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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1938
Page
2
Hog prices gain 10 to 15 cents to top 7.85 with 4,000 head on the table at Huron market. Receipts 250 cattle and calves mostly steady. good to choice hogs 140 to 250 pounds quoted 7.60 to 7.70. Sheep and dairy cows also showing strength with steady to higher bids as buyers stay active. Sioux Falls market reports 500 hogs up to 7.70 and cattle steady with unchanged quotations.
New York trading shows irregular leadership shifts and mixed bonds with modest gains in some government issues. Forex is steady with sterling and the franc drifting lower amid cautious hedge buying. commodities like coffee firm slightly while wheat and corn move unevenly on moisture and weather factors in Chicago. hogs rise 10 to 20 cents in early action.
Minneapolis market note shows wheat receipts today at 56 cars, up from 32 a year ago, with cash bids rising about 1 cent. No. 1 heavy dark northern quoted around 0.93 to 1.06, with other grades listed and amber durum prices noted. Butterfat and egg prices in New York and Sioux City areas referenced, along with related regional produce quotes.
Chicago May 12 All livestock categories show strength as steers and hogs rise week over week. Dealers report strong demand for heavy cattle and vealers while lambs and sheep move higher with Calf and spring lambs fetching top prices amid mixed direct sales and wholesaler activity.
Sioux City May 12. Livestock sale shows cattle steady to strong with heavy heifers up to 9.50 and choice heavies mostly 7.75 to 8.40. Beef cows 5.50 to 6.25, cutters 4.25 to 5.25, stockers scarce. Hogs 2,500 mostly 10 to 15 higher with 170 to 250 lb at 1.60 to 1.75. Sheep 1.80 with no early fat lamb action.
South St Paul cattle market report from May 12 shows strong demand across killing classes. Prices: fed steers 75 to 50, heifers 70 to 68, cows 52 to 60, low cutters 37 to 65, bulls 60 to 80, stockers scarce, calves 29 to 30.
Chicago wheat futures dropped as moisture relief prospects for Texas crops weighed on markets. May bread wheat fell about a cent, with July and September harvest contracts leading the downturn. Corn and oats also declined amid the softer tone in grain prices.
The May 12 market in New York showed a listless day with few leaders and measurable declines among leading issues. Transfers totaled about 550,000 shares as investors searched for momentum amid scattered gains and losses.
Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes urged vigilance in seeking "good judges" to preside over U S courts at the American Law Institute meeting. President Roosevelt praised the nation’s evolving philosophy while stressing crime and legal reform needs. Hughes warned against administrative boards replacing courts and urged voters and appointers to uphold independent, skilled judges.
The post office department said new bids might be asked on airmail service between Minot and Bismarck North Dakota. No bids were offered at a recent meeting. Officials say a request for new bids is being studied by the assistant postmaster general, with no decision date given.
A dense OCR draft shows numerous tickers for Butter Bros through Woolworth with varied percentages, then a New York curb close listing. It notes Curb close at 104 for services, and bond entries like H-43, 32 35-51, and Home Owners Loan notes amid a broad market snapshot.
Huron High School seniors left for Ruskin Park with chaperones for a picnic and dance while Mitchell High School students joined later. The event included Coach George Deklote, Miss Dana Brown, and Principal O D Dunbar, with plans to return home after a 9:30 pm departure.
New York May 12 Ford Motor Company counsel moved to compel the National Labor Relations Board to answer 74 interrogatories aimed at proving the board gave a full fair and open hearing in the Ford case. The questions target potential conflicts of interest with CIO unions and board reviewers who may have influenced the proceedings.
The tenth annual mothers and sons banquet was held Tuesday evening in the Masonic Temple by the De Malay chapter. About 50 mothers and members of the advisory council attended served by the OES. President John Lynch gave the welcome and Mrs Loftus Ward replied. Other speakers included C N Ded Hall and J R Dad Johnson. The college quartet with John Lynch Kenneth Knapp Melvin Costain and Loftus Ward sang with Eldred Balzer on piano. Gene Moore and Clem Hoppell sang solos. Scribe Wendell Purlee presented bouquets to Mrs Furch Mrs Wharton and Mrs Lynch.
