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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1941
Page
2
Market report from Armour Hu Pan May 20 shows hog prices rising 10-12 cents with top hogs at 9.00 and long haul hogs at 9.10. Sheep and sows mixed with generally steady to up prices. cattle steady to slow. Sioux Falls figures echo higher hogs with top at 9.20 and bulk around 9.00.
Market reports from Huron Chicago Watertown Sioux City and New York show mixed gains in poultry eggs and dairy. Heavy hens and leghorn prices shift with regional supply. butterfat and eggs move within firm ranges. live poultry and broilers show varying regional strength.
Hog prices advanced 10 to 15 cents early then closed 3 to 10 cents higher as live hogs 270 pounds plus sold around 9.30. Salable sheep totals near 3,000 with spring lambs 11.25 to 11.50, native lambs around 11.50. Cattle and calves: strictly choice steers and yearlings sparse, medium to good grades steady, dressed beef trade sluggish with mostly 9.25 to 11.25, best beef around 11.50, cows slow but steady. Bulls active, light stock cattle steady around 10.00 to 12.00.
The South St Paul sale lists cattle with varied prices for steers, heifers, cows, bulls and calves. stockers scarce, hogs mixed with early sales showing higher sows and heavy cutters. In Sioux City on May 20, cattle supply steady to weak, beef steers and yearlings sluggish, stockers scarce, hogs mixed with higher early quotes.
Mitchell, May 20. Prices listed for poultry and eggs include hens 16c per lb and under 5 lb at 4c, Leghorn hens 1b at 8c, roosters 8c, Leghorn turkeys 7c, young hen turkeys 15c, young tom turkeys 10c. Current receipts show eggs at 18c, hennery eggs 19c, butter wholesale 32c.
Sioux Falls notes Tuesday market listings for poultry and heavy breeds with weights 5 lbs or more. Entries include legare general and various lot numbers such as 252 234 2 and names Bauer 37.
Boston May 20 74 Moderately active business observed in the wool market with varied lots. Prices shifted in the grease to 6 to 47 cents per pound and scoured values around 1.00 to 1.03 dollars per pound. Many buyers reported reformatting and regrading demand while some lots remained steady amid limited supply.
In New York markets mixed activity appears with gains in Canadian dollar and renewed sugar and wool bidding while metals hold steady and cotton shows improvement. Chicago wheat declines as the President misses farm bill mention, hogs and cattle move higher and steady respectively with strong cash hogs and medium grade cattle. May butter futures sit around 36.30 to 36.55 and refrigerator standards hover near 26.50 to 26.95 with slight shifts.
Chicago prices dipped slightly despite Roosevelt not mentioning the farm loan measure at a press conference, signaling a retreat in early rising wheat momentum. May and July futures moved modestly, with occasional price shifts and limited buying interest across the board. Minneapolis cash close shows varied receipts and price quotes for No. 1 and No. 2 grades amid fluctuating market sentiment.
Oil provided rallying fuel for leaders in today s stock market with some favorites advancing, limited recoveries seen in most cases while a handful rose a point or more. Closing near best, Seals revived at the last as forest and farm elements shifted. Transfers of large blocks competed with Monday s volume totaling 223 000 shares.
Irvyen Kirchberg, 38, a Huron WPA worker, waived preliminary exam and was bound over to circuit court on a third degree burglary charge. Bond set at 500 dollars. Police say he admitted breaking into the National Refining Company warehouse on May 13 and stealing items including three fires seven inner tubes three flashlights and a box of valve cores. A housekeeper signed a statement corroborating the prisoner's confession.
Alfred Ross, superintendent of the Huron sewage disposal plant, is in Brookings this week attending a three day school for disposal plant operators. The program is conducted jointly by State College and the State Board of Health.
A dense list of company names and stock percentages from a market summary. Firms include AirReduc, Loews, AMT, AT&T, Boeing, Chrysler, GenElec, General Motors, Sears, Texaco, PennRR, and many others with varied percentage figures indicating stock values or changes. The fragment resembles a financial roundup or index of corporate tickers and prices.
