Britain Unveils War Budget and Wholesaler Levy
London reports Chancellor Sir John Simon presenting a 1940 41 war budget totaling 2 667 billion pounds with new levies including wholesale sales tax increased beer tobacco duty and higher income tax rates He forecasts war expenditure rising to about 7 billion dollars annually by spring 1941 and warns against profiteering while seeking 1 234 million pounds in revenue and 1 4336 million pounds deficit to be funded by borrowing
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John Simon
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Sir John
John
London
Hopkins Dies in Illinois at 69 Former Huree Chief of Police
Lyle Hopkins announced the death of his father A. W. Hopkins 69 longtime Huree police chief in Hinsdale Illinois. Funeral services are planned Thursday in Redfield where the Hopkins family once lived.
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Illinois
Lyle Hopkins
Huree
Hinsdale
Redfield
Hopkins
Death Takes Holiday in Hughes County Highway Accidents
Four cars wrecked on Highway 14 near Harrold and between Pierre and Blunt over about 15 hours. George Tuttle of Fort Thompson killed a horse. Tuttle, his wife, and Elinora Erickson of Blunt had minor injuries. No fatalities among seven people. crashes occurred within a ten mile span on a wet surface.
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Slayton
Minn
Hughes County
Highway 14
George Tuttle
Fort Thompson
Tuttle
Elnora Erickson
Blunt
Pierre
Henry ¥. Hummer Minuster
Lighter vote in today's Huron municipal runoff
Voter interest appeared lower than in last week's regular election as City Auditor M F Wall released midday tallies showing 934 votes versus 1339 at noon a week earlier. Four candidates competed for two seats on the city commission, with results to determine the new board joining Mayor-elect J S Tschatter and existing commissioners.
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M. F. Wall
Walt
Flow City Commission
Herbert R. Costain
John Kautz
W.L. Weir
A. J. Larsen
J. S. Tschatter
A. A. Chamberlain
O. C. Olson
New ‘Board
Shape Plans For Woonsocket Trip
Secretary C Kryinistunon of the Huron Chamber of Commerce urged Huronians to sign up for the Woonsocket Commercial Club annual banquet Thursday night. A large delegation from Huron is planned with a caravan to Woonsocket. G. R McArthur will be the main speaker at the Woonsocket meeting.
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Huron Chamber of Commerce
Woonsocket Commercial Club
Woonsocket
Krumm
G. R McArthur
Huron Country Club Plants 1250 Trees Before Season Opener
Members of the Huron Country Club planted 1,250 trees and cleaned the grounds during a tree planting session before the season opening stag party on Monday.
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Huron Country Club
Roosevelt to Tour Canada and West in 1936 Visit
President Roosevelt held talks with Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King in Warm Springs detailing a forthcoming non political June cross country tour. The plan includes dedicating national parks in North Carolina Tennessee California and Washington and a visit to Fort Worth and the San Francisco fair. The journey aims to spotlight conservation with a stops in Texas Natchez Fort Worth and Alaska amid a broad timetable ahead of the Republican convention.
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Great Stanky Mountains National Park
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Tennesse
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Tex
Elliott
Faxity
King’s Canyon Navional Park
California
San Francisco Exposition
Olympic National Park
Washington
Juneau
Alaska
Northwestern
Zarmbelt
Heavy Downpour Boosts Yields in Yankton Area
A steady rain from early morning through evening delivered Yankton area its heaviest rainfall of the year. Official 24 hour moisture reached 1.58 inches, with 0.28 inches added Sunday morning, totaling 1.86 inches over three days and 2.56 inches for April so far, above the 1.57-inch normal for the first 22 days. Light showers Monday followed by frost tonight are forecast, with Wednesday expected to be mostly cloudy and warmer.
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Buron
B. RB. Laskowski
Wessington Bridge Team Reclaims Four-Man Chess Hint Title
A Wessington Bridge quartet won the team-of-four championship at the sixteenth annual South Dakota Bridge Association tourney, scoring 27 percent to reclaim the throne held by the organizers. The champion foursome, comprising Phili Friedman Frank Kearney J L Cummings and Clem Wittenberger, edged a Huron team by one point as Mitchell finished third with 24 percent. The event drew 44 pairs in opening play and 12 teams in the final, with Huron’s Tolmie Wood dethroned. The 1940 tournament will be held again in Huron, designated as the permanent site by association bylaws. Cromwell and Mrs Doris Duke expect a child in August.
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Rylers
South Dakota Bridge Association
Wessington
Phili Friedman
Frank Kearney
J. L. Cummings
Clem Wittenberger
F. H. Schrader
Sioux Falls
E. McKenne
Huron
M. F. Broe
Watertown
Blake
William Tolmie
Parkhurst Wood
Carl Thurston
Pete Case
Mitchell
Horace Kress
Frank Hickey
Leo Rozum
Gus Buche
J. L. Manley
Milbank
Tolmie Wood
Chester N. White
State Association
Aubby and wife win state bridge pair title at tourney
Milbank resident F. L. Manley teamed with his wife to win the state pair championship in the bridge tournament that closed Monday. Manley, who was in Kansas City on business, came to compete after three years of playing with other partners without a win.
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F. L. Manley
Milbank
Manley
Kansas City
Lew
Duff Cooper Calls War on Whole German People
Alfred Duff Cooper, replacing Churchill at the Royal Society of St. George, urged war against the German people not just the Nazi regime. He warned crimes across Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Denmark and Norway, saying victory will come though the time is uncertain. Britain’s sea dominance was cited as key to ultimate triumph.
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Britain
Iran
Norway
Paris
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Scandinavia
Germany
Joan Simon
Winston. Churchill
Two Boys Cling To Life At Slayton Crash Survivors
Slayton Minnesota reports two teen survivors of a Sunday headon crash that killed 11 youths. Elmer Meyer 18 said he was asleep during the collision and is in semi consciousness. Cecil Jensen 18 remains in critical condition with crushed vertebrae and broken ribs. Funeral services were held for several victims as authorities seek details.
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Minn
Elmer Meyer
Jackson
Cecil Jensen
George Larson
Carl A. Fair
Gordon Meyers
Leo Egge
Irene Schwab
Rachel Fish
Fulda
Hollis Luff
Nebraska
Wayne Gamble
Erate Johnson
Hadley
Harold
Lorens Thyn
Here
Rock Valley
Cause of New York wreck remains a mystery
Albany April 23. The cause of the Little Falls wreck that killed thirty and injured about a hundred remains unsolved after an investigation adjourned without findings. testimony indicated the Lake Shore Limited was in perfect condition before the accident. dozens of victims stay hospitalized in Little Falls and Herkimer while conditions for about forty are unchanged.
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New York Central
Lake Shore
Little Falls
Herkimer
Swedish Reports Of Violent Skagerrak Battles
Swedish reports describe two violent battles in the Skagerrak involving naval and air forces with at least 10 destroyers and many warplanes. Berlin, citing Norwegian surrender near Stavanger, notes shifts in allied councils and ongoing Norway fighting as British and Norwegian forces resist German pressure. The British say aerial blows hit Norway and Denmark targets, Incendiaries sparked large fires at Fornebu and Aalborg, with limited aircraft losses.
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By Douglas B. Cornell
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