New Lockheed Lodestar to Be Shown at City Airport
The Lockheed Lodestar, a new transport aircraft, will be on display at W. W. Howes Municipal Airport Friday at 3 30 PM. Officials say Mid-Continent Airlines owns similar planes and the visit aims to acquaint the territory with the advanced craft. The Lodestar features dual Pratt & Whitney Hornet engines, 850 horsepower each, 236 mph top speed, 220 mph cruising, 760-foot takeoff run, 1220 ft per minute climb, 24 600-foot ceiling, and a 65 mph landing speed. Interior space includes 6 ft 3 in cabin height and 24 ft 6 in length with luxurious seating tooling. Retractable landing gear and advanced radio and safety gear are installed.
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Lockheed Air Transport
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Huron
Lockheed
Deer Hunting Trip in Black Hills at Rev. McKay Cabin
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kearney travel to Rochford in the Black Hills for deer hunting and a vacation at the Rev. George McKay cabin.
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Hills Wellington
Frank Kearney
Rochford
Black Hills
George McKay
Sales Tax Revenue Reaches New Peak in October
Pierre reports October retail sales tax receipts rose to 363,689.09, up from 316,989.30 a year earlier, with auto registration fees totaling 21,397.88 versus 16,847.06 last October. Total October collections reached 723,147, compared with 674,034 the prior year.
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Pierre
South Dakota
Gordon Feldhaus
Dearhent
Division of Taxation
Use Tax Revenue Reported By State Tax Director
Pierre officials report the new use tax has raised 11412.84 since July. Tax Director J. H. Bottum Jr. notes 10545.57 from in state retailers with out of state HQ and 866.84 involuntary payments by residents buying out of state. October receipts from non resident retailers reached 4071.90.
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Post and Auxiliary
Pierre
J. H. Bottum, Jr
Bottum
Notable Life Twists and Small Town News
A Virginia sergeant discovers after 28 years that his U S Army service was not in his own country as his father’s naturalization only reached first papers. In Massachusetts a banquet for retiring Chief George L Johnson ends with a grass fire and a cover story for the fire department. In Ohio a husking bee gathers 100 farmers to harvest 6 300 bushels for a widow and son, while a parrot in Nebraska is buried in a cemetery plot bought for him by his long time owner.
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Huntington, W. Va
J. J. Francis
U. S. Army
Waltham
Mass
George L. Johnson
E. Parke Willerton
Willerton
Surial Shelton
Victor
Plan to burn the place fuels tense confrontation
In a tense scene Joan schemes to distract Big Ed and Sam as she plans a hidden fire. She manipulates a football article and signals Dan while masking her danger plan with casual chatter. The mood stays charged as she reveals intent to ignite the setting.
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Big Ed
Joan
Sam
Big Eda
Dan
Gofa
Wolsey Declamation Contest Next Monday
Seventeen high school students will participate in the local elimination declamatory contest here next Monday evening. Winners in each of the four divisions will represent the school in the district contest at Huron on November 24. Participants include Viola McFarling Betty Heitland Vera McFarling Maxine Meyer June Ellen Gordon in Poetry Ruth Meyer Martin Busch Doris Peterson in oratory Thelma Minium Mildred Meyer Alice Seeley Verona Priby Evan Prose in amorous Della Kohlmeyer Vesta Pribyl Marion Steuerwald Margaret Thompson in dramatic.
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Wolsey
Monevening
Huron
Viola McFarling
Betty Heitland
Vera
McFarling
Maxine Meyer
June Elen Gordon
Ruth Meyer
Martin Busch
Doris Peterson
Thelma Minium
Mildred Meyer
Alice Seeley
Verona Priby
Evan Prose
Della Kohlmeyer
Vesta Pribyl
Marion Steuerwald
Margaret Thompson
Mechanization Boosts Farm Efficiency Across Decades
A historical note highlights that the adoption of mechanical power on farms has tripled the amount of land one American agricultural worker can manage compared with 75 years ago. The shift marks a major change in agricultural productivity and labor.
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