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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1942
Page
12
Smith of South Carolina denounces the Baruch rubber committee report as a kick in the pants for farm state senators. He plans an executive session to decide actions and urges farm groups to draft their own amendments to curb rising living costs and farm prices.
Bernard Skain, 35, convict on a non support charge, was sentenced in Camden to buy ice cream lollipops for his seven children daily for six months and to spend every night in jail. The judge ordered he pick up the treats on his way to jail from his shipyard job.
The article discusses parity prices for agricultural products and whether labor costs should be included in their calculation. Parity aims to maintain farmers' purchasing power from a past era, typically 1909 to 1914, with proposals for a floor price under consideration.
Lawmakers consider national health event style controls for farm prices and credit. Rep Steagall proposes loans at 90 percent parity and purchases, while Senate plans set ceilings at 100 percent parity or prior peak. President would stabilize wages and farm prices with adjustments for inequities as farmer groups contest details. William Green and Van A Bittner back aims with caveats.
Showers today and tonight with cooler conditions. South Dakota forecast calls for rain today and through Friday forenoon with continued cool temperatures. Sun rises at 7 14 a m and sets at 7 41 p m.
Wendell Willkie arrived in the Soviet Union by air today as Roosevelt's volunteer messenger of American unity. He travels from Tehran through the Middle East and will include China, escorted by Joseph Barnes and Gardner Cowles of the Office of War Information.
New York promoter Mike Jacobs had to reprint a batch of tickets for the Joe Louis Billy Conn bout on October 12 after Louis was promoted from corporal to sergeant.
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