Watertown mayoral candidate dodges finance committee questions
Watertown alderman John Low, candidate for mayor, refused to answer questions at a Monday night hearing on irregularities in the city treasurer's office. The finance committee is probing reports that aldermen viewed an advance state audit showing checks issued by Mayor B N Hagan carried as cash items, with the treasury’s shortage reduced to $0.15. Alderman Martin Gustafson said he saw the report but declined to name who showed it. the committee sought legal guidance on next steps.
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Watertown
John Low
City Council
B. H. Swover
B.N. Hagan
Martin Gustafson
Resettlement Funds Transferred For South Dakota Program
Governor Tom Berry was notified that 830.00 from the old Rural Rehabilitation Corporation treasury was moved to the Rural Settlement Administration to support resettlement work in the state. The total now stands at 2950.00, with nearly two million already spent nationwide. E H Bremer noted the funds are in addition to the regular 60,000 monthly allotment for subsistence programs aiding over 24,000 farmers in April.
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E. H. Bremer
Nor
Daly
Hand County Assessors to Confer in Miller
Hand County township and city assessors will meet in Miller on Friday April 17 called by W C Welsh head of the taxation department at Pierre. General instructions will be given at this time. The meeting is set for two o clock.
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Hand
Miller Miller
Hand County
Miller
W. C. Welsh
Pierre
Announce Dates of Military Field Day
The annual ROTC field days at State College will be held May 22. Capt. P. A. Brawner announced the unit will be inspected by an officer from the Seventh Corps Area at Fort Crook, Omaha. Plans include allowing students to view part of the inspection ceremonies.
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Brookings
S Ch. Apel
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
State College
P. A. Brawner
Unil
Seventh Corps
Fort Croek
Omaha
Neb
Registration for CCC camps in Hand County report
Names Leo Parker Miller August Boldt Miller George Fallon Rockham and Warne Fusate listed as attendees for CCC camp registration in Pierre on Tuesday at seven o'clock.
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Miller
Nynu
Pierre
CCC
Leo Parker
August Boldt
George Fallon
Rockham
Warne Fusate
Dry Weather Triggers Prairie Fires Near Preston
The farming region near Preston reports two stubble fires tied to drying conditions. A blaze on the Albert Anderson farm burned straw piles and corn stalks and threatened buildings before being controlled. A second fire on the David Paterson Jr. farm was extinguished with little damage.
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Preston Lake
Preston
Albert Anderson
David Paterson, Jr
C N W Deficit Up in 1935 Deficit Report
Chicago and North Western Railway reports a 1935 net deficit of 11 070 248 25, down from 1934. The Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha line shows a 1935 deficit of 2 202 707 87 versus 1 924 210 45 in 1934. North Western seeks relief under bankruptcy act. President Sargent reports 1934 rail revenue at 94 YBL593 48.
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North Western
Fred W. Sargent
Funeral Yesterday For Preston Pioneer
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Gutheran Church for Mrs. Simon Peterson with Rev. Eid officiating. She was buried in Lake Preston cemetery beside her husband who died about three years ago. An early pioneer, she and her husband homesteaded east of the city on Lake Whitewood after arriving in 1883, later moving to Lake Preston and then Lake Friston. She died while visiting her daughter Mrs. Carl De Long in Bradley and leaves two children.
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Preston
Lake Preston
Simon’ Peterson
Gutheran Church
BE. C. Eid
Peterson
Lake Whitewood
Lake Freston
Soil Conservation group to elect county committee in Miller
Hand County committeemen elected for the Soil Conservation program will convene in Miller on April 16. The meeting will perfect the organization and elect the county committee with a representative from the State Extension office in charge.
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Teet
Miller Onc
Soil Conservation
Miller
Hand County
State Extension Office
Hand County corn-hog payments update in 1930s raid
Hand County farmers were owed about $20,000 in the final 1934 and first 1925 corn hog payments when the AAA was struck down. Roughly one percent of the checks had arrived. no 1935 payments had been received yet, but the County Extension office anticipated the second corn-hog payments soon.
