel pre invasion sweep. Two other German vessels were damaged. British forces suffered only superficial damage and minor crew casualties.

English Channel Admiralty Netherlands Elba Island Mediterranean

Plan debate on Missouri River water use and irrigation

Washington leaders clash over how to develop and allocate flood waters from the Missouri River and its tributaries. Moses calls for a unified plan using most flood waters for navigation and a smaller portion for irrigation across several western states. Supporters urge congressional action to set irrigation and navigation scope while stressing the plains states need irrigation to maintain agricultural productivity.

Washington Missouri River Moses Army Reclamation Bureau Montana Wyoming Dakota Nebraska Kansas Colo- Taco W. G. Sloan The Dean H. L. Walster North Dakota Agricultural College Plains Dakotas Wyloming Colorado Nubraska

No Inquest In Luschen Shooting Funeral Saturday

A shooting in Luschen led to no inquest after a Tuesday night incident. The 17 year old Huron youth died from a pistol wound. funeral services will be held Saturday with Rev. and church leaders officiating. Burial will be at the local cemetery. the investigation was postponed pending further review by authorities.

Luschen Bea Cry West Age Cus Toyth Park Harvey Mintzey Blesius T Rey Jefson

First Indoor War Flight Reported Near Armory

The first indoor helicopter flight in America was demonstrated at the 4 Regiment Armory after 15 years of research. Bell, head of the program, noted it as a public showing and cited limited abilities to operate in restricted areas.

Buprangvy Otter Whit Cov Lawrence D. Bolliss America Lver Regur Young Camcopter Bell Hendrich Fook Bevin Germany

Martens Not To Seek GOP State Job Again

Pierre attorney Glenn W ens, chair of the South Dakota GOP, said he will seek reelection as party chairman at the Watertown convention on May 2. Martens, in office four years after succeeding J. D. Moon, says the job should be passed around and expects several candidates without naming possibles.

Martens Pierre Glenn Wens Watertown J. D. ‘Oon Sioux Falls

Wanted full time waitresses at Depot Cafe after 6 p.m.

Classified brief listing several sales and notices: help wanted for waitresses at Depot Cafe after 6 p.m. or before 11 p.m.. sale of screen doors, rugs, and clothing at West Door 503 Nebraska S.W.. sale of cash register and safe by Jacobsen's Agency. 10 room house for sale at 257 3rd S.W. with $2100 monthly income. rummage sale at World Building on May 13 from 9 a.m. including junior misses' clothing.

Depot Cafe Nebraska S. W Masonic Temple Jacobsen S. W World Building

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