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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1939
Page
2
Swine market shows 5.15 to 5.80 top on Saturday with 300 head receipts. Lambs and sheep rise modestly while hogs and butchers vary. Sioux City market notes mixed movements with top hogs at 6.50 and cattle weaker in heavier lots.
Daily price ranges from Huron Sioux City and Sioux Falls markets report hens heavy and light by weight, leghorn and heavy breed roosters, springs and ducks and geese, with eggs butter and cream prices at New York Chicago markets. Includes case counts and quality grades for buttercreamery eggs and poultry.
Chicago market report shows hogs steady with Fridays average around 6.50 to 6.55 for 200 to 280 pound range. Cattle and calves mixed, weighty steers up 25 cents while most yearlings and lighter cattle down 25 to 75 cents. Sheep and lambs mostly higher with late Friday tops near 9.60 for natives and 9.75 for native lambs, bulk around 8.00 to 9.50.
Sioux Falls livestock market report dated November 4 lists heat 100 entries with 10 lower and top 6.10, BIS S105 spattery 5.25. Sows at 5.65 and calves steady, with Caive 100 stable across trades.
In St Paul and South St Paul receipts showed seasonal declines but most cattle price changes favored the weak side. Slaughter steers and sheared bulls eased to 25 cents lower while dealers hovered 50 cents up. Stockers held steady yet feeding steers were dull. good to choice fed yearlings and steers sold around 9.00 to 10.25 with grassy killers near 7.25 to 8.25. Cows ranged 3.50 to 6.50 with canners 3.50 to 4.50. Practical sausage bull tops held near 5.0. Meantime stock and meat prices varied among grades and classes.
Chicago Wheat futures moved higher with December at 86% and May around 84%. Corn mostly steady to down with May near 53% and oats weaker. Minneapolis cash grain reported higher quotes for No. 1 dark northern and varying protein premiums amid steady trading.
The South Dakota division meeting of Standard Oil salesmen concluded at the Marvin Hughitt Hotel with 28 attendees. C L Bailey oversaw the session as the program outlined fall and winter advertising campaigns and sales activities.
Ex servicemen in the Huron area were invited to a stag smoker and reunion at the American Legion club sponsored by William Treaves post. Hal Busse, chairman of the Armistice Day committee, said the event followed many requests for a holiday function next Saturday. Legionnaires will entertain outside guests, with a buffet lunch at midnight and a $4 door prize. No admission charge for the stag.
New York trading on November 4 shows aviation stocks leading a volatile session, hitting peak records then reversing with profit taking. About 1.4 million shares changed hands, the largest Saturday trade since September 5, closing with a roughly even split between gains and declines.
Wheat climbed to its highest price in six weeks in Chicago trading but a later setback erased early gains of nearly a cent a bushel. The market followed price action and speculative selling, and closed higher but with late profit pressure as traders adjusted positions.
Reports from Ljubljana say 4500 Croat soldiers revolted after rumors they would be sent to France to fight with the Allies. Gendarmes moved to detain deserting infantry near Karlstadt, some rebels entrenched with machine guns. Italy marks WWI armistice anniversary as Mussolini pledges strength. Japan and U.S. officials hold frank talks on relations. Funeral set for Elliott Ruden in Brookings on Sunday at 2 pm.
A compilation of many company and brand names followed by varied percentage figures and partial product codes. The OCR fragment reads like a catalog or index of firms such as GenMotors Gillette Goodrich USRubber BperryCorp and Union-related entries with miscellaneous numbers, some percent signs, and stray terms.
Miss Famy Mills resigns from Wolsey Presbyterian Church after 13 44 years of service due to ill health. Dr. Hubert Ketelle notes her tireless work, 239 members added, 204 infants baptized, and numerous funeral services conducted across Wolsey Wayland Bonilla and Hurley in South Dakota communities.
Congress imposes new limits on arms and war supplies to belligerents and requires cash payments and foreign-flag shipping for such shipments. Ships may withdraw from North Atlantic routes with 50 to 100 vessels affected. Mediterranean travel remains possible to Spain Italy Turkey Greece and Near East under safe zone. Poland remains listed as belligerent despite occupation.
The City of Flint was to proceed toward Glasgow possibly under convoy after Norwegian authorities interned the prize crew and ordered release for medical care. Berlin blamed humanitarian motives, while Oslo protested German interference with neutral rights. In London shipping circles the freighter was forecast to reach Glasgow in about four days.
A nine year old poured dirty used motor oil on water during an outdoor baptism as a congregation watched. Two women were splattered and a police judge ordered a spanking for the boy. In Oklahoma City a couple misread their coffee and found shaving cream glass and a bobby pin in the pot. In St Paul a nurse training dummy Mrs Chase was abducted from Bethesda Hospital bed and cloths worth about 115 dollars were stolen.
Caroline Hibberd an 18 year old bride murdered by her husband William E Hibberd aged 20 after he confessed an urge to kill. He surrendered in Brattleboro Vermont after a sleepless night and said he had been treated by a Springfield psychiatrist with no motive beyond the urge to kill.
Two steamers the Sig, a 12400 ton Norwegian vessel, and the Canada, an 11108 ton Danish ship, were said sunk by explosions. Fifteen Sig crew survived and were landed on England's northeast coast. several crew members are missing. The Canada was damaged by an explosion and five tugs worked through the night to assist, with no confirmed deaths.
Beadle County Sanitarium invites visitors Sunday afternoon to attend an Adult Education Bible class run by Mrs Averil Henningsen. This inaugural demonstration during Education Week features singers and will discuss The Place of Religion in Our Democracy. All are welcome.
The Columbus Evening Dispatch announced a price increase to two cents per copy, continuing its status as one of the few one cent daily papers in major cities.
Police blamed the outlawed Irish Republican Army for a series of fires in seven West End street corner mailboxes. The incident halted mail service briefly as investigators traced the arson to IRA renewal activity reported today.
South Dakota life insurance leaders concluded the 72nd annual National Association of Life Underwriters sales congress at Hughitt Hotel. Earl W. Lemonds reported on the convention and Senator Taft recorded a tribute to life insurance. The SD association described the event as its most successful, with 335 units and about 35 600 members. The annual banquet previewed the 1940 sales congress to be held in Rapid City.
Wortswilen Nov 4 The Kansas Pipeline and Gas Co and North Dakota Consumer Gas Co moved to file formal loan applications with the Reconstruction Finance Corp RFC for funding of proposed natural gas pipelines. The Federal Power Commission indicated no loan evidence yet and expects a formal request showing eligibility. APR projections cited loan sizes of 21.47 million dollars and 4.243 million dollars respectively.
Dr C W Pugsley president of Slash Dakota State College is reported resting nicely after an operation in Rochester Minnesota Friday afternoon. The illness was thought gall stones but surgery revealed a small cancerous tumor pressing against the gall bladder.
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