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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1938
Page
13
Nationwide coverage highlights events at the 54th annual state fair opening in the city this Sunday. Officials promise exhibits, contests, and entertainment as crowds anticipate a festive weekend amid regional developments.
President Roosevelt aboard his train said the idea that the United States was morally aligned with European democracies in a stop Hitler movement was about 100 per cent wrong. He dismissed columnists interpretations and noted Bullitt and the Paris embassy denied he claimed the U S would stand with France in peace and war. The president spoke while en route to Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota for his son James's gastric operation.
Archie Holman highway worker from Waybay suffered a severe injury when a passing truck struck his arm as he drove into Waubay. His left arm was amputated at Webster Hospital and his condition described as serious after substantial blood loss.
In Atlantic City on September 10 1938 judges trimmed the 44 contestants to 15 for final judging after three nights of preliminary talent tests. The field included facsimiles of Miss Monica but the identities remain known only to the judges.
The week saw insurgent offensive tapping government lines in Catalonia near the Ebro and north of Valencia, with government forces recapturing some positions. In China, Japan advanced along both Yangtze banks toward Hankow and pressed the Peiping Hankow line, though Chinese resistance slowed progress.
Pierre dispatch notes fair weather early in the week with showers later and temperatures near or above normal. The forecast covers the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central Great Plains.
Pierre, Sept 10. The state Supreme Court ruled petitions to refer laws transferring the inspections department and the motor patrol from the justice department to 40 other state agencies invalid. Governor Jensen won a writ restraining Secretary of State Wells from certifying the petitions for November vote. The decision covers both departments and follows earlier rulings on other petitions. The court invalidated thousands of signatures for missing residence data, duplicate signatures, signer misidentification, altered sections, and improper affidavits, concluding at least 7,103 signatures were invalid and the petition lacked required validity. The ruling notes no intentional fraud by circulators in some cases, but signatures could not be counted. The threshold for referral remains 14,696 signatures. In a related note, GM President Knudsen forecast 1939 auto production up 25-30 percent over 1938 with potential lower-priced new models.
Aberdeen on September 16 reports the drowning of 17 month old Glen Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Anderson, in a neighbor’s lily pool after wandering away with older children. Mrs. Anderson found the body as firefighters and a nurse worked to revive him. no funeral details or inquiry results provided.
Maryland and Georgia prime candidates dominate next week as 12 states nominating contests unfold. Roosevelt urges unseating Senators Tydings and George while Lewis seeks Maryland’s Democratic nomination. Georgia backs Lawrence Camp to challenge Senator George amid a crowded national primary slate.
Opening day at the South Dakota State Fair features auto racing as the Sunday headliner with a 2 to 3:30 pm concert by Yankton’s 50 piece municipal band followed by a State Fair broadcast. Mayor Crockett of Yankton and Huron officials will participate in remote control talks, while Governor Jensen may be absent. Preparations and acts by Ern ie Young and Thomas Shows promise a busy fair with clear weather after a brief rain.
Five people died and a sixth was missing as torrential rains across Wisconsin caused floods and road washouts. Fatalities included a man washed from a bridge over Fischer River near Holcombe a woman killed in a car plunge into a water pool and a man drowned when a mill race trapped his rowboat plus the engineer and news vendor from a North Western train wreck near Hudson. Sparta suffered a cloudburst that swelled Seaver Creek into the city’s business district.
Huron College will open its 56th academic year Monday morning at 9 o'clock marked by upperclassmen registration in Huron. Dean H G Titt announced opening week plans to ease freshmen housing arrangements, followed by ongoing registration Tuesday and a 2 pm freshmen assembly for orientation with Dean Titt and registrar Miss Ella McIntire. Classes begin Thursday at 8 o'clock after the registration period ends.
Huron sophomore Don McNutt trailed leader George Goodman of Sioux Falls by one stroke at the halfway mark of the South Dakota high school golf tournament in Brookings. Both shot 39 on the front nine. Goodman matched McNutt on the back while McNutt had no penalties. Bob Larson of Watertown led the chasing pack after 18 holes with 83, as about 20 players trailed. Final 18 holes to complete play at 2:30 p.m.
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