Scouts Aid Aluminum Drive Across Central South Dakota
Boy Scouts in the Central South Dakota Council are asked to cooperate with Veterans organizations and local officials in the nationwide aluminum collection. The drive runs July 24 with a broader period July 21 29. Scouts will canvass houses gather pledges and collect aluminum while Veterans organizations handle transport and protection. Scout leaders to report to council headquarters in Huron and then to the national Boy Scouts and Civilian Defense offices led by Mayor LaGuardia.
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Central
South Dakota Council
American Legion of Veterans of Foreign Wars
An J. Bushfield
Veterans’ Organizations
Boy Scouts
Huron
Fational Council
Boy Scouts of America
Office of Civilian Defense
F. H. LaGuardia
New York City
Japanese City Hit By Typhoon Floods Shizuoka Area
Typhoon drenched Shizuoka flooding thousands of homes and crops while disrupting rail service. Tsuchiura residents evacuated as Lake Kasumigaura rose forcing evacuations. Tokyo reported record rains flooding 12,000 homes and causing river dikes to fail.
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Shizuoka
Tsuchiura
Tokyo
Kasumigaura
Shizouka
Sea of Japan
Yokohama
Shimigatan
Osaka
Kobe
Public Safety Head Quits At Sioux City
Harold N. Sturgeon resigned as superintendent of public safety for Sioux City Iowa effective July 22 1941. The move follows ouster charges for corruption and a district court order suspending him pending trial. The resignation was given to Maj. L A Chase who delivered it to Inspector Joe Young for city council.
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Sioux City
Harold N. Sturgeon
Building contracts rise in Northwest in first half 1941
Dodge Reports shows a forty percent gain in northwest building contracts for the first six months of 1941. Minnesota, the Dakotas and Western Wisconsin totalled 34.34 million dollars, up from 24.37 million a year earlier. Major firms and projects cited include Dodge Reports construction news data.
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Sinnerpolis
Northwest
Dodge Reports
Constuction News Service
Minnesota
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Drive drives aluminum scrap collection across towns
Headquarters for a county scrap aluminum drive were set in numerous communities today led by H H Koch. In Huron trucks will collect aluminum from households and bring it to the city hall garage while volunteers including 40 girls assist in Virgil.
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Biesdle County
H. H. Koch
Huron
W. A. Ruppel
Virgil
Wolsey
Ole Lindblad
Ole
LaDelle Rebekah Lodge No. 76
Bloomfield
Cavour
New Style Helmets for U S Soldiers
Washington July 22 The War Department ordered nearly a million of a new dome shaped steel helmet after field tests at Fort Benning. The tin hat resembles German styles and features a fibre liner to replace the overseas cap. It weighs about two and a half pounds, heavier than the old basin shaped model, and offers better protection from bullets and shell fragments.
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Washington
War Department
Infantry Board
Fort Benning
Free Sewing Classes Offer Evening Sessions at 371 Wisconsin Ave
Adult Education sewing classes are free at 371 Wisconsin Avenue Southwest. Sessions run Mondays Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 7 to 10 PM and Saturdays from 1 to 3 PM. Attendees should bring materials or clothing to remodel. In Frankfort visitors include Mrs. John Fehrman and family visiting from Colby Wisconsin and Chicago, with M C Wiley of Lowell Indiana and Don Hobbs of Chicago.
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Wisconsin Avenue Southwest
Frankfort Frankfort
John Fehrman
George 'Fehlman
Colby, Wis
M. C. Wiley
Lowell, Ind
Don Hobbs
Chicago
Weather report for Huron and vicinity forecast
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with slightly cooler temperatures. South Dakota and Iowa expect partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers tonight and into Wednesday, cooler conditions overall. Temperatures: high 111 and low 4 historically, today’s readings show 102/79, month to date 83 with normal 230, year to date 58 with normal 13.32 hours of daylight from 5:11 am to 8:08 pm.
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Huron
South Dakota
Iowa
Minn
Prolonged Warm Window Across Northern Great Plains
Extended forecast from 6:30 p m July 22 to 6:30 p m July 26 calls for above normal temperatures across the Northern Great Plains. Intermittent sea breezes will mix with scattered showers and thunderstorms, boosting humidity and giving localized cooling during peak heating.
