Prohibition Vote Momentum In Early U S Politics
WASHINGTON April 16 Activ ity toward resubmission of the eighteenth amendment grew as June convention plans formed for both major parties Then Wyoming dorm leaders Kendrick and Carey urged bringing prohibition to a public vote In Richmond Bishop Can nan Jr backed Byrd plan for a popular vote New York Democrats endorsed repeal and Roosevelt praised it Chicago said a roll call could test repeal support Several states including New York Iowa Maine Michigan Minnesota Washington favored a vote while Arkansas Louisiana Kentucky Oklahoma Georgia Missouri and others took varied stands or ignored the issue
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Washington
Capitol
Kendrick
Carey
Richmond
James Canisn, Jr
Harry F. Byrd
Byrd
New York
the Times
John J. Raskel
Democratic National Committee
New York State
Gov
Roosevelt
Chicago
Nicholas Murray Butler
Hays
Iowa
Maine
Michigan
Minnesota
Arkansas
Louisiana
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Missouri
Georgia
Congress
Connecticut
Florida
Kansas
Virginia
New Mexico
North Carolina
Hay
Hoover
House Economy Committee
Representative McDuffie
Alabama
Ohio Office Blast Spurs Hunt For Clues
Investigators pressed for evidence to determine if the Ohio state office building explosion was criminal or accidental. Eight dead, many injured, and extensive damage loom as Gov. White vows strict punishment if vandals caused the blast. Explosives experts offered a mixed preliminary view while other investigators weighed sewer or natural gas theories. Officials expect final conclusions on whether high power explosives produced the widespread destruction from the basement up through the upper floors. Sheriff searches continued for 100 pounds of dynamite reported missing from a London power plant.
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Ohio
Columbus
George White
Londen, O
Walker Seeks Aid for May Beer Demonstrations
New York Mayor James J. Walker aims to stage large beer parades on May 14 to pressure Congress to legalize beer and impose a tax. He solicited cooperation from mayors of big cities, the American Federation of Labor and the American Legion. Berlin orders inquiry into rival military groups.
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Walker
New York
James J. Walker
Nsd
Congress
Aet
American Federation of Labor
American Legion
No-Belt Rule Troubles Coast Police
Los Angeles April 16. A new no belt order for the local police aims at faster pistol draws but bars suspenders, leaving officers in a bind. A sergeant testing the rule ran two steps and saw his pants fall, tripping him as his hip pocket and service pistol tumbled in a comic mishap.
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Los Angeles
Receivers Appointed for Middle West Utilities
Samuel Insull Edward Hurley and Charles McCullouch were named receivers for Middle West Utilities. Bonds set at 100000 each by Federal Judge Walter C Lindley after equity proceedings and petitions filed by Lincoln Printing. The trio met with the judge before the announcement and Insull was proposed as an officer of the company.
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Chicago
Samuel Insul
Opstator
Edward N. Hurley
U. S. Shipping Board
Charles McCullouch
Taxicap
Middle West Utilities Company
Insull
Walter C. Lindley
Consel
Middle West Company
Middle West
Washington Bicentennial Aid Planned For Mount Rushmore Event
The Washington bicentennial commission will work with South Dakota interests to plan an August celebration near the Mount Rushmore likeness of the first president. Representative Williamson and Senator Norbeck met with Sol Broom of New York, aiding the project. Work to complete the Washington bust resumes in June under sculptor Gutzon Berglum.
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Washington
Man Sets Sentence Two Years For Post Office Robbery
Alan L. Wright a 23 year old wanderer was sentenced in federal court to two years for robbing a Portal North Dakota post office. Judge Andrew Miller reduced the term to one year and a day after Wright said he should serve two years. Wright pleaded guilty to taking 143.10 and promised to go straight upon release.
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Fargo
N. D
Alan L. Wright
Wanderer
Andrew Miller
Wright
Portal
Miller
Police Wounded In Fight With Madman In Duluth
West Duluth officers Sergeant John Zharacki and Patrolman L W Doran were badly slashed when confronting Swan Hagelund 65 who attacked an 11 year old boy after being driven from his home by a tear gas bomb. Hagelund cut Doran's shoulder and severed the sergeant's thumb before officers subdued him. the boy Michael Nedesky identified Haglund as the attacker.
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Madman
Duluth
Minn
John Zharacki
L. W. Doran
West Duluth
Swan Hagelund
Doran
Michael Nedesky
Weather update for Haros and South Dakota areas
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with a slight drop in temperature. In northeast South Dakota, fair skies prevail with cooler tonight and a warmer stretch expected Sunday.
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Haros
South Dakota
Plan Drawing Contest Offers Cash Prizes to Public
Twenty four Huron contractors and sponsors including The Evening Houronite invite entries for a plan drawing contest with 159 in cash prizes. Entries qualify for 10 to 40 prizes plus a 5 percent discount on building costs. contest runs until May 14 with entrants receiving a free Planning a Home booklet.
