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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1930
Page
6
A Columbus Day observance halted join and finance markets across the United States with reports from Sioux City Sioux Falls and Chicago livestock exchanges. Cattle hogs sheep and produce prices vary by region as traders note slower demand and mixed gains or losses across daily floor bids and seasonal adjustments.
Saturday's quotations show Armour stockyards in Huron with a 10 to 5 decline. The day’s top price reached 9.00 dollars. Receipts totaled 1800.
Wheat futures eased to near the day’s low as selling pressure rose from weak stocks and two holidays ahead. December fell about 2 percent, May down around 2 cents, while corn and oats showed mixed declines. Demand remained uneven with light winter wheat offerings and fair to good demand for durum and light lots.
Duluth Saturday market notes show flax futures at 173 175 active as October and November contracts display modest gains. Durum prices list No 1 Amber Durum at 716 73 percent and No 2 at 735 7, with mixed durum around 63 124 and other No 2 values near 68 72 percent.
Minneapolis market notes list ranges for grains and commodities. Wheat No 1 dark northern 63 13, No 2 dark northern 80 %, No 2 mixed wheat 6 Bits, No 3 hard winter 76 14, durum and amber durum prices, corn 82 83 ts, oats 32 fifths, flax barley rye and spelt prices shown for Huron Chain Market and others.
Market notes from Huron South Dakota describe butterfat, eggs, and poultry pricing furnished by Swit Co Buck Brothers and Ole Fousters. Entries reference Leghorn hens heavy springs and egg classifications No 1 No 2 with weights and daily variations. Prices change without notice per market conditions.
New York stocks saw selling ease from the day’s heavy advances as profit taking and normal reaction amid a rally prior month. About 1,720,000 shares traded as U S Steel and several majors fell two to four points with Allied Chemical down but General Theatres close little lower amid a weak closing tone.
A dense listing of stock prices and ratios across many companies and sectors. Includes Am Cham, Dye, Am Loco, Am Sth, Am Sug, United Fruit, Studebaker, Packard, Pullman, Radio Corp, Western Union, and numerous other rail, manufacturing, and utility names. Values show percent changes, prices, and abbreviations for exchanges, with scattered company initials and cross listings.
A dense listing of radio programming for Monday and Tuesday with extensive station calls, show titles, and times. Notable outlets include WEAF New York NBC, KSTP in Minneapolis, WABC New York CBS, KMOX St. Louis, WGN Chicago, and numerous others detailing hours for orchestras, variety shows, and programs like Half Hour in Capital and Amos and Andy. The schedule shows a wide spread of sister stations and networks, with many orchestral broadcasts and light entertainment across the day and night.
San Francisco report on Harold Bromley the so called hard luck flyer who pursues a non stop Pacific flight. Despite crashes and a fatal test pilot accident Bromley presses on with a third Lockheed low wing monoplane built for the attempt aided by backers including John Buffelon. Bromley and navigator Harold Gatty plan a Tokyo hop then westward flight, facing permits, fuel, and weather hurdles as Tacoma and Seattle supporters stand by with cash offers and risks mounting.
Vatican City unveils a tiny government line of 2.693 feet amid heavy engineering work. Construction began April 1929, with a long viaduct requiring demolition and deep piles to counter subterranean water. Final cost estimated between 20,200,000 and 24,000,000 lire, around 300,000 to 1,250,000 dollars.
An experiment in quarrying colored sandstone is under way near Orleans Indiana. Promoters intend to persuade architects of skyscrapers to employ the stone for color effects.
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