French Premier Da Tadier Defies Hitlers Peace Offer
Paris Oct 10 Premier Daladier called Hitler offers a ruse and violence and pledged France will not surrender until a lasting peace is secured. He cited German conquests of Austria Czechoslovakia and Poland and accused Hitler of repeated broken promises while urging unity against aggression. French troops reported repulsing Saarbrucken assaults as German forces pressed near the Saar region. Chamberlain postponed Commons reply to Hitlers overtures to Thursday amid broader talks with Dominions and Lloyd George urged a conference for peace.
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Paris
da Tadier
Adolf Hitler
France
Great Britain
Germany
Europe
Austria
Caecho- Slovakia
Poland
Daladier
Hitler
Germeany
Chamberlain
London
House of Commons
John Simon
Exchequer
Commons
David Lloyd George
Britain
Council For Peace and Reconstruction
Lloyd George
John
Kingsley Wood
Royal Air Force
Siegfried Line
Senate blocks Tobey motion to split neutrality bill
In Washington the Senate defeated Senator Tobey’s bid to split the neutrality bill’s shipping provisions from the arms embargo repeal. The 65 to 26 vote upheld administration aims, with northwest senators split on the motion and leading figures debating the bill’s timing and scope amid calls to ease shipping restrictions for certain zones.
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Army
Tobey
Washington
Senate
Northwest
Minnesota
Lundeen
Uth
Dakota
Bulow
Gurney
North Dakota
Frazier
Nye
Wisconsin
LaFollette
Montana
Wheeler
Murray
Cance
Barkley
Kentucky
Borah
Idaho
Republican
New Hampshire
Foreign Relations Committee
Roosavel
Lewis Ignores Unity Appeals at CIO Convention
John L. Lewis urged a liberal social legislation package as the most effective weapon against anti administration forces in Congress during the CIO national convention opening in San Francisco. He attacked the National Labor Relations Act administration as biased toward management, claiming it could erode labor gains, but he did not signal a move to join AFL in revising the act or seek broader unity.
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San Francisco
Congress
CIO
John L. Lewis
Lewis
National Labor Relations Act
AFL and
Industry
Labor Board
AFL
APL
Roosevelt
AFL Turns Down FDR Endorsement
The AFL Convention voted non-concurrence with endorsing Roosevelt and the New Deal, upholding a resolutions committee finding against a blanket endorsement. A loud protest greeted Joseph N. Weber as he defended the musician union by criticizing Roosevelt, while the debate on the peace message continued and suggested appeals be sent to the CIO.
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Cincinnati
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Connecticut
Musicians’ Union
Resolutions Committee
CIO
Man Bitten By Rattler While Hunting Snakes
In Sioux City on December 10 Theodore Solomon a 48 year old farmer was in critical condition after being bitten by a rattlesnake he thought was dead. He reached into peels and the snake sank its fangs into his hand as he hunted for sport.
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Theodore Solomon
Solomon
Farmers Union Opens 24th Annual Convention in Rapid City
The South Dakota Farmers Union begins its 24th annual convention with a morning general session after a pre-convention meeting of Farmers Union Cooperatives. A parade of floats from locals and Farmers Union enterprises is set for tomorrow. Albert Mang of Huron, president of the South Dakota Federation of Labor, addressed the morning session.
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Farmers Union
Rapid City
South Dakota
Farmers Union Cooperatives
Albert Mang
Huron
South Dakota Federation of Labor
City Budget Sets 1940 Total at 230 806
City of Huron adopts 1940 appropriation ordinance totaling 230 806 with 181 213 to be raised by taxation. Dollar plan compares to 1939 budget of 236 010 and 297 064 tax levy, reflecting railroad valuation cuts and lower assessed value. Commission notes few changes from tentative figures.
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City of
Huron
Dan I. Sears
State Division of Taxation
City Water Department
Bremer of St Paul Dies at Age of 70
Adolf Bremer a wealthy St Paul brewer and banker died at the Olympic Hotel Seattle after a heart ailment. He had been in poor health since 1929 when his wife died and his son Edward G Bremer was kidnapped in 1934 for ransom. Funeral services tentatively set for Saturday.
