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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1940
Page
4
A compact calling card for a fearless, fair, community minded newspaper. It pledges truth, leadership, and open forums while serving readers with information, guidance, cheer, and responsible influence for ongoing civic improvement.
The Evening Huronite on October 7, 1933 asserts that lasting peace must empower America with final say, allow freedom of movement and commerce, ensure adequate trade to keep citizens employed, and safeguard freedom and independence at home and abroad. It emphasizes maintaining that peace.
Gamma Chapter of Keta Sigma Phi again sponsors a Christmas decorating contest in Huron to promote the city as the Christmas City. Houses and yards are urged to join in, with prizes for walking entries across classes. The aim is broad participation and festive cheer for natives and travelers alike.
An influenza epidemic warnings urges quick resistance building actions. Tips include adequate sleep, six to eight daily liquids, daily moderate outdoor exercise, avoiding crowds and wet feet, covering coughs, keeping children home when sick, moderate meals, and citrus and leafy vegetables to boost resistance. Remove excesses and follow common sense measures during the critical weeks ahead.
The warning argues that maintaining precautions now will lessen the current flu outbreak and also reduce the February peak of colds and pneumonia, delivering extra health dividends in the weeks ahead.
Arthur S. Colborne of New York says similes should adapt as profanity spreads. He notes society women now lead in fluent cursing, with a cheeky quip about replacing old lines like cursed like a trooper with a night club debutante reference.
In Athens, the wife of Greece's Nazi minister organized the legation staff into a knitting club. She has completed 800 items including gloves and ear muffs for soldiers fighting in the Albanian mountains, reflecting wartime aid and morale efforts. The note playfully links Hitler and Mussolini to a projected world order, while praising Greek resilience.
Ruth Millett argues women fail to reform housework conditions yet a group of women in South Orange, New Jersey, organize a club to standardize wages hours and treatment for domestic workers. They plan to canvass neighbors to gain signatories upholding these standards so maids know expectations when starting new jobs.
Quotations on philosophy versus religion in education, US munitions arc, and anticipated social upheaval frame a WWI era debate. Weigle notes secular drift. Wells mocks punctuality. Olds cites munitions growth. Rogers predicts life and institutions altered. Admiral Sterling warns against idle military power.
Editorial argues the Anglo Turkish trade agreement restores British standing and limits Nazi reach. It notes prior guarantees worsened Britain’s position after the war outbreak, while Turkey maintains neutrality and trade with Germany. The pact offers Turkey leverage to trade on favorable terms amid German pressure.
Washington notes a defense program study on keeping pilots safe under high altitude pressure, with experts from the army navy and Public Health Service. Focus areas include bends from rapid climbs and developing articulated pressure suits, plus fatigue and centrifugal forces affecting pilot stamina during combat flights.
Brooklyn radio listings outline NBC CBS and ABC programs for December 12 and 13. Notable segments include Fannie Brice Bing Crosby Rudy Vallee and John Barrymore appearances plus The Campfire Embers Amos and Andy and Gang Busters with various news and talk show items across WNBC WEAF WJZ WABE and other stations.
The page lists varied radio program times and titles followed by a messy legal public notice about a property sale in Huron South Dakota. The notice mentions sale at the courthouse, with descriptions of property blocks and locations, though many OCR errors remain. The overall item blends entertainment listings with a local legal foreclosure notice.
A mixed OCR shows a deified teacher theme with references to Siddhartha and Buddhist terms, interwoven with a long Beadle County South Dakota land sale and public auction notice. The document lists parcels in Broadland Virgil and Denison areas, with lots, blocks, and additions, plus sale terms including cash and deferred payments, interest, and bidder requirements. It notes the county auditor Edward G. Youn as issuing official contact and reserves the right to reject bids, dated December 11.
A Milwaukee engineering student, Tom White, received a suspended sentence after explaining his illegal turn on ice was a safe completion of the skid rather than braking. He cited wheels rotating in a plane and Bra acting as factors in the maneuver.
Advertises Pattern No 8828 a coat-fastened shirtwaister with a slim plain skirt. Describes fabrics tub-fast cottons rayon jersey and crepe, provides sizes 34 to 48, requires 422 yards of 39 inch material, instructions and sewing chart included. Also promotes Fair and Winter Fashion Book and pattern orders via Evening Herald Pattern Service.
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