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Newspaper

Evening Huronite

Location

Huron, South Dakota, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1944

Page

2

Market News Hog and Sheep Pricing Report

Hog sales slow with 9 000 head available. Bood and choice 200-270 lb butchers steady at 13 45. Good and choice 180-200 lb scarce at 13 45. Weights above 270 lb largely 5-10 lower. 280-300 lb 41.00. 11 40 300-230 lb 10 70 11 00. 330-360 lb 10 40 10 75. Sows steady to 10 00. Estimated holdover 3 000. Sheep 1 200 available and no early action anticipated into Wednesday. Fed wool lambs 15 00. Pelts prices listed 13 25 14 50.

Chicago Urban Colorado Los California

Armour Market Steady Across Hog Cattle Sheep Traded

Armour Market at Stockyards Huron May 25 shows hog prices steady and cattle and sheep markets unchanged. Watertown Livestock reports hogs steady to 10 cents lower with butchers 10.80 to 13.10 and sows 9.70 to 10.00. Chicago Livestock notes dull trading with mixed cattle and sheep values and larger volumes on Wednesday.

Armour Stockyards Huron Watertown

Markets Report From Huron and Nearby Producing Centers

Activity across Huron area markets and surrounding regions shows varied poultry and egg prices. Huron reports include hens and roosters in multiple weight classes, with other centers like Sioux Falls Watertown Mitchell and New York Dairy showing current price levels for butterfat eggs and poultry products.

Cattle Hog and Sheep Prices Mixed at South St Paul Sale

May 25 report from South St Paul shows cattle supply limited with steers and heifers mostly steady, bulls strong to 23 higher, vealers and calves firm to steady, hogs 11 000 head steady to higher with few heavy weights, sheep market not established, multiple price ranges across classes and grades.

South ST. Paul

Sioux Falls Livestock Market Report May 25

Sioux Falls market summary shows hogs at 18.20 top with bulk 12.00 to 13.20 and butchers 10.00 to 13.20. Cattle, 600 head, steady to strong with highest quotations unchanged.

Sioux Falls

Sioux City Livestock Market Report Summary

Sioux City Iowa cattle market shows demand broad with steady to strong tendencies for slaughter steers and cows. Feeders scarce, bulk medium to good fed steers and yearlings quoted 14.50 to 16.25, 1050 lb yearlings at 16.00, top beeves around 16.60, and heifers 12.50 to 15.75 with cann ers 7.00 to 9.00.

Sioux City Liestock B. Beeves

Good Crop Outlook Upsets Grain Trade

May grain futures firm with mixed sentiment as rains eased declines from good crop prospects. Wheat July up 1 8 to 1 9, oats July up 7 to 7 5, rye July 1 to 4, barley July down 1 to 1 0. Barley weak while wheat and oats gain on renewed buying. Minneapolis cash wheat receipts show No 1 heavy dark northern bids at 145 to 163 cents per bushel.

Tye Board of Trade Minneapolis

Grain futures and commodity quotes notable shifts

The market report lists corn, oats, barley and rye prices with percent changes and futures figures for Chicago trading. Wheat and rye futures show daily highs lows and closes, with May June and Sep contracts highlighted amid steady trading basis.

Minneapolis grain futures report from May market session

Minneapolis grain futures show mixed results with rye and wheat contracts listed for May and September. Data includes open high low and close figures across several months, indicating fluctuations in prices and trading activity.

Minneapolis

Stocks Generally In Bull Market Trend

New York traders saw scattered gains in preferreds and industrials while many leaders failed to sustain the bulge to the highest average since March. The market remained bullish with earnings and dividends supporting some positions. Low priced issues including oils drew activity as volume neared 600000 shares. Mixed allocations persisted through the session.

New York

Closing Quotations From The Associated Press

A compiled list of closing quotations showing varied percentage figures for numerous corporations and brands such as AlleghCorp AmAirlines GenElec GenMotors IBM TimRolla and USGypsum, with values ranging from single to triple digits indicating closing or adjustment rates. The list includes automotive, steel, telephone, and consumer goods firms and spans diverse sectors.

Associated Press AlleghCorp LockhdAir AlChDye LoewsInc AllisChalMtg MsckTrack AmAirlines MarshField AmTel&Tel Martgico iamiCop MontWard NatDairyPro Anvul Pro N ¥ Central AviaCorp NerAmAvia BendixAvia NerPac BethSteel Akianna BoeingAir ButlerBros Calumeté&Hec Jicaseco Gelotex CerroDePas Chrysler Colgatpalup ComSouth Wth&Ed ConsCopper Deere&Co Douglas Air DupDeNem EastKodak GenFoods GtWestSug Greyhound Homestake WestUnion IndustRayon Weste&mix IntHary Woolworth IntTel&Tel Youngsh&t

Mrs Castle Receives $3600 Award After Court Ruling

Mrs Floyd M Castle of Huron receives a total 3600 dollars including 409 dollars interest after court affirmations of a 3000 dollar award for her husband Floyd A Castle who died December 18 1998 in a Chicago and North Western Railroad shop incident. Tom Luby represented Mrs Castle in the case.

