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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1940
Page
8
Pierre May 22 South Dakota reported no highway deaths in April 1939 except for one February accident after medical care. There were 11 April fatalities in 1939, 74 accidents with 60 injuries, and 98 mishaps with 87 injuries. Property damage reached $19,704.
Mr and Mrs William Harms and family will move to Appleton Mica where Harms has accepted an elevator position He has been employed as a trucker Ordinary talcum powder will temporarily keep an automobile fan belt from slipping.
Mr and Mrs Wilson G Moog of North Flankton Massachusetts arrived in Huron to visit Mr and Mrs A M Haskell and are en route home from a west coast trip. Miss Gladyce Langbehn Jett flies to Los Angeles to make her home. Mr and Mrs Harry Lobert of Allentown Pa, formerly of Huron, visited friends in Huron until Friday. A child named John Alfred Kadlevek was born at 10 30 pm weighing nine pounds 12 ounces in a Huron hospital. A baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs (name incomplete) in Huron with Aamas listed in a fragmentary note.
W G Doland reports at 6 this morning a baby born in a Huron hospital weighing seven pounds five ounces. Gust N Anderson leaves for Rochester Minnesota after his wife’s brain tumor operation at Mayo Clinic. John Seabert of Firestone Auto Supply heads to Los Angeles for Shell Oil employment. wife and son follow later. Miss LiVonne Mark departs Aberdeen after attending the first annual convention of the South Dakota Retail Liquor Package Stores Association in Huron. she is elected secretary. A daughter arrives at Mr and Mrs Harold Horn of 1122 Kansas Avenue Northeast at Moltz Maternity Home weighing eight pounds.
Representative Karl Stefan of Nebraska said the PWA prairie forest project would be continued into the new year even if Congress refuses funding. The House Appropriations Committee rejected a $2,120,000 earmark in the relief bill. Stefan, Lemke, Munda, Case and others urged Senate action to restore the earmark.
Westfall, 37, a fawn cook, faces assault charges in the June term of Circuit Court. Huron attorney Crawford was appointed by Circuit Judge Boyd M. Benson to represent him after an August 1938 incident in which his wife was beaten and slashed and later recovered in Minnesota. Westfall was arrested in North Dakota weeks ago.
Fair tonight and Thursday with warmer conditions. South Dakota and Minnesota expect fair skies, warmer Thursday, with western portions turning slightly warmer. Iowa forecasts mostly fair conditions, cooler in the south-central and extreme east tonight, then warmer on Thursday in the west.
Weather reports from towns including Watertown Sioux Falls Brookings Mitchell Yankton Rapid City Pierre Huron Lemmon Aberdeen show clear skies in many areas with scattered clouds. Temperature readings range from the high 30s to mid 50s with light to moderate winds and occasional hazy conditions near Lemmon and Pierre.
Crop review reports early planted potatoes emerging in Union County as sowing fodder crops advances across all sections. Pastures and ranges improve with abundant green feed. Yankton alfalfa stands 12 to 18 inches high. Shearing and lambing progress in northern counties. Fruit trees bloom while grasshoppers hatch in eastern areas. Temperatures 65-75F by day, 55-80F by night. lows to 20 at McLaughlin on the 25th. Frosts on the 14th-16th damage winter grains and early gardens. light precipitation irregular across counties.
Sunshine was reported deficient during the week across the corn and wheat region. Weekly precipitation varied at stations from trace to .24 inches, with Aberdeen .10, Ardmore .07, Brookings .11, Huron .09, Milbank .24, Mitchell .04, Mobridge .02, Sioux Falls .14, Tyndall .04, Watertown .18, Yankton .17, Faith and Fair none, Pierre trace, Rapid City trace, Will others not listed. Migrating swallows are noted to fly as fast as 90 miles per hour.
Pierre May 22 The grand jury report was expected to finish the May term in federal court. Judge A Lee Wyman yesterday dismissed the petit jury after sentencing seven guilty pleas from offenses on Indian reservations. James Presty Bear Cheyenne Agency and Ernest Cuny Pine Ridge Agency received two years each at Sandstone Minn for stealing government property. Five defendants received probation or short terms for rape cutting government timber or selling liquor to Indians.
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