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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1943
Page
2
Armour Market steady to strong with hogs at 14.15 top for lightweights. Cattle and sheep also steady. Falls area reports prices around 14.35 for cattle and 13.25 to 14.00 for cows and heifers, with various lot weights listed.
New York reports show mixed results with hogs and cattle steadier. Corn and wheat futures move narrowly with cash grain prices steady to higher in Minneapolis and regional quotes.
Hog receipts of 8 000 head were nearly double last week. Ceiling for hogs over 140 pounds at 14 75. lighter hogs 14.00 to 14 25 after 25 to 50 cent declines. Cattle calves and yearlings moved, with heavy steers up to 16 75 and yearlings to 18 50, stockers weak, vealers steady. Sheep market mixed with western lambs not yet established, native lambs 13 75 to 14 50 and western yearlings 11 75 to 12 25.
Cattle receipts around 6500 head mainly slaughter cattle. prices mixed with good to choice steers 14.50 to 16.00, heavy angus at 18.50, cows 9.50 to 15.75, bulls 11.25, stocker trades slow. calves up to 15.00. hogs 12,000 with unchanged prices. sows similar. vealers 12.50 to 14.50. sheep 7500 with weak undertone. overall market varied and not fully established.
Sioux City Iowa October livestock sale results show cattle salable 2200 calves 100 demand mixed with prime fed steers and yearlings at 14.00 to 15.50 with top grades 15.50. heifers steady. cows strong. hogs 2600 sold with good to choice quality around 14.45 per cwt. sheep 2500 fat lambs and breeding ewes steady to higher as shearing lambs 78-80 pounds traded steady.
Watertown livestock prices show hogs steady with butchers at 13.25 to 14.18, sows 13.75 to 14.05, sheep steady with lambs 12.50 to 13.25, feeding lambs 10.00 to 12.50, yearlings 8.00 to 11.00, ewes 3.00 to 5.00, cattle steady.
Daily market ranges from Huron Sioux Falls Mitchell Watertown New York and Chicago for heavy hens leghorns springs heavy cocks and eggs. Prices shown include butterfat per grade and various weights with several cities noting unchanged ceilings. Entities include Huron Sioux Falls Mitchell Watertown New York Chicago and Evening Huronite.
Chicago October reports show heavy disappearance of feed grains as government crop data released. Wheat rose to a seasonal high, barley and rye gained modestly while farm stocks on October 1 showed a sizable year over year decline. Final prices indicated broad gains with wheat up about a cent and rye advancing over one cent.
Chicago futures and cash grain prices for wheat rye and barley shown with only partial figures. Includes Wheat No 1 dark northern May and Dec bids and daily open high low close ranges, rye and barley data fragments from an old market page.
In New York the market finished the day mixed after a quiet rally in the final hour. Rail and industrials had fallen on news of Italy aligning with the Allies. gains came from International Telephone, American Cable and Radio, GM, Con Edison, Southern Railway, Goodyear, and United Airlines amid war news and shifting Argentine sentiment. Trading volume was about 600,000 shares.
A dense AP sourced list shows varied percentage figures and names like BoeingAir AmAirlines CurtissWrt GenMotors USGypsum and JCPenney, alongside many unfamiliar corporate tags and d0 % style annotations, suggesting a stock or market quotation page with percent indicators and entity codes across industries. The fragmentary text reads as a catalog of company identifiers with percentage figures, punctuated by symbols and odd spacing, implying a historical financial or trading board snapshot.
Sixty three hours after a bicycle collision in Huron, Burton Wheeler remained unconscious in a local hospital with a severe skull injury. His son Floyd, riding another bike, was also hurt with bruises and lacerations but is resting comfortably. Several others were admitted to hospitals in Wessington, Exline and De Smet for medical and surgical care.
Journalist notes Ernest Lundeen and Wendell Willkie referenced in a heated exchange. Smith urged demonstrations of attitude and challenged the Republican candidate to meet him in public for a debate. He claimed America Firsters defeated Willkie at Mackinac Island and criticized England and Winston Churchill and Joe Stalin shaping policy.
Huron Lions Club observed National Bible Week at a noon luncheon with talks by Rev. Earl Longfellow and Rev. Joseph Gray and an exhibit of old bibles from community sources. Sgt. Eisenhower message cited via Lontrnl. Gray traced bible history from Hebrew and Greek to English editions around 1600 and Dutch around 1700. War Fund campaign kickoff announced for October 19, four new members inducted, guests Rev. Paul Mallory and Dean Fred Plachy.