Floyd M. Castle Huron Floyd A. Castle Chicago & North Western Railroad Castle State Industrial Commission Circuit Court State Supreme Court Tom , Luby Mra

De Gaulle Accepts British Invite to Discuss French Aims

Gen Charles De Gaulle accepted in principle a British invitation to London to discuss French administration amid the expected battles on metropolitan French territory. He will prepare a general agreement on pending bones before proceeding to London for talks.

de Gaulle Algiers Charles de Gaulle French National Committee London

Smallest Quad Dies in London Birth Tragedy

London reports the death of George the smallest of the quadruplets born Monday to Mrs Daisy Max Wife and an RAF flying officer. The loss occurred tonight as the family mourns the infant among the newborns.

London George Daisy Max RAF

American air strikes widen reach to Marcus Island and Wake Island

American forces pushed into Japanese held zones after bombarding Marcus Island 1200 miles from Tokyo then moved 300 miles southeast to Wake Island with 150 tons of bombs.

Washington Haiding Marcus Island Tokyo Wake Island

WRC Convention Opened In Huron With Leaders Named

Women’s Relief Corps from South Dakota gather in Huron for the sixty first annual session. The opening agenda includes welcoming addresses by Mrs. Anna Troupe and Mayor J B Tschetter, a business session, and state officer introductions. Notables arriving include Mrs. Sarah Trotter and many past department presidents and delegates from Sioux Falls Pierre Brookings Aberdeen Parkston Mitchell and other cities.

Women's Relief Corps South Dakota Huron Anna Troupe Huron Corps J. 8. Tschetter Mary Chapman Watertown Marvin Hughitt Sarah Trotter Sioux Falls Bessie Kirkpatrick Pierre Lucia Watson Peace Department Neva Porter Milbank Ellen McClintock Brookings Anne Olson Grace

Harold Bell Wright Dies in California at 72

Harold Bell Wright, once the nation’s most read novelist known for The Winning of Barbara Worth and The Shepherd of the Hills, died in La Jolla California at age 72 from bronchial pneumonia. He retired in 1934 and is survived by his widow Winifred Mary Wright and two sons Gilbert Munger Wright and Norman Hall Wright. Born in Rome New York on May 4 1872.

Harold Bell Wright California San Diego Calif Barbara Worth Winifred Mary Wright Gilbert Munger Wright Maltbu Beach Norman Hall Wright New York City Wright Rome N. Y

War Foods to Cut Offices in Major Reorganization

The War Foods Administration plans a nationwide reorganization cutting state and area offices from 240 to about 65. Officials said the change aims to reduce expenses and create a more efficient administrative setup, with at least one office in each state.

Washington War Foods Administration Division of Distribution

Yugoslav Front Rages as Germans, Chetniks Clash

London May 25 The irregular Yugoslav front erupts in mass battles with many Germans slain. Tito headquarters reports Germans and Chetniks wounded on the borders of Montenegro and Sandjak, with fierce fighting across Croatia, western central Bosnia and Slovenia as Germans hold defensive positions.

London Josip Broz Tito Montencero Sandjak Croatia Bosnia Slovenia

Last Unmarried Keys Quad To Wed Soldier

Oklahoma City May 25 The last unmarried member of Oklahoma's celebrated quadruplet sisters plans to wed Sgt Jack P. Anderson of Plano Texas June 9 ending a romance that began at Camp Hood Texas last year when she served as an army hostess The Keys known as Oklahoma's bunch of keys were first in medical history to reach maturity born June 4 1915 at Hollis Oklahoma

Oklahoma City Keys Oklahoma Camp Hood Tex Sheecame Jack P. Anderson Plano Baylors University New York Stan Tilayer Oklahome Hollis Okita

Divorce Granted After Lengthy Battle In Huron

Lucille Estes of Huron wins a divorce from Vernon Estes on grounds of cruelty with custody of two children, home and furnishings awarded to Mrs Estes. Alimony set at 10 dollars weekly until the older child turns 18, then reduced to 7 until the younger child turns 18. Judge Boyd M Benson authored the ruling.

