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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1942
Page
2
Market notes from Armour Stockyards Huron show hogs steady to weak with top at 14.50 for butchers and 3,200 hogs salable. Cattle steady to strong. sheep steady to slightly lower. Chicago reports hogs slipping from 22 year peaks while cattle and sheep stay largely steady with mixed price shifts across weights and classes.
St Paul buyers and sellers assessed cattle hogs and sheep with 3 700 cattle on offer 2 900 slaughter steers and heifers mixed quotes ranged from 9 00 to 15 00 for cattle while calves brought 12 00 to 14 50 hogs sold slower with barrows and gilts around 14 60 to 14 75 and sheep on a large 13 000 head pool with no early action noted
Sioux Falls and Watertown livestock markets report Friday pricing with steady cattle and hog quotes. Sioux Falls lists top cattle and bulk figures. Watertown shows lower butchers and packing sow ranges along with lamb and yearling quotes.
Sioux City Iowa market report lists cattle prices with calves and yearlings in supply. Slaughter steers and yearlings show activity and firm gains, heifers steady, cows strong, stockers and feeders active. Bulk fed steers and yearlings priced 13.00 to 15.00, load lots at 15.35, with choice grades down to lower classifications.
Daily market telegrams from Huron and Sioux City report heavy hens and springs by weight, Leghorn varieties, roosters, and turkeys, with prices for eggs and butterfat. Current receipts for eggs and butterfat figures are listed, reflecting state lines and market shifts.
Sioux Falls and Watertown report Sept 24 price lists for poultry and eggs. Heavy hens and cocks, leghorn varieties, and spring birds given with weight bands. butterfat and eggs priced No 1 and No 2 grades. Chicago market notes include butter and live poultry prices with receipts and carlot benchmarks.
Boston's wool market remained active with demand for combing and woolen wools. Graded Ohio and Michigan three-eighths and quarter-bloods sold at 54 cents grease basis. South American wools for naval blankets moved at 95 cents clean basis. grease wools at 1.03 to 1.05 for scoured. New York reports steady butter and cheese prices with varied egg and color grade data.
New York market report notes lenders extending rally while bonds stay steady as rails resist profit taking. Cotton climbs on trade and outside buying. Chicago wheat closes lower after early gains amid price control uncertainty. Corn holds firm despite unfavorable belt weather. Hog prices steady to 10 cents lower, top at 15.20, with larger supply. Cattle show mixed moves with choice steers steady, others weak to 25 cents lower.
Refrigerators range from fancy to extra fancy with varied weights and standards. Dressed poultry prices stay steady while live poultry shows firmer tones amid stable overall market readings.
Wheat No 1 dark northern, down 1.02. Wheat No 2 dark northern down 1.0. Wheat No 3 dark northern at 1.00. Rye at 0.48. Barley around 0.45 with minor adjustments. Market activity shows programed price changes with small lot notes.
Chicago market nerves show grain prices fluctuating as anti inflation legislation lifts parity projections briefly. Wheat rose then dropped with December at 128 45 and May around 131 13. corn and oats slipped or held steady while soybeans rose, reflecting President's potential veto and profit taking amid futures data from Chicago and Minneapolis cash quotes.
In New York trading on September 24 stocks edged higher led by rails and industrials adding fractions to yesterday's rally. Volume reached near year’s second best, with broad gains at opening but most advances trimmed by profit taking. Near the close prices were firmer across categories as around 800,000 shares changed hands, the heaviest turnover since July.
Lou E Halland, head of the Smaller War Plant Corporation, told a congressional committee that Civil Service rules block hiring skilled mechanics and hinder appointing a key field director. He said progress is slow but contracts worth over 5 million dollars have been awarded to about fifty small firms. He warned against rushing and stressed the need to finish administrative setup quickly to aid hard pressed communities.
New York reports describe metal scrap as truly critical as 1,600 newspapers back the drive to collect scrap from homes farms and factories. Bethlehem Steel and United States Steel leaders warn the nation must gather millions of tons by January 4 to meet peak wartime steel demand. Farmers and households urged to act, with war production at stake.
Commander Felix M McWhirter, district security officer, warned at the Ohio State Safety Conference in Cleveland that the war can be won or lost in the Ninth Naval District, a region covering 33 states including Iowa Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota and Wisconsin. He noted the district supplies two-thirds of materiel for the armed forces and most of the nation s foods and 95 percent of its iron ore while commending local safety and manpower conservation efforts. He urged continued aggressive conservation and readiness, warning the outcome hinges on this district s performance.
A dense OCR fragment lists numerous company tickers and percentage figures alongside monetary values and percentages. The snippet hints at a financial or stock table with entities such as Armill, BendixAvia, Cahumetéiec, CelotexCarp, ChryslerCor, Colgat-Pal, ConsCopper, CornProd, and others, each followed by a percent stake or return figure. No coherent narrative or date present.
London Sept 24 The United States and Free French naval forces agreed to establish a French naval flying unit to be trained and equipped in the United States for service with the naval air arm of the United Nations, it was announced tonight.
Frosts across South Dakota last night damaged corn, with the largest loss in years. Evan V. Jones of the Federal Crop Reporting Service said the state will still have a huge corn harvest, most fields beyond the freezing point, though soft corn will be concentrated in the northern areas.
