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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1940
Page
2
Armour Stock Yards reports hog prices top at 5.50 with receipts about 800. Cattle 200 and sheep 500 steady. Mitchell, Sioux City and Watertown markets show varied spring chick and egg prices, butterfat quotes, and calf and lamb ranges, with overall steadiness in hogs and cattle.
Sioux City and Sioux Falls livestock totals for Thursday show cattle receipts 1500 with mixed results, hogs 4500 mostly steady, and sheep 1300 with slaughter classes steady. Beef steers and yearlings strong, hogs top near 5.95, sows around 5.60, lambs 9.00 9.15, ewes 2.50 4.00, Castile steady.
Regional market update lists various live poultry prices for heavy hens, leghorns, springs, old roosters, ducks, geese, and eggs. Also shows butterfat and butter prices, with separate figures from Sioux Falls and Watertown markets for November 21. Local ranges include hens at 4% lbs or more and other weights with cents per pound.
Mr and Mrs Earl Scotter of Laramie Wyo arrived Wednesday night by airplane and visit until tomorrow morning with Mr Scotter s parents and friends They flew to Huron from Laramie in the Stinson instrument training ship of Plains Airways He assists in training students at Plains Airways one of the large warning schools There are 60 students 20 advanced who will go directly into the army or navy Mr Scotter will be promoted to advanced instructing January 1 They reported the trip to Huron uneventful except for clouds and light snow
NEW KENSINGTON, Pa November 21 A walkout of about 50 CIO unionists halted operations at the Aluminum Company of America sheet mill which handles aviation and other defense orders. John Haser IUAW local business agent said workers were protesting failures of other sheet mill workers to pay dues. The mill employs about 200 with the plant totaling 7,500, but other divisions remained running.
A group of Huron hunters led by Charlie Kouf and including Jake, John, Frank Kouf and Marshall Kouf returned after ten days away, having killed five deer in five days near Rochford in the Limestone country south of Lead. The game included a 19 point, an 11 point, two eight points, and a five point.
Three men were injured today in an oil explosion at the Freedom Oil Company Works in Freedom Pennsylvania. The blast occurred as oil was being transferred from a storage tank to a tank truck. Patrolman Steve Rendes reported the truck was damaged by the fire after an unknown ignition.
Pierre reported new charges against Estella Hunt former game and fish department book keeper for trial on December 16 in Hughes County circuit court. She pleaded innocent to a complaint accusing her of obtaining 87.50 by false pretense and forgery by faking a department payroll. Assistant AG Charles Warren said retrial of William Bachelor rancher from Cherry County Nebraska for cattle rustling was set for December 9 at Winner in Tripp County.
London reports two daylight alerts as raiders moved over scattered towns in England. Anti aircraft fire repelled the second major raid on the Midlands with fires and bomb damage noted. British bombers hit German bases and a Lorient submarine base. Early morning all clear followed a night of limited activity after a nine hour Midlands raid previously caused heavy destruction and casualties.
A migrant worker at Camp Blanding welfare distribution walked miles for groceries then returned the 40 pound allotment after a paid worker offered to cover him until his paycheck arrived. He then retraced the two mile trek to his camp with the food for those in greater need.
John Simons of Selby pleaded guilty in municipal court to illegal possession of fawn deer after a Moan raid. Seven men were arrested. Simons did not appear at first. His attorney G T Michelson entered the plea. costs pushed the serben total over $500.
A U S Senate committee report details a German industry organization scheme tied to the Nazi embassy and Transocean News Service. It cites Manfred Zapp’s 1938 U S dispatches, a Berlin ministry bureau, and a board of trade plan for German American commerce with branches in Chicago New Orleans and San Francisco.
A typographical error in Tuesday's Evening Huronite claimed bondholders seek a $2,000 judgment against Huron. The true amount includes $18,000 principal plus interest, totaling about $21,000.
