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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1939
Page
2
Market reports from Armour Stock Yards and Chicago show hog prices down with heavier butchers leading declines. Cattle trade uneven with steady to firm rest of bovine classes while sheep and lamb values vary, with some gains in late session.
Minneapolis market note lists flour cargoes and cotton sacks with price ranges for barrel and sack goods. It records shipments of 27.725 units and gives bran and middlings prices, noting small, unchanged movements across items.
Wheat prices jumped after May delivery hit 80.44 with July at 75 percent of the prior season high, then faded as forecasters predicted continued showers and cooler weather across the grain belt. Prices closed little changed to modestly higher, with July around 4.0 and September about 4.5 percent, while corn rose and oats posted gains.
Minneapolis May 19. Range of carlot grain sales shows Wheat No 1 heavy dark northern at 89 and 84 99 percent, No 1 dark northern 84 percent and 99 percent, hard amber durum 82 to 34 percent, Corn No 1 yellow 40, Oats No 3 aquite 31 4, Rye No 1 51 percent, Barley No 1 50 4, No 8 malt.
Market rundown shows firm stocks with quiet advance and mixed commodities. U S government bonds steady, cotton uneven, sugar and coffee higher on profit taking, wheat and corn trading firm or mixed. Minneapolis cash close notes wheat receipts and varied No 1 to No 4 grades, Montana protein values, and durum and barley listings.
In New York May 19 investors saw selling in steels slow and leading issues like Motors and rubbers rise about a point. Market breadth improved early then cooled with about 400000 shares changing hands. prices generally eased at times while some corporate loans held firm. Closing quotes list numerous names with modest gains and mixed performances across sectors.
A 43 year old Minneapolis woman employed as a cook at a lunch room was taken into custody after James J Swift died ofstrychnine poisoning on May 9 while visiting the woman at her home. Deputies planned interrogation as neighbors noted Swift complained of numbness and being unable to dance. Swift reportedly held several life insurance policies totaling about 9000 with the woman named as beneficiary on one small policy.
Congress sent the 773.9 million naval appropriation bill to the White House after House approval of minor Senate amendments. The measure funds fleet and air force expansion, including two 45,900,000 ton battleships, 500 fighting planes, and air bases at Guam and Wake. It also bars navy purchases of Argentine canned corned beef, a point of earlier controversy with President Roosevelt who favored Argentine beef.
In Chester on May 19 a 1-year-old Jimmy Daly Jr gained a life saving transfusion from a Washington donor Mrs William Mullln who recovered from a disease dubbed the golden bug. The donor’s blood type matched the child’s and the appeal was made locally as doctors admitted several patients and dismissed others at area hospitals.
Washington May 19 The House committee on un American activities issued subpoenas for George Van Horn Moseley retired major general and three others after testimony linked anti Jewish campaigns to fears of revolution. A mysterious waiter who circulated overheard information was sought as witnesses. Also subpoenaed were John D M Hamilton George Deatherage and Felix McWhirter The committee meets Monday in open session and continues scrutinizing yesterday's testimony. James Erwin Campbell testified he sent secret reports to about 40 persons and copies of Moseley speeches to a mailing list of about 200.
Cargill Inc reports mid May survey shows grasshoppers rapid hatching harming spring wheat across Minnesota and the Dakotas. Drought and lack of rain slow crop development, with oats barley and rye also affected. Grasshopper control teams mobilize in western North Dakota as counties struggle with dry soils and shifting planting plans.
Adolf Hitler heads south on the sixth day of a Western fortifications tour. He inspects positions south of Kehl on the Rhine toward the Swiss frontier, directing attention to defenses facing France.
Sheriff L H Stubbe reports a Cream Gan gang scat tered after a bush hideout gunfight near Sargeant. Three wounded bandits were captured and a man described as about thirty fled from a stock buyer’s garage after stealing a car. The pursuit followed a bank raid attempt near the town. C C Taylor departs for a Black Hills fishing trip afterward.
The Civil Aeronautics Authority granted Pan American and two other airlines permission to establish transatlantic passenger mail and express service. Pan American may begin with two round trips weekly on the southern route after meeting a nine round-trip minimum requirement. The first flight is slated from Baltimore and marks the Lindbergh anniversary.
Harry Schroeder, a farmer southeast of Huron, was found not guilty by a Municipal Court jury after about five hours of deliberation. The May term adjourned after the acquittal, with the court also marking the earlier acquittal of Miriam Myers for liquor sale.
Washington officials announced wheat acreage allotments for 1940 will average about 13.7 percent below 1939, with a national planting of roughly 62,000,000 acres and explicit farm allocations to states counties and individual farmers. Only farmers planting within their allotments will be eligible for government payments and wheat loans. Seeding begins in September with timing allowances for winter wheat. State allotments for 1940 include Minnesota, South Dakota, and North Dakota with figures shown in the plan.
The Rev G A Comstock veteran evangelist of Sioux City will close his services at the Huron Gospel Tabernacle Sunday evening The preacher with 42 years in the ministry has addressed residents nightly for the past two weeks except Saturday The Sunday night topic is Awakening Bible Truths for Disgusted with Sham Service starts promptly at 8 pm with congregational singing and special music
Philadelphia dispatch 1944 reports Rose Carina held without bail on murder charges connected to a string of deaths. Police suspect a mass murder scheme. co‑defendants wait hearings. Exhumations and chemists test poison linked to her late husbands and a boy's suspicious death raise alarms.
Senator Gerald P Nye introduced a bill to authorize the Farm Credit Administration to insure 80 percent of loans for livestock purchases used for restocking or rebuilding herds. Amounts insured would not exceed 25 thousand dollars, with insurance premiums covering anticipated losses. Nye emphasized the need to restore livestock herds for regional recovery.
The Sprague Hospital School of Nurses class of 1954 will hear baccalaureate messages at the Methodist Church Sunday night. Graduation exercises are set for Friday, May 4, at the church, with public invitations issued.
Princess Elizabeth and Margaret Rose accompanied by the queen arrived at Windsor Station after a brief pause during the royal party’s eight mile drive through Ottawa. The king inspected guards of the Canadian Black Watch before a formal parliament visit and a reception for foreign representatives was planned ahead of a state dinner hosted by Governor-General and Lady Tweedsmuir.
Multiple short classifieds with personal ads and small listings. Items include a house move inquiry at 870 Michigan Ave S W, a modern sleeping room for one or two at 522 Ohio 5 W, tomato plant transplant offers, German millet for sale, a pony saddle wanted, a ride share to Bigstone, a physio therapist for foot care, general labor wanted at 1463 Huronite Skaeeee, two apartments for rent over North Side Grocery, poultry seed pricing, and a girl for general housekeeping at No 50 Huronite.
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