Closer Watch On State Finances Proposed In Bill
Pierre, Jan 28. Governor Sharpe outlined a bill to create an independent division of audits and accounts with a six year director and a salary of at least 3600. The plan includes interim and general reports, public access, power to stop warrants and contracts, and an appeal to a state board of finance. He also proposed a tithe on revenue departments to fund the general fund, with possible biennial county audits and a 400000 annual highway tithe target discussed.
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Sharpe
State Board of Finance
Sharne
Two More Dakotans Listed As Prisoners
Washington January 28 The War Department released an additional list of prisoners held by Japan including two South Dakotans United States Army personnel taken in the Philippines Camp unnamed South Dakota Sgt John C Bailey and Corporal Robert Keith Magee both listed with mothers and wives named in Custer and Isabel text respectively
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Washington
War Department
South
Winter Carnival Birthday Ball Are Musts Tonight
The Palm Springs crash report blamed Lt William N Wilson for the B-24 bomber collision with an American Airlines jet, citing reckless action to signal a friend in the co-pilot seat. Nine passengers died when the airliner broke up after its tail was sheared by the bomber propeller. Wilson was acquitted by an army court martial. The Civil Aeronautics Board upheld the finding of responsibility, detailing the bomber pilot’s unwarranted deviation from his mission. The piece also previews Huron’s Winter Birthday Carnival with skating events, prizes, and the Snowflake Queen coronation ahead of the President's Birthday Ball at the Marvin Hughitt Hotel.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
American Air Lines
Palm Springs
Calif
William N. Wilson
Wilson
Huron
Campbell Park
Neady
Elke
Marvin Hughitt
Yanks’ Tunisian casualties total 1,258 dead and missing
Secretary of War Stimson said January 26 that American casualties in Tunisia to date sum to 1,258, including 226 missing believed captured, 211 killed, 532 wounded, and 289 other missing. He noted 11 months of 1942 saw U S air forces likely destroy about 1,249 enemy aircraft with 309 losses.
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Waashington
Tunisia
Stimson
Compulsory Labor Instituted By Nazis
London dispatch reports a German decree requiring compulsory labor service for all men aged 16 to 68 and women aged 19 to 45. The announcement was broadcast by Berlin radio and recorded by the Associated Press.
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London
Jay
Berlin
Skating's Easy- Novelty Carnival Race Preview
Officials at the first Winter Carnival plan a Novelty race that tests agility and humor. Contestants skate forward to grab a potato, return with it, eat crackers, whistle, skate back for a second and third potato, and finish after the final cracker. The fastest back wins.
Flynn Denies Statutory Charges In Trial
Los Angeles January report states actor Errol Flynn denied charges of statutory rape from the witness stand. He rejected accusations of intimate relations with accuser Betty Hansen and also denied improper conduct with Peggy Satterlee, the other complaining witness, at his trial.
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Los Angeles
Errol Flynn
Betty Hansen
Bruinette
Peggy
Rue Satterlee
Tojo Promises Victory Amid Mixed War News
Japanese premier Tojo told parliament his country is headed toward ultimate victory and warned morale must be maintained as Burma’s conquest neared its nine month mark. He described new wealth for the people while noting the difficulty of sustaining a high standard of living under wartime strain.
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Tojo
Glenn Sane
Japan
Burma
Slaying of Navy Bride On California Bound Train
Albany dispatch reports Robert Folkes, 20, Los Angeles, a dining car cook, charged with first degree murder in the slaying of Mrs. Martha Virginia James aboard a California Bound train. Folkes allegedly admitted stabbing the 21 year old Norfolk bride in sleeper berth 13 after a man on the train offered him 1600 to kill. Detective Rasmussen says Folkes described the motive as getting Mrs James out of the way.
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Albany
Ore
Harlow Weinrick
Justice Court
Robert Folkes
Los Angeles
Cook
Southern Pacific
West Coast Limited
Weinrich
Martha Virginia James
Norfolk
Enigin Richard F. James
Verne Rasmussen
Folkes
James
Rasmussen
Paul DeRiver
de River
Senate raises 17 50 for March of Dimes in SD vote
Pierre January 28 The South Dakota Senate members each donated 50 cents toward the infantile paralysis foundation fund raising 17 50 in a one day drive. The total subscription amount was announced as 11 50 in a joint effort with the March of Dimes and the White House.
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Senate
Pierre
March of Dimes
White House
South Dakota
Dusseldorf Bomb Target in RAF Heavy Offensive
Allied bombers struck Dusseldorf and other German targets in the latest round of all-night raids, with two-tone bombs and incendiaries pounding industrial sites in the Rhineland. The operation marked a sustained effort described by the RAF as the start of a campaign to "bust Germany wide open."
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Dusseldorf
Hitler
Copenhagen
RAF
Rhineland
Duesseldorf
Air Ministry
Sir Arthur Har
RAE Bomber Command
Germany
Raid on Reich Shows Growing U S Air Power
Jan 2. United States Army Air Forces dispatch from a U S bomber base in England notes growing American air strength and previews more raids on the Nazi heartland. Despite cold, cloud, and limited high altitude accuracy, crews report improved performance and several bombers missing the return. Names like Devil's Playmate Royal Flush Connecticut Yankee Jack Tha Ripner Carter and His Pills appear among returning crews.
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Gladwin Hill
United States
England
Germany
United States Army Air Forces
Wilhelmshaven
Emden
Jack Tha Ripner
Carter
Mr Charles Sought In Slaying Of Doctor's Wife
Sioux Falls police and county officers question many people about the death of Mrs Frederick W Orvedahl the Lake Preston physician's wife whose body was found strangled and beaten in a tourist cabin near Sioux Falls A key lead is the man called Mr Charles who registered at the cabin on Saturday night and rented the unit where the body was found. The investigation also questions cabin camp workers taxi drivers bartenders and others who may know about Mrs Orvedahl's activities.
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Sioux Falls
Fred J. Searls
Charles
Frederick W. Orvedahl
Lake Preston
Orve‘dahl
Orvedahi
Army Technical School
Floorshow Cast Of 48 Rehearses For Presidents Birthday Ball
A dozen or more entertainers rehearsed at the Marvin Hughitt Hotel this noon for tonight's Presidert's Birthday Ball floorshow. The patristic revue, directed by Helen Buchanan, features the Treble Clef and Troubadours, Yankee Doodle girls from the high school, Nancy Burger and Ann Base in a duet, and young performers including Chet Trambo and Miss Carter.
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Marvin Hughitt
Helen Buchanan
Nancy
Burger
Ann Base
Chet
Triple A
Miss Carter
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