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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1939
Page
2
Market notes from Armour Stockyards report hog prices up 5 to 10 cents with receipts about 600. Hogs top around 6.80 while sows bring 5.60 to 6.65. Lambs and lamb trade weaker with fat lambs not established and light calves around 9.26. Sioux City sales show cows 8.00 to 9.50, hogs mostly 6.00 to 6.80, with various weights and offerings listed.
Sioux City Sioux Falls Watertown and Chicago price listings show poultry hens roosters leghorn varieties and heavy breeds with weights 4 to 5 pounds and under 5 pounds. Eggs butter and butterfat prices listed across Sioux City Sioux Falls Watertown and New York markets with futures and storage prices noted.
In Chicago on May 17 hogs sold unevenly 5 to 15 cents higher, top at 7.20 with most good 170-250 lb hogs at 7.00 7.20. Cattle and sheep trade were mixed with liquid feed sales and steady to weak trends, meanwhile hogs led gains while lighter weights and yearlings remained scarce. Sioux Falls also noted a 5 to 10 cent rise in hogs to a top of 6.75 with steady cattle trade and unchanged quotes. Overall receipts were reported as salable but varied across weights and classes.
On May 17 cattle sale results show St Paul areas with 3,000 cattle and 5,500 hogs listed. Steady to higher prices for medium to good classes, cows and stockers mixed. pigs strong at 7.00 with certain top quotes near 6.90 for sows. Sioux City reports 2,600 cattle with strong demand for beef steers and yearlings and prime prices above 12.28, while cows and cutters range 4.75 to 9.75 and stockers remain scarce.
Grain Belt market updates show rain effects deflating prices across futures. July contracts rose briefly but closed lower than yesterday, with broad declines on other months as rain disrupted harvest prospects and trading activity.
New York markets show stocks lower bonds mixed with tender rates soft, foreign exchange quiet as guilder holds. Wheat and corn drifted, May wheat hit 78 cents then eased, July and Sept steady. Minneapolis cash closes with varied wheat quotations and futures mixed, No. 1 hard Montana and red durum prices listed.
Navy officials told a Senate subcommittee that high grade corned beef is not canned in the United States and that Argentine corned beef should not be banned for navy use. Rear Admiral Ray Spear said Argentine packers use better trade beef while American packs use trimmings, noting Argentine meat is cheaper.
Sioux Falls May 17 The South Dakota Knights of Pythias adjourned their 49th annual session after elevating Jess Ward to grand chancellor and selecting Huron as the 1940 convention city. Officers elected include land installed vice chancellor Boyd Snedeker Huron and keeper of records RH E Owen Sioux Falls.
New York May 17 stocks slid on a restricted trading day. Leaders fell a point or more as about 550 thousand shares changed hands. Few issues resisted the negative tone while some quotations faded, and investors tracked a London broker move to curtail quoting American stocks for the time being amid British cash concerns.
Minneapolis and New York market notes show bank stock bids offers and closes for Northwest Banco. Government bonds include Treasury and Fed-Farm issues with quoted prices and yields. Curb and City Service figures are listed with minor shifts in prices across the day.
A city case against M A Myers operator of the Myers Corner cigar store went to a Municipal Court jury after both sides rested at about 12 30 p m Judge C N Hall denied a defense motion for a directee acres Myers was arrested Sunday evening May 14 accused of selling liquor to Linon Gates a colored man Gates will face trial on a broken seal charge Alvin Kemp pleaded guilty to a broken real charge but sentencing was deferred Myers testified Oates entered the store and asked to exchange a heli pist for another brand he said he refused and Oates left with the bottle Oates testified that the liquor came from a barber shop in the basement of the Myers store City Attorney George Lonistad represented the city and IL R Crawford defended Myers
Graceville Minnesota May 17 Four Gypsies were stopped and held at Willmar after Oscar Wyatt a farmer said he was robbed of 400 dollars at his home Tuesday. A man flashed a gun and the party promised fortune telling before taking the money. Other robberies near Rosholt Beardsley and Hankinson were tied to a Gypsy band. a 24 dollar theft by the Rosholt bachelor farmer Ed Schultz was noted along with four people in a car during a cure all ceremony.
Reports detail a gang estimated 35 to 40 years old caught near a bank as they planned a robbery, the fourth attempt in two years. The group, linked to cream can branding, operated across South Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin and Iowa, with past raids including Boyceville Wisconsin and several small-town banks. Missing pair chatter and wide-area police hunt followed as authorities pursued the case.
Moscow reports that a mother and daughter convicted of spying for a foreign fascist power were executed in Kiev. The Red Star cited testimony showing the daughter obtained information via marriages from officers in the Ukrainian border district. The court sentenced both women to death and punished military officers for security lapses.
The House Ways and Means Committee approved changes to the social security law adding about 1.2 billion dollars to benefits over the next five years for the aged widows orphans and dependent parents. The plan raises early old age pensions and lowers them later with benefits starting January 1 next year. The proposal claims no net cost increase and a reserve fund peaking around 7.7 billion in 1985, with increased benefits totaling about 6 billion over 19 years. A 66 year old worker born January 1, 1900 could receive about 25.75 dollars monthly from 1940 onward, while a 65 year old wife would gain about 50 percent more, and widows would receive a portion after the husband's death. A single man with 40 years covered and earning 100 dollars monthly would receive about 35 dollars monthly under the new plan versus 52.25 now.
The royal procession moved from the ship to the Quebec parliament buildings with the king and queen in open cars, cheered by 5 000 locals. Beacons burned along the St Lawrence, bells rang, and flags waved as shore police cleared a five mile harbor area for the convoy. The Empress of Australia reported the royals enjoyed their last full day aboard, weather chilly with sun breaking through. An unrelated Tokyo crash report noted six killed, one critically hurt after a Korea bound airliner struck wires at Fukuoka airport.
In Hazard Kentucky May 7 union shop pacts were signed by Hazard Coal Field operators while dissenters oppose the move. United Mine Workers and a mass of National Guard were deployed as more operators in the region sign shop contracts, leaving Kentucky divisions split and labor tensions high. In West Virginia Gary May 11 four U S steel mines reopened without a UMW contract, miners returning to work despite union warnings. UMW reps vow to enforce the contract, threatening broader action and picket lines if deals are not secured.
New homemaking classes under the Adult Education program run weekly. Mrs Mae Piekielli leads and women are invited to attend Tuesday and Thursday evenings starting at 7:30 at the high school building.
In Childress Texas a mother saved her year-old son who fell into a 14-foot well. She tied a rope to a post, slid to the boy, grabbed his clothes with her teeth, and pulled him out as she climbed hand over hand. The child had only bruises while she sustained burns from the rope.
German navy units, after weeks of maneuvers and courtesy calls in Spanish and Portuguese waters, return to their home stations today. Drought resisting crops Milo Atlas Soro Peter ta Hegari Kaffir Corn Sudan Grass offered at special low prices by Sheldyn F Reese Elevator in Huron. FOR SALE Youths bed complete in excellent condition. Phone 3154. FOR SALE Modern home construction location excellent. Simul down payment balance easy term. Also modern home for rent by Lane Birks.
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