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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1942
Page
4
Printed notice lists mail and carrier rates for South Dakota and nationwide. Rates include 20e per week by carrier in Huron, $6.00 per year by mail, and varying durations such as 60c for one month, $1.00 for eight weeks, $1.50 for three months, $2.75 for six months, and $5.00 for one year.
Huron considers a permanent Fourth of July fireworks ban amid war material shortages and growing state laws restricting sale and use. Across the region, governors and councils move to curb fireworks, citing safety and resource conservation. New York Indiana Virginia Massachusetts join states limiting displays, with evidence that bans reduce injuries and deaths.
In 1943 a 36 cent strike halts 26 minute shutdown at the 36-Cent Strike Four Yellow Truck Company plant in Michigan. 17 000 workers idle as pay is docked 46 cents during a test blackout. The piece denounces both employer and employee amid global war pressures.
Dr William J Hale head of a chemurgy firm, says with $100,000,000, manpower, and material priorities he could produce all the rubber needed. He argues money is easy in wartime, but skilled workers and scarce metals like steel and copper hinder progress as shipyards slow and silver scarce.
The Office of Defense Transportation urges employers and workers to plan vacations to reduce burden on overloaded racks. It cautions against weekend start or end dates and asks for cooperation. July is a tough month, even in hot weather, and social cold shoulders won’t help.
Ruth Millett skewers the Not Us family who refuse public sacrifice yet hoard scarce goods Sugar rationing hits all while they stockpile in basements Tire and fuel worries spark luxury use while others tighten belts The piece condemns citizens who claim to support the war yet avoid inconvenience and share the blame for shortages.
Leaders from the United States Britain Greece and others stress readiness for peace duties reject master races and demand humane conduct after war. They underscore combating disease preserving decency and supporting human freedom as Greece shows in standing firm for liberty.
A Minneapolis Tribune editorial argues the loss of Suez harms the United States and United Nations. It likens World War II stakes to a football game, detailing how Nazi control of North Africa could threaten routes to China, India, and the Middle East, and warns of Axis expansion risks across the Atlantic.
Washington column notes plans by Tobin Hutchinson and Woll to bring John L Lewis back into the AFL by a backdoor vote of the executive council. Motives cited include AFL-CIO unity and a blow to the CIO, with opposition from Green and Ickes. The piece links labor leaders and political maneuvering in wartime labor politics.
Kilgallen argues a skilled Hollywood director should supervise newsreel appearances to avoid comical distortions of serious charity messages. She notes Governors LaGuardia and Lehman become laughable on screen and suggests better casting and direction would aid public causes.
Theodore A. Morde, a lay journalist from Bedford Massachusetts, joins troops near Alamein and reports on quiet skies, prisoner jokes, and brave actions. He witnesses ambulances, a South African major, and a tank crewman who destroyed a German tank with a hand grenade.
Lutheran Young People Society members gathered at Oscar Hober home for a monthly meeting. Leona Mister discussed Lutheran Church publications. Plans were made for a July 12 trip to Pierre and morning services at Faith Lutheran Church. Awards went to Wallace Misterek and Leona Misterek. low score to Noma Misterek and Elmer Tuber. Visitors included Arthur Sorenson and the Peterson brothers.
A fragment reports Eskimos in northern Greer land freezing duck eggs until solid then eating them like apples. They describe that the eggs are about twice as large as chicken eggs.
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