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Huron
Evening Houronite
Evening Huronite
New Treasseaa
Huronite
Fair City Pairt & Glass Company
Johnson & Sewell
Axelred’s
Eilers Green House, Inc
J. F. Anderson Lumber Company
George C. Hunt
E. A. Pugsley Plumbing and Heating
Northwestern Public Service Company
Huron Electric Company
Electric Service Company
Huron Construction Company
Gust Jacobson Construction Company
Nelson Construction Company
Frank Joehn Construction Company
T. M. Calvert
Waibel Hardware Company
Wagner Draperies & Dry Goods
Montgomery Ward && Co. National
Bank of Huron
Security National Bank
Huron Building & Loan Association
Dakota
Rush Work Of Raising James River Dam Here
City workers from the streets and water department advance on raising the James River dam two more feet. Under supervision of Dan Wagner the streets and public property commissioner, heavy timbers stones and clay are laid atop the structure to impound the water flowing over the dam.
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James River
City Streets and Water Department
City
Dan Wagner
Hitchcock Students Compete in District Commercial Meet
Four Hitchcock high school students left for Huron to compete in the district commercial meet. Eunice Thomas and Bert Steffen are senior class representatives, with Mildred Riemath and Maxine Sutter representing the junior class.
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Hitchcock
Hitchcock High School
Huron
Eunice Thomas
Bert Steffen
Mildred Riemath
Maxine Sutter
New Type Of Thief Is Easy To Handle
Chicago police report a novel burglar who stands and waits for arrest and is made of pasteboard. Fred Hayward tipped off, claiming to see a burglar in a golf store. Two squads surrounded the shop, shouted for surrender, then smashed the door to reveal a pasteboard figure behind a post identified by Hayward as the crook.
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Chicago
Welter Hagen
Fred Hayward
Hayward
Naming Of Island Slayer In Massie Case Proceedings
Honolulu April 16 Immediate fulfillment of a defense promise to name one of the four accused as the slayer of Joseph Kuhahiwai was sought by the prosecution in the lynching case here today. Exclusion of testimony relating to the attack on Mrs. Thalia Massie with which Kahahawali and four others were charged also was sought. Lieutenant Massie resumes the stand to relate the attack on his wife as attorneys argue admissibility of testimony. Clarence Darrow, ill but improving, is expected to be ready in court. Prosecutor Kelley will seek to have Darrow name which defendant would admit shooting and plead insanity.
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Honolulu
Joseph Kuhahiwai
Thalia Massie
Kahahawali
Thomas H. Massie
Darrow
John C. Kelley
Darren
Jacobson Takes Charge Of Seed Loans In Huron
Sam Jacobson, field inspector for the Department of Agriculture, arrives in Huron to oversee federal seed loan supervision in Beadle, Spink and Clark counties. He will compare loan applications with actual plantings, supervise collections, and operate from the Federal building, with April 20 as the loan approval deadline. His home is Wakonda and he previously worked in the Minneapolis seed loan division.
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Jacobson
Sam Jacobson
Department of Agriculture
Huron
Beadle
Spink and Clark
Mr. Jacobson
Wakonda
Minneapolis
Seed Loan Division
Plan To Reduce Fire Hazards In Minnesota
The Minnesota state conservation commission approved a 500000 project to reduce highway and roadside fire hazards and relieve unemployment. The plan seeks certificates of indebtedness for dams and ditches to supply water for fire fighting in northern areas prone to brush and timber fires. Fellenser, formerly of Hi, visited Huron on business before returning to Fremont, Nebraska.
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St, Paul
State Conservation Commission
Minnesota
Fellenser
Huron
Fremont
Neb
Demos Victorious In Opening Fight Over Registration
South Dakota Democrats won the first skirmish in a legal battle over voter registrations when the state supreme court ordered Pennington county auditor M K Steele to register about 1,500 voters or show cause on April 20. The cards were deemed invalid because they were Democratic cards not issued by the auditor and lacked official printing. The case could affect thousands seeking to switch from Republican to Democratic in the May primary.
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Pennington County
M. Q. Sharpe
Democratic Party
T. B. Thorson
Rapid City
South Dakota
Thorson
Stanley Brekhus
Thorsen
Pennington
Werner
Theo. B. Werner
H. B. Fellows
Thorson Denn
Philip
Brekhts
Murdered Man Not Resident Of Miller
Sioux Falls April 16. Belief grows that a man found slain on Highway 16 near here four years ago was Roy Davis of Miller. Davis’ parents reported yesterday that photographs and description did not match their son. A message to Sheriff John H. Johnson’s office a week ago suggested the victim might be Davis, who had been missing five years. The man was fatally injured in November 1924 and efforts to identify him failed.
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Miller
Sioux Falls
Highway 16
Here
Roy Davis
Davis
John H. Johnson
Aberdeen seeks suspension on canned goods rates
Aberdeen traffic bureau of the Chamber of Commerce asks the Interstate Commerce Commission to suspend and study reduced rates on canned goods from Wisconsin points via Chicago and North Western to Sunneypals St Paul Duluth and Superior. Some May 1 discounts reach 35 percent while Aberdeen and other South Dakota cities do not receive similar cuts. The railroad cites stiffer competition in South Dakota as the reason.
