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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1942
Page
2
Market reports from Armour Stockyards Huron Chicago and Sioux Falls show hogs steady to higher with top prices near 14.30. Cattle and sheep trade varied with lean cattle steady to weak and fat cows firm, while hogs led regional gains in morning trading across multiple markets.
Huron produce market prices reported by telephone list heavy hens over 5 lbs at 17 and 4 to 5 lbs at 1d, light and Leghorn hens, heavy breed roosters 08, Leghorn roosters 8, Butterfat No 1 at 30, No 2 at 34, eggs No 1 at 28, No 2 at 23. Sioux City Sioux Falls Watertown markets follow with prices for hens, roosters, broilers, cocks, eggs, and Butterfat variations across days and regions.
New York markets show higher stocks with some utilities retreating and cotton weak. Wheat near two cents down with a favorable crop outlook, corn and oats down, soybeans lower, rye down. hogs steady to strong, cattle steady, broad market reaction to bumper crops and storage space limits. Wheat futures around May and July contracts. Minneapolis cash grain prices recorded with several grades listed and basis unchanged.
Poultry market data from Mitchell and Chicago show live hens, springs, and turkeys with varied weights and prices. Hens and leghorns range around 10 to 22 cents per pound, Butterfat at 34, eggs mixed at 24 to 30 cents, and various poultry items listed with current receipts and market firmness noted.
Demand for domestic wool was quiet on the Boston market today. Good bright quarter combing fleece wool, graded, was quoted at 52 53 cents and three eighths blood at about the same price. Some of the best bright quarter blood was sold at 52 cents delivered. Fair weights of Texas 12 month wool were taken over in the country for the account of eastern interests at 1.18 1.20 for average to good wool clean basis.
Chicago may 21 wheat prices slumped almost two cents a bushel, the sharpest drop since last November, as a selling outbreak spread across grain markets. Corn fell over two cents, with May oats also moving lower on the day.
New York trading shows peaceful agenda guiding early moves as favorites gain about 1 to 4 points while war-related issues lag. Profit taking trims top quotes late. over 500,000 shares traded, the largest since April 14, with many issues posting modest gains amid a steady session.
On Sunday May 24 the Wesleyan Methodist congregation will dedicate their remodeled church. Services begin at 10 45 a m with a dedicatory sermon at 2 30 p m by Rev J F Simpson district superintendent. Rev Rufus Reisdorph of Aber deen and Mrs Reisdorph will participate. Ministers from other state parishes are expected. The church began ministry in Huron in 1938 with Rev George A Thomas as pastor. Public invited.
Frankfort May 21 Special a clinic for pre school and grade school children will be held Tuesday morning at the Frankfort School. The event is sponsored by the PTA and will offer immunization for diphtheria and vaccination for smallpox to attendees.
A wartime salvage plan calls for full time employees to run plant level scrap programs. Emphasis on minimizing waste, separating scrap, preventing contamination, and using cuttings and blanks within the same or nearby plants. Lists of buyers and scrap directors are requested, with a regional salvage committee and executive group named. Hospital admissions and dismissals listed for local facilities.
A dense list of company names and stock percentages follows, featuring Canadian Pacific, Chrysler, DuPont, Gen Motors, PepsiCo, Penney, Sears, Studebaker, Woolworth, US Steel, and others. The text appears as fragmented OCR from a stock table with numerous percent figures and stray marks, lacking a cohesive narrative.
Sioux Falls College will award four honorary doctorates at Friday commencement. Recipients are William H Hayles of Huron, Lee Bright, William Knox, and B. Nissen. Bright heads the college music school and formerly led Huron College.
The State Department released a list of 59 Americans interned by Japan in Manila. Named were Robert Gurney of Spencer S D and Mrs Gratian Gurney with infant Mary Melissa aged four months. addresses for some were provided.
Mr and Mrs M F Mueller planned to move from Watertown to Sioux Falls but their 21 month old daughter Carole Ann died en route. The death, due to a streptococcal throat condition, occurred Wednesday night at a hospital. The body was taken to Clear Lake, home of Mrs Mueller’s parents, for funeral services and burial Friday afternoon.
The tax committee proposes 10 percent earned income credit up to 14 000 and keeps a 400 exemption for dependents, expanding the income tax base to single persons earning as little as 10 a week. Treasury explains pay as you go with withhold tax using a married with one child example, showing monthly withholdings and the impact on net taxable income and monthly deductions.
Congress officials and farm senators clash over selling corn and wheat below parity levels. Bankhead defends convictions amid fears of harming future farm action. House will review Senate changes, possibly leading to a conference committee. Also reports of births, including Michael John Hogan, and Nancy Carol Tipton, with weights and hospital details.
Axis radio services claimed United States troops reached Gibraltar with varying details. Reports from Algeciras described a transport with 5,000 troops following an aircraft carrier and two cruisers into Gibraltar roadstead. Other agencies cited 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers escorted by British destroyers, with no confirmation or persistence of debarkation.
The Dutch officer corps, once 400000 strong, leads opposition to German occupation. Executions of 96 Dutchmen reveal how officers on parole face arrest, while many remain free to aid Allied forces. Dutch loyalists and exiled leaders network to hinder Himmler, as traitors face public wrath and mob scorn.
In the 11th month of the Russo German campaign Red Army troops reported 700 German deaths and loot as they pushed through a key sector. On the Leningrad front Russians claimed to cut two enemy centers of resistance and repelled a counterattack that sought to restore communications. Goering warned of the war’s severity while Hitler’s leadership faced the harsh winter and looming ruins. The War Production Board then exempted women 5 feet 8.4 inches or taller from skirt and coat length limits.
Scattered light showers today and tonight with continued mild temperatures. In South Dakota scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and into east tonight. Little change in temperature.
Advertising snippet lists a choice modern apartment available June 1 and a 2 room downtown unit for $10, contact C. Shober at phone 3827. Also notes on various building materials and seed listings mixed in.
Marjorie Walker presented in a senior violin recital at Huron College Chapel last evening. The program showcased technical rigor and expressive tone in pieces by Grieg, Gluck, Mozart, and Monti with accompaniment by Alene Gibbs and Janssen. The student performed with poise, finishing with a Gypsy-style finale that drew strong audience praise.
Funeral services are planned Saturday for Mrs. William A. Jones of Huron. She died at Hiven hospital at 4 45 PM Wednesday after a lingering illness. Born Minnie Cora Radke May 25 ial in Wood Lake Nebraska she moved with her parents to Walnut Grove Minnesota as a child and lived there until 1918 when she came to South Dakota. She married William Jones in 1919 and they lived on a farm in Hitchcock until ten years ago when they moved to Huron. Surviving are her husband two daughters Ardis and Shirley Jean her parents Mr and Mrs Robert Radke of Webster and five brothers and four sisters. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. Body will lie in state Friday night 7 to 1 o clock at Welter Chapel.
Members of the Huron Lions heard a noon meeting talk on Highway Line Caution, Transmission and Distribution of Power. F Bayles, superintendent from North Western Public Service Company, presented the tale of steel storms and power line trouble.
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