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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1940
Page
8
Sioux Falls College announces a major expansion beginning with the erection and equipment of a men s dormitory to boost facilities and finances. The program, the most ambitious since the 1883 founding, includes curriculum revitalization and new courses to meet exacting standards.
Dr. John L. Barton announced a fund-raising objective of 135,600 dollars at the board meeting in Sioux Falls. The campaign will run through more than 800 Baptist churches across North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, and Nebraska, with Sioux Falls later this year. Committee chairs and chairmen will be named in a few days as work proceeds.
London bureau chief Milo M Thompson recounts the brutal night raid on the city. He notes smoke over districts and disrupted communications with the London and New York AP offices. Despite censorship and danger, work resumed as reporters described the scattered destruction and resilient routines.
A vivid account describes shattered shops, a gaping crater between two offices, a flooded basement from a broken main, and an apparent AP building hit near Tudor Street between Fleet Street and the Thames. Fire crews pump water while empty ambulances await need and bombs continue to fall.
Rapid City dispatch says Pierre companies win draft printing contracts as Mayor Joy F. Wethe, state selective service purchasing and contract officer, announced the award on Wednesday.
Contracts were awarded to the State Printing Company of Pierre and the Times Printing Company of Pt. Pierre to print forms for the October 16 conscription registration. An estimated 78,000 South Dakotans will register, with 170,000 registration cards and 128,000 certificates printed to allow for spoilage. Other contracts covered registration lists and information cards. Also noted, merganser ducks sometimes nest in hollow trees.
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