Arlington dispatch reports William Habel cashier of the First National Bank here died of a heart attack in Brookings while leading a banking class. His widow Dorothy Habel is his survivor along with two daughters. He was married to Dorothy, daughter of B. E. Beach of Huron. Beach was en route from Chicago and was notified. Mary Beach, Habels niece, was intercepted en route to Iowa City and is now in Arlington.
About 150 children from Custer and vicinity shared two Thanksgivings, first as dinner guests at CCC camps in Custer and Narrows and later at home. Each of two camps hosted 75 pupils chosen by the county nurse, social security director, and teachers, with entertainment after meals and transport by CCC trucks.
The Huron Rabbit Club will donate proceeds from its first rabbit hunt to the Iron Lung campaign. Members and neighboring sportsmen are urged to join the drive. Hunters meet at Myers Cigar Store at 7 p.m. for directions before the bunny roundup.
Thanksgiving coverage blends church services, President Roosevelt’s Thanksgiving worship at Hyde Park, and community holiday events. War news is deemphasized as Americans seek peace and normalcy amid global conflict. Also reports Red Owl executive death, local hospital admissions and dismissals.
Lord Halifax announced in the House of Lords that Britain proposed a trade agreement with Soviet Russia and believed the proposals could be acceptable. He also disclosed proposals for a compromise settlement over Soviet annexations and broader measures to build confidence between the two governments amid friction from last summer’s Baltic state absorptions.
Indianaplis November date reports the American Legion executive committee confirms reappointment of three national officers Milo J. Warner names John Ruddick Ralph Gregg and Thomas Owen Jr as national treasurer national judge advocate and national historian. The committee plans action on resolutions for defense and Americanism ahead of the 7th Congress with Hershey and Hikes speaking.
President Roosevelt indicated through a secretary that the nation's most efficient bomb sight remains a military secret and will not be released to Britain along with 46 bombing planes. The Norden sight is withheld while bombers sent to Britain use the Sperry sight, deemed obsolete by comparison.
In New Orleans on November 21 1973 ILGWU delegates with about 100000 members in the New York area gathered to weigh demands for higher wages. President David Dubinsky said the general executive meets quarterly to set a new contract after the current one expires February 1 1974. They aim to preserve the 35 hour week and may pursue a wage increase and a strike if needed.
Kenneth Christensen won the sweepstake prize for a coloring contest held by the Evening Huronite. Other color prize tickets went to Francis Blood Donna Frederickson Merrill Barringer Veda Hope Barringer Robert Brood Verla Wheeler Jammie Keelin Ruth Buck and Robert Kucera for best color pages from Huron and vicinity. Entries had to reach the newspaper office by 5 o'clock Wednesday following the Saturday contest.
The National Grange backed sending food to hungry neutral nations in Europe while urging continued defense and a strong police response to subversive acts. It opposed creating a federal education department, called for increased rural education funding, and asked changes to the Way Act to clarify agricultural labor status during its 74th annual convention.
Waoniva1un reports that the Senate labor committee will study a group of amendments to the Wagner Act next week following House approval of 15 changes. The proposals aim to alter the labor board’s actions, allow employer use of board services, let the President appoint a new three member board, and adjust procedures.
Sioux Falls reported a four inch snow cover with up to ten inches of snow measured in the city. Eastern South Dakota saw widespread wet snow, causing minor traffic issues and impaired communications as cold temperatures spread across the state after yesterday's warm highs.
Washington November 21 Four leading congressional tax chiefs were invited to an informal White House supper with President Roosevelt as the first step in a series of talks aimed at a broad revision of national tax laws to shape defenses and revenue. Invitations went to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Walter George Democrat Mississippi and House Ways and Means Chairman Robert Cooperr Democrat Tennessee.
The king and Churchill spoke on defense and Greece. They touted ordered freedom and security, praised Greek resistance, and promised Britain would aid Egypt and defend Suez while maintaining national guidance and responsibility to the Commons.
New and rebuilt Farm light plant batteries offered by Hellar Bush Machine Works.
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