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Newspaper

Evening Huronite

Location

Huron, South Dakota, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1939

Page

2

Market News No Change In Swine Market Receipts Friday

Armour Stock Yards Hur on May 26 reports no changes in market quotations. Hog receipts were 300, with prices 6.50 to 6.75, some up to 7.00. Salable sheep at 10 cents, no early fat lamb action, and clops priced above 8.90 to 10.25 for California springers. Sheep scarce, steady to weak. shorn ewes about 3.50 lower. Representative sales in Ligux City show no cattle listed.

Armour Stock Yards Huron California Ligux City Chicago Aroun Nebraska Springers City St. Paul South ST. Paul

Chicago and New York Produce Markets May 26

Chicago and New York markets report varied butter eggs poultry and hog prices. Butter creamed higher in New York while Chicago shows mixed bids. eggs steady in both cities. hogs steady with tops around 6.95. cattle lambs and calves mixed with limited demand. Minnesota and South Dakota listings show local price ranges for hens roosters turkeys and butterfat, reflecting regional fluctuations.

New York Mitchell Leghorn Sioux Falls

Livestock Market Reports From St Paul and Sioux Falls

St Paul market notes show cattle supplies around 3 000 with mixed demand and modest gains. Heifers and vealers firm at mid to high values, cows down slightly, hogs steady with top near 30.73, lambs steady to slightly weaker, springer cows quoted high. Sioux Falls reports hogs 1 000 steady top 6.45, cattle 400 steady with mixed quotes, overall activity steady.

Livestock Prices Reported At Sioux City Auction

May 26 Sioux City cattle market notes salable calves 25 slaughter classed cattle steady with medium grade steers and yearlings 7.75 to 9.00. cows 5.60 to 7.00. cutters 4.50 to 5.50. Hogs 2800 salable, steady to firm. top 6.55 to shippers, 180-260 lb 6.25 to 6.50. 200-290 lb 6.00 to 6.75. 290-380 lb 5.75 to 6.00. good sows 5.25 to 5.40.

Hin Wat Roux City Sioux City Atockera

Watertown Produce Prices and Chicago Futures Report

Watertown market lists heavy hens at 14 cents per pound and other fowl prices plus egg and butterfat quotes. Chicago futures show bids and storage standards for eggs and butterfat with May and June figures.

Wheat Moves Up To New Seasonal Highs

Wheat prices jumped to new seasonal highs with July and September above 79 cents and December at 80 cents as buying from eastern interests and flour demand supported a rally after early rain induced weakness. Short covering and profit taking followed, with July at 78.34, September 78.44, and other grains mixed. Minneapolis cash wheat receipts total 238 bushels.

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Markets At A Glance May 26 New York and Chicago Briefs

Markets at a glance show steady stock activity with some advances, bonds improving though government notes dip, and mixed curb markets. Chicago grain futures rise while hogs and cattle trade mixed. extensive commodity quotes and futures details follow with specific prices and contract months.

Stocks Forge Up In Unsteady Session

In New York may 26 a fair news budget lent some stocks a forward lean yet the session remained unsettled with gains near two points fading at times. Close prices were near highs as about 650000 shares traded led by steels rubbers mail order and specialty issues. Investors cautious ahead of Memorial Day holiday and exchange closure Tuesday.

New York

Huron Model Airplane Club celebrates maiden flight surprise

Members of Huron's Gas Model Aircraft Club, 15 students and 2 instructors, built a 35 foot wing span plane powered by a 1/5 horsepower Linney engine. The test flight from the south Ohio Avenue field climbed in a long spiral and vanished into lowering clouds, with the fliers hoping it lands west or south of Huron. The group values the craft at about $20 plus hours of labor and asks for help locating it.

Huron’s Huron School D. Shepersky J. W. Keller Mitchell deys—Gengitiens Ohio Avenue Huron

Winners Named in South Dakota Dental Poster Contest

Dr. Ray A. Stratton announces four divisions of a state poster contest for public and parochial schools. Twelve winners receive first second and third places with names from Belle Fourche Rapid City Lennox Highmore Highmore Scenic Gregory and other towns. Cash prizes awarded to top finishers.

