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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1938
Page
1
South Dakota Highway Commission opened its Bere today on fourteen road construction projects estimated at $180000. Work includes paving oiling gravel base, resurfacing and bridge construction. Awards expected late today or tomorrow.
Mrs Juliette Johannessen divorced V Te Johannessen but no hard fouling. she witnessed a marriage license with W J Baker then gave the bride away. Birth notice and odd misprints follow with unclear details about a milestone in a mountain village.
Washington February 18 behind the news comments reveal the Japanese note asks abolition of capital ships and demonstrates a desire for U S and Britain to surrender naval superiority. The piece notes U S and Japan naval counts and argues the plan aims to lift Japanese power at others expense. It warns the world cannot solve disarmament without risking collapse. Page Eight continuation by MALMSON.
A comic anecdote about Grandpa Snazy buying a dollar watch with a big yellow guarantee and a scientist friend predicting sunrise. The tale features an early trip to Mt Wilson to see the sun rise and Grandpa joking the time will be late if it isn’t on his watch by one hill, a minute and sixteen seconds.
Washington February 15 The House Appropriations Committee urged immediate approval of a 2.25 billion emergency relief bill for four months to keep about 2 million people on relief rolls. Without it 500 thousand would be denied relief and 200 thousand already employed would be laid off, worsening the WPA payroll from 1.464 million in October to over 2 million today.
California endures 19 days of heavy rain with 16 deaths and widespread flooding. San Joaquin flood near Stockton wrecks 18 000 acres. a day without rain could ease dangers. San Francisco reports record rainfall and 78 mph winds, disrupting shipping and piling Sierra snow.
Want Ads promise quick, broad reach for buyers and sellers. Readers mean buyers, so place an ad by calling 4151 to reach an ad taker.
In Los Angeles on February 15 a jury of four women and eight men debated whether Paul A. Wright, convicted of manslaughter in the deaths of his wife Evelyn Weight and friend John Kirnayel on November 9, was sane at the time. If found sane he faces up to 20 years. if insane he could be freed. A sanity hearing briefly heard testimony from three court appointed experts and two who had previously testified in other cases.
John C Page of the federal reclamation commission spoke in Baltimore on Feb 11 at the North American wildlife conference. He warned that disappearing wildlife, polluted rivers, and dust storms show each person has a direct stake in conservation and urged pledges to protect natural resources.
A 28-year-old man Richard Furnival was found dead in a vacant lot and his 23-year-old wife Jranelle Furnival was killed a short time earlier by ambush as she left a bus. Police described the deaths as murder and suicide. The couple were estranged.
WALLINGTON Feb 15 Partial abandonment of the treasury sterilization program will raise total bank deposits and boost lending to business. The move targets deflationary pressures while reducing government interest costs. Treasury officials say the policy ties gold purchases to business needs, though economists offer mixed views on impact. Continued on Page Two See New Cold
Lawrence Herrick, 17, son of Roy Herrick, editor of the Mt. Vernon News, died in a Mitchell hospital from a fractured skull after falling from the running board of a car driven by Ralph Kelsey, 16, at Mt. Vernon High School. He had boot cleats catch on the board as the car started, and his death leaves parents and two brothers. Funeral arrangements not yet set.
Springfield ML Feb 4 Dr G W Staben a bone specialist slipped on a tack fracturing his leg while washing in Lake Springfield Sunday He examined the injured limb x rayed it and cast it He sent for crutches and hurried to St John’s hospital not for treatment but to care for his patients Also Sears Dies Pasadena Calif Feb 13 E Willard Spurr 73 winner of two international awards for camera portraiture died at his home
Golden Colorado Feb 15 Bryan United, famed as the boy hero of a Colorado school bus disaster seven years ago, walks free from Jefferson County jail after Danver lawyer A T Doud, 87, calls to free him. Doud says it is unjust for a fine boy to stay jailed for a petty offense.
In Italy, a three motor airliner carrying ten passengers and four crew members was declared lost after vanishing for over an hour in Mediterranean storms while en route from Pollensa Mallorca to Palma Mallorca, with search efforts failing to locate any trace of the transport. The plane was a regularly scheduled service between Cadiz Spain and Rome.
Andrew J. Lang was reelected superintendent of Huron city schools for 1938-39 with no salary stipulation. He will enter his 13th year as head next fall. current salary is 5600. The board budgets 2500 to conduct a fall school survey by a university education professor, to examine administration and instruction and identify economies.
Sioux Falls, February 16. City and county commissions visited WPA headquarters at Mitchell to secure flood control project approval for a 320 acre municipal airport site on water department property north of the city limits. Project outlined at 122000 dollars with 24100 dollars county share. Mayor A N Graff noted the scheme will prevent flooding in various city areas near the airport.
Senator Hitchcock a Democrat from South Dakota proposes a constitutional amendment to let the federal government tax income from state issued securities and salaries paid to state employers. The measure would also grant states the right to tax income from securities issued by the federal government and the salaries of federal employees.
Congress approved the half billion dollar crop control measure and sent it to President Roosevelt for signature. About 15,000 workers and 2,950 state and county committees will help carry out the program, with payments awaiting further steps and money appropriations.
A fresh snowfall deepens to four inches in Huron with continued frigid conditions foreseen. Forecasts by Federal Meteorologist Laskowski predict more snow and subzero temperatures statewide with potential drifting and icy roads.
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