Britain Studies Proposal To Give Jews Haven In Africa
County commissioners open their 24th annual state parley in Huron with Governor Jensen and J. W. Kaye as speakers. Snow flurries threaten attendance but 175 register. Main topics include county sponsorship of federal aid projects, indebtedness to the state permanent school fund, and social security discussions. R. D. Albaugh leads afternoon session with music by Huron High, and officials from Watertown and Yankton outline convention plans for Tuesday discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Association of County Commissioners
Marvin Hughitt
Leslie Jensen
J. W. Kaye
Supreme Court
R. D. Albaugh
Tripp
R. &. Stein
Watertown
Franke K. Dunn
Washington, D.C
Social Securing Board
C. H. Hornbeck
Dr. Sherwood
Custer Sanitarium
M. A. Kennedy
WPA
Ed Barron
Minnehaha County
Jesse M. Smith
Yankton
Presi ‘Dent
Huron Chamber of Commercce
Huron High
Helen Buchanan
The
J. ‘H. Kaye
Batchellor Convicted By Jury At Winner
Pierre November 21 Attorney General Clair Roddewig reported William Batchellor Nebraska rancher was convicted by a jury in circuit court at Winner of grand larceny of cattle. He faces sentence December 5 for allegedly stealing cattle from Bennett County rancher William Brown. A prior trial at Winner ended in a hung jury. Assistant Attorney General Worth Evans aided the prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
Clair Roddewig
William Batchellor
Nebraska
Winner
Batchellor
William Brown
Bennett County
Atttorney
Germany Marks 20 Years Since Captain Fleet Surrender
Berlin observes two decades since the World War I German fleet surrendered and the Scapa Flow internment. The Treaty of Versailles restricted Germany to limited battleships, cruisers, destroyers, and torpedo boats. Days earlier German officers scuttled the interned ships rather than surrender. Adolf Hitler could parade nearly 150 war vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Berlin
Nazi Germany
Versalles
Scapa Flow
Orkney Islands
North Sea
Yadav
Adolf Hitler
Two Thousand Die In Changsha Fire Scorched Earth Policy
Changsha in Hunan Province was reduced to ruins after a five day blaze sparked amid the city’s defense against a Japanese advance. Officials in Chungking report 2,000 deaths and say three Chinese officials were executed for their roles in starting the fires. General Feng Ti, the garrison commander, the chief of police, and the provincial guard commander were named. Japanese forces were said to be 40 miles north, while Chinese forces claimed repulsed attacks on the Yochow Changsha railway and recaptured Thungyang, 20 miles east of Sienning, with 500 Japanese casualties reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Changsha
Feng Ti
Yocohow-Changsha
Thutgyang
Sienning
Hankow
Mississippi Group Bucks Seaway Treaty Opposition
St Louis November 21 Officials of the Mississippi Valley Association expect the 20th annual convention to oppose the proposed St Lawrence seaway treaty between the United States and Canada. Lachlen MacLeay executive vice president said the treaty would give Canada and the British Empire a great advantage in trade development at the expense of Mississippi Valley agriculture and industry.
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St.louis
The
Mississippi Valley Association
St Lawrence
Annual Huron Auto Show Dates Set for November
November 29 and 30 were announced as the dates for Huron’s annual auto show to be sponsored by nine local dealers. The two night event at Daunus auditorium will showcase 1839 models across 14 makes, with a dance and floor show each evening. Owen Wright named general chairman, G. R. Leighton secretary treasurer, and a list of cooperating firms includes Standard Garage Saunders Motor A. M Urquhart Co M. & M. Motor Leighton Chevrolet Kingston Motor Ditiween Wright Urquhart & Sons and Atkins Motor. Models to display include Hudson Fore Mercury Nash Chevrolet De Soto Plymouth Pontiac Buick Chrysler Studebaker Dodge Oldsmobile. Various committees organized to handle entertainment, concessions, and other details.