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Aberdeen
Traffic Bureau
The
Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce Today
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wisconsin
Chicago and North Western Railway
Sunneypals
St. Paul
Duluth
Super
South Dakota
Fever Laying Hens Reach Eight-Year Low in South Dakota
On April 1 the average number of hens and pullets of laying age on crop reporter farms in South Dakota was 102, the smallest in eight years, with 41 percent of the flock laying. Federal statistician C. J. Borum released the figures noting chick habitat and year-to-year stability in pullet numbers.
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South Dakota
C. J. Borum
Federal Agricultural Statistician
Mineral values in Mlinole de clinbarf exceed sum in 1523 to 138
The report notes mineral values in Mlinole de clinbarf surpassing 160.9 million between the years 1523 and 138. The data highlights notable mineral wealth but the dates appear inconsistent. Further archival verification needed.
Definite Factors Point To Orderly Economic Recovery In America
President Hoover argues that pessimism is unwarranted and several definite factors indicate an orderly recovery. He cites banking aids, restrained legislative alarm, and growing confidence as key drivers. expects quick passage of a tax bill and rejects a $2 billion bonus plan. The economy campaign and credit expansion are highlighted as essential.
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America
Hoover
Washington
House
Congressional
Senate
Congress
Executive Branch
Federal Reserve System
Norbeck-Steagall Bill Endorsed by Farmers Union Board
Sioux Falls April 16 The Farmers Union Agricultural Credit corporation board closed its session endorsing no Norbeck-Steagall bill. It urged a more lenient policy by intermediate credit banks for appraisements and 1X percent coverage for stock cattle as for feeders. The board stressed livestock must receive immediate attention to sustain agriculture’s reconstruction role.
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Sioux Falls
Norbeck-Steagall
Farmers Union Agricultural Credit Corporation
Central West
Sues Standard Oil For Garage Losses
BELLE FOURCHE April 16 The largest damage suit in Butte county history was filed by A G Powers Belle Fourche seeking 56000 from Standard Oil company of Indiana for losses in a fire at the Powers Automobile garage here April 11 1923 The complaint alleges displaced pipes to gasoline tanks and failure by company employees to check them leading to an explosion and fire.
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Standard Oil
Belle Fourche
Butte County
A. G. Powers
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Powers
Powers Automobile Company
Commercial Students Compete At Aberdeen
Commercial students from Eureka Redfield Groton Ipswich Stratford Rockham and Claremont opened competition in the district commercial contest in Aberdeen Winners of the first three places in each event will advance to state contests in Rapid City April 30 Aberdeen May and May 7 at Mughali
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Aberdeen
Eureka
Redfield
Groton
Ipswich
Stratford
Rockham
Claremont
Rapid City
Mughali
Electrified Fence Leads To Charges
YANKTON April 16 Charges filed against Mrs Joseph Janousek of Lesterville widow of a former Yankton county attorney allege she erected an electrically wired fence that burned a 12 year old girl Evelyn Taecka causing partial paralysis in one arm. Preliminary hearing began yesterday and was continued to next Thursday as county attorney weighs possible charges such as malicious mischief or maiming.
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Yankcon
Joseph Janousek
Lesterville
Yankton County
Janousek
Evelyn Taecka
Developments In Search Are Few In Lindbergh Case
HOPEWELL New Jersey April 16 On the forty sixth day since the Lindbergh baby kidnapping officials report minimal progress Rear Admiral Guy H Burrage says John H Curtis of Norfolk recently returned from a secret mission contacted the kidnapers Dean Dobson-Peacock Norfolk intermediary believes the child is alive and well Dr John F Condon says he has nothing new to report A young woman claiming to be Greta Gray visited the Lindbergh home but police say she was given a ride into Trenton by off duty detectives No Greta Gray is listed in Minneapolis directories Mrs W A Butler Lindberghs aunt says she knows of no Greta Gray among Lindbergh friends
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Hopewell
N. J
Guy H. Burrage
Norfolk
John H. Curtis
Dean H. Dobson-Peacock
John F. Condon
Jassie
Greta Gray
Minneapolis
Col. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Trenton
Treton
W. A. Butler
Col Lindbergh
Anti-Saloon League Adopts Prohibition Poll Resolution
The Virginia Anti-Saloon League adjourned after a two day session closing with a resolution expressing willingness to settle the prohibition issue at the polls in a rational guarded constitutional manner. The move aligns with Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
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Anti-Saloon League
Richmond
Virginia Anti-Saloon League
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Sleepwalking man found unconscious after fall in New York
In Sound Sleepes New York on April 16 a man named P Ditis Tasina Somamanibulist walked out a second story window, climbed two flights of stairs, and went back to bed without waking. His wife found him bruised and still snoring.
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New York
Tasina
Somamanibulist
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McCulloch
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McDuffie
Norbeck-Steagall Bill
Burrage
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