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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1939
Page
2
Armour Stock Yards notes all livestock prices steady on Monday with ten changes in quotations. Hog receipts were 156. cattle and sheep markets remained steady amid steady overall market conditions.
In St Paul livestock sales Monday, cattle 5,000 head with slaughter steers higher, heifers 9.75 to 9.25, beef cows 6.50, bulls strong around 6.50. calves 500, vealers steady to 9.56 and 42.00. Hogs 1,300 head mostly 25 higher, good light weights up to 5.94, average 5.69 Saturday at 219 lbs. week average 5.72 at 255 lbs. Sheep 5,500 steady, native lambs 8.75, feeding lambs 6.50 to 17.00. Washington spring at 9.00. feeders 3.00. dairy cows steady with good spring cows to 2.00.
Sioux Falls market report lists cattle prices by category on Monday September 4. Feeders and calves show broad ranges from 4.70 to 9.50, with steers, yearlings, cows, and veal calves all noted as active, strong, or varying by quality. Bulls and stocker categories appear with mixed values across grades and classes.
Daily market notes list heavy hens and Leghorn hens prices, spring weights for heavy breeds and roosters, butterfat levels, and egg classifications. King Haakon today proclaimed Norway's absolute neutrality in the Fosco penn war.
State Fair grounds buzz with pre opening activity as livestock trucks flood in and superintendents scramble for pens. Midway draws curious youngsters while rides assemble with missing arms and spokes. Concessionaires likely enjoy a strong pre opening rush.
Britain proclaims war in the empire with air raid warnings in London and colonies pledging loyalty. A luxury import ban, gold sale to treasury, bank closures, conscription for 18 to 42, and defense levies follow. Parliament enacts measures as theatres close and shipping protections resume. Gibraltar erupts in enthusiasm.
Warsaw reports a Polish withdrawal from Czestochowa after a strong German offensive using tanks and heavy artillery. Polish forces claim counterattacks recaptured Leszno and Rawicz and advanced into German Pomerania north of Breslau amid heavy air raids and civilian casualties. The U S ambassador Drexel Biddle escaped unharmed as German bombs struck Warsaw outskirts and a Catholic convent beside his villa.
The article outlines Allied and Axis moves as World War II escalates. Roosevelt faces neutrality pressures after pledging to keep peace in the United States. Churchill and Eden return to Cabinet roles in Britain as war restrictions, conscription, and convoy systems begin. Hitler blames Britain and denounces Jewish influence while news from Poland and Pomorze indicates fierce combat fronts.
Mrs Melvin Young dies in St Marys Hospital Rochester Minn a month after her husband Melvin Youngs sudden death in Huron. Requiem Mass will be said at St Martins Catholic Church Tuesday at 9:80 oclock with Rev Father J J ONeill officiating Burial in Riverside Cemetery Body lies in state at Welters Chapel. Surviving are adopted daughter Dorothy her mother Mrs J Hiebowski and four sisters.
President Franklin D Roosevelt urged national neutrality in thought as he warned against American intervention. He announced a second neutrality proclamation would ban arms exports and later halt Americans aboard belligerent ships. He did not set a date for Congress but stressed true neutrality must be pursued. The address followed the torpedoing of the British liner Athenia.
The Associated Press charts military and naval strength as Europe braces for wider conflict. Prime Minister Chamberlain's wartime stance follows a year of vast armament spending, with European nations allocating billions monthly to armies navies and air power.
Paris reports France concentrates land sea and air operations against Germany to ease pressure on Poland. A Belfort region land thrust near the Burgundy gate. air force aiding, western Med sea positions, and 8 million French forces mobilizing around the Maginot Line. Premier Daladier denounces German aggression. German embassy staff depart Berlin. Weygand named eastern commander. Turkey halts trade with Germany. Paris braces for air raids.
Ottawa reports that mounted police constables entered households nationwide and detained at least six German citizens as aliens under wartime measures. The operation targeted short wave wireless equipment and related items, with arrests continuing as authorities enforce the act.
The Athenia sinking news stunned Britain as Germany faced accusations of torpedoing the liner with 1400 aboard including 300 Americans. Churchill in Parliament denied prewar German proclamations and said the ship was torpedoed without warning. A German claim blamed a British mine. The incident raised international indignation and spurred a hastened convoy plan.
Four H enrollment stands at about 12 000 with county fairs providing the exhibits. Dress Revue starts Thursday evening with 17 girls entered. Home life and canning entries judged Saturday by extension specialists. Winners announced tomorrow with judging on Monday covering poultry sheep hogs colts foods and home furnishings. Demonstrations hearing begins Monday with judges from Chicago and Canton. State contest participants to be chosen after health division exams.
Weather bureau forecast for Huron and vicinity notes Sunday morning showers about 0.03 inch, with earlier evening showers around 0.10 inch. The forecast calls for fair tonight and rain or a similar change by Tuesday, indicating a transition in the weekend pattern.
Berlin dispatch reports Adolf Hitler joining eastern front forces to direct the push into Poland. He warned a swift subjugation if the western army holds Poland’s two allies, while rejecting Britain’s ultimatum. German air and ground actions detailed with Czestochowa siege claims and Vistula crossings.
Willis Johnson of Huron pleaded guilty to a drunken driving charge before Municipal Judge C N Hall this morning and was fined fifty dollars. Police picked him up Sunday. Hospital notes list admissions and discharges for several local residents including Mrs Claude Fountain Hitchcock and Lula Horsley Huron. Lost pocketbook with money and papers. finder to leave at Huronite. Help wanted notices for room and board and housekeeping work appear among the notices.
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