Huron to host South Dakota Press Association meet
Huron welcomes the South Dakota Press Association as it hosts the annual convention on Friday and Saturday. The central location and two day program aim to boost attendance and offer entertainment for publishers and their wives. Sioux Falls historically hosted well and Huron hopes to attract a future 1940 session.
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Arn Henor
Sioux Falls
Euron
South Dakota Press Association
Huron
South Dakota
Ex convict Browne wins public support in Glendale
Glendale citizens backed Vernon B Browne the local police chief who had been pardoned after 11 months embezzlement sentence. Report notes his reform and three children unaware of past, arguing society can allow ex offenders to go straight and reform the prison system.
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Glendale
Calif
Vernon B. Browne
Oklahoma
Browne
Guam’s Sudden Rise to Strategic Spotlight
In 1893 the Charleston’s gun salute sparked U S interest in Guam, leading to naval governance for decades. Now debate grows to fortify the island likening it to Gibraltar or Pearl Harbor, with wide implications for defense and national strategy. The piece weighs distances from San Francisco to Yokohama and the Panama Canal, and notes the Philippines withdrawal.
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Guam
United States
U.S
Charleston
Apra
Sred
U. S
Annie
Coutry
Devil'sland
South Pacific
Singapore
Pearl Harbor
Guama
San Francisco
Panama Canal
Honolulu
Pacific
Yokohama
Alaska
Philippines
Fortifying Guam and its global implications
The passage speculates on Guam fortification shifts and the perception by Japan, noting the strategic distance from Hawaii and the resulting U S commitments. It frames the move as a serious decision requiring open scrutiny, then digresses into unrelated anecdotes about propaganda, Kaiser Wilhelm, and a Berlin car ride.
Woman's Viewpoint on Education and Self-Improvement
Ruth Millett argues that many married women use marriage and children as excuses to avoid personal goals. She cites Helen Goldenberg of New York who, after 17 years of partial study and family duties, will finally receive her Hunter College degree this month. Millett urges women to pursue their own education and set a example for their children, showing courage to obtain what they missed.
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Ruth Millett
Helen Goldenberg
New York
Hunter College
Quotations Mix of Theater, Zoo Policy and Politics
A collage of quoted lines touches on zoo cage removals in parks, boxing bravado, publishing timidity, nationalist Spain, and U S world policing. Notable voices include Hugo E Varga Cleveland Zoo director Max Schmeling Dudley Nichols Leon Berard and Hamilton Fish, reflecting wartime and cultural debates.
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Fark
Hugo E. Varga
Cleveland Zoo
Joe Louis
Max Schmeling
Diary Of A Centra S D Farm Woman February Entry
A winter diary entry describes ongoing cold, snow drift and chores at a central farm. Aunt Sarah’s early departure, front steps snow clearance, and sheep without water are noted. The writer reflects on teachers and school meals, and closes with a quotation about all workers contributing to life’s mosaic.
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Jim
Sarah
Lemley
Political row over Virginia judge picks and Roosevelt letters
The piece analyzes Senator Glass and President Roosevelt in a clash over judicial appointments in Virginia. It notes the Senate's 72 to 9 defeat of Judge Roberts and discusses merit versus political affiliation, plus mentions A C Buchanan as a potential nominee. It also covers TVA dealings, Willkie’s property valuation, and press inaccuracies surrounding the White House publicity secretary.
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Washington
Virginia
Joe Keenan
Congress
Judge Roberts
Kennan
Senate
Roberts
Roosevelt
A. C. Buchanan
Senator Glass
Charlie McCarthy
Lady Astor
Froosevelt
Glass
Mr. Roosevelt
England
Ickes
United States
Mr. McCarthy
White House
Steve Early
Early
Eee
Senate tightens relief worker rules amid reform push
The Senate rewrites the deficiency appropriation bill to curb political activity by relief workers. Provisions make it a felony to promise government jobs or threaten discharge for politics, ban campaign solicitations by federal employees, and extend rules to state officials and ordinary citizens. The Byrne committee proposals strengthen the segregation of relief from general administration as the Senate weighs further recommendations.
