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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1940
Page
2
Hog prices fell Thursday at Armour Stock Yards Hu n Ohio with top at 5.30 and receipts 709 cattle 150 steady sheep 90 9 09 mostly 5 lower buyers noted under tone as lamb trade not established native and fed shorn lambs priced around 9.25 and 8.50 to 8.75. Feeder pigs 5.25 75, sows 0.75 90, stags 6.75 down.
Daily price summaries from Huron and Sioux City markets show hens by weight, leghorn varieties, springs, old roosters, ducks, eggs, and butterfat. Record includes case lot and loose egg prices, standard No. 1 and No. 2 butter grades, with trade figures for wholesale buyers.
Hogs sold steady to 10 cents lower as dressed hogs weakens. Top hogs 6.50 for 210-306 lb. 300-360 lb butchers around 6.30 to 6.43. Sheep 4000 salable with fat lambs opening slow. best native lambs up to 9.20 with others above 9.50. Cattle 5000 salable. calves 6.00s to 7.00s. top steers and yearlings steady while general market weak to 25 cents lower. Stockers and feeders steady. country calf prices around 10. Bt
Cattle 3,600. slaughter steers and and heifers steady to active. dry fed steers 10.50 12.00. common and medium heifers 6.00 2.75. beef cows steady. stockers scarce. calves 1,700. vealers good to choice 8.00 10.00. Hogs 11,009. little activity. sows 5.85. butchers steady to lower. sheep 6,500 with little early action. Sioux Falls and Sioux City reports show mixed cattle, hogs slow to steady. best yearlings 12.69 40. prime steers 13.00. cannery & cutters 4.00 5.00. Canadian feeders 9.00 40. hogs slow.
Mitchell and Sioux Falls markets report poultry and butterfat prices on Thursday October 24. Leghorn hens, springs, and roosters appear with varying weights and prices. eggs No 1 and No 2 quoted. butterfat refined by grade. Continuous market listings show regional price differences and receipt wording.
Weekly wholesale poultry and egg prices across Watertown Chicago and New York show varied figures for live poultry, eggs and butter. Leghorn and Plymouth Rock birds command mixed per pound rates while hens, cocks, and ducks fetch different lows and highs. Egg prices hold firm. butter markets display steady to higher bids with regional notes on futures.
New York stocks lower as markets show uneven liquidation with industrials weak and bonds mixed. Cotton and sugar steady amid improved raw and refined markets, metals steady, September lead stocks at low levels. Chicago notes wheat lower on profit taking, corn and cattle mixed to lower, hogs steady to weaker in dressed market.
Nonsensical OCR fragment shows repeated numbers 1825 28.10 18.20 1835 1815 18.30 with the word Due present in parentheses, lacking clear context or identifiable entities to form a coherent news item.
Wheat prices fell fractions amid profit taking and hopeful demand signals. Government loan expectations, southwest redemption, and mixed grain notes weighed as December and May contracts slipped while oats and rye moved modestly lower. Minneapolis cash quotes showed varied bids across No 1 to No 3 grades, with several grains hovering near yesterday’s levels.
The market showed weakness after a two day rise with readers backing off trades. Steel and industrials slid to new lows in the final hour and small gains vanished at the close. Transfers hovered around 550000 shares while closing quotations featured varied percentages for multiple firms.
The United States filed a formal protest with Italy over the bombing of American oil properties in Saudi Arabia during a weekend attack involving Italian and Halian flyers. The protest cites violations of neutral territory and targets Standard Oil and Texas Company facilities. Rome reported no official confirmation of any U S protest amid rumors of such action.
A South Dakota conference on character education gathered educators church groups and youth organizations to coordinate work across communities. Speakers included Dr J R Har Breaves from St Paul G G Bell of Huron Junior High School and W H Bayles. Demonstrations by Presbyterian Sunday school boys and Methodist Girl Scouts showcased youth programs. About twenty participants met at First Presbyterian Church. A continuing committee was formed with W A Lowry Gertruce Flyte and Rev W H Bayles to develop a plan for the next year.
Funeral services for John N. Neville, who died yesterday morning after a short illness with pneumonia, will be held at 2 o clock Saturday afternoon at Weller Chapel. Burial will be in the family lot at Wolsey Cemetery.
A dense OCR filled with corporate names and percentages, listing numerous companies and bonds. It includes AtchT&SF, NorthAmer, AviaCorp, Ohio Oil, Packard, Boeing, Chrysler, DuPont, General Mills, US Steel, and many others with varied percentage figures. Also shows a New York government bonds item dated Oct 24 and Minneapolis bank stocks notes with closing figures.
