South Dakota farmers urged to focus on emergency crops
South Dakota agricultural leaders told the State Bankers Association committee that emergency crops and hopper control are essential to rebuilding agricultural prosperity. They outlined 10 projects for 1999, including Grasshopper Control, Drought and Grasshopper Resistant Crops, Soil Conservation, and new sheep initiatives, with experts cautioning on millets and sorghums.
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South Dakota
Agricultural Committee
South Dakota Bankers Association
Northwest Agricultural Cieley
Tor
SDBA
Farmers of America
Joading
Dan H. Otis
Madison
Wis
American Bankers Association
Agricultural Commission
A. M. Eberle
Steve Jones
Teader
George Gibertson
William van Zee
South Dakota Aaa Committee
Cliltere Franzke
South Dakota State Colege
Brookings
Framke
Franzke
State College Aeronomy Department
Agronomy Department
Mistake In Hats Leads To Arrest Of Alleged Killer
Asheville report shows Sheriff Guy English linking Edward B. Duckett to a brutal killing of Willie Ledford, a recluse, after a botched robbery. Duckett and cousin William Doyle Duckett were arrested in Knoxville, Tennessee, with William Doyle Duckett allegedly confessing and implicating his cousin.
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Asheville
N.C
Guy English
Madigan County
Edward B. Duckett
Willie Ledford
Ledford
Duckett
Knoxville
Tenn
William Doyle Duckett
English
Cold Wave Eases Slowly As North Dakota Minnesota Warn Of Warm Up
Subzero conditions lingered across North Dakota and Minnesota with strong winds and drifting snow. Highway crews cleared snow blocked routes while Duluth traffic returned to normal. Bemidji Minot and Grand Forks reported frigid temps and closed schools in several counties.
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Aga Foundation
The
Mercury
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Mar
North Dakota
Head
Pierre Firm Wins Print Contract for South Dakota Code
The State Publishing Company of Pierre secured the 1939 South Dakota code of revised laws printing contract at 15 472 50 dollars for 2590 sets of a four volume code, beating Wallace Homestead Co. and others. The bid included a 1000 dollar discount for using state owned type metal. The Des Moines firm printed the preliminary eight volume code. Carpenter Paper Co. of Omaha bid 5038 for the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panrre
State Publishing Company
Pierre
Pierre Company
Wallace Homestead Co
Des Moines
Carpenter Paper Co
Omaha
Moratorium on Foreclosures Proposed by Burdick
Rep Burdick of North Dakota proposed a moratorium on mortgage foreclosures by government lending agencies in drought stricken or grasshopper infested states until July 1, 1940. Rep Case of South Dakota introduced a bill to authorize coinage of gold for circulation to pay for purchases of new gold.
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Washington, Mar
Burdick
North Dakota
Republican
Rep. Case
South Dakota
SEC Rejects Plan To Modify Rules For Wall Street
The Securities Commission rejected a stock exchange committee proposal for drastic changes to federal securities rules. SEC Chairman Douglas called the plan a phony and warned that loosening regulation would bring back market manipulation and hurt regulation aims. Secretary Morgenthau signaled tax revisions after March 15 returns, with April reveal planned. Treasury estimates imply lower revenues than 1937, and officials expect modest tax shifts without reducing overall revenue. Budget watchers project March collections near 425 million dollars, down from 723 million the previous year.
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Washington
Mar
Securities Commission
Stock Exchange Committee
SEC
Douglas
Capiita
Barkley
Senate
Treasury
Watch Tax
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Harrison
Mississippi
Senate Finance Committee
Stock Market Committee
Lemke Sees Approval For AAA Amendment
Rep. William Lemke of North Dakota said the House would pass an agricultural adjustment act amendment allowing wheat farmers to charge crop insurance premiums against benefit payments. The agriculture committee reported the amendment favorably and the Senate has already passed it. He noted farmers could hold wheat for higher prices and reduce handling by charging premiums against benefits.
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Washington
Mar
William Lemke
North Dakota
House
Agriculture Committee
Lemke
Senate
Hitler Aims Swift Move On Danzig And Memel
Berlin reports foreign circles foresee a rapid action by Adolf Hitler to reclaim Danzig and Memelland as part of a broader eastern expansion. The piece notes continued German gains in Austria and Czecho Slovakia and questions how soon Poland and Lithuania might resist, with Polish leaders urging preparedness.
