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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1932
Page
6
Social events fill the week with meetings and socials across towns. Unity groups, lodges, and PTA chapters gather in halls, depots, and temples with lectures, singing, teas, and pre nuptial parties. Ada Reynolds’s upcoming wedding is celebrated with lunches and games.
Social events and club meetings fill the week in Wessington Springs. Grandmothers club gatherings at Mrs. Fred Weeks home. Mrs. Laverne Freeman hosts a birthday party for her mother with bridge and lunch. farewell and birthday celebrations for Mrs. J. A. Zink and Mrs. Clara Dunham noted. Election results for Philathea matrons announced. Prohibition rally held at the high school with multiple pastors and a college quartet. Sanbern-Jerauld meeting at Woensocket club. Minnie Wilgon initiated. Quilting at Mrs. Lundman’s. luncheon at Mrs. Ferguson’s with listed guests.
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with cooler temperatures. South Dakota remains fair and cooler tonight with Sunday forecast fair. Iowa and Minnesota show generally fair conditions, cooler tonight and Sunday, with a slight warming in western portions. Sun rises at 6 31 am and sets at 6 14 pm.
Funeral services were held in St Lawrence for Edwin W Burlingame age 84 who died Wednesday at his son Fred’s Mitchell home from a paralytic stroke. A Civil War veteran born February 2 184? he settled in Hand county in 1884 and leaves six children 19 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Interment followed at the G A R cemetery in Miller with honorary pallbearers from the American Legion.
Local society items list visits to Mitchell and Sioux Falls, travel plans and weddings. Thomas McCreery of Storm Lake and Arthur Mitchell of Yankton will attend the Mitchell Reynolds wedding as best man. Numerous residents plan hunting trips to Britton and Wambay. Mrs. Dickey of St Paul visits, and educators Coldron and Hutchinson attend a Huron Southern game amid regional social rounds.
A. C. Hust, new board member of the eighth district federal home loan bank in Des Moines, calls a meeting in Rapid City at 10 am Tuesday. Insurance companies, savings banks, and building and loan associations will discuss eligibility for membership and review South Dakota laws under the Home Loan Act. The session at the Marvin Hughitt hotel aims to familiarize officers with provisions of the act.
Chicago reporting on an inquiry into the Insull investment house collapse reveals a prosecutor’s statements that funds advanced to the brokerage houses of Russell Brewster and Jackson brothers were never repaid. Between Dec 31, 1931 and Feb 10, 1932 Middle West Utilities lent 66000 and Mississippi Valley 144222 with specific authority from Samuel Insull.
In a north Pacific rescue three seamen from the freighter Oregon Maru were injured as the freighter Nevada’s crew of 31 faced a gale. Twenty two year old E Blomberg swam a line to the rocks and hauled survivors to safety after lifeboats failed to reach shore. The President Madison’s crew joined the perilous operation as rescue boats battled the gale driven seas.
The United Veterans association of Yankton county decided to invite World War I veterans from Minnehaha Lincoln Charles Mix and other counties to a meeting in Yankton on the evening of October 10. The aim is to discuss policies for the present political campaign and to assess candidates' stances toward veterans registration and legislative interests. Hardy Carlson Volin is president and Jack Summers Yankton was elected secretary treasurer.
SIOUX FALLS this week saw Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, Florida congresswoman, deliver a 75 minute Democratic address critiquing high government expenses while proposing to cut costs by one fourth and expand relief programs. She spoke after Mrs. Dolly Curtis Gann rallied Republicans on Tuesday, then departed by air for LaMoure North Dakota to speak that afternoon. Gandhi warned followers in Ahmedabad he would resume his fast to the death if caste untouchability remains after six months. In Nemours France, five storks settled on a disused brewery chimney, delighting locals after six decades without such arrivals.
In Oberkulm Switzerland villagers embrace Herbert Hoover as kin and support his reelection. A local Huber museum displays birth certificates and passenger lists linking Hoover to the valley, with a portrait in the center and a wall of proof that the Hoover name stems from Oberkulm descendants posted in the restaurant and general store. The corridor houses a tidy Broadway style street scene and ages old family ties amplify local pride.
South Dakota state treasury opening October shows total cash in all funds at 2 567 578.39 with preliminary figures suggesting unsatisfactory condition. Active accounts total 2 449 058.05 and inactive 1 118 520.34. General fund overdraft remains around the August 31 level at about 455 813.97.
Verdella Staver sued for 20000 in personal damages from an January automobile crash in Sioux Falls. A circuit court jury awarded 625 against John Olson and the defense claimed contributory negligence and an unavoidable accident. Arthur Olson, son of the defendant, implicated in fast driving was cited.
Butte county to complete farm holiday movement with a mass meeting at Newell tonight. National fieldman G. F. Bloas of Des Moines Iowa spoke as advocates met, with further meetings planned at Wall Wall on Monday Philip on Tuesday and Custer on Wednesday.
Road reports for Brookings Huron Yankton Watertown and Aberdeen indicate generally good and clear conditions with highs from the mid 40s to mid 80s, lows varying, precipitation noted only as none in some cases, and roads described as clear and in good condition.
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday October 1 covers the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri regions. Forecast notes walleye activity and northern sod conditions across the area with variable temperatures and rivers.
WAHPETON North Dakota October 1 Two women wounded by vigilantes firearms while riding 25 miles with bank bandits are recovering as officers hunt the raiders Miss Doris Stock deputy county school superintendent and Miss Ruth Whipps bank teller were shot when forced to stand as shields during the Citizens National Bank hold up. The women were left at an abandoned farm shack 25 miles from Deer and the raiders fled toward Minnesota carrying six thousand nine hundred dollars.
Southern farmers foresee better times as cotton gains value. The Reconstruction Finance Corp approves a 350 million loan to cooperatives, enabling farmers to borrow against cotton and hold until markets stabilize. Mississippi and Alabama officials report cash flow improving, with farmers prioritizing debt payments and purchases, while Texas and Louisiana see increased wages and debt relief.
Arthur D. Jones, head of the Georgia bureau of marketing and a cotton farmer, notes farmers will liquidate debts not cleared since 1920, pay delinquent taxes, and fund repairs. Charleston business leaders report rising activity and improved farmer sentiment in September.
Washington reports that foreign purchases of cotton, wheat, and crude petroleum were described as extraordinarily large, with six months of 1932 showing higher exports than 1931. Cotton, wheat, and petroleum shipments reached record volumes, though overall export value fell 61 percent from the 1927-1931 average. Des Moines visit notes Hoover to be hosted by Gov Turner at their home Tuesday.
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