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S. P. Glenzer signs as Clerk with Lola Windnerer serving as Deputy in the official seal bearing document handling.
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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1944
Page
11
S. P. Glenzer signs as Clerk with Lola Windnerer serving as Deputy in the official seal bearing document handling.
Wessington Springs College announces a future campaign for 25000 with 5000 needed immediately to pay teachers and coal. Funds would go 10000 to an agriculture project, 10000 to debt elimination, and support from committee members A C Wolcott Ferce Willette H Short Roscoe ean Shum Jatton and Clyde Fite. The article notes wartime and student shortages affecting church regulated schools.
Lieutenant Commander Lewis L. Snider of Faulkton South Carolina earned the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity aboard the USS Nicholas off Kula Gulf in the Solomons during July 5 and 6 1943. He provided crucial information to gunnery and torpedo crews and helped maneuver for maximum striking power while aiding in the rescue of about 300 survivors from the torpedoed USS Helena under heavy shellfire.
The Boy Scout Court of Honor at the college chapel featured a tribute to former members now in military service. A tenderfoot investiture crowned 19 candidates across Troops Four Five Six and 100, with merit badges announced and life scout awards presented. A. W. Palm of Pheasant Council spoke on scouting’s growth to 11 million, while the Victory Patrols list honored in-service members from Troops 2 4 5 and 100.
Dr Henry Sloane Coffin head of the General Assembly Presbyterian Church will speak at a noon luncheon Monday February 21 at the Presbyterian Church in Huron. Coffin, Yale and Union Theological Seminary graduate and current Union president, has held pastorates in New York City. Moderator J J Pasek will chair the event with Rev J W Gray introducing him. reservations by February 17 are requested.
Iroquois city council decided last week that the town fire department will no longer fight fires outside the city limits. The policy aimed to protect city property while maintaining adequate fire insurance ratings. Last fall the department answered rural calls and saved several farm buildings.
The Agriculture Department estimates 1943 cash income from farm marketings at 9.01 billion dollars, down from 15.34 billion the year before, with hogs, poultry, and eggs driving gains. Wheat income rose in the north central but fell in the west, with hog receipts up across regions and Iowa up 39 percent.
The War Production Board said civilian small arms ammunition production will rise to meet emergency needs for pest control in rural areas. Distribution will favor farmers and stockmen through existing trade channels, with no allotment for hunters or sportsmen. Names cited include Ward Faeth and Robert Roy.
Huron's January business measured by checks drawn against bank accounts rose 31 percent from January 1943. The gain trails the 22 percent average in 17 South Dakota cities and sits just below the broader 17-city regional average, and slightly under the nine Federal Reserve district trend spanning Minnesota Montana North and South Dakota Upper Michigan and Northern Wisconsin.
Three county farm family institutes are set for Sioux Falls Lake Preston Milbank February 21 22 23 24 25 and 26 with separate sessions for men and women plus a joint farm garden session. Programs cover home economics keeping fit to serve on the home front and agriculture topics soil management hybrid corn rotations and plant diseases with faculty from State College. Enrollment will be through county and home extension agents.
Washington February 15 Millard W Tice national service director for disabled American veterans warns congressional efforts to fund a costly general postwar rehabilitation program may jeopardize wounded soldiers The three veterans leaders urge restricting the after the war educational program prioritizing those wounded in action or with service connected disabilities Haley adds that veteran benefits should come first
George Sylvester Vierick, alleged pro German propagandist, asked the supreme court for a second review of his conviction for failing to list foreign powers by whom he worked. He appealed a decision upholding the conviction by the U S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Vierick is serving a one to five year sentence imposed July 31.
A terse classified prompt urges readers to use cheap TM want ads to sell boats cars overcoats sporting gear and other items for cash to help pay debts attributed to Uncle Sara with a playful but vague sales pitch.
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