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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1940
Page
1
The report notes a push for closer military cooperation with Finland centered in Sweden amid a harsh January cold wave. South Dakota endures record lows with Huron and other towns setting new season marks and one fire resulting from the extreme temperatures.
A brutal cold snap set a new winter low across Huron and Watertown with temperatures plunging below minus 15 to 20 degrees predicted in Huron and a dead man found frozen in Watertown. Forecasters warned the cold would ease slowly, with a slight rise tonight but continued bitter conditions ahead.
London dispatch reports Germany Britain and Norway suffering new merchant ship losses from mines and torpedoes and a Danish vessel wrecked on the Norwegian coast. Norway saw two ships sunk by torpedoes with 15 missing from the 1590 ton Fagetheins. Enid survives. German August Thyssep sunk near the Aland Islands after a mine strike. British cargo ship sank after mine. Danish Olga Way wrecked near Torungen lighthouse on the south Norwegian coast.
In New Orleans Louisiana voters via the Democratic primary appear to end Huey P Long era dictatorial control. Long leads Jones with 157650 to 105927 while Noe Morrison and Moseley trail. A second primary likely February 20 and a new, less compliant legislature is expected to emerge.
An early 1907 newspaper ad describes a late 1906 automobile model with gas lights and 23 inch by 214 inch tires and a top. Sale prices are listed at 2000 dollars and 1800 dollars with top options costing 28 dollars. The copy touts design quality and comfort features including configurations like a rumble seat and fringe tops, urging thrifty buyers to act now to save.
Washington January 18 An effort to give courts a new veto over rules and regulations issued by executive agencies moves in the Senate The bill proposed by late Senator Logan would allow citizens to appeal to federal courts against agency rules and would shift rule making from boards to the judiciary Officers Austin and Minton voiced support and concern noting it could protect citizens but burden courts See CONGRESS Page Two
Severe weather will not interfere with plans for a central South Dakota food stamp meeting in Huron Friday morning. County commissioners from several counties will discuss distributing surplus commodities to needy persons and plan to seek establishment of the program in the Central South Dakota area. John T. Lewin of Benate County will preside over the session at 10 a.m.
In Jasper County Alabama four newborns named Faith Hope Charity and Franklin join guardians Clyde Short and his wife. Dr J Sankey delivered the babies by lamp light. An advisory committee led by Mayor P L Dodd and two local law firms offer legal counsel as the infants, weighing about an ounce less each, remain active and well.
Coroner's jury implicates truck driver Maurice Novich in a three vehicle crash near Cheyenne that killed George Henry 69 a South Dakota highway department employee. Jury finds South Dakota driver C J Andresen skidded into a pickup, Novich stopped to clear snow, vehicle extended into opposing lane. Four others injured. Funeral for George H Henry set for Pierre Saturday.
Senator William E. Borah of Idaho, 74, hovered near death after a cerebral hemorrhage. He had been in a coma since Tuesday morning, with Mrs. Borah and longtime secretary Miss Cora Rubin describing his condition as very critical.
In Washington January 16 President Roosevelt and high officials witnessed the installation of Frank Murphy as a new associate justice with friends present. The ceremony underscored a notable expansion of federal judiciary leadership during the administration.
A sequence of rapid explosions at the royal gunpowder plant at Waltham Abbey north of London killed five workers and injured several others. Windows shattered across six miles, with effects felt up to twenty miles away. Police and officials described the blasts as accidental with no enemy action. Civilian panic sent people to air raid shelters as a mushroom cloud rose above the plant.
In Stockholm on January 1st 1920 Sweden's socialist leader Frederik Strom urged forming a northern defense league to bolster Scandinavian military cooperation amid the Finnish Soviet conflict. He argued such a league would have safeguarded peace and neutrality and criticized past neutrality policies as costly and insufficient. Prime Minister Hansson and Sandler supported further collaboration beyond fortifying the Aland Islands, saying the idea remains viable despite previous doubts.
Helskinki reports say Finnish forces pushed Russians back 28 miles in the Salla region above the Arctic Circle. Command says Finnish troops repelled air raids and began a retreat by nightfall as heavy fighting continued near Markajarvi and along the Salla highway.
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