Huron Area Hit by Rain and Severe Hail Storm
A midweek rain and hailstorm brought .73 inch of moisture to Huron, lowering temperatures to 61 degrees and boosting July total to .93 inch. Severe hail damaged farms near Cavour, Iroquois, and Lake Byron, with windows broken, crops flattened, and barns blown down. Damage extended into Beadle County, with estimates around 20 percent crop loss in Lake Byron. Storm moved through central South Dakota, ending after early morning showers. See STORM-Page Two.
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South Dakota
Huron
Cavour
Iroquois
Anna Christopherson
C. F. Puterbaugh
Carvour
Wiles
Lake Byron
Beadle
Dan Schmeichel
Red Submarine Damages German Battleship Tirpitz
Soviet dispatches report two torpedoes fatally crippled the Tirpitz, saving an Allied convoy en route to Russia. The German navy denied the claim while Nazi broadcasts boasted no attack occurred. The Tirpitz reportedly sought refuge in a Norwegian fjord after the hit.
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Moscow
Germany
Russia
Norwegian
United States
Britain
N. Lunin
Soviet Union
Hood
Roosevelt pushes to end farm bill deadlock in July funding move
President Roosevelt urges Congress to abandon partisan delay over Agriculture Department operations. He signs a July stopgap funding bill as wrangling continues on full year appropriation, with disputes over sub parity wheat sales and Farm Security Administration funding. See ROOSEVELT-Page Two
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Agriculture Department
Senate
House
Farm Security Administration
Kingsbury County Residents Sign Up To Relieve Farm Labor Shortage
Kingsbury County towns Iroquois De Smet Lake Preston Arlington launched farm labor sign ups with U S Employment Service volunteers. Signers include diverse local workers ready to work evenings to aid farmers, signaling hopeful turnout. Huron residents will sign up next at the U S Employment Service office and Chamber of Commerce in Huron.
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Kingsbury County
Kingsbury
Iroquois
de Smet
Lake Preston
Arlington
Roetal
U. S. Employment Service
USES
Huron
Lamper Market Company
Huron Chamber of Commerce
Marvin Hughitt
Iroquois Mayor Casper Urges Harvest Sign Up
In Iroquois Mayor B C Casper son merchant urged neighbors to join the harvest plan with a public proclamation. The notice appears on Farm Work Page Two and calls for community sign ups as the season nears.
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Iroquois
B. C. Casperson
Senate Subcommittee Plans Inspection Of Polish Rubber Process
Senator Gillette chairs a Senate agriculture subcommittee that will inspect the Polish process for synthetic rubber at Publicker Commercial Alcohol in Philadelphia. Senators, House members, and representatives from the War Production Board and armed services agencies are invited to join to voice objections or support. Cy Neuman of Publicker testified on grain use and equipment priorities for plant expansion.
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Senate
Washington
Gillette
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Publicker Commercial Alcohol Company
Philadelphia
House
War Production Board
Army and Navy Munitions Board
Cy Neuman
Publicker Company
Huron Municipal Band Plans July Concert Program
The Huron Municipal Band under director Hans Christensen with J W Campbell Park presents a July program featuring works by Fredella, Waltz Narrato, Persian Moonlight, Las Flores, A Night in June, Sol A Senilla, The Glow Worm, The Belle of New York, In a Persian Market, Fountain of Youth and The Stadium conducted by Brice and Ketelbey.
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Huron
Hayes
Jordans
Sincke
New York
Herker
Ketelby
Brice Star Spangled Banner
Plan To Lift Trial Secrecy And Public Access Hints
A secret trial of eight German-born men accused of submarine and beach landings heads toward possible disclosure. A War Information official stalled public access while the seven generals hear testimonies including that of Gerda Melind, a Chicago widow and former sweetheart of Herbert Haupt. Outside, guards and a waiting crowd mix with an ice cream wagon across from the Justice Department.
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Washington
United States
Justice Department
Office of War Information
Department
Elmer Davis
Stimson
Roosevelt
White House
District of Columbia
Gerda Melind
Chicago
Herbert Hans Haupt
Saracoglu Named Premier of Turkey
Ankara reports that Foreign Minister Sukru Saracoglu was appointed Turkey's new premier by President Ismet Inonu, succeeding the late Retik Saydam. The move places Saracoglu at the head of the government as the nation faces ongoing political changes.