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Christian Science Monitor
Congress
Senate
Byrne Social Committee
Sheppard Campaign Investigating Committee
Ten Years Ago In Huron Local Social Recap
S Hagen returned from Minneapolis business trip and visit with daughter in Cannon Falls Minnesota. Miss Lyla Spokeley hosted bridge at A M Urquhart home with Esther Disrud and Catherine Hunt winning at two tables lunch served at small tables. Br and Mrs B H Sprague hosted two dinner bridge parties with 24 guests and honors won by W Gagnon and T Parker one night and Jess Burns and J H Downe the other. Lucian Miller left for Minneapolis on business and Mrs George Barrows went to Princeton Missouri due to her father illness. Mr and Mrs August Schauer return from Rochester Mayo Clinic, health improving.
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S. Hagen
Minneapolis
E. H. Engelbart
Cannon Falls
Minn
Lyla Spokeley
A. M. Urquhart
Bridge
Esther Disrud
Catherine Hunt
B. H. Sprague
W. ©. Gagnon
T. T. Parker
Jess Burns
J. H. Downe
Barber shop box held bricks in newspaper loot
A man left a big box with barber E A Thornton claiming it contained the works and money later, but hours passed and police opened the box to find newspapers wrapped around a brick. In Cincinnati attorney Carl T Markley reclaimed $5 excess court fees paid in 1916, kept 23 years in an envelope bearing his name.
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Goldsboro
N. C.A
E. A. Thornton
Thornton
Cincinnati
Attornney
Carl T. Markley
Airplane Pioneer and Inventions Across Clues
Puzzle presents a horizontal and vertical word grid with clues about early aviation, including aircraft builders and terms like airship related words. Answers span aircraft terminology and related items such as Greek letters and measures, with references to pioneers and experiments.
Digest Of New Measures Introduced In South Dakota State Legislature
Pierre reports new bills in the South Dakota Legislature. Military Affairs Committee bills address widows and orphans of deceased soldiers, pensions repeal, and a $40,000 revolving fund for the 1939 code. Joint Uniform Laws cover arbitration, trusts, crime statistics, expert witnesses, fiduciary liability, and property interests. Numerous SBs and SHs push uniform laws, local tax, health, and infrastructure matters. several appropriations, county boards, and licensing changes are proposed amid a broad slate of reforms.
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Pierre
South Dakota
Military Affairs Committee
Surial
Adjutant General
Bureau of Pensions
Joint Appropriations Committee
Senate
Joint Uniform Laws Committee
Joint Uniform Laws 'Committee
Joint Uniform Laws
Graves of
Clark
Board of Health
Heck of
Bruce
J.B. Truran
Revieve Truran
Mellette
Morford
Todd
State Board of Health
Counties and Towns Committee
Mueller
Fall River
McHugh of
Brown
Schoal
Nash
Charles Mix
Berry of
Corson
Berry of Corson
Weir Af Beadie
Coal to Oil: Pittsburgh as Potential Oil Capital
A federal mines expert reports converting coal to oil could make Pittsburgh a dominant oil center. John W. Finch of the U S Bureau of Mines notes progress in hydrogenation methods but cautions current oil costs are prohibitive. He warns the nation could face limited oil within 15 years without advances.
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Pittsburg
John W. Finch
United States Bureau of Mines
Advisory Board
The
Bureau
Finch
Pittsburgh
Germany
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Third Street
Robert D. Lusk
Associated Press
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Gore
Guewt
Mareke
Far East
Japan
Hawaii
Hitler
Kaiser Wilhelm
Berlin
NEA Service, Inc
Tuer
E —Dudley Nichols
Screen Writers Guild
Spain
Leon Berard
France
Hamilton Fish
George Clark
WEA
Wilbert
Paul Mallon
King Features Syndicat, Inc
TVA
Commonwealth and
South
Wendell Willkie
Supreme Court
Alabama Power Company
Wilcox
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
America
Agricultural Department
Wallace
Asawerts
Holy City
Italy
Brete
God of Sky
Turtie
Izes
Huron City Commission
Tiede
Hutchinson
Wison
Lyman
Wilson
S. C. Gifford
Re- Lance
Arthur T. O'Brien
Wilson of
Lymer
Board of School
Brule
Elinear
Heck of Brule
Roads and Highway Committee
Graves
State Livestock Sanitary Board
Aprculture
Mitchell
Bro
Mitchel
Brookings
Rural Credit Board
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