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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1940
Page
6
Advert shows Pillsbury Best Pancake Flour with water for golden brown pancakes. A three pound bag sells for 18e. O P S flour promotes better bread with a 49 pound bag priced at 31.39 and Victor 49 pound bag at 1.43 per bag.
Washington report details a furor over forged documents Mike Hook claimed show Dies collusion with William Dudley Pelley. Mayne testified he forged the papers and three other witnesses testified in secret. Bi-partisan pressure grows for Hook to withdraw material and apologize, which he resists, saying the fight has only begun.
Senator Vandenberg Republican Michigan proposes Congress abolish the tariff commission and form a six member board to coordinate foreign commercial and financial activity. It would oversee imports to shield the domestic economy and promote exports via barter and other methods, seen as a GOP alternative to reciprocal trade.
Vandenberg clarifies that bilateral treaties with Senate approval could be made under the measure. He notes the proposal does not toll Congress on tariff bills and aims to shield American agriculture, industry, and labor by creating a unified, efficient agency to handle foreign commerce and finance, separate from traditional State Department functions.
President Edward A. O Neal of the American Farm Bureau Federation warns lawmakers who vote cuts to agriculture will face accountability at elections. He criticizes the house appropriations committee for a 51 percent cut, saying the move harms agriculture and national income, with broader economic consequences. The note follows local Valentine box activity and visiting locals at Lake Lane.
About 3,700 workers and their dependents nationwide started receiving monthly federal old age insurance benefits. The first Social Security checks arrived by mail today, marking the start of a routine monthly allotment for retirees aged 65 and over and their spouses children or dependent parents as part of the new program.
The article details monthly checks up to 42 for married couples over 45 and smaller sums for others, with averages of 39 for married and 26 for unmarried workers. It lists claimants including 2717 wives, 1446 children, six widows over 65, 174 younger widows, two dependent parents and 342 lump sum death claims. Remarried widows lose payments, and most benefits stop only upon death or return to work. The piece also notes a custom of Chinese egg burial, turning eggs jet black after years in clay.
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