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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1934
Page
4
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The Sioux Falls Argus Leader and Aberdeen American News clash over highway spending as counties with favorable balances face pressure for hard surfaced roads. Advocates push a cross state route from Sioux Falls to Mitchell to the Hills, citing tourist gains from next summer’s Pageant of America. Legislature decisions in January will test funding and routing.
Des Moines faced a blackout as a strike shut an electric power plant, with hospitals relying on candles. Governor Clyde L. Herring summoned strikers and employers, declaring public service would be restored by takeover if needed, and within twenty minutes the strike ended.
Farmers in Central South Dakota may secure financing for drilling new wells and deepening existing ones. An NEC release from Sioux Falls notes that inquiries to the federal housing administration focus on how to obtain funds for wells ponds and small lakes. The article explains the available funding path for these projects.
The article explains that rural residents can apply for modernization loans through local banks or lending institutions. These loans, authorized by the federal Housing Administration, cover deepening or digging wells, ponds for water conservation, windmills, pumps, tanks, cisterns, piping, and troughs. Although initial regulations suggested limits to repairs, many farmers are expected to pursue financing for new improvements.
The higher courts uphold the Baltimore judge who ruled the Frazier Lemke farm mortgage moratorium act unconstitutional. Congress faces farm belt pressure as deflation drops farm debtors hard. If the act is struck down, pressure will drive lawmakers to seek another relief path.
John R. Waller of the federal housing administration predicts a major building program and a refinancing plan for small homeowners within two months. He notes a housing shortage of about 1.5 million homes and 16 million houses needing repair, with 3 million seriously so. The piece also mentions seven foreigners gaining citizenship in Beadle County and urges seed preservation for South Dakota forage crops.
George N. Peek, adviser on foreign trade to President Roosevelt, urges the U S to monitor capital movements and rethink export surpluses as the nation shifts from debtor to creditor. He argues import expansion widens wealth, criticizes Hawley Smoot era policy, and backs Hull's drive to inform Americans.
Postmaster General Farley spoke in South Dakota urging support for the Roosevelt administration in the upcoming congressional election. He framed New Deal progress as restoring prosperity and improving industry, agriculture, and transportation, insisting the people will verdict on whether reforms justify the cost and policy.
Boots Raeburn plans marriage to Edward Van Sciver but a fog bound car crash wounds him while Edward is hospitalized. Denis Fenway and Kay Chillingford enter her life as she returns home to her family and contemplates her future. Boots learns Edward saved her life and vows to inform his family, while a looming wedding and hospital news shape a fragile, hopeful path.
Fragmented OCR blends a famous suffragist clue with a large set of crossword entries, names, dates, and local notices. It weaves biographical hints, marriage notices, and family updates around a central image puzzle about a leading American suffragist, plus several unrelated local items and letters.
Mra William McCreery hosted a prairie chicken dinner last evening honoring Mr and Mrs R D Wharton and Kenneth Busy Ward who planned a winter in Florida. Julius Feige, once a Huron resident, now in Texas and Pennsylvania, is visiting his mother Dr Friede Van Dalsem. Busy Ward and Harrow Venables joined the Hortons as they left for Orlando Florida this morning.
Ree Heights High School announced the appointment of Miss Gundal of Pipestone Minnesota to fill the vacancy left by a previously assigned teacher. She has training and several years of experience in education.
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