Ray A. Stratton Huron South Dakota Dental Society South Dakota Phyllis Valery Belle Fourche Marietta Honey Rapid City Eliza‘beth Melvin Vernon Schafer Hermina van Essen Lennox Leonard Tislau Highmore Mary Louisa Salem Dorothy Deily Wenernetta Stanky Kenneth Vielmiste Gregory Jean Clossen iRapid City Sprize

Rain Continues Across Nebraska and Dakota Regions

Rainfall extended across the northeastern area with heavy moisture in Milbank and Sisseton while central parts saw scattered showers near Mitchell. A lightning strike felled Stahr, injuring him and igniting a house fire. he was hospitalized in Estelline. Pierre and Lemmon reported lighter totals as westward precipitation persisted.

Stahr Estelline Milbank Sisseton Lorclem Lakes Mitchell Huron Howard Satem Marion Chamberlain Loomis Aievr Pierre Lemmon

Royalty Dinner Report and a Town Cure News

Royalty by Lieutenant-Governor A. P. Me Nab features two English footmen who failed to serve at a royal event. Norman Hudson of Saskatoon received the honor as the king and queen enjoyed the meal. An itinerant medical healer was ordered to leave town after authorities checked his wares. The page also lists a long stock ticker and market quotes for various companies and commodities.

A. P. Me England Norman Hudson Saskatoon Josef Bruna Zeppo Lang J J. Normand Baker, Mont Huron

Recital by Harold Studer Impresses College Audience

Harold Studer of Sisseton bass, a music major at Huron College School of Music, delivered a junior recital last night. Assisted by Margaret Carson, cornetist, the performance showcased his strong diction and tonal clarity with pieces from O’Hare, Stuart, Handel, Burleigh, and Hahn, ending with Invictus.

Harold Studer Sisseton Bass Loftus H. Ward Huron College School of Music Jenior Margaret Carson Wolsey Studer Huron College O'Hare Stuart Samson Handel Jean Burleigh Hahn

Kuhn Arrested in Pennsylvania Roadside Stop

Fritz Kuhn former Bund leader and Munich native was arrested yesterday in a roadside lunchroom near Reading Pennsylvania by detectives trailing from New York. He was indicted on 12 counts including theft of 8907.35 from the Bund and misappropriation of funds from a Washington's Birthday rally. Kuhn waived extradition and faces possible 50 years in prison. Accompanying Kuhn were Gustav Elmar Thomas Dixon and Gerhard wrBpelen Kinze.

Hoboken N. J Thomas Dixon New York Gerhard wrBpelen Kinze Astoria Long Island Kuhn Bundsfuehrer Thomas Bewer William Grainecker Bund Washington Madison Square Arden Yale

Automobile Group Elects Verschoor President at SD Motor Trades Meet

Verschoor Mitchell elected president of the South Dakota Motor Trades Association at the annual convention in Sioux Falls. E R James of Rapid City named director of the National Automobile Dealers Association. Beier Watertown named vice president. Urquhart Huron treasurer. Ball Huron secretary. Dozens of directors reelected or newly elected. The 1940 convention city will be chosen by the board. About 75 attendees registered after talks on auto industry issues and a Dutch lunch.

Verschoor Mitchell South Dakota Motor Trades Association E.R. James Rapid City National Automobile Dealers George Beier Watertown Dan Urquhart Huron E R. Ball P. Fitzgerald Yankton E. J. Wintersteen Sioux Falls B. B. Papke Lemxnon George Rozum A. M. Parker Madison E.R. Judy Aberdeen Jick Walker Deadwood JW. K. Rierden GF Leighton William Hinselman John Msher Pierre Karl Kjellsen Brookings F. E. Bradley Redfield James

Presbyterians Name Layman Moderator

In Cleveland on May 26 a layman, Dr Sam Higginbottom, 64, was elected moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the U S and its 2,000,000 members. Higginbottom, nominally of Cleveland though largely based in India as a missionary, was chosen by the church annual assembly becoming the first lay moderator since Dr Robert E Speer of New York in 1927.

