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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1936
Page
4
Classified header lists pricing for local delivery in Huron and mail options across the United States. Mentions Associated Press rights, and advertising representatives Arthur G B Hage & Associates with multiple city offices across the country.
The piece argues that by November 3 the two major parties and their committees will have spent over 20 million dollars, funding radio time trains and padding local machines. It posits whether such vast spending changes votes and calls for more actual economy in government and politics.
A National Parks Service note mocks the saying that owls are wise and adds that cuckoos invade Zion National Park to feed on insects in radiators. The Biological Survey confirms cuckoos lay eggs in others nests and push out their young, challenging old notions.
A reported scheme in New Yorker sought to muster about 800,000 men into a uniformed force with rifles to oppose influences of Jews and Reds, reflecting fascist and anti-Semitic currents.
A speaker denounces a proposed plan as unAmerican and dangerous, arguing the American people know true Americanism and that the pipe dream behind the project cannot be imposed. The remarks highlight distrust of the effort and insistence on core national values.
The Forestry Service reports high survival rates for trees planted in 1935 in South Dakota, with 82 percent still alive and several reaching ten feet, while 1996 drought plantings show 63 percent survival. The piece links this to shelterbelt revival and notes political shifts at the state convention in Pierre affecting Norbeck and Way. It also mentions a writer tied to Mrs Wally Simpson’s divorce story.
Editorial note indicates a daily selection from a large South Dakota newspaper collection. Open during office hours for readers of the Evening Huronite for reference, study, political review, or merchandising information. Files are in the News Room on the second floor of the Evening Huronite Building.
Washington reports say scientists dismiss ocean windsourced swells as farmers in Iowa and other states show shifts in support for Landon. Observers credit Henry Wallace with farm programs and active campaigning, while federal co op and monetary moves stir debate. Public notices and church service items follow.
Huron Gospel Tabernacle schedule on 2nd Street lists Sunday School at 11 am for all ages, morning worship at 1 am, and an 8 pm Christ Ambassador service with a note on a youth program. Midweek events include missionary circle Wednesday at 2 pm and Junior C. A. L. Friday at 7 pm led by Pastor C. L. Conklin. Booster rehearsals and family night announced.
In a decisive speech Cox backs Roosevelt, argues emergency measures aided the nation, and expresses hope for a constructive future. He notes government business talks, hints at TVA privatization talks moving toward a three month truce with Commonwealth and Southern, and cautions courts would weigh TVA powers.
Baltimore Sun notes the gap between radio and in person political addresses. It praises Father Coughlin for separating radio comments from Armory talks, urges managers to mirror that practice, and warns of a drift toward rabble-rousing if the old meeting flavor is lost. It mentions November 4 and cites William Randolph Hearst buying art.
The Huron Ministerial Fellowship publishes a weekly series by Rev John Ward Smith of Grace Episcopal Church. The piece urges realism, contrasts practical politics with inner vision, and highlights prophetic insight as a path to true understanding of life and society. Church schedules for multiple congregations follow with times and readings for Sunday services and related activities.
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