Death of Judge's Son Delays Lapke Trial
The death of Judge Frank R. Fisher's son Wayne Fisher at 7 a.m. from pneumonia complications postponed the Lapke murder trial in Miller County to next Monday. jurors were released with orders not to discuss the case. Funeral services for Fisher will be Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at the Methodist church.
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Case
Mohr
Fisher
Lapke
Anton Lapke
Ross Miller
Adam Mohr
Coonry
Eva
Dakota Wesleyan University
Mitchell
Walter
Ay Miller
Mary
Ray
Alee
Movies Adopt Code Of Ethics In Early Industry Reform
The Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America announce a new code of ethics. It restricts liquor use to essential plot needs and bans explicit crime detail and gratuitous passion. It upholds marriage sanctity and bans severe profanity and ridicule of religious figures.
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Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc
Wi U H. Tiays
Army Filers Begin Defense of Frisco SAGRAMENTO
Army fliers from across the country assemble for annual maneuvers defending the San Francisco Bay area and central California. The First Pursuit squadron has 13 planes on the line with more due, weather delaying others at Cheyenne. Initial ops consist of three-plane groups testing terrain familiarity, continuing through April 8.
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Frisco Sagramento
Selfridge Field
Mt Ciemen
Mich
Motherfield
Chicago Braces For Snowstorm On April Fool's Day
Chicago endures a new snowstorm as a late winter blizzard hits the area after a brutal March snowfall. Officials note the system was forecast with colder temperatures and Lake Michigan region impact, threatening travel and daily routines.
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Chicago
Blizzard
Weather Bureau
Lake Michigan
Census To Alter House Personnel
Washington April 1 4 Important changes in the membership of the house will automatically follow the fif teenth decennial census the ruling of which begins tomorrow reapportionment of presentation in conformity with the growth and shifting for the nations population will be made for the first time in 20 years and will be come effective with the congress elected in 1932 the census bureau estimates that 17 widely scattered states will lose an appreciate of 23 Members of the house and that it states will gain by the same number The states which probably will lose representation are Alabama Kansas Louisiana Maine Massachusetts Nebraska New York North Dakota Pennsylvania Tennessee Vermont and Virginia Missouri Indiana Iowa Kentucky and Mississippi two each The states which gain are Arizona Connecticut Florida North Carolina Oklahoma Washington California Michigan Ohio New Jersey Texas one or two each 120 000 census takers begin enumerating about 120 000 000 inhabitants with new statistical questions.
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House
Congress
Dureau
North Dakota
Census Bureau
Arizona
Connecticut
Florida
North Carolina
Oklahoma
California
Michigan
Ohio
New Jersey
Texas
Alabama
Kansas
Louisiana
Maine
Massachusetts
Nebraska
New York
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
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Virginia
Missouri
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Iowa
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Mississippi
Morrow
Highway Officers And Maintainers Meet In Kingsbury
Kingsbury county road maintainers and crews meet tonight at the county courthouse called by E L Rice county highway superintendent. Highway patrolmen from the county and invited neighbors plus Kingsbury commissioners will attend with Vernon J Clarke of Huron and state highway commission members expected. About 35 locals are expected and a luncheon will precede the session.
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Kingsbury
E. L. Rice
Kingsbury County
State Highway Commissionery
Mr. Rice
Vernon J. Clarke
Huron
State Commission
Kings Bury County Court House
Seek Compromise At Rail Rate Conference
A compromise schedule of freight rates for sand and gravel in South Dakota was sought in Sioux Falls at a conference with railroad officials, state traffic commissioners, and a representative of the state railway commission. Carriers and the railroad commission disputed rates after railroads opposed a recent commission order that set rates lower than the 10 percent reduction once recommended by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Sioux Falls
South Dakota
State Railway Commission
Railroad Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Outlaw Oil Well Spreads Fire and Fear Across City
A massive Oklahoma City oil well continues a violent gusher spreading petroleum spray over fields and towns. Fire crews and residents brace as winds shift and the massive flow threatens homes, with authorities posting firefighting units and urged window closures.
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Oklahoma City
Usher
Oklahoma
Bodine City
Derviers
Woman Accepts Hard Census Job
A Texas woman in Pecos County will begin census work on horseback with a tent and supplies. She faces vast, roadless canyons and remote districts as she surveys 120,000 families across Alpine and Brewster County, enduring months of camping and travel to reach all areas.
