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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1938
Page
1
Plan to train 100000 pilots is noted alongside reports of Huron s annual Auto Show opening tomorrow at Daum s Auditorium. Nine local dealers display 1939 models over two days with dances and performances by Stemler School of Dance and Huron College musicians. Doors open 2 PM and 7 PM with 15 cent admission or 24 cents for two, under 12 admitted free with a parent. Highlights include shift lever move to steering column and broader body designs.
Paris reports the Daladier government seeks to bridge gaps with unions as a 24 hour strike looms. Labor minister Pomaret says essential services will stay open while major unions oppose the action. Debates over decrees and calls for Parliament session continue amid mounting labor unrest.
The Huron show runs Tuesday and Wednesday, November 29 and 30, at Daums Auditorium. Fourteen car models from nine Huron dealers are on display. Evening programs feature Stemler School of Dance, Huron College and Huron High School musicians, with Louie Lang's orchestra. Admission 15 cents, two for 25 cents. free for under 12 with a parent.
Bert De Mersseman of Rapid City was elected president of the Greater South Dakota Association at a board meeting held yesterday, succeeding C. A. Quarnberg who resigned due to ill health. Quarnberg remains chairman and a director. De Mersseman, formerly connected with the Richard Dougherty Company and ex manager of the Alex Johnson Hotel, has long served GSDA roles including fact finding and birthways and tourists committees. J. H. Voorhees of Sioux Falls was named state councillor for the U S Chamber of Commerce, succeeding the late Alex Johnson. The board approved affiliation with the Pacific Northwest Tourist Association to boost northwest tourism.
William H. Curry of Tipton Indiana is named 1934 corn king at the International Grain and Hay Show, his third consecutive title. He entered 10 ears of Reid's yellow dent and faces a three year competition ban. Richard B. Blackwell of Franklin Indiana won corn prince for Reid's yellow dent. F Lloyd Rigby of Wembley Alberta became the wheat king, with his younger brother Justyn Rigby 2 named oats king. A hard red spring wheat from Reward weighed 67.5 pounds to the bushel as premier wheat.
Lt. Gen. Eiki Tojo urged munitions workers to rapidly expand armaments in Japan. Speaking in Tokyo, Tojo and War Minister Seishoi Itagaki called armament makers to hear the government explain the need for full mobilization powers amid a two front scenario and a looming conflict with the Soviet Union.
The Evening Huronite previews the annual Auto Show at Daums Auditorium with nine Huron dealers displaying 1939 models from fourteen makes. A full section reviews each car and promises advance features and sketches, inviting readers to attend Tuesday and Wednesday to see standout manufacturer advances firsthand.
AFL workers failed to report for work at Chicago stockyards three hours after a promise by business agent Thomas Devere to muster 150 to 269 men. No workers appeared as CIO pickets blocked gates and reports of attacks and bomb damage at CIO headquarters surfaced. Trading remained suspended at the world’s largest livestock market.
Southern California was named to represent the Far East in the Rose Bowl on January 2. Pacific Coast Conference president Hugh C. Willett announced the conference vote. California tied for the title and was also a candidate. USC will be making its fifth Rose Bowl appearance, with a perfect Pasadena post season record.
Australia plans to issue feelers on a potential trade pact with the United States and Canada to align on economic policies. Four killed in a Brisbane incident as Royal Australian Air Force involvement is noted.
At Pine Mountain Cottage President Roosevelt hosts German ambassador Hugh R. Wilson and Italian envoy William Phillips for a four hour dinner and talks on oppressed racial and religious minorities abroad. They return for luncheon to continue discussions shaping U S policy on Jews Catholics and Protestants in Europe and refuge aid for victims.
Berlin reports a Focke-Wulf Condor four motor plane with five crew and one passenger Jo shaw on a Tokyo flight. The route includes Basra Iraq Karachi India and Hanoi French Indo China totaling about 8300 miles. Officials expect a 50 hour duration if conditions hold.
Washington readers learn of new patent filings that aim to trap or return fire. Mauritz Vos, a Swedish inventor, received a patent for a projectile designed to chase a target even if a shot misses. A torpedo patent envisions a returning strike, and Rene Lamy of France patents an anti aircraft gun that fires when planes enter the line of fire. John Hays Harmmond Jr. earns several torpedo patents, including one that turns back to strike a ship and uses paravanes to detect misses.
East shivers in a cold weather system sweeping the eastern half of the country following a doublebarreled weekend snow event. Subfreezing temperatures reach Georgia to Kansas City with 1 to 5 inches of new snow on top of the Thanksgiving crust. Virginia reports 7.5 inches on ground while New England digs out from five inches. New York totals near two inches with City snow removal costs at a million dollars. Relief parties reach northern Maine to rescue 100 marooned hunters. New weather casualties include two fishermen lost off Nantucket Island, a man frozen near Charleston, and a snow shoveling heart attack in Buffalo.
Gladys Pyle of Huron takes her seat as U S senator for South Dakota succeeding the late Peter Norbeck. She is one of two women in the Senate with Senator Caraway of Arkansas. She plans to focus on farm policy and regulation of the farm bill.
New York November 28 The Army Air Corps and the Civil Aeronautics Authority approve a five year plan to train 100000 civilian pilots and 125000 mechanics at government expense to bolster national air defense. The program seeks Roosevelt's scrutiny and eventual congressional approval before taking effect. It targets about twelve thousand airplanes in the equipment aspect of air rearmament, with 20000 pilots and 25000 mechanics trained yearly at approved schools.
New York November 29 1937 sculptor Robert Irwin pleads guilty to second degree murder in the Easter 1937 triple slaying of Veronica Gedeon her mother and Frank Byrnes. Judge James G Wallace imposes a 139 year prison term and Irwin is to Sing Sing. He cries out that justice is for the rich and calls the court a farce while attendants move him from the courtroom.
Warsaw reports polish troops occupy about 20 square miles in the Carpathian Valley amid territorial adjustments for Poland after the Monaith accord. A Polish army major and a non commissioned officer are said killed, Prague protests rise, and Slovak officials cite incidents as villagers report early entry and clashes with Czechoslovak forces.
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