High Official Of Bureau Of Mines To Visit S. D. Manganese Deposits
South Dakota manganese deposits will be inspected within two weeks by the No 2 man in the U S Bureau of Mines. Representative Francis Case and Karl M Leute head a delegation after a conference with bureau and Interior Department officials. Dr Joseph T Hedges will visit Chamberlain and inspect deposits amid wartime manganese emphasis.
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Washington
South Dakota
United States Bureau of Mines
Francis Case
Karl M. Leute
General Manganese Corporation
Bureau
Interior Department
Joseph T. Hedges
Chamberlain
Artillery Peak
Arizona
Las Vegas Wash
Nevada
Cuyuna Range
Minnesota
South Kota
South Duke
Ecenam
House
Case
Blow Torch Blast Burns Are Fatal To Sioux Falls Child
Sioux Falls report states five year old Carol Schlagel died in a local hospital after a blow torch exploded in a garage behind Byron E Schlagel residence. Parent Ted Parsons and Carl Kruthoff Jr were also burned while attempting to loosen bolts, unaware the child stood nearby until hearing her screams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
Carol Schlagel
Chil
Byron E. Schlagel
Schlagel
Ted Parsons
Carl Kruthoff, Jr
Schla
Breaking a Mirror and the Gods Will
An early belief held that a broken mirror could reveal the gods will or be used by the gods to shield a person from foreseeing an unpleasant future. The superstition framed broken mirrors as divine intervention to prevent certain visions.
Professor Act Fraudster Sentenced In South Dakota Prison
Howard Anderson 24 of Ban Croff Neb was sentenced to one year in the South Dakota penitentiary for obtaining money under false pretenses. He issued $72 in worthless checks at nine Sioux Falls merchants posing as a student and claiming to be a professor for identification. He phoned banks to confirm and forged approval to cash the checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
Howard Anderson
Bancroff
Neb
South Dakota
Anderson
Merchan
Public favors alien registration survey cites strong support
The American Institute of Public Opinion reports 96 percent favor registering non citizens, with 19 to 1 backing a government registry. The survey covers Italians, Poles, and Germans as the largest non citizen groups and notes strongest demand for registration in the South and West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
N. J
United States
American Institute of Public Opinion
Robert H. Jackson
Department of Justice
Congress
Institute
America
United States Immigration Service
South
Students Gain Real World Experience Through In Store Offices
During the past school year Huron Senior High offered a distributive education course for the first time. Seventeen seniors worked 15 hours weekly in stores and offices plus five classroom hours, earning one credit. Some secured full or part time positions and many gained insight into life after graduation. Participants included Lillian Anderson Bob Castle Carroll Costello Elaine DeRouchey Lois Green Irma Hale Eddie Hoffmann Mary Jane Hollar bush Mable Kenison Clifton Nelson Lola Leslie Marjorie Sherman Mary Jo Snow Elaine Swanson Bob Thorpe Lillian Trotter and Voy Winders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron Senior High School
Lillian Anderson
Bob Castle
Carroll Costello
Elaine DeRouchey
Lois Green
Irma Hale
Eddie Hoffmann
Mary Jane Hollarbush
Mable Kenison
Clifton Nelson
Lola Leslie
Marjorie Sherman
Mary Jo Snow
Elaine Swanson
Bob Thorpe
Lillian Trotter
Voy Winders
Flood-Proof Barn Built by W C Hall on Coffeyville Farm
A flood proof barn on a river bottom farm was erected by W C Hall of Coffeyville Kansas. The structure includes a concrete ramp to the upper story used to move livestock to safety when floods threaten.
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W. C. Hall
Coffeyville
Kan
Superstition of Show Folie Prompts Theatrical Beliefs
The article notes a common theatrical superstition that stepping out of an entrance with the right foot brings good luck, while using the left foot invites bad luck, reflecting stage traditions and audience beliefs.
Farm Statistical Report Issued Under GSDA Plan
The Greater South Dakota Association with publishers and several groups releases a 1939 1940 farm statistics report. Legislative funding shortfall delayed normal printing, causing only about one thousand copies to be issued and distributing disappointment until the 1941 legislature funds a consolidated 1939 1940 report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater South Dakota Association
Department of Agriculture
South Dakota Department of Agriculture
GSDA
Limited edition details 1940 agricultural report
The 1939 report presents total harvested acreage and farm value of principal crops by counties including acres sowed and harvested yields per acre total yield per county and farm value of grain crops sorghums hay and the livestock inventory by January 1 1940. Cooperation came from the Greater South Dakota Association and several Aberdeen Mitchell Huron Sioux Falls and Rapid City newspapers plus the South Dakota Bankers Association agricultural committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater South Dakota Association
American News
Aberdeen
Dakota Farmer
State Council of Agriculture
Flandreau
Evening Heronite
Huron
Daily Republic
Mitchell
Daily Argus Leader
Sioux Falls
Daily Journal
Rapid City
Daily Public Opinion
Watertown
Daily Press &Dalkotan
Yaton
South Dakota Bankers Association
Vacation Bible School in Rockham Nine-Day Session
Daily vacation Bible School runs nine days at the Methodist Church with forty pupils enrolled. Fern Miller of Rockham and Grace Hill of Willow Lake teach classes assisted by Marjorie and Pauline Miller.
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Rockham
Methodist Church
Fern Miller
Grace Hill
Willow Lake
Marjorie
Pauline Miller
Gladine Lilly Arrives From California for Vacation
Miss Gladine Lilly arrives Friday morning from Los Angeles where she is employed. She will vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs Robert Lilly of Wayland.
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California Wayland
Gladine Lilly
Los Angeles
Robert Lilly
Wayland
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Bureau of Mines
S. D. Manganese
Hedges
By Clare H. Galloway
William J. Bulow
Herbert E. Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Chan Be ‘Tion
Baltimore
National Guard
Guard
Mickey Rooney
Tom Edison
the Lone Wolf
Warren William Jean Muiree
Gallup
Jackson
Institute of Public Opinion
New England
Mid-Atlantic
East Central
West Central
Becky Trembly
University of Kansas
Farm Statistical Report Issued
GSBA
Ruskin Park
Wally Wallace
Tiny Little
Nat Toweles
Come
Our Fine Park
Bobby Griggs
Band Box Ladies
Wwe
Hollywood
W. H. Pears
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