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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1942
Page
12
Jens Fortune aged 71 died at Lake Andes yesterday after two years of poor health. Formerly a Huron resident and brother of Torris Fortune, blacksmith, he lived in Huron about ten years ago and worked in the smith shop with his brother. Funeral services will be held at Lake Andes Friday at two o'clock.
Representative Case of South Dakota says the army engineers study the feasibility of a cantonment in the Black Hills for potential future expansion. He notes the site’s terrain suits training and regional cooperation with Rapid City and Ft. Meade, while subcontracting and Indian employment plans accompany the Provo project.
The city auditor's office in Huron hall will be open from 10 a m to 4 p m next Sunday to aid voters away for the city election next Tuesday. One city street commissioner will be elected with candidates O C Olson and Cecil Bartholow running.
The piece praises General MacArthur and American airpower in the Southwest Pacific. It lauds his aggressive operations, calls American warplanes worthy, and envisions a day when Tokyo is threatened by an armada of U S planes, signaling resolve after earlier setbacks.
The commentary lauds the air power shown in the raid as a bold warning to Japan while urging measured escalation. It warns against overestimating the impact, notes Allied resolve under Hitler’s gambits, and predicts broader, multi directional attacks targeting Japanese communications as a key weakness.
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