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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1931
Page
12
Kiel based report details early design challenges of Germany's first postwar frontline ship Deutschland. Designers faced a dual role as battleship and cruiser, balancing displacement, propulsion, weaponry and armor while fitting a fortress-like hull into 10 000 tonne caps with a cost near 20 million marks.
A sweep of gasoline trunk pipelines is planned or under construction across 3000 miles, seen as a potential threat to rail freight. Major lines include Great Lakes Pipe Line at 1,218 miles with 4.26 million gallons daily, plus routes from Ponca City and Okmulgee to Des Moines, Chicago, Milwaukee, Omaha, Minneapolis, and beyond. Other projects from Phillips, Sun Oil, Atlantic Refining, Standard Oil groups, and New Jersey to New York state geography extend into Pennsylvania, New York, and New England, signaling a new era in petroleum transport.
A street encounter asks for free tickets from a Dodson detective amid a town carnival scene. The message urges accosting the official with a provocative line to secure complimentary passes for shows and rides.
Washington reports that despite some recovery from last year’s drought, U S farm lands remain vulnerable to a relapse without adequate rain. J B Kincer of the Weather Bureau warns subsoil moisture is low and a single hot dry month could trigger renewed drought across many regions.
Washington observes Cordell Hull, a tall Tennesseean and longtime champion of low tariffs, preparing for the new session amid world trade reform talk. The veteran Democrat, near 60 and 22 years in Congress, recalls 1917 and 1923 efforts for international trade congresses and notes his enduring role shaping tariff policy while living quietly near Lafayette Square with Mrs Hull.
Private Harold B. Osborne of the 27th Pursuit Squadron at Selfridge field failed to complete parachute finals at an army parachute school. He jumped with two chutes but clung to the tail of a struggling airplane for about an hour before incident, while his companion made a clean jump from 2000 feet. The scene unfolded as Lieut Howard E. Engler signaled to Osborne, who hesitated and pulled his rip cord late, resulting in a dangerous tethering near the plane during the craft’s descent.
Observers on the field signaled a watch as wheel capers stalled the stabilizer. The siren sounded and ambulances moved onto the field while the crowd gathered after the plane tired.
An unclear report describes a chaotic moment involving a cord tied to a child, a lieutenant racing to a camp kitchen, and a strange improvised action aboard a pursuie plane, with insufficient context for full meaning.
A student pilot engaged in a perilous dogfight with Osborne as Staubel approached in a biplane. Osborne cut away, deployed his parachute on a Tuesday in June, and landed safely in a muddy field. Fellow students found him in the mud, praising the earth.
A notice accuses rivals of publishing incomplete comparisons to mislead buyers about tire quality and price. It asserts Ward's first quality Riverside tires and second-line Trail Blazers cost far less than competitors' offerings and challenges readers to review the side-by-side tables and charts.
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