South Dakota groups adopt cooperation plan for war effort
About 150 business and civic leaders across South Dakota approved a cooperative program to coordinate patriotic efforts. Speakers urged halting labor disputes, promoting defense bonds, and boosting scrap drives with Red Cross and War Board cooperation. Government should publish losses and gains, while community chambers organize defense activities and junk drives to aid production goals.
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South Dakota
Marvin Hughitt
Greater South Dakota Association
State Secretaries Association
Chamber of Commerce
Cive
War Production Board
War Industries Association
E. H. Sexauer
Claude A. Hamilton
American Legion
MarArthur
Hamilton
FBI
C. A. Searing
American Red Cross
Searing
Red Cross
Hhis
Councils of Defense
Alfred R Barnes
War Board
E.R. Zimmerman
International Harvester Company
Chambers of Commerce
Walter H. Burke
State Defense Savings Staff
State allows rate hikes for rail and truck shipments
Public Utilities Commission in Pierre on March 12 authorized intrastate rate increases for trucks and railroads to align with Interstate Commerce Commission boosts on interstate shipments. Rail increases about six percent, with three percent for select agricultural and mining products. bus fare boost denied pending further showing. Sugar shipments from Belle Fourche and sugar beets to refinery were not raised. Truck rate hike approved only for six percent, not ten, to avoid outpacing rail and intrastate competition. An open 60 day window remains for a later bus fare decision if warranted. A planned truck rate hearing for March 24 was canceled at the Truckers Association's request.
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Pierre
Mar
Public Utilities Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
South Dakota Commission
Belle Fourche
National Bus Traffic Association
South Dakota
Sioux City
The
Utilities Commission
South Dakota Truckers Association
Huron Speakers to Compete in State Forensic Tourney
Huron High School participants Dorothy Brown and the debate team will travel to the state forensic tournament at Eastern Nominal in Madison March 16 17 after winning first place at the District Five contest in Mitchell Tuesday Del bert Reutter announced. The team includes Jimmy Holm Dick Leim Dorothy Craig and Phyllis Gross and went undefeated in the district event. Other contest teams were from Letcher Mitchell and Tyndall.
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Huron
Dorothy Brown
Huron High School
Eastern Nominal
Madison
Delbert Reutter
Mitchell
Jimmy Holm
Dick Leim
Dorothy Craig
Phyllis Gross
Letcher
Tyndall
Bosch German industrialist Robert A Bosch dies aged 80
Berlin reporting Robert August Bosch 80 renowned German inventor and industrialist who founded Bosch Manufacturing died after a short illness in Stuttgart. He built a global business making magnets spark plugs lamps and other auto and aviation devices. He introduced a 44 hour week and paid top wages, earning the nickname Red Bosch. He supported scientific research and canal projects and donated war profits to public welfare. Born 1861 in Albeck he trained as a mechanic and worked with Edison Siemens before starting his own firm. He left a legacy of high wages and personal liberty for workers.
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Robert August Bosch
Thomas A. Edison
Red Bosch
Henry Ford
America
Albeck
Ulm
Wanderschaft
Bosch
Schuckert
Nurnberg
Stuttgart
Gottlieb Daimler
Teplied Bosch
Neckar
Allies Reach Toward Prussia After Ships Move North
Allied readers learn of German movement as Tirpitz, Admiral Scheer, Hipper, and Prinz Eugen allegedly shift to the Norwegian coast near Trondheim. The report notes the distance from Latvia to East Prussia as about 136 to 400 miles and mentions British torpedo plane attacks and ongoing efforts to keep the Allies at bay in the north.
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East Prussia
Tirpitz
Admiral Schéer
Hipper
Prinz . Eugen
Trondheim
Eesengrrith
Germans claim British air base at Shetland Islands
In Russian waters the Germans recount Brit ish forces building an air base near the Shetland Islands northeast of the Orkneys for operations against Norway. They connect this to Washington's recent declaration of a commander for U S naval forces in European waters with Admiral Harold R Stark as the assigned commander, linking naval air actions to U S policy.
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Orkneys
Norway
Shetlands
Washington
U. S
Harold R. Stark
Tulare Leader H Binger Dies Of Heart Attack
Tulare resident HL H Binger prominent business man dies at home from a heart attack after illness Tuesday afternoon. Survived by wife nine children including Ida Hubbard LeMars Iowa Leila Teabury Conn Esther Bit trem Rock Island Ill Edna Michigan Florence New York William Milton Sioux City Herbert Jr Tulare three sisters and brothers plus several grandchildren. Funeral services tentatively set for Sunday at American Lutheran Church.
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Mar
HL H. Binger
Binger
Herman Hinger
State Bank
Ida Hubbard
LeMars
Iowa
Leila
Teabury
Conn
Esther Bittrem
Faith
Glenn Hanson
Rock Island
Ial
Edna
Michigan
Florence
New York City
William and
Milton
Sioux City
Herbert, Jr
Conrad Scha
Survivors Reach Cuban Port After Ship Sinking
Havana reports that 10 survivors of a U S merchant ship reached Baracoa after the vessel was shelled and sunk 50 miles off Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic. The ten were picked up at sea by a Honduran ship, with 16 more believed landed at Puerto Plata. Eye witnesses added details.
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U.S
Havana
Cuba
United States
Baracoa
Puerto Plata
Dominican Republic
Weather report for Huron and Vicinity
Weather bulletin notes temperatures for the present day with a year ago high of 33 and low of 17, record highs of 85 and lows of 25, and precipitation totals of 0.29 inch for the month and 0.63 inch year to date. Sunrise 7 51 a m, sunset 7 35 p m. Forecast calls little temperature change in Huron area, warmer tonight in South Dakota with showers west this afternoon and northeast portion this afternoon, and additional south and west portions tonight.
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Huron
South Dakota
Andy
Fewer Spring Traffic Deaths Than Other Seasons
Statistics show spring records the lowest number of accidental traffic deaths compared with winter, summer, and autumn. Data indicate fewer fatalities occur in milder weather and after spring holidays, underscoring seasonal safety trends.
Britain Faces Multiple Hurdles In War Crisis
A historic editorial discusses Britain's perilous wartime position as Churchill confronts the Bengal crisis and demands for separate Muslim and Hindu states. It warns Japan eyeing Calcutta, fears on the northwest frontier, and the influence of German agents among Afghan tribes amid mounting imperial strain.
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Xempina
Churchill
England
All-India
Calcutta
Bengal
Nippon
India
Bengs
Khyber Pass
Afghanistan
Political strife threatens India amid rising nationalist tension
The text warns that England and nationalist factions threaten India's stability more than other dangers. It stresses urgent settlement as the Japanese threat grows, with the Rising Sun accused of profiting from ongoing discord.
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India
England
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