Cleveland Sam Higginbottom U. S Higginbottom India Robert E. Speer New York

Draws Five Dollar Fine For Firing Firearms

WIL UBER pled guilty before Municipal Judge C N Hall this morning to a charge of shooting firearms within the city limits and received a five dollar fine. Police Chief Jake S Nelson warned that others guilty would face similar punishment.

Wil Uber Mucipal C. N. Hall Timita Kukuk Jake S. Nelson

Huron High Band Performs Inside CCC Camp Barracks

The Huron High School band conducted by Duane Smith played a concert for veterans of CLL Lamp V-4725 at a CCC Camp barracks during the weekly smoker. Rain postponed the outdoor show. Guests at dinner after the concert included Director Smith Superintendent A J Lang and Miss June Lang.

Huron High School Duane Smith Smith A. J. Lang June Lang

Deadwood Bicyclist Dies After Truck Collision

Deadwood rider Philip Geary nine, son of Mr and Mrs B F Geary, died from injuries after colliding with a truck while bicycling Wednesday in Deadwood. He was hurled under the wheels. witnesses said Lea Gilmore of Hello Fourche was blameless.

Deadwood Philip Geary B. F. Geary Lea Gilmore Fourche

Detailed Hitler-Russian pact terms pushed to Moscow

Britain sent its detailed formula for a defense pact to Soviet Russia and invited Marshal Voroshilov to attend British army maneuvers. Paris meanwhile prepared to hand the British text to the Soviet ambassador as Minsk and Geneva talks shape the alliance. The move signals a strengthened British French Russian front amid talks with Halifax Bonnet and Maisky. Grand Patriarch of IOOF Pfeifer recovering in Aberdeen hospital after hernia surgery.

Moscow London Great Britain Russia Marshal Klementi E. Voroshiloff Iwar France Jacob Surits Paris Vyacheslaff Molotoft Britain William Leeds Geneva Viscount Halifax Georges Bonnet Ivan Maisky IOOF A. E. Pfeifer Groton L. O. F. Lodge St. Luke’s Hospital Aberdeen Antion

Inspecting Wheat Fields Before Crop Insurance Claims

Alfred R. Barnes warns that must inspect wheat fields with a Federal Crop Insurance Corporation policy before any inspections. He notes daily losses amid drought and allows pasturing only if two potential production exists. County committees may oversee erosion control and repurpose fields under approval.

Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Alfred R. Barnes AAA Barnes

Ruth Deets Dies At Pierre Hospital

Ruth Deets 38 director of child welfare for the South Dakota Social Security Department died early today in Pierre after a period of illness She is survived by her husband Lee Deets associate professor of sociology at the University of South Dakota Services will be held Saturday at the Episcopal Church in Pierre with burial likely in New York City where she was born to Cy and Mrs Sumner B Kingsley

Emergency Relief Administration Public Welfare Commissator Episcopal Church Boris Rometn New York Sumner B. Kingsley

Funeral Saturday for Mary E Halbig in Miller

Funeral services will be held Saturday at the Presbyterian church in Miller for Mary Ellen Halbig who died Tuesday at Miller hospital. A pioneer resident born in Iowa in 1866 she moved to Band County in 1883 and spent 28 years in Miller. Survivors include three daughters Jessie Halbig Clairerne Nelson and Kenneth Miller two sons James and Fred, one brother and one sister in Idaho and two grandchildren. Husband predeceased her in 1932 burial at the Gark cemetery.

Mary E. Halbis Miller Presbyterian Church Miler Mary Ellen Halbig Miller Band County Halbig Iowa Jessie Halbig Gann Valley Clairerne Nelson Kenneth Miller Hand County James Maller Fred Who Ives Idaho Gark

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