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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1937
Page
2
Armour Market at Huron reports no change with receipts for hogs and cattle, showing strong medium steers and yearlings. Pre-holiday trading quiet in Chicago with top 160 in 200-pound hogs and mixed cattle declines. Sioux City and Sioux Falls livestock markets show scarce prime cattle and steady to lower hogs and lambs.
Chicago livestock markets report mixed results with hogs down slightly while cattle and vealers show strength. At St Paul the biggest Western stocker and feeder activity appears, with good and choice fed steers reaching up to 16.59 and grass beeves around 10.0, while hogs sell steady to slightly lower and sows bring around 6.00 to 6.75.
Daily by Swift Co. From Minneapolis futures and cash markets to Duluth cash close details. Wheat prices steady with No. 3 dark northern at 132% to 1904, No. 1 dark northern 1203471904, and various No. 4 to No. 5 grades. Oats, corn, rye, and flax quotes listed. flour and cotton also noted.
Fancy wholesale creamery butter prices show No 1 grade at 35 15 cents per unit, No 3 grade at 32 cents, mylet cream at HM cents. Sub observations indicate general price bands for cream products in the market.
Chicago wheat prices showed limited gains before a holiday lull as speculative activity remained small after an opening rise. Liverpool's uptick, bolstered by Australian crop notes, aided strength but gains faded later. Michigan and New York reports cited export measures via lakes and Canadian ports. Corn and rye stayed nearly flat while provisions edged higher.
Mixed potato grades from U S markets list arrivals and on track quantities with specific varieties such as Washington White Rose and North Dekots Cobblers. Minnesota Nebraska Indiana and Wisconsin items show varying grades and decay, with prices for Washington Russet Burbanks and Bliss Triumphs. Wool and produce markets in Boston Chicago and Sioux Falls follow, noting quiet wool demand and stable butter and egg prices.
Historical price quotes for poultry eggs butter and fowl appear from Mitchell Watertown and Sioux City markets dated Sept 4. The reports list hen weights up to 5 pounds, leghorn and spring varieties, roosters, ducks geese eggs and butter with cents per pound or per dozen pricing and note case and packing details. They reflect regional market variation across three cities with specific item prices and case counts.
New York trading was listless with tiny gains and many stocks barely moving. Investors watched the Far East and the Mediterranean for any incidents as markets edged along in a muted session marked by scarce volume and slow tape action.
Governor Jensen removed Leo Craig of Sioux Falls from the South Dakota Board of Charities and Corrections after a hearing on misconduct. The findings cite five grounds including self approving vouchers as warden, residency in Dubuque, failure to inspect state institutions, lack of cooperation, and improper travel expenses. Craig’s removal shifts board control to Republicans, paving the way for new appointments and potential changes in state penitentiary leadership.
London reports secret Admiralty plans to present at the forthcoming Geneva Mediterranean conference. Britain aims to remove the submarine threat to its empire lifeline with proposals likely affecting Russia Italy Spain and Franco. Four more British destroyers head west to hunt or seize pirate submarines.
Grace Episcopal Church resumes regular services with Holy Communion at 8:00 am and Choral Eucharist at 10:45 am announced by Rev. John Ward Smith after a month away. He cites Labor Sunday sermon on a Christian social order amid industrial crisis and moral guidance for capital and labor. One Church School reopens next Sunday September 12 with classes for all ages.
At the hospitals several patients named Mrs A P Nard of Huron undergoing medical care and Mary and Bowen of Manchester were discharged. Other entries include Mrs Erickson and Ruth Fuller of Huron with surgical or minor surgical needs, and four more patients from Argonne Bancroft Horon Huson Wolsey.
American British and French consuls general urged Chinese land forces and Japanese warships to retreat from the international settlement and French concession in Shanghai after heavy shelling. They pressed for Chinese troops east of Poo tung Road and Japanese gunboats beyond the Whasigpoo River, amid fires and air bombardment across Chinese sectors. The move followed a deadly bombardment that killed civilians and escalated regional tensions involving the United States and Japan.
Thousands of foreigners watched a dramatic air battle as Japan retaliated for Chinese aerial bombardment of Yangtzepo. Japanese aviators attacked Chapei and Kiangwon districts, igniting fires across Pootung and Wan-chong areas while Chinese land batteries halted several Japanese troop transports nearby.
Count Otto Hagenburg of Germany barely escaped injury after a midair inversion crash at the National Air Races near Cleveland. He crawled free and asked to borrow a ship for Saturday’s program. The Bendix Transcontinental Race saw Frank Fuller set new speed records and prize money, while Jacqueline Cochran won third in a women’s event.
Supt Lang announces evening games at new Church of Christ property and renovations including Lincoln and McKinley classrooms. Bus routes west of the fairgrounds added, ventilation increased at Lincoln, and Junior Senior highs adopt a revised start in September with lunch and dismissal times shifted. Monday teachers meeting, district timetable adjusted for Fair Week and a late September college opening at Huron College.
The Huron Chamber of Commerce will establish a State Fair bureau and arrange visitor services during expo week. The municipal band plans morning concerts and city schools will close for Children’s Day. Veteran posts will ensure event paging and community support for fair week at Machery Hall.
Rev and Mrs Sinn return from a month long trip through Eastern Canada visiting Sir Ont, Toronto, St Penn near Philadelphia, Be er, Pittshursh, and Chi no en route to Block Island aboard the yacht Potomac with President Roosevelt. Also a public sale notice from South Dakota bank liquidation outlines asset auction details at Cavour by the Superintendent of Banks.
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