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Huron
Focal Automotive
Daunus Auditorium
Owen Wright
G. R. Leighton
Sandard Garage
Saunders Motor Company
A. M
Urquhart, Company
Leighton Chevrolet’ Company
Kingdon Motor Company
Ditiween- Wright Motor Company
D. Urquhart & Sons
Atkins Motor Company
Hudson
Fore
Mercury
Nash
Willys
Chevrolet
de Soto
Plymouth
Pontiac
Buick
Chrysler
Studebaker
Dodge
Oldsmobile
Aberdeen Named SDEA Convention Site For 1940
Mitchell Nov 21 Rapid fire action by the executive council of the South Dakota Education Association today gave Aberdeen the 1940 convention and placed Superintendent Co. C. Jacobson of Canton in the president's chair for next year. Officers elected without opposition include Theodore Nickish of Belle Fourche as vice president and W. I. Early of Sioux Falls as secretary. District meetings in 1939 will be four, with state wide conclave every even year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Executive Council
Eidsmae
Volga
C. E. Gold
Scotland
Prin. G. G. Bell
Huron
K. C. Johnson
Woonsocket
H. S. Berger
Deadwood
Genevieve ‘Frawley
Hot. Springs
E. E. Gaindald
Sturgis
J. H. Kramer
Spearfish
Earl Prunty
Rapid City
F. W. Hallett
Chamberlain
H. S. Freeman
Mobridge
R. W. Gibson
Redfield
M. J. Emerson
Castlewood
Francis E. Clark
Watertown
Beaver Henda
C. A. Beaver
Yankton
F. Delker
Chester
Edgar Hervig
Sioux Falls
Johanna Hemmingson
Beresford
D.B. Doner
South Dakota State College
Brookings
Iarge
Council
Department of Indian Education
The
D. B.A
G. W. Nash
Yorkton College
Aberdeen
Queen Maud of Britain and Norway dies in London
Queen Maud aged 68 dies in a London nursing home four days after an abdominal operation. King Haakon at Buckingham Palace weeps with Norway. Crown Prince Olaf leaves Oslo to join his father. George VI and Elizabeth order four months of mourning as the queen lies in state at Marlborough House before voyage aboard a British battleship.
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Queen Maud of
Norway
London
Britain
Queen Maud
George VI
Great Britain
Edward VII
Haakon
Buckingham Palace
Oslo
King Haakon
Olaf
Prince Olaf
George
Elizabeth
Hertfordshire
Dee
Prince Olafs
United States
Marlborough House
Protest in Germany Over Tanganyika Plan Stirs Jewish Warning
Berlin reports note British Prime Minister Chamberlain hinted Tanganyika could house German Jews, triggering a strong Nazi response. Alerts say Jews face intensified persecution as decrees wipe out Jewish stores and arrests rise, while relief remains limited.
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Berlin
Chamberlain
Tanganyika
Germany
Plan to Lease 10000 Acres in British Guiana Revealed
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons a plan to lease at least 10 000 square miles in British Guiana to house German Jewish refugees amid Nazi persecution. He noted possible larger areas, and discussed Tanganyika and other African colonies as potential sites under British mandate.
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British Guiana
Chamberlain
London
House of Commons
Germany
Chancedlor Hitler
Hutope
South America
Tanganyika
State gets taste of winter in snow storm across South Dakota
Snow and freezing temperatures spread from the Montana and North Dakota borders into South Dakota. A 20 mile per hour wind drove temperatures down to 17 above at Huron by midmorning as about a fifth inch of snow fell. Snow began in Watertown and Mitchell around 10 am with the storm moving south, threatening highway traffic and prompting concerns of the season's first statewide northerly snow event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron
Mercury
Aix
South Dakota
Montana
North Dakota
State
Watertown
Mitchell
Court To Review Employee Dismissal Ruling In Sit-Down Strike Case
The Supreme Court agreed to review a lower court decision upholding a federal court ruling in a sit-down strike case. It questioned the dismissal of workers for engaging in a sit down protest and considered related antitrust implications in two separate copyright and patent disputes involving General Talking Pictures and Western Fleetie. Justices Black and Reed dissented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Chicano
Feoriel Matellurgical Corporation
North Chicano
General Talking Pictures Corporation
New York City
Western Fleetie Company
Justice Department
Black
Reed
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SDEA
Jacobson
Canton
Mand
Tangahyika
Hitler
Oswald Pirow
Union of South Africa
Pirow
Berchtesgaden
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Guiana
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