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HOME FRONT NEWS'HE EVENIKlt;: HUh’0':r HURON, S. u.HOME FRONT NEWSSERVICEMENSEDITIONSERVICEMENSEDITIONSUMMARY OF HOME TOWN NEWS, JULY 12 TO JULY 17Labor Shortage, Rain Slow HarvestingThe crop situation in a nutshell is in Huronite headlines: Harvest starts; volunteers asked to ease shortage—Rainfall exceeds normal to date in Huron area—Hail hits crops in Yale section—Boy Scouts will go to rescue of crops, potatoes — Farm workers doing duty at home, not shirking, Ladd says.Recruiting of 100 crop volunteers was accelerated by the Huron Chamber of Commerce last wreek to alleviate the harvest worker shortage. Huron “shrck” troops have already swung into action, but many more will be needed as cutting of grain reaches its peak, Leonard Ladd, county agent, reported.Lightning struck the Merle Hollister house in Huron, high winds blew down a few trees and lodged some grain while rainfall up to an inch and three-quarters fell in the area during a thunderstorm last Thursday. Farmers welcomed the rain for its benefit to corn and forage crops and considered its effect as more thanWar Stamp Sales To Outfit U. S. S. HuronKEITH WHEELERA special sale of stamps to pay for the finishing touches on the U. S. S. Huron wull open July 24 in Huron in connection with a national drive to sell $130,000,000 in stamps to build a new aiu aft carrier, Shangri-La. To each person buying $1 or more in war stamps between July 24 and 31 at booths in retail stores and from sales persons on the streets will go a tag declaring: ‘ Our dollars built a fighting ship. Our dollars will keep her fighting. I’m an honorary crew member of the U. S. S. Huron.”Don Urquhart, Evening Huronite carrier, was honored by the U. S. Treasury Department with the four star wrhite victory emblem for selling over 52,168 10-cent wrar stamps to his customers and others.offsetting apy grain damage or | Isiands described the Japanese delay in harvesting. Serious crop |as one who .-can walk over acres and poultry losses from hail wereKeith Wheeler. Chicago Times war correspondent, pictured the American victory on Attu before more than 700 persons at the Huron College auditorium July 12.The former Huronite reporter, : sign to lieutenant (jg) USNR. . . . just returned from the Aleutian Transferred: Aviation Cadet Ron-Manolis to Randolph Field.HURON SERVICEMEN— WHERE AND WHAT DOINGPromoted: Corp. Howard Zwan-ziger to sergeant, at Camp White. Ore C. J. Shearer from en-reported from Yale and Carpenter.The Pheasant Council. Boy Scouts, are going camping for six weeks in the grain fields in Deuel County. They will live in camps, be supervised by camp officials and work during the day time in nearby harvest fields.= DEATHSI 20,mediate plans for the future are Mrs. Leo Claude, formerly Eula j not as yet definite but he expects Gordon of Huron, July 10 at ; to get another war coverage as-Charleston, S. C. . . . Earl Lassen, signment early in August.former assistant county agent in !--Beadle County, July 12. at Ar- ABOUT S. D. SERVICEMEN tesia Ca! . . . Mrs. Chris Holstein, c in £ t L GjH d in bus driver for CPT students I Nortk Africa slnce the first of themeSan Antonio, Tex. . . . Pvt. John of his dead pals without showing h. Vonderharr to Btrv. C, 1545 the slightest emotion, may know Service Unit, 406 Ellsworth Street, that he is forever cut off from his I afaveite Ind Purduefamily, that he can never go University. . . . George Kenneth home, yet immediately begin to Therkildsen, now training at U.S. worry about his job after the Navai Training Station. Farra-war.” Rather than surrender, gut Ida ... Bob Fletchall. phar-WLeeler said, the Japs would macists mate 3/c, recently arrived commit mass suicide. ;n South Pacific. . . . Pet. BobWheeler was in Huron visiting McDermott, from Camp Crowder, his w-ife. the former Phyllis Hoff- Mo., to 307th Trg. Gr. 25th Sq. man. and baby daughter. His im- gks. 561, Sheppard Field, Tex.at Huron airport, at Rochester,Minn., July 10. . . . Alfred Miller. ^ „J T , 10 lT menuation73, Carthage, July 12 in Huron.Henry Bates, July 17, in Hu- Jfor meritous conduct on the Tunisian battlefront thisspring. His wife1 IT „ Charles Stevenson’ Ju‘y Iside in Huron.= 17, in Huron.§ SO THEY WERE MARRIEDP. Jacobson, Sioux Falls, classmate of Major Joe Foss, promoted to captain. . . . Staff Sgt. John D. Asmussen, Emery, awarded Lt. Bernice Hastie. former Hu- j Distinguished Flying Cross. . . . ronian now in the WACs. to H. A. i Pvt, Lawrence R. Cossart, Lead. McClelland, formerly Huron, awarded Purple Heart. . . . Miss-and family re-. 1st Lt. Johnboth now in Chicago, June 27 in Chicago. Mrs. McClelland is no .v head WAC recruiting officer foring in Action: Staff Sgt. Gerard C. Erdahl, Bristol; Staff Sgt. Raymond Litzo, Rapid City; Capt.= the Chicago area.Hofer to Eldon Walter, both of Carpenter, July 10 at Carpenter. . . . Bernardine Pittman, Omaha, to Sgt. Harold Gehbard, Orient, June 21 at Orient.Catherine | Oran E. Petrich, Sturgis; 2nd Lt.Richard E. Grandpre, Conde. . . . Killed in action: Tech. 5th Gr. Rex Huska, Aurora: Tech. Sgt. Ervin Bohlander, Glenham: 2nd Lt. Christ A. Props, MitchelL. . . Pvt. Lester Laverne Jones, entered the Armored Force Replacement Training Center at Ft. Knox, Ky., for basic training.Furloughs: Pfc. Wesley Mars-ton, from Sioux City, in Huron.. . . Pvt. Wesley ‘ Mickey” Kline, took part in Pacific battle actions returned for hospitalization at Hammond General Hospital. Ward C-12, Modesto, Cal. . . . M/Sgt. Milford Seeman, returned to Camp Hood, Tex. . . . Pvt. Darles O. Erickson arrived from Camp Campbell, Ky. . . . Pfc. William S. Rudd and wife returned to Ft. Benning, Ga. . . . Pfc. John W\ Manning, returned to Ft. Worth. Tex., to resume duties as radio operator on a B-24 Liberator bomber. . . . Flight Officer and Mrs. C. C. McDougal visited in Huron for week. . . . Staff Sgt. Charles Mahoney returned to Camp Pickett, Va. . . . Tech. Sgt Lavern E. Thorpe, in MarinesCFOR ADDITIONAL HOME FRONT NEWS SEE NEXT PAGE)Four wo life savii nounced County ]awards Elaine C Berg anlt; this weeIt also v girls are ducted dSmaiThis ye* ever bef often hi BORNS will pie;ti fAveriDSTOl 702—3rdF T.DThi* dow is yot satisfaction Wire.HuroiWriting /includirJ.W.Box 423
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Huron Evening Huronite
Huron, South Dakota, US
Tue, Jul 20, 1943
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