Local Church Groups Plan Meetings For Week
Grace Church Altar Society meets at 7 30 in the Parish House. Baptist Couples Class gathers Friday evening. GIA holds Friday 2 30 Labor Temple. Quizpah Chapter No 9 CES meets Friday at 8. Extension Club closes year with visit to Mrs V A Erics May 29. Cloutier Davis wedding at St Patrick Cavour May 16. Economy Extension Club picnic planned for June. Verna Sedgwick to wed R R Deimer June 12 in Minneapolis church.
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Women’s Auxiliary of
Grace Church
The
Baptist Church
GIA
Labor Temple
Handy Ann Extension Club
Lawrence Zieske
Don Sheridan
Lady of the Tigers
Olga Greenlaw
Flying Tigers
Burma Road
Earle Pugsley
Roy Bram- Well
Thomas Annett
V. A. Erics
Economy Extension Club
Dale Biggerstaff
Fannie Bristol
Extension Clubs
O.V. Olson
Vic Larson
Seagraves
O . Olson
Robert Olson
Hirch
Ralph Bischoff
Deimer-Sedgwick
Aberdeen
L. S. Sedgwick
Miller
Verna
R. R. Deimer
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Minneapolis
Sedgwick
Simmons Junior
Deimer
War Manpower Commission
Local notes hail Army honors and family births
Pfc Kenneth Koppiin of Huron received the Good Conduct Ribbon for exemplary service with the 5th Army in Italy. The item also notes overseas assignments, air service training depots in England, and recent births in Huron area including James Ryan and Jerry Lee Dempster born May 17 and 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth L. Koppiin
Nebraska Avenue
Huron
Sth
Italy
Charles
Saltzman
Eilers
Air Service Command
England
Russell L Moore
Robert C. Moore
Arizona Avenue
Clare C
van Nuys
Cal
Ole Devick
John Giacovari
Alvin Devick
Los Angeles
George A. Starring
Seattle
Cpl
George M. Starring
Starring
Ft. Bawton
Ivan Henderson
Tacoma
Wash
Jim Miner
Huroa
Adv
Karl Lampe
Randall Lampe
Washington
Chatham
N. J
Moodie Appointed Secretary of State Air Board
Pierre May 25 The State Aeronautics Commission forms a permanent office in the state capitol with a full time executive secretary after the resignation of Commissioner Moodie who takes the secretaryship at 350 per month Moodie succeeds T B Roberts Jr who retired last July Moodie a former Homestake Mining Co employee and Civil Air Patrol courier prior to February No successor named for the commission remaining members are Ralph Hubbard of Watertown and Harold W Markey of Huron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moodie
Homestake Mining Company
Civil Air Patrol
Aeronauttics Commission
Ralph Hubbard
Watertown
Harold W. Markey
Huron
Will Rogers Jr to Return to Active Army Duty
Rep Will Rogers Jr a California Democrat resigns from Congress to resume active duty with the army He says he will presumably be sent overseas He served as a second lieutenant in the tank corps before his election in 1942 and has been in inactive reserve
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Will Rogers
Washington
D-Calif
Congress
Army
Army Tank Corps
Mrs Foss Delivers 10 Pound Fat For War Effort
Mrs Mary Foss mother of Major Joe Oss an outstanding U S Marine Corps ace delivered a 10 pound can of used household fats to a Sioux Falls butcher She urged South Dakota farm women to save and deliver fats noting their vital role in processing equipment for the air corps during World War II.
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Sioux Falls
Mary Foss
Joe Oss
U.S. Marine Corps
Air Corps
South Dakota
Warren Declines Nomination for Any Convention Position
Gov Earl Warren asks California delegates not to present his name at the Republican national convention and not to cast ballots for him. He remains the state delegation's technical choice for President and has been mentioned as a possible vice presidential nominee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Calif
Earl Warren
California
Warren
Sugar Ration Order May Be Modified For Home Canning
The OPA weighs delegating to Regional Administrators power to drop the new sugar rationing provision for home canning in two periods citing burdensome registration. Local boards report heavy load. Reported tire recapping rate is about 25 million annually.
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Washington
OPA
May Test Site Sought for Synthetic Fuel Plant in SD
Northwestern South Dakota would host a demonstration plant for synthetic liquid fuels from coal shale and biomass. R R Sayers urged proximity to rail water power and living facilities while Senator Bushfield highlighted coal reserves across western South Dakota and nearby Montana North Dakota.
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S. D
Washington
South Dakota
R. R. Sayers
Bureau of Mines
Bushfield
R-Sd
Sayers
Montana
North Dakota
Farm Woman Seeks Second GOP Spot
Sixty word notice from Mrs. Ernest Tyler of Minnehaha County near Crooks announces her bid for reelection as state Republican vice chairman. She cites state campaigning experience from 1942 and readiness to serve during national issues at the Watertown party convention next Monday.
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Sioux Falls
Ernest Tyler
Minnehaha County
Crooks
State Federation of Home Extension Clubs
Watertown
Tyler
Ship More Old Furs for Seamen Vest Project
Eilers' Furriers shipped another batch of used furs to form vests for the merchant marine. Donors include C. B. Dickinson and several Huron residents plus out of town supporters from Redfield Carpenter Cavour and Wessington Springs.
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Eilers’ Furriers
Fur Vest
New York City
Eilers
C. B. Dickinson
A. W. Palm
Frank Kinyon
L. C. Patterson
Jessie Cole
Percy . Washabaugh
BE. A. Kenny
R. J. Smith
John Howard
Letter From Pvt Wendell Nelsen At Camp McCain
May 15 letter from Pvt Wendell Nelsen to Mr and Mrs Fred Nelsen in Iroquois describes hot humid conditions at Camp McCain Mississippi He details daily inspections fatigue uniform care guard duties ammunition guard prisoners and a three day pass He notes a two star general parade with 15 000 soldiers and medals awarded to returning African troops and describes rifle range duty and targets in the field
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Nelsen
Iroquois
Pvt
Wendell Nelsen
Camp McCain, Miss
Mom
Africa
Seven Mile Hike Highlights Regional Beauty Amid Labor Color Lines
The report recalls a seven mile hike through a plantation region with clear racial tensions noting no white workers in fields and tear gas exposure described in a personal letter. Also mentions Daniel O Keefe gaining admission to practice law and an Air Force officer Lt O Keefe stationed in Italy, Loyola University graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Love
Wendell
Pierre
Daniel O'Keefe
State Supreme Court
Air Force
Italy
O'Keefe
Loyola University In
Chicago
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Turton and Letcher
Minnesota
Cloutier
Camp Benning
Milwaukee
Washington, D. C
Miami
Fla
Panama Canal Zone
Lyle V. Urban
Air Corps Hospital
Stuttgart
Ark
Mike Rex
Mill Street
Salem
Ore
Frank Braun
Wolsey, l
Fern M. Nolz
Wolsey
A. E. Grover
Hitchcock Wesday
Huron Hospital
State Air Board
Sinatra
Gaile Robbins
Self
Habicht
I. Theatres
Wunenret
Casablanca
Marseille
Mreatey
Claude Rains
Miguele Morgan
Philip Doom
Sydney Greenstreet
Helmut Dantine
Peter Lorre
Ged
Tobias
Cary Grant
Bing Crosby
Frank Sinatra
Irene Manning
Jimmy Lydon
R Louran
Jack Carson
Chas. Roggive
Stafart
Captain America
Weare
BIOL
Osborn
Habicht’s
Martha Manning
Vitellig
Uuren
Ferriton Drug
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