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Case
Alpine
Brewster County
Open discussion on socialism at Hartwich home
An evening gathering at 905 Ohio Avenue Southwest featured Prof Daniel J. Gage of Huron College introducing Paul Porter of the League for Industrial Democracy to lead a talk on socialism in the United States A late evening lunch was served to guests
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United States
Hi. A. Hartwich
Ohio Avenue
Daniel J. Gage
Huron College
Paul Porter
League For Industrial Democracy
Muscle Shoals Is Issue In Senate
The Senate again debates the Norris plan for government operation of the Muscle Shoals nitrogen and power project in Alabama. The measure would create a government corporation to manage the nitrate plants and Tennessee River dam, with a Cove Creek dam to serve as a reservoir, funding a $34 million facility. The proposal faces House hostility and past administrations concerns.
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Muscle Shoals
Senate
Claudius Huston
Republican National Committee
Tmiaston
Tenenessue River Improvement Association
Congress
Tennessee River
Henry Ford
Ford
House
Norris Resolution
Alsa
Clinch River
Cove Creek
Tennessee
Hayes Elected Sioux City Mayor in Sweep
Hayes former city health commissioner won the Sioux City mayoral race by a large margin over incumbent Huff. Two council members, Whittemore and another anti administration member, were defeated, while Milton Perry Smith survived. An airport bond issue of 200,000 dollars passed in Des Moines but Cedar Rapids rejected a similar measure.
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James B Whittemore
D. Spence Lewis
Milton Perry Smith
Park
Iowa
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Fishermen Line Trout Brooks In The Black Hills Open Season
Rapid City reports the first day of trout season with many anglers at Black Hills brooks. Early catches not yet evident, but local merchants note brisk gear sales for about two weeks before opening, with unofficial counts around four hundred anglers.
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Rapid City
Black Hills
Wagner plan urged to study public works with federal role
Green, head of the American Federation of Labor, told a Senate committee that 3,700,000 wage earners were unemployed in February and urged passage of the Wagner plan to create a commission for public works planning. The plan would fund a federal employment agency and unemployment data collection. Helen Hall and Clinch Caulking supported the proposal, citing studies from settlements and broader unemployment impacts.
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American Federation of Labor
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Charles Marquis Mercil
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Goober and Tam To Enrich South Says Dr. Carver
Tuskegee Institute agronomist Dr. George W. Carver outlines 200 peanut uses and 100 sweet potato uses. He cites oils, medicines, paper, dyes, synthetic milk, vegan foods and more, plus starch and tapioca from sweet potatoes as key fields for Dixie agriculture. He notes Carver’s rise from Missouri birth to Arkansas upbringing and Iowa State botanist tenure before Tuskegee.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Dixie Agriculture
George W. Carver
Tuskegee Institute
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Pointe
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Georgia
Iowa State College
Missouri
Arkansas
Weather record shows trace of snow in Sioux Falls
Trace of snow marked the past month in Sioux Falls with only 0.05 inch of total precipitation in March. Weather bureau officials released the data noting the driest March in 40 years of records.
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Sioux Falls
Weather Bureau
Weather Outlook for Huron South Dakota
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with rising temperatures. Warmer conditions expected across the region, producing above normal highs and mild overnight lows in the area.
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Huron
Japan Seeks Unaltered Reed Matsudaira Pact Terms
Tokyo informs London delegation to keep tonnage figures intact while adding four reservations. Japan aims to avoid prejudice on tonnage and gun calibers, preserve right to revise submarine plans, insist on a 1936 end date, and seek a capital holiday clause. Britain France talks show signs of progress toward a five power or three power framework amid Italian parity issues.
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London
Japan
America
Great Britain
Hamaguchi
Baron Shidebs
Hediio Wimitsaki
Hameguchi
Imperial Palace
Hiro-Hito
Ouvine
Matsudaira
Woman Identified as Duchess of Leinster
In London a mysterious woman identified as May Bheridge, actress and wife of Lord Ward Fitzgerald, was taken to a hospital after a sudden violent incident at a London suburb home. The duchess, reportedly conscious, was described by a landlady as involved in a disturbing scene before the ambulance arrived.
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Poland
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Foland
Crosby
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Ploniywood
London
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Duchess of Leinster
May Bheridge
Wadsworth
Lord Ward Fitzgerald
Reward Soldiers For Artistic Genius Proposal
Washington reports a bill by Representative McSwain of South Carolina to establish a soldiers medal of merit for officers and enlisted men who render conspicuous service to science literature or art aiding the nation’s defense. A separate soldier’s hero medal would honor those saving property or lives at personal risk.
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Washington
McSwain
South Carolina
Paving Plans For Sioux Falls Highway 16 West
Sioux Falls district officials discussed paving eight and a half miles of Highway 16 west of Sioux Falls in West Central Brook area. The project would be added to the 1930 paving bill under the state highway program, extending hard surfaced roads in Minnehaha County.
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Wbe
J. M. Brown
Wuron
Si Highway Commission
C. T. Cnock
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