Five GMC Plants Closed By Strike Walkout
Detroit July 6 five General Motors plants were shut by a CIO UAW strike aimed at forcing a new contract covering skilled tool and die workers engineers and maintenance staff. About 3700 idle. picket lines present. production staff allowed in though skilled prep work halted. GM seeks to negotiate grievances while avoiding taking sides with rival unions.
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GMC
Detroit
General Motors Corp
CIO
United Attomobile
Walter P. Reuther
General Motors
Uaw-Cio
G. M
Homer
Martin
UAW
Aon Afl
National Labor Relations Board
Recreation Band To Be Organized At Meeting Friday
Loftus H. Ward, city recreation director, announces a meeting for youth musicians to organize a recreation band as part of the 1939 summer program. Jess Osmanson will direct. The 5 pm session at the community service center 434 Wisconsin Ave Southwest invites all interested players. no beginner instruction, but any skill level may join. A tentative schedule calls for 5 pm rehearsals Monday Wednesday and Friday afternoons.
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Dcps Ia
Loftus H. Ward
Jess Osmanson
Community Service Center
Wisconsin Ave
Ward
Ealix
Burning of Jewish Refugee Ship Reported
Reports from Jerusalem say a ship carrying Jewish refugees intending to enter Palestine illegally burned near Greek Mediterranean islands. An Italian warship rescued all passengers and crew. The Jews were described as from Greater Germany and were returned to their port of embarkation.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Mediterranean
Greater
Germany
Fourth of July Visit At Home Of Davis Family
Miss Rita Davis spent the Fourth of July weekend at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Davis, enjoying time with family and friends in Rockham.
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Rockham
Rita Davis
Gordon Davis
Floor Show At Pavilion Friday Night by Happy Bill
Happy Bill and his 14 assistants will perform a floor show at the Huron Pavilion Friday night July 7 at 8 o clock before the dance. The audience will have seats and the management promises a good show and dance with the orchestra to follow.
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Cavour
Genis
Happy Bill
Huron Dance Pavilion
Chuck Williams Second in Black Hills Round-Up Bronc Riding
Huron area cowboy Chuck Williams of near Huron posted runner-up honors in the bronc riding at Belle Fourche’s 1939 Black Hills Round-Up. Vic Schwartz of Wichita Falls led with strong showings including $252 final money, while Williams earned $109 from a 30-second ride and shared second and third money with Bob Boden of Ismay for $25 each. Howard McCrory of Deadwood topped bulldogging and James Kenney of Comstock claimed the calf roping title. other notable results included Mark Bearrow’s top day money of $40 for Comanche, the toughest horse in the lineup.
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Huron
Chuck Willams
South Dakota
Howard McCrory
Deadwood
James Kenney
Comstock
Tex
Schwartz
White Sox
Williams
Shrone
Bob Boden
Ismay
Mont
Boden
Mark Bearrow
Ekalaka
Comanche
Black Hills
Extra Customs Duty on Italian Silk
WASHING TON July 6 Extra customs duties have been imposed on Italian silk after a Treasury probe found Italy subsidizes exports. The new levy equals the stated subsidy. ROME July 6 The Italian Stefani agency links U S countervailing duties to Treasury Secretary Morgenthau and his policy toward Italy and Germany.
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Rome
T?i
Stefani
United States
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Drunken Driver Fined Fifty Dollars in Huron
William Blackman one of Huron's few Fourth of July celebrants to stray from the straight and narrow pleaded guilty to a drunken driving charge before Municipal Judge C N Hall this morning and was fined $50. The article also notes the vast uninhabited lands of the polar regions exceeding Europe in area.
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William Blackman
Huron
C. N. Hall
Annual Regatta Draws Big Crowd at Miller Event
Miller's third annual regatta and water carnival sponsored by St. Ann's Catholic Church drew a large crowd on July 4 at Jones Lake. Events included aquaplane riding and heats in B and C class races with winners Blockert Forseth Bleckert Hayes Wilcox Michaelon. Free-for-all saw Hayes win with Forseth second along with air and boat rides.
