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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1935
Page
1
Huron merchants report holiday business ahead of 1934 with inventories at peak levels. Stores plan extended hours from December 16 through year end as shoppers seek quality gifts and larger selections.
On the second anniversary of repeal, proponents tout reduced lawlessness and new revenue, while opponents warn of a pro prohibition comeback. Stayton cites improvements and growing states. McBride and Cannon predict a new dry era with a Day Campaign in Alaska.
Washington postal officials remind postmasters that the law prohibits mailing intoxicating liquors. Despite this, parcels have been accepted in past holidays. Employees receiving mail must not accept such parcels, with confiscation and heavy penalties for offenders.
Regional directors Ward and Johnson of the Resettlement Administration outlined a detailed program for the Dakotas Nebraska and Kansas regions. A decision on regional recommendations was pending with no specifics released. The plan includes rehabilitation, subsistence grants for needy farmers, and resettlement efforts including expanding the Abe Seges Village Farmsteads near Omaha from about 100 to 300 homes. Funds were provided to continue construction through December on the original projects.
Sheriff William Russell probes a Wakonda farm fire where Nels Jacobsen 62 his wife 59 and son Walter 21 were found dead amid a charred farmhouse. Four shotgun shells nearby and no gun found fuel the murder theory as investigators compile decedent money motives. State officials assist with the blaze investigation as agents are sent from Pierre and Sioux Falls.
Dean Lightner, a longtime figure in South Dakota banking, became president of Northwest Savings Bank in Mason City after being elected by the board at a special meeting. He succeeds CO Wilkinson, who resigned two weeks prior. Lightner has led the South Dakota Bankers Association and served on the American Bankers Association executive council and the South Dakota bank commission.
The Chamber of Commerce retail division sponsors a stag dinner for nearly 40 guests tonight at 7 p.m. in the Elks Hall. City business leaders are invited regardless of chamber membership to attend this good fellowship event.
Quintuplets from Callander Ontario take leading roles in their first full length film The Country Doctor directing team Henry King and staff quietly set up in the nursery to shoot the newborn stars Yvonne Cecile Emilie Annette and Marie as the cameras roll.
District Attorney Percy Heckendorf deferred to Josie Livermore Jr. to the left and focused on D B Neville, a house guest, as the 16 year old son of a Wall Street trader was shot Thanksgiving night. The prosecutor described conflicting statements about the shooting.
A fragmented report outlines how the final oscillations at the export import banks meetings influenced the New Deal era. It notes the War announcement was not made by Mr Peek or the White House but by the Department of State, signaling shifts in diplomacy and foreign trade advising.
Britain and France press Italy with proposed peace terms to end the Italo-Ethiopian conflict as an oil embargo looms. Laval backs the suggestions while Mussolini stands firm. Proposals include Eritrean seaport cession, frontier tweaks near Aksum, and Ethiopian territorial shifts, aiming for a limited settlement without full independence.
Secretary Morgenthau announces that federal securities are oversubscribed with figures well in excess of subscriptions. He notes strong demand and signals continued government market support.
Diplomatic sources in Paris report Britain and France offered peace signals to Mussolini before any oil embargo. Fasist sources promise the embargo would spark no fuel shortage and claim measures intend to educate and stabilize consumption. Hood and Renown with other ships head to the Atlantic for exercises while Italy imposes secrecy on its finances.
Leo A. Temmey state commander of the American Legion will be honored at a Pierre business men's banquet tonight. The Pierre American Legion post sponsors the event where Temmey recently visited the post and impressed local members. He will speak after dinner, likely accompanied by Dr. H L D Sewell Dr. W H Saxton and L H Corwell of the Huron Legion post.
Four Denver residents, two women and two men, die in two train automobile collisions. One woman injured. The dead include Theodore Waller, 23, saxophonist in a swing dance orchestra, his wife Charlotte Waller, 28, Mrs. Lillian Reynolds, 50, Waller's mother, and Archie R. Blodgett, 56.
A church building in Dakota avertus at south and Eleventh Street was reported erected in two and a half days. It arrived by auto mobile freight car and was delivered by a local trucking company. Construction began Thursday afternoon and was finished by Saturday, ready for services.
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