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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1942
Page
4
The Huron Publishing Co announces subscription rates and mail versus carrier fees for Huron and elsewhere. Contact details for advertising representatives and offices in Minneapolis and New York City are provided.
The Evening Huronite quotes a 1839 view: peace must secure American might, freedom of movement and commerce, and adequate trade to keep people employed. It asserts that peace must preserve freedom and independence both at home and abroad, and that America must maintain that peace.
Old men and others in the Turn In Old Rubber drive urge South Dakota residents to search basements attics and closets for useless rubber items. Rubber is a vital war commodity and salvaged pieces can help Army and Navy tires and equipment. Citizens bring items to the official collector at a gasoline station. rubber is worth a cent a pound but offers greater wartime value.
The tin salvaging drive will extend to 36 metropolitan areas from coast to coast and Canada to the Gulf with a goal of 259000 tons of cans annually. Existing facilities are expected to operate at capacity as New York reports over 000 tons in under three months, reclaiming 30 tons of tin and 3000 long tons of scrap steel. Five old cans can plate four new ones.
The piece discusses calls for a wartime political truce in party politics. It cites Britain's Labour pause on militant activity and contrasts with the American New Deal, noting resistance to a similar pause here while urging unity and acceptance of Roosevelt's program as a condition for peace.
John EL Lewis accuses CIO President Phil Murray of pro Communist leanings. The piece argues Reds occupied unions during Lewis's tenure and that Lewis, a hard-boiled politician, leveraged those ties for his own ends. The record shows Bolsheviks in power before Murray's presidency and Lewis's involvement as he sought the top post.
The piece notes vast domestic disasters across 18 states including tornadoes floods forest fires and a mine explosion alongside wartime production efforts and rationing. It contrasts these calamities with wartime momentum and hints at a coming calm to renew democratic progress.
The text argues Nazi brutality surpasses earlier horrors and that only united action by the Allies can deliver retribution to Poland Greece Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia France and the Low Countries. It condemns appeasement and urges preparation and resolve while mocking empty bravado. It ends with a quip about learning to swim this summer.
The article argues that a thirty-year-old woman who accepts being unmarried, pursues a PhD and teaching, joins strict women's groups, and calls herself an old maid lowers her marriage prospects. It contends changing mindset could improve chances and urges avoiding self-definition as an old maid.
A collection of wartime statements from U S leaders and military officials urges strong resolve and unity. Sam Rayburn Jonathan Daniels Nell Methuen Ritchie Philip Murray Joseph B Eastman Sumner Welles stress total effort in World War II and the duty of families and nations to support victory.
The piece argues Midway marked a decisive shift in naval power favoring land based air forces. It emphasizes land based airpower advantages, lessons from Pearl Harbor, Wake Island, and the Philippines, and the need to sustain offensive operations to counter Japanese expansion. It notes Japan’s fleet would be harbored to defend multiple islands while American carriers could be produced faster.
Raymond Clapper argues the Molotov visit laid groundwork for a postwar world security organization. He praises Roosevelt, calls for US support to sustain unity with Britain and Russia, and warns that failure could revive division and a third world war.
Washington bristles at a flood of directives as officials pivot to governance by directive. The term, once rare, now dominates formal language with unclear authority, affecting draft exemptions, stockpiles, appointments, and approvals. Critics say Congress supports it to pressure agencies, while debate rages over who issues directives and how.
Edgar Bergen and Ginny Simms glow with romance while Gena O Neill hires a new 23 year old manager who markets himself as a Sammy Glick rival. Errol Flynn and Barrymore tease magazine shelves with anecdotes. Stars such as Rita Hayworth, Lana Turner, George Raft and Alice Faye figure in rumors of roles, jewelry, travel, and upcoming projects amid wartime chatter and private lives.
About 15,000 veterans in CCC across 15 camps work on War Department and forestry projects. The average veteran is 49, with 25 percent having two or more dependents. Debate centers on rehab potential, pay rises, and allotments to dependents as Congress weighs higher soldiers’ pay and Army discipline concerns.
New York reports medals given by the Japanese emperor to two American sailors after 1908 visits have been sent back to Tokyo. The medals, attached to a 500‑pound bomb, were delivered to the emperor by Lieut. Ted W. Lawson on April 18, 1942, after a ceremony in Japan. Laurey and Wormstein had requested the return, and the War Department confirmed the delivery. Laurey later volunteered at Pearl Harbor to repair damage from Japanese attacks.
WESLINGTON June 16 Special Mrs. Sam Stobbs entertained the Easy Aces and ten guests at a dinner dance. Miss Lolo Stobbs served dessert while prizes were awarded to Miss Beryl Dediaven and others. Wartime constraints affect zoo dietary offerings as London animals shift from meat to fish.
Readers are urged to weigh fact over propaganda and to support a united, wholehearted war effort. The piece argues that individual courage, spirit, and financial backing together determine victory or prolongation, warning that partisan friction harms civilians and soldiers alike.
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