Confidence Returns for South Dakota Farming Loans
The rural credit board in Pierre notes that the purchase of farm mortgages signals renewed confidence in South Dakota agriculture. Director Millard G. Scott says inquiries from financial institutions rose after July’s report, with 351 contracts and loans totaling 417 763 sold in the past year. Ample rainfall and strong crops have drawn investments from Chicago firms, farm loan associations, banks, insurers, and individuals into the 4 to 5 percent paper.
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Pierre
Rural Credit Board
South Dakota
Millard G. Scott
Chicago
More Than Half Of SD Homes Rented In 1940 Census
South Dakota housing data shows 179,744 dwellings with 74,388 owner occupied and 91,345 rented by tenants. Urban and rural totals sum 45,281 city, 53,087 rural and 81,378 farm dwellings. over nine tenths have wood exteriors and many built between 1920 and 1940. The typical dwelling has five rooms.
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Waasnndon
South Dakota
Continue Campaign For Highway Safety In South Dakota
Pierre Aug 5 The South Dakota Motor Patrol chief Superintendent M Goetz expanded a public safety drive with 11 careless driving examples. He warned that driving over 40 mph or tire wear shows a lack of patriotism vital to victory and listed behaviors such as turning carriers at high speed center line traffic and weaving.
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Pierre
Ve M. Goetz
South Dakota Motor Patrol
Army Worms Reported Near Gettysburg
In Gettys saly Aus Potter County for the first time army worms were found in a backyard. Mr and Mrs Alpert Houck asked county agent James J McConnell to identify them. The agent confirmed army worms and obtained poison to control the infestation. The worms appeared to originate from a vacant lot seeded to grain earlier in the spring.
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Gettyssaly
Aus
Potter County
Organize First Aid Class At Gann Valley
In Gann Valley on Saturday special Red Cross workers Miss Luella Selover and the Buffalo County Chapter executive committee discussed plans to organize First Aid classes and allied actions to support the war effort.
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Gann Valley
Luella, Selover
Red Cross
Saturoz
Buffalo County
Wanted Men And Women To Try Curine Home Method
An old advertisement seeks men and women hard of hearing to try a home hearing aid method claimed to relieve cerumen issues. It asserts a risk free test, uses ingredients listed in the US Pharmacopoeia, and promises refunds if unsatisfied. Package sales claim since 1895 with low daily cost and Sherman & Moe Drug Store as seller.
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U.S
Sherman & Moe Drug Store
Livestock Rebounds in Potter County After Drought
Gett ysburg reports livestock counts rising from January 1925 to January 1942. Potter County cattle, hogs, and sheep fell during drought years, with near ruin by 1935. By 1942 a gradual comeback appeared as cattle reached 15,800, hogs 14,100, and sheep 18,900, with census expected to grow by 1943.
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Gettysburg
Potter County
Buffalo County School Board Report Shows Shifts Over Five Years
Merle Tysdale county superintendent reports all officers returns due August 1 and state report filed. Compared with five years ago the census fell about 20 percent while high school enrollment dropped 25 percent and total enrollment down 7 percent. Indebtedness declined. only one district bears small bonded debt now and just $3000 five years ago. One district remains on a registered warrant. Teachers wages rose about 20 percent. only one five-year teacher remains. 42 percent of school board members remain.
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Gann Vauuley
Merle Tysdale
Affairo County
Pierre
State Department
Past Matrons Meet At Frankfort Church
Mrs. H. G. Gelhaus hosted the Past Matron's Club in Frankfort with fourteen members present. Margaret Leonard led business and a friendship program, conducted by Miss Sophia Mason. A handkerchief shower honored Mrs. Hilkemier during the social hour, and lunch was served by the hostess.
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Frankfort
H. G. Gelhaus
Margaret Leonard
Sophia Mason
V Mail Service May Be Available Throughout State
Sioux Falls postmaster J A Crowley announced Wemail service should be available at about 600 South Dakota post offices by Thursday or sooner. The combined letter sheet and envelope speeds communication with armed forces abroad and can be obtained free of charge at any post office. Microfilm copies sent to foreign stations for reproduction reduce shipping space while intact letters are recognized by uniform markings.
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Sioux Falls
Aug
J. A. Crowley
South Dakota
New York
San Francisco
Moratoriums on mortgage redemptions upheld in court
In Sioux Falls a circuit court ruled moratoriums on mortgage redemptions cannot be voided despite a high court ruling. Judge John T. Medin noted the act remains constitutional. eleven test cases sought setting aside extensions. Nine were brought by HCLC. some mortgagors had payments accepted during the moratorium.
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Sioux Falls
Aug
Seek Work for Sioux Indians at Provo
Superintendent W. G. Smith and Luke Gilbert of the Sioux Tribal Council visited the U S Defense Project at Provo recently. The cancelling of the ccc TD at the agency has released young Indians for other employment. Gilbert reported most available men were at work in harvest or other fields.
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Provo Gettysburg
W. G. Smith
Luke Gilbert
Cheyenne Indian Reservation
U. S. Defense Project
Provo
Ccc- TD
Gilbert
Former Potter County Woman Dies In Texas
Obituary note reports the death of Mrs. Margaret Lucas, a Potter County pioneer, at her Donna Texas home. Survived by two sons George of Weslaco and Clenn of Donna, two daughters Neil of Donna and Mrs Mary Lenegard O'Brian of Gettysburg. Burial in the Donna Cemetery.
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Potter County
Texas
Gettysburg
Margaret Lucas
Donna
Erosion Moves Sand Hill Near Wright Brothers Flight Site
Wind erosion has shifted the sandy knoll at Devil Hill in North Carolina by about a quarter mile since the 1903 first powered flight by the Wright brothers. The site known as Kill Devil Hill remains a landmark in aviation history as the dune shifts with storms.
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Sandy Knoll
North
Caroline
Devil Hill
Last Appeal For Two Killers
Py counsel for Clifford Haas alias Hayes 31 condemned to die next week filed a last minute appeal and change of plea arguing insanity and improper sentencing. Sioux Falls attorneys Mahoney Gamble said appeals would go to the state supreme court. Paul J. Sewell 47 condemned for fatal Jens Jensen shooting has a hearing August 15 on his plea change.
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Sioux Falls
Clifford Haas
Hayes
South Dakota
Haas
Sioux Halls
Eugene C. Mahoney
Hugh S. Gamble
Grant County
Supreme Court
Paul J. Sewell
Jens Jensen
Day County
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