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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1936
Page
2
Prices on hogs rose with top at 32.00 in Huron market as receipts neared 500 head. Cattle steadier with fed steers and yearlings stronger, calves uneven. Chicago and South Saint Paul reports show mixed gains in hogs, cattle and sheep reflecting fall demand and cooler weather.
Fragmented pricing notes show 4 lbs and under poultry lots, leghorn and Jersey giants for sale, various egg grades and cases, and November prices. Chicago reports steady poultry and storage butter demand, with turkeys and ducks priced by weight and breed names referenced.
Markets stacked with poultry and grain figures from Huron to Sioux Falls. Hens, springs, turkeys, geese and ducks show varied weights and prices. Butterfat and No. 1/No. 2 grades listed. Wheat and Barley futures cited in grain card. Local towns Woonsocket Mitchell Watertown Sioux Falls noted with date Nov 6.
Sioux City market notes show calves, steers, yearlings and heifers with varied price ranges. Slaughter pigs and sows steady, sheep offerings limited with no early fat lamb activity. Market indicators suggest steady to higher trade as feeders and undertakers align with demand.
Sioux Falls on Friday reports hogs trading with mixed demand. Hogs 1,200 head, top 9.25, bulk around 8.75. Butchers steady at about 1.005 to 1.025, sows around 0.85. Cattle steady with limited quotes.
An Associated Press style note reports Chicago butter futures seeing mixed moves on Friday with varied highs and lows. Market activity showed attention to storage and refrigerator standards while traders tracked November prices and December settling figures.
Chicago market notes show US russet and Colorado McClures moving with steady supplies and moderate demand. Prices listed for US No 1 and No 2 russets, Colorado McClures and Wisconsin round whites, with Michigan russets and Idaho varieties mentioned among available stock and quality indicators.
The U S dollar closed today at 21.64 francs in official trade, equivalent to 4.621 cents per franc, compared with the overnight New York rate of 4.620 cents. The rate movement shows a marginal shift as markets hold to a narrow band. The report reflects routine currency valuation in the foreign exchange market.
Wheat futures eased toward the close as corn and soybeans showed strength. May and July wheat fell to around 1.23 and 1.28 respectively, with flax and oats steady to mixed, while cash wheat demand remained weak and cash grain receipts were noted in Minneapolis and Duluth markets.
Minneapolis grain markets show carlot grain sales ranges for wheat and other grains with No 3 dark northern and No 2 hard winter quoted, plus flour shipments and patent flour prices in Minneapolis on Friday. Limited text lists barley rye and other items not fully quoted, with stock and bank references in brief.
New York stocks faced a delaying selloff as leaders retreated from recent highs. The day featured fluctuating activity with transfers around 2.7 million shares and broad gains in major industrials offset by widespread profit-taking across sectors and bond activity in government issues.
City Manager Dew J Sears reports WPA projects in Wares are rapidly nearing completion. The airport administration building will be finished before year’s end, with a two story cut stone structure, weather observation penthouse, and dedicated rooms. Park work includes dam under Fourth Street, Ravine Lake beach grading, tree plantings, road regrades, and baseball diamond layout. Old wooden bridge on Fifteenth Street replaced by concrete box. Third Street dam work beautifies Burans entrance. shoreline between Third Street and Chicago and North Western bridges to be reshaped.
Roosevelt returns to Washington as labor groups press for major Social Security Act changes. AFL leaders plan to urge Congress to shift the payroll tax entirely to employers, linking unemployment relief to the budget. Some expect moves toward NRA objectives, wage and hour reform, and constitutional amendment talk to address broader economic issues.
Representative William T. Sirovich of New York outlined a modified NRA measure to be introduced in Congress next January. He described four core principles including a living wage for all workers, prohibition of labor exploitation, a maximum work week, abolition of child labor, and the right to collective bargaining.
Quadruplet girls born to Mme Le Touarer in a Breton village, wife of Yves Le Touarer a road worker. Two local physicians say mother and four infants are doing well. The couple previously had three children. Associated Press report.
Returns show a record total near 200000 votes in South Dakota's general election despite bad weather. Roosevelt leads with 16221 to 122979 for Governor Landon and 872 for Lemke, totaling 291801. The prior record was 293895 in 1984.
Washington reports attribute Congress and the administration committee drafting a federal crop insurance plan met with eighteen representatives from the warehouse industry. They discussed storage methods for good and bad crop years and potential need for vast storage facilities to avoid market burden, with Secretary Wallace seeking cooperative solutions.
George Timms a 49 year old Manchester farmer fatally collapsed at the Armoun yards while delivering live stock. He and trucker Francis Peckenpovegh were unloading hogs when a pig escaped and Timms fell ill. Ambulance arrived too late and he died. Body taken to Kinyan Funeral Home.
An official report says two more insurgent planes shot down in Alea Be Henares and Leganes sectors. In a savage assault with bayonets and grenades, Pascist troops captured EL QUEERA DE LOS ANGELES two miles southeast of Getafe. several militiamen were killed and many captured. Madrid women join civil defense while authorities urge mobilization of men and labor to defend the capital. British worry over civilians and prisoners, and Rome plans Anglo Italian commercial accord to restore relations. Hospital notices list admissions and discharges, including Mrs. Guy Woodard and S. J. Ashmore.
Pacific Coast shipping stalls into second week as 37 000 union workers strike. Assistant Labor Secretary McGrady seeks peace while 350 vessels are strikebound. Food shipments feared. Alaska and Hawaii cut off, White House urged for aid. Harbor cargoes delayed and longshoremen assess cargo valuation as ships remain idle.
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