Legionnaire Sons of the American Legion plan target practice for boys over 12 at Library corner 2 PM Sunday. Under 12 play kittenball. Drum and bugle corps and drill team to practice at the Dairy Building Fair Grounds tonight at 8. A city hall meeting last Friday set summer plans including baseball for older boys and two kittenball games.
A federal ICC examiner ruled Northwest Airlines earned an excessive profit on air mail route No. 3 between Fargo and Seattle during August 1935 to March 1937, while profits on route No. 16 from Chicago to Pembina were not deemed unreasonable. The 20 month period showed about 16 percent annual profit on route 3 and 9 percent on route 16. The report awaits commission review.
The United States bluejackets disembarked from the gunboat Asheville as a destroyer Edsel departed Shanghai for petrol duty along the south China coast. Americans may assist in Feochow amid Amoy developments while Marblehead waits between Manila and Hongkong for further orders.
Admitted: Lucille Reinsasser Carpenter medical Philip J Phillips San Antonio Texas medical. Dismissed: Mrs Newton Teuber and a baby daughter Huron Mrs Eugene Harding Wale Mrs J Hatield Huron.
Twenty four jurors were drawn for the May term of Municipal Court by County Clerk S P Glanzer. The panel reports at 1 am May 8, and includes Elis Allisbee Huron Lesnard Cl Huron Matt J Hofer Carerer Lee Bates Huron Arthur Ringheimer Wolsey W H Sechler Huron J H Pewrison Huron J C Yarbray Turon A R Isabel Huron Carl Schwartz Wolsey Roy Remsell Huron F W Martin Huron Harry Gray Huron Lester O Nexpr Wel sington City J H Eyes Huron C A Ricker Huron Thomas Thompson pena Harvey J Urban Huron August Kohlmeyer Wolsey A B Raschke Huron Oscar Ficker Bonilla Emil Miller Huron F A Richards Huron Andrew Ferguson Huron
Regional chairmen of the Republican program committees gathered in Chicago on May 22 to report on public opinion and plan the year’s work. They were appointed March 1 by Chairman Glenn Fron to audit the New Deal, restate policy, and prepare a formal report. William Hard, committee secretary, noted plans include expanding personnel and a possible mid-summer federal committee meeting.
Superintendent A J Lang outlined a tentative city schools music plan after consulting with Duane Smith. Miniature grade bands will meet half days with Phyllis Bore, concert bands meet before school three times weekly, and a new schedule shifts grade level instruction to afternoons with G and EP orchestras. Individual instruction reduces in grades and concert groups, with extra practice sessions added across the program.
Widespread publicity marks Airmail Week as Huron promotes its aviation role. A second plane from Huron will shuttle pilots and mail to nearby towns while a third aircraft serves Ethan Mt Vernon and Loomis routes. Envelopes in four colors feature Huron as a northwest aviation hub. Footmaster Bruemmer at the Huron post distributes supplies.
Barcelona reports a deadly air raid with forty seven killed and hundreds wounded as insurgent planes drop bombs on the city and suburbs. Valencia also hit, with twenty casualties reported. casualties and chaos flood the region near the Spanish frontier as insurgent forces advance across nearby towns.
Congress debates lending spending and wage hour reform as Republicans attack relief scales. Tekos opens new PWA applications amid expected bill passage. Roosevelt urged quick approval of a revised tax and war-expansion package with projected lower revenue for next year.
For sale woven wire 26 inch from Huron Seed and Second Hand. For rent pasture for cattle with towing well in Alma Sargent area. Desirable modern dwelling at 975 Arizona Southwest phone 4205 Dest Williams. Lost white dog with black spots contact with any information. Late 1M Chevrolet truck with box inquire GS Second 5 E.
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