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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1940
Page
4
Evening Huronite quotes a 1939 editorial urging a global peace that guarantees Americans freedom of movement and commerce, sustained employment, and lasting independence abroad. The piece links postwar stability to robust trade and national strength as a core policy.
The national guard and reserve corps prepare for a year long active service tour. The piece notes the disruption to families, jobs, and industries as men leave civilian life. It urges support for those serving and calls on others to share the burden and keep returning workers ready.
The lament argues that avoiding life insurance harms families left alive. It cites widows forced to work, children deprived of education, and homes lost, asserting life insurance as the sole sure estate. The piece portrays the living as the ultimate sufferers when coverage is absent.
The National Safety Council reports rural fatal crashes show driving on the wrong side of the road as a contributing cause in 13 percent of cases. Excessive speed is the only violation cited more often at 19 percent, per Accident Facts 1940.
The National Safety Council notes that urban drivers account for seven percent of city fatal crashes last year, with excessive speed blamed for 11 percent. Rural traffic deaths reached 18,300 in 1939, while incorporated towns and cities totaled 13,300. As Labor Day approaches, motorists are urged to heed these figures for any trip or holiday jaunt.
A brief note on Tennyson’s prophecy of a future world federation. It recalls poetic lines imagining a Parliament of Man and a federation of the world as nations’ navies clash, with a fading gleam of prophetic hope.
Ruth Millett declares German women are dopes as men march in a war, while women cook, work, breed, and lose influence. She contends the state controls women, leaves them with nothing but childbearing duties, and erodes family life.
A collection of public statements reflects on job availability and living standards under Roosevelt, British Bahamas duties, France’s agricultural revival, Leon Trotsky's widow remark, and Francis Biddle's call for clear limits on contractor influence in national needs.
The Minneapolis Star Journal analyzes Argentina's volatile political scene under President Ortiz, tracing back to the Radical party's ouster and its gradual return to power. It notes Castille as vice president and claims no Nazi or fascist implications, urging cautious U.S. noninterference as regional trends unfold.
Washington reports show the administration wrestling with how to handle labor leader Harry Bridges amid New Deal politics. J. Edgar Hoover's probe, deportation debates, and shifting support from Congress fuel a tense fight over Bridges and defense policy before the election.
Radio schedule outlines Wallace broadcast from Des Moines at 8:15 pm with NBC CBS and mutual networks. Then All-Star football game from Chicago airs 9 pm, with multiple program blocks across WEAF NBC MBS and other stations, featuring concerts sports and news until late.
Carl Waldow 74, longtime pioneer resident of the Willow Lake area, died at his home after a lengthy illness. Funeral arrangements have not been announced.
A dense string of crossword style clues lists terms like cereal grass and related phrases. Entries include fish, noble terms, prepositions, and geographic abbreviations, with scattered references to animals, fabrics, and musical hints in a puzzle tone. Names, dates, places, and strong nouns appear. however the readable fragment centers on a garbled clue set rather than a narrative event.
Huron Rotary Club hosted a luncheon showing a film from Overhauser Lumber titled Timber is a Crop. Everett Hunt Swarthmore College professor and guests Charles Edmunds Ann Arbor Kenneth Park Tucson David Urquhart Los Angeles Cat Hortor Huron attended. Hand County Farm Union picnic announced for August 31 by Mrs Clyde Ross. Lybarger hospitalized after a stroke in Alpena Mich with serious condition.
An advertisement describes pattern 8771 for a girl’s jumper and blouse in fall fashion. It details materials, sizes, and instructions, urging readers to order by sending name, address, pattern number, and size to The Evening Huff Tonite Pattern Service in Chicago.
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