The South Dakota Game and Fish Commission approved about 8000 acres for new refuges and a 10,000 dollar expansion of the Cleghorn Springs archery range at Rapid City. Refuges include a 25 mile stretch along the Missouri River east of Mobridge, a six and a half mile Lake Ewert refuge south of Mobridge, a 1600 acre Elm Dame refuge near Frederick, and a 3000 acre Little Moreau area in Dewey County. A major fish hatchery expansion at Rapid City and Pickerel hatchery work will aid rising stream flows. The plan funds 75 percent of the big game survey via Pittman Robertson money to study Black Hills and northeast ranges for deer and antelope, with warnings of overgrazing near the Wyoming line.
Cooler weather follows a day of showers that delivered .23 inch to Huron and varied amounts across the state. Rainfall boosted crops drying under winds and scant moisture during the first 18 days of the month, with Fairfax posting .85 inch and other towns recording smaller totals.
South Dakota Pilots Association members and board met at the municipal airport in Huron. They planned an August convention with date and location to be announced. A monthly news bulletin will start in June, with reporters from various localities. Attendees included K E Neville, Cecil O Shupe, Tom Roberts, I M South, Walden Lee was named secretary treasurer, replacing Richard Scholtz who is leaving the state.
Strikes surged at STRIKES Company over wage hikes for navy mine trawler crews and six net tenders. Lorain workers sought a 12 cent hourly raise. An Apollo Steel Company walkout affected 800 CIO members over a 10 cent rise and a 6 percent wage cut restored in 1938. Chicago railroad unions pressed for a 30 percent raise starting June 10 amid varied scales.
Girl Scout camping committee announced this year’s plan with Brownies at the Huron Scout House on June 25 to 27 and June 30 to July 1. Aberdeen Council will allow local Scouts to attend Camp Drifting Goose near Aberdeen for a week in July, funded by the Huron camp budget, with weeks of July 13 and July 26. Applications and letters were distributed at troop meetings, with a June 9 deadline for return to leaders.
British assaults on western Iraq were repelled with heavy losses, Baghdad claimed 30 British armored cars destroyed by Axis aided air forces, while two British gunboats were driven off. Vichy France pressed for regaining colonial holdings and warned on Americas links as Britain and Free French forces mobilize. Berlin branded Middle East events pivotal, noting loss of oil supplies and submarine activity while forecasts inked wider conflict. Damascus reports said British raids target Syrian airports. Soviet, Afghan, and Iranian volunteers rush to Iraq.
Lev Bloomberg, booster and junior baseball program manager, asked the city for a clay infield road and weed mowing at Ravine Far diamond. The board aims to ready the ball park for the season amid bills, blinds for the auditor, and employee bonds approvals.
Washington reports indicate the president may issue a factual report on foreign developments without comment. Observers expect him to review Germany and France cooperation and Middle East hostilities. Several legislators think he will delay a major statement until his radio address next Tuesday.
At the hospitals a stream of admissions includes Dolores Pillbury and Clarence Fendel among others. The report notes recoveries and ongoing care, with names such as De wurghal Dereeheid Carpenter and baby daughters mentioned. New York curb market items are cited in the dateline May 20.
The opening day program features practical American recipes such as spare ribs, Cape Cod pot roast, Dixie chocolate cake, and a veal bird dish with liver sausage stuffing. A red white and blue theme accompanies page girls modeling homey dishes as demonstrations proceed and dishes are awarded.
H E Mundtrom long time President of Buffalo County dies suddenly after a heart attack on Saturday night at about age 50. Survived by his widow and two children. Funeral services set in Gann Valley with C Pen officiating. Burial in Gann Valley cemetery.
Mixed readable lines show want ads for turkey poults price notices for apartments building removal, jobs for ticket sellers, tomato plants for sale and a black setter dog breeder notice. Contains names and locations but specifics are partial.
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