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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1937
Page
1
Nation's G men mobilize to pursue a kidnapper with determination as authorities vow unyielding action. Reports also note FDR recommendation of sweeping changes and multiple international and domestic incidents spanning fires, ships, flights, and political upheavals.
Readers weigh in on a proposed England style law criminalizing U S citizens who enlist in foreign armies. Veterans and laborers express mixed views, from support to opposition, citing private affairs, domestic priorities, and personal risk.
A Lafayette Indiana report notes Purdue University students offered odd responses in an education decent questionnaire. Quotes reference Haile Selassie as a prize animal and Wallis Simpson as the husband of a former king’s wife, with other misidentified figures, reflecting humorous misapprehensions. The piece ties these lines to broader reflections on human fallibility.
An aging river expert from Van Buren reflects on a life spent studying the stream. A construction firm asks how high flood waters rise, prompting Grandpaw to nail a tree and declare it will never exceed that height. The flood proves otherwise, and the clerk seeks itemized billing for one nail.
The Associated Press reports France and Germany move toward a full settlement of quarrels as Paris readies for Hjalmar Schacht's visit. Mutual assurances ease tensions over Spain and Spanish Morocco while an inspection finds no sizable German troop incursions. British officials reject Soviet Russia's demand for convoy protection off Spain.
In Los Angeles on January 12 two searchers worked for storm bound groups as the worst storm wave in 15 years eased. Farmers face an estimated 14.6 million dollars in losses while more millions are reported elsewhere. Three hundred miles west deaths from snow and cold are tallied across the region. Eight California radio entertainers missing on a bus trip near Apache County are sought by 75 men as a ground crew heads toward the scene near Las Vegas Nevada where a stranded car was spotted by an aerial party searching for five lost motorists.
Huron physicians report a rising number of influenza cases and influenza like illnesses in the city over recent days. Most cases are mild with cough fever and fatigue. recuperation is protracted though pneumonia cases appear proportionally low. Huron College officials note normal conditions at their institution amid the wider health advisory.
Washington report details a five point plan to streamline federal operations. It proposes 12 departments including social welfare and public works, renames interior to conservation, shifts civil service to merit, creates an auditor generalship, strengthens the budget bureau, and assigns executive assistants to the president for confidential work.
Western Air Express reported an overdue air transport from Salt Lake with ten passengers near Newhall California. Among the passengers were Mr and Mrs Martin Johnson explorers and big game hunters known for films. The plane was located three miles up in the hills above Olive View Sanitarium near Bay Fernanda.
The South Dakota House approved a resolution 42 to 15 urging submission of a federal child labor amendment giving Congress power to regulate but not prohibit child labor. The body then voted 81 to 15 to approve $115,109 in legislative expenses, signaling support for the broader modification effort urged by President Roosevelt.
President Roosevelt asked Congress to create two new executive departments social welfare and public works and six executive assistants to cut bureaucratic detail He urged returning complete responsibility for accounts and current transactions to the executive and creating an auditor general from the comptroller role The plan nests 12 departments including the new ones and shifts audit duties to the treasury and judicial functions to the attorney general The report to Congress outlines six proposals including extending civil service, six executive assistants, appointing an independent auditor general, expanding the budget and personnel bureaus, and renaming the interior department to conservation The move aims to streamline government and save about 1 percent of the remaining budget while acknowledging full effectiveness may take two to three years The runort anticipated heated Senate debate over consolidating agencies and potential savings
Federal agents under Roosevelt orders pressed the Charley Mattson kidnapping case in Tacoma with a $10,000 reward. Autopsy sought clues to the ransom demand and death time while state and local officers pursued two mysterious cars near Everett and Barace au Martagille. Coroners planned no inquiry, and lawmakers considered a $5,000 state reward as police broadcast notices for suspects and a blue Nash sedan linked to the case.
Beadle County Agricultural Conservation Association reports 1993 payment applications totaling about $200000 for the 1936 program. Checks for this batch expected in the county treasurer’s office around early February. Landlords and farmers urged not to inquire about status to avoid delays. notices will be mailed when checks arrive.
Fragmented OCR weather item mentions For, Wurm, and Vicia with garbled phrases about tonight and tomorrow. Readable parts indicate a brief forecast style but lack clear temperatures, conditions, or locations.
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