Post Office Rates and Subscription Details
Entered at the Post Office at Huron on second class matter. Subscription rates in Huron by carrier 20c per week, by mail $6.00 per year. Elsewhere in South Dakota by carrier 15c per week, by mail. One month 0c, eight weeks $1.00, three months $1.50, six months $2.75, one year $5.00. Elsewhere in the United States by mail per year $6.00. Member of the Associated Press. The AP is entitled to use for re publication of all news dispatches credited to it or not credited in this paper, and also the local news published. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation.
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Huron
South Dakota
United States
FHE
Associated Press
Remembering Professor Hutton and the Plains Soil Fight
The sketch recalls Major Powell and agronomist Joseph Gladden Hutton who warned against opening the plains to 160 acre homesteads and urged soil sensitive farming. Hutton became chief advisor to the Soil Conservation Service in the Northern Great Plains and is hailed as the father of plains soil conservation. He died September 23, 1939 in Brookings, with The Evening Huronite honoring his lifelong work.
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Joseph Gladden Hutton
Great Plains
John Wesley Fowell
Congress
Plains
Washington
Powells
South Dakota
Hutton
State College
Ayaste
United States Soil Conservation Service
Professor Hutton
Svenoi
Brookings
Co operative Enterprise prints seventh annual spring farming edition
The Evening Huronite dedicates the 1940 Farming Edition to Joseph Gladden Hutton. The staff thanks farm experts and supporting advertisers for their role in this largest edition, noting the 1934 drought program that boosted drought to grasshopper resistant crops from 15,000 to over a million acres.
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Evening Huronite
Diary Or A Central S D Farm Woman Service Scene
A Central S D Farm Woman diary recounts a dramatic service themed Happy Landings. The platform featured a twelve-foot red and white carnation airplane with elaborate color lighting as about 150 choir members in white satin robes entered to applaud. The pastor, a celebrated orator, led an emotionally charged sermon as travelers from eight states and several countries were acknowledged, ending with a theatrical airplane tableau and a brief aviation themed talk.
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United States
Canada
Panama
China
India
Philippines
Sweden
Czechoslovakia
Scotland
Washington
Atharabra Airlines
What kind of president would Vandenberg be
Washington reports Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg as the leading candidate who would form a coalition of dissatisfaction embracing New Deal critics. His program favors limited farm policy change, continued relief with state control, tax relief to spur business, and a balanced budget while avoiding entanglement in war or peace.
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Washington
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Borah
Vandenberg
Senate
St. Paul
Tom Dewey
Twin Cities
New Deal
McNary-Haugen
New Type of Working Woman Says Ruth Millett
Ruth Millett argues a new American woman works after marriage and through illness, praising those who balance careers with family while warning younger women to plan to avoid joining a “new sisterhood” of perpetual workers. The piece cites Miss Brown, Miss Johnson, Miss Smith, and Miss Jones as examples of women who prioritize jobs, independence, and shared family burdens.
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Ruth Millett
America
Miss Brown
White
Miss Johnson
Tom Sloane
Miss Smith
Mrs. Thomas
Mr. Thomas
Thomas
Miss Jones
Dil
They Say in War We Must Work Together Says Ralston
Finance Minister J L Ralston of Canada states that in war the whole people must unite and that leadership responsibility falls on a government imperfect though created by the people.
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J. L. Ralston
Canada
Dr Ehrlichs Magic Bullet opens at Strand in New York
Borrotta, or THE Day reports the Strand Theatre premiere of Dr Ehrlichs Magic Bullet in New York. The film features Edward G Robinson and a strong supporting cast and highlights the historic use of the word syphilis on screen. It notes Ehrlich the German bacteriologist and his 606th compound, praised for its humanity and potential to combat disease.
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DR. Ehrlich
New York
Strand Theatre
Edward G. Robinson
Donald Crisp
Ruth Gordon
Otto Kruger
Paul Ehrlich
Ehrlich
Robinson
Betty
Warner Brothers
Silesia
Germany
Radio Schedule Highlights Lincoln Drama On MBS Network
Central Standard Time reports New York listings dated February 27 detailing Raymond Massey in Lincoln, the President, on MBS at 5 p.m. Sunday. The page lists a dense network of radio programs across WEAF NBC WABC WJZ and more, naming shows, times, hosts, and featured guests including Horace Heidi, Fibber McGee and Molly, Bob Hope, and Paul V. McNutt on Students and Politics, among others, with various serials, concerts, and news segments throughout the day.
