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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1941
Page
14
Finnish frontline officers express confidence in their generals close to troops and sharing danger. They praise Russian invaders as well equipped but weak in air power, noting repeated failed assaults on Finnish positions in Lake Ladoga and stressing Finnish resilience and restraint in rhetoric.
Pierre August 7 Governor Bushfield marked his fifty ninth birthday with a gift of a hands tooled rifle case from statehouse staff. Born August 6 1882 in Atlantic Iowa the executive received the present during the Wednesday observance.
Rabindranath Tagore famed Hindu poet and 1913 Nobel laureate in literature died in Calcutta at 80 after a prolonged illness. He had been seriously ill since October, briefly recovering, and recently underwent kidney surgery.
Alpena reports threshing well underway with No 1 grade wheat yielding 8 to 28 bushels per acre. P. P. Myran records the largest yield to date. A local farmer sold 800 bushels of oats but bought back 400 bushels for his own use after grasshoppers and drought ruined his corn. Extreme heat in the past two weeks severely affected corn and garden crops.
Fayetteville North Carolina August 1 Two soldiers died and six others were wounded in a gunfire incident aboard a private bus carrying 25 to 30 Negro soldiers en route to Fort Bragg The two killed were Sergeant Edwin L Har graves 20 Corsicana Texas a military policeman and Private Ned Turman 27 Ashton South Carolina a member of the 76th coast artillery The most seriously injured was Private Allen E Katzman 22 Sheridan Pennsylvania also a military police
Colgate W. Darden Jr a 44 year old former congressman and World War II veteran overwhelmed two opponents to win the Democratic nomination for governor of Virginia in yesterday's primary. The nomination is tantamount to election.
Suit for 10596 was filed in district court against the Salvation Army and Clement Welch 24 by Nora Johnson sister of Mary Jane Johnson 22 killed in a traffic mishap June 24 Welch owner and driver of the vehicle is charged with negligent and careless operation The action is brought on behalf of the parents and names Wilhemina Johnson as another claimant The article concludes with an unrelated line about silk production noting 2560 silkworms die for every pound of raw silk.
Pvt. Sigurd M. Westin, 25, formerly of Alcester S D, joined battery F of the 147th Field Artillery at Vermillion, was found dead in his tent in Ford Ord California with a gunshot wound to the neck. Officials could not determine if it was accidental. He stayed in camp for a housekeeping detail while others were on overnight exercises. Henning Westin of Alcester, a brother, was the sole listed survivor.
In a lush scene the narrator dwells on his passion for gold and life while a bold flirtation interrupts. A woman drags him to dance then to a moonlit garden where Larry Grover holds Barbara in a kiss behind a birch tree, promising more to come.
A night ceremony among the Santals ends with the bride carried to her groom in a deep basket marking a distinctive marriage ritual of the tribe in India.
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