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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1941
Page
12
French Foreign Legion soldiers pack beef tallow in boots to resist blistering from long desert hikes. They supplement with rubbing spirits, a method said to be more effective than socks for foot comfort.
The state crop and livestock service reports a nine percent gain above parity for farm products, with the price index rising to 140 percent of the 1910-14 average. Grains led a broad advance. corn rose 60 cents, wheat 94, oats 84, barley 49, all up sharply for the month ending September 15.
On September 15, dairy prices rose sharply with the Dex price 32 points above a year prior and the month’s high since 1930. Milk production stayed at record highs while demand for milk products increased. Milk wholesale rose to 1.85 per hundredweight, butter climbed to 38 cents per pound, and margarine to 35 cents. Poultry prices showed mixed movement with chicken and egg prices mixed, poultry at 13.7 cents per pound, and eggs at 247 cents per dozen. Meat animals surged 64 points from last year, led by hog price increases. cattle 9.90 per hundredweight, calves 10.90, sheep 4, lambs 10.20, hogs 11. Utilities show miscellaneous up 19 points year over year. Potatoes 60 cents per bushel, wool 37 cents, flaxseed 1.85, hay 4.90, horses 55 per head, mules 66.
The Associated Press reports a four day air raid scenario climaxing with a blackout in Portland. Police Chief Harry Niles voices irritation as civilian defense officials note October 31 Halloween night.
The rural credit department reports a surge of interest after a brief newspaper and radio advertising campaign. Millard G. Scott notes 15,000 booklets exhausted as 74 offers were received and 64 approved, selling 21,499 acres for 107,785 dollars, averaging 5.01 per acre, with most sales in West River counties or those bordering the Missouri.
Two groups of one arm chairs placed across the corridor from the council chamber directed councilmen to eat at Thursday noon so they would reach the 2 o'clock sessions on time. Evansville police report a gun battle in a grocer’s store with snapping firing pins and a later arrest. A Kansas City mix up sees Martha Atkinson remark on a man’s caramel search. An old tale notes Strobeck Germany’s home of chess claim from over 400 years ago.
The article contends Russia must be kept capable through winter and emerge strong in spring to influence the European balance for the Allies. The assessment emphasizes wartime strategy and shifting power dynamics.
A comical kangaroo at San Francisco Zoo is described as sad as her seven month old wallaroo public emergence is delayed. Staff note no coming out planned for the joey, highlighting a calm, humorous zoo moment amid uncertainty.
The fragment discusses possible hammering at Ukraine and a future swing if Russian and British forces in the Middle East hold, noting England’s wealth and a reference to high earners. The text is fragmented and unclear about concrete events.
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