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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1943
Page
2
Market reports from Armour Stockyards and Chicago indicate hogs steady to 10c higher in spots with light-weight offerings topping around 14.60 per hundredweight. Cattle, calves, and sheep show mixed movements as USDA figures reveal strong slaughter last week and higher total head across major markets.
Markets at a glance show blocks steady with steels leading a selective recovery while bonds are mixed. Cotton climbs on commission house demand. Wheat firm near day’s best, corn steady, hogs active with top at 14.60, cattle strong, rye and flax prices noted, grain prices for No 1 and No 2 dark northern wheat listed.
Sioux Falls cattle and hog market report shows about 2000 head sold, steady overall. Top hogs 14.30, feeders around 14.15, butchers 14.10 to 14.89, sows 13.90 to 14.15, cattle 1200 steady with unchanged wear quotations.
At South St Paul on May 18 traders reported slow opening cattle marked by medium to good quality steer and heifer demand with steady to firm prices. Slaughter cows and bulls held, vealers steady, stockers scarce, and sheep and lambs showing light, moderate gains on choicest loads amid varied carcass quality and pelts.
Daily price ranges for Huron and nearby markets report heavy hens over 5 lbs at 22 cents, 4 to 5 lbs at 13, Leghorn hens 17, roosters 12, eggs around 34 to 39 cents, butterfat varying by grade, and live poultry prices listed for Chicago Mitchell Watertown and others with futures shown. Prices are reported to the Evening Huronite by phone between 10 p.m. and noon.
Chicago reports show wheat prices creeping higher on a lack of selling pressure and news the Senate agricultural committee approved a bill fixing a minimum cotton price. Wheat closes near the day’s highs with gains of about half a dollar or more. Minneapolis cash quotes list various No. 1 and No. 2 grades with modest changes across grains.
Stocks closed with mixed results as steel shares and other favorites helped offset declines by several leaders. Trading was slow with around 900000 shares changing hands, while some steadier early moves gave way to fractional gains near the finish.
Delegates to the 1943 Grand Lodge sessions of the Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters adjourned after electing officers and naming Aberdeen for next year. New Grand Lodge officers include Charles E. Arnold vice chancellor and others. Pythian Sisters elected Fern Cassidy past chief and Bernice Thelin chief among others.
United States forces press Attu assault as sea and air units bombard enemy positions on the island. Troops inland face heavy machine gun nests while plans and airstrikes persist under less than ideal weather. Navy notes optimistic progress despite weeklong combat and entrenched Japanese positions around rocky ridges.
Navy Secretary Frank Knox denounced Hitler and Tojo by name and promised a full reckoning for their "bloody crimes." He told a Massachusetts meeting that the outer enemy has fallen and the hour to strike at main fortifications draws near, urging justice for those who aided them.
United Nations opens a historic conference with 43 governments and a French representative plus the Danish minister to discuss using food to build postwar peace. Delegates study hunger, malnutrition, surpluses and production efficiency, with Judge Marvin Jones presiding. A press ban persists while committees begin work. A liquor import permit of 300 gallons was issued as a precaution.
Local notices show admissions at area hospitals including Mrs. Arbeiter Huron Roy Johnson and others for medical reasons. Dismissals list Carroll Tschetter Mrs Ed Smith Gilbert Trams and Mrs George Brandenburg. Also a note on recovery flowers and a share of treaty history near Gallup New Mexico in November.
Former state director of the Prairie States Forestry Project L. Ford becomes assistant state conservationist for the Soil Conservation Service with headquarters in Huron prior to succeeding Ernest H. Sandberg. Ford will head forestry activities. the Prairie States Forestry Project was moved to the SCS. He had served as entomologist and horticulturist at the State College extension service since 1944.
Censorship on publishing selectees going to the army has eased at state headquarters. Lists may be published when delivered for induction and the accepted group may continue, but names of men rejected still may not appear. Advance call lists remain forbidden despite prior usefulness in locating draftees.
The writer discusses the Aleutian chain from a wartime view noting many small islands lack resources and weather is harsh with fogs gales and rain. Attu and Kiska offer potential air fields and defensive value while Unalaska hosts Dutch Harbor. Bases could hamper Japanese shipping and aid routes to Russia, with Attu near Paramushiru.
London reports German foreign office officials assure Italian partners that help will arrive. They deny rumors Italy will desert Mussolini and stress Axis unity. Observers note increased bombing toward Rome and a push to persuade Italy to continue the fight while portraying Allied actions as barbaric.
U S heavy bombers attacked Wake Island from over 1900 miles away with naval units reporting aerial conflicts against Japanese defenses. Two Japanese zeros were confirmed destroyed and another possibly so. The Wake raid follows a long line of American strikes after the island’s capture in 1941 and later Allied offensives from Midway.
Nazi forces press siege attempts around Novorossisk on the Black Sea as Soviet reports claim inner positions in the city. Sharp fighting continues on the Deer River front with German and Soviet actions described across Kharkov and the Caucasus.
Help wanted advertisement for a cook position at Huxtables White Spot Cafe in Ravid City offering six day work week and wages of 50 dollars weekly. Phone or write to 615 St. Joe. Also notes lost hub cap to Chrysler with reward for return. Lawn mowers sharpened by 1041 Frank S. call 4167 for pickup and delivery.
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