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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1942
Page
2
Armour Stockyards Huron November 4 reports hog market steady with extremes at 13.75 for top hogs and 13.70 for sows. Cattle and sheep also steady. calves sold around 41.00 to 42.00, total sales near 3 800. Sioux Falls on November 4 shows hogs up to 19.90 top, bulk 13.60, cattle fully steady with unchanged quotes.
Daily price report from Huron markets via telephone lists heavy springs and hens by weight, roosters, and butterfat alongside grain quotes for wheat and rye. New York commodities section covers butter creamery eggs cheese mixed colors and pullets with market firming notes. Chicago live poultry prices show hens and smaller weights steady with other prices unchanged.
Chicago markets show lighter hog receipts than estimates with hogs up 10 to 20 cents and top choice hogs at 14.75. Cattle demand remains good with various weights listed. slaughter lambs steady. Sheep, calves, and feeder trends mixed with feeders and fat cattle holding, best fed cattle near 14.75 and heavy weights around 17.00.
Livestock prices and totals from Sioux City and St Paul show cattle, hogs, and sheep markets with alfalfa, weights, and ranges. Cattle demand firm with gains to 15 higher on some classes. hogs steady to 10 higher. lambs and dairy cows noted in regional quotes.
In Watertown and Sioux Falls market notes dated November 4, various poultry categories and weights are listed with prices. White rock, colored, leghorn, heavy hens, roosters, ducks, geese, and hens eggs show scattered prices and weight ranges, alongside butterfat No 1 and No 2 prices.
Sioux City reports current poultry and egg prices with weight categories for hens and cocks including leghorn and heavy breeds. Butter creamery and cream prices also listed with grade designations and current receipts.
The Boston wool market showed quiet trading with small domestic and foreign lots sold at unchanged prices. Buyers were active in Buenos Aires with slightly lower prices reported, and rumors of potential downward revisions for British controlled wools.
Chicago grain prices fall as rye weakens after early session gains. Wheat moves up while overall contracts hit seasonal lows. The December rye futures drop under 60 cents, the first such drop since October 1941, as other pits follow the downturn.
A county by county tabulation shows Tom Berry Democrat carrying only a few counties against Gov. Harlan Bushfield for the U S senate. Beadle County is among six or eight that gave Berry a majority while Day and Millette counties backed Bushfield. Hutchinson County reported a strong Bushfield lead based on 1 390 of 1 963 precincts.
Governor Stassen is re-elected and his picks for U S senator and lieutenant governor win, delivering an all Republican state administration. Several GOP incumbents and allies lead in congressional races while Democrats trail in top contests.
Markets show uneven action with price gains in corn and rye while wheat drifts. Cattle hold firm on select grades as rye and corn test higher. Minneapolis cash prices list multiple grain classes and yields. Trading notes include early profit taking in stocks and steady bonds with rails resistant to selling.
Fragmentary report notes Rankin and Yanes among local leaders with a party boost. Early tallies suggest around 800 votes more than half the boxes counted. MSM coverage mentions ships and a Tolay Army reference in unclear context.
London sources publish claim that Rudolf Hess sought to negotiate peace with Britain in 1941, described as an official ambassador. Sir Patrick Dollan of Glasgow cites a Daily Mail report, detailing Hess’s parachute entry and hospital stay while offering no official confirmation. Churchill had earlier noted Hess’s aim to gain access to British elites to alter government.
New York stocks fluctuated after election results sparked brisk buying. Early volume showed strength in select issues, with 750000 shares traded and Southern Pacific hitting a 1942 high as markets priced political outcomes.
A 1943 wartime regulation halted manufacture of safety razors for civilian use and restricted razor blades. The order limited distribution and required compliance within two months to meet all requirements.
District notes special event at Hitchcock School with stamp purchasing to support defense-related programs. Officials outline contests among students and the community, aiming to raise funds through stamp sales and related activities.
At Fort Benning Chaplain makes his first parachute jump and mutters a line about hoping his boss isn’t mad. The moment occurs as he stands in the doorway and hears the command to go. A jump-master jokes about his remark.
Beadle County voters reported 2,337 for Best Vote Getter Mrs Hoy and 2,218 for the runner up as 48 precincts reported. Incumbents J B McAllister and Ray Hedlund won. E A Pugsley and B A Radcliffe lost. Amendment D passed narrowly, while many state and local races showed party lines with Republican and Democratic contenders.
Rome radio in Italian broadcast asserts U S elections rebuff President Roosevelt. CBS recorded report says Republican gains show U S discontent with reverses and with promises to keep the country out of war.
Webster Democrat Governor candidate Bicknell says he congratulated Republican nominee Sharpe on victory and accepts the result without personal regret. He notes the Republicans won a clean-cut statewide win and assume full responsibility for state governance.
Historical weather data shows the highest temperature one year ago at 39 and the lowest at minus 30. The all time high for this date is 73 with a record low of 0. Month to date totals are 1 and 0. Normal month to date is 0.8. Year to date totals are 25.36 with normal 19. Sunch rise at 8 14 a m and set at 6 20 p m.
Scattered light showers in Huron turning to snow flurries with windy conditions up to 35 mph. Temperatures near 25 to 30 degrees tonight. South Dakota faces light snow and colder conditions spreading across the state this afternoon through tonight with a colder Thursday forecast.
A mixed, damaged OCR fragment lists requests and ads: a passenger heading for Rochester, a girl or woman needed as a cook for a home in Huron, a room for rent heated, sale of a studio lounge, a ride request to Seattle with Marion Landon in Iroquois, and a new black plush coat for sale.
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