Teacher Shortage Grows Acute in South Dakota
Springfield reports Bean W. W. Ludeman of Southern State Normal School says teacher shortages in South Dakota are more acute than last week’s survey indicated. Withdrawals to serve in the armed forces defense roles and civilian army instructors, plus long hours and low pay, force boards to seek teachers from all sources ahead of fall term.
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Springfield
Bean W. W. Ludeman
Southern State Normal School
South Dakota Education Associaton Committee
South Dakota
Committee urges qualified teachers for wartime education
The committee recommends renewing lapsed certificates via correspondence and hiring capable iachera in the emergency. It supports maintaining current teaching standards and salaries high enough to retain staff and attract qualified educators for wartime and postwar education. Children in a democracy deserve the best possible schooling to support America’s war effort and future peace.
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America
Electric Chair Arrives In State
The South Dakota penitentiary in Sioux Falls received an electric chair borrowed from Joliet Illinois to be ready for possible execution of two condemned men. Jail officials and Joliet workers will assemble the chair after its transport and legal doubts surround its use. Judge Howard Babcock has ordered the chair ready by Friday.
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Sioux Falls
South Dakota
State Board of Charities and Corrections
G. Norton Jameson
Illinois
Joliet
Joliet Penitentiary
Howard Babcock
Grant County
Gifford Haas
Buf
Fale and Sewell Seek Last-Minute Plea Change
Fale of Minnesota seeks a supreme court hold for a plea change and trial after pleading guilty in the slaying of Grant County Sheriff Melbourne B. Lewis. Paul J. Sewell of Kentucky, sentenced to die for the fatal shooting of Jens Jensen, awaits a court hearing August 15 on his petition for a change of plea and a trial. The execution date is determined by the warden and disclosed only to authorized state officials two days prior.
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Fale
Minn
Melbourne B. Lewis
Grant County
Supreme Court
Paul J. Sewell
Parksville
Jens Jensen
Babcock
Atate Opuck
Justice Department
Printers Barred From Buying New Metal After August 31
Printers and publishers with obsolete printing plates are forbidden from buying new metal after August 31 as wartime need grows. The War Production Board announced the policy to reclaim idle metal for war production and urged sale of scrapable equipment. Purchases require certification that no obsolete plates remain in possession.
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Waliington
Priters
War Producton’ Board
Metala
Right Hearted Lad Accepted For Navy
Horace Arthur Holstron the husky youth whose naval enlistment was delayed by a heart condition is accepted after Kansas City medical examiners ruled it makes no difference which side the heart is on as long as it is in good condition.
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Navy
Burlington
Kan
Horace Arthur Holstron
Kansan
MacKENZIE Explains Empire As British Breakup Unfolds
The article argues empire means dominance over weaker members and notes the empire has been breaking up with Britain for generations. It cites the 1926 British Imperial Conference in London defining relations with Canada Australia New Zealand and South Africa as autonomous communities.
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MacKenzie
Britain
London
Great Britain
Canada
Commonwealth of Australia
New Zealand
Union of South Africa
Westminster statute frees dominions from Britain
An examination of Britain's 1931 Westminster statute shows four major dominions gaining full independence and equality with the crown while India remains outside. The empire spans over 500 million people and 14 million square miles with some colonies moving toward self government and others still crown-administered, bound by blood and shared interests.
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Tha Block
Geb Doan
Tady
British Commonwealth of Nations
Britain
India
Crown
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