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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1939
Page
2
Market notes show hogs 10 to 15 cents lower with 2,700 salable hogs and top at 7.00. Cattle quotes steady to strong, steady lamb bids with natives up to 9.25. Sioux Falls and Sioux City reports list representative sales including hogs, cattle, and sheep with varying top prices and receipts.
Daily price list from Huron markets shows heavy hens four pounds and over at 0.3? per pound and other categories for leghorn and heavy breed springs. Sioux Falls figures dated Thursday October 19 list poultry prices for hens, ducks, geese, eggs No.1 and No.2, and butterfat No.1 and No.2 with varying weights and grades.
Market lines show steady to mixed moves across sectors with grains and livestock uneven. Wheat receipts at Minneapolis on Thursday noted 92 cars, with prices and protein details varying, while futures and cash quotes for corn oats barley rye and flax are listed with recent downtrends and premiums for protein and quality grades.
Hog receipts were heavier than expected and caused price drops up to 10 cents. Fed steers and yearlings rose 10 to 15 cents on better grades, while lambs moved slowly. Hog market showed weakness with top hogs at 7.40 and various weights trading 6.25 to 7.40. cattle and calves saw steady to higher demand for fed steers and yearlings, with best light steers around 10.65 and yearlings near 13.00, sheep slow but bids up on slaughter offerings.
Sioux City livestock sales show 1,200 salable cattle and 175 calves with good and choice steer and yearling demand firm, other cattle slow. stockers and feeders moderately active with steady tone. load lots of choice fed cattle 920-1140 lb bring 10.50. scattered sales 10.00-11.25. Steers and yearlings sold from 8.00 to 10.00. medium reds and medium to good quality heifers rise to 9.15 and 9.25 respectively.
Sioux City market notes list poultry prices by weight for hens and roosters, Leghorn varieties, No. 2 poultry, and springers, along with case lots and new cases. Butter prices for creamery and sweet cream are provided, with wholesale and grade distinctions.
Chicago reports unchanged prices across poultry and butter with live poultry and geese steady. Centralized carrot figures appear, but most entries show little movement while several price codes like 1444 and 589,743 recur amid a cluttered late 19th century market listing.
New York reports mixed price movements for produce with butter at 767 018, creamery values up, eggs steady at 1 376, mixed colorsdairy and cheese mostly steady, dressed poultry unchanged. Live poultry prices hold steady by freight and express shipping with irregular patterns noted.
Chicago reports wheat prices fluctuated within a one cent band and closed slightly lower than yesterday. Scattered profit taking offset by some buying from mills. drought dampened selling while cloudy skies covered Kansas sections. December and May contracts showed modest moves, with oats mostly unchanged.
War wary traders sought gains of one to three points in today’s stock market but ignored many issues that have shown climbing propensities. Transfers were around 1,300,000 shares as domestic business news dividends and earnings statements buoyed sentiment, though doubts lingered how long the expansion would last if the war proves short.
Mrs Elsie McMahon a former Huron nurse died in a Minneapolis hospital after an automobile accident and will be buried beside her husband John McMahon in the local Catholic cemetery. Funeral at St Martin's church with rosaries at the McGinty home. two children John and Mary of Rapid City attend.
Judge Boyd M Benson delivers judgment for Jacob Wipf as administrator of Joe Grose estate in a suit over a $760 promissory note. Joe B Glanzer disputes signing the note, while the case proceeds in the probate division.
Cincinnati veteran outfielder Simmons, with 16 big league seasons, was released by the Reds today after a short stint since being acquired from the Boston Bees. He appeared in only a couple of games before an injury sidelined him, leaving the Reds to seek other outfield options.
In a radio address Oct 10 Premier Daladier blasted certain broadcasters, labeling them traitors of Stuttgart as he continued remarks from Paris on the national situation.
