France Plans 1940 War Budget Open to Federation
France ends 1939 with a war budget near 5.5 billion francs to fund 1940 military plans. Premier Daladier describes a broader European federation as possible after the war and notes a France Briton economic union open to all. Parliament approves 249,121,000,000 francs for 1940, with a 34,937,000,000 franc first instalment. an 80,000,000,000 franc civil budget is approved to cover government revenue through taxation. Western front patrols report German units observed east of the Moselle River in snow.
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France
Daladier
Paris
Moselle
Senate
Europe
Chamber of Deputies
Reynaud
Moselle River
PWA to Close Omaha Fort Worth Offices Feb 1
The Public Works Administration announced that its field offices in Omaha Nebraska and Fort Worth Texas will close February 1 and transfer affairs to Chicago. The Omaha HQ oversees Minnesota Iowa Missouri Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota Montana and Wyoming with 223 staff. Many employees face transfer or job loss as the agency consolidates due to reduced federal force.
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Public Works Administration
Omaha
Neb
Fort Worth
Tex
Chicago
I Pwa
Congress
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Wyoming
Eidem
Funeral Saturday For Mrs. Wessel
Katherine Barnes Wessel, 46, died after a long illness in a Huron hospital yesterday afternoon. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Methodist Church with Rev. C. E. Wilton and Rev. J. W. Proper in charge. Burial at Riverside Cemetery. Survived by husband Alfred Wessel and four sons Robert Irving Lowell Dale, two sisters Mrs. John Garrity and Mrs. Mead Walsey, and brother Dave H. Barnes. Body to lie at home south of Huron until funeral.
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Alfred Wessel
Huron
Methodist Church
C. E. Wilton
J. W. Proper
Riverside Cemetery
Katherine Barnes
Woolstock
Beadle County
G¢She
Huron Colege
Robert
Irving
Lowell
Dale
John Garrity
Huro
RR ‘Mead
Walsey
Dave H. Barnes
Virgil
Princess Maria Visits America Arrives in New York
Princess Maria Hohenlee-Waldenburg of Hungary arrives in New York aboard the Veendam after an unsuccessful lawsuit against Lord Rothermere over a failed contract to write for his British publisher's paper.
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Maria’ Hohenlee-Waldenburg
Hungary
Lord Rothermere
New York
Incess
Weather and Roads Outlook Amid Mixed Forecast
Forecast covers a 200 to 300 mile radius around Huron with minimum temperatures from minus 10 to plus 3 in the north and south ranges 0 to 28 and 0 to 5. Expect general rain, warmer conditions Monday, colder Tuesday and Wednesday with a change at week’s end. Northern great plains outlook notes mixed conditions.
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Huron
Pao
Northern -Great Plains
Gallows Trap Sprung In Montana Killing Case
RYEGATE Mont December 30 Sheriff Delve and officials executed simpson on the gallows after a 1938 deputy shooting and land dispute killings. Simpson named ranch hands buried, surrendered at Livingston, then slashed wrists in custody. The case linked to a death list and a frameup claim involving his wife and two children.
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Mont
FR. L., Dolve
Lee Shopion
Simpson
Arthur Bur
Golden Valley County
Burford
Dolve
Bursford
Simpsons
Mrs. Simpson
Delve
Livingston
Guy Tullock
Fergus County
Tullock
Robert McDonald
Gerald
Weather summary for Haron Vicinity and Midwest states
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with colder conditions and a moderate cold wave. Monday mostly cloudy with rising temperatures in South Dakota Minnesota and Iowa, with fair conditions in Minnesota tonight and Sunday. Sunrise 6 08 am sunset 5 04 pm.
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Haron
South Dakota
Minnesota
Act Of God Baby Leads To Law Suit
New York March 30 Action filed in city court alleges that Margot Dresses Inc and Arkay Junior Frocks terminated a contract when the birth of Mrs Margot de Bruyn Kops McClintock’s child forced her to leave work between July 28 and September 27. The suit seeks 2500 dollars.
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New York
Mec
Helen Hayes
Margot de Bruyn Kops McClintock
McClintock
City Court
Margot Dresses, Inc
Arkay Junior Frocks
War disrupts lutefish supply in Martin County
In Fairmont Minnesota the European war cuts Lutefish imports for Scandinavians, with locals reporting dwindling supplies. Swedes Norwegians in the county relied on lutefish from Norway, and only 31 pounds remain after Christmas season, threatening holiday meals.
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Fairmont
Minn
Martin County
Norway
Shoemaker Son in Hawaii Undergoes Emergency Appendectomy
Mr and Mrs Gail Shoemaker report their son George Shoemaker a navy sailor in Hawaii is seriously ill at Pearl Harbor general hospital after an emergency operation for acute appendicitis.
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LL Wolsey
Gail Shoemaker
George
Pearl Harbor General Hospital
Hawaii
George Shoemaker
U. S
Holiday Guests At St. Lawrence Homes
Holiday visitors in the Lawrence community included Mr and Mrs Wilmer Fritts of Sioux Falls guests at the Sid Fritts home Reginald Stechman Letcher visiting the L Stechman home Shirley Thompson Inex Bush Berta Mehan Wessington Springs College students and Max Thompson Huron College student visiting their parents here Mrs Alice Leuter and Arlene and Ralph Center of Ashton guests at the Lee Roy Blanchard home and Edwin Soward of Wisconsin a visitor at the Will Flint home.
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St. Lawrence
Lawrence
Wilmer Fritts
Sioux Falls
Sid. Fritts
Reginald Stechman
Letcher
L. Stechman
Shirley Thompson
Inex Bush
Berta Mehan
Wessington Springs College
Max Thompson
Huron College
Alice Leuter
Arlene and
Ralph Center
Ashton
Lee Roy Blanchard
Edwin Soward
Wisconsin
Will Flint
Divorce Granted to Mary Styer in Desertion Suit
A divorce decree was granted to Mary Styer in a suit against Francis Styer for desertion. Judge Boyd M. Benson signed the order. The couple married in Hurut on March 20, 1919 and had three children.
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Mary Styer
Francis Styer
Boyd M. Benson
Styers
Hurut
Unknown Sprats Migration Path Outside British Waters
It is not yet known where sprats, small fish found in British waters between November and February, go during the rest of the year. Researchers seek data on seasonal migration routes and overwintering grounds to understand population dynamics and fisheries impact.
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British
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