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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1932
Page
8
Market reports show cattle and calves steady while sheep fall 15 cents to 50 cents. Hog receipts around 1,000 with prices 20 lower, tops near 2.80. Totals include cattle 8,000 and calves 2,000 with tight demand and limited slaughter acceptance across classes and weights.
Chicago and Minneapolis report broad price weakness in hogs and futures. Hog receipts high with bids 10 to 15 cents under Monday, good to choice lights and butchers at 3.30 to 3.40, loin futures down, cattle trading modestly affected by weather. Wheat futures soften in Chicago with December down, cash wheat steady amid fair demand. Minneapolis carlot ranges show mixed protein millgrades. Duluth cash closes show varying wheat quotes across grades, with barley firm and oats mixed.
Sioux City and St Paul markets report cattle, hogs, and sheep with mixed tone. Cattle showing slow demand for slaughter and weaker rosters, hogs down 10 to 15, feeders steady, lambs and veal softer. Chicago reports a large hops number and direct sales.
Market notes from Huron and Sioux Falls cover poultry and meat products, eggs and butter, hides, wool and tallow, with figures for live birds, dressed poultry, turkeys, ducks, geese, and beef. Prices are given for No 1 hides, wool grades, and cattle, pigs, and farm products in mid November trading.
The Association of life insurance presidents reported October new written insurance down 11 percent from October 1931. Ten months total new business reached 7,051,263,000 dollars, a 15.7 percent drop from the prior year.
About 75 attendees gathered at the Elks clubrooms in Huron for morning and afternoon meetings of the South Dakota Farm Bureau federation. A. W. Palm opened the program with greetings from G. B. Kennard and Lee Cummins. District agents and guests heard talks on State Farm sales and insurance service. The group plans to move on to Bismarck for North Dakota sessions tomorrow.
Cast members from Mr. Finn Passes By presented samples for the Lions Club today before the lunch meeting. William Quicke Dinah Mary Starling and Jasper Moulton performed roles while Esther Mace directed the show for Huron College Campus Players. RT Schaeffer urged support for the Red Cross Roll Call as part of the program.
The stock market fluctuated with a heavy undertone in afternoon trading in New York. U.S. Steel, American Can, DuPont and Dow Jones steel peers fell about one point while Coca Cola and American Telephone showed weakness. Union Pacific held slight gains late. Transfers reached about a million shares.
Closing quotations show varied stock codes and percent figures for many firms. The text reads like a historical market snippet with percentages and company abbreviations such as Armour, Amoco, AT&T, Chrysler, Am Can, Anaconda, Borden, and Gera Kastmai. Names are incomplete, and figures are irregular across entities without clear context or dates.
City stock market digest from Minneapolis compiled by the Associated Press notes small movements in key indices and shares across several local firms as trading data trickles in from morning sessions.
Nearly a hundred volunteers canvassed Beadle County urging Red Cross memberships in a drive aiming for 1,200 members. Leaders from Rotary Lions and service clubs urged support, calling the Red Cross a vital national institution and relief agency in wartime.
Pierre November 15 The capitol building commission finally approved the $285000 statehouse annex with the exception of lighting fixtures. Inspectors noted the nearly completed structure yesterday and withheld payments for lighting equipment due to a delay in furnishing fixtures. The commission was assured the lighting will be supplied within a few days.
National convention dates for the American Legion are set for October 2 through 5 in Chicago next year after action by the national executive committee. An invitation to hold the 1937 convention in Paris, France was presented but no official action was taken.
Governor General Theodore Roosevelt will depart Manila for Jolo to investigate the Moro on flag situation after a month of fighting that has left 60 dead. The Sultan of Sulu plans to join in seeking settlement and will depart on November 24. Moro outlaws have attacked a constabulary truck driver and a Sulu farmer accused of spying.
Chicago reports a Pied Piper figure luring aristocratic dogs with a special food. Missing are high breeding pets like Jimmys Betsy and Tomas, believed sold at a kennel the police have not yet located. The suspect carries dog food in an outside pocket and entices dogs to follow to his car.
John J. Murphy of Pierre South Dakota president of the National Association of railroad and utilities commissioners spoke at Hot Springs opening session of the 10th annual convention. He called for cooperation from Congress and federal and state regulators to improve utility regulations and aid both the public and utilities. He urged Congress to clarify the law governing interurban transportation regulation.
President Hoover and President-elect Roosevelt discussed possible talks on war debts and disarmament. Roosevelt indicated willingness to confer in Washington while managing duties as New York governor and travel plans to Warm Springs. Messages of support poured in as both leaders considered a formal, personal meeting before the next administration.
The Campus Players at Huron College, seven years old, present Mr Pim Passes By at the Eureka Auditorium Friday night. Since 1924 Miss Margaret Robas organized the Speech department and the group has grown into a top extracurricular activity. Theta Alpha Phi links with tryouts, and the club's reputation brings a large crowd. Meanwhile a one act play Hearts by Alice Garstonburg is being readied for the Fortnightly club. Cast includes Juane de Kucha Evelyn Wayne Mary Jane Watson and Ivon Smith.
In Sioux City on November 15, Floyd Neal, 32, pleaded guilty to second degree murder and received a 40 year sentence in the Iowa penitentiary for the slaying of Willard Callicot, a night watchman at the Sioux City Seed Co plant, during an attempted safe robbery July 2. Judge Robert E. Munger handed down the verdict. Neal’s two companions, Le y Panghorn and Jerry Brooks, received lengthy sentences earlier.
New York Navy notes the annual convention of the National Association of Manufacturers hears tariff committee report in support of the tariff commission form of administration and opposition to general tariff revisions. The report argues that broad congressional changes invite political manipulation, hamper industry, and fail to yield improvements.
In Cincinnati on November 15 the milk supply scare ended as union drivers and dealers agreed to arbitrate a proposed two percent wage cut. The three day strike saw beaten substitutes, overturned wagons, suspended deliveries, and heavy police calls as residents found milk back on their doorstep upon waking.
At the hospitals admitted are Mrs Ethel Glazier of Huron for surgery and Mrs Jack Barrager of Huron for surgery. Dismissed are Agnes Goodrich of Iroquois, Mrs H Hough of Huron, Charlotte Corkins of Soren, and Mrs F C Cammant baby of Vir et.
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