Easter Cantata Given by Frankfort Methodist Choir
The Local Methodist Church choir presented The Thorn-Crowned King Easter cantata on Sunday evening to a large attendance. Solo parts duets and quartets were performed with about 12 voices under direction of Supt L E Peterson and piano accompaniment by Miss Ruby Lindsey.
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Frankfort
L. E. Peterson
Ruby Lindsey
University Day Draws SD Seniors to Campus Tour
Vermillion April 15 The University of South Dakota will host an all day University Day on April 27 for high school seniors from South Dakota and nearby states. Activities include a welcome by I D Weeks, a one act play, a capella choir, a string quartet, lunch in Dakota Hall, and tours of campus with exhibits from applied science art business administration chemistry dramatic art and education among others.
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University of South Dakota
South Dakota
I. D. Weeks
University
Department of Art
Dakota Hall
Ccnmpus
South Dakota University Day Highlights Humanities and Museums
Seven hundred high school seniors toured the University of South Dakota during University Day, sampling subjects from English and French to geology and journalism. They also visited the university museum, noted for a large archaeological and early Indian collection in the Northwest.
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Tion
University
Northwest
University of
South Dakota
Helgeland Appointed U S Deputy Marshal Starts Sioux Falls Duty
WOONSOCKET April 13 Specially H Mike Helgeland left Monday for Sioux Falls to assume the office of United States deputy marshal to which he was recently appointed. He previously served ten years as sheriff of Sanborn County and was a member of the United States Bureau of Identification with fingerprint detection expertise. He had managed the Sanborn County Farmers Union gas and cleaning station for four and a half months before Bernard Dankey became manager.
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Helgeland
U. S
Marshall Woonsocket
Mike) Helgeland
Sioux Falls
United States
Sanborn County
United States Bureau of Identification
Farmers’ Union Gas “and Creaning
Bernard Dankey
Miller Brothers Move To Build Highway 16 Road
Trot man Brothers of Miller have moved their road building equipment to Kennebec where they began work Monday on the construction of a new road on Highway 16 between Reliance and Kennebec.
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Miller
Trotman Brothers of
Kennebec
Reliance
Bushfield Predicts Jensen Victory in South Dakota
Yankton April headlines report state Republican chairman Bushfield predicting Leslie Jensen will win the governorship this fall and that Republicans will carry the state. He spoke during a Yankton County Republican meeting, joined by Jensen, basing his statements on party dynamics.
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Bushfield
Jensen Yankton
Miller
Republican Central Committee
Leslie Jensen
South Dakota
Yankton
Yankton County
Bushield
Republican Registration Shapes South Dakota Race
The article notes a strong Republican trend statewide with a Republican victory deemed likely. Jensen, the Republican candidate, spoke briefly before Yankton County hopefuls addressed local races including unopposed treasurer candidate John Lewson and ward council contenders J. M. Drayer, Dr. C. A. Petersen, J. L. Long, Carl Krentz, and Shult who is unopposed.
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Sandidsies
John Lewson
J. M. Drayer
C. A. Petersen
JL. Long
Carl Krentz
Shult
Doland to Elect Mayor on April 21
Doland voters will go to the polls April 21 to choose a mayor treasurer and an alderman. John Mannie and C W Deeble are the candidates named in the notice.
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Doland
Doland City
John Mannie
C. W. Deeble
Funeral attendance noted in Manchester report
Mr. and Mrs. Harle Rug Lena Rug Allen Rug Mrs. Lucy Long and son Clyde of Mason City Iowa attended the funeral services of A. H. Stinchar in Manchester. They remained over Sunday and returned Monday.
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Manchester
Specis
Mrr
Harle Rug
Lena Rug
Ail
Len Rug
Lucy Long
Clyde
Mason City
A. H. Stinchar
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Haron
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Kessler
Kesslers
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Feecutirg
Lexington Ave
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