15 Mar 1937
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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1937
Page
1
Court orders strikers away from Chrysler plants as labor tensions rise. The report notes a denied request for a special election and cites chaotic industrial action. Also covered are international naval movements, Spanish civil conflict tolls, Canadian mining deaths, and Vatican plans amid global tensions.
Residents weigh in on Tennessee prison officials practice of placing defiant inmates in a dungeon cell for up to three days without work or furnishings. Respondents range from support to calls for union sanctions and even harsher measures, reflecting divided views on inmate discipline.
A lighthearted slice from the Associated Press notes Clapper rural school in Aris Missouri has a nine year perfect health record and a daily gargle brigade led by teacher Miss Glessie Vaughn. Peppered with other brief items, the page also covers a Harlem magistrate impassive on a quiet day, a farmer’s child survives a crash, and a California minister’s distant award ceremony via wireless.
A columnist mocked as readers ignore distant famines while fussing over trivial losses. The voice recalls overheard talk in a Chinese laundry about carelessness, Manchuria, and misplacing handkerchiefs, ending with a quip attributed to Rob Burns.
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved funds for two new airmail routes in South Dakota. One route would run Huron Pierre Rapid City Spearfish Hot Springs to Cheyenne, Wyoming, with another Minneapolis via Watertown Huron Sioux City path replacing the current segment. Additional routes would connect Great Falls Shelby Montana and Billings Great Falls for faster service, with Billings acting as a terminus for Cheyenne and a stop for transcontinental mail planes.
The Associated Press reports Senator Norris independent from Nebraska unveiled a draft bill and a constitutional amendment to curb court power. The plan would require a two thirds Supreme Court vote to invalidate laws and cap federal court appointments at nine years. Senate hearings on Roosevelt’s judicial reform bill paused as Norris and others push alternative remedies.
In Chicago on March 1 a group of mothers who supply milk for undernourished infants staged a sit-down strike at the board of health offices. They claim they are paid four cents an ounce plus free care, demand ten cents. One 16 year old striker said many earn only a few cents daily and starvation wages are the issue.
Huron's Tigers presented the two foot high state championship trophy to their schoolmates and received a tumultuous welcome at a special assembly in the new senior high school today. The official presentation opened a week of events surrounding the Tigers.
Plans to send Huron High School’s 137 state championship basketball team to the Minnesota State tournament in Minneapolis over the coming weekend were set in motion as a special committee prepares to begin citywide solicitation for funds. The drive, led by coach George Deklotz, seeks donations to reward the Tigers for a second straight championship.
Reich, a Miller area farmer with a wife and two daughters, was found at his farm home early today after shooting himself in the head with a .22 rifle. He survived the initial wound and was taken to Miller hospital in serious condition as doctors fought infection risk from brain fragments. He offered no reason for the act.
City Attorney George E Longstark ruled that a petition seeking a special election to switch Hurna from a manager system to a three member commission cannot proceed. Buona city commissioners denied the request and will present Longstark's ruling to Attorney General Rodtewig in Pierre for interpretation. The vote was unanimous with Dr J B Tschetter absent due to surgery.
South Dakota managers and secretaries of the J F Anderson Lumber Company gathered at the Marvin Hughitt Hotel in Huron for a two day statewide meeting. About 75 persons attended the opening session with exhibitors displaying building materials in the Elks ballroom. President J W Dobson welcomed the group and opened the program with talks by H A Wagner and O Sweet. A Sherwin Williams representative also spoke. The day included a luncheon and an open forum scheduled for Tuesday afternoon followed by further talks and a banquet to close the gathering.
Detroit court grants Chrysler injunction orders 5,000 strikers to evaluate air plants. Pittsburgh Carnupiv IMnety Steal Corp resumes conference with CLO leaders. New York Electrical Workers union presents demands to General Electric officially laundry workers Birke. Washington Social Security Board moves to reconsider contract awarded Remington Rand ordered by labor board to reemploy 4,000 former workers.
Pierre March 15 Governor Jensen vetoed salary increases for state officers while signing a 10 percent wholesale liquor tax and a $50,000 code revision appropriation. He did not sign the gas tax diversion measure, which would become law without approval, and objected to excess taxes amid financial strain. The gas tax revenue would return to highway building, with two cents previously used for rural credit retirement. The out-of-state trucker exemption from the compensation tax remains undecided.
Tonight will be cloudy and mild with rising clouds across eastern South Dakota. Temperatures fall slowly through the night as winds remain light, then Tuesday brings increasing cloudiness and a gradual cool down. Moisture and patchy drizzle possible late in the period.
Labor tensions rise as the Wagner Act case stalls until March 29 after a Michigan ruling allowed Chrysler sit-down strikers to occupy plants. About 730,000 workers idle nationwide. Governor Murphy orders prosecutors to Lansing to address labor disputes. Remington Rand and General Electric face boards and unions push for recognition and wage changes. Wage hikes totaling over 108 million dollars annually are noted. a broad labor picture includes Firestone, Hudson Detroit, and subway workers mobilizing in ongoing industrial action.
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