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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1937
Page
2
ARMOUR STOCK YARDS HURON Oct 15 Hog market was steady to higher with top at 1013 receipts 200. Cattle steady. Sheep prices changed. Prices listed for various cattle grades including choice steers and yearlings dry fed and fair to good steers, heifers, and cows.
Sioux Falls Watertown Mitchell Sioux City and Chicago markets report poultry hens springs and roosters priced by weight and breed. Listings show No 1 and No 2 eggs butterfat prices and regional variations across Oct 15 to Oct 11 with figures for heavy and leghorn hens springs ducks geese and turkeys.
Wheat prices rose in Chicago with December futures up about 1.00, led by a 2.32 bushel overnight gain and a wider gap between Chicago and Liverpool quotes. Argentine rainfall this week remained below normal in the north, signaling drought pressures. December and May contracts showed notable gains, while New York prices for butter and dairy products moved firmer, and wheat-related potato and other commodity reports noted steady to higher activity in assorted markets.
Chicago reports hog values rising 10 to 15 cents from yesterday with a top at 11.25 as receipts total 7900, including 2000 sent to packers. Slaughter demand steady for cattle, lambs, and other sheep while feeding lambs show little market action. calves about 500.
Chicago livestock prices listed with hogs 7,000 head, higher by 10 to 15 cents, top hogs at 11.25, calves 500, steady on slaughter classes, yearling steers light, cows 6.75 to 6.50, sheep 7,000 head with fat lambs mostly steady, choice lambs around 10.85 to 9.0, natives and ewes noted with various prices, market activity described as strong for vealers and select cattle.
Friday reports from Sioux Falls and St Paul show cattle and calves steady to higher, hogs up to 10.25 with weights 180 to 240 pounds steady to 5 higher, and sows down. Sheep and stockers mixed with indications of steady to higher demand across classes, with regional variations noted in prices and quotations.
A municipal court verdict in favor of Group Sales Corporation of New York against Habicht Habicht Company for 106.18 arises from a goods dispute. T H Luby represents the plaintiff with B M Russell for the defense. Judge pro tem B B McCluskey presided during the October term. A following city case against Irene Robinson and Alma Winckler on related charges was set to proceed.
Dean Stallings of South Dakota State College Brookings was elected president of the South Dakota Library Association at the 31st annual conference. Elizabeth Barber of Tyndall was named vice president and Mary Parmeree of Watertown became secretary treasurer. The group also discussed certification plans and a memorial room for a late librarian, with conference closing sessions featuring talks by Mrs. A. C. Severin of Brookings and I. D. Weeks of South Dakota University.
In New York trading Oct 19 volatility dominated as tickers flickered and then recovered, led by steel and related shares. Chrysler weakness weighed on the late swing though gains narrowed, transfers around 2.5 million shares. Government and farm loan bonds closed mixed with notable activity in U S dollar and franc exchange markets.
Los Angeles reports a sunspot cycle nearing maximum, potentially in November or December. Observers at Mount Wilson note 13.8 in September and 7.3 at peak of last cycle, while this peak may exceed earlier records and disrupt shortwave radio, telegraph, and ship compasses amid magnetic disturbances and aurora sightings.
Paroles granted by Gov Leslie Sensor include 13 inmates led by Jensen Stienstra of Sioux City who served half a 10 to 20 year bank robbery term. Stienstra, jailed since 1922 for an $800 Alcester bank holdup, was seized after a Florida arrest, with other paroles and commutations listed for multiple offenders across South Dakota counties.
President Roosevelt outlined mediation as the first step at Brussels for the Sino Japanese dispute within the nine power conference. He declined market commentary and cautioned on future US actions, noting no formal invitation yet and uncertainty over who would represent the United States.
Moscow reports twenty two more death sentences for agricultural wrecking brought by courts in eastern Siberia where officials accused of harming collective farmers and mismanaging grain storage face capital punishment. Four grain spoilers near Vladivostok were also condemned for warehouse failures forcing grain to spoil.
Detroit executives weigh next move after Harry Bennett threatened plant closure over an intolerable labor dispute. Kansas City police reportedly refused protection to unescorted Ford officials as 3,000 workers sat idle during a shiftover to 1938 production. Union leaders denounced the rift between CIO and other unions, noting a new Ford employes group forming in Kansas City.
In Watertown the North American Creamery Co creamery and poultry departments shut down indefinitely after company executives rejected union demands for revised hours and scales. Manager Hal Latterell said the plant would close to avoid labor disputes, leaving about seventy workers unemployed as the firm could not meet union demands.
Vermillion is the scene of a mysterious fire fatality as 46 year old Mrs William Foster died after running from her home with clothing blazing. Witnesses describe her as a “naming human flame” while Dr W G Rosencrans treated her. clothing burned to a charred mass. Authorities believe the fire started from the kitchen stove with no explosion detected.
Denver reports the CIO and AFL consider a joint peace conference with ten representatives from each side to discuss bases for broader peace negotiations. George Harrison of the AFL calls the CIO proposal promising, while William Green of the AFL defers comment until official word arrives.
John E. Garrity was elected commander of Fel Crest VFW Post No. 1771 at the regular meeting. Other officers include John Marmon senior vice commander Wik bur RB Ainslee junior vice commander Earl A. Harrell quartermaster George E. Longstahl judge advocate Dr. Denalc M. Vance surgeon Albert Timperley trustee Emery G. Smith chaplain Walter J. Backman commander’s aide. Garrity, a 1917 Marine veteran, served in France with the Second Regiment Air Service mechanics, then in the French Tank Corps and U S Motor Transportation Corps. He was twice cited by France, wounded April 1918, and later regained hearing. Members plan to attend a gathering at Hengebee next Sunday.
Clouded skies and rising tempest sweep Huron with hints of rain or snow as federal forecaster Penelievielt predicts likely precipitation tonight and Saturday. Snow fell in parts of South Dakota then melted quickly as temperatures hovered above zero. Watertown reported 20s and Sioux Falls stayed above 30.
A cool wave spread from the Midwest to the South with freezing readings north of the Mason-Dixon line. Northwestern Missouri and central Iowa reported high snow as temperatures dipped into the 20s in northern Florida and the Gulf region. Asheville North Carolina noted 8 degrees in the mountains while Nashville touched the 30s. Readings rose yesterday across the Midwest Valley and parts of the April Grevi es Region with light frost lingering in the deep south.
Fragmented classified item notes list storm windows screens and a Ford travel box. Also mentions a five room house for sale or rent with furnished or unfurnished options and an engine. Miscellaneous brand names and odd phrases appear without clear context.
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