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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1944
Page
2
Armour Stock Yards reports hogs unchanged and cattle and sheep steady on September 6. Chicago and regional markets show firm to steady price levels for good and choice grades across hogs cattle and lambs with mixed movement for lighter weights and feeders.
Prices and receipts for Huron produce markets and Chicago dairy and poultry show regional wholesale levels. Included are hens leanings, heavy breeds, eggs, butter, cheese and grain figures with entries from New York and Minneapolis markets.
Sioux Falls livestock market report shows hogs steady with top 143.5? and bulk around 33.60, red butchers 33.25 to 34.35, sows steady at Castle 800, slaughter steers mainly 15.00, reflecting a steady day despite incomplete quotes.
The list presents closing quotations for diverse companies and commodities as of September 8, with AlleghCorp and many industry names quoted. Prices include United Airlines, GM, Chrysler, Ford, Boeing, General Electric, IBM, and others, reflecting broad market activity across manufacturing, transport, and consumer goods sectors.
John Morrell & Company sponsors a 4-H Club barbecue at the fair grounds. Preparations began with a large coal-fired pit behind the Dairy Building. Chefs Neale Christian and Raid started cooking 709 pounds of pork for the 5 30 program. A ground plot south of the Dairy Building hosts the feed area and a stage for the dress review and entertainment following the barbecue. Foster, new manager of the Sioux Falls plant, will address the club members.
Etta Blader of 2x7 Beach Avenue Southeast won the second $25 war bond prize in the Gaily slogan for victory contest at the WAC War Information Center in State Pair Mississippi. Her prize winning slogan was Share the spirit Help win the war Join the WAC in forty four. Prizes are provided by Armour Packing plant of Huron and John Morrell packing plant of Sioux Falls. First day winner was Mrs Leo Wrenger Aberdeen.
The Huron Public Library will be closed Friday and Saturday September 8 and 9 so staff may attend the South Dakota Library Association meetings in Watertown. Miss Blanche Battin Edith Robinson and Esta Hatfield will depart Thursday afternoon for Watertown. Hatfield will attend the executive board meeting Thursday evening.
The City Commission approved a plan to assist a big league benefit game at the State Fair Grounds on October 8. Mayor J S Tschetter and commissioners endorsed using city personnel and equipment for the event and to establish a neighborhood playgrounds fund with the proceeds. The Huron Community Playgrounds Association will cooperate with officials on supervised playgrounds.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur announces 37 more enemy ships destroyed or crippled in raids south of the Philippines. Air patrols sink 13 troop barges off Menado, a 1,000-ton freighter, a 4,000-ton vessel probably sinking off Halmahera, and six smaller freighters with 13 barges in Mindanao and surrounding waters. Total losses reach 54 since last Wednesday in the Philippine Moluccas, where barges bolster enemy supply fleets.
The State Fair pageant lists top honors across town and county school exhibits with Bryant, Pierre Indian School, and Wessington Springs among leading town entries. County displays prize Beadle, Hand, and Hyde with Hyde taking best general appearance as judging continues for breeds from Poland China hogs to Jersey cattle and Hampshire sheep, with multiple award tallies across South Dakota exhibitors.
Bishop James Cannon Jr a 78 year old Methodist churchman known for anti liquor work and political involvement died in Wesley Memorial Hospital Chicago after a cerebral hemorrhage following a heart attack. He came from Blackstone Virginia to Chicago for an anti saloon league meeting and had retired in 1938 as bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Mrs Cannon was en route from Port Clinton Ohio. Funeral arrangements to be made after arrival.
The submarine Robalo under Lt Comdr Manning M Kimmel is overdue. Kimmel, son of Rear Admiral Husband E Kimmel, has served since 1938 and earned the Silver Star for sinking Japanese shipping. He commanded the Feild ai Robalo crew of men in March 1943.
Mrs Willis of 652 Frank Avenue Southeast received word that her husband Pvt Willis age 25 died at Camp Blanding Florida. No cause given and no prior illness word. He lived in Huron before service and worked for Armour. Survived by widow Verna Gachstetter and two year old Kathryn Lee, his parents, one sister and one brother in Hendricks Minnesota.
Rapid City funeral services for Raymond S. Griffiths 42 year old sports and South Dakota history writer and former Woonsocket coach who died Sunday after a head injury in 1934 ended his coaching career. He worked on the federal writers project in Mitchell Pierre and Rapid City, wrote a sports column, and left unfinished ranching history work. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs W M Griffiths and a brother Evan of Custer with his mother in Rapid City and his father a state representative.
The article outlines a postwar release scheme based on four credits: service time since September 1949, overseas service, combat awards, and dependent children. It notes ground forces will bear most reductions while Navy strength remains steady until Japan is defeated. A furlough rotation proposal is discussed, with congressional scrutiny urged, and the Pacific theater given top priority for repatriation.
Allied dispatches report French forces nearing coordination with American units in the Saone valley as they push toward Chalon Sur Saone and Bar Sur Seine. The advance follows German withdrawals from southern France while Monaco defenses reel after allied naval fire near Monte Carlo.
Eight purple ribbons were awarded for grand champion rankings to 4-H exhibitors of baby beef at the South Dakota State Fair. Three girls and four boys earned purple ribbons, including Lowell Eikmeier and Dick Allgaier among the steer winners, Evelyn Lingschwit and Jean Reed among Herefords, and Marvin Rommann with Shorthorns. Blue ribbons went to multiple Aberdeen Angus, Hereford, and Shorthorn entrants, with 72 animals entered, up from 56 last year. Judge was I. B. Johnson of the South Dakota agricultural experiment station.
Multiple classified items listed for sale and wanted in Huron area. Entries include motorcycle, coats and clothes, tools, farm items, produce, dining room set, radio, and employment or delivery notices. Names and phone numbers appear for contact.
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