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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1933
Page
11
Armour Hog Mart reports 500 hogs traded with prices up to 4.15 per cwt while cattle and calves showed mixed steady to uneven values. In Chicago, government purchases and slow demand kept hogs steady to slightly lower, with calves and sheep activity described as weak to moderate across weights and grades.
Wheat futures and hog market move lower amid higher receipts and ample carryover. Prices fall across hogs and cattle, with limited demand and slow trade. meanwhile wheat futures close lower in Minneapolis as trading remains light and uneven.
The report lists grades and percentages for durum and red durum quality, including No 1 mixed durum grade 4244 and flax associated with track arrival values around 1.86. It notes percentages and lot identifiers without broader market context.
Chicago Butter prices rise four cents while eggs and poultry hold steady across markets. Hides and wool prices listed. gold price slips to 3.50. Regional reports from Chicago Minneapolis Sioux City New York and Sioux Falls detail weights grades and agents’ quotations for butter eggs poultry potatoes flour and byproducts.
New York stocks rose cautiously as demand remained subdued. Late gains averaged about 1 to 2 points with some issues advancing more, led by firms like American Smelting and Allied Chemical while others held firm. volume was about 1.4 million shares with many industrial and utility issues up modestly.
The Huron P T A council held its first meeting of the year at the high school. Mrs I K La Craft presented the work plan for the fiscal year and Merv G BR McArthur announced the Aberdeen state convention October 19 with the theme Adequate Education for Youth Our Obligation. E Mre B Ulrich named chairmen for membership publicity child welfare and other duties. The meeting drew 46 members from Wilson So Tinchin Washington Jefferson McKinley Avenue junior and senior high schools.
Mrs Fiavilla Hatcher failed to collect $1000 from Central States Insurance on a policy held by her husband who vanished about nine years ago. Circuit Judge Alva E. Taylor directed a verdict for the company after testimony placed Hatcher in January 1982 in Phoenix. Donaldson testified he sent money given by Hatcher in Idaho to California, while Hatcher’s wife sought proof of death. A separate $32,000 policy suit against Central States was dismissed after the verdict. Trials continued in related matters including Robert N. Hurst’s claim against Masters Benefit Health and Accident Association, seeking $235 with about $945 already paid.
Postmaster E. S. Bruemmer urged parents to warn children against tearing down mail boxes stealing mail from rural boxes and defacing collection boxes. He noted damage to post office lobby furniture and warned of penalties for government property damage.
Four Huron men were named to study constructing three large dams on the James River as part of Missouri River diversion plans. They were tasked to bring in engineers to assess feasibility and to press South Dakota lawmakers for regional public works support in St Paul.
Governor Floyd B. Olson called for federal price fixing and NRA-style compliance to solve agricultural problems. Speaking in Slayton at a Murray County Farmers Holiday Unit meeting, he urged acreage reductions and currency measures and backed early use of presidential licensing powers for the program.
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor announced labor will ask Congress to approve a 30 hour week unless NRA codes are revised. He spoke to the metal trades department convention and insisted on a six hour day and five day week as the remedy if codes are not amended.
Walter Mc Bride and Wilbur Cage of Westport were fined 50 dollars each for assault in a charivari episode involving Albert Krampitz, with 25 days in jail in default. Judge John L. Ruckman condemned stripping clothing and applying mercurychrome as disgraceful. Two others were acquitted.
Congressman Fred Hildebrandt informed by the Institute of American Meat Packers in Chicago that processing facilities and emergency processing are ready through the period for the government bonus plan. He requests extension of time for receiving pigs in the prime Boe area action by Secretary Wallace following his telegram.
Local notes report blooms along Eight South and Dakota Avenue despite present pests on the trees. Joe H. Grant observes blossoms flourishing amid the issue, signaling resilient urban greenery.
Arthur A. Ballantine, former under secretary of the treasury, told 200 insurance leaders in White Sulphur Springs that the national debt is likely to exceed the June 2 1919 high of 25 685 000 000. He praised the Roosevelt administration and warned against indefinite expansion of public credit while noting January Congress authorizations and mortgage refinancing plans.
New York report shows Protestant church donations in 1932 totaled 78 million dollars. The figure, presented at a meeting of general promotional executives of principal denominations, is about one percent lower than contributions in 1931.
Chicago attorney William H. Holly told a public ownership conference that the collapse of the Insall utility empire signals the end of private ownership of public utilities. He warned such fortunes could influence legislation and undermine democracy.
Maj. Gen. Hagach announced Waters Town Civilian Conservation Camp 5 D will be discontinued about Nov. 1 and Pierre 5 D camp will be retained. South Dakotans will be quartered at Pierre for winter if possible, and men from out of state will be sent home. Waters Town camp closed due to no available work.
James W. Collier of Mississippi and former Democratic chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee died suddenly at his Washington home on his 61st birthday. Death was attributed to heart disease. Collier served 12 terms in the House and declined to run again last November after a dispute over at large versus district representation.
Ward County Farmers Union urged Agriculture Secretary Henry A Wallace to resign, accusing him of failing to fulfill farmer promises. The group also censured Gov. William Langer for not declaring an embargo on farm shipments and for supporting mortgage foreclosures by the Banks of North Dakota and the university and school lands board.
Acting War Secretary Harry Woodring announced the War Department approved an Army Engineers report to deepen the Missouri River between St. Louis and Kansas City. The action signals inland waterways to begin preparations to start work on that river stretch next spring and enable barge navigation.
Hollywood report says Mrs. Rooul Roulien, wife of Brazilian actor, was killed late last night when their car struck a tree. The driver was John Fluston 26, son of Walter Huston. Huston had recently survived another accident involving Zita Johann.
Labor unrest spreads from mines to mills in the four state area as over 75,000 workers halt in western Pennsylvania northern West Virginia and eastern Ohio. The walkout reaches Weirton Steubenville and Carrsburg as miners plan new persuasion marches amid no violence reported.
Myers secretary of Huron Chamber of Commerce spoke to Huron college students about business men’s attitude toward Alphamega advertising. He said the periodical offers mighty favorable value and news value for students, urging readers to patronize the Alphamega to persuade advertisers to buy space.
The Buzenein von Tacca dormitory hosted its annual tea on Wednesday afternoon from 4 to 6 o clock. Guests passed a receiving line formed by the house council the dean of women and the house mother then toured the dormitory. Mrs Miriam Spiers Mrs H A Hill Mrs Herbert G Titt and Mrs John DeVries presided at the teapots. A program featured vocal solos by Nadine Skare and Walter Blum and readings by Esther Mace while the parlors were decorated with flowers and tall candles.
Washington September 22. John J Manning secretary-treasurer and G W Perkins president of the liberal trades department urged closer unionization of workers to keep chis lers from credits NRA codes. They warned that without organizing the unorganized in recognized trade unions nonunion employers may organize them into groups and control them as they did under the now discredited company unions.
A hospital report lists Mrs Mary Ryde and Hattie Stubbie among admissions while Mrs Arthur Carlson Aar on Helen Meyers and others are dismissed. A girl in Highmore sustained a broken leg after a horse fall on September 28 and received prompt medical care with a satisfactory recovery reported.
Local listing reads for sale a dinette set an overstuffed armchair and chair a reliable gas range all in excellent condition. Contact number 905 Ind S We Phone B417 for details.
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