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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1933
Page
11
Armour Stock Yards reports May 18 steady prices for cattle calves and sheep with 500 hogs received. Top hogs 270 pounds, ranges list beef cattle by class, veal calves, and sheep prices. Chicago market mirrors steady to higher tones with large offerings and packers active.
Chicago May 1 Hogs rise on limited wholesale demand as costs mount. Early bids reach up to 5.50 but only for part loads, with practical peak near 3.45. Gains narrow as trading slows. season to date gains near 2.59 per hundred. Outside markets show strength with higher prices at most stations. Cattle and sheep markets mix as shipments shrink and early sales stay steady. Minneapolis cash grain notes follow with wheat climbs and mixed durum and red durum bids.
Market bulletin lists grain prices for Huron region with varieties including No 1 dark northern No 1 mixed durum No 3 white oats No 2 barley No 4 flax Speliz and Red durum by hundredweight lot, noting test values and weights. Prices per ewt are provided for each grade and sample.
MINNEAPOLIS May 18 Wheat futures were ragged and easy with prices closing lower across the board. May wheat down 1 percent, July and September down about 1 1 3 percent. May oats and flax mixed, cash markets steady with firm to good demand for wheat, oats quiet, rye strong, barley steady.
U S D A cattle prices up to 6.00 for fed steers and yearlings with strong demand in places. Packer trade slow though bids mostly steady, calves and heifers showing gains, lambs and sheep prices varied with clip lambs and higher tops in Sioux Falls market. Markets at Sioux Falls and Black City report firmer to higher cattle quotes and steady to higher hogs with limited supply in a Thursday session.
Markets report daily commodities from Swift Co Buron S Dr Hens 4% fat and light layers. Hides and pelts priced by Bolles & Rogers Huron. Potatoes and livestock prices across Chicago and Midwest towns with varying quality, decay, and delivery terms. Wool, tallow, and butterfat values listed for several regions including Idaho Wisconsin Louisiana Texas Alabama.
Chicago and New York reports show butter firm with little price change, unsettled eggs, and steady poultry. Minneapolis flour shipments noted, New York batter and pegs priced with varying scores, and Chicago futures indicate storage packed firsts and standard prices amid mixed demand.
New York stocks faded from morning strength as uneven rail stock gains stalled. Major rail and several industrials fell while others held, with Dow Jones leaders like American Telephone, U S Steel and Crown Cork seeing declines and total turnover around 4.2 million shares.
Delegations pressed immediate application of the farm bill to wheat and cotton in Washington. Wheat reps led by C. E B Buff urged Wallace to use a voluntary domestic allotment plan with a processing tax to fund acreage benefits, aiming for next August 1. Senate agriculture chair urged cotton provisions to affect this year’s crop with a five to six million acre reduction.
A compiled ledger shows numerous companies with fractional and whole percentages, including Cerro de Pasco, C & O, Chrysler, Gen Elec, GM, Packard, Sears, Studebaker, Texaco, Union Carbide, United Fruit, and Woolworth among others, with values ranging from single digits to mid thirties, indicating a broad market capitalization or ownership distribution snapshot.
Stangard of Ind. curb close report by the Associated Ar Cities Service notes a locally observed curb issue. No further details available due to fragmented text.
Miss Grace B Finley will present a piano recital Friday at 4 30 pm in the Huron college chapel. The program opens with a class work demonstration and features duets and solos by Harriet Scruby Betty Bauman Martha Phillips Dorothea Dunbar Phyllis Tourey and others including The Toy Soldier The Swing The Race The May Dance and Chase of the Butterflies among pieces such as Minuet in G and A Curious Story.
The Muscle Shoals bill is signed and work proceeds on minor legislation with a conference report on the Rayburn securities regulation bill. House and Senate conferees, deadlocked on the electricity tax in the gasoline tax and postage bill, plan to meet again tomorrow to bridge differences. A joint committee will start hearings Monday into the Akron dirigible disaster with Henry Breckinridge named chief counsel and investigator.
The patent office issued a patent to Fred C. Bager of Muron South Dakota for a door lock and keeper plate. The device is described as a safety arrangement for automobiles. He says he and others secured the patent and have contracted with an automobile firm for use of the appliance, with no local manufacture planned.