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Miller
St. Ann's Catholic
Aberdeen
Jones Lake
Blockert
Forseth
Bleckert
Hayes
Goodwin
Wilcox
Watertown
Michaelon
One-Time Capone Lieutenant Killed
Chicago reports Louis Schiavone also known as Louis Masessa, a former Capone lieutenant, was killed while his car was ambushed by assassins who fired through a window. Investigators weigh labor union strife as a possible motive in the late yesterday shooting.
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Chicago
Louis Schiavone
Capone Gang
Schiavone
Louis Masessa
Drewe
Divorce Granted to Arline Kirbach in Desertion Case
A divorce decree signed by Circuit Judge Boyd M Benson grants Arline Kirbach a divorce from Rey Kirbach for desertion and non support. She may resume her maiden name Arline Ambacher under the decree terms. They wed in South Dakota on May 15 1935 and have no children.
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Boyd M. Benson
Arline Kirbach
Rey Kirbach
Taintiff
Arline Ambacher
Kirbachs
South Dakota
Morning Showers Check Mercury Bring .04 Inch Rain
Morning showers dropped the temperature as Huron received .04 inch of moisture. The day began near 67 degrees, briefly rose to 79 before dipping to 73, then peaked at 92 at the state weather bureau. Forecaster B R Laskowski predicts occasional thundershowers tonight or Friday with cooler conditions.
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Huron
Mercury
Oureau Wedness
B. R. Laskowski
Soviet Mongolian Forces Win Frontier Battle on Khalka
Moscow reports a four day clash on the Manchukuo outer Mongolia frontier ending with Soviet Russian outer Mongolian forces driving Japanese Manchukuoan units back across the Khalka River. Soviet-Mongol losses about 100 killed and 200 wounded. Japanese-Manchukuoan losses around 800 killed. Reports note air and ground combat with numerous aircraft losses on both sides and ongoing border fighting since May 11.
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Moscow
Manchukuo-outer Mongolia
Khalka River
Harvest Under Way as South Dakota Crops Progress
Crop pages report warmer days 80 to 90 degrees with nights around 50 to 60. Precipitation varied across counties with little rain in the southeast and higher totals northward. Harvesting begins in the southeast as light to fair grain returns appear. farmers hope for a bumper corn crop and shield early grain from locust threats.
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Aberdeen
Ardmore
Brookings
Fairfax
Faith
Huron
Lemmen
Milbank
Mitchell
Mobridge
Murdo
Pierre
Rapid City
Sioux Falls
Watertown
Yankton
Ihoppers
Tamalpais
California
Melvin Anderson Recovers After Sioux River Drowning Escape
Melvin Anderson, 23, is recovering in a Sioux Falls hospital after a near drowning in the Sioux River last night. He collapsed after his two companions pulled him from the water.
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Sioux Falls
Melvin Anderson
Sioux River
Beadle County Board Tightens Beer Licenses Policy
Beadle County board favors rejecting 1939-40 beer licenses outside city limits while considering selective rejections. Discussion notes stricter enforcement within towns, with some hope to relax policy later. Pastor Dr C E Wilcox urged rejection, while attorney W C Peterson pressed for favorable action. Coal bids awarded for courthouse and county sanitarium, as July session continues with routine business and upcoming tax equalization.
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Morningside
Dakota Avenue
Harold Risinger
Huron
Huron Amusement Company
J. W. Schroeder
Harlan K. Glazier
Irene Robinson
George Sewell
Everett L. Smith
Zene Fabey
Cavour
Huron Country Club
Beadle County
C. E. Wilcox
First Methodist Episcopal Church of
Dr. Wilcox
W. C. Peterson
Court House
County Sanitarium
Huron Lumber Company
Sheldon F. Reese Elevator Company
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