Evelyn Henderson, nine, showed progress after a second skin graft from Daniel Donahue, a life-term convict. The operation, performed yesterday under Dr. Herbert M. Goddard, followed a severe burn that left her near death months earlier.
The GTA convention featured warnings that price manipulation will end after the war. Thatcher cited GTA assets including grain elevators mills and mills and yards and noted profits are shared with producer members. He said farmers unions may handle farm machinery and presented a $4,478 educational fund check to President Skage as the organization’s share of net earnings.
A city official announced interest in a bear related matter last night, noting potential actions or proposals. The statement referenced ongoing concerns about wildlife and public safety, with no immediate enforcement steps disclosed.
In the Southwest Pacific Gen. MacArthur’s HQ reports four P-47 Thunderbolts engaged 32 Japanese fighters over Wewak New Guinea. The four fighters escaped unscathed and Col N E Kearby of Dallas and San Antonio claimed five planes, plus two probable, boosting his score to ace status. Survivors fled while other Japanese planes raided Guadalcanal and damaged shipping. Australian forces mop up near Finschhafen with 400 Japanese killed, as New Zealand troops enter Solomon Islands combat for the first time amid further clashes at Madang and Vella Lavella.
Five Sioux Falls minors were detained at a West 12th Street night spot after a disturbance late Tuesday. The jail suffered damage with basins torn from walls and water flooding cement floors. Officials said exact repair costs are hard to estimate during wartime. Individual questionings start Wednesday afternoon per Judge Lewis Larson.
Stockholm reports say Pope Pius XII plans to remain in Vatican City even if Rome becomes a battleground. The papal guard has been reinforced, but defense remains symbolic. Swiss guards ordered not to fire. Germans protect the Vatican, but no intrusion or clashes reported. The Pope declined a German offer of refuge in Liechtenstein. The Vatican, small and self contained, relies on Italy for utilities and hosts about 1,100 residents including diplomats.
A wartime dispatch reports Badoglio informing Eisenhower that Italy’s king has declared war on Nazi Germany and will transfer the move to allied diplomacy. It notes Italian troops disarmed by Germans and Italian officials warning of savage German violence as they secure postarmistice actions and urge democratic constitutional choices.
Sioux Falls reports a coroner's jury found WAC Lt. Naomi Cheney died feloniously, with police to pursue murder leads. Doctors differed: one blamed automobile trauma, the other blows possibly from heavy footwear. Cheney's body lay in a ravine south of a viaduct on U.S. 16 near the Army Air Forces Radio School. Police hold a farmhand for questioning, awaiting solid leads to identify a suspect.
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved a revised plan to reorganize the bankrupt Minneapolis and St Louis Railroad without RFC aid. The plan eliminates a 4 million RFC loan and allows new companies to take over lines, with dividends restricted while indebted to RFC. The two new entities include the New Minneapolis and St Louis Railroad Corporation.
Ji S Fillis, 64, a pool operator from Hitchcock, died Tuesday at Rochester Minnesota hospital after a long illness. Funeral arrangements were not completed. Born May 3, 1879, in Amboy Tl, he married Eva O’Brien on December 6, 1910. Surviving: his widow, three sisters, and two brothers. Body at Welter Funeral Home, Huron, until services.
Paul I Tschetter of Huron pleaded guilty in municipal court this morning before Judge C N Hall to a charge of driving while intoxicated. He was fined 50 dollars and prohibited from driving for one year.
British papers greet Portugal for granting Britain naval and air bases in the Azores as proof of Germany’s waning strength. Commentary from London papers and Berlin radio reflect optimism that neutral nations may follow Portugal’s lead and help secure sea routes to Europe and the Middle East. Lisbon dispatches report British warships and troops in Azorean harbors with planes landing from carriers.
Mrs. William S. Linnett of 406 Ide Avenue Southeast died at 6,433 today after a heart attack last night. Born Sept 14, 1889 in Skarsted, Norway, Anna Nielsen came to the United States in 1915 settling in Pierre and married William S. Linnett in June 1915. The couple moved to Huron in 1935. She was a lifelong Lutheran and member of Colfax Rebekah Lodge No. in Huron. Survived by husband, one son, four daughters, a grandchild, one brother, two sisters. Funeral arrangements pending word from out-of-town relatives.
Lorna Meyer of Wolsey, daughter of Mr and Mrs C Meyer, was named editor of Alphomega at Huron College during a student association meeting. Meyer, a junior, also elected class president and Gamma Tau Rho leader. Grice Mano of Corcoran CA named associate editor for the year's last quarter. Assistants include Sate Lyman and Evon Prose. Ralph Wilkinson elected business manager.
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