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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1931
Page
10
New York aims to add an experimental television station on the Empire State Building within two months or later. The project seeks ultra short wave transmission on 3 to 7 meter bands to test citywide reception amid high antennas and novel transmission methods.
Vincente Villamin, Filipino attorney and writer, will address South Dakota University students in Stage Auditorium on Friday morning. His talk, titled The Philippine Question, aligns with the Extension department policy of inviting outstanding speakers for students throughout the year.
Substitution of cooperation for rivalry between teacher and student marks the university’s launch of a new educational system. President Hutchins pledges freedom and opportunity as core elements, inviting students to embrace the change under the revamped scheme.
Weather forecast for Huron and Vidalty calls for fair conditions tonight and Friday with little temperature change and a possible frost tonight. Minnesota and Dakota forecasts also point to fair weather with slight cooling and local frost tonight.
Watertown reports high and low temperatures with precipitation. Roads are good and clear. Yankton shows minimal data but roads appear passable. Old Gy Hah Ot low conditions with clear visibility. Overall travel conditions are described as good and roads clear in most areas.
In San Francisco a converter that turns direct current from a storage battery into alternating current for car radios was shown. Invented by F F Hutchinson, the device aims to reduce battery drain by replacing B batteries, suppressors, and filters, and it supposedly raises voltage from six to above ten with eight amperes. It could also eliminate wind-driven motors for airplane radio use.
Chicago October 15 The new trophy for the 1931 national football champion under the Dickinson rating system will be the Knute K Rockne Memorial donor Jack F Rissman has offered another award under the same conditions Prof Frank G Dickinson of Illinois who devised the rating system said the trophy honors the late Notre Dame football wizard Notre Dame won the first edition three times in ten years
Washington report notes physicist Harry D. Tiemann of the Forest Products Laboratory claims the Douglas fir holds the height record, not the redwood. A 1900 fir measured 38 feet along a tape, another in British Columbia reportedly 417 feet tall, while the tallest redwood rises 359 to 368 feet.
Chicago Tribune signs contracts to install nine press units enabling color printing in red blue and yellow inks. The paper says the same color schemes used by magazines and weeklies will be available for editorial and advertising purposes within two or three months.
The only university owned TV station in the United States, WSUI operated by the University of Iowa, has filed a petition with the Federal Radio Commission for a permit. University electrical experts and student assistants have worked on television here for months and recently demonstrated a TV program at the state fair.
Edward Stanley reports Britain faces a growing political clash over unemployment relief. Demonstrators clash with police as crowds storm courts and pressure mounts for welfare cuts amid postwar trade tensions and tariff talk.
As Britain enhanced munition production, unemployment rose sharply. By September dole benefits neared 2,000,800 and expert opinion warned that drastic budget cuts would trigger chaos. Chancellor Snowden warned no budget could endure 190 million pounds of such aid, even after gold standard suspensions and remedies. The idle millions persist, challenging leaders and reshaping politics.
Raymond reports a well attended Rally Day program at the Presbyterian church Sunday evening. The event featured an orchestra selection, congregational song, prayers by Rev Ray Cornwell, instrumental by Beatces Loomis, solos by Evelyn Meyer and Dorothy and Russell Dunlavey, group performances with Sunday school teachers, a short tale by the Rev Ray Cornwell, and the benediction by Rev Cornwell.
Washington dispatch reports an amendment to sit commerce regulations that will take effect December 1, establishing left or counterclockwise airport circling as the standard practice. Special permission will be granted for fields where conditions require opposite turns.
A fragment notes right side and left circlus carrying different men and a display of letters "L" and "K" prescribed to pass information to airmen at airports allowed to depart from regulations. It also cites the 1930 Indian population in the United States as 310,541. An advertisement follows.
Dakota Central Telephone company workers visit every home and business in Huron to assess service and welcome criticisms or suggestions. The outreach aims to gauge customer opinions and improve offerings in the city.
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