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Seattle
Adolf Bremer
St. Paul
Olympic Hotel
Bremer
Edward G. Bremer
Ene
St.Paul
Plane grounded flight resumes from Sioux Falls to Bismarck
A Mid-Continent airplane grounded yesterday at Sioux Falls due to weather completed its trip this morning. The flight, passing through Huron, departed from the Huron airport around early morning en route to Bismarck.
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Sioux Falls
Huron
Bismarck
Huron Airport
Armistice Rumors Stir Berlin Watch For Hour
Rumors that Allied forces sought armistice and that Britain’s government had fallen sparked Berlin excitement for about an hour before official denial by DNB. Reports claimed a German radio armistice broadcast to Oct 14, denied by the propaganda ministry. Inquiries flowed from the Crown Prince, Japanese and Italian correspondents, and U.S. business and legal circles.
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Berlin
Chamberlain-Churchill
Britain
George
DNB
Secret Service
Propaganda Ministry
Associated Press Office
Crown Prince
American Chamber of Commerce
Sea Warfare Hits Stalemate Sees High Seas Blockade
The Associated Press reports World War II sea warfare nearing stalemate as 85 vessels totaling 266071 tons are destroyed and 764 lives lost in over five weeks. Weekly sinkings decline from 20 to two, with two neutral ships sunk by mines in week six. Britain cites reduced submarine menace, while some observers think NaziU-boat campaign slows for peace talks. Countries Britain Germany France and 21 neutrals affected including the Finnish freighter India sunk near Terschelling.
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Associated Press
Europe
Iosse
Great Britain
Britain
Germany
France
India
Terschelling Island
Netherlands
Pierre Man Heads Kiwanis Federation
Pierre man Coon was elected president of the Iroquoia Federation of Community Service Clubs at the eighth axial convention in Pierre. The federation includes nine central South Dakota Kiwanis clubs sponsored by the Pierre Kiwanis.
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Pierre
Move For Football Special To Watertown
Dr. Jay Spink and M D Ritchey urged a special train to Watertown for the Huron High School Band and fans to attend the Huron Watertown game. The roundtrip price is 125 dollars total, benefiting band members after Cowdenson Day and other events. Call to express interest and a decision is due by Wednesday night.
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Huron High School
Watertown
Jay Spink
M.D. Ritchey
Dr. Spink
Spink
Ritchey
Chamber of Commerce
Free Water For Huron Consumers
The city commission voted to give all residential water patrons 1,060 free gallons for the fall to assure moisture for trees shrubs and lawns. The 1,000 gallons will be deducted from next bills, costing about $860 to the city. Districts 2 and 3 receive differing billing dates and areas. In current terms residential users up to 15,000 gallons see a 30 cent cut, while those above 25,000 gallons gain about 33 cents.
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Dow S Sear
District 1
Sears
Nebraska Avenue
North Huron
Third Street
Nebraska
Indiana Avenues
Lawn Ridge
Iowa Avenues
Illinois Avenues
Kansas’ Hill
Byr Oues
Miinois
Nebraska Avenues
Nowes Ie
Aloe Bea
Pace
Russian Warships Concentrated In Gulf Of Finland
Helsinki broadcast urged all civilians able to leave the Helsin ki and Viipuri areas as a precaution amid rising tension. Stockholm and Moscow reports described a naval buildup in the Gulf of Finland with a massing of Soviet troops and a possible Finn Kollegial delegation to Moscow to discuss political and economic problems.
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Gulf of Finland
Helsinke
Helsinka
Viipuri
Usha Kekkonen
Sowa
Stockholm
Europe
Russia
Finland
Sweden
Denmark
Norway
Helsinki
Juha Justi Passikivi
Joa Stockholm
Moscow
Kremlin
Segal
A. K. Calander
America
Baltic Sea
Kronstadt
Leningrad
Baltic
Baltic States
Eremiis
Soviet
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Austin
Vermont
Great Bulan
House of Representatives
Matthew J. Merritt
Malba. L. 1
New York
U. S. Army Reserve
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Washingtoad
Indiatrial Mobilization Organization
Fdr
United States
Alhambra
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Gulf OF Finlante
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