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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1939
Page
4
The article cites December as high risk for winter traffic despite low volume, noting reduced daylight, slick pavements, and pedestrian deaths. It urges pedestrians to use crossings, stay off roads facing traffic, and drivers to reduce speed, avoid sudden braking, and maintain visibility in sleet or rain.
Indications point to a strong southern season with Miami expecting about 250 million dollars from roughly 2.8 million tourists. Gulf coast welcomes travelers with welcome signs from Brownsville to San Diego as hotels, roads, and homes are readied for two week or winter stays.
A fragment discusses Americans taking themselves seriously and the strange habit of organizing groups as a way to avoid jitters, noting the national tendency to laugh at itself amid hysteria and concern for the country's future.
A United States attorney says 95 percent of lotteries in the country are fake. The piece calls the Grouch Club of America an organized outlet for grumps to survey and analyze exasperating national grouches and alleviate them, likening it to other earnest but ineffective groups.
A Central South Dakota farm woman catalogs domestic notes from November 20, sharing family meals and recipes. She mentions berry pie with meringue, a no crust alternative, honey in apple pies, and school lunch memories. The diary reflects on calories, vitamins, and family routines, including Sunday morning church attendance.
Ruth Millett argues against the claim that wives are a luxury. She lists an average day of a wife’s labor from six thirty in the morning through evening, detailing child care breakfast meals cleaning shopping and support for her husband.
The passage cites figures like Wendell L. Willkie and Dr. Salo W. Baron and mentions Rodrique Cardinal Villeneuve. It reflects debates on anti-Semitism international relations and the role of government in education as Leavenworth is referenced with a note about a 60 year old beginning a five year sentence.
An Associated Press report notes a Huron Chamber of Commerce event with aviation officials praising Huron for its modern airport. The piece quotes Lockheed VP Carl Squire lauding Huron’s faith, investment, and role as a future aviation gateway while Rapid City lags in airport improvements.
A community Red Cross leader is noted amid a wartime broadcast schedule listing Evening programs and notable radio guests. The article reports a whist party at Mortimer School with Ada Chaleit winning a turkey prize and a late-evening lunch.
Washington reports indicate high level chatter that President Roosevelt may refuse a third term, with advisers and allies weighing possible statements in January. The policy shift could influence court picks, war materials exports, and a shift in defense legislation if he acts.
The article presents Paul Melos Rani as America’s foremost pundit, offering a detailed insider perspective on the day’s major developments. It frames his commentary as essential reading for readers seeking the inside story.
The report lists limited national football on Thanksgiving Observance with the Tennessee Kentucky game at Lexington set for 2:30 PM on two networks WJZ NBC and MBS. It also details a dense radio timetable across WABC CBS WEAF NBC MBS and WOR with concerts plays serials and talks including personalities like Hamilton Fish Tom Mix and Henry F. Grady among others.
Theodore Warkenbhein and his son Herold from Willow Lake spent several days last week visiting the Henry Martens home in Bancroft.
Watertown man J. Martin and his wife were injured in a side-swipe crash on Highway 64 near Melbourne Iowa while returning from the 71st National Grange convention in Peoria Illinois. Mrs Martin suffered a fractured left collar bone and is hospitalized. Martin had a facial cut and bruises. They were in a car that hit a Marshalltown Fruit Company truck driven by Ferdinand Schofield who was uninjured. Martin is a national Grange officer.
Mrs W M Kemp hosted the Klatter Klub Friday afternoon on November 27. A dessert course was served at 1 30 by Mrs Kemp and the group spent time sewing and visiting. Mrs Harold Scherf attended as guest.
Mrs. Leroy Dickerson of Detroit and Mrs. Merle Baker of Didsbury Alberta left Sheffield after a five week visit with their father James R. Gugin. They had spent seven weeks in the area and were bidding farewell to local friends.
Anne Adams Pattern 4236 offers a double breasted, front buttoning dress with smart scalloped collar and contrasting cuffs in misses sizes. Pattern 4256 available in extended misses. order form lists yardage for size 36 and prints instruction booklets and patterns for winter wear and young coeds. Send 15 cents per pattern and 25 cents for book and pattern combo to The Evening Huronite Pattern Department.
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