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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1938
Page
2
Hog prices ease Friday with 10-15 cents off, top at 8.40, receipts 409. Cattle, calves, goats and sheep show mixed strength. hogs mostly steady in Chicago, top 9.20 for select cuts, futures and packer demand hint at cautious tone amid supply shifts. Beef cows and cutter grades cited. sheep trade modest with spring lambs modestly lower and Westerns active.
Huron Mitchell Sioux Falls Watertown and Sioux City report weekly market results for hens over five pounds Leghorn hens springs and roosters with prices for butterfat eggs and creamery butter. Chicago New York Minneapolis and national figures follow including live poultry and dressed prices, with varied weights and pack types.
Sioux City reports livestock sale results with hogs and cattle mixed. Cattle 7000 head and calves 35 with prime beefs around 12.25 and yearlings near 11.00, cows and cutters varied. hogs 1200 head with top around 7.70 for 190 270 lb, sows weaker. sheep about 3800 with early spring lambs noted.
Sioux Falls livestock market Friday shows overall softer tone with prices mostly 10 to 15 cents lower. Top hogs 3.60, bulk hogs 7.65 to 8.60, butchers 7.50 to 8.60, sows 7.00 to 7.85. Cattle 400 head steady, quotations unchanged.
St Paul market reports slow to fair trade with USDA data. Slaughter cattle mostly steady with good fed steers above 11.50 and grasses 5.00 7.00. top weighty bulls to 6.00. calves around 4.50 to 10.50. Hogs 9,000 head fairly active, barrows and gilts 170 pounds up steady to 10 lower, 200-250 pounds 5.00 to 6.00, sows to 7.50 8.5. feeder pigs to 4.50. Sheep 5,000 early steady for fat and feeding lambs, native springers around 8.00 or higher, native feeding lambs 5.50 6.25.
Wheat prices in Chicago rose two cents a bushel on relief over Europe wartime tensions in Czechoslovakia. Activity was heavy with speculative selling by buyers fearing wider military clashes. Near session lows held, and by close futures fell from yesterday, with December at 6 47 1/4, May 42 3/8, and corn and oats down modestly.
New York and Chicago markets show stocks advancing on peace news while bonds and foreign loans rally. Curb market strengthens with industrials leading. sterling strengthens. cotton and coffee higher on demand. sugar quiet. Wheat and corn slip in Chicago trades. hogs steady to lower. Minneapolis cash grain shows mixed receipts and premium shifts. wheat prices vary by class with no clear trend.
Minneapolis grain markets report carlot sales with bids for Wheat No 01 heavy dark northern spring 73 1/2 percent Wheat No 1 red northern 72 1/2 percent No 1 hard amber durum 24 76 percent No 1 red durum 56 44 No 1 yard winter 3944 Corn No 1 yellow 474 42 Rye No 1 44 45 Barley No 1 48 62 No 3 making 52 60 Flax No 1 1.824
Stocks rose sharply as Europe's war crisis cooled. Heavy buying from across the country and abroad pushed prices higher in the first half hour, with large blocks trading at strong levels. Full-session transfers reached about 1,900,000 shares as gains softened later.
A fragmented AP closing quotation list shows percentages next to company names such as Adams, AirReduc, MackTruck, Alaska, MarshField, AmCan, AT&T, Anaconda, Nash-Kely, NatRise, NatDistill, NY Cen, Nor Am, NorPac, PackardMotor, Dodge, and others. The text resembles a historical stock snapshot or market ticker with varied firm appendages and symbols, lacking full context or dates.
The Corn Palace show set a weekly record with 3,625 attendees on Thursday. Tickets sold out by 7 o clock as reservations from Huron and Pierre boosted crowds, while Sioux Falls fans planned to attend. Saturday will feature the Bridgewater College Band as part of projected record turnout. About 16,212 people have attended to date.
Czechoslovak officials report Social Democrats fleeing Sudeten territory as Czech authorities prepare to cede areas under pressure from Germany. Refugee flows are expected to rise. Sudeten leaders seek foreign aid, with hopes Britain or Canada may offer resettlement, while Czech leaders warn of upheaval.
