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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1937
Page
2
Armour Stock Yards reports a steady market with cattle and hogs showing varied prices across classes. Chicago Sioux City Sioux Falls and St Paul reports reflect firmer cattle values and mixed hog and lamb activity in a volatile regional market.
Huron market items show Swift & Co furnishing daily oats on Huron. leghorn hens and heavy breed springs listed with egg and butterfat prices. Chicago wheat futures slide to new yearly lows then rebound. Minneapolis and Sioux City reports detail No. 1 dark northern wheat bids, corn and oats pricing, butterfat, and egg values across several Midwest towns including Mitchell Watertown and Sioux City with mixed weights and hens.
Chicago market notes list futures for butter flour and patents with price shifts and delivery standards. Items include butter futures, flour in cotton sacks, and standard patents with price adjustments. Shipments totals are noted alongside market figures for Minneapolis and Chicago exchanges.
Chicago report notes limited trading on Saturday with butter steady and eggs firm. Poultry prices for Leghorn and Plymouth Rock varieties varied, with different weights and colors listed. overall demand subdued and no major shifts noted. Sioux Falls section lists heavy hens and Leghorn figures, with prices for springs, cocks, ducks, and geese in a compact market snapshot.
Chicago market notes potatoes on track with 27 percent total U.S. supply. Washington White House and North Dakota Bliss Triumph listed among graded lots. Minnesota Cobblers and Early Ohio varieties appear partly graded. Wisconsin Cobblers show No. 1 and partly graded figures.
Hyde Park, N. Y. President Roosevelt said the Sino Japanese conflict and Mediterranean piracy have created a widespread psychological nervousness worldwide. He endorsed the word jittery and said the feeling is justified in financial and home life across democratic governments. He avoided discussing policy, spoke of railroads nationalization as a last resort, and would not decide on a western trip until returning to Washington. Also, M. A. Kennedy and Tom Berry with Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Bercy briefly visited Huron en route to Wahpeton to meet Harry Hopkins, then proceed to Aberdeen for Hopkins' address.
Duluth closes Saturday with cash prices for durum and hard amber grades. No. 1 hard amber 104di 1.12, No. 2 hard amber LUI L11, No. 3 9591.05, No. 4 10h1.02, No. 5 87095, No. 1 Fed durum 8881.00, mixed durum 3 ta cents below hard ambers Flax No. 1 265 21214.
New York reports a strong stock market rebound with brisk buying and short covering. Leaders bounced 1 to 3 or more points as the fastest Saturday session since last March, despite ticker delays and some profit taking. Transfers totaled about 1.3 million shares.
The Grace Church Parish marks its fifty year founding with a five day observance starting Sunday September 19 culminating in the diocese convocation Thursday September 2 Rev John Ward Smith announces special Holy Communion service at 3 pm and a 1045 am homage to founder Rev Dr Melancthon Hoyt with a commemorative paper by Max Boyh of Huron Memorials by parish donors and special pews for early worshippers Music will be by combined church choirs directed by Besse Stackpole Shober with Shober resuming organist duties.
Huron College opens freshman orientation Monday at 9 00 am with Orientaries Week including testing and talks by President Everstll Dean Titt and others on starting college work using the library and student life. Registration for sophomores to seniors runs 9 to 12 on Tuesday and 9 to 12 Wednesday with extended hours for Fair Week work.
Typhoon and tidal waves lash southern Japan causing extensive damage to ships, crops, and homes across multiple prefectures. Landslides bury workers near Nikko, power lines fall, bridges collapse, and hundreds of houses flood or submerge as coastal communities brace for long recovery.
General Franco's Navarra column battles Asturian defenders in Gijon for 14 hours and seizes Mazucha Peak after heavy fighting along the coast. Reports from the French frontier note internal trouble in Gijon hastening its fall, with 19 demonstrators marching for rapid capitulation as insurgents advance toward Santander.
Shanghai endured air raids on the civilian districts and disease fears rose with cholera cases. Japanese moves pressed south along the Yangtze frontline near Hankow, Tientsin, and Peiping, as Machang fell after a major battle. An evacuation of American residents was underway amid mounting military tensions.
South Dakota officials announce larger displays and $17 000 in premiums at the State Fair with 400 4H members arriving Sunday registrations run from 1 to 6 PM. Judging starts Monday morning including baby beef day. 4H parade Wednesday with Governor Jensen reviewing. 4H Style Revue Thursday. Major farm implement firms display, veterans bands provide dances in the machinery hall Monday through Thursday. local stores decorate and banks close Thursday noon for workers to attend.
Flash Williams brings a troupe to Huron for Thrill Day at the 1837 State Fair. Time trials begin 1:30 p.m. tomorrow, ahead of a 2 p.m. show at the grandstand. Airplane stunts run 1:30 to 2, then a two hour program featuring motor vehicle feats and a five year old and older auto derby for cash prizes.
Mrs I B Johnson of Brookings wife of I B Johnson head of the State Animal Husbandry Department will speak at 4 30 pm in the Women s Building explaining how articles were scored at each booth. She is a former home demonstration agent from Sioux Falls and has judged fairs in Minnesota and Iowa. Also on Tuesday Mrs Angie Chaffee will discuss artist A D Engley Berks watercolor in the gallery at 1 pm with a 4 30 pm talk followed by a musical program by Haroy in the Castain booth.
Gladys Lorraine Hopper died at Huron hospital after a ten day illness. She was born February 4, 1935 and was the daughter of Ora S. and Mrs Hopper of five miles east and nine and a half miles south of Huron. Survived by four sisters Doris Shirley Lois and Beverly and two brothers Lyle and Lynn. Funeral services at Welter's Chapel Monday at 2 PM with burial in Riverside Cemetery.
At Hyde Park, Roosevelt told newsmen the Far Eastern and Mediterranean tensions alarm global audiences. A looming League of Nations session on the Far East may define the United States position. Secretary Hall’s July 16 policy urged national and international restraint and treaty upholding. Hospital notices list admissions and dismissals in Huron and Gettysburg.
For sale items include bed spring and mattress 3650 Simmons cot and mattress 31W false fruit jars and diesel 163 core. For rent a sleeping room in a modern home near college and post office. Also a mahogany agokcase and Harvard Classics cloth bound in two volumes. Deluxe 1937 trailer cash and a bungalow wanted by The HJ Ward Agency.
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