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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1941
Page
12
South Dakota's total receipts for the 1940-41 year reached 28,744,367, up 1,048,748 from 1939-40. The four cents a gallon gasoline tax led the major items, followed by federal aid near six million and former three percent sales tax. Major figures include federal aid 5,042,179 and 4,08,364, motor fuels tax 5,652,857, and sales tax 4,258,228.
In Bridgeport thieves broke into Theodore Athanas store taking 75 cartons of cigarettes eight boxes of cigars and 10 headache tablet packages before fleeing. In Danville Virginia E B Ferguson places an alarm clock in the doghouse to guard against himself, hoping the ticking will quiet the dog. In Camp Robinson Arkansas a muffi-clad youth asked Captain Chester Shore for directions to the induction center. In Palmer Nebraska Harry Jacoby hooked a flying night owl mistaken for a fish. In Baraboo Wisconsin fisherman Fred Smith fought a 53 inch rattlesnake after it bit his baited hook and claimed the customary bounty.
The article outlines a shifting German strategy in the Russian front, noting potential shifts toward Smolensk and Kiev, with aims to reach Moscow and envelop central and southern armies. It discusses morale, political commissars, and Western concerns about Soviet resilience amid a broader war context. Omaha, Neb., sits at a crossroads of highways and railways.
Word reaches here of Fred C. Ohman summering in Europe where he attended Parliament sessions in Christiania and Stockholm and was invited into the Lord’s chamber at Stockholm. He plans to return this fall. Several residents, including BE F Wilson, Ernest Ball Jr, C E Wagner, Andrew Martin and Norma, and James Stewart with Ruth, embark on visits to Chicago, Indiana, Shadron, the Black Hills, Canada, Niagara Falls, and Chicago. Mrs. A P Stowell leaves for buying trips to Chicago, Cleveland, and New York City for J C Dexter Store as fall garments are selected. Helen Oviatt of Modesto visits Frank Oviatt. Mrs. W H Olson and children head to Spirit Lake for a cottage. J W Broadhead of Sedgewick visits daughter Mrs. C W Hawse near Huron.
In WOLSEY July 22 special report Rev Wienands led a Presbyterian Church meeting where Christian Endeavor elected officers for the coming year: President Margaret Thompson, Vice-president Keith Gordon, secretary-treasurer Mahalia Dalrymple, and organist June Gordon. A social followed with games and refreshments supervised by Iris Privett, Marion Schwartz, Keith Gordon, Connie Coop, and Togene Wienlands.
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