Pythians Close State Convention in Belle Fourche
State officers for the Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters were elected at the Belle Fourche convention. Milbank will host next year’s gathering on May 28 and 19. Grand Chancellor-elect is H.C. Trapp of Milbank. Vera Lewis of Valley Springs is Grand Chief. Other officers span Sioux Falls, Aberdeen, Huron, Elk Point, Milbank, and Belle Fourche with numerous trustees and supreme representatives named.
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Belle Fourche
Knights of Pythias and
Pythian Sisters
Milbank
Black Hills
H.C. Trapp
Knights of Pythias
Vera Lewis
Valley Springs
P. E. Brandon
Sioux Falls
George Anderson
Aberdeen
Metcalf
Exchequer
A. F. McQuillan
R. F. Voyles
Irmer
Charles Arnold
Huron
R. E. Owens
Sioux
Trustees
Anna Tischer
Body Of Mishap Victim To Yankton For Burial
Grieving Mr and Mrs Theodore T Johnson of Yankton South Dakota arrange burial for their daughter Mary Jane Johnson who died after a truck struck her Tuesday morning In Sioux City the family learned of her death upon arrival and plan services at Schenk Funeral Home on Thursday The truck driver remains in custody with authorities pursuing charges
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Yankton
Minneapolis
Theodore T. Johnson
S. D
Mary Jane
Johnsons
Sioux City
Johnson
Nola
Andrew Schenk
Schenk
Ond Cree
Six Cooks Club Demonstrates Devil's Food Cake
The Six Cooks Club met at Charlotte McCay's home with all members except Mavis Benning present. A demonstration on devil's food cake was given, and future meetings will be held on Wednesdays instead of Fridays.
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Tulare Tulare
Six Cooks Club
Charlotte McCay
Mavis Benning
Services at Lake Bancroft at Spirit Lake
St Johns Lutheran plans a church service at Spirit Lake next Sunday at eleven with a children's program and a picnic lunch to follow. The event is hosted by St. Johns Lutheran Congregation and is scheduled for morning worship and noon meal.
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Lake Bancroft
St. John's Lutheran
Spirit Lake
The Lady From Maryland Takes the New Congress Seat
Katharine Byron, 37, succeeds her late husband in Maryland's seat, joining a growing female cohort in Congress. The mother of five, with a Georgia style Georgian home, enjoys entertaining, gardening, knitting, and needlepoint, while preferring Virginia ham and beaten biscuits for dinner.
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Congressional Yanks
Byron
Louis J. McColmas
Middle West
Byron Jones
Virginia
Maryland
Funeral Rites Held For Mrs Verbecke
Funeral services for Mrs Louis Verbecke were held at St Josephs Catholic Church. She died at Pierre after a lengthy illness at age 44. Rev Father O Neill of Huron led the mass and burial followed in the local Catholic cemetery. Pallbearers were Leo Murphy Francis Murphy Antone Wuesterwold Clem DePauw Henry Thieman and Frank Burns. Survivors include her husband and three children Madeline Dorothy and Francis. Mrs Verbecke was born in Genese Illinois and was Dora Hagens before marriage.
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Wessing Sun
Louis Verbecke
St Joseph's Catholic Church
Verbecke
Pierre
Father O'Neill
Huron
Leo
Francis Murphy
Antone Wuesterwold
Clem DePauw
Henry Thieman
Frank Burns
Soviet Defenses Use Mechanized Units in West
Report notes Soviet forces employing extensive mechanized assets in bitter western sectors to blunt offensives and permit retreat to strong positions deeper in Russia as encirclement advances unfold.
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Page
Bitterlands
Red Army
Russia
Germany war aims and Soviet resistance in World War II
The text analyzes how Germany might end its war of movement, relying on a collapse of the Soviet government and creation of an unoccupied German-controlled zone. It notes Stalin-era resilience, potential Soviet unity, and Hitler’s possible plans after gaining western Russian territory, plus Britain’s push to sustain Turkish-British cooperation and to pad Syria’s occupation on Turkey’s border.
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Germany
Hitler
Rch
Russia
Iran
Middle-East
Soviet Union
Ukraine
Aucasus
Urals
West
Middle East
Britain
Syria
Turkey
North Dakota grain flow risks storage strain in 1941
N D Grain notes U S carry over about 400 million bushels of wheat and private estimates put 1941 wheat at 880 million, giving a total supply near 1.2 billion bushels to store. With southern grain moving to eastern terminals, national storage may be exhausted before spring harvest, forcing North Dakota farmers to face little chance of moving much of the 1941 crop east. Rush for federal crop loans under the Commodity Credit Corporation.
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N. D
United States
North Dakota
Commodity Credit Corporation
Farmers urged to secure extra grain storage space
B E Groom of Langdon, secretary of the Greater North Dakota Association and chairman of the agriculture committee, advises farmers to act independently to secure additional storage as CCC will not act on a crop stored on the ground. Some elevators may add storage, but no large state program is planned amid drought and near capacity rail transport.
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CCC
B. E. Groom of
Langdon
Greater North Dakota Asso
Ciation
Agriculture Committee
North Dakota
Railroad Heads Agree on Grain Cars Loading Policy
At a Minneapolis meeting railroad leaders agreed that no grain would be loaded on cars until shippers are certain the cars will be promptly unloaded at destination. This action aims to curb delays and improve efficiency in grain transport.
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Minneapolis
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Maine
Frances Bolton
Ohio
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Massachusetts
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