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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1939
Page
4
A mixed sequence of crossword style clues with numbered across and down entries. The grid includes hints like months, animals, objects, and names, all tangled in a puzzle format with partial phrases and misprints. The overall task is to fill an interwoven set of crossword items.
In two years the ambition of Rickenbacker and others for Huron as a rising commercial aviation hub appears to be unfolding. Predictions about Huron's growing importance are materializing as aviation developments accelerate.
An Evening Huronite survey shows rising tourist traffic through Huron this summer due to hard surfacing and dust proofing on U S 14 to Pierre. The route offers convenient access to the Bad Lands and Black Hills with minimal gravel stretches, encouraging locals to promote the trail to eastern travelers.
In Huron years ago Eddie Rickerbacker and aviation leaders foresaw mail and passenger ships linking the Atlantic by scheduled service. Yesterday the payload trans Atlantic Clipper departed Port Washington North Carolina for Marseille France, marking a milestone that fulfilled much of that early vision despite prior preview flights over the route.
A Central South Dakota farm diary entry recalls daily routines and family life. The narrator notes letting a diary remain a private ritual, comments on children Nasey and texty growing, and mentions a town depot scene where a courteous driver diffuses a tense moment. The piece reflects simple, personal observations during a rural day.
This page includes trivia questions asking which state is the Roystone, the value of the Rand, and the author of a Roman Empire work. It also presents aphorisms on etiquette and a brief fortune style forecast for today. It ends noting Edward Gibbon as an Englishman and credits King Features Syndicate 1939.
Henry Wallace the agriculture secretary defeats Roosevelt Hull Morgenthau and most of Congress to push through a cotton export subsidy. He used a quiet infighting strategy and gained key allies Mayor La Guardia and Edward F. Neat of the Farm Bureau Federation to flip enough votes in the House to approve the subsidy despite opposition. The plan seeks about 46.5 million dollars to back export of cotton and clear 3.6 million bales abroad when needed.
A spirited analysis tracks Wallace and O Nea ls lobbying for farm votes and LaGuardia s stance on cotton subsidies. The piece links British subsidy gains to U S policy, warns of political maneuvering at City Hall and in Congress, and notes tensions between Tammany ties and farm relief.
An editorial argues the United States must maintain its lead in trans Atlantic air passenger service and long range aviation. It condemns bureaucratic obstacles and calls for government backing and a policy shift to advance foreign air routes as part of U S foreign policy.
A June 29 radio schedule highlights a WPA Federal Arts Project hour with Eddie Cantor George Jessel Orson Welles and others on WIZ NBC. The lineup lists WEAF WABC WOR CBS and NBC shows including Rudy Vallee Kate Smith Major Bowes Dance Hour Alfred E. Smith discussion and various music and sports segments across stations and times.
An Evening Huronite survey of hotels cabin camps filling stations and restaurants finds more tourists passing through Huron this year than last up to this time. Managers N S Jamison William McGaughey and GW Bauman report wider tourist trade especially from the east due to highway improvements and rising weekend car counts.
Radio broadcasts feature WOR WIZ and CBS network programs with dance orchestras and The Lone Ranger amid notes on planned mass concert in Lake Preston and social visits. Misses Perkins, Conway, Cheshire, Bramwell, and French sisters celebrate birthdays and travel to Yale. S. W. Plummer and Kathryn Stofer wed in Minneapolis. Alburtis, Slater, and Price attend Bible school across towns.
Invitations announce the marriage of Ms Guy Poole and Orlin Cogswell of Huron this Wednesday at High Moon. Mrs C R Stewart injured in Sunday plane accident is recovering well and pilot Merle Hagen also improving. The air plane company met and decided to continue operations and order another plane soon to avoid total loss.
Clara Eaton returned home Wednesday after spending several days at the Orca Barringer home in Huron following a visit to Alpena on June 29.
June 29 article notes special swimming classes starting this week at the Preston pool. Lythard Bid, life board at the pool, and Ree Cross examiner oversee the program as part of the local effort.
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