Italian Planes Claim Damaging Bomb Hits On Hood
Rome reports Italian high command says two British warships, the Hood and Ark Royal, were hit by bombs during a two day Mediterranean battle near the Baleares Islands. Britain denies the claim as Italian air force losses and ships damaged are listed, with 300 planes involved and three failures to return.
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Associated Press
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Hood
High Command
Mediterranean
Baleares Islands
Gibraltar
Ionian Sea
Baleares Zone
Italy
Haly
Zeffiro
Wallan High Command
Mers El-Kebir
Malta
Francisco Piicalo
Crete
87 Youths Enrolled in CCG Camps at Custer
Eighty seven youths from 17 South Dakota counties enrolled for Civilian Conservation Corps service at Bates Veterans CCC Camp in Huron. Twenty one were assigned to Camp Lodge No. 1793 in Custer and 66 to Lightning Creek Camp No. 791 in Custer. Enrollment overseen by Stanton Clark with Lt. Jurgenson and C H Cotton. A supplementary enrollment likely later in July.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
Bates Veterans CCC
Wednesay
Camp Lodge No
Custer
Lightning Creek
Huron
Stanton Clark
Pierre
CCC
Jurgenson
Bismartck
N. D
C. H. Cotton
Beadle County
Drop Consideration Of Inquiry Into Willkie Telegrams
The Senate campaign expenditures committee on July 11 decided there was insufficient evidence to justify an investigation of reports of a high pressure telegram drive in Wendell L. Willkie's 1940 Republican nomination campaign. Chairman Gillette said the committee unanimously agreed that the information presented in several suggestions lacked sufficient fact to warrant action at this time.
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Willkie
Washington
Senate
R Committee
Wendell L. Willkie
Gillette
Iowa
Wilkie
64 Lawmakers Urge Roosevelt Third Term Nomination
Washington July 11 64 House members from 21 states signed a statement urging the renomination of President Roosevelt for a third term. The document argues reelection would preserve democracy and social justice while political speculation swirls over his plans and possible Chicago convention address. Senators debate whether Roosevelt will announce before the convention or be drafted with a radio address.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Rep. Smith
Chicago
Wheeler
Montana
Vacancies On State Boards Are Filled
Governor Bushfield filled four year terms on the engineering and architectural examiners board and the state banking commission. Carl Johnson Clear Lake James H. Lake Rapid City HB Blodgett Brookings Walter J. Dixon Mitchell named to the engineering board. Charles W Christen Roscoe named to the banking commission succeeding I N Thomson Presho.
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Pierre
Bushfield
Engineering and Architectural Examiners Board
State Lanning Commission
Carl Johnson
Clear Lake
James H. Lake
Rapid City
HB. Blodgett
Brookings
Walter J. Dixon
Mitchell
W. Edgington
J. C. Kammerman
C. A. Trimmer
Madison
Weather summary for Huron and vicinity
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with cooler tonight and warmer Friday. Hourly temps show 65 at 8am rising to 70 by 9am. South Dakota sections call for partly cloudy skies, possible scattered showers in extreme west, cooler tonight, warmer Friday. Minnesota forecast: fair tonight, cooler in extreme north and southeast, Friday fair and warmer except extreme southeast.
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Huron
South Dakota
Minnesota
Hail storms blaze through South Dakota farms
Severe wind and hail battered an area from east of Scotland to Lesterville with barns destroyed and crops ripped. Reports note 1.18 inches of rain at Yankton and 1.92 inches at Viborg while cities like Aberdeen Sioux Falls and Mitchell reported rainfall and temperatures hit the high nineties. No injuries, but livestock losses and telecommunication outages occurred as the storm moved southeast toward Carthage amid record heat prior to the line of weather.
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Argonne
Howard
Parker
Beresford
Manchester
Iroquois
Carthage
de Smet
Associated Press
State Weather Bureau
Lesterville
Centerville
South Dakota
Yankton
Aberdeen
Mitchell
Mobridge
Sioux Falls
Watertown
Ardmore
Brookings
Milbank
Peirfax
Tyndall
Pierre
Rapid City
Huron
Mercury
Censterville
Viborg
Madison
Minnesota
Red River Valley
Dakotas
Scotland
Utica
Storm Hits Centerville and Lesterville Areas
A violent windstorm swept through the Centerville and Lesterville regions in southeastern South Dakota, ending a spell of heat. Farm buildings were blown down and a house was torn from its foundations as damage was reported across the two communities.
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South Dakota
Centerville
Lesterville
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