Frost across South Dakota spared many corn fields around Huron but damaged grain sorghums that failed to mature. Temperatures dropped to 24 degrees at Watertown and Mobridge with higher readings elsewhere. Late planting and moisture left green ears vulnerable, making storage risky for soft corn. Experts note hand-picking aids sorting, while mechanical pickers fail to separate malformed ears.
The State Federated Council of Churches will seek local option on beer and light wines when the legislature convenes in January. The temperance committee, led by Rev Harold W Wagar, asks stricter liquor control as war concerns rise. The council plans to present its program to lawmakers.
Funeral services are set for Mrs. ndna White 59 who died in Yankton Wednesday morning. The Rev A W Gray of the Presbyterian Church will officiate at 10 30 Friday morning at Kinyon Chapel with Colfax Rebekah Lodge No 9 assisting. Burial follows beside her husband F B White in Riverside Cemetery. A sister Mrs Jensen of Kansas City is traveling to attend.
Washington Sept AF. The Senate unanimously approved up to $5,000 to investigate a union ban on making musical records and transcriptions for radio stations and jukeboxes. Chairman Wheeler of Montana said he would appoint a subcommittee soon to launch a full inquiry into James C. Petrillo’s activities.
New York dispatch reports a Berlin broadcast stating Yugoslav patriots are fighting as brigands and bandits. In two weeks ending Sept 8 Axis forces killed 3,000 and captured 4,000 in the Bosnia mountains. civilians and partisans face harsh fate. Martha Anderson, 88, injured in fall at her son's home in Minneapolis, receiving care at Huron Clinic.
Allied jungle fighters hold firmly in the New Guinea mountains near Port Moresby amid renewed combat on the Owen Stanley range. Allied planes strafe Japanese troops and destroy supply bases as three air sweeps target Buna. In China, a Chanisu army spokesman reports a lull with no clear counter offensive planned. London reports Madagascar’s Tananarive garrison has fallen and British troops occupy the capital after a rapid campaign.
Gulf Coast Training Center Sept 24. A 20 year old flying officer Lt Col Sydney D Grubbs named to command Kelly Field Texas. He succeeds Col Harvey W Prosser transferred to air service command. Grubbs born Martinsville Indiana June 2 1912. He entered West Point 1929 graduation June 1933. He has been executive officer of the San Antonio aviation cadet center.
Washington September 24 Senate finance committee voted 12 to 4 to insert into the revenue bill an amendment by Senator Vandenberg Michigan Republican freezing Social Security taxes for another year at 1 percent on employers and 1 percent on employees. The measure would prevent an automatic rise to 2 percent for both sides set to take effect January 1 if Congress does not act. Treasury officials had expected a rise to about 5 percent after passage.
The 59th annual convocation of Episcopal Churches missions and schools of South Dakota completed a complete revision of the canons. More than a hundred attended the three day session beginning Tuesday. Regular committees and officers were appointed by Bishop W. Blair Roberts and delegates were named for the general convention in Chicago in May.
Exiled Russian missionary A Malef-Fetler will speak at Bethel Church 16 miles north of Yale three West. Events scheduled for Sunday September 27 at 11 am and 3 pm and Monday September 28 at 8 pm. Eugene Pugsley arrives in Huron for brief visit storekeeper in the US navy with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Earle B. Pugsley. He is joined by his sister Mrs. H K Stoneman of Minneapolis.
Weather bulletin shows high and low temperatures from last year and on this date, with record values and precipitation totals. Forecast extends continued cold conditions across Huron, Vicinity, and western to eastern regions through tonight and into Friday morning.
The Navy announced the loss of a 1500 ton destroyer damaged by enemy aircraft off Guadalcanal and the auxiliary transport Little during Solomons operations. The destroyer vanished without trace while headed to a repair base, likely due to a U boat or air attack. None of the 272 crew were found. Half the Little’s personnel were saved. total deaths possibly near 250.
The Salvation Army holds a mid week service tonight at 7 45 led by Major T F Samsel who arrived last week A Torchbearer Club meeting for the Young People aged 13 to 26 is set for tomorrow at 7 20 Officers will be elected and future plans formed The club aims to build a healthy body develop a progressive mind awaken social conscience and strive for spiritual advancement through reverence and devotion to God.
Hollywood actor George Brent moves from film to aviation, taking a civilian flying instructor position at an Oxnard California training school. Brent said he could not enlist in the armed services and will remain out of movies until the war ends.
In New York promoter Stimson cites War Boxing Incorporated and the War Department approving plans to promote a boxing match to raise funds for Army Emergency Relief. Stimson says an investigation, if needed, is acceptable to him.
Federal Judge Alfred D. Barkdale rejected defense attempts to bar German American Bund documents in the trial of 25 former Bund members on conspiracy to evade the Selective Service Act. defense argued seizure violated the fourth amendment. Hospital admissions listed include J. C. D. Hofer Brone land surgical and Mrs Martha K Anderson Huron medical. Mrs P. D. Evans Centerville dismissed.
Five room house with garage for sale and modern features. Also a for rent notice for a furnished two or three room upstairs apartment. Lost dog Boots terrier missing near Lampe Building with reward offered. Additional sale notices include a used National cash register and various vendor listings.
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