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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1939
Page
6
The legislature faced opposition over the emergency clause, with arguments that it was invalid for denying a post adjournment referendum opportunity. Prospective implications centered on timing and legality of the emergency provision.
Independent Order of Labor meets Thursday at 8 p m in the Farmers Assembly Room. W R C meets Friday at Labor Temple. Sunday Division 219 B L E meets at 2 p m in K P Hall. B L F BE meets at LaPor Temple Sunday at 10 a m. Twentieth Century Club assembles with Mrs W J Mats for program by Gladys Pyle ex senator on Wash DC stay. Exmond Extension Club meets at Esmond with fifteen members and one visitor. woodcraft demonstration and exchange of patterns. Lunch served. next meeting March 22 at Mrs Earl Corley.
Sioux City voters yesterday rejected a proposal to switch from a commission form to a city manager government. The tally was 11,372 against and 7,861 in favor, so current officials stay in office. Mayor David F. Loepp and Council members D. S. Lewis D. A. Murphy Milton Follis and Harold Sturgeon were named.
A special grand jury charged Philadelphia's police force from the mayor to patrolmen with protecting vice activities. The report attacks city leadership for tolerating corruption and call for reforms.
After a 17 month investigation, the grand jury says political control by Mayor S Davis Wilson allowed organized vice to flourish, especially in summer 1927. It indicts Wilson for misbehavior in office and failing to suppress gambling, alleging police were used for personal and political gain. A total of 343 people indicted on gambling charges. reports of protection money and falsified vice reports cited. The mayor, vacationing in Florida, faces serious scrutiny over integrity and fitness for office.
The text notes that among 340 million people in India only 2.6 million speak English, with the remainder largely unable to read or write the 222 Oriental languages used in conversation. It also mentions a mushroom near a snake den once deemed poisonous in early days.
Police records for January and February 1939 show 15 thefts or break-ins with 13 solved and goods recovered in February, and five such crimes in January all solved with articles returned. The chief notes the period is unusual and not representative of yearly averages, with a 20 percent average apprehension deemed unusually good by the FBI.
Eighteen Huron merchants plan to keep revised hours with 8:30 a.m. opening and 5:30 p.m. closing daily, except Saturday 1 p.m. close. Stores include Fullerton Furniture, Wagner's Drapery, Woolworth, J. C. Penney, Montgomery Ward, J. Newberry, and others. Management cites better conditions for 119 employees and improved shopper service. Patrons urged to send criticisms or suggestions for further improvements.
The national safety council reports 2400 traffic deaths nationwide in January, a six percent drop from January 1938 and the 15th straight month of reduced fatalities. The council estimates the theoretical life savings at 8500 over the 15 month period.
A1 Associated Press report notes Polish student demonstrations in Danzig and Warsaw reflect unrest and a drive toward greater independence from Germany. Poland seeks to balance Nazi influence by strengthening ties with France while avoiding hostility. Count Ciano’s Warsaw visit seen as axis maneuver, not direct Polish policy shift.
Indiana authorities report Clifford Redmond told state police he killed Paul Brand, 40, and Mary Jayne Brand, 43, after a drinking spree. He said liquor prompted the crime, while coroner notes say the man was not intoxicated. The Brands’ daughter Gloria, 12, recalling six hours of terror, said Redmond raped her, a claim the killer denied.
Young people from Beulah Church northwest of Wessington led Sunday evening services at the Church of Christ in town. Eva Lacey presided, Stanley Conkey delivered the sermonette, and Chester Hiatt gave the sermon. Attendance was strong.
South Dakota lawmakers passed a measure defining tractor fuel for tax exemption but Attorney General Leo Termney ruled it does not constitute an emergency under the state constitution. The act, seeking July 1 operative date despite an emergency clause, aims to provide low flash fuel for farm machinery exempt from motor vehicle and sales taxes. The opinion came at the request of State Treasurer W. G. Douglas.
PIERRE March 2 The circuit court upheld a law passed with an emergency clause abolishing the state seed commissioner post and transferring duties to the secretary of agriculture. Judge John F Hughes dismissed a suit by R W Vanes Brookings who had held the office, seeking to block the secretary from taking over duties.
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