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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1941
Page
2
Market report shows hogs at Armour Stock Yards slipping 10 to 15 cents with top at 12.00, long haul hogs steady, sows and gilts mixed lower, and overall demand uneven. Watertown listings mark hogs 10 cents lower with bids around 10.65 to 11.75, lambs steady to higher and cattle steady, reflecting a mixed midweek livestock market.
Regional produce prices from Huron Sioux Falls Watertown and Sioux City with daily figures for hens heavy breeds Leghorns springs roosters eggs and butterfat including current receipts and wholesale quotes. Data cover Mitchell Sioux Falls Watertown Sioux City New York Chicago markets with variety of weights and grade classifications.
New York stocks firm with selective gains in specialties and mixed hands as Japanese issues rally. Foreign exchange sticks narrow with the pound and Canadian dollar up. Cotton higher on trade, sugar improved with Cuban support. Metals quiet as copper imports lag. Wool tops steady with trade buying. Chicago grains higher on demand. cattle weak, hogs down. feeder wools of French combing length bring about $1.05 to $1.07 per pound on scoured basis.
Seasonal demand waned as hogs, cattle, and sheep markets eased. Hog prices fell 10 to 23 cents with most sales 15 to 23 cents lower, cattle weakened with feeders and calves slow, and sheep bid levels softer though some weights held near steady.
Sioux Falls market reports show cattle at 660 head, steady, with hogs 30-25 cents lower and top quotes around 12.25 to 12.31 per 100 weight. Butchers range 11.10 to 12.95, sows 10.36 to 11.00, reflecting a lower hog run on Thursday.
Sioux City market notes cattle salable 1 800 head and calves 50. Slaughter classes steady to weak, feeders slow. Prices: good light steers 11.45 to 12.50, 1120 lb beeves 10.50 to 11.50, yearlings 12.00, cows 7.28 to 7. to 0, canners 7.00. Hogs salen 2 500 slow, barrows unspecified.
In Boston on September 11, medium grades of domestic wool showed strong demand and high prices. Three-eighths blood territory combing wools sold 92 to 94 cents scoured, combing quarter blood at 64 to 68 cents, and three-eighths to quarter fleece wools at 46 to 50 cents grease.
In Chicago prices recovered to near four year highs with wheat up about three cents and soybeans rising to all time highs amid heavy buying by professionals and investors. Minneapolis cash quotes showed higher bids for No. 1 heavy northern and dark northern wheats while oats and rye advanced and corn posted gains.
Rallying commodities gave the market modest support with some “air-sized” buying for a range of specialties. Traders held to favorites as activity eased in the final hour and overall volume around 800000 shares.
In Minneapolis on September 11, Eau Claire edged Grand Forks 4 2 as Sheldon Bender singled home Don Wheeler with two out in the ninth. Wheeler had earlier singled, stolen second and advanced on a misthrow to set up the decisive hit.
Vermilion Vermilion Sept 11 Teo Jason Payne 67 prominent local lawyer died in a hospital from complications tied to a recent automobile crash He struggled with grief over the death of his partner Peter Olson a Fratago and a suspect Ogzie Kirby was jailed for killing Olson Payne served in Clay County and helped found the University of South Dakota Law Faculty He left a widow two daughters and a brother and the body lies at Elmore Funeral Home pending services
President George F. McDougall spoke to Huron College students after the academic procession and faculty introductions. He urged education balanced with religion and morality and called for students to act with compassion, perseverance, and faith, while aiming for peaceful, charitable living.
A son was born today to Mr Richard Pease and Mrs Mary Steele Pease at 12 30 PM in a Huron hospital. The infant weighed 13 ounces and 7 pounds, with weights misreported in the record. Mr Pease is connected with the Retail Merchants Association of South Dakota.
News from Oslo reports the German occupation imposes a state of civil siege after strikes over milk rations. Executions target prominent Norwegian labor figures Hansteen and Viekstraem, who are linked to the Communist movement and youth organizations. German authorities may mete out death or life imprisonment and seize property.
The discussion covers four military districts in Japan plus actions to curb inflation and secure essential resources. Authorities plan winter coal and gas rationing prioritizing defense needs, with compulsory labor drafts for men up to 40 and women up to 25 and welfare supervision. Chinese autonomous governance in north China eyed, while Germany and Japanbacked plans push for a Manchukuolike structure.
Fourteen of nineteen indicted for using the mails to defraud midwestern investors of 300000 in a cemetery lot scam pleaded guilty before Federal Judge William B. Holly. Defendants include Klar and Simon as principal figure and aide, with others from New York City Brooklyn Akron Milwaukee Philadelphia Chicago and more. The case spans Illinois Indiana Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota and Missouri.
In Minneapolis defense attorneys asked federal court to dismiss indictments against 29 Socialist Workers party members charging sedition. They argue the indictments violate free speech rights and peaceable assembly and fail to specify illegal conspiracies or what acts were conspired.
A total of 85 births were registered in August, including 32 new and 63 old. The vital statistics tabulation also lists 18 deaths, 12 marriages, 2 divorces, and 4 declarations of intention to become citizens.
Philip 2 Waldron a Huron veteran who vanished August 1 was reportedly seen in Bowman North Dakota by two residents of Alpera last week. The informants said Waldron told them he was employed on a combine crew and spoke with them on Bowman streets.
Hu ron College dormitory Hespence Hall reports large enrollment this year. Grace Watlins dean of women says the dorm opened Sunday after a week of improvements. Lois Hill matron and director of dining, aided by Mabel Clemens and Prances Estee, lead the staff along with student workers helping defray college expenses.
During a House exchange in Edinburgh on September 2, Churchill called Moore-Brabazon's private remarks unrepresentative of government policy while Gallacher pressed for clarification. The Speaker interrupted as the debate shifted to other business.
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau states farm quotas are low enough to absorb surplus. He rules out price declines from surpluses and supports releasing surpluses while opposing further production increases. He cites store up food and import plans to stabilize markets and references Canada’s 500,000 bushels figure.
The report says Grindell Matthews Ganna was a search scientist who died in a London laboratory bungalow on a mountain near Swansex. He had proposed a Death Ray to bring down airplanes and a rocket propelled airframe reaching six miles per second, but none of his lethal machines were publicly employed.
Reports from the Gomel sector describe Soviet efforts against German forces with bombs destroying fortifications and water systems as casualties rise. Oslo and its enviro by Joseph Terboven saw the first death sentences, while U S Rome-Berlin Axis tensions and sea incidents fuel speculation as President Roosevelt prepares to speak.
We express our sincere thanks for the aid and sympathy shown during the illness and death of our beloved husband and father. Grateful for the floral offerings and kindness from friends and neighbors. Barbara Wailer and family plus the names of relatives extend appreciation.
Fragmented ad mentions sales and prices across multiple items including jewelry Frigidaire tires a 1937 Oldsmobile coach and living room suite Listings include addresses and loose phrases Lost found and business notices with unclear details. The readable bits show sale discounts tax changes and various items offered for quick sale.
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