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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1944
Page
2
Market notes from Armour Stockyards Huron and Chicago report hogs steady to lower and cattle mostly steady or higher. Prices listed for hogs and cattle show narrow changes with demand moderate, several regions noting unsold hogs and mixed sheep activity. Multiple regional quotes include Watertown and Sioux Falls and presentive sales at Toul City.
The Huron produce market report lists daily price ranges for heavy and light hens roosters and eggs, with butterfat and hen numbers. New York dairy prices on May 31 show unchanged butter, steady eggs, and mixed wholesale ranges for egg products and poultry with live and dressed poultry firm and unchanged prices.
Livestock sale results show cattle and calves steady to firm across categories. In South St. Paul buyers remained steady on slaughter cattle and hogs with load lots and varied weights. calves and vealers strong on good to top grades. stockers firm. Sioux City reports ample cattle salable with steady to higher acceptance for steers and yearlings, mixed prices for cows and heifers, and hogs generally steady with skew toward lighter weights.
Chicago dairy receipts show butter steady at 1 272 872 for two days, eyes 28 940 for one day, U S extras 33 to 35 with other markets unchanged. Live poultry market weak for old stock while young stock stays steady with receipts 18 trucks. fowl 24 14 25 14, Leghorn fowl 23 22 6, fryers and broilers 30 25 31 7, ducks 27 95 29 2.
Watertown shows mixed poultry and eggs prices with weights for hens roosters and ducks. leghorns and heavy breeds listed with No 1 and No 2 prices for eggs and butterfat figures included for dairy products. Local market listings reflect standard wholesale quotes and product weights.
Wheat and rye futures closed higher on the Chicago Board of Trade as shorts and commission houses absorbed light offerings. Wheat rose about two cents from early lows with July at 1.621 and rye up 1% to 2% on July 1.12 4. Barley fluctuated, oats pulled higher amid firm grains.
Grain futures in Chicago show mixed activity across wheat and oats with varied bid prices for May September December and March shipments. Prices jitter between 159 and 163 for wheat and around 70 to 72 for oats as traders gauge supply and demand signals.
The New York market closed May with broad gains on volume over a million shares. Industrial and related stocks posted final hour advances from fractional to about 2 points, matching the four year peak last seen in July 1943. Bonds and commodities also rose in a positive close.
London reports air offensive over May 31 as up to 3,500 invading American planes bomb Romanian Ploesti refinery and nearby rail yards. U S heavy bombers with escorts hit from Italy, whileWave after wave of medium bombers attack the French invasion coast. Luftwaffe interceptors and heavy flak challenge Allied air power in ongoing European campaign.
The largest contingent of WACs ever sent to the Mediterranean has arrived in Naples, with 32 officers and 357 enlisted women. About half will proceed to stations in the Middle East, boosting Mediterranean strength to nearly 3,000 personnel.
Investigators from the Civil Aeronautics Authority probe a Piper Cub crash north of Whitewood that seriously injured 29-year-old Charles Ice, Clyde Ice’s son, and lightly hurt his bride. Charles, new pilot since last month, suffered a fractured spine and collarbone. his wife a deep forehead cut.
Army engineers told a Senate commerce subcommittee to add western flood control projects to an omnibus measure approved by the House. Col. George Goethals proposed the Red Rock reservoir on the Des Moines River in Iowa at about 15 million dollars to control floods and provide power and other benefits. Other projects include a Park River reservoir in North Dakota, Pembina River works, Tongue River dam, and a Sheyenne River earth dam near Bald Hill with plans totaling about 2.3 million dollars.
Huron faces potential loss of a federal housing project as only 11 units have been applied for against a 75 unit allotment. City officials warn of transferring the project to another community if interest does not pick up. Local shortages risk bringing in workers from outside to meet job needs.
In the North Atlantic Canadian escort ships attacked a German submarine. Depth charges forced the sub to surface and a surface gun duel ensued. The raider was sunk by the destroyer Tearus with several crew captured and prisoners taken.
Law enforcement reported a quiet Memorial Day with only minor offenses logged in Huron. A cemetery program at Riverside and a twilight baseball game highlighted the day, as officers maintained heavy patrols. In Salem, funeral services were held for 16 month old Sara Lee Ericsson, who drowned at the Ericsson farm stock tank Monday evening.
