Statute Ruled Void Over Five to Three County Commission Change
South Dakota supreme court voids 1917 law reducing Gregory county from five to three commissioners for vagueness and uncertainty. Court says no clear method to pick eliminated members. five commissioners remain. Case brought by Ole N. Ison amid 1932 election and districting controversy. Judge Dwight Campbell notes lack of explicit legislative intent.
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Pierre
South Dakota Supreme Court
Ole N. Ison
Gregory County
Dwight Campbell
Supreme Court
Open Forum urge to make trees a citizen hobby
A writer argues in South Dakota lore that youths should plant and care for trees and shrubs to transform prairie land into a Garden of Eden. He recalls early planting in 1883, urges building groves, ponds, and dams, and stresses ongoing cultivation for climate and beauty.
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Young Citizen Leaguerst
South Dakota
N.lture
Baked Ham Recipe Wins Honorable Mention in Home Hints
Mrs. Border Dimsen of Hitchcock submits a Baked Ham recipe for the Home Hints contest. The dish uses smoked ham flour milk cream and pepper baked to 325 degrees for 30 minutes yielding a gravy via flour and milk and serves six.
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Oy Winn
Dimsen
Radio Features The Best In Radioland Ends Tonight
Moonshine and honeysuckle in the Kentucky mountains radio serial ends after 132 weeks. A new show Folks from Dixie by Carelton Moss debuts with Jennie Jackson a Negro mammy inherits a fortune. List of weekday NBC CBS and local station program highlights follows.
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C_E. BUTTERFIELD
Central Standard
New York
Weafnbc
Kentucky Mountains
Dixie
Carelton Moss
Jennie Jackson
Huron Woman Chosen to Teach Seventh Grade at Miller
Clara Murphy of Huron was elected by the Miller board to teach the seventh grade replacing Enid Martin. Murphy has led Orient school as principal for five years and was chosen from many applicants. Martin leaves Miller for a contract in Pukwana South Dakota to coach girls basketball and teach seventh and eighth grades.
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Miller
Board of Education
Clara Murphy
Huron
Renegades of the West