Plan Test Case On Refunding Bill Plan Test Case On Refunding Bill WATERTOWN
State's Attorney Alan D L Austin announced a test case to resolve a clerical error in a legislative bill authorizing refunding floating indebtedness and possibly invalidate Senate Bill No 22 dated Dec 31 1939. a date should read Dec 31 1938. Bond attorneys from Minneapolis advised the test case and cooperating counties plan to share court costs.
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Watertown
Alan DL. Austin
Codington County
Austity
Minneapolis
County bond sales totals by district reach hundreds of thousands
Kingsbury County has sold 50 000 in bonds Brown 390 000 Day 135 000 Edmunds 100 000 Faulk 100 000 Spink 100 000 Davison 30 000 and Walworth 30 000, a clerical error appears to affect the final tally across districts.
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Kingsbury County
Brown
Day
Edmunds
Faulk
Spink
Davison
Walworth
State Librarian Refuses To Take Job Amid Protests
Miss Ellen Bliss of Vermillion declined the appointed director post at the South Dakota Free Library Commission after protests by women's clubs over her lack of librarian training. Governor Bushfield announced the resignation on April 6. The vacancy follows Mrs. Celeste Barnes leaving June in Aberdeen. Bliss will join the state Social Security Department.
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Celeste Barnes
Aberdeen
Free Library Commission
Barnes
Miss Bliss
State Social Security Department
Anderson To Manage Gas Tax Collections
Pierre April 8 Appointment of C J Anderson of Chamberlain to succeed Joe Adrian as manager of the motor fuel tax collection department announced by State Treasurer W G Douglas. Anderson is a former Brule County treasurer and recently a firmman for the Federal Land Bank of Omaha. The change becomes effective about April 15. Douglas also appointed Glen Haugen Garden City to replace John Judd Flancreau as chief clerk in the department.
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John Judd
Flancreau
Ex-Soldiers Urged to Enlist in Minute-Men Reserve
Washington April 6. The War Department appealed to former soldiers to join a new minute man reserve for quick war service. Radio broadcasts began to raise slack quotas as the army targets 75,000 recruits in four years from men under 46. They would be paid 24 dollars a year but not drill. General Malin Craig said early enrollments were slow but rising, with 5,100 joined in January and about 27,090 expected by July 1.
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Washington
War Department
Malin Craig
Congress
Craig
Water mains in Alpena near completion
Alpena begins late spring work on west side water mains delayed by pipe shortages. The project, nearly two blocks of new main and two new fire hydrants, will extend city water service to many homes previously without it and is slated for completion by week’s end.
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Alpena Alpena
Alpena
Two Indians Held On Federal Theft Charges
Sioux Falls April 6. Bennie White Boar 19 and Lloyd Gaings 19 both of the Pine Ridge Reservation were held today as federal prisoners on larceny charges on an Indian Reservation. Douglas White Rapid City was also held in Pennington County jail on a federal larceny charge. Charles W Robertson States marshal reported these charges.
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Sioux Falls
Bennie White Boar
Lloyd Gaings
Pire Ridge
Charles W. Robertson
Douglas White
Rapid City
Pennington County
Injured in Fall Blunts Mrs Wor Van Schaaick in Hospital
Mrs. Wor H. Van Schaaick, returning from Wisconsin, was injured in a fall down stairs at a friend's home and is receiving care at Brookings Hospital. The incident occurred during a visit, with her return originally expected on Monday.
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Blunt
Wor H. van Schaaick
Wisconsin
Brookings Hospital
Redfield Man Named To Board Of Turkey Cooperative Setup
Thomas Croll of St. Paul was named general manager as the Great Northern Turkey Cooperative Inc reported handling over three million pounds of turkeys and poultry in its first year. The group coordinates 25 co operative pools across Minnesota, the Dakotas, Colorado, Wyoming, eastern Montana and western Nebraska. Elected directors include Fen Cossman, Alex Lind, Eli Evans, Charles Dykstra. Hare Anderson remains president with Glenn Talbot as vice president and Ray Melvin as secretary treasurer.
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Redfield
Board of Turkey Cooperative
ST. Paul
Great Northern Turkey Co-operative, Inc
Thomas C. Croll
Minnesota
South Dakota
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Nebraska
Hare Anderson
Henry
Ned
Glenn Talbot
Jamestown
N. D
Ray Melvin
Mankato
Kingsbury Farmers In Fields As Planting Advances
In Kingsbury County farmers push spring sowing as wheat and small grain go in with ideal weather. More land is being occupied, live stock increases, and mare lanes will be planted longer than in years past. Moisture supports grain germination and optimism runs high among growers. Don Hansen of Stickney, superintendent of Stickney schools, was in Mitchell with his parents visiting a son hospitalized for appendicitis.
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PasSoon
Charles A. Sayre
Mare Lane
Kingsbury
Donald Hanson
Mitchell Reapele Woonsocket
Chris Hansen
Mitchell
Donald
Stickney
Woonsocket Visitors Spend Weekend in Town
United States Deputy M. H. Holgeland of Sioux Falls and his wife spent the weekend in Woonsocket visiting locals and enjoying the area.
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Woonsocket
United States
Shall M. H. Holgeland
Sioux Falls
Use Dormitory For 7 Service Club Meeting
The Doland Service Club met at the dining hall of the Girls Dormitory. Otto Kitzman presided, discussing club benefits to businessmen and plans for the coming year. Proposed projects include summer recreational lot prep, rebirth of the Farmer's Elevator, a Doland summer band, and a Doland baseball team. Local businesses praised include the South Dakota Benevolent Association, the Doland Sales Company, and an insurance firm. Tax payment methods used in other towns were reviewed.
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Doland
Doland Service Club
South Dakota Benevolent Association
Doland Sales Company
Dust Storm Hits Blunt After Morning Rain
Blunt reports a severe dust storm Monday despite a trace of rain in the morning. Local residents and officials monitor visibility and air quality as dust swirls over the town and surrounding yards.
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Blunt
Blunt Briefs Record Mild Spring Visit and Traffic Note
A 1939 event struck this place around 4 pm Tuesday on a northeasterly wind with visibility cut to less than a quarter mile at times. Special reports note L. D. Howard of Pierre visiting Blunt on a highway department business trip, and C. Robinson of Yakima transacted business in the Blunt area.
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Blunt
c.Robinson
Yakima, Wash
L. D. Howard
Pierre
Tuey
Highway Department
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