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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1943
Page
2
May 14 Armour Stockyards report a 10 cent drop in Friday hog prices with light weight butchers topping at 14.00. Cattle and lamb values are mostly steady to weak. Detailed feeder and hog weights list ranges and prices with representative sales noted for Sioux City and regional lots.
Chicago market report shows live hog prices at year lows with top at 14.43, hogs opened slow then 10-20 cents lower. Cattle mostly steady in slow cleanup trade, fat lambs steady to strong with prime quality lambs topping 16.25. Salable hogs 9,009. cattle 1,000. calves 400. sheep 7,000. Industry notes include western lambs and assorted beef cow prices, with traders cautious on demand.
Livestock market notes from St Paul on Friday May 14 show cattle steady to mixed across classes. Slaughter steers and heifers traded at about steady levels with lighter animals and vealers steady. hogs bid 20 lower for butcher stock and 25 off on sows, while sheep and lambs saw limited sales and a few early lots around steady.
Sioux Falls market notes show 1 000 head steady bidding with top cattle at 14.15 and bulk around 14.10 to 14.15. Cattle runs numbered 400 with steady quotations, herd and butcher categories detailed as steady and unchanged.
Sioux City livestock report shows cattle salable 590 calves 10 hogs 3,500 with market mostly steady to lower. Steers and yearlings around 33.50 to 15.25 with notations on rhake absence and varied cow prices 11.25 to 12.25. Hogs mostly 14.10 to 15.00 with top 14.25. Sheep 200 head, lambs scarce, lamb quotes up to 15.85 for choice. pelts 15.00.
Huron daily market report shows ranges for heavy hens and light hens, heavy breed roosters, butterfat prices Nos 1 and 2, and egg classes. New York figures list butter at 22,453 firm, cheese 97,381 nominal, eggs 645,917 steady, dressed poultry firm, live poultry by freight with no quotations.
Boston May 14 The USDA reports demand for scoured wools from mills but no ample space. The Quartermaster Corps called for bids on 1 428 900 pairs of over drab wristlets crafted from 100 percent domestic or 65 percent domestic 35 percent foreign wool blends.
The Department of Agriculture announced that daily wool market reports will be discontinued effective tomorrow. A weekly wool market report will be issued instead to reflect price and market influences largely shaped by Commodities Credit Corporation activity.
Sioux Falls reports heavy hens 22 cents per pound for over 4 pounds with under 4 pounds at 19 cents, leghorn 18, heavy cocks 14, leghorn cocks 12, eggs No 1 33, No 2 28, butter 49 34, cream No 1 49, No 2 47. Watertown lists heavy hens over 5 pounds 22, 4-5 pounds 20, under 4 pounds 18, leghorn 18, roosters 43 and 12, eggs No 1 33, No 2 27, butterfat No 1 50, No 2 48. Chicago futures show egg No 4 contract high 42.25, low 42.25, close 42.25 for Oct.
New York trading shows mixed results with bonds and rails slipping while cotton and corn hold near lows. Wheat falls about 14.2 cents, hogs drop 10 to 20 cents, top price near 14.45. Cattle remain slow but steady with ranges for fed steers and various grain and durum varieties detailed by grade.
Chicago May wheat opens at 143 on May 14 with highs near 143 and lows around 142 1s1 close By July contracts 141 Sept 141 Dec 148 Meanwhile oats hover near 60 6 1 Sept 58 Rye trends 85 to 92 with July 88 876 Dec 92 Given the day’s erratic ranges traders monitor nearby futures for direction in a volatile grain session.
Huron grain markets report bids for Wheat No 1 dark northern at 1.23 per bushel and Wheat No 2 dark northern at 1.22, with No 3 dark northern shown as 1.21. Price figures reflect recent trading.
New York May 24 stocks fell sharply in a premature peace market with the Associated Press 60-stock average finishing on the onside for the fourth straight session. Turnover reached about 1.6 million shares as traders liquidated on good news from battlefronts and a suspected 4 technical correction.
Chicago grain markets slid earlier and could not recover losses as wheat and rye hit new lows for the move. A Washington dispatch said War Foods Administrator Chester Davis plans a 25 percent winter wheat acreage increase next fall, prompting some selling. Oats showed firm tone, May up about a cent, while corn and rye traded lower or steady. Minneapolis cash shows No. 2 dark northern at about 138 1/2.
Three Huron College botany students led by Dr. Raymond Greb departed Thursday for a weekend field trip to the Black Hills. The group includes sophomores Sarah Cash of White Owl, Sarah Lyman of Keldron, and Lorne Meyer of Bonil.
