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Newspaper

Evening Huronite

Location

Huron, South Dakota, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1940

Page

2

Market News Hog Prices Edge Down on Friday

Armour stock yards reports hog top at 35.16 with receipts around 400. Cattle steady, sheep up, sows 6.25 to 7.25, light canners 4.00. Hog salable receipts 5,500, mostly 10-15 lower, top 5.20. good and choice 190-240 lb at 5.15-5.25. 246-270 lb 5.00-5.15. 270-360 lb 4.65-5.00. Sheep receipts 1,000, lamb action not early, natives above 11-25, clippers above 9.40, ewes 3.40 down.

Armour Stock Yards Huron Uced Sioux City Blais Patie Bologna Renlers Stowe City Sioux Cips

Hog Prices Fall in Chicago Market Report

Chicago market notes hog prices dropping 10 to 20 cents as shipments rise. Hogs top at 4.70, cattle and lamb prices mostly steady, small run of fed steers and yearlings steady to weak. Several percent details list price ranges for calves, cows, bulls, and sheep amid cautious selling and slow demand.

St Paul Livestock Friday Market Figures May 24

At St Paul Livestock Friday May 24 cattle salable 2,500 with slaughter steers and cows fairly active to steady. calves 2,000 with vealers steady to weak. hogs 7,500 slow bids 25-30 cents lower. lambs 300 slaughter weights weak to 15 lower. Prices shown per hundredweight across classes. Sheep, ewes and feeder notes included. field reports cover buyers and bid ranges.

Sioux Falls Sioux Palls St Paul ST. Paul Eos

Huron and Sioux Falls Markets Report Prices Online

Produce and poultry prices from Huron and Sioux Falls show heavy hens, leghorn hens, and various eggs and butterfat values. The reports include No. 1 and No. 2 eggs, butter, and live poultry quotes with daily telephone updates to the Evening Huronite and Minneapolis card.

Huron Oon Sioux Falls

Watertown and Mitchell and Sioux City produce Friday

Produce price notes from Watertown Mitchell and Sioux City show hens and leghorn hens pricing, includes eggs and butterfat values. Chicago and New York markets report steady butter and eggs, wholesale and retail price moves, and live poultry trends.

Sioux City

Markets At Glance May 24 New York and Chicago snapshots

Markets at a glance show irregular stocks and steady bond demand with some domestic strength. Foreign exchange holds steady as the pound advances. Colton holds firm with Wall Street buying while Luger reports higher speculative activity. Metals steady with silver gains in London and New York. Wool prices ease as commission houses adjust. In Chicago, wheat rises, corn climbs, cattle steady to weak, and hogs fall 10 to 20 cents, at around 5.70 per hundredweight.

New York Bondz Colton Wall Street London Gelting Chicago

Wheat Up Slightly On Sluggish Market

Wheat prices rose modestly amid a slow Chicago grain session. Traders cited sparse buying, narrow price moves, and a rally driven by grain reports and rust concerns spreading northward as July and September futures showed gains. Market quotes included No 1 dark northern at 69 cents and barley at 47 cents.

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Stocks Mark Time Amid Uncertainty

New York May 24 The stock market moved idly amid war bulletins and failed to form a definite trend. Early fractional gains to two points gave way to a retreat and frequent shifts. some firm spots appeared while losses were widely spread. Volume was slowest in five weeks with about 906000 shares traded. The prospect of a large domestic re armament program supported some lagging industries.

New York

Doctor Delivers Son By Moonlight In Missouri

In Paris Missouri on May 24 Dr F A Barrett delivered a son to his wife on a deserted farmhouse lawn by moonlight and car headlights after the house was found locked He retrieved his kit from the car and assisted the birth outside Both mother and child are reported well.

Paris F. A. Barrett Parissician

Nazi troops isolated near Amiens and stalled units reported

NBC representative Paul stated 5,000 German mechanized troops were isolated in Amiens and other mechanized units stalled from fuel shortages. French authorities could not confirm isolated forces in Amiens but noted many motorized units stalled in Flanders as Allied forces mopped them up.

NBC York Paul Ihe Amiens Archinald Flanders

Defense measures push aimed at speed, costs and bases

The Senate unanimously approved the Navy bill for 1.473 billion and the Army measure of 1.921 billion, with House action expected next week. Plans to standardize warplane and motor production spread to civilian plants, while Morgenthau and Jones seek expanded defense finance. Adm Leahy cites Bermuda and Caribbean bases as strategic options. Navy develops an aircraft destroyer to counter air attacks.

Senate Morgenthau Commerce Hopkins Jesse Jones Congress RFC Defense Financing Corporation William D. Leahy Puerto Rico Bermuda Trinidad Jamaica Great Britain Navy

Historic 1920s Market Ticker Shows Widely Shifting Prices

A dense OCR of a New York market page lists numerous company names such as USSteel, Dow components, and rail names with varied percentage figures and prices. The snippet captures mixed quotes, bond notes, and commodity values, reflecting a volatile trading day across multiple sectors including manufacturing, energy, and consumer goods.

Dan Wagner 81 Former Huron Official Dies After Illness

Dan Wagner 81 longtime Huron resident and former city commissioner died after a short illness in a local hospital. He was born November 9 1858 in Brady’s Bend Pa and moved to Huron in 1909. Surviving are nine children six daughters and three sons and sixteen grandchildren with one great grandchild. Funeral arrangements not yet finalized with services to be held at the Wagner home 128 Third Street Southeast. He had previously served as street commissioner from 1914 to 192? and again from 1927 to 1931. The Wagner family notes this is the fourth death in the family since Christmas with a wife and two grandsons previously lost.

