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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1940
Page
4
A wartime editorial sketches the newspaper’s guiding mission to truthfully inform, inspire leadership, and defend fair battle for progress. It envisions a home delivering cheer and guidance while accepting responsibility, aiming for a peace that upholds freedom, independence, and open commerce.
In 1938 the Evening Huronite opposed Harlan J. Bushfield's run for South Dakota governor, calling his temperament and mind unfit for broad public service. It argues his leadership favored personal ambition and resentments, and asserts the people should elect a more deserving candidate on the upcoming vote.
The Evening Huronite profiles two longtime Huron residents running for state offices Leo A Temmey seeks reelection as attorney general on the Republican ticket and James Venables runs for commissioner of school and public land as a Democrat. The paper urges the town’s 11,998 eligible voters to support these trusted neighbors next Tuesday.
Karl Mundt spoke to the South Dakota Dairy Association in Huron this week urging a postwar resumption of trade with Nazi Germany and Europe, framing it as a necessary step for U.S. economic recovery and future relations. He stressed nonpolitical aims in his remarks.
In a Dairy Association address Karl Mundt warns that resuming trade with Nazi nations tempts America toward appeasement, a policy dangerous to democracies. He contrasts this with a political speech and urges electorate to note his stance amid wartime tensions.
Ruth Millett notes Cornell College freshman Jim Crider from Mount Vernon Iowa earns through making hair styling services for women. She jokes this blend of practical work and study could teach psychology better than four years. She quips about a future husband who does hair and shampoo at home.
A compilation of remarks from Nelson Rockefeller and Frank Graham praising defense and democratic goals, plus U S News on farm demand and Rev Vivian T Pomeroy on religion guiding children. The excerpts reflect calls for abundance, domestic consumption, and meaningful religious education amid global change.
Watertown Public Opinion questions Governor Bushfield's brief campaign speech on the highway stockpile affair. It notes the $40,900 slush fund claim and accuses him of firing engineer whistleblowers Schrader and Jacobs who exposed overpricing and overordering, demanding why those actions occurred and why explanations for them were never provided.
Bruce Catton reports from Washington that the contest hinges on eastern votes with Willkie favored in upstate New York and the Bronx while Roosevelt carries the city. Mead vs Barton for Senate and Fish in Maine Vermont and New Hampshire show varied GOP strength as Massachusetts and New Jersey flirt with party shifts.
A dense OCR list of Saturday and Sunday radio programs across networks WEAF NBC CBS WJZ MBS and WIZ includes schedules for Knickerbocker Playhouse Truth or Consequences Uncle Ezra’s Station San Francisco Opera and many other programs with times, stations, and featured acts.
The Huron Library announces a batch of new titles now available including Wings Over the Americas by Alice Rogers Hager and As Spanish, Three Lite of Blea & Many Gands. Also listed are One Foot in Heaven, Practical Parsons, Treasury of World's Greatest Letters, and works by Gramling and Schuster.
A scrambled crossword like item lists many clues and answers across numbers from 14 to 70. It references a fairy tale theme with pronouns, legal terms, and objects such as cistern and mountain pass. The fragmentary text mixes wordplay and definitions in a vertical format.
The Huron Concert Association plans a 6 30 dinner at the Marvin Hughitt Hotel to start its fourth annual membership drive. Herbert O. Fox from Chicago will speak. officers, directors, and numerous listed workers will be contacted to canvass the city next week.
Washington officials announced the agriculture department will implement a stamp plan for distributive sharing of commodities to Lawrence County South Dakota. The measure was renounced Friday as part of federal efforts to allocate supplies through a structured program.
Mir and Mrs Roy Osborne of Wen ger Minn arrived Monday with their household goods to settle in Faulkton. Osborne becomes the new proprietor of the pool hall in town.
Police say Loyce Bodine, 18, tried to pick her cell with a fork but the lock jammed and she remained secured until officers repaired the mechanism. The case centers on a broader investigation with Loyce held for questioning. In unrelated note, an ant colony may persist for decades under a single royal line.
Sailor inspired outfits for siblings shown in pattern No 8862 for ages 2 3 4, with a brother’s suit and sister’s frock in navy flannel and braid. Includes yardage needs, size options, and a sew chart, promoting fall fashion books and at home patterns from Evening Hur Pattern Service in Chicago.
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