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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1938
Page
3
BROOKINGS Oct 27 Special farm cash income this year will be only 12 percent below the peak of last year and purchasing power will be only 9 percent under that of last year, per Alfred R. 2 chairman South Dakota Agricultural Conservation Committee, in talks to farmers and farm leaders. Secretary Wallace
JChan Gurney presents a Republican platform advocating humanitarian relief with direct nonpartisan federal checks to those on relief. He pledges economical tax dollar handling, full value to recipients, and cargo integrity from Washington to South Dakota, with a nonpartisan board overseeing funds.
Aberdeen October 27 three men were wounded when an automatic shotgun discharged inside a local oil station. Ed Jahnel tested the action by placing the muzzle on the floor and pushing the trigger. Pellets damaged the floor window and vehicle fender as the gun fired twice, injuring Jahnel and two station employees. Don Larson sustained lip and throat injuries and Olton Paeth, 25, was another injured worker.
Secretary Wallace cited the Farm Act as lifting mood in major farming regions by offsetting drought losses with parity payments and volume marketed. Acreage allotments and quotas for cotton and tobacco began, with $312,000,000 allotted for parity payments as factory payrolls sag. Farmers’ cooperation kept farm income steady while urban employment fell, aiding nationwide recovery and sustaining mills and factories.
Highmore relatives learned Tuesday of the death at Boise Idaho of Mrs Raymond Ziegler the former Miss Anna Bruwell who lived with her parents in northern Hyde County until a few years ago. Death was the result of an automobile accident details not learned.
In Faulkton Highmore on Oct 27 special report says Mrs Amos Bouzek formerly Reina Wareing daughter of Mr and Mrs Will Wareing of Highmore is ill in a Faulkton hospital Her sister Miss Bernese Wareing a nurse at Ravenswood Hospital Chicago arrived Thursday and plans to return this week if her sister improves
A. Ustrud of the South Dakota Progressive Federation releases copies of letters to the U S Senate Civil Liberties Committee and to the Campaign Expenditures Committee. He seeks investigation of Homestake Mining Company political activity and accuses it of abridging workers civil rights to vote for Republican candidates. He also challenges charges of Communist support and calls for a thorough inquiry.
Four Redfield speakers qualified to represent the school in the district declamation contest to be held October 28 here. Eight schools, including Hitchcock Northville Ashton Athol Peankefort Doland Tulare and Redfield, will be represented. Mary Ellen Burns won humorous, Mavis Clark dramatic, Gladys Pearson poetry and Arlene Beekman oratory. Judges included TC Reuter and Huron High School president of the State Forensic League. George McCurry of South Dakota State College will judge the district event. Franz Ollerman is Redfield declamatory coach.
PIERRE Oct 27. J Goetz new superintendent of the state motor patrol announced patrolmen assigned to districts and start enforcement of highway laws. Focus on one eyed cars and cars without tail lights. Strict enforcement of hill passings and stop sign law after rise in fatalities. Names listed including Dutch Abercon Doggett Thompson Vermilion Thomas Gibbs Sheppard and Short. Fred Lindekugel to organize school patrols with headquarters at Madison.
ST LAWRENCE October 27 a new lounge on the second floor of the dormitory offers reading lamps a davenport rockers and tables for winter leisure. Magazines books from the State Free Library and games will entertain the rural girls living there under Dean Mrs Anna Knapp and her friend. Local people supplied furniture lamps and reading materials.
Sioux City bar owner N Bavis and laundryman Paul Bitson were fined 200 dollars each plus costs for killing pheasants before noon and possessing excess birds. Guns and 51 birds were confiscated and licenses cancelled. Wardens Aligier Halliday and Adams assisted in the case.
DL Lawrence October 27 special report details push to finish St Lawrence school W P A project using favorable weather. Drains laid under gym floor and outside foundation. concrete underfloor ready for asphalt finish. Curbing, grading, parking area, roof repairs, and painting progress. Locus contractor Ray Shoop leads. gym floor expected ready for basketball by November 7.
Miss Mabel Tolrude formerly Hyde County nurse visited friends in Highmore last week. She is now employed at the municipal hospital in Flovdreau.
BROOKINGS Oct. 27 Professor T M Olson head of the State College dairy department will release Elements of Dairying through MacMillan Company next month. The work surveys the entire dairy industry from history to cattle feeding and herd management based on 18 years of teaching. It includes chapters on milk processing judging cattle and is fully illustrated. Olson’s background spans managing a commercial creamer y experimental herd and long service as county agricultural agent in Missouri and Wisconsin.
A Watertown boy, Arthur Daggett, was struck by a large red truck Tuesday night around five o clock. He was knocked unconscious and remained in a coma until early Wednesday morning. Police believe the driver may not have known he hit him. only a big red truck description was available and he was taken to two local hospitals in serious condition.
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