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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1931
Page
4
The Watertown Public Opinion urges broad cooperation between town business people and county farmers after a meeting of about 100 merchants and 100 farmers. It notes mutual interests, critiques snooty town attitudes, and calls for nationwide unity beyond local boundaries to ensure prosperity for both sectors and for manufacturers who rely on farming.
Edward Tomlinson, world traveler and lecturer, argues the United States is poised to surpass Europe in South American trade. He notes Europe’s postwar investment slump and rising US presence, highlights air routes from Florida to South America, and predicts stronger ties will boost American prosperity despite regional revolutions and political volatility.
He notes twenty five years of South American governments meeting foreign obligations and argues strong banking presence abroad aids business. With eighty million people in ten republics, the southern continent offers vast, largely untapped resources and potential for American industry versus reliance on China and India.
A Maine speaker argues that workers should share in profits to secure unemployment resilience, boost home ownership, and stabilize the economy. He urges employers and unions to fund dividend reserves during hard times, framing it as justice not philanthropy, and calls for cheaper yet adequate homes through national effort.
Milo Opdahl of Hamlin County 4H led a South Dakota delegation to the national 4H congress in Chicago. He was elected vice president of the Junior Short Course Association at State College after Christmas and recounts six years of club work, noting the education and opportunities beyond showing calves, including state fair placings and a Memphis trip for showmanship and judging.
In a letter responding to criticisms published last Saturday, Enoch Norbeck explains his rural credit loan taken in 1920. He insists the loan was properly secured, good faith, and fully repayable under the law, citing his long farming career and political support to Governor Gunderson in earlier years.
Cora Mae Briggs of Seward Nebraska 4 H club member is profiled in the National 4 H club magazine for December. She recounts starting with Chester White hogs in 1927 and clothing work in 1928 pursuing multiple projects. Briggs won the weed identification contest at the Nebraska state fair earning a gold medal and expresses strong interest in weed work.
Twenty years ago in Huron Mrs W Hughes hosted a five o'clock dinner for her sister's birthday with candles lighting the table and music. Attendees included Misses Breen Vulanous McWeeney Malone and Messrs James Connors O Connor and Ed O'Connor. The evening featured singing. Several locals traveled after funerals or business, including Mr. and Mrs. Walter Giem and Mrs. Richards of Foresburg. Others headed to Pierre, Chicago, and Oklahoma for meetings, travel or visits. Updates cover patients, purchases, theater, and a planned Salvation Army dedication, plus a farewell banquet for Supt. Moulton in the Kent Depot dining room.
Press commentary argues the London round table conference cannot settle India but may create a reasonable shared plan. It highlights crystallized British opinion across factions and a possible shift toward a bicameral system with limited British control, while noting Gandhi’s nationalist reaction and the need to finalize details for genuine self governance.
The article muses on the lure of new things in life and golf, comparing Ball and club effects to broader hopes for improvement. It cites Marty Firestone at Ormond Beach noting little difference with the new ball, suggesting score troubles stem from more than equipment. It ends with a state budget snippet: the sheriff’s department used $12,000 of a $343,000 yearly appropriation in the six months ending January.
Thirteen Lakotah Girl Scouts of Huron troop 1 met Thursday evening January 2. They practiced star observation signaling knot tying and completed their Tenderfoot tests. The group will reconvene at Gwen Bailey’s home at 1332 Clinois Avenue Southwest on Thursday evening in February.
Montgomery Alabama reports a contrast as bullfrogs are simply bullfrogs locally, yet in Hawaii they are classified as livestock. The piece notes specific terms used and hints at regulatory or cultural distinctions affecting how bullfrogs are viewed and managed.
Howard W Blakeslee reports on an experimental submarine planned to sail under Arctic ice from Spitsbergen to Alaska with 17 scientists aboard. The project features a sled top, jack knife periscope, trolley, ice saw tower, and two ice drilling shafts for air.
Federal government completes a series of 92 air navigation maps designed for pilots. The 50 337 square mile slice of upper Illinois Indiana Ohio and Michigan spans 323 miles east to west and 153 miles north to south. Each map shows airports routes beacon lights radio beacons railroads highways power lines and magnetic variation with back side sketches for quick airport id. The inaugural map focuses on Chicago and vicinity.
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