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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1939
Page
2
Swine market reports from Armour Stock Yards and Sioux City show Friday gains with hogs up to 10 to 15 cents. Receipts around 500 to 560 head, cattle and sheep steady or unchanged. In Sioux Falls, hogs traded about 10 cents higher with bulk around 20 per head, while cattle were unchanged.
Produce market data from Huron, Sioux Falls, Watertown and Mitchell dated May 12 shows prices for heavy hens in various weight classes, leghorn hens and roosters, live ducks and geese, eggs No 1 and No 2, butterfat No 1 and No 2, and butter per pound. Prices vary by city and weight class. Major firms Swift & Co provide daily listings.
Chicago market reports hog receipts of 4000, 2000 below estimates, with prices up to 7.25 and 170 to 235 pound hogs trading around 7.10 to 7.25. Cattle trade quiet to lower, best light steers around 10.25, cows and bulls weaker, lambs steady to higher. Sioux City notes similar livestock activity with mixed hogs, cattle and sheep prices, fat lambs around 10.60 and multiple weight classes filtering through market.
New York stocks drift slowly with mixed leaders. Curb markets show uneven oils and metals improving while foreign exchange tightens. Cotton sugar coffee vary with liquidation and demand. Chicago grain markets see wheat down on rains and corn steady. Minneapolis cash wheat bids mixed with numerous grades and protein premiums listed.
Regional market notes show May 12 bids for butter eggs poultry and dairy products across Sioux City Chicago and New York. Entries include Leghorn hens roosters and various egg grades. butter prices range around 18 to 24 cents per pound with creamery and standards distinctions. live poultry and dressed prices listed with weights and color distinctions. futures cite mixed butter and egg futures and flour shipments in Minneapolis.
In St Paul at the Friday market, slaughter steers and heifers show weak bids with firm to weak demand. bulls draggy and stockers scarce. Calves sell around 2,000 head with varied prices. dairy cows steady to good. Sheep demand steady with best wooled lambs 7.50 to 9.75. ewes weaker around 4.00. Packers resist full price upturn on heavier cattle.
Wheat prices eased today on scattered rainfall forecasts in Kansas and Nebraska. Rye climbed nearly two cents to a season high due to moisture shortages and frost fears. May wheat closed about 78 1/2 cents, with July and September futures unchanged to lower.
Mixed market movement with a slow session as declines outweighed gains and turnover remained low. Leaders slipped early, later saw minor recoveries, and most stocks closed fractionally down with few gainers. About 250000 shares traded in five hours, a light turnover for the period.
A wide array of industrial stocks shows mixed performance as investors push through a dense quotations page. Major names include AT&T, Boeing, Penn RR, and North American entities, with variances across percentage gains and losses signaling cautious market sentiment.
Elaine, a 23 year old actress, seeks a divorce after a 30 month marriage to John Barrymore. She testified in Hollywood and St Louis charges include a New Year party incident, a slapped face, and name calling. She denies defrauding him of $300,000 and reiterates allegations amid the divorce bid.
An eight part program closes National Music Week at Huron College auditorium tonight at 8 15 p m The Huron College choir high school concert band Wednesday Musicales Elks male chorus College mass department high school concert orchestra senior high school mixed chorus and Huron Municipal Band participate Ushers are Wednesday Music Casper members Conducted by Loftus Ward the event is organized by the Chamber of Commerce Music Week Committee with a large list of committee members and supporters.
Chief Jake S Nelson reminded motorists the 90 minute parking ban runs from noon to 10 p m rather than 9 p m as previously announced Enforcement began yesterday in the business district Ray Brandenburg a former C N W Railroad employee and veteran Ferrie police officer now checks violators during the summer period The ban covers Dakota Avenue from Second to Fifth Streets South and Third Street South between Kansas and Illinois Avenues
A dense, OCR‑read list shows percentages next to companies from Chrysler to Union Pacific, several industrials and retailers, followed by a New York bond round with Treasury, Home Owners Loan and other issues. The text mixes supplier names, percent holdings, and bond quotes without coherent narrative.
A hearing on the Missouri River channel from Sioux City to Chamberlain for navigation and flood control opened at 10 a.m. in Yankton’s municipal court. Lt. Col. Hog and Lt. Whipple of the army district engineering office presided. Witnesses discussed river erosion and regional resources as H. Everson represented South Dakota governor Bushfield and W. H. Brokaw spoke for Nebraska figures during a midday luncheon with the Chamber of Commerce.
