Market News Brief Quotations and Stock Figures
Yesterday's market quotes show notable shifts with percentages near highs and lows. Traders watch key indices amid mixed sector performances and currency movements influencing near term sentiment.
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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1931
Page
8
Yesterday's market quotes show notable shifts with percentages near highs and lows. Traders watch key indices amid mixed sector performances and currency movements influencing near term sentiment.
In Huron on Friday Armours receipts reached 1800 head with the market quoted 10 higher. Top price 5S. Friday quotations ranged 360-200 pounds with various weight brackets listed from 5.45 to 4.50 for different grades. Hog futures in Chicago showed bids around 6.25 for light hogs arriving Monday, with additional prices noted for heaviest and Sept contracts.
Grain markets were quiet with mixed shifts as July wheat rose while June futures sold off to stabilize. Cash wheat remained strong with prices steady. oats, barley, and rye showed subdued activity. Regional reports from Minneapolis and Duluth noted unchanged or modestly moved futures, limited demand, and varied cash prices across grades and destinations.
New York May 23 stock market fails to rally before holiday as railroad shares plunge 2 to 5 points with Avbur t slipping over 15. Among losses are American Telephone American Tobacco B New York Central Chesapeake Os Baltimore and Ohio Illinois Central Santa Fe Union Pacific and U S Steel. Trading active around 2 million shares with many issues posting losses.
Walter Brockmann reports the first mail order style steel church, a circular design by Professor Otto Barthing, relocated to Essen. The structure features central altar seating, open organ loft, and modern materials like steel and glass. Construction took four months, costing less than a masonry church while offering improved acoustics and year round use.
Francis Crowley, 19, convicted of murder of a Long Island police officer, sits in jail awaiting the electric chair after a tense verdict. Police guarded the jail as Crowley allegedly lunged at a deputy and struggled with officers who separated him from his mother as crowds and jurors watched an outburst following the verdict.
United States tennis team eyes a clean slate in the final American zone tie against Argentina. Frank X. Shields and Sidney B. Wood Jr secured a key doubles win, 6-4 8-4 2-6 6-2, over Adriano Zappa and Lucilo Del Castello, while Clifford Sutter of New Orleans makes his Davis Cup singles debut against Guillermo Robson.
The South Dakota Supreme Court delayed a ruling on Vera Caldwell's petition for rehearing in the 5 year assault with intent to rob robbery case. Caldwell, a former Sioux Falls woman, was sentenced in 1828 from Brookings county and denied a pardon. The court met yesterday but did not indicate a decision date.
Huron observes Memorial Day with General Logan's order read by attorney A A Chamberlain and Lincoln's Gettysburg address delivered by Huron college student Edward Ring. The program included a trumpet duet by Ralph Meyers and Florence Shouse, a vocal solo by Beryl Kinkead Stratton, and a benediction by Dr. Carson. Wreaths were placed at the unknown soldier’s tomb as various groups held services at Riverside cemetery. Firing squads and buglers supported the ceremony, while civil holiday observances extended to city workers.
NBC and WEAF network plans include a Wednesday night tribute with Deems Taylor as master of ceremonies and John Erskine speaking. Francis Alda and Reinald Werrenrath sing, under De Damrosch’s direction, with interviews of Rogers Hornsby and a 35-piece concert orchestra.
School days near end as Huron college schedules annual events. Commencement activities include a senior play The Importance of Being Earnest, a bacalaureate sermon by Dr. Agne, final chapel, trustees meeting, alumni dinner, and a president’s reception. Rev Frank L Gosnell delivers commencement address at the auditorium Tuesday morning.
A pair of $5,000 stake races for three year olds and two year olds were offered for Chicago racing fans on the Washington Park Memorial Day program. Gallant Knight, winner of the Fairmount and Latonia derbies last season and runner up to Gallant Fox in the Kentucky Derby and the Arlington classic, was the favorite.
Partial list from Associated Press shows Phillies Arlett and other clubs leaders with scattered figures and garbled names including Cubs Pirates and Athletics. Reads as a damaged box score fragment with multiple misread entries and missing totals.
Columbus Red Birds return to first in the American Association after rain halted games for Columbus and Toledo while St Paul lost to Minneapolis 7 6. Milwaukee defeated Kansas City 10 5 with Donnie Bloxsom homering twice. Louisville stayed in third by beating Indianapolis 5 3 in the first night game of the season.
Milner, head of the Grain Stabilization corp, reported May wheat futures closed at 83 1/4 cents a bushel, above the 81 cent stabilizing price. He projected orderly sale of the remaining 350 million stabilized bushels and noted potential acreage reductions next fall could normalize production. Storage room is ample with 40 million bushels of added capacity.
In Sioux City Kid Lehr of Waterloo beat Carl Wells of Omaha in six rounds at 130 pounds. Rey Schneck of Waterloo defeated Ray Mann of Sioux City in six rounds at 150. Freddy Penn of Omaha beat Joey Rich of Sioux City in six rounds at 110. Mickey O Donnell of Sioux City defeated Tully Griffiths of Sioux City in four rounds at 125. Doty Turner of Sioux City defeated Johnny Moran of Detroit in four rounds at 145. In New York Kid Chocolate of Cuba stopped Georgie Goldberg of Brooklyn.
Baseball results show Cleveland and Detroit with players Brown Sewell Bridges Hoyt Schang. St Louis at Chicago rain. other games not scheduled. In the National League Boston faced Philadelphia with Cunningham Haid Spohrer Collins H Elliott Davis. Chicago Pittsburgh games noted, (10 innings) Malene Root Hartett Kremer Phillips Malone Root Hartnett Kremer. Cincinnati 9 16 2 St Louis wean wir oO Lucas Eckert Wysomg Asbjorn son Grimes Kaufman Wilson. American Association St Paul 6 Minneapolis 7 Kansas City 5 Milwaukee 10.
Charlie Gelbert of the Cardinals drove in two runs with two doubles and a single while scoring three. Willie Kamm of the White Sox stole four bases against the Tigers. Red Worthington of the Braves collected three doubles and a single against the Phillies. Johnny Moore of the Cubs singled in the tenth to drive in Jurges. Dazzy Vance and Joe Shaute of the Robins held the Giants to six hits and won 3-2.
In Holyoke Nick Luize of California defeated Jack Wagner of Providence in straight falls 6 45 and 6 45. George McLeod of Iowa threw Louis Loew of France in 20 00. In Chicago Jim Lendos of Greece defeated Frank Brunowicz of New York in straight falls first in 40 30, second by default. Ray Steele of Glendale California defeated Milo Steinborn of Germany in 10 43. In Manchester Heiti Deglane defeated Glenn Wade of Nebraska in straight falls first 22 00, second by default. Bill Demetral of Chicago threw John Bellman of New York 21 60. In Toronto Gus Sonnenberg of Boston defeated George Zarynoff of Russia two falls out of three with times 23 42, 14 23, and 0 04.
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