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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1941
Page
2
Swine prices Thursday were steady to 10 cents higher with long haul well conditioned hogs continuing 5 to 10 cents per hundred higher at Armour Stock Yards Hu. Ton Sept 18 cattle and sheep steady. Representative sales Sioux City Sept 18 UP representative sales.
Daily price ranges from Huron markets reported by phone. Chicago reports mixed markets with hogs down and cattle steady. creamery prices, eggs, cheese, and poultry prices listed. falls in Falls and Mitchell regions show varying poultry and butterfat values.
Cattle and hog figures from South St Paul, Sioux Falls, and Sioux City markets. Cattle in demand varied by class with prices from 5.50 to 120.00, hogs steady to lower on bids, sows softer, sheep bids steady for fat lambs and feeders, with overall activity modest and regional price ranges noted.
A dated Sept market listing from Watertown and Bronx Produce shows prices for poultry eggs and butter fat. Entries include weights for rock springs, Leghorn springs, heavy breed roosters and hens, along with assorted eggs and creamery butter prices.
Boston market reports fair demand and steady prices for domestic wools. Graded French combing wools mix with Texas wools, trading on scoured and bag line bases with varied per ton estimates and weekly movement noted.
NEW YORK markets mix with profit taking halting the rally as stocks drift. Bonds steady and foreign exchange inactive amid hedging and liquidation. Chicago wheat rises on lend lease program and short covering. Cattle strengthen with improved eastern demand while hogs ease. Wool prices hold steady with mild showings but scoured and greasy futures noted.
A US commission threatens immediate government requisition of six tie up vessels if arbitration is not started. Ships owned by Alcoa Calmar Robin and Waterman lines are halted in New York harbor and mobile or New Orleans. The Seafarers International Union AFL called a Saturday strike demanding higher war bonuses. A second conference was convened by the mediation board to seek an agreement reopening captive coal mines in Pennsylvania West Virginia and Kentucky.
In CMILAGO on Sept 8 the grain markets showed a late rally after a cautious start from profit taking and hedging. Wheat rose to 14.5 cents higher than yesterday with December at 1.22 to 1.38, May 1.2544, corn mixed around 83% to 84, soybeans fell early but closed with small losses.
The Minnesota market notes higher prices for No 2 red winter and No 1 hard winter wheat with gains across categories. Durum varieties No 1 red and amber show increased quotes while No 3 yellow corn moves up. Market activity reflects overall price strength with several basis shifts noted.
The market halted its recent upswing as traders booked profits and pulled back from early gains. Transactions reached around 750000 shares as leaders pushed to new peaks but then saw declines and irregular transfers amid a shaky close.
Dr. Frank L. Eversull of Fargo North Dakota, former Huron College president and current North Dakota State College president, will address the annual college president's convention on WDAY Fargo at 10 30 a m tomorrow His topic is A College Student's Place in Creating a New World Order Capital letters and organizations uncertain but the speech underscores post war educational reform and leadership in higher education.
Col Earle L Lewis 57 of Rapid City died of a cerebral hemorrhage at Camp Claiborne Base Hospital after suffering a second attack following maneuvers. A World War veteran and longtime engineer and civic worker, he had led the 108th Engineers of the South Dakota National Guard since 1925.
The War Department announced plans to organize the army’s first airborne infantry battalion at Fort Benning on October 10 with 500 volunteers. The unit will use small cars motorcycles and bicycles for transport and will be led by regular and reserve officers under a broader integration of guard and regular forces.
The Beadie County Teachers Institute begins at 9 o'clock Friday morning in the Circuit Court room of the Beadie County Courthouse. The event runs Friday and Saturday with speakers including Willem McKinley Robinson director of the Department of Rural Education Kalamazoo Mich Supt J Calthorp Aberdeen Ohio Sherling from the State Department of Education Helen Anderson child welfare worker and Daisy ie county nurse among the listed participants.
The Scheele School teacher Miss Davis uses manuscript alphabet cards from the superintendent in Huron. First graders Elea nor Kuehl and Dale Odom can see them at the front of the room. Darlene Low is noted as a fifth grader. Admitted to hospitals list names including Mrs Erwin Pageler Hitchcock and others in Huron and Sioux Falls.
G. Robert E. Wood called a meeting of the National Executive Committee to discuss Roosevelt’s Tetent speech on naval operations. A spokesman noted Lindbergh’s Des Moines speech could be reviewed, while Herbert K. Hyde called Lindbergh’s charges against Jews UnAmerican though Hyde’s view did not reflect the committee.
South Dakota refunded 63 445 dollars in August, only 11 percent of the month's motor fuel tax. Supt W C Knight reports refunds have risen toward 25 percent, a level Governor Bushfield warned could threaten road building. August refunds, normally light, totaled 2 809 payments with 03 percent to farmers claiming off highway use. After sales tax deduction, net to fuel users stood at 57 836 dollars.
Fred Lindekugel 36 a South Dakota highway patrolman died after a crash while finishing training near Sioux Falls. Bernard Benson 29 a trainee assigned from Aberdeen weeks earlier was also killed. Benson left a widow and one child. Mrs Arnold Kruse sister of Lindekugel resides at 1008 Dakota Avenue South Huron.
The William Reaves Fest of the American Legion will hold its first regular meeting of the year at 6 oclock tonight in the Legion Hall. Busse, commander, announced the event and installing officer HL Luby will install new year's officers. A full committee report will be presented and light refreshments will be served after the meeting.
A garbled historical report cites a May 5 convoy system proposal and its American treaty implications, noting warnings that convoys could provoke shooting and torpedo attacks. It links Raeder’s remarks to the tense debate over naval strategy and presidential attribution.
Pierre Sept. 18 The state Social Security Department will renew its appeal for a uniform and lower food stamp purchase schedule for welfare recipients at a Sept. 29 conference with a representative of the Surplus Marketing Administration Director F C Drake said today It will also discuss eliminating centralized storage of school lunch foodstuffs and suggest blue stamps for school districts to provide lunches at local stores with blue stamps. The SMA favors reducing relief budgets and using blue stamps to move surplus commodities rather than aid to reduce surpluses. County commissioners favor no more surpluses due to defense demands and farmers producing more for Britain.
Classified fragment notice sheet lists wanted shotgun buy and farm sale offers. Includes requests for middle aged housekeepers and passenger hitchhiking to Sioux Falls. Also mentions poultry hatchery ads and a piano lessons offer with a drug store service.
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