George M. Starling of the South Dakota Bankers Association warned that a man using the name Walter Johnson and signature Edwin Carlson has written no account checks on the Dell Rapids branch of Northwest Security National Bank of Sioux Falls and Palmers State Bank of Lyons. The writer has no account at either bank and several checks cashed were for about 23 dollars with odd cents. The man is described as 35 to 40 years old, five feet tall, black hair and heavy set.
JARHOUSE N S May 12 All 4 men aboard the New England fishing schooners Tea geile Parker and Edith C Rose which foundered after a collision in heavy fog were recounted for at noon today One man died Frank Wickerson 62 aboard the Isabelle Parker died shortly after the collision It was believed he died of a heart attack Thirty three men were rescued and brought to Yarmouth by coastal and fishing vessels with some being directed to Jonesport Maine others en route to safety along the coast
Funeral services for Rev. Harrold, former pastor of the First Methodist Church in Huron, who died of a heart attack in Kenosha, Wis, will be held Saturday at 2 PM. The body will be taken to Harrold home and remains will lie in state before burial in Green Ridge cemetery. A long obituary note covered tax policy discussions tied to Roosevelt era fiscal debates and a Treasury stance on repealing corporate taxes.
Wieczor Warszawski reports large numbers of Germans in civilian clothes moving from Germany into Danzig, with estimates of 30 000 added by storm troopers and Blackshirts. Residents are intimidated as Polish artillery unloads at Gdynia, amid debate on a plebiscite and League of Nations control.
Forest fires spread through tangled woodlands across Maine New Hampshire and Massachusetts after last September's hurricane. Officials reported widespread damage to homes farms and timber with lookout warnings for new outbreaks as volunteers battled to contain the blazes and protect Hardwick Massachusetts where a large volunteer effort helped bring the fire under control.
In AnnYENUE Wyoming May 12 federal statistician George Knutson warns the state faces a serious drought. The May 1 crop report notes April precipitation at 40 to 50 percent of normal with irrigation limited by carryover water. Grass growth is retarded and some areas may abandon crops.
Funeral rites were held for Father Gaire, a 33 year old priest who recently served at Sacred Heart Aberdeen and Euclid parish in Hur on. The Mass was celebrated in Council Bluffs and Aberdeen with multiple priests assisting. Relatives and a large out of town contingent attended, as Father Gaire was described as deeply faithful and beloved by both adults and children. He had been in Huron only three months prior to his death and would have turned 34 today.
At the hospitals admitted include Mrs Snyder Wessingston Stanley Bevier Alpena Bruce Syring and medical cases. Dismissed are Beverly Peterson Wol fsey Mrs D M Nelson and baby daughter Huron. Speed recovery wishes with Walker's Dowers.
Beadle County Red Cross chapter re elected all officers at Thursday’s board meeting. Chairman Ritchey and vice chair Eshelman were named for the coming year. Hol Johnson will serve as treasurer and Rev. A. Fred Trenerry as secretary. Public health nurse Miss Days Keene will continue through February. The board will appoint a nursing services committee for the new year. A report on the recent national convention in New York was presented by Eshelman.
A May 12 report cites estimates that global armaments outlays reach about seven billion dollars daily, with defense budgets rising dramatically. Analysts note expenditures rising roughly tenfold in recent periods, citing Britain and others as examples and suggesting war-driven spending trends.
Miss Norma Martin announced the event for the chapter to connect Past Matrons and Past Patrons with others from eight chapters. DLI McKay will be worthy matron and Thomas G. Brand as worthy patron. Robes worn during the ceremony are thirty years old. The meeting is set for 8 oclock in the evening.
The Mis LOS announce a sale featuring Hereford cattle including 3 yearling steers and 20 cows, with quality noted. Several newly available apartments over Perriton's are offered by A. M. Uravhart.
Readable text cites various feed types and weights such as Poult FREE 190 lbs, Chick Starting Math 100 dba, Chick Growing Mash 200 lbs, Turkey Starter 100 lbs, T Grower 100 lbs, Chick Scratch Feed 100 tbR, Pilot Oyster Shelly 100 lbs, Stock Salt and an implied limit. Mentions SHELDON FREE ELEVATOR HURON.
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