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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1937
Page
1
In Congress campaigns to regulate wages and hours gain momentum as lawmakers push new standards. The drive includes support from labor groups and opposition from business interests seeking flexible rules and enforcement clarity.
A set of farmer opinions from South Dakota on this spring’s conditions. Spizer expects a good fall harvest despite uncertainty. Clark notes earlier hesitations but now plans planting. Willadsen reports nationwide good agricultural conditions and optimism for the coming flu harvest.
The Humane Society awarded 181 policemen certificates for rescuing and aiding animals last year. Patrolman Scion Goldstein nicknamed Frank Buck for bringing animals back alive earned a recent citation for rescuing an injured wild duck. In Cary North Carolina officials resignations leave town without a police force as mayor Lena Raines and town clerk Ec next Fuquay quit. A primary election was canceled due to sparse candidacies. Sprinkled by reports from Berkeley and Rockford, California. Sheriff Johnson in Winnebago County announces two baths weekly for inmates. Floyd Clark bound over for burglary in Nebraska City due to a broken button found on a market roof and his overcoat.]
British labor leaders pressed to lift the Spanish blockade of Bilbao and restore convoy protection for Basque food ships. Attlee seeks a House of Commons vote of censure against Baldwin over the policy of withdrawing protection, while Eden warns Britain will not split Europe into rival blocs.
A humorous tale about Uncle Ukle who swears by the Golden Rule. He quips on minding one’s own business, and recounts a neighbor’s barn fire near dawn. The Arkansas traveler Bob Burns is invoked in the riff, ending with a jokey moral about warnings and smoke.
CHICAGO April 13 The Brotherhood of Railroad Shop Craft of America seeks recognition as a vertical union by John L. Lewis committee. The request hinges on a referendum vote by members after the annual convention in New York September 14-16. James I. McConnell noted CIO has not yet entered railroad field but would proceed via shop crafts union.
The Evening Huronite debuts a 30 page Modern Farming Edition with 18 pages of pictures and stories on agriculture. It includes advice from the Sail Conservation Service and State College, farmer perspectives on methods to combat drought, and hopeful nationwide moisture outlook as Central South Dakota's agricultural empire is described as on the comeback road. The issue notes rainfall above normal, filling lakes and dams, and moisture reserves at historically low levels, with optimism for the growing season and appreciation for cooperating organizations and individuals.
City Manager Dow J Sears announced city crews will be dispatched next week to collect winter trash as part of the annual cleanup. Residents should rake rubbish into one central pile. material like plaster cement and lumber scraps will not be collected. The free service runs one week to cover the cleanup.
A dirt slide around seven miles southwest of Fort Pierre covered about 1% feet of track with six feet of earth yesterday. It did not interfere with the schedule. The Pierre office of the company reported the tracks were cleared about 9 o clock last night.
The report notes increasing cloudiness tonight with unsettled conditions. Temperatures rise modestly on Wednesday as central and east areas expect warmer, unsettled conditions across the region.
Thousands of workers in industrial centers await the impact of the Wagner act as Henry Ford refuses to recognize any union while John A. Lewis predicts Ford will change his mind. UAW officials call the act a path to peace, Hershey Chocolate workers settle a strike with an election overseen by the NLRB.
City officials warned early-season swimmers at Ravine Lake about the hazards of premature dips. Depth and temperature conditions risk fatal outcomes, with supervised hours returning this summer under Loftus Ward. A strict ban remains in place until the schedule starts.
Jack Lane, a transient, was bound over to the circuit court on a grand larceny charge after waiving preliminaries this morning in municipal court. The case involves the theft of an overcoat. Leo A. Temmey appeared for the state, Lane had no counsel at the hearing.
Willow Lake in Willow Lake April 13 reports water returning after years of dryness. Local anecdotes mention old settlements and past pleasures by the lake as boys note depths from one to four feet. The lake bed fills again, renewing a seasonal town feature and prompting residents to recall bygone days.
George W Wright longtime South Dakota secretary of finance and party chairman was eulogized by friends at a large First Presbyterian Church service in Huron. Judge Gardner praised his humanitarian spirit and balanced conservatism and progressivism, noting Wright’s rugged pioneer roots and public service. The service closed with burial at Riverside Cemetery.
Washington April 13. After the Wagner Act validation, sit-down bans and hour standards loom as Congress debates labor policy. Roosevelt supporters expect new minimums and working condition rules, while Byrnes and King push safeguards for minorities and employers amid talks of tribunal reorganization.
Sioux River rises after snowmelt and rain, flooding diversion ditches and farm land from Elmwood to Sherman parks. Water covers lowlands between Volga and Brookings, with Baltic and Piandreau areas impacted and Lake Kampeska receiving river inflow. Ice jams observed upstream, suggesting rising levels may recede in days.
Marshall Minnesota reports the swollen Redwood River continues to recede after isolating five homes on Monday. The river remains out of its banks with a 500 foot stretch of water blocking State Highways, including No. 19, today.
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