Minneapolis stock page lists numerous company tickers with percentage bid and ask figures, including General Electric, General Mills, Gillette, 3M, and others. The column shows closing prices and market activity from a September session, with notable entries for Dupont, Crown Cork and Seal, and Lib-O-FGI among many.
Leaders announce consolidation of the First National Banks of Lead and Rapid City into the First National Bank of the Black Hills with offices in Rapid City Deadwood Lead Belle Fourche Hot Springs Newell Spearfish and other towns. Driscoll to be president. combined board includes Ayers Anderson Andrews Bo land and others. capitalization about 900000 dollars with nine hundred thousand dollars in capital stock and a 1.5 million dollar funding expectation.
Sioux Falls dispatch reports federal alcohol tax unit filed charges against Joe Nasr of West Huron for removing cece stamped liquor from its container to spike soft drinks. A warrant was issued, first such case in South Dakota.
At the frontier town of Hendaye in France reporters note only one minor engagement occurred in the Belmez sector of southwestern Spain. Insurgents claim the government attack there was repulsed as of September 30.
Reactions to the Munich agreement split along lines. France kept most forces in reserve until Sudeten territories are handed to Germany. Russia denounced the pact as unsatisfactory. Moscow calls the conference a committee for coordination of aggression. Roosevelt lauded diplomatic teamwork while Chamberlain is hailed as hero by many. Oslo celebrated with streets decorated and schools closed. London and New York markets rallied on optimism for peaceful days ahead.
Admission list includes August Muself Yale Glenn Olson F D Greene Mrs Buell Cotton William Scoville Augusta Lee Eva Larson and more in Huron De Smet Manchester Badger Esmond Welington and nearby locations. Dismissals feature C E Crain Tillie Younger Clarence Andrews Mr A C Roberts Elaine Clem Emma Granberg and a baby boy. Speedy recovery promoted for Walker’s Dowers.
Monsignor Desmond of St Martin's Catholic Church in Huron will turn 86 tomorrow. No special plans, cake with candles considered unnecessary. The venerable priest marked today as the close of his 84th year and remains active, reading three newspapers daily and following world events. Born Oct 1 in Queenstown County Cork he came to Huron on April 4.
Gov. Lehman yielded to Democratic party pleas and agreed to accept renomination for a fourth term after three days of party conferences. His decision assures his renomination in the party convention and pits him against Republican nominee Thomas E. Dewey, who rose to prominence after Lehman appointed him special prosecutor in New York City.
World leaders reflect on the Munich agreement as Chamberlain, Daladier, and Mussolini depart, while the Anglo German pact signals a joint effort to prevent war. The international commission on Sudetenland supervision convened and prepared for the occupation plan to begin in ten days.
Scouting groups nominate candidates at a meeting led by Ty Yeops with Grego and Lyte as part of an October 8 effort. The Het Sixt ticket lists Bio kell Ri 1 Voorhis and John B ow ra in a campaign aimed at mobilizing schools and community support.
The Pirates lost to the Reds in Cincinnati as the Reds secured their 21st victory of the season. Urey and Lombardi contributed for the Feds in a game noted for Pittsburgh’s fading playoff hopes.
Chinese reports claim their forces repulsed Japanese incursions along the Jiuhang Wuning highway about 95 miles southwest of Hankow. Japanese casualties are listed but not fully legible. The report notes Japanese advance toward the Yangtze region and toward Ilima.
Hunters anticipate strong turnout with extended seasons and rising duck and pheasant numbers. Jamison reports early reservations cancelled and plans to hunt across midwest areas, while Pellant warns about protected hawks and emphasizes license sales near 1,500 in Beadle County counties. New York reports record duck crops heading south as eight state seasons open tomorrow and run to mid November.
Sniffles relieves head cold tsrrh and Sinustro 30c and 50¢ at Humphrey. FOR SALE Yearting Guernsey bull eligible for registry grandson of Brookings College herd bull tea sonable. TD. W. Fuller 1485 Nevada S.W. Phone 4230. FOR SALE I A grade white leghorn cockerels $1.00 each John JC Meyer Wolsey 9 north 212 west.
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