Early spring rains bring cheer across South Dakota
Early spring rains swept across most of South Dakota, bringing 0.31 to 0.60 inch in several towns and raising moisture totals for the year. Thunder and lightning lit the sky, with hail and snow showers noted in multiple locations as farmers eyed improved prospects for planting in a wetter season.
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South Dakota
Byron
Companson
Husor
Lake Preston
Broadland
Huron
Pierre
Watertown
Frank Holbing
Mitchell
Fox
Sioux Falls
Rapid City
Carmers
Tivo
Maine Delegates Pledged To Roosevelt For 3rd Term Pact
Maine Democrats at their state convention pledged 10 delegates to Roosevelt if he seeks a third term, otherwise to Farley. New Hampshire and Alaska pledges also favor Roosevelt. Farley, exiting the hall, said he was grateful and hopeful his conduct would justify the support.
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Bangor
Maine
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
New Hampshire
Alaska
Farley
Garnerites
Smith
Democratic
South Carolina
Washington
Youel for Mayor Promotes Tax Reduction Plan
Dr. George A. Youel, candidate for mayor in the April 16 election, argues for tax reductions and state returns of motor vehicle, liquor, and gas taxes. Elected to the city commission in 1937, he is finishing the second year of a three year term and has 23 years on school and college boards. He lives in Huron and serves on the Huron College exclusive committee.
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George A. Youel
Youel
F.C. W. Kuehn
Huron
Yovel
Huron College
Britain and Germany trade air punches over North Sea
British fliers claim downing a German warplane off Scotland's northeast coast after losing two aircraft to Dutch fighters during a nocturnal tit for tat. Dutch authorities to intern captured crews. another British craft failed to return from reconnaissance over northwest Germany, reportedly shot down over Helgoland Bight.
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London
Germany
Scotland
Netherlands
Amsterdam
Sselmonde
Rotterdam
Air Ministry
Helgoland Bight
High Command
DNB
U. S. Plane Shipments To Allies Total 1600 This Year
Washington report shows American aircraft plants delivered about 1,600 warplanes to French and British forces in 14 months with 2,700 more ordered as part of a growing allied program. Export policy shifts and war department statements signal rapid expansion to meet foreign orders, with total planes on order and engines and propellers quantified by War State and Treasury sources.
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U. S
Washington
Army
Navy
War Department
Woodring
House Military Committee
Senate
Barkley
War
State
Treasury Department
Louis Johnson
House
Sepleanet
CCC
NYA
House Appropriations Committee
Harlier House
Vandenberg
Michigan
United States
America
Bank Call Issued For March 26
The comptroller of the currency issued a call today for the condition of all national banks at the close of business Tuesday March 24. The Federal Reserve Board reports six thousand four hundred banks are affected. five thousand two hundred are national banks and forty-one thousand two hundred state banks in the Federal Reserve system.
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Waonuelon
Comptroller of the Currency
Federal Reserve Board of
Ihs
Federal Reserve System
Census deadline ends births after Sunday for 1940 count
Washington reports the census bureau fixed that babies born after midnight Sunday will not count in the 1940 census. Those births will be counted in 1950. The bureau estimates about 250 babies are born in the United States each hour.
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Washington
Censis
Bureau
United States
Welles Returns from Europe and Seeks FDR Briefing
Summer Welles, Roosevelt’s fact finding envoy, arrived in Washington to report on conditions in Europe after meetings with Hitler Mussolini Daladier and Chamberlain. He told reporters he could not comment on confidential discussions and planned to return to Europe for further work.
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Welles
FDR
Washington
Mar
Roosevelt
Summer Welles
Europe
White House
Hull
New York
Sumner Welles
Italy
Germany
France
Great Britain
met-Cénte di
Rome
House Joins In Spending Trend For Election Year
Washington, March 28 1942 Congress backs election year spending with House votes far above Roosevelt requests for CCC and NYA programs. Economists warn this may strain finances while Woodrum laments the shift and Vandenberg denounces the reciprocal trade program as constitutional concerns grow.
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House
Joseph H. Short
Washington
Mar
Congress
Senate
Roosevelt
CCC
National Youth Administration
Woodrum
Rep
Virginia
Rural Credits Board Sells Thirty Farms
The South Dakota Rural Credit Board announced the sale of 30 land tracts totaling 4,579 acres for 47703 dollars. Average price 8.29 per acre due to the west river district. Board rejected nine offers at the gate and deferred action on six others.
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Rural Credits Board
Pierre
Mar
State Rural Credit Board Today
West River District
Diplomats Recall British Envoys as Balkans Tension Grows
London reports recall of Britain's ambassador to Turkey and ministers to Bulgaria Greece Romania Hungary and Yugoslavia for consultations with Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax. Observers see a first step in a broader diplomatic bid amid German Russian offensives in the Balkans as Britain and France plan further talks.
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London
Mar
Turkey
Bulgari
Greece
Rumania
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Lorn Halifax
Balkans
Foreign Office News Department
England
Percy Loraine
Rome
Lord Halifax
Allies To Work Together On Any Peace Proposals
London dispatch reports the sixth supreme war council meeting where Britain and France vow not to seek armistice or peace without mutual agreement. They pledge to rebuild an international order postwar with liberty, law, and lasting European peace, and to await full agreement on terms before negotiating. Paul Reynaud attends France’s new premier for the first time at Downing Street.
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Russia
Germany
France
Paul Reynaud
Italy
Rome
Britain
Coastal Command
Is6
London
Supreme War Council
Europe
Thei
No. 10
Downing Street
Pew
Nazis Keep Close Watch On North
Berlin reports authorized German sources say the Allies may police neutral waters of Norway and Denmark, risking German countermeasures. France’s Havas distinguishes active and passive neutrals while Britain presses sea control. Adolf Hitler’s press notes warn western powers aim to hinder northern trade and ore imports.
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Berlin
Norway
Denmark
Germany
Reich
Paria
Havas
Jutland
Adolf Hitler
Volkischer Beobachter
Finland
Gora
Lusk Named Trustee Of National Friends Of Land Society
WASHINGTON March 78 With Morris Llewellyn Cooke of Pennsylvania elected president and Charles W Collier executive director a new national golf and water conservation organization to be known as Friends of the Land was being incorporated here today Trustees chosen for the new organization include Robert B Lusk editor and publisher of the Evening Huronite of Huron S D Mr Lusk was unable to attend the organization meeting Among the officers and trustees chosen were J N Detling carbon ist Stuart Chase economist and Rexford G Tugwell former Under secretary of Agriculture Friends of the Land is a non profit society which will seek to promote economic and sound use of the land and water resources of the nation.
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Stuart Chase
Rexford G. ‘Tugwell
Friends of the Land
Coon's Name Restored to Paper Masthead
Pierre March 26. The Republican Herald lists J. D. Coon as associate editor again after previously dropping him from the masthead last month. Congress member Karl Mundt is not relisted as an editor.
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Pierre
Mar
J. D. Coon
Republican Herald
Karl Mundt
Coon
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Hisves
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Drew Middleton
Paris
Ivan Maisky
Belenga
Vladimir Mayakovsky
Mais
Lusk
National Friends of Land Society
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