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Great Plains
Wessington Springs And Huron Bands To Exchange Concerts
Wessington Springs High School band and Huron municipal band will exchange concerts next Thursday. The Wessington Springs band performs at J. W. Campbell Park at 7 o clock, followed by an outdoor Huron band concert in Wessington Springs the same evening. Director Hans Christensen notes scheduling forced the same-night exchange. The program includes vocal selections by George Wolting and Mrs. John Orton. Christensen adds a separate Huron concert at J. W. Campbell Park next Sunday at 7 45.
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Wessington Springs
Huron Municipal
Hans Christensen
Huron Musical Organization
J. W. Campbell Park
Tas
Huron
Christensen
Calvin Engle
George Wolting
John Orton
Sleeping Sickness Epidemic Increasing in Minnesota
ST PAUL July 22 Encephalitis or sleeping sickness is rising in Minnesota the state board of health warned health officers to notify physicians. Two deaths on record since July 1 plus two more deaths noted in Brown Renville Clay and Ottertail counties. Since the month began 24 cases reported five in Polk County others scattered. North Dakota also sees deaths and hospital patients.
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St, Paul
Minnesota
state/ board of health
Br. A. J. Chesley
State Board of Health
Brown
Renville
Clay
Ottertail
Polk County
North Dakota
Fargo
Moorhead
Profit from Smutty Rye Linked to Ergot Trade
Pierre, July 22. The South Dakota agriculture department urged farmers with smutty rye to market ergot for drug manufacturing demand. Charles S. Weller said a strong market exists for properly handled ergot, noting prewar imports from Spain of 250,000 pounds yearly and current supply disruption. The department can connect elevators and farmers with buyers.
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Pierre
South Dakota Department of Agriculture
Charles S. Weller
Department
Spain
Weller
Maul Assigned to Advanced Flying Squadron in Arizona
David C. Maul son of Mrs L E Maul of this city has been assigned to military training in the Advanced Flying Squadron 75th Air Base Special Luke Field Litchfield Park Station Phoenix Ariz He previously worked in the Aerial Photography Mapping branch of the Department of Agriculture in Washington and registered for military service in Arlington Virginia.
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David Maul
David C. Maul
Mra. L. E. Maul
75Th Air Base Special
Luke Field
Litchfield Park Station
Phoenix
Ariz
Mr. Maul
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Arlington
Moscow Air Raid Report and Baltic Front Skirmishes
Reported air raid on Moscow lasting through the night with the city in blackout and citizens remaining calm. Soviet broadcasts described normal city life persisting as defense crews coped and civilians waited in shelters. Earlier raids on Leningrad were repelled with German losses claimed. Soviet losses were lower in the day’s battles.
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Smolensk
Novograd
Vadlynski
Leningrad
Moscow
Kiev
London
Bessarabia
Odessa
Develo
West Bank
Ieee Mssiabene
New York
CBS
Ershal
Laningrad
Russia
Germany
Godly
Attlefields
Letun
Nation Gathers Scrap Aluminum Sponsors Drive
Nation mobilizes to collect aluminum for defense needs with citizens turning in pots pans and quirky items. Officials scale targets from 20 million to potentially 40 million pounds as cities report strong early participation and donations for aircraft tanks and other war materiel.
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Nation
Drive
Associated Press
Lehman
New York
America
Defense
Tacoma
Wash
Philadelphia
Rockingham Park
Sa Jem
N. H
Smith
Mackenzie analyzes German offensives and Soviet retreat risks
The article assesses German breakthroughs into central Russia, the push toward Leningrad, and a Dnieper thrust aimed at isolating Red Army forces. It notes high Nazi destruction claims, tank encirclements, and bomber assaults, predicting a possible Bolshevik withdrawal west of Moscow while preserving mobility and long resistance.
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Leningrad
Dniepar
Volga
Moscow
New York Boxer Beats Sammy Angott in Louisville Bout
Boxing result reported by Associated Press shows a New York fighter defeating Sammy Angott in Louisville. Other listed contenders include Mike Raffa at 125 from Fort Knox and a Detroit sailor fight, with various weights and locations mentioned in fragmented form.
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Associated Press
New York
Dane Don
Sammy Angott
Louisville
Milt “4Ron
Hicago
Lone Ai Nethow
Detroit
U. S. Navy
Louisville Corp
Mike Raffa
Fort Knox
Pittsburg
Jimony Maddox
Cincinnati
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