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Saracoglu
Turkey
Ankara
Sukru Saracoglu
Ismet Inonuta
Retik Saydam
War Update on Second Front Pressures
DeWitt MacKenzie reports that Hitler exploits the lack of a second front in Europe while Pravda notes increased material support from England and the United States to the Soviet front. The piece questions whether Allied military power can be mobilized to relieve the Russians and avert a potential invasion scenario.
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England
America
Russia
Hitler
Dewitt Menckenziz
Europe
Pravda
Moscow
United States
South Dakotans Are Real Soldiers in Australia
Col. Leslie Jensen, Aberdeen native and commander of a South Dakota unit, spoke via trans-Pacific broadcast about his troops in Darwin on Feb 19. He praised their discipline during a heavy Japanese bombing raid and honored two fallen officers, noting a brave private who ran 300 yards to aid after being wounded.
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Aberdeen
Leslie Jensen
South Dakota
Australia
Darwin
Man
Jensen
Kot Springs
Frank Cuhel
Mutual Broadcasting Company
Hot Springs
National Guard
Outfit
California
Dakotas
Funeral Sunday For Lt. Adams
The body of Lt. Robert E. Adams 23 year old Huron flier killed Tuesday in a plane crash at Harris Field Macon Ga will arrive in Huron Friday night and will be taken for the Kinyon Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3 pm in the Methodist Church. Military honors will be given by the American Legion and interment will be in Riverside Cemetery. Surviving are his parents Mr and Mrs George Adams and sister Mary Jane. Lt Adams recently transferred to the US Air Corps from the Royal Canadian Flying Service.
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Robert E. Adams
Huron
Harris Field
Macon
Kinyon Funeral Home
Methodist Church
C. E. Wilcox
Park Rapids
Minn
American Legion
Riverside Cemetery
Adams
John J. Offut
New Castle
United States Air Corps
Royal Canadian Flying Service
George Adams
Mary Jane
Servicemen Pictures Returned Post USO Campaign
Merchants who displayed servicemen photographs during the USO drive appeal to owners to reclaim the pictures now that the campaign has ended. The gesture aims to ensure responsible handling of the images and return of portraits to their rightful owners.
Germans’ Final Knockout Blow In World War II Front
Allied and Axis actions unfold across multiple theaters from China and the Pacific to the Don and Egypt. British and American reports detail Japan’s air offensives in China and Burma, while Russian fronts show German attempts to cross the Don and threaten Voronezh, with Tirpitz sinking rumors and RAF pressure on Wilhelmshaven.
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United States
China
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Shanghai
Singapore
Joseph W. Stilwell
Hankow
Canton
Yangtze
White Cloud
Yu Hua
Chekiang Province
Haikowshih
Lishui
Wu River
Pacific
Aleutians
Navy
Kiska
RAF
India
Burma
Clyde A. Farnsworth
Associated Press
Russia
Germany
Upper
Don
Vichy
Bobrov
Voronazh
Arctic
Wilhelmshaven
Wesermuende
Tirpitz
Berlin
Dan
Ore
Murmansk
Russian Arctic
Egypt
el Alamein
Rommel
Nile
Red Army
Staryi Oskol
Voronezh
Belgorod
Kursk
Caucasus
London Air Ministry
Wil
British Cargo Ship Sunk by U Boat Off South America
An armed British cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic off South America after attempting a single shot. Survivors say 36 seamen were saved and four died. The sinking, along with three previous losses, lifts unofficial AP toll to 348 in the western Atlantic since March 7.
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Atlantic
South America
Associated Press
United and Neutral Nations
Cess
French Army Marshal Louis Franchet D Esperey Dies at 86
VICHY July 9. Marshal Louis Franchet D Esperey high ranking French commander dies at 86. His death announced last night leaves France's head of state Marshal Petain as the sole surviving field marshal in the army.
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Vichy
Marshal Louis Franchet-D'Esperey
France
Marshal
Petain
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