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Berlin
Mary
Adolf
Europe
Reichsfuhrer
Czecho-Slovak Republic
Munich
Hitler
Danzig
Memelland
Germany
Ukraine
Fuehrer
Memel
Austria
Czecho-Slovakia
Sudetenland
Czech
Ormer
Bohemia
Moravia
Slovakia
Carpatho-Ukraine
Poland
Britain
France
Lithuania
Stanislas Skwarczynski
Greater
Czechs Call for Freedom After Benes Speech
Former Czechoslovak president Eduard Benes, visiting at the University of Chicago, declares the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia a shocking crime and urges Czechs and Slovaks to prepare for a free homeland in a new Europe. A large crowd of nationals heard the call and cheered the prospect of a free Czechoslovakia. Jan Masaryk urged allegiance to American citizenship and to the American flag.
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Chicago
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
University of Chicago
Berits
Jan Mhsaryk
Great Britain
Republic
Byrd presses for economy weapon in reorganization bill
Senator Byrd of Virginia urged shaping the government reorganization bill into a tool to cut federal spending and inefficiency. He promised strong economy amendments aimed at retrenchment to support a balanced budget as the House approved measure faced Senate debate. Meanwhile WPA Chief Harrington defended relief needs and suggested rolls could be halved by July 1, 1940, while not viewing the agency as permanent.
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Washington
Mar
Byrd
Virginia
Senate
Roosevelt
Harrington
Congress
House
F. C. Harrington
Capitol
Fea Congress
Henderson May Be Called Home
LONDON March 1. Prime Minister Chamberlain said the government is considering summoning Sir Nevile Henderson, ambassador to Berlin, to report on Germany’s eastward advance. He avoided answering if Britain would protest Germany’s invasion of Bohemia Moravia and Slovakia. Simon signaled steps to preserve Czech gold in London. Lloyd noted German Nazi groups in Britain are closely watched as press urged strong preparation and warned of Germany as an undisguised European threat.
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London
Mer
Chamberlain
Cominons
Nevile Henderson
Berlin
Germany
Czecho-Slovakia
Bohemia
Moravia
Slovakia
Reich
Henderson
Neil MacLean
Britain
John Simon
Geoffrey Lloyd
Home Affairs
Czechoslovak Republic
Europe
Suits Seek $20,000 Over Oldham Candy Injuries
Four damage suits, each for $5,000, filed in Kingsbury County court against Lyte E Jensen, Oldham merchant, and Nash-Finch Company of Sioux Falls, claim personal injuries from eating candy purchased a year earlier. Plaintiffs Majorie Claussen 10, Frances Whitethorn 16, Dorothy Mae Carmody 15, and Dorothy Stokke 15 allege the confection contained an injurious material sourced from the Oldham store.
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Madison
Oldham
Kingsbury
Miner County
Lyte E. Jensen
Oldham Merchant
Ag Sole
Nash-Finch Company
Sioux Falls
Majorie Claussen
Frances ‘Whitethorn
Dorothy Mae Carmody
Dorothy Stokke
House Democrats oppose Townsend old-age pension plan
Washington March 16 Preliminary returns from a poll of House Democrats reveal overwhelming opposition to the Townsend old-age pension plan. House whip Rep Boland of Pennsylvania directed the survey and said final results show a similar ratio, though figures were not released.
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Washington
Mar
House
Boland
Pennsylvania
German Rule Is Extended Today Includes Slovakia
Hitler extended German protection to Slovakia and laid down the Bohemia Moravia protectorate decree from Hradec Kralove Castle. Prague was fortified as his motorized army entered, with Germans granted citizenship while non Germans remained subjects in the new autonomous protectorate. Dead and wounded mark fighting near Caspar the Ukraine as Slovakia follows suit under the same plan.
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Associated Press
Prague
Mar
Adolf Hitler
Slovakia
Bohemia-Moravia
Fuehrer
Germany
Hradcany Castle
Hiver
Charles Bridge Inne
Bruenn
Brg
Bratislaw
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Tiso
Joseph Tiso
Europe
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Bohemia
Moravia
Caspar
Ukraine
Volosin
Augustin Volosin
Mussolini
Italy
Hungary
Romania
Bohemia- Moravia
Emil Hacha
Dissolve
Czecho-Slovakia
Hacha
Nuernberg
Bohemia and Moravia
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Vienna
Bratislava
Angoria
Athenia
Rumania
Ruthenia
Joseph Tino
Benes
Democrat
Townsend
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