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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1941
Page
2
Hogs steady to 10c higher on heavy hogs with sows lifting to 8.90. Cattle weak and veal steady, sheep steady. Medium weights firm, bulk butchers 8.00 to 8.90, packing sows 8.00 to 8.45. Lambs and feeder pigs listed with varied quotes.
Daily price ranges reported to the Evening Huronite cover heavy hens Leghorn hens and roosters with station prices for butterfat and eggs. Listings include Huron Watertown Bronx City Mitchell Sioux Falls and Sioux City markets with weights from under 4 pounds to over 5 pounds and varied egg and butterfat figures.
May 21 reports from Chicago South St Paul and Sioux City show hogs selling off in late dealings with a steady open and slow later trade. Yearlings and light steers weakened, cattle bids slipped, sows steady to lower, and calves and bulls mixed.
New York market notes show butter prices at 92 score cash and premium marks around 35 to 37 percent, with various scores 84 to 92 and mixed color classifications from fancy to extra fancy. Dressed poultry and live poultry firm with fresh and frozen boxes and fowls for 60 to 65 pounds showing mixed percentages. other lines report unchanged prices in the creamery and live poultry sectors.
New York markets show higher oils and steady, quiet government action. Cotton gains as mills and Wall Street remain active. sugar eases on liquidation. metals steady with slight tin uptick. Chicago wheat gains on strong demand from corn soybeans. hogs and cattle show late trade weakness with modest declines.
Market report from Boston notes demand for three-eighths blood territory wools with prices mostly 90 to 93 cents, scoured basis. A few moderate-volume sales around 1.05 dollars for graded fine wool, and 98 cents to 1 dollar for adsed half blood with staple and French combing length. Original bag fine territory shows some demand around 1 to 1.03 dollars per pound, scoured basis.
In Chicago on May 21 scattered buying by mills and investors nudged the wheat market to modest gains, staying just below the week’s peaks. Soybeans and lard led gains with new highs since 1937, while Carn futures rose over a cent. Corn and wheat showed mixed fractional advances as traders eyed May and July deliveries.
Washington May 2 Indications were clear that the administration planned active steps to regulate prices amid vast defense activities. A White House conference with President Roosevelt, Leon Henderson head of the ORA and Wayne Coy of the Office of Emergency Management followed Henderson's appointment. The aim is to limit price increases that would cause consumer hardship.
Diplomatic sources say German military equipment is rolling across Turkey into Iraq by railroad. Passenger traffic to Iraq has been stopped. Turkey denies demanding Syrian concessions from France. Rail service between Turkey and Syria reportedly discontinued. Death Valley, California sits at 276 feet below sea level.
The New York stock market rose with oil shares reaching new highs and broad gains across issues. About 650,000 shares traded as advances spanned from fractional moves to larger gains, with bonds rising moderately and commodities lifting alongside. Chicago and Minneapolis quotations show wheat, corn, oats, and various industrials fluctuating during the session.
Rep Mundt of South Dakota urged President Roosevelt to convene a mediation conference of neutral nations to craft an orderly peace framework. He proposed inviting Pope Pius XII, Swiss President Wetter, Turkish President Inonu, King Gustav of Sweden, and Pan American representatives to inspire a just peace rather than chase victory through war.
Huron firemen were called to the residence of Mrs. Neig Johnson at 122 Colorado Avenue Southwest around 1 15 p m today when a blazing kerosene stove in the basement sent smoke and threatened to ignite nearby woodwork. The blaze was extinguished without trouble and firefighters said damage was limited to smoke.
War page reports German airborne assault on Crete with two Greek divisions and Imperial troops defending King George VI’s seat. Gliders reportedly landed far from targets, some planes shot down, while Berlin rejects Churchill's Nazi disguise claim. British claims of Crete resistance and possible prelude to broader invasion are noted alongside clashes near Baghdad and the Euphrates region.
A public hearing on charges that Armour and Company's Furon plant violated the National Labor Relations Act will be held in Huron on June 5. The case, filed by the Amalgamated Meat Cutters union, alleges discharges or layoffs of Eugene Zurek Lloyd Tobey and Clarence Hindman for union involvement and threats to deter union activity.
A county committee on farm labor was created Monday as part of a state-wide movement to study farm labor supply and demand and assist the State Employment Service. Members include E F Martin Cavour Hal Busse Huron Ray Hedlund Brookings Rolland McCurdy and others with Leonard Ladd as chairman. The group discussed county labor needs and a plan to recruit volunteer representatives across Beadle and neighboring counties to better serve farmers and farm workers.
The Huron College dining hall hosted the final birthday dinner of the year honoring staff and students with May June July and August birthdays. Arrangements were led by Mrs H A Hill with student assistants. Honorees included Mrs Clem ens Don McGough Wesley Pro Gladys Tripp Mary Hoter Maryan Marjorie Parkes McGough Alyce Sarver George Hose Dorothy Swenson Alyce Viereck and Julia Slouber.
Federal conciliator James Dewey announced in Detroit efforts to end an 8300 worker strike by the United Automobile Workers CIO after a demand for a 15 cent hourly raise met a company offer of three cents. In San Francisco, cannery bargaining neared a settlement for 1,000,000 workers in 39 plants as 2600 molders and foundry workers struck May 12 amid AFL union activity.
Congress applauded President Roosevelt's much reduced WPA funding request of 686 million dollars for the coming year citing defense program relief. Critics opposed proposed changes to WPA law including removing 18 month on roll limit and allowing employment of aliens who are otherwise eligible. The administration projects about 1 million workers on WPA rolls monthly, with current averages declining from 1.7 million.
Miss Conklin plans a family friendly cooking school featuring lamb stew with dumplings banana upside down gingerbread and kidney with bacon. Spaghetti and meat sauce corn belt style and pork shoulder steaks in special sauce headline a menu praised for youngster appeal. Prizes and giveaways accompany demonstrations as baskets of foodstuffs and other goods are awarded to participants.
A notice seeks a ride to California leaving May 27. Alma Tomiin reported winner at De Smet. Also a rental offer reads porch and room suit available near Utah S.E. contact phone 2361.
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