In Washington May 14, fathers face a tug of war between the executive and legislative branches over looming conscription. The War Department extends furloughs from seven to fourteen days and aims for three weeks by Sept 1 to ease inductions. Meanwhile hearings loom Monday on a Kilday bill to exempt fathers for 1948, with Wheeler seeking a flat exemption. Selective Service will testify as Hershey warns drafting fathers might begin by August 1. State quotas would replace local boards under the House plan, prioritizing single men and those with dependents.
The Army Corps and 3,500 Camp Robinson trainees fight the Arkansas River flood from Little Rock downstream along the White River. Lowland residents evacuate, crops and property suffer heavy losses, while upstream areas report ruins and fatalities including six deaths in Oklahoma. Arkansas casualties none confirmed. hospitals report admissions and discharges as relief efforts continue.
Washington May 14 The House appropriations committee approved a subcommittee report finding Robert M Lovett secretary of the Virgin Islands unfit for government office The full committee ordered consideration of denying funds for Lovett and for Dr Goodwin Watson and Dr William E Dodd Jr The Kerr subcommittee investigates government employees with suspected subversive affiliations The report also cleared Interior Department workers Arthur Goldschmidt and Jack Fahy as fit to hold positions of trust and had previously cleared Frederick Schuman of the FCC
May 14 Washington dispatch reports a $20 463 687 198 naval appropriations measure the largest in history was sent to the House floor with pledges of victory. The House appropriations committee released testimony from sea forces chiefs detailing invasion prep and vast wartime allocations for the coming fiscal year starting July 1. Admiral King warned against waste while stressing the need to fund war, and Blandy indicated there will be no cut in ammunition funds after Hitler is defeated.
The Senate today rejected a tax bill amendment by Senator George of Georgia that would rebate 75 percent of a year’s taxes to encourage a pay as you go system. Voting details include Minnesota and North Dakota members for and against, South Dakota opposition by Bushfield and Gurney, and Montana and Wisconsin party lines supporting or opposing.
Singleton Merritt of Huron recalls Prime Minister Churchill speaking in the Commons at the start of his career about labor and people. He cites a 40 year old Manchester Botanical Gardens speech with Lloyd George and John Burns present.
Wayne Smith of Aberdeen pleaded guilty in municipal court to driving while intoxicated after his car went over a hill on Ninth Street Southeast and plowed through a frame wall of the city sewage screening plant. He was fined 50 dollars, given 75 days in county jail, and banned from driving for a year. A 30 day stay of the sentence was granted. The car also damaged electric wiring and caused about 150 dollars in damages. The incident occurred at about 8 30 p.m.
The War Department reports Allied air forces in North Africa destroyed about 2,000 enemy planes while losing around 770 in the six months after landings in French North Africa and through mid May. In early May the tally was 300 Axis planes destroyed to 49 Allied losses, a 6 to 1 ratio, and after May 7, Tunis and Riverte fell the enemy air force suffered roughly 11 Axis planes for every Allied aircraft downed.
Former Republican nominee Alf Landon told Minneapolis listeners last night that UN plans are being unsettled by calls for detailed postwar settlements. He urged a clear national policy statement guiding U S foreign affairs and humanitarian aims, noting the need to align strength with interests. He spoke at the Six O'Clock Club and was in Des Moines today.
The report describes U.S. and Japanese positions in the Aleutians with Attu and Kiska as critical links to northern Japan. It notes American air and naval pressure, projected commands of Nimitz and Kinkaid, and the difficult landing conditions on the icy shores as Allied forces press the assault.
Second Lieutenant John M. Sewell, who completed the officer candidate course at Fort Monmouth New Jersey, arrived in Huron Wednesday night on five days leave to visit his parents Dr. and Mrs H D Sewell. He will return Monday to Fort Monmouth and will be in the Officers Signal Corps Replacement Pool.
London dispatch reports exiled Dutch groups warning of widespread uprisings if violence spreads in Holland and Belgium. Aneta notes increased unrest under German occupation, with Stockholm citing Norway’s growing resistance and a Berlin riot outside a mission office where SS guards dispersed the crowd.
Washington May 14 war production head Donald M Nelson warned Congress that clothing and textile rationing in the United States is imminent unless the nation uses its brains and all facilities to maximum effect. He testified to the House appropriations committee on a deficiency bill, saying rationing could be avoided though many disagree.
Prime Minister Churchill says he and his military leaders met with President Roosevelt to plan ahead for swift offensives. He asserts marching plans must be extended far ahead and emphasizes design forethought guiding the allies to aid China and free oppressed nations. He spoke from the White House on the third anniversary of the war and urged continued long range planning.
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