A May 31 report shows the Senate banking committee favoring raising cotton price ceilings to boost raw cotton parity, with a minority warning of inflationary price and wage hikes. President Roosevelt seeks a large OPA funding increase for enforcement. A subcommittee extends court martial deadlines for Kimmel and Short, while air power figures project U.S. plane production surging to outpace Germany and Japan.
FBI agents and U S marshals in Boston seized about 100 Bethlehem Hingham shipyard piece work welders and counters on charges of conspiring to defraud the government. The probe found a wide racket with counters recording false credits for extra production and welders sharing in weekly kickbacks up to 75 dollars for unperformed work. Authorities expect over 100 more to be charged.
City commissioners approved several fire department gear purchases after reviewing bids at the Monday meeting. Eureka Fire Hose won the bid for floodlights, wire, salvage covers, and equipment including a hose dryer, while other items were deferred to next week for tabulation and consideration.
The Senate approved a bill raising the national debt limit from 210 to 260 billion dollars after adopting an amendment cutting the cabaret tax to 20 percent and exempting uniformed service members. The measure returns to the House, which had supported 240 billion, while debates on theater tax reforms continue. Senator Bilbo abandoned a bid to lower theater admissions tax, and Downey revised the cabaret tax to 20 percent.
Governor Sharpe announced plans to travel to Washington to testify before Senate hearings on the flood control bill tied to the Pick plan for Missouri River development. He may also attend a South Dakota reclamation meeting in Huron and will not link voting-law actions to aid service members in the general election before his return.
Mrs Herman Reineke Sr of Wolsey died in a Huron hospital this morning after illness. Pauline Hofmann was born near Frankfort on May 19, 1899. She married Herman Reineke in Huron December 19, 1912 and lived on several farms in the Wolsey vicinity. Surviving: husband, two sons Edward Huron and Hermann Jr Wolsey. four daughters Minnie Holst Laverne Minn Evelyn Chicago Mary and Margaret at home. three grandchildren four sisters and four brothers. Funeral arrangements not yet completed. She was a member of the American Lutheran Church.
Death reported Monday night of Fred Binten of Brookings follows a Tony illness. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 oclock. Theft reported from a sash and door factory west of Lampert Lumber on West Third Street. Items stolen include a 16 foot work bench a pipe segment and a 1930 Chevrolet motor cased in a packing box. Mt Calvary Lutheran Ladies Aid to meet Thursday afternoon at Mrs William Muselfs 78 Kansas Avenue Southeast with Mrs Ed Miedema assisting.
George E. Longstaff Huron attorney spoke at Memorial Day events in Miller and Wessington Tuesday. He addressed the morning program at Miller G A R cemetery with American Legion in charge and then spoke in the afternoon to a large gathering in the Wessington community hall.
Berlin reports a potential eyewitness account of an American airman lynching near a German village on Monday. Aftonbladet cites Grunberg from Berlin and Stockholm dispatches noting a supposed crowd attack but offers no confirmation of prior claims of lynching.
A four day Memorial day holiday brought heavy highway traffic and drew crowds to outing spots. An Associated Press survey reported at least 323 violent deaths nationwide, with 23 lives lost on highways and drownings around 4, several airplane crashes hitting California and Tennessee, plus shootings and other incidents. The toll exceeded last year’s holiday total but lagged well behind the safety council’s four day May estimate.
Beadle County forwards funds raised from Easter seal sales to state headquarters today. Earl Planagan heads the campaign in the county as the money aids rehabilitation for disadvantaged crippled children statewide.
A group of 14 candidates was initiated into Huron Elks Lodge No. 444 at a Mon initiatory ceremony led by Exalted Ruler H. H. Hedblam. Newly installed officers oversaw the event, followed by a dinner and entertainment. Pupils of Ruth Elaine Olson school of dancing performed hula tap, rhumba tap, and tap numbers with Mrs. Olson and Alice Allen accompanying.
Multiple small ads list items for sale and wanted items. Francis Smith at 15 north 1 east 1 north appears with several for sale notes including a yearling white fir Hereford bull and a McCormick tractor. Listings include furniture and appliances such as a refrigerator, ice box, dresser, and a two wheel trailer box. Also notes for lost items, a murder? No.
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