Post Office Rates and Associated Press Note
Entered at the Post Office at Huron South Dakota as second class matter. Subscription rates in Huron by carrier six dollars per year. Elsewhere in South Dakota by carrier fifteen cents per week. Mail rates: one month five. three months one seventy five. six months three. One year eight dollars elsewhere in the United States by mail. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republishing news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published.
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Colossus Of The Seven Seas Shipping War Outlook
The article asserts the United States will dominate postwar shipping, with OWL data showing Allied and American tonnage, rough losses, and wartime gains. It notes Britain will shrink below 20 million tons while the US could end with about double Britain’s prewar fleet, praising shipbuilding and urging stronger Allied tonnage.
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Sabotage rumors swirl around German battleships
Credible rumors from several sources claim the Nazi battleships Scharnhorst and Luetzow were sabotaged by their crews in a Norwegian port. Eyewitness accounts speak of disheartened sailors amid fear of a doomed war as Germany faces imminent defeat. All signs point to growing belief that Nazism will break up soon, despite uncertainty about timing.
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Quotes on war effort and literacy from wartime leaders
Air Force General Arnold cites Fifth and Eighth Army actions in Italy as small next to the planned continental European invasion. Dr. J Warren Hastings says literacy movement fuels global progress. CIO President Murray urges providing tools to soldiers fighting abroad.
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Sweden Faces Nazi Pressure Over Airliner Shootings
Raymond Clapper reports Swedish newspapers blame Nazi actions for downing a Swedish airliner and demand change. Sweden has sheltered refugees, halted German troop trains, and maintained neutrality though relations with Berlin deteriorate, with limited Allied aid possible. The king seeks neutrality while the crown prince leans pro Allied.
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We The Women Share The Care Plan For Working Mothers
Ruth Millett argues a PTA plan to care for children of working mothers after school. Home mothers watching extra children three to six pm could help many families at no cost. Millett believes practical solutions reduce juvenile delinquency more than talk, urging civic action without federal entanglements.
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OPA praised as price controls steady postwar relief
Readers see value in OPA under Prentiss Brown as prices stabilize, rationing continues, and citizens adjust to ceilings. The letter notes growing public acceptance, ongoing enforcement, and the agency’s role in curbing runaway costs while keeping budgets in check across daily life.
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Young Bellboy Seeks Hope In Gay Miami Rain
Ernie Pyle recalls a crying bellboy in Miami 1939 who left home at 15 and works from dawn to midnight to pay for a room and schooling, while Pyle notes the loneliness amid wealth and crowds and reflects on possible paths to a better life.
OPA Ends Beet Sugar Holding Rule to ease supplies
The Office of Price Administration abolished a provision requiring sugar beet processors to set aside 15 percent of monthly production for delivery on order. OPA says improved shipping removes need to hold beet sugar for emergency shipments outside normal marketing areas.
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From where I sit a counterpoint to wartime norms
The excerpt observes behavior and moral choices during conflict, noting Americans’ tendency to resist prohibition yet claim a right to access goods. It argues moderation follows when people feel authorized to have what they want and suggests differing wartime constraints alter such norms.
Broadway gossip and showbiz upheavals in Nassau trial notes
A vivid roundup of entertainment news touches on the Nassau murder trial influence on De Marigny, surprise witnesses, and Jimmy Cagney’s health, plus Broadway comebacks and custody bids involving Hannah Williams and Jack Dempsey. It notes Eugene ONeills contract terms, Mickey Alpert’s wedding plans, Lyle Talbot’s discharge, and other industry tidbits.
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Boston
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Lyle Talbot
Dick Foran
Connecticut Yankee
Jack Topping
Alexis Thompson
Legion To Honor Retiring Adjutant
Madison hosts a testimonial dinner and stag party November 9 honoring James Mullaney for fourteen years as South Dakota adjutant of the American Legion. Walter J. Speedy Travis will take over as state adjutant November 1.
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Lake County
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Rationing Roundup Recounts Stamp Rules and Deadlines
A wartime rationing roundup outlines stamp usage for sugar canned goods and meat fats with new periods through late October and November. It warns stamp integrity at purchase, notes book specific stamps for sugar and blue, brown stamps for meat and fats, airplane and fuel coupons, tire inspections deadlines, and registration rules for boards when purchases exceed ten pounds.
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