70 000 Farming Units Vanish In Five Corn Belt States
A conservative estimate by P. P. Beck of Indianapolis to the congressional Interstate Migration Committee finds about 70 000 farming units have disappeared in Iowa Missouri Indiana and Ohio over five years. Mechanization land decline and farm losses drive displacement, with migrants joining relief programs or facing near starvation. Beck urges state and national action to retrain and convert displaced families to viable family farms, noting rehabilitating them costs far less than relief.
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Chicago
Iowa
Missouri
Indiana
Ohio
Congressional Committee On
P P. G. Beck
Indianapolis
Farm Security Administration
Region
Beck
FSA
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illnois
Marguerite Dwan
Benton Harbor
Mich
Unsupervised Sanitary Facilities and Education Gaps Rise
Report notes housing conditions with unsupervised sanitary facilities, limited medical attention, and schooling shortfalls for children. Despite hardships, residents do not appear to resent conditions, and the issue grows annually.
Public assistance and unemployment data for South Dakota
A July report from Washington shows 15 050 South Dakotans received public assistance in June, including 14 800 aged persons and 240 blind. Cumulative aid to date totals 11,205,628 with 11,098,596 for aged relief and 107,087 for the blind. State unemployment compensation covered 45,000 workers on June 30, with benefits totaling 627,000 since January 1, 1939. Through June 30, 141,357 social security numbers issued in the state. 199 June benefit payments amounting to 3,647 distributed to primary beneficiaries, wives over 65, children, and widows. Death benefits to 38 workers totaled 4,948 this year.
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Washington
South Dakotana
Social Security Board
South Dakota
Daw
Cardinals Start Stretch Drive
ST LOUIS August 21 The Cardinals sit 13 games behind but have a history of late season surges. After two wins over the Dodgers and two over the Reds they ride a five game winning streak with 45 games left, as pennant hopes stay alive in a tight NL race.
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St Louis Cardinals
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cincinnati Reds
Cardinals
Reds
St. Louis
Chicago
New York Giants
Weather Change Brings Rain and Cooler Temps for Corn
A sharp weather break brought general rains and lower temperatures across the state, aiding late corn as much of the crop entered the caring and henting stage. Harvesting of small grains continued in the northwest and west central counties while forage was cut from severely damaged corn. Winds caused damage in Clark, Hamlin, and Spink counties. rainfall ranged 0.75 to over 1.5 inches with heavy totals in several counties.
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Dakota
B. R. Laskowski
Border Counties
Laskowski
Clark
Hamlin
Spink
Academy
Vivian
Etanic
Corn and Wheat Region
Aberdeen
Ardmore
Mone
Brookings
Fairfax
Faith
Huron
Lemmon
Mitchell
Milbank
Mobridge
Pierre
Rapid City
Sioux Falls
Tyndall
Watertown
Yankton
Beginning Teachers To Meet Thursday
Ten beginning teachers and several others who will teach in Beadle County for the first time this year are to attend a meeting in the county courthouse Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Eva Madden, county superintendent, announced. The session begins at 2 p.m. and plans for the year will be outlined. A general pre school meeting follows next Monday with H. G. Mosby and Miss Alice Haas as speakers and Loftus Ward directing the musical program.
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Beadle County
Eva Madden
H. G. Mosby
South Dakota Education Association
Alice Haas
Stickney
Loftus Ward
Huron College
Silver wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs E R Baddeley
A silver wedding anniversary party was held at the Baddeleys home in Wellington on Sunday evening with open house all evening and lunch served to 27 guests.
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Wellington
E. R. Baddeley
Exodus From Camp Ripley Begins Homeward Move
The main body of about 45,000 soldiers ends maneuvers and starts homeward from Camp Ripley. Troops depart by motor convoy and rail, with 41 trains carrying roughly 25,000 soldiers. Units from Missouri Kansas and South Dakota head to bases across the Midwest, while some engineers and guardsmen return to duties.
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Morrison
Crow Wing
Todd
Cass Lake
Mille Lacs
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Signal Corps
208Rd Coast Artillery
Missouri
130Th Field Artillery
Kansas
12Bth Field Artillery
South Dakota
Little Falls
Minn
Seventh Corps
Dakotas
Arkansas
Misouri
Minnesota
Laws
Huron National Buardsmen
Memrents
Bers
109Th
Little
Mild epidemic of overtime parking in Huron
City records show a small surge in overtime parking fines on Tuesday. Ralph Langbehn W H Butterfield Mrs Fred Kirby W R Albright and Gaius Cadwell each paid one dollar bonds and Roy Case paid one dollar after being cited for parking on a cross walk.
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Huron City Treasury
Ralph Langbehn
W. HR. Butterfield
Fred Kirby
W. R. Albright
Gaius Cadwell
Roy Case
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