Dan Wagner Huron Wagner Mrs. Wagner California Minn Katherine Scaarman Streins Acme Third Street Chicagoe & North Western Railway Tracy Antigo Wis Chadron Neb Huson Wred Fensberg John Clarence Edward Long Beach Cal F.C. W. Kuhn L. H. Wright E.R. Ball George W I William Third Street Southeast Mothodist Church Turon Brotherhood of Railway Visinmen M. W.A. Lodge

Germans Reach Western Lys River Front As Ghent Cross Suspected

Berlin dispatchs report German and Allied forces clashing in Ghent area as the Lys River is crossed. Tournai on the Scheldt was taken, Maubeuge captured, and German armored units push toward the French Channel coast. Luftwaffe prestige flights and heavy Allied losses accompany German advances north and east toward Boulogne Ostend and Calais amid renewed claims of encirclement.

Lys Ghent Scheldt Brussels High Command Tournai Maubeuge Maginot Belgium Formidade Azrag Amiens Boulogne Calvis Ovis Antwerp Setier Ostend Schelnt Royal Air Force Aachen Dusseldorf Munster Cambrai Calais England France

German attack drives toward Channel ports in Europe

At a Glance reports German forces closing on northern France and Belgium. Berlin describes a large Allied trap with numbers from 500,300 to 1,000,000 and German troops pushing toward Calais and Boulogne. Paris notes heavy fighting near the Somme and Boulogne while Hitler’s command foresees favorable odds in Antwerp. Rome mentions Fascist students marking Italy’s entry anniversary on the Allied side.

Associated Press London Houlogne Berlin Hitler Flanders Ghyin Belgium Scheldt Lys Calais Meh Dover England Weuge Tournai Paris Sommers Boulogne Sedan Rome Antwerp Settoy Ortend Beuges Ghent

Americans Rush To Leave England

Seven hundred Americans sought visas and exit permits in the last 24 hours as Nazi danger grows. Officials say about 5,400 Americans in the British Isles may depart. President Roosevelt liner capacity is limited to 600. totals: 2,009 in London, 1,500 elsewhere in the UK, 3,909 in Ireland. Continent routes discontinued, few can return by Britain.

London England Bire British Isles United States Hossevelt New York Galway United Kingdom Ireland Briain

King George Calls for National Day of Prayer Across Empire

King George urged a national day of prayer in England next Sunday as a decisive struggle looms. He framed imperialism as the empire's adversary, insisting Britain's aim remains peace and improved conditions for all, warning of life or death stakes for the world.

England Britain George

Paris War Front Moves on for Channel Mastery

Paris and Luxembourg frontiers are described as war zones as French counterattacks seek to join their forces with Allies in Belgium. The aim is to control the English Channel, with a large pincer from Abbeville to the Aisne and toward the Maginot Line. French actions include violent attacks to disrupt retreating Allied units and to close gaps for German armored advances near Picardy and Amiens.

Luxembourg Belgium English Channel Abbeville Sorvine Somme Peronne Oise Aisne Languyon Maginot Line Lon Grom Abbeville Sqraves Cambrai Schelde Valencien Picardy Amiens Wong the Somme Aisne Rivera

Johnson Denied Separate Trial By Judge Hughes

Oscar Johnson former director of the game and fish department faced a separate-trial request amid embezzlement charges. Estella Hunt the bookkeeper who testified against him faced scrutiny over her appointment and role, with the judge noting possible questions about Johnson’s supervision and 13 years of employment. The court denied the separate-trial bid pending further review.

Peperre Oscar Johnson Estella Hunt Phan Fudge Johny F. Hughes Ite Johnson Game Commission Rughes Huoth Hughs Cours Heih

Mellette Girl Goes To Sioux Falls In Iron Lung

Hazel Jackson a Mellette girl paralyzed from the shoulder down last November travels from Aberdeen to Sioux Falls for advanced iron lung treatment. Electrical power limits and air concerns delayed transport. she shows steady improvement under supervision of her father, Robert M. Jackson, an WPA worker.

Mellette Sioux Falls Aberdeen Liguel Jackson Melette Sibe Watire Town Brookiney le Tung Watertowns Star Falls Harvel Heteers Beret Havel Watertown Aberteun Sige Falls Hazel Robert M. Jackson WPA

Railway Bombed To Cut Paris From Le Havre

German sources report the line between Paris and Rouen bombarded to cut the French capital off from Le Havre. Also, three truckloads of art treasures including Rubens and Van Dyck paintings were seized and removed from Brussels during the invasion.

Paris LE Havre Berlin Rouen la Havre Rubens, Resibrasdt van Dyck Brussels

Hospital Admits and Dismissals Plus Local Ads

Hospital notices list patients admitted for medical reasons at Huron Carthage and Oldham areas with names such as Mrs G Morcinsey Mrs Lizzie Jensen Erant Loviks and Phyllis Lasart Dismissals include Mrs Ed Decker and baby at Huron and several others with locations Carpenter Estzline Estal ing and Darwin North Auction notice on Market Road featuring farm machinery sale Speed recovery ad for Walker's towers Bulova watches new models at Sehaa's Jewelry Employment and housing ads seek experienced housekeeper rental furnished room and a large furnished apartment For sale and rental notices include Green Gable cabins and a Centrally located home rental until September 1 Rummage sale at 7 0 C F Hall on Saturday May 25 starting 10 am and ride request to San Francisco or San Jose

G Morcinsey Huron David Wurz Dyland Lizzie Jensen Carthage Erant Loviks Oldham H. Tt. Fiddle Doland Phyllis Lasart Ed Decker Dennis Lee Grass Carpenter Mike Leiferman Estzline J. A. Muesler Estaling Darwin North Cavour Walker's Towers

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