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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1940
Page
6
MILBANK August 29 The death toll from yesterday's train wreck near Marvin twenty miles east of here rose to two this morning with the death of Roscoe Lecount twenty of Legonier Indiana. Lecount's companion Dane Miller was injured and remained alive tonight.
Mary Jane Roush won the sweepstakes award in the Saturday Evening Huronite comics color contest. Other winners from Huron include Wanda Ade bar Esmond Waldo Schroeder Al Pena Jerry Pilepsen Ruth Buck Jimmy Bigelow Lovina Lewis Mary Mariolle Kasperson Ardis Lehfeldt and Betty Lorraine Timm. Ten weekly tickets to the Huron Theatre go to children who best color the pages. entries must be in the Huronite office by 5 PM the next Wednesday.
Two youths from Mishiwaki Ind. were crushed between locomotive and baggage car when a Milwaukee line passenger train derailed on a detour track near a freight wreck. Harold Richings of Blasdell N Y injured. engineer Fred Pedlar S Minn had a crushed arm amputated. Train service eased to normal after most cars derailed.
The article lists voting alignments on passage of a military conscription bill. It names numerous lawmakers and parties supporting or opposing the amendment authorizing government seizure of defense plants, with mentions of Democrats Bulow Nye nd Republicans Gurney Wiley LaFollette and others, plus listed pairs Holmen and Frazier.
A proposal states that an oil well drilled to six thousand feet can be completed in twelve days, outlining a rapid extraction plan and timelines for deployment and start of production.
Carl Waldow a 74 year old pioneer resident of Clark County died at his home in Willow Lake Tuesday after an illness. Born in Germany he came to the United States in 1884 and moved to Willow Lake in 1885. He helped found the Willow Lake Evangelical Lutheran Church and will be buried Friday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church Hague Township. Survivors include seven daughters Mrs M Bruns Mrs Harry Warkenthien Mrs Leo Kenny and Margaret all of Willow Lake Mrs John Johnson of Fergus Falls Minn Mrs Oliver Heismeyer of Estelline and Alvina of St Paul and seven sons Theodore Carl and Martin of Bryant George of Lake Preston and August Paul and Wilhelm of Willow Lake.
Minnesota coach Bernie Bierman downplays the single nine-team Big Ten setup saying a new arrangement will ease scheduling. He cites Nebraska Notre Dame and Michigan State as likely candidates for a tenth member if Chicago is replaced hoping for streamlined matchups. Uncle Fess air corpsmen at Wright Field adopt K I to cut defense red tape in reports and lab work.
Fair to tonight and Friday in Huron and vicinity with cooler conditions in east and central portions. Forecast includes pheasant queen contest notes, shooting regulations, and airport/district data. Senate debate on defense measures continues with Adams amendment potential, amid plans for a two ocean navy and 14,294 aircraft and ships funding.
The Rev. R. Trickey of Watertown will become pastor of Vine Congregational Church in Lincoln Nebraska on September 22 officials said Wednesday. He succeeds the Rev. A. A. Dawson who resigned.
The Pheasant Queen plans sight visits to Chicago media and civic groups to promote Central South Dakota wildlife resources. She will appear on radio programs at Rotary Club meetings and at a Sherman Hotel booth advertising the region as the Pheasant Capital with expenses paid and 50 pheasant cards for officials and media.
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