Seeding Delayed Yet Farmers Hopeful After Rain
Beadle County reports 60 percent of intended small grain seeded with moisture above normal since January and rains easing drought fears. Farmers weigh wheat, sorghum, and corn prospects as cool, moist conditions delay summer heat. Local agents note April and May rainfall eased ground frost and aided seeding efforts despite financial strains from prior dry spells.
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Huron
South
Roti
Coun
Leonard Todd
Beadle County
Ladd
Beadley County
Greater South Dakota Association
Conpe
Dakota
Governo
Ivea
Rural Club Seeks Pheasant Control Measures
At a Belle Prairie Township Up and Doing Extension Club meeting the women discussed surplus pheasants damaging crops and eating food meant for poultry. They voted to ask authorities for immediate remedial action and to permit farm operators to buy shotgun shells to thin birds and use them for food. They noted pheasants are abundant and many cannot afford shells during hunting season and urged fat salvage use. The group called the situation an emergency requiring swift action. Also reports of a soldier visiting family and notes on China's northwest provinces cattle and camel figures.
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MND
Up and Doing Extension Club
Belle Prairie Township
Diplomatic caution on dictators noted in Bonsal reminiscence
In remarks linked to the late 1920s, veteran observer Bonsal warns against overreliance on diplomatic optimism citing past misjudgments by British and American officials. He recalls a Berlin visit in 1932 noting proximity to Hitler and reflects on failed assurances, alongside a Rapid City hospital expansion grant of 34,200 dollars for St John's McNamara Hospital.
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Britain
Germany
Hitler
Clemenceau
Henry White
Bonsal
Berlin
Kaiserhof
Rapid City
Washington
Federal Works Agency
St. John’s McNamara Hospital
Rep. Case
R-Sc
Predicts Greater Peace Problems After This War
Associated Press Arts Editor reports on Stephen Bonsal author of Unfinished Business and his view that postwar peace will be more delicate and divergent across regions. Bonsal cites differing postwar timelines, improvised peace efforts, and the Senate vote for world collaboration as hopeful signs while noting limits of past optimism.
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John Sel
Associated Press
New York
Stephen Bonsal
Colonel Bonsay
Senate
Bonsal
Paris
Wilson
Houss
Lems
Bansal
T. E. Lawrence
Lawrence
Arabia
Forest fire losses blamed on campers and smokers
The U S Forestry Service says nearly one third of the nation's 1943 forest fire losses, totaling 44 million dollars, were caused by careless campers and smokers, highlighting human factors in wildfire risk.
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U. S. Forestry Service
Summer Term Planned at Huron College
Huron College will open a summer term starting June 5 under President George P. McDougall. Two five week sessions will run through July 8 and August 1. The speed up plan allows high school graduates this spring to enroll in regular college courses this summer across business, speech, English, history, languages, math and civics.
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Huron College
George P. McDougall
Enabel
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