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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1941
Page
10
Three women were needed to complete the work linked to a single Indian tepee, reflecting Bleckfeet customs allowing more than one wife. Eiderdown, gathered from eider duck nests, is a valuable export of northern regions.
A surface settlement in West Pittston Pennsylvania caused cracks up to 20 inches across streets and damaged gas and water mains. At least 20 families were displaced and a public school of about 600 students was ordered closed. No injuries reported, but fear spread as residents slept through the event.
Division No 3 of the Union Aid Society of the Wessington Community Church held a successful Valentine time tea at the Baddeley building Tuesday afternoon. A large number of people attended the gathering.
The Easy Ace Card Club was entertained at Elsie Ryan’s home on Monday evening. Substitutes filled in for absent members Katherine Chase Lydia Auch and Mrs Alvin Winck Jer. Prizes went to Katherine Nothdurst and Vivian Anderson. Genevieve Stauble will host next week.
A patchwork of brief items from several towns. In North Tarrytown a $50 bill was accepted as a down payment, later found to be counterfeit and dated 1863. In Coatesville police worry about a cameraman filming sleeping officers on duty. Midland City lists a church for sale for 50 dollars for free use by any denomination, while Mt. Vernon reports a fire department test causing high water pressure to knock a spectator down and damage a bank window and an oil company office.
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration tentatively sets May 31 as the date for a grower referendum on a proposed 1941 wheat marketing quota. Quotas require two thirds of voters approval with penalties on excess sales. Officials foresee a record wheat supply and a large 385 million bushel surplus after harvest. The move marks the first wheat quota proposal, tied to AAA acreage allotments and potential tax penalties. The report notes flour shortages and a British powdering practice tied to wartime scarcity.
An OCR fragment recalls the 1930s shelterbelt plan to plant a line of trees from the Gulf to Canada. It notes mixed forecasts, trees surviving at about two thirds, and in Kansas first plantings reaching about 35 feet, with millions now growing on the plains to curb dust and erosion though rainfall impact remains limited.
Thirteen candidates joined the Huron Elks Lodge 444 during Post Exalted Rulers Night. Eleven were from Company C National Guard, who plan military training in Louisiana later this month. Veterans and officials from the lodge presided, with vaudeville entertainment honoring Company C and Captain John Spensler.
Fair and colder tonight and Friday in the Huron area with moderate losses in temperature. The report lists past extremes and current readings from stations in Bismarck Chicago and other localities, noting a cold trend and varying daily temperatures.
Hourly temperatures show 6am 78, 10am 3, 11am 11 in the region. Forecasts call for fair and cold weather in South Dakota with increasing cloudiness and rising temperatures in the west. Iowa expected cloudy turning fair and colder, especially in the east. Minnesota notes fair tonight and Friday with colder conditions tonight.
Willkie, en route home after studying the British lion at war, is invited by the governor of Portuguese Guinea to join a jungle hunting party in Bolama. He jokes about killing lions and hopes to reach New York soon via a new transatlantic air route. Also noted is his London visit and a Daily Herald report on his anti Nazi stance reaching German readers.
Primitive plains vehicle travois used by tribes to haul belongings, with two dragging poles and a cross platform. North Carolina counties Lincoln Cleveland and Wilson named for Patriots and a Mexican War general. Towa boasts 364 bird species per a former university museum assistant.
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