The Agriculture Department forecast that total cash farm income will reach at least 9 billion dollars in the current year, the first rise since 1929. It cites favorable fall weather boosting production and higher marketings, with government payments included. First nine months income totaled 6.175 billion, with 542 million in government payments. In specific sectors grains, vegetables, meat, dairy, and poultry figures are given, alongside state store income comparisons for August last year and this.
WanBay Oct 2 Congressman Karl Mundt told about 500 businessmen and farmers that the current farm program is only a temporary aid. He urged a plan to limit imports and guarantee parity prices for all farm output, aiming for a program self sustaining without heavy taxpayer propaganda. Mundt praised Willkie and McNary and summarized their stance as preserving existing gains while pursuing lasting profitability for American agriculture.
Japan will abandon demands for territory or indemnity from China and seek economic and political cooperation in return. The proposed agreement envisions Japan granting extraterritorial rights in China as part of a broader diplomatic settlement.
The Chronicle quotes retiring Japanese ambassador Horinouchi saying a Sino Japanese peace agreement lacking final official action was reached at Nanjing between Chiang Kai-Shek and Wang Ching-wei recently, while U.S. relations with Japan could improve with restraint. Chinese authorities in Washington called Sino-Japanese peace reports unfounded, and Hong Kong officials said they knew nothing of any Japanese peace terms or negotiations, emphasizing China's resolve to continue the war until victory.
Rome based fascist commentators attack the United States as imperialistic and non belligerent toward the Axis. Mario Appelius argues Italy limits itself to non belligerency while accusing Washington of dollar imperialism and seeking bases to undermine the British empire. Virginio Gayda says US imperialism widens and enters imperial waters formerly England's.
Entries were submitted for a Saturday comic section coloring contest in the Evening Huronite. Judge eliminated several, sweepstakes winner was Verla Wheeler. Theatre ticket prizes went to Betty Ramsell Maryuis Kemp Merle Lewis Helen Packard Lavina Lewis Norma A. atton Dorothy Lewallen Marjorie Middaugh Ramon a Glanzer Na May Tachson Phebe Jean Snedigar Donna Baker Imogene Edler. Tickets available at the Huron Theatre box office the same day as the show. All Huron area children eligible to enter by coloring any page and submitting to the newspaper office before 5 pm Wednesday.
Secretary Wickard announced he would campaign in the midwestern farm belt between Oct. 25 and Nov. His schedule includes Yankton Wis Nov 1 and other Wisconsin cities such as Hudson Menomonie and Eau Claire with dates in late October and early November.
Short services were held at the graveside for Brenda Jean Boldt, daughter of Mr and Mrs Jed Roast, Huron. The ceremony was conducted yesterday and the family noted the loss.
A representative of former King Carol of Romania met U S Charge dAffaires in Lisbon to seek American aid. Carol, his companion Mme Lapescu, and Ernst Urdar were placed under house arrest in Seville as Spain weighs the case. Pangai, Romanian minister to Lisbon, said Carol left Romania only due to fears of a German occupation and denied British plans.
Grace Episcopal Church undertakes its annual Every Member Canvass beginning Sunday November 17 with Charles B Barkl as canvass chair. Assistants include Jaki Wheeler Mervyn Ciwing Fred Shaw and others named for list publicity and clerical duties. Chester N White, a newly confirmed communicant, volunteers as first canvasser. Rector Rev Thomas Mathers outlines parish program for 1940 43.
Grace Episcopal Church Sunnya will have the rector Rev. Thomas Mathry preach a sermon series titled Program of the Ep Church during the 11 o clock service. The schedule lists October 27 National Church Program November 3 Church in South Dakota program November 10 Grace Episcopal Church program November 47 The Every Member Canvass.
Mitchell hosts the annual YWCA meeting where 60 delegates from Aberdeen Huron Mitchell Rapid City and Sioux Falls attend. Beadle County YWCA sends 17 members. Mrs Paul Weber of Sioux Falls elected chairperson with power to appoint a planning committee for the year.
Reports from Bern and Berlin say Marshal Petain left Vichy for Paris to signal a potential French German agreement superseding the armistice. Pierre Laval reportedly traveled to Paris amid talks with Hitler on France's role in the Axis “new order” in Europe. Meanwhile Germany claimed a complete understanding of Spain’s position in the war, citing Spain’s entanglement with England as a potential route to freedom for Madrid. The item also lists scattered local notices and personal names from unrelated content.
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