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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1942
Page
5
Governor Bushfield asked for immediate relief for three South Dakota counties hit by windstorms and floods on May 29, damaging or destroying more than 1,200 buildings. Senator Chan Gurney wired from Washington that lumber for repairs would be shipped.
Survey cites 348 destroyed barns and 675 other buildings with 320 dwellings damaged. Losses span 27 schools 9 bridges 13 churches in Clark Hamlin Devel counties. War Production Board to authorize lumber carloads for storm repairs via John Winthon in Washington.
Gurney said lumber would be supplied in the storm area and Bushfield noted possible aid from the Red Cross. Late Wednesday F Bannes of the War Production Board’s farm equipment division worked on methods to allot steel for replacement windmills damaged by the storm.
In Wilmington Alvin Hubbard’s watch is recovered after 15 years via Detec tive Robert Wallace. A Kansas man finds nine baby turkeys and a chick after disposing waste oil cans. San Francisco tenants win rent relief on a three birth notice. Idaho fisher Dolores Hegstrom lands a trout with a hook still set from another angler.
A woman asks the Selective Service Board No. 68 in Richland County to take her husband into military service noting he wants to fight. The board immediately began a review of the husband’s case amid the wartime draft pressures.
Leeds dispatch reports Conservative MP R T Bower charging Prime Minister Churchill's war effort bungled campaigns and promised imperial gains in weeks. He told Publicity Club the government remains functioning despite a lamentable string of failures. Spartans lose tackle Tom Johnson to Michigan State from a leg fracture after a traffic accident.
Ten years ago George W. Kiefner advertising representative for Standard Oil in Huron moved to Mankato to trade positions with H E Cook who had been in the Mankato office. A recital was given by pupils of Mrs Gertrude Null including Roxanne Dougherty Patsy Downs Marjory Stout Larry Temmey Don Davis Martin Luther and Billy Saxton.
Dor othy Norris and several others present Ward H Bell with a leather billfold at chapel. Harold Lamb delivers the speech. Bell plans to finish a Master's at Iowa University. Frank Splitek to wed Susan Wallen of Sioux City. Mrs. W B Franklin recovering from car crash. Harry Adams and wife vacation at Lake Kampeska. Twenty five years ago community shower honors Miss Blanch Pennington bride elect. Other brief notices include travel, teaching, and military training plans among local residents.
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