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New York
Raymond Massey
Lincoln
the President
MBS
Harops
CBS
WEAF
NBC
Horace Heidi
Bob Hope
Uncle Walt Dogiause
WABC
Edward G. Robinson
We the People
WJZ
Aldrich Family
Cavalcade of America
H. W. Prentiss, Jr
Charles F. Kettering
Brent! House
Detroit Schoolinen
Montreal
MAID OF ORLEANS AND A MESS OF WORD CLUES
A fragmented puzzle item with references to Joan of Arc and a maze of word clues across horizontal and vertical entries. The text links numbers to definitions and hints at historical figures along with scattered phrases and neologisms.
Grasshopper Control and Farm Rejuvenation in South Dakota
A collage of 1940s South Dakota farm topics outlines grasshopper control, soil erosion as a major threat, pasture and land management, 4-H club roles, tenancy symposium insights, and rapid adoption of mechanization. Articles span soil conservation, extension expertise, and farm finance with regional notes from Beadle and Lincoln counties.
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South Dakota
Jui
Ryan
State College
Bert Kidman
Franzke
State College Experiment Station
America
H. H. Rotational
Soil Conservation Service
Washington
Larsen Beys
Wes
S. D
Lee Franzke
Fair Grounds
Evan V. Jones
U. S. Department of Agricul
John A. College Experiment Station
g-C_ s
Farm Credit Administration
H. A. Viergutz
PCA
Omahe
É-C
M. L. Wilson
Extension Service
Wton
Wayne Dinsmore
Seetp'y
Horse and Mule Association of America
Chicago
Harry Gawis
Farm Equipment Institute
George C. McLeod
FSA
S_D
Herty A Long
Department of Agriculture Engineers
I.B. Johnson
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Beadle County
S. C
By & Treadwell
SCS
Huron
G. Lundy
G. L. Ladd
P. Drake
Sv Conservation Service
Bell
Ziegler
Ray A+ Jonen
Cavour
Eugene Swift
Pierre— ‘ Beadle County
D. Davies
Paul Friggens
NEA
Silver Creek
C.S. D
Loren E. Donelson
College Editne
E. H. Everson
Andrew Peterson
Sanborn County
Ray Antonen
Carl Witham
Lincoln
Radio Schedule Highlights for Evening Feb 1940
A dense chart lists program blocks from Easy Aces and Amos & Andy to Dancing Music Orch and The Lone Ranger. Highlights include 7:00 Hollywood Playhouse, 8:00 Fred Allen Program, 9:30 Indianapolis Symphony, and late-night dance orchestras with News and comments by Paul Sullivan and Amos and Andy repeats.
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Easy Aces
Amos & Andy
Chicago Melody Weavers
Chs
West
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Mr. Keen
Trail Blazers
Nbc-Red-Chain
Nbe
Wiz
Byres and Allen
Bob Howard
Sam Baker
Wiw
Wgnkwk
Hollywood Playhouse
Johnny Green
al Pearce
Mbs-Chain
Grandpappy Nbeweat
J. Hershall
Christian
Cbs-Wabe
Mbs
Elmer Davis
Ebs-Wabe
Fred Allen
Green Hornet
Theater of Stars
Raymond G. Swing
Louis Sobel
Percy Faith
Kay Kyser
Abc-Weat
Roy Shield
Abe
Wjx
Glenn Miller
Orch
Orchester
Raymond G
Tallebs
Wabe
Indianapolis
Cbs
Wjz
Nbc-Weat
Fred Waring
Paul Sullivan
Amos and
Andy
P. Sullivan
Dan Wiz
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Bureau of Advertising
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New York City
Copstmt
Meamure
Ghittor
Gefornith
Awa Et
Paul Mallon
King Features Syndicate, Inc
London
Herbert Hoover
William Castile
Hull
Taft
Senator Borah
Charles McNary
Nye
North Dakota
O'Neills
Tom Mix
Chas
Sears
Edwin C. Hill
Malcolm Claire
Hedda Hopper
Nan Wynn
H. Weber
Oreh
Capt
Heary
Busters Abe
Bud Barton
Elmer Okins
H. V. Kaltenhborm
Lil Abner
Lowell Thomas
Cbswate
Orphan Aonie
Vermont
England
Rowen
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