Beadle County Rubber Drive Opens in Huron Area
Beadle County organizes a county wide rubber scrap drive after a meeting of representatives from oil stations and business centers. Labeled chair C Irvin Krumm and secretary Claude L Bailey will run receiving stations where rubber buys or donations fund the war effort. Plans include a house to house campaign with Scouts aiding collections.
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Beadle County
Huron
Claude L. Bailey
C. Irvin Krumm
USO
Red Cross
Army and Navy
Marvin Hughitt
MacArthur Named No 1 Father of 1942
New York June 16 General Douglas MacArthur was named by the National Father’s Day committee as the outstanding American father of 1942. The committee sent a message to the Supreme Allied Commander praising his inspiring leadership in helping to make the world safe for democratic family life and human freedom. Father’s Day falls next Sunday.
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MacArthur
New York
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Far East
South Dakota Democratic delegates choose leaders and nominees
Delegates backed Howes with 24 243 of 104 314 votes as factional strife coloured the convention. Beadle County’s Howes, a 1926 gubernatorial nominee and former state chairman, left the hall amid the contest. John J. Exon of Lake Andes was named state chairman, succeeding Barry, with Leona Crowlie as national committeewoman and Jennie O’Hern as vice chairwoman in a bid to refresh party leadership.
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Howes
Beadie County
Wolsey and Oran
Leona Crowlie
Spearfish
National
Esther Jones
Redfield
John J. Exon
Lake Andes
Tom Berry
U.S
Barry
Jennie O'Hern
Wakpala
Carson County
Mancel W. Peterson
Waubay
Lynn Fellows
Plankinton
Ivan Huntsinger
Aberdeen
Fallows
Aurora County
State Board of Charities and Corrections
South Dakota Democrats back tax repeal and two-mill levy
At Sioux Falls convention the South Dakota Democratic party adopted a 13 plank platform endorsing repeal of the state income tax and restoration of the two-mill property levy with homestead exemptions. It pledged to fund teachers retirement, exempt farm machinery from the sales tax, and align state taxes with federal policy while supporting Roose velt and the Atlantic Charter. The platform calls for higher governor and supreme court salaries, increased state aid to schools, and bipartisan fish and game administration. It also supports home defense and tax-free colored gasoline for tractors.
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Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
Atste
Supreme Court
Lynn
Fellows
Plankinton
Lewis W. Bicknell
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Betty Grable
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Simfiropol
Khchisarel
Crimea
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Resath
Dalepropatrovsk
Ukraine
Turkey
Wes
Iran
Black Sea
Russia
Olt
Britain
France
Florence Nightingale
Tennyson
Balaklava
George W. Chitty
Huron Business College
Tillie Stedronsky
Charles Mix County
Platform Committee
Chitty
Chan Gurney
Ruskin Park
Tiny Little's Orchestra
Cliff Kyes
Sternie Sternberg
Daniel Webster
Alford
Pennay’s
Sham
Men‘s Hables
Smart Majestic
Gabardine
Penney’s
Oxford
Sumner Shoes
Oxfords
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