Carl Parker aged 2 nephew of Judge Carl C Sherwood of Clark D was sent to the Pontiac state reformatory for one year to life to serve a robbery sentence. Accompanying him was Statler Wilson 20 alleged accomplice in robberies. They had been in county jail a year after a legal fight over sentences. Parker and Wilson had earlier been granted probation by Judge Charles A Wilson before serving minimum terms. The state supreme court expunged the probation order and rebuked Judge Wilson. Other robbery charges were stricken off with leave to reinstate.
Aberdeen May 18. The first group of 193 young men from north central South Dakota heads to a Black Hills reforestation camp. Fifty workers from farms to universities were examined by Sergeant Vance B Hunter and officers from Minneapolis and Huron. Only one was kept behind as the rest board the train this afternoon for Hir on.
Washington in May 1842 reports that the administration views President Roosevelt’s message as not altering long standing policy. It outlines three promises on disarmament: eliminate offensive weapons if other nations do the same, honor treaty rights and non invasion during disarmament, and consult nations if any violations occur.
New York details show Charles E. Mitchell former National City Bank chairman charged with income tax evasion engaged in years of financial dealings with his wife. Edward F. Barnett testified to papers and letters, Max D. Steuer noted documentary proof of numerous Mitchells transactions. Defense argues the 1924 stock sale was meant to benefit both, but when Mrs Mitchell did not profit Mitchell bought it back.
Republic Steel plans to withhold 923,424.44 of the 1932 taxes to challenge the valuation on its mining properties in St Louis county. Oliver Iron, the state’s largest taxpayer, will withhold 5,100,000 of the 1933 taxes, with more independents expected to follow and declare mine properties delinquent on Oct 1.
Secretary Swanson renamed Sunnyvale California naval air station Moffett Field in honor of Rear Admiral William A. Moffett chief of the bureau of aeronautics. He died in the Akron disaster while serving in the line of duty.
The 52nd annual South Dakota State Medical Association convention closed in Huron with about 241 attendees and a notable cancer tissue study led by Dr. J. C. Bloodgood of Baltimore. Prominent figures included Dr. Charles C. Higgins and Dr. C. K. Maytum, with plans to hold next year’s meeting in Mitchell.
The Evening Huronite comic coloring contest awarded free theatre tickets to ten winners this week. Eunice Joy Westerberg of Osceola colored Moon Mullins, and Fern Mae firm of Huron colored the Gumps. Other winners include Bernice Leeney, Marion Olson, William Parkhurst, Herman I Schroeder, Alline Jorgensen, Neil Mills, Maurice Cranston, and Thyron Lemon, all residents of Huron area or nearby routes.
Former premier warned that after Versailles Germany would strike at the Washington treaties and that the fate of the American and British fleets and the French army would be one and the same. Officials cited moderation in chancellor’s moves, aligning with Roosevelt's world message and Germany’s fear in America and England.
In Aberdeen on May 18 Isaac Luttman fifty, a transient watchmaker, faced Judge John Ruckne in municipal court over a 250 50 plea to intoxication. Luttman wavered between guilty and not guilty, but the judge demanded a clear choice. He sentenced him to 12 days in jail in default of a $25 fine, signaling a firm stance on pleas. In London the same date, diplomats discussed disarmament progress and cautioned that half measures in legalities echoed in international talks. Hungary’s premier Julius Goemboes urged unity at the disarmament conference, calling for equal nations to engage.
Pierre junior Howard Hegglund of the School of Mines died unexpectedly yesterday afternoon at St. John's Hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage. He had been in excellent health and felt ill after lunch, but died shortly after admission. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. A La Hegglund of Pierre.
Post office officials announced today that two million stamps for the progress exposition were flown to Chicago. The shipment forms part of a larger consign ment totaling four hundred million stamps to be placed on sale.
Washington May 18 The Reconstruction Finance Corp approves 40 802 in loans to four states for the period May 1 to May 19. Town six dollars seven cents for five counties North Dakota 5072 for counties Georgia 23000 for 18 political subdivisions and Michigan 4263 for Kent county. San ti Spiritus Cuba May 18.
At the hospitals, Mrs. A. G. Smith was admitted for surgical care. Dismissed: Tesla Wludt and Wolsey.
Local seed corn sale notes a late lot tested and shelled at 5 cents per bushel. Grain originates near Huron at Lorentz Like ness with grading already completed.
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