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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1937
Page
2
Market news from Armour yards in Huron shows hog prices dropping to 11.00 top on Wednesday with hogs selling mainly at 11.00 while cattle calves and sheep held steady. Regional bids varied with prairie and Chicago quotes outlining mixed movements across hogs calves and sheep.
The report lists Butter futures with storage and refrigerator standards, prices for No. 1 grade cream at 34 cents and No. 2 grade at 34 cents, and notes steady prices for dressed poultry in New York. Also shows Huron grain market bulletins with No. 1 mixed wheat and No. 2 white oats prices.
Chicago wheat prices rose near noon on reports of rain in Argentina but could not hold the gain as late selling pulled values back to the prior close. Foreign demand may hinge on Argentine harvest size. Wheat closed 4.5 to 1.0 cents higher on the day with September at 10.34 and December at 10.19. Oats were steady to up slightly.
Minneapolis and Duluth cash grain prices show No. 1 heavy dark northern wheat at about 1.25 to 1.27, with corn and oats trading lower by a few cents. Flour prices hold steady for retail and import needs while range quotes and mixed durum receipts illustrate subdued trading on a busy September market day.
State's Attorney announces charges against Keith Loun west of Huron for taking and driving a car without permission. J Lounbury faces reckless driving after a crash on Highway 14 near the State Fair grounds. W M Radtke sustains serious injuries. Lombury injured lightly.
In New York on September 1 the stock market paused as heavy steel shares set the tone. U S Steel and other major steel issues wilted while several large industrials and consumer names showed limited energy, with Phillips Petroleum, Amerada, Archer Daniels, and Vick Chemical among notable movements.
HOLLYWOOD September 17. Lady Canova, hillbilly singer, today broke her engagement to ventriloquist Edgar Bergen, blaming Charlie McCarthy for cooling their three year romance. She says she dislikes playing second fiddle to the wooden dummy and that Bergen is obsessed with Charlie. Bergen and Canova met in New York and have since traveled together to Hollywood, with Canova accusing Bergen of constant attention to the dummy.
Six people died in a highway collision near Minco Oklahoma after two soldiers and three young women were killed last night. Private Edward C. Thomas died today in an El Reno hospital bringing the toll to six. Victims include Bernice Branum aged 18 of Minco Fern Brown 20 daughter of C S Brown farmers northwest of Minco and Private John V Hawks about 25 and Russell B Hubbard Jr about ?. C C Mitchell of Chickasha Oklahoma survived as truck driver. The crash occurred at highways 41 and 81 intersection one and a half miles north of Mingo.
Donald Gordon age six, son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Gordon of 441 Minois Avenue Southwest, died in a Rochester Minnesota hospital at 11:20 last night after illness beginning August 15. Survived by parents and grandparents Mr and Mrs Fred Gordon of Huron. He attended Wilson School kindergarten last winter. funeral arrangements to be announced in Huron.
Gene Denning of Huron announced the South Dakota Secretaries Association will hold its annual state convention in Sioux Falls on Oct 36. He expects a large turnout with about 200 secretaries as members.
Judge John T. Medin denied a new trial to William Nesbit, a former Sioux City hotel man convicted of murder last May in a New Year’s Eve fatal explosion case. Nesbit received a life term on May 21 for participation in Floyd H. Parker’s death, an act Judge Medin labeled the atrocious murder.
Senator Schwartz predicts President Roosevelt will sign the sugar bill before midnight tomorrow, after which the measure would become law if unacted. Other items note federal funds aimed at reducing farm tenancy mainly in the South, with a future Midwest targeted approach. Also announced are plans for the South Dakota Fire and Casualty Agents meeting in Sioux Falls on October 15 with national speakers, continuing the prior Aberdeen gathering.
The Mosetars report admissions including Mrs Russell Thorson Hur medical Athelyn Beck Huron minor Evelyn Beck Huron surgical Don Strester Huron surgical Larl Padderford Ree Heights thurgical Mrs Mary Graybeal Huron medi Mrs C L Mayberry Hitchcock medi Mrs Chrie Walz Wessington Springs surgical Diemimed Orville Baum Weslington Marlene Leckey De Smet Robert Pat wick Carpenter Robert Hocton Manchester. Gratitude extended to Dias Gicken and friends for kindnesses during the recent al chem of our son Don.
Chicago health officials delayed the reopening of public schools for 19 000 children citing the peak of infantile paralysis and a waning outbreak. Dr. Bundzen noted a 10 percent death rate in the current wave while critics argued the situation was not serious enough to close schools. Across Washington the Public Health Service reported fewer cases for the year but found no widespread epidemic, with 4053 cases in 34 weeks versus 618 last year.
Anthon Anthrax quarantines in Charley Mix and Bon Homme counties were lifted, ending general restrictions in South Dakota. State veterinarian Dr. Ben Anderson announced that individual herd quarantines will stay for at least two days after the last animal death, and livestock traffic may resume without permits except where herd quarantines remain. Iowa and Minnesota will lift their restrictions as SD moves to normal trading. Contingent packinghouse acceptance remains until disease status is confirmed. Nebraska also lifted anthrax quarantines in Cedar Boyd and Knox counties.
S D Duck Hunters Have Fine Outlook at Watertown meeting of the Codington County Izaak Walton League. Johnson state game director says the duck situation in the state is the best in years, while pheasant conditions are mixed. Reports of duck disease were noted by Henry Deblon deputy game warden with traces found at Swan Lake Lake Poinsett and Clear Lake. Dr W T Williams elected president, with James Black as vice president H T Thorson secretary and Ed Kranz treasurer.
State sanitary engineer W. W. Towne of Pierre, secretary of the South Dakota Water and Sewage Works conference, announced plans for the annual meeting to be held in Sioux Falls on October 11 and 12. Water works and sewage officials from across the state are expected to attend the two day event.
Mild quakes rattled Southern California with activity centered near the San Andreas fault. Riverside Colton and San Bernardino reported tremors yesterday afternoon, and two stronger shakes this morning around Los Angeles caused alarm but no damage was recorded.
Sioux Falls Sept 1. Love, three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs E S Zimmerman, is recovering from minor injuries after a car hit her as she dashed across the street. Nels O Remme, the driver, was not held.
Sioux Falls farmer Edith Common demonstrated a steel trap that captured four baby gophers all at once on her farm eight miles west of Sioux Falls. The mother gopher was caught in the same trap yesterday, underscoring a "steel trap today" display.
Rapid City reports challenge Aberdeen’s claim to the first Caesarian twins on record. Physicians at Huron Clinic cite a birth January 28, 1533, to Mrs. Donald Tibbert of Bancroft, LaVerne and La Vay born after Caesarian operation. Other noted twin births include March 16, 1932, in Chadron to Mr and Mrs W Hf Redfern of Rapid City and a two year earlier birth to Mrs. Robert Golden of Mellene in Aberdeen.
Washington September 1 14 The Works Progress Administration outlined urgency in rural relief noting low mood was only part of farm distress. Depletion of natural resources and declining supporting industries left many farmers unable to sustain earnings. The WPA proposes a three fold program including general relief, government loans, and targeted education to rehabilitate distressed farming families while cautioning against dole reliance.
Classified fragment lists a lost light brown male Pekingese with contact Mrs L Weir at 1300 Wis S W and phone 8853 offering reward. Also rentals, stray cow notice for H Neitzert Route 2 Iroquois, and various ads for rooms and cigarettes with local store details.
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