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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1940
Page
1
fragmented OCR text reports Britain halting an effort to seize Trondheim and outlining Mid Continent airways with new routes through Huron and Tulsa. It mentions inauguration of night services, beacon lights, and plan to deploy five years of night routes, with schedules for northern, western, and southern legs, including connections to Minneapolis and Aberdeen.
Secretary Wallace urges a long term public works plan to aid distressed farming areas. He cites migrant labor issues, farm tenancy, and exhausted land, proposing expansion of rehabilitation loans, Bankhead-Jones tenant purchases, mortgage insurance, and lower farm loan rates to revive agriculture and curb rural distress.
Colorado Springs report says Thomas B. Dewey Republican presidential candidate will depart for Wichita Kansas tonight to speak Friday. Dewey has recovered from a digestive ailment that confined him to bed three days, according to secretary Lem Jones.
Weather officials in Huron report rainfall totals near seasonal norms with 44 percent of inches recorded so far this year. Forecaster B K Luskowski predicts a brief break from recent cool, wet conditions, with fair and warmer weather tonight and Friday after a low of 22 degrees last night.
Sioux Falls was listed at 40 646 on preliminary figures issued by J B Gray for the decennial census. The rise since 1930 totals 7 204 with the 1910 count at 34 362. Other South Dakota cities over 1 000 will follow next Tuesday and state totals are due in July.
Dairy workers in the Chicago metro area enter a second day of a strike over wage disputes. About 4,600 milk wagon drivers and 1,700 plant workers walk out, halting most deliveries except to essential institutions like hospitals and orphanages as mediators seek a settlement.
Repeated defeats of amendments in the House bolster confidence that the Wagner Labor Act revision may pass. Debates over wage hour rules extend five days with key proposals from Rep Buck for farm worker exemptions and two other amendments tentatively approved. Labor leaders warn the bill faces a tough road, while Senate conduct on silver purchases remains unsettled.
Italy assured U S Ambassador William Phillips that Yugoslavia on the Adriatic would be safe from invasion. The pledge followed tensions caused by British and French fleet movements in the Mediterranean and suspect signals about potential war.
T C Reilly aged 71 died yesterday in Han Yon hospital after several illnesses. Born in Harrison County in 1869 he lived in De Smet from 1909 and Huron from 1911 where he ran a seed and elevator business for 20 years. He later farmed two miles north of Huron and moved to Huron five years ago. Survived by two daughters Hazel Vogelmann Iroquois Winnie Budl Alamo Tex Charl Melvin Thomas Jr and Joe Reilly all of Huron. two sisters Mrs Anna Hamm Des Moines Ia and Mrs Maggie Champlin Pisgah Ta. two brothers Julie of Huron and William in Nebraska and 20 grandchildren. Mrs Reilly preceded him in death June 7, 1938. Funeral at St Martin's Catholic Church 9 26 am Saturday with Rev Father O Neill. burial in St Martins Cemetery. Pallbearers William Morrissey John Boyle C B Royer W O Skinney Park Egeleston and George Deeg. Body at son Joe Reilly 545 Montana Avenue Southwest until service. Courthouse will close Saturday morning for funeral and county treasurer's office will be closed all day.
London reports Chamberlain announced British forces have withdrawn from Andalsnes while vowing to continue fighting Germany in Norway. Berlin claims Nazi troops occupy Andalsnes, a key coastal base used in attempts to seize Trondheim, with Allied forces regrouping toward the Mediterranean amid tensions over Italian entry.
Allied air strikes hit German bases in Norway and Denmark while Greek troops are mobilized. British naval actions target German troop routes, and German reports claim retreats to safer lines near Dombas as Norwegian guerrillas harass front lines. The strategic significance of the Dombas withdrawal remains unclear.
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