Grocery Bills Fall Slightly as Housewives Save More
Washington report notes housewives saved about three quarters of one percent on groceries as war-time price shifts eased. Bureau of Labor Statistics survey for week ending Oct 10 shows 15 staple foods mostly steady or lower, with some drops of 2-5 percent. Pork, beans, and sugar eased while navy beans stayed high.
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Washington
Perkins
Bureau of Labor Statistics Survey
Miss Perkins
Navy
Agriculture Department
Labor Department
Mitchell Woman New U U S Head
Aberdeen October address highlights South Dakota wealth per capita and grain output, with Governor Bushfield blasting adverse publicity. Vi ol a Loomer elected worthy grand matron and Jess Thorpe named worthy grand patron as 1,200 attendees from 130 chapters convene in Watertown for the 1940 Eastern Star session with bids from Huron Mitchell and Pierre.
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Harlan J. Bushfield
Grand Chapter
The
Eastern Star
South Dakota
Souuth Dakota
Viola Loomer
Mitchell
Jess Thorpe
Watertown
Lillian Fisk
Flandreau
Glenn R. McArthur
Huron
Kate Fagg Williams
Aberdeen
Pearl O. Colby
Whitewood
Edna Knecht
Rapid City
Lucy Tysel
Britton
William A. Morris
Sioux Falls
Joseph A. Poamansky
Sturgis
Evelyn B. Warne
Redfield
Pierre
Dads Day Dinner at Huron CollegeFriday Evening
Dads Day Dinner features fathers with sons and daughters in the college dining hall Friday at 6 15 pm for an annual event. Helen Habicht and Carl Trautmann head college organizations with Betty Martin and Lyle Schuelke as social chairs. Maryin Person gives welcome, Judge C N Hall responds, Betty Peterson sings, and male singers from the college music department perform.
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Huron College
Huron
Helen Habicht
Carl Trautmann
Betty Martin
Lyle Schuelke
Maryin Person
C. N. Hall
Betty Peterson
Waubay Farmer Dies in Tractor Accident
Waubay October 12 Clarence Olsen about 35, farmer five miles north of Waubay, was killed instantly Wednesday when pinned beneath a tractor on a highway near Pickerel Lake. He swerved to avoid an approaching car, the tractor toppled, and Olsen died at the scene. Survived by widow, one child, his parents in Cushing Minnesota, and several siblings.
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Waubay
Clarence
Olsen
Here
Pickerel Lake
Cushing
Minn
Final Arguments Near In Trial Of Mothers Slayer
In Minneapolis the third degree murder trial of Joseph H. Person nears closing as the state prepares final arguments. Dr J C Michael testified that Person was not insane but partly under illuminating gas influence when he killed his mother in their kitchen the day before his planned April marriage.
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Minneapolis
Joseph H. Person
J. C. Michael
General Hospital
Person
Community AAA Setups Lead 1940 County Plan in Dearborn Area
Dearborn Carlyle and Pleasant View Lake Byron farmers elected local AAA officers at Wednesday meetings to prep for the 1940 Agricultural Conservation Program. Key posts include chairmen Fred Strong and Isaac J. Tschetter, with Kunze and Brock named delegates to the county convention in Huron October 17.
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Fred 3. Strong
Virgil
Dearborn-Carlyle
Isaac J. Tschetter
Hitchcork
Pleasant View
Lake Byron Township
Huron
Dearbert Carlyle
George H. Kunze
Alpena
Renko W. Grothius
Ralph R. Mead
Wolsey
Jacob J. Meyer
Kunze
Richard L. Brock
Paul J. R. Hotler
Sky Tschetter
Finland Neutral Stance in Baltic Struggle Amid Changing Alliances
Finland urged neutrality as Soviet expansion pressures grew in the Baltic region. Leader Kyosti Kallio guided resistance to Bolshevik attempts, while internal dissidents and the Lapua movement pushed for anti red measures. Germany's role as a counterweight shifts as Berlin risks ceding influence to Moscow in the Baltic.
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Lapua
Germany
Russia
Baltic
Hitler
Kotka
East Prussia
Masons to Meet for Botkin Funeral at Temple
Notice states Masons will meet at the Temple at 12 45 Friday to attend the funeral of Brother W C Botkin at Welter's Chapel at 1 p m. dvie
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Temple
W. C. Botkin
Welter's Chapel
Dvie
National Elks Leader Visit At Huron Lodge
Henry C. Warner of Dixon Illinois elected grand exalted ruler last summer will visit Huron Elks Lodge along with J Edgar Master of Chicago and other national officers. Open house starts at 8 p m with entertainment food and pheasant hunting likely. District Deputy A A Harris of Brookings visits Tue Oct 17 for first initiation of the year and a large class of candidates expected.
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Huron Elks Lodge
B. F._C. Elks
Henry C. Warner
Dixon, Ill
St. Louis
J. Edgar
Chicago
Eta Andl
Huron
South Dakota
M.G. Murphy
Huron Lodge
A. A. Harris
Brookings
Fire truck burns at Odin coal mine pond
A volunteer fire department’s new pumper exploded in a water spray during a public test at the coal mine pond, sparks ignited dry leaves. The damaged vehicle was sent to St. Louis for repairs and repainting as crowds watched. A separate note from Athol Massachusetts recalls a costly curb dispute over a street safety issue. In Sante Fe New Mexico a golden eagle named Albert Clancy was caught by a lasso and handed to the city zoo, prompting protests from animal lovers.
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Odin
Til
St. Louis
Sante FE
NRA
Albert Clancy
Clancy
City
W. S. Patterson
Lithuanian Seimas to discuss Soviet pact ratifications
War Briefs from AP note Kaunas that the Lithuanian Parliament is summoned for Saturday to consider ratifications of the Soviet Russian Lithuanian mutual assistance treaty. Plymouth fines itself two pounds for blackout failure as magistrate quips about moving money. Budapest reviews futures trade with Germany and Russia, denying Russia can replace sources of war supplies. Bucharest-Hungary dispatch says Hungary will send tens of thousands of reserve soldiers home for fall plowing before winter. Johnny Goodman golf story mentions he played left handed in early years due to left handed clubs.
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Berlin
DNBE
Kaunas
Seii
Plymouth
Budapest
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