Effects Of National Defense Program On South Dakota
South Dakota business and labor leaders describe how defense spending reshapes the state economy. Wholesale and retail volumes rise, prices climb, and shortages begin to appear as packing plants and creameries expand. Manganese extraction plans and migration of skilled workers to defense industries signal long term changes amid wage and rent pressures.
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South Dakota
Associated Press
Sioux Falls
OPM
Richard MM. Peasy
Missouri River
Tennessee
TVA
Big Muddy
I& Flour
Great Britain
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Lockheed-Vega Aircraft Corporation
DuPont and
Remington Small Arms Company
E. F. Jorgenson
State Employment Service
WPA
NYA
Employment Service
CCC
Samll
A. J. Maag
State Federation of Labor
Alpena Man Injured In Auto Collision Near Sand Creek
Maurice Griggs received cuts and bruises Monday evening when his car struck the Sand Creek bridge four miles southwest of Alpena and overturned. He was pinned under the vehicle and released after doctors and assistance arrived. He was taken to a Huron hospital for treatment.
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Alpena
Alpzena
Maurice Griggs
Sand Creek
Griggs
Staten
Huron Hospital
Alpena Group Meeting Close to Home
The Monday Night Ramblers gathered this week at the home of Orval Eaton with Mrs. Nora Lawrence presiding. The next meeting is planned with Mrs. W. B. Sheffield.
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Alpena Group
I Gupena
Ramblers
Nora Lawrence J
Orval Eaton
W. B. Sheffield
Neighborhood News Highlights From St Lawrence And Surrounding Towns
St Lawrence reports Edythe Keck returning from a summer session in Colorado. Local marriages include Merle Collier and Vivian Loveless, while many residents visit relatives in Huron and Mitchell. Community members attend weddings, hospital updates, and family reunions across Highmore, Orient, Lane, and Cavour with multiple trips and guests listed.
Downward Trend In Hogs Halted
BROOKINGS August 21 Special hog production shows the 1841 spring pig crop was about the same as last year. Pigs saved totaled over 50 million head. Sows to farrow in the 1940 fall season rise 13 percent. fall pigs and 1941 crops may reach about 83 million head, with demand for hot products improving in 1941-42 offsetting larger supplies.
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Brookings
South Dakota
Doland Youth Advances in Army Air Corps Training
Gordon Kitzman, from Doland, has learned he will go from Gunter Field Alabama to Maxwell Field Montgomery Alabama for advanced training as an instructor in the U S Army Air Corps after earning his wings in October. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Kitzman of Doland and a Doland High School graduate who studied civil engineering at State College Brookings before his induction into the air corps. He previously served one year with the Coast Artillery in the Canal Zone.
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Doland
Gunter Field
Ala
Gordon Kiteman
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Als
U. S. Army Air Corps
Gordon
Arthur Kitzman
Daland
State College
Brookings
Air Corps
Coast Artillery
Banana bunch from Ecuador weighs 8414 pounds
A single banana bunch grown in Ecuador contained 19 hands of fruit, weighed 8414 pounds, and stood 38 inches high, marking a remarkable agricultural harvest detail reported in local coverage.
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Ecuador
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