America And Western World Blamed For Jap Invasion Of China
Brookings special report cites John Shackford and Norman Long of State College as saying Western powers share responsibility for Japan’s China invasion. They compare China’s fragmented provinces to colonial America and predict Nippon may win after years, with guerrilla resistance possible around Nanking and broader implications for white influence in Asia. The pair describe war as a prolonged dogfight and warn Western roles will shift no matter the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
China
Shackford Inc
Chiang Kai Shek
Shackford
State College
Nippon
Nanking
Dr. Long
Long
Orient
Meat Prices Are Due To Be Lower
Chicago reports meat prices expected to fall as packers and government data point to higher livestock feed supplies and expanded hog and cattle production. Lower prices may boost consumption while per capita meat and lard intake in 1937 is assessed against earlier years amid an overall drop from 1936.
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Chicago
Institute of American Packers
Institute
Dollar Line Plans Insurance On Hoover After Grounding
The Dollar Line announced it has turned over to underwriters the cost of the luxury liner President Hoover, which ran aground off Formosa on December 10. Salvage has been deemed virtually impossible. insurance will be collected and salvage rights abandoned. Officials expect only minor fittings and equipment might be saved from the 653 foot hull, likely to be broken apart by the sea.
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Dollar Line
Hoover
Petrodie Aid All Day Meeting and Activities
An all day Petrodie Congregations meeting was hosted at Fred Davenhill's home with about thirty two members visiting children. Quilting for Mida Bruley and work on Minnie Goehring's quilt occupied the afternoon. Also noted is a separate item about a shoe theft case in Paris where a barefoot suspect was detained after the crime was observed and confessed. A brief notice mentions Mrs. P. J. Feterron visiting Wessington due to interwar health matters.
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Petrodie Aid
Carpenter
Petrodie
Ladies Aid
Fred Davenhill
Leneh
Mida Bruley
Minnie Goehring
Plankinton And Eden Banks Liquidated
Pierre Jan 4 The liquidation of assets for the Case and Lathrop State Bank of Plankinton and the Eden State Bank has ended with final dividends to creditors The Case and Lathrop paid a final dividend of 2 85 percent amounting to 4682 02 Previously creditors received 26279 61 The institutions founded Feb 4 1933 and Eden bank closed April 9 1924
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Plankinton and
Eden Banks
Pierre
Case
Lathrop State Bank
Plankinton
Eden State Bank
South Paketa Banking Department
Lathrop Bank
Eden Bank
Hanford Night Flight Approved Tulsa to Kansas City
Hanford Airlines wins Bureau of Air Commerce approval for a scheduled night service between Tulsa Oklahoma and Kansas City Missouri. The decision cites new radio direction finder equipment and improved navigation enabling direct routes and reduced pilot error. The Tulsa Kansas City leg runs nightly with connections to Omaha, effective January 1 1998 at 7 15 p m.
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Hanford Airlines
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Missouri
Bureau of Air Commerce
W. Miller
Hanford
Kansas City- Ty
Tulsa-Kansas City
Verne A. Dorrel
Dorrel
Dead Man Gets Term In Prison
Everett Washington dispatch reports Harley G Weston 36 pled guilty to second degree robbery of a fueling station after claiming he was dead. He said he fled Glen dive Montana, worked on a Rapid City S D project where a man was killed and identified as him. His wife Bertha Weston, in Manhattan Montana, receives a widow's pension while denying sight of him. Weston was sentenced to 15 years. case referred to FBI. Pierre visit noted as side item.
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Everett
Wash
Harley G. Weston
Weston
Glendive
Mont
Rapid City
S. D
H. G. “Weston
Ray Ryan
Fred Plymate
Bertha Weston
Manhattan
Westen
Rapids City
Vytt Weston
Monroe
Federal Bureau’ of Investigation
Plan Rebates On Auto Insurance Reward Plan Introduced
The National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters reports a new safe driver reward plan for private passenger auto policies. Eligible drivers receive 15 percent of their annual premium back if no claims occur during the year. Payouts occur 30 days after policy year end via agent or broker. The plan applies to bodily injury and property damage liability policies at standard rates, excluding fleet, experience rating, or other plans, and not for risks with financial responsibility certificates filed.
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National Bureau of Casualty and Surety
Large sowings of small grains in South Dakota
Evan Y Jones reports record fall sowings in South Dakota for 1931 with 1,152,000 acres of rye and 281,000 acres of winter wheat. Seeding faced moisture shortages, and rye was planted for pasture and cover while much of it could be harvested as grain.
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Fierre
South Dakota
Evan Y Jones
Jones
Teruel Gripped by Street Fighting in Civil War Battle
Reporting from Rendaye the siege near Teruel intensifies as insurgents and Spanish government troops clash at rifle range amid snow and sleet. Front lines remain contested, casualties mount, and air and ground mobility are hampered by ice and weather. Both sides claim control of the provincial capital amid heavy fighting.
