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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1937
Page
1
As Ohio River floods devastate Louisville, 200 feared dead and 270,000 homeless. City health official warns of disease, three fires cause damage, and aid streams in from across the nation as relief efforts surge.
Readers comment on the screen adaptation of Romeo and Juliet noting Norma Shearer Leslie Howard and John Barrymore deliver strong performances. Viewers from WRS A K Gardner and Mrs C N White praise casting and production quality describing it as the best Shakespeare seen on screen with convincing feuds and scenes.
A Riverside California woman, Mrs E S Freeman, recovered a lost purse after twenty years. Chief John P Conroy said the purse contained her name but no address, and the finder mailed it anonymously. The article also notes hydrant hunting during a heavy Spokane snowfall and a Kansas City military science cadet examination dispute involving Maj Joseph H Grant Sr and his son.
In a humorous Arkansas traveler’s tale, Bull Bums muses on why people value health, labor, or leisure and how desire for consistent work contrasts with true satisfaction. An uncle’s hard luck underscores the fragility of steady employment and happiness.
Pierre, Jan 27. South Dakota legislators return from a mid session recess to a crowded agenda with more than a dozen contentious items. Emergency funds for old age pensions through May and June and redirection of state money to highway and liquor programs top the list along with reapportionment, unemployment, tax issues, and a general appropriations bill. Governor Jensen may deliver two special messages on pension needs and rural credit.
Cloudy with snow tonight and Thursday morning. Much colder tonight and Thursday with a severe cold wave and strong northerly winds. South Dakota area cloudy with snow tonight and into extreme east Thursday morning. colder tonight and Thursday with a severe cold wave and strong winds.
In a Cincinnati missive Dr Harry K Eversull member of the American Red Cross board writes from Cincinnati January 24 describing flood fears and daily radio flood news. He notes Gyde Park is safe though the river would need a large rise to affect them and mentions ongoing coverage and plans.
Announcement from Los Angeles confirms the engagement of Margaret Coberly of the city to Alan Henry Hoover, son of former President Herbert Hoover. No wedding date has been set. the bride’s mother disclosed the news.
The Northwest Bancorporation and affiliated banks posted operating earnings of 3,332,014 for 1938, down 685,056 from 1935. Gross earnings rose 8,448 to show a 17 percent increase over 1935, with Minneapolis region records highlighting the change.
Beadle County Red Cross boosts flood relief quota to 575 as needs grow in the Ohio River valley. county officials, confident in reaching the new fivefold mark, report chapter aims far beyond the original target. national Red Cross urged chapters to set five times the initial amount amid high demand.
Pierre January 1 reports say state highway department received word that drifting snow is again blocking South Dakota roads. Northwest winds pile drifts on reopened routes, snowplows struggle, shovel crews deployed, and engineers note large piles complicating highway clearance.
Flood relief demand rises across the nation prompts Cary T Grayson to urge Beadle County Red Cross to raise at least five times the original 115 quota. He says unprecedented suffering requires maximum generosity and daily progress reports from all chapters.
Deadwood residents and Black Hills communities gathered at a chamber meeting to oppose a proposed rise in South Dakota ore tax. About 12 attendees called the plan unjust and harmful to industrial growth. Representative R. James urged Governor Jensen to appoint a legislative fact finding committee to study the issue.
Secretary Woodring orders the Army to be ready to evacuate at least 500 000 people within 80 miles of the Mississippi, from Cairo Illinois to New Orleans. Army engineers warn of the "super flood" as the Ohio River may send 2 000 000 cubic feet per second into the Mississippi. Readiness crews mobilize railcars and authorize Army, Civilian Conservation Corps, National Guard, and Red Cross involvement for a mass exodus along the 2000 mile levee belt.
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