Benson Circuit Boyd M. Benson Lucille Estes Huron Vernon Estes Estes Max Roghi Harold W. Markey

Demand for reprisals over killing of 47 officers by Nazis

Lord Vansittart told the House of Lords the reported killings of 47 British officers at a German prison camp amount to murder and demanded a postwar trial for all German camp personnel. He dismissed the pretext of attempted flight, urging an inquiry and warning of Nazi accountability. Britain also probed a Stockholm report of 2700 Allied prisoner deaths at an unregistered camp near Bremen and 27 Britons shot at Granden on the Vistula.

London Lord Vansittart House of Lords Britain Switzerland Stockholm Bremen Granden Vistula

Tule Lake Shooting Fatal To Nisei Man

Tule Lake California May 25 American born Japanese man Py Shichi James Okamoto thirty died today from a bullet fired yesterday by a military police sentry at the Tule Lake segregation center The War Relocation Authority said four blood transfusions were given the wounded man after surgeons operated Nearly fifty men stood ready at the center hospital to donate blood Lt Verne Austin commanding the project’s military detach ment named ward of investigation The eye witness account from an unidentified civilian Caucasian employee said the guard warned Dont get out of that tuck Then the Jap stepped out and was shot after a brief exchange with the guard who said Dont come any closer The guard drew back and fired The incident centers on a disloyalty inquiry involving persons of Japanese descent.

Calif Shichi James Okamoto Tule Lake Segregation Center War Relocation Authority Center Hospital Cal. Verne Austin Ward Butt End United States

Russian Troops Get New Battle Warnings

Moscow radio says Red Army massing on the eastern front to begin a new offensive soon with orders to liberate Soviet territory and other European nations from German occupation. The communiqué notes sporadic Nazi thrusts and Red reconnaissance activity. Hospital admissions and discharges list numerous local residents by name and home town.

London Red Army Moscow Russian Communique Red

100 Plus Octane Gas Advances Yankee Airpower

Washington May 22 The United States unveils a 100 plus octane gasoline boosting aircraft performance Ralph K Davies deputy petroleum administrator for war tells Congress this new fuel gives sudden bursts of power and speed, widening the performance gap between American planes and enemy forces

Washington Uncle Sam Ralph K. Davies Congress National War Agencies Davies

Rocket Firing U S Planes Destroy German Sub

The Navy disclosed that rocket firing planes attacked and destroyed a German Uboat using a new Navy developed projectile. Grumman planes located the submarine on the surface and attacked without damage to themselves. Lieutenants Leonard Ford and Willis Seeley received Air Medals for the action.

Washington Navy Grumman Aven- Boers United States Navy Department Leonard L. McFord Baltimore Willis D. Seeley Huntington Ind

Battle Casualties Rise to 206227 in U S Report

Washington May 23 The new U S casualty tally stands at 206227 with 161113 Army personnel and 45114 Navy casualties. Army totals include 28058 KIA 764 wounded ? Missing 31779 prisoners. Navy shows 19546 dead 12589 wounded 9626 missing 4454 prisoners.

Washington Navy

Americans push toward Rome amid German reinforcements

In Italy, Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark reports three mile gains in the first day and a half after breaking the beachhead perimeter. American forces have taken 1,109 prisoners and push on toward Rome while German reinforcements move from northern Italy to counter the advance. Allied air units observe German troop movements as resistance stiffens along the perimeter. Devils Tower reaches over 20 million years in age reference appears in nearby text.

Appian Way Cisterna Italy Rome Mark W. Clark

Letter-Writing Campaign To Nazi Prisoners Seen

Washington reports from May 25 describe testimony on the War Agencies appropriation bill. Byron Price notes a German mail effort to prisoners in the U.S. and the censoring task of his office. Draft inductions are forecast to average 117 237 monthly for the new year, while age and manpower limits are discussed. Coastal defense vigilance is urged amid ongoing wartime security measures. Brig. Gen. Charles D. Young cites progress against the black market.

Washington House Byron Price Price Lewis B. Hershey Hershey

Hemingway injured in London car crash

Ernest Hemingway, American author and Collier’s magazine correspondent, sustained head injuries in a car crash in London. Doctors reported no fracture and he was not in apparent danger after a possible minor operation. His wife Martha Gellhorn was due to arrive from the Mediterranean theater.

London Ernest Hemingway St. George’s Hospital Hemingway Collier's Magazine Martha Gellhorn Collier's Star Britain Mediterranean

Divorce Granted for Evelyn Huddleston in Huron Suit

Evelyn E. Huddieston of Huron has been granted a divorce from Tin A. Huddleston of Seattle on desertion charges. Decree by Circuit Judge Boya M. Benson notes marriage at Northwood Town on January 11, 1940 and no children.

Evelyn E. Huddieston Huron Tin A. Huddleston Seattle Boya M. Benson Huddiestons Northwood Town

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