Bank Chief Emphasizes Principals Over Personalities
RAPID CITY Nov 21 Erling Hauge state superintendent of banks told a district South Dakota Bankers Association meeting it is the department policy to put principal above personalities in dealing with state banks. He said statutes authorize criticism yet ensure bankers may question the department and praised thorough examinations as valuable charts for policy and needs. Other speakers included F Phillipps Milbank association president H C Timberlake statistician for the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank and Ernest R Rosse humorist lecturer.
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Rapid City
Erling Hauge
South Dakota Bankers Association
Hauge
F. Phillipps
Milbank
Association
H. C. Timberlake
Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank
Ernest R. Rosse
Philadelphia
U S Guns Showcase Battleship Firepower and Costs
Washington reports on battleship main batteries and auxiliaries. Describes 16 inch guns, turrets, powder handling, and the ship’s shock effects. Outlines secondary and anti aircraft guns, carriers, and fire control systems with price estimates for guns and armor. Notes torpedo use by destroyers and submarines and armor plate composition.
How Battleships Are Built With Heavy Armored Steel
The text explains case hardened heavy armor varying from light plating on bridges to thick belt and turret shielding. It notes six to sixteen inches of armor, blisters for mine protection, false hulls with watertight compartments, and a true hull with three skins and water filled spaces. These features help prevent catastrophic damage and contribute to annual maintenance costs exceeding a million dollars per large ship.
Leopold Surrender Upheld by U S Envoy to Belgium
U S ambassador John Cudahy says King Leopold capitulated under German pressure after five days of impossibility to resist. He notes British and French staffs were informed and Belgian forces faced no viable option. Cudahy compares the moment to Appomattox and portrays Belgians as fighting alone as British retreated to Dunkirk and French forces fell back.
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Leopold
U. S
Belgium
New York
John Cudahy
United States
Cudahy
Robert EB. Lee
Appomatox
Dunkerane
F U Plans Federal Certificate Tax for Farmers
Denver dispatch reports the Farmers Cooperative and Educational Union backed a certificate plan to fund a federal tax on farm products sold domestically. Certificates would reflect each farmer’s domestic allotment and be cashable after harvest, with revenue from the tax. The plan aims to match farmers’ profits to their purchases and seeks to withdraw the Commodity Credit Corporation from warehousing and marketing roles while preserving Farm Credit Administration support. Additional federal farm ownership aid was asked. Birthday tribute marks Mr House’s 91st birthday at Wellington home with family guests. Confectioners’ patronage study notes 65 percent are men. hard-ler candies top sales.
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Denver
Farmers Cooperative and Educational Union
Commodity Credit Corporation
Farm Credit Administration
Department of Agriculture
Addi
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U.S
W. B. Ragsdale
Washington
Ludlow
Bath
F.U
Wellington
Charles House
Mr. House
Will Eshler
H. E. Bowman
House
Eshler
Beadle County Real Estate
Thomas R. Fox
H. OL. C
Huron
Dakota
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