A new industry arrives in Huron with Naeve Food Shop installing a doughnut machine capable of producing 35 dozen doughnuts. The device, identical to the World’s Fair model, is approved by Yale University and Good Housekeeping Magazine. R. B. Severson of the Doughnut Corporation of America is in Huron to install the machine and train workers.
The page lists numerous company names with mixed percentage figures and stock-like entries, including ComSol ComSoutlan CopAire ConEdis ConClass ContCorp ContCan ContMontor ContOiDel and many others, alongside partial bank and Treasury quotes. It resembles a financial brief with scattered percentages and regional identifiers, lacking a single cohesive story.
Mrs May Evans of Washington D C spoke to Democratic Women of the district at a dinner in Rapid City noting six point mobilization programs and urging high gear action. The event drew over 100 women from 29 counties with Mrs P L Crowle as toastmistress and Beadle County Chairman De J S Tsthétter welcoming Evans.
Yon Papen was summoned to Berlin and arrived in Istanbul from Ankara. He stated that Germany and Turkey would remain old friends despite the tri-power mutual resistance pact. Turkey boosts mobilization with drills, requisitions, and enlistment drives as forces gather near the Soviet and Bulgarian borders.
Ankara today pledged mutual assistance if aggression leads to war in the Mediterranean area and allows Turkey to remain neutral in conflicts among France Britain and Russia. The report notes Turkey as a key strategic gatekeeper of the Dardanelles, crucial for access between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, and discusses pressures from Germany Britain France and Russia regarding regional alignments and partitions.
The two day Agricultural Adjustment Administration conference in Huron South Dakota wrapped up this afternoon. About 35 field men and junior statisticians attended with discussions on 1939 40 corn loans and other phases of the Agricultural Conservation program. Laude R. Wickard directed the AAA north central region and Joseph J. Reed led the AAA statistical unit in the north central region.
A group of sixth and seventh graders from Jefferson School will sing before elementary teachers and supervisors in Sioux Falls, with Miss Helen Buchanan and L C Paulson directing. The students chosen for outstanding music work include Norma Jean Banes t eel, Mary Jane Roush, Donald Johnson, Sidney Glanzer, Olive Lee, and others, performing sight reading and composition demonstrations.
About 1,500 attended as Treeby won the Brown County corn husking contest at Hecla with 19 bushels 25 pounds in 20 minutes, beating Francis Kimball of Claremont who took second with 39 bushels. In Minnehaha County Freed of Sioux Falls set a long-standing husking record with 29 82 net bushels in 20 minutes, while Ernest Sittig and Henry Maas close behind. Jack Welles led Moody County husking in Flandreau, edging out Will Meyers in a 26 14 and 25 4 bushel finish, drawing a large crowd.
The dispatch describes lingering German French border skirmishes near Saarbrucken and Lux Luxembourg, noting three to five kilometer German retreats with heavy losses. It mentions light artillery, and tactical limitations along the West Wall while signaling potential intensified sea and air actions amid bad weather. A death notice follows for Mrs. Davy Schaller with funeral plans in Aberdeen.
Carlson's Band at Daumina ballroom next Saturday night contracted for an engagement. The six piece band with two accordions will be led by George J. Koelles, who previously mailed songs for Wand. The Daumina management praised the Cint Sahirie style of dance music and Welk's organization.
Stockholm reports Sweden Norway and Denmark reaffirmed commitment to neutrality amid European war. leaders praised Roosevelt and Latin American support, discussed cooperation against aggression, and noted no concrete action, while Finland's peril and Russia tensions dominated parlays. Royal statements and a public dissipation of fear framed cautious optimism among the Nordic four. Meanwhile local hospital arrivals and dismissals listed the day’s patients and staff.
Fragmentary ad notes a car sale listing for a 1934 Master De Luxe Chevrolet with trunk heater new battery and Prestone. It mentions contact Ed Moores Speriak and a location in Huron at 21st and Dak and a dealer named Ghuesing's Texa co Bretion. The fragment references price terms and sales days including Saturday.
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