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Rendaye
Teruel
Iself
Madrid
Americans Die In Air Crash In China
Hankow January 4. American aviation instructor Sangster and Harold Walsh of San Francisco were killed when their pursuit plane crashed at 1900 feet in full view of witnesses at Foschsfield. Sangster’s address is not given. This marks the first reported fatalities among American airmen serving as instructors for China's air force.
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Hankow
Ching
Sangster
Harold Walsh
San Francisco
Fochsfield
China
Air Force
Shanghai Survey Cites 950 Enterprises Destroyed
A Shanghai municipal council survey covering four months of fire and warfare ending in November reports 950 Chinese industrial enterprises completely destroyed and 1 000 damaged, with 195 000 workers left jobless.
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Shanghai
Shanghai Municipal Council
State Lacks In Book Facilities
South Dakota faces serious gaps in local library service, with only 130,907 of 603,849 residents having adequate access. State College librarian H. Dean Stallings notes towns over 2,500 have public libraries, but rural areas and small towns remain underserved, stressing the need for good reading material and continued educated use of books.
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Brookings
Jan
South Dakota
H. Dean Stallings
State College
South Dakota Library Association
Stellinus
Stallings
Evan
City Labor Board Mediates Faulty Strike Settlement
IOTX January 4. The city labor relations board was named as the bargaining agent to settle the coal truck drivers dispute between drivers and employers. Dean J. B. Woodruff, chairman, outlined that each side would draft a proposed contract for board consideration. Labor leaders said no renewed strike while mediation proceeds. Both sides accepted the board's offers in the dispute sparked by a demand for union recognition.
Funeral Today for Mrs Gertrude Myler
Funeral services were held in Haven for Mrs Gertrude Myler who died New Year’s Day after several months illness. Born April 21 1906 in Haven she married Chauncey Myler July 3 1828 at Mound City Leek. Survived by husband one son James three years old parents Louis and DeRouch ey of Haven four brothers Louis John Jerome and Joseph DeRouchey of Haven five sisters Mrs Augustine O’Brien of Sioux City Iowa Mrs Anne Bonntefer Rapid City S D Mrs Matilda Montgomery Norfolk Nebraska Mrs Cecelia Schneider Lebanon.
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Gertrude Myler
Gettysburg
Haven
Gertrude DeRouchey
St. Anthony’s School
Hoven
Chauncey Myler
Mound City
Leek
Hanford Expects Gains This Year From 1937 Expansion
Hanford Air Lines reports a year of growth with revenue gains across passengers, mail, and express. For fiscal year July 1836-37 passenger revenue rose 2 percent, mail up per seat, and express up 83 percent. New Lockheed Electras joined the fleet, single engines retired, a meteorological department started, and pilot and dispatcher training expanded.
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Hanford
Kansas City
Hanford Airlines, Inc
Minneapolis
Tulsa
Express
J. W. Miller
Civil Service Test For Fingerprint Job
The U S Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive exam for fingerprint positions in the FBI. Salary is 140 dollars yearly with retirement deduction of six percent. Applicants need a two four year high school course or be in last year of senior high school and be at least eighteen by exam day. details from E B Pugsley at Huron post office.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Federal Bureau of Investigation
E. B. Pugsley
U. S Civil Service Board of Miners
Huron
Sioux Falls Police Seek Purse Snatchers
Sioux Falls police seek clues to a purse thief and a boy purse snatcher who took nearly 200 dollars in weekend forays. Mrs Josephine Bogard reported a stranger in her kitchen Sunday morning and a purse containing 166 dollars vanished. Alice Van Hoven said a boy about 14 followed her for half a block and took her purse with 1.20 in cash a wrist watch and a 113 dollar insurance check.
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Sioux Falls
Sique Falls
Josephine Bogard
Alice van Hoven
Weiting Couple Spend New Year in Sioux Falls
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Weiting celebrated New Year's Day in Sioux Falls visiting Mrs Weiting's parents.
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Sioux Falls
Tulare
Kenneth Weiting
Weiting
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America
Western World
Paris
Paul Valker
Waller
Blunt
Jon
P. J. Feterron
Wessington
Iinervaf
Hwamell
Air Bureau
H.G. Weston
Washington
Roy G. Schillerstrom
Bonilla
Mira
A. C. Tohren
Carrie Schlechter
R. Rawstein
Lloyd Lathrep
Delbert Miller
Hazel Lathrop
L. F. Radtke
Habicht & Habicht’s
Batts
Sen
IOES
Shortz
Jene Preston
Fiat
Bergen
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