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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1935
Page
2
Friday receipts at Armour Stock Yards in Huron totaled 150 with a fully steady market. Cattle, calves and sheep showed firm values across classes, with steers yearlings and heifers holding steady near top recent quotes and hogs, bulls, and lambs varying by weight and grade in a cautious trading day.
Markets section shows poultry and eggs from Swift & Co with heavy hens at 44 percent pounds or more, heavy springs at 41, light Leghorn springs noted. Wool market items from Bolles & Rogers and Huron Hide and Metal Co list No 1 hides under and over 45 pounds, cured hides prices, ball hides, and tallow values. Prices range up to 2.50 and 1.00 for various animal products.
Sioux City market news from Friday reports slaughter steers and yearlings with stock trade mixed and mostly steady. Buyers and sellers observe steady demand. prices unclear due to garbled OCR but indicate trimmed inventories and cautious bidding.
From Grain Bulletin market cards Sioux Falls Ost 18 reports mixed grain prices and poultry figures. It lists prices for No 1 dark northern corn No 1 mixed barley and other grains, plus detailed poultry and egg categories from Sioux City and Mitchell with weights and common market terms.
The Commercial Bulletin will publish wool quotations tomorrow listing current market prices and grades for Boston buyers and sellers. The notice indicates forthcoming price references and market guidance for traders and mills in the region.
The United States dollar closed on the foreign exchange market at 181715 francs, about 6.58 francs per cent, versus the New York overnight rate of 6.5925 francs per dollar. The report notes the Paris market as of Oct 1 with the USD to franc rate displayed.
Wheat futures finished higher with December and winter wheat up despite some delayed sellings. Corn eased slightly while oats and rye rose, and barley drifted lower. Minneapolis cash market showed firm demand for cash wheat and scarce winter wheat, with varying prices across grades and durum activity.
New York trading closed firm amid heavy demand for low priced motor shares. Packard Motor blocks traded up a half point, Studebaker and Graham Paige common and preferred issues frequent on the tape with 1 to 3 cent gains. Chrysler led with over 2 points higher while Swift and American Power preferred rose about 2 points and Western Union and Wilson preferred advanced.
The Dun and Bradstreet weekly review reports continued improvement in September production and October distribution with limited exceptions. Gains in consumer buying followed Columbus Day promotions, though belmy weather hindered some districts. retail sales rose 8 to 15 percent above the prior year for the same weeks.
Internal revenue collections for the first quarter of this fiscal year are five percent over the same period last year. From July 1 through September 30 total receipts reached 845,471,253 versus 804,878,165 a year earlier. September totals fell 867,000 short of September 1954, with 379,970,209. By Oct 15 total receipts since July 2 stood at 1,120,192,138 compared with 1,121,363,496 last year, the drop largely blamed on delays in farm processing taxes.
Washington reports 1,310,733 people on relief payrolls in the past two weeks under President Roosevelt’s works program. Breakdown shows 694,427 on WPA projects and 193,058 on other federal duties, with 582,648 in the CCC and 452,? on CDC last period, as deadline approaches for 4-150,000 more workers.
RAPID CITY report cites invitations from Huron and Mitchell as Sioux Falls appears likely to be chosen as the PTA convention city for 1835. Board of managers to decide this afternoon after reviewing district reports and awards for membership gains. Closing notes reference Black Hills tour and commerce activity amid a session ending this morning.
The report lists morning stock and bond quotes with entries for Northwest Banco, Cities Service, U.S. Government bonds, Treasury issues, and Home Owners Loan as and 2 percent notes. Prices show closes and bid ask ranges, reflecting market activity on October 12.
Smedley D. Butler attacked League of Nations sanctions as dangerous warning that Europe could drift into a general war. He argued the United States must avoid inflaming fighting instincts, citing past entanglements and suggesting Britain and Italy would escalate if Germany arms rise. He urged newspapers to scrutinize diplomats rather than sensational surmises and warned against perpetual propaganda pushing war.
Northern Wisconsin and Chicago area dairy farmers push to sign independent mill suppliers to contracts for milk at 1.75 a hundred pounds under a new union producers marketing plan. About 30 contracts already signed, but Paul Potter of the Associated Mill Dealers says no strikers have contacted him and that active farmers may be frozen out of Chicago market.
The report outlines British resistance stance as Ethiopian forces under Emperor Haile Selassie push toward Makale and Dolo with Ethiopian troops and Italian Somaliland fronts. Addis Ababa notes a drive into Italian Somaliland, while Italians bomb and move slowly toward Ras Seysum. Rome reports troop deployments to Libya and Britain’s fleet in the Mediterranean is under pressure. Roosevelt reaffirms U S neutrality as King announces a vast navy air fleet expansion in Los Angeles.
Pierre reports the national youth administration will extend high school aid to applicants who will be 16 years old before the academic year ends. John M. Erwin, assistant director of the youth administration, announced the change in a special dispatch from Pierre dated October 18.
Firefighters responded to 355 Ohio Avenue Southwest this afternoon as Mr. LeRoy Miller burned weeds in the back lot. A telephone pole caught fire but only minor damage occurred.
Admitted: Richard Showitz Raymond medical Mrs George A Gross Carpens ter medical Mrs William Eich Arte pian surgical. Dismissed: Mrs A Conner Huron Ives George Bartsch Enron.
In Alton Newfoundland and Labrador on October 18 a comedy show triggered tears as a tear gas device fell from a patron’s pocket and discharged. About 60 spectators left the Grand Opera House shaken but unharmed, with several reporting irritation and coughing.
Vermillion October 18 The Howling Hundred and the Fighting Fifty will boost pep at the University of South Dakota homecoming game on October 26. The Fighting Fifty, an auxiliary of the Howling Mindred, is led by Betty Royhl Jean Brisbine and Mary Barrett. The groups will have a special grand stand section in red and white university colors with coordinated attire. They are exclusive, limited in number and attend all football and basketball games as the official cheering sections.
In Tredegar valley south Wales crowds gather as 79 miners stay at the bottom of Ning Mile Point pits for six days. Nearly 1,000 miners march from Newport to Newbridge to block access to Crumlin pits. A police officer is injured when stones are thrown near Nelson.
A group of Huron high school students left this morning for Brookings to attend the state high school press convention. Those from Hurpa attending include Betty Campbell Betty Martin Willian Tredway Robert Barcis Mary Hanes Wendell Parlee George Giorgindes Eleanor Nielson Robert Streeter Marie Peterson Robert Whitney Dyamon Backs ord Raymone Germs Iman Solgwit ters John Wright and Sam Kocle. They were accompanied by Mrs. Coun Conpbetl. Several planned to go on from there to Watertown to attend the Watertown Huron football game tonight.
Report states the 1935 federal corn loan rate decision may not be announced until after October 25 as farmers vote on an adjustment program for next year. Final loan amount is not set. loans are expected to range from 35 to 45 cents per bushel, with delays tied to potential adverse votes and production control measures.
Mrs Lena Peterson 61 of Idaho Avenue southeast died last night in a Huron hospital after a long illness. Born November 2 1881 in Norway she married Otis Peterson August 1 1900 at Watertown South Dakota. Surviving are eight children Paul Murphy St Paul George Peterson Minneapolis Clarence Peterson Clark Esther Victor Allen Fern Lloyd and eight grandchildren. Funeral services at Kingon's chapel Sunday at 545 a.m. with Rev Martin, then body to Slavic Methodist church at 2:30 p.m. burial in Rose Hill Cemetery beside her husband.
Vienna reports that Fascist Prince Ernst von Starhemberg broadened power as a subrivict reorganization granted new authority. Observers anticipate closer Italy Austria cooperation after a shakeup that solidified his influence and showcased an army of 175000 as a symbol of control.
Washington reports a four year control plan for rye crop approved by Secretary Wallace. The program sets quotas on apportionment from 1933 to 1990 with a 25 percent reduction and payments to farmers on 30 percent of their crop used domestically. First payments of 20 cents per bushel on the 1939 crop will begin as soon as feasible, with adjustments possible if needed. Industry seeks farm value for the crop to support domestic needs and foreign demand. Rye production is projected at 52,000,000 bushels this year up from 16,000,000 last year and the 1928-32 average of 9,001,000.
A gunman opened fire on a highway north of Kere Lune injuring Jeff Winee who died from head wounds. Salt Lake City clerk George Reich died from a fatal head wound. Also killed Sunday were Mrs Blaight Notson of Bountiful and Mr and Mrs Johnn Be best. Paschal L May alias George L Rutledge, former tax er and meat buyer, held on first degree murder charges in the case and confinement.
A party of explorers departs on an Arctic expedition aboard a whaling ship from the Chilean port of Magallanes. They plan a ten day stay and then proceed to Deception Island for a high altitude aerial survey of Antarctica with hopes to fly over the continent. The voyage includes early Ohio potatos and various local listings such as cows, socks, and Hereford bulls for sale.
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