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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1940
Page
4
Entry shows subscription rates for Huron South Dakota and elsewhere, with weekly, monthly, and yearly prices. Includes Associated Press notice about news dispatches and usage rights.
A quotation from the Huronite on October 7, 1399 praises a postwar peace ensuring U S freedom of movement and commerce, adequate trade to keep workers employed, and lasting independence both here and abroad, emphasizing the need to maintain peace long term.
The Evening Huronite urges a sixtieth anniversary edition to gather and preserve Huron's early history. Editors praise W.S. Davis and Mrs. John Walsh for their work and ask city and county boards to fund a formal project led by “Sherm” Davis to compile historical data before survivors pass away.
The piece argues Wendell Willkie emerged rapidly as a plausible Republican presidential candidate, applauding his selection at Philadelphia as logical yet criticizing party fixation on ideology over broader national welfare. It cites Russell Davenport’s opinion and notes Davenport’s Fortune resignation. It laments the party’s shift from ideal deliberation to practical political maneuvering.
The Evening Huronite backs Roosevelt and Willkie’s shared national defense stance. It argues Roosevelt will select the Democratic nominee and credits Willkie with four key critiques of Roosevelt. The piece suggests Willkie’s criticisms reflect real, contestable policy tensions and praises the Republican choice as timely and fortunate.
The June 22 diary entry describes a rural community gaining a cold storage facility and neighbors delivering freshly butchered meat for threshing and busy days. It recalls plowing, alfalfa fields, and a Grace Nell Crowell poem praising farming labor and shared bread.
Ruth Millett argues Americans have lived easy lives and must face harder times as nations grow more aggressive. She cites President Roosevelt's idea of universal military training and warns that youth may need compulsory camps to prepare for defense, transforming private life and adulthood.
A compilation of quotes from Harry Hopkins, Dr. David Lettowitz, Samuel Guy Inman, William C. Johnstone, and Henry Stimson urges faith in religion, friendship among nations, and strategic steps toward ending aggression while preserving peace. The statements reflect wartime diplomacy and calls for decisive action to influence Japan and China without conceding defeat.
Fragmented puzzle item lists cross reference operatic terms and names including Mantle, Frostbite, Kava, and a noted songstress. Entries hint at an extensive wordplay connecting opera figures with descriptors, positions, and phrases across horizontal and vertical clues.
Observers report turmoil and speculation at the Republican convention as staff and delegates confront war rumors and shifting alliances. Willkie faces questions on cabinet plans while taft and dew e supporters seek influence amid crowding galleries.
Radio schedules from New York on June 23 detail numerous NBC CBS MBS and local programs. Entries include Listener's Playhouse, Grand Guild Drama, Marriage Club, Grant Park Concert, BBC and European features, and a late-night Wings Over America series amid diverse showings and varying times.
A wide ranging meditation on how ideas mold human destiny, citing Rousseau and other thinkers. Notes that lightning of influence strikes from unexpected sources, with examples spanning India China Arabia and Europe, and references to 1949 readers seeking meaning amid material comfort.
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