Dee Langs Shows Bring Mile Long Midway to State Fair
Dee Langs Famous Shows announce a vast midway for the 1941 South Dakota State Fair in Huron September 1 6. An area 1250 by 400 feet will host nearly 40 attractions with 14 rides and 30 booths. The company travels with its own diesel power plant and features new rides including the werigl scooter moon rocket caterpillar and ferris wheels amid circus acts and penny arcade.
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State Fair Management
Midway Enterprises
Huron
Dee Lang
South Dakota
Midway Amusement Enterprises
C. B. Hansen
Lang
Texas
America
Hansen
Monkey Town
Hell's Angels
Penny Arcade
Whisky drinker demands jail visit in Orangeburg
A man in Orangeburg approached the county jail under the influence of whisky and insisted on seeing a kinsman held there. He was accommodated for an extended period.
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Orangeburg
S. C
State College ushers chosen for 1941 State Fair attendance
The State College School of Agriculture will supply 34 senior boys as ushers for the State Fair grandstand in Huron. Directed by Arlington Eddy and ROTC staff Lt. Lyle Sunder and Sgt. Charles Jenkins, the group will wear uniforms and report August 31. Names include Merie Bastian, Donald Beckman, Floyd Hague, Harold Gabriel, Leo James Tyler, Vernon Klatt, Erdman Stumer, Roy Swartz, Paul Shaughnessy, Robert Ostrander, Virgil Rhody, and others. They operate their own camp and dining facilities on the fair grounds backers.
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State College School of Agriculture
State College
Huron
Arlington Eddy
Lyle Sunder
Charles Jenkins
Military Department
Merie Bastian
Chance
Allen Beecher
Scotland
Donald Beckman
Faith
Floyd Bortnem
Colman
Billy Brown
Springfield
John Clausen
Watertown
Richard Clausen
Walter Dittman
Highmore
Beryl Erickson
Toronto
Kenneth Forrest
Reliance
Robert Foster
Ewald Guard
Lake Preston
Harold Gabriel
Mitchell
Floyd Hague
Earl Hansen
Karien
Leo James
Tyler
Minn
Walter Johnson
Reville
Dav Junek
Redig
Vernon Klatt
Hazel
Orrin Korth
Robert Rumley
Duane Lundquist
Beresford
George McFarland
Tilford
Duane Mortenson
Howard
Bernard Nelson
Vermillion
Paull’Shaughnessy
Milbank
Robert Ostrander
Henry
Glenn Page
Donald Rabenberg
Glenham
Virgil Rhody
Erdman
Inventor Murnane unveils mid hinged steering design
Cornelius Murnane of Melbourne claims a new mid hinged steering system for carriages and chassis. The forepart turns with the steering wheel rather than the front wheels, aiming to prevent skids and improve control during turns.
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Cornelius Murnane
Melbourne
Murnane
Auto Races At State Fair To Be Held On Big League Scale
Labor Day events at the South Dakota State Fair will showcase CSRA sanctioned dirt track racing with a pace car start, artistically equipped pits, and an electric timer shipped from Dayton. Emory Collins is set as Labor Day starter, joining stars Eddie Zalucki Sam Hoffman Eddie Nicholson Frankie Lipto and more in a top prize package.
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Huron
South Dakota
Sweeney
Hansen
State Fair
Dayton
Central States Racing Association
Emory Collins
Eddie Zalucki
Detroit
Sam Hoffman
Towa
Eddie Nicholson
Minneapolis
Frankie Lipto
Collins
Labor Day Entrant Named In December Listing
A December document tied Collins to a Labor Day entrant, noting selection or association with the event. The reference implies Collins’ involvement or nomination in the context of the planned entrant for Labor Day.
Line Up Workers For Fair Week
The South Dakota State Employment Service has become central to community and state life, with Huron local office manager Louis Tollefson noting employers increasingly rely on the service to fill jobs and workers using its facilities. The agency is the official defense employment agency and handles contacting employers about labor market aspects of the defense program and preparing labor market reports. The Employment Service offers
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South Dakota
Louis
Tollefson
Huron
Defense Employment Agency
Local employe service offers ranged labor options
The Emp Service maintains a broad labor pool for skilled technicians to common labor, inviting employers to place orders early to secure timely assignment. The Huron levels office operates from Lampe Building at 409 Quality Avenue South, reachable by phone yy 4044.
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Huron Leves
Lampe
Qualienue
Draft board extras warn registrants in Patrick County
In Patrick County Virginia during August the local selective service draft board issued an advisory. Registrants called for examination must not be under the influence of liquor and will be judged fit for service if found sober and eligible.
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Draft Board
Stuart
Selective Service Draft Board
Patricks County
Thy By
Wood Fueled Cars Promised To Ease Gas Shortage
Salisbury dispatch reports Luther Schnur of Maryland eastern shore experimental forest station proposes wood as automotive fuel to replace gasoline on short notice. He says carburetor and gas generating units could be produced in 60 days, using wood chips from waste sources. On Delmarva, 100000 cords annually could be sourced, leaving forests healthier. A 10 ton truck would use 350 to 420 pounds of wood per 100 miles of travel.
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Salisbury
Atlantic Seaboard
Luther Schnur
Maryland Eastern Shore Experimental Forest
Schnur
Europe
Delmarva Peninsula
Moonshine Still Hidden as Three Escape Into Woods
In Lakeland Florida a large moonshine operation was found after three men fled from a house into nearby woods. State beverage supervisor Olin I. Chiles and an assistant were patrolling when they spotted the hurried exit. The still was in full operation at the farm location.
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Lakeland
Fla
Olin I. Chiles
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Jouane
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