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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1939
Page
4
The piece mixes policy debates on old age pensions funded by Warrants with a homegrown experiment vibe. It references Alberta and California to test schemes, notes radio and rodeo folly, mentions a death ray secrecy, Hitler Stalin pact implications, and Stalin’s image beside a Baltics trek. It ends with livestock market contrasts and market frenzy hints.
The article reviews how the United States used centralized wartime control in 1917 18 through the War Industries Board the Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation the Food Administration the Fuel Administration and the Railroad Administration showing how government power expanded prewar habits and how totalitarian tendencies grew from wartime experience It argues such dynamics would recur in any new war and frames totalitarianism as a cycle begun by the state itself.
The article notes contracts totaling 12,739,000 for Kodiak Island Sitka and 3,375,000 near San Juan for naval air base protection in the Caribbean. It also reports the army establishing its first new department in 40 years and Congress approving 63,060,000 for air and submarine bases in the Pacific and Atlantic. The piece asserts unwavering resolve to defend the Americas amid European tensions.
The piece quips that California may face a shortage of ham and eggs, highlighting dependence on a $30 Every Thursday program, with uncertainty over whether ham and eggs will arrive or not. The mock lament underscores looming supply concerns.
A Pomona College poll on single women taking chances on blind dates prompts Ruth Millett to question professors who study marriage. She argues that such data might fuel women's gambling instincts in choosing husbands and mocks predictions of failure in marriage as potential reform tactics.
A compilation of brief sayings by figures like Franklin D. Roosevelt Eduard Benes Fritz Kreisler and Rudolph Sieber. The remarks touch on peace civilization self reflection and Hollywood’s role in wartime with varied views on Europe and media.
Watertown debates adding shortwave radio to police work citing Mitchell and Huron examples. A desk Sergeant could relay messages to patrolmen, reducing response delays and boosting promptness in residential districts. Merchants in other cities funded installs, suggesting community support.
The Star-Journal notes a proposal from William L. Bodine urging that parents be placed on probation with their juvenile delinquents when evidence justifies it. He argues parents are responsible for molding a child and that a robbery at age 16 may reflect earlier training or neglect. Accessories to crime are punished. parents are often such accessories.
Paul Mallon reports on wartime naval critique amid Courageous and Royal Oak sinkings. He questions British defenses, cites anti submarine tech, and notes U S navy secrecy under Roosevelt. Discusses navy secretary vacancy, ship bill politics, and shifts from Lima to Panama for Latin nations seeking protection and leadership.
New York reports reception of television pictures from a plane flying 200 miles away at 20 000 feet, showing signals travel in a straight line despite Earth curvature. Interference from engines and ground radios noted. signals would be weaker at similar distance if not for line of sight.
A jumble of crossword style entries and clues mentioning a U S A president, war era references, and scattered definitions such as long right, bishop's scarlet Irish beat, Mexican dollar, rubber wheel pad, tendons, pronouns, and various cryptic hints.
A sprawling page mixes radio schedules for Waring to CBS with varied programs and a dense, terse Real Estate Transfers list in Hyde County South Dakota. It records property deeds between multiple local residents, then notes social club meetups and upcoming guest nights in Wellington.
Mr and Mrs William De of Lynd Minnesota are visiting relatives and friends in Willow Lake and Clark this week, stopping to see kin and enjoy local connections.
Anne Adams Pattern 4287 features a front-buttoned housedress with bias-cut side panels and beltless waist. Waterproof wording and price details show pattern availability in multiple misses and women sizes with simple order instructions and a pattern book offer.
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