Favorable Week for South Dakota Farmers Amid Rain and Warmth
The week ending April 13 brought mild days from 60 to 73 degrees and ample rainfall across the state. Weather forecaster B R Laskowski reported steadily improving soil moisture, greened grasses, and generally fair to good winter crop conditions with plowing and seeding advancing except in the far north. Some lowlands remain flooded but receding streams and early seeding near completion support a favorable agricultural outlook.
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B. R. Laskowski
U. S. Weather Bureau
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Yankton
Fairfax
Huron
Mobridge
Pierre
Rapid City
Sioux Falls
Tyndall
Watertown
Aberdeen
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Faith
Milbank
Vivian
Weather And Warmer Forecast For Huron Vicinity
Weather summary shows highest and lowest temperatures from last year and all time highs and lows for the date. Precipitation totals for the month and year, normal values, sunrise and sunset times, plus a forecast for Huron and nearby areas with warmer temperatures today and tonight. South Dakota expected warmer Thursday with cooler, scattered showers in extreme north nortian and stronger NW winds Thursday evening. British Army command Mustang fighters armed with eight machine guns.
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Huron
South Dakota
Nortian
Mustang
British Army Co-Operation Command
Yankees star wins National Screen Council Blue Ribbon Award
The Yankees film has been selected by the National Screen Council as the March Blue Ribbon winner. Competing titles released between February 25 and March 25 were considered. RKO distributed the roadshow film featuring Gary Cooper as a sports hero with Teresa Wright, Babe Ruth and others, directed by Sam Wood.
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Yankees
National Screen Council
RKO Radio
Gary Cooper
America
Teresa Wright
Babe Ruth
Sam Wood
Funeral for Hubbard Infant in Clark Methodist Church
Betty Lorraine Hubbard nine month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Alvin Hubbard died from burns suffered when their farm home burned Tuesday shortly before noon. Funeral service set for Thursday at 2:30 pm with Rev J S Palmer officiating. The Hubbard family was in the yard during the explosion. Alvin Hubbard sustained arm cuts while rescuing the child.
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Clark
Clark Methodist Church
Betty Lorraine Hubbard
Alvin Hubbard
J. S. Palmer
City Briefs Highlight Local Travel and Events
Miss Delores Jorgensen and Miss June Adams left last night by train for Los Angeles. Jorgensen plans to settle there, while Adams will visit about two weeks with Miss Phyllis Busse and in San Pedro with Mrs. Bob Brownell, former Huron residents. Card party for Red Cross Blood Plasma Fund set Friday at 2 pm at the YWCA, 25 cents, public invited. Also listed are events like a rummage sale at the YWCA on Saturday April 17, a Gladiola bulbs sale, and community notices including service by John Wolter to Oklahoma, Easter card ads, and visits by Mrs. James A. Klassen of Hague, Sask. Canada.
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Delores Jorgensen
June Adams
Los Angeles
Jorgensen
Miss Adams
Phyllis Busse
San Pedro
Bob Brownell
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Red Cross
Y.W.C.A
Alaska
Kiel Bros, Ince
Cong’s Church
Mona Ames
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Ft. Leonard Wood
Station
U. S. Army
Nurses Corps of
Army
Miss Ames
Hyde County Exceeds War Bond Quotas in Two Days
Minneapolis April 15 The war bond drive stays rapid as the ninth federal reserve district passes 50 million dollars of its 175 million quota. Hyde County South Dakota reports a 25 percent over allotment in two days while other districts note quotas being exceeded.
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Minneapolis
Ninth Federal Reserve District
South Dakotas
Hyde County
Who Will Feed The Bears Ice Cream
Washington reports the National Parks Service expects parks to open this year if fuel and rationing allow. Associate director A. E. Demaray says access will be limited to regular facilities and personnel, and no effort will be made to attract ineligible visitors.
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Washington
A. E. Demaray
National Parks Service
Reclassification to Cut Draft Exemption for Some Men
In Minnesota and South Dakota, about 3,500 childless married men face reclassification under new War Manpower Commission draft rules. Dependency as a deferment reason is removed for men with collateral dependents and wives, except for essential agriculture workers or oat farmers where hardship would arise.
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Minneapolis
South Dakota
War Menpower Commission
Draft military draft notes defer many South California workers
The draft plan defers many workers, with the high agricultural workforce in South California delaying classifications. About 350 individuals will be reclassified 1-A.
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Cafala
Mackenzie on German Army Morale and Allied Prospects
The interview quotes an Allied general saying German soldiers crack under hopeless odds. He notes soldiers may prefer suicide over surrender, while Tunisia and Italy loom as battlegrounds. He predicts a terrible battle with heavy Allied casualties before Axis evacuation ends. He asserts Allied superiority remains clear.
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Tunisia
Italy
Not only in numbers but in all arms of fighting war
The text compares Rommel to ancient Antaeus and describes a hard, short struggle in the Libyan desert. It suggests Montgomery and British forces sought to lift Rommel from ground and exhaust his remaining strength, indicating a decisive push against the enemy.
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Antaeus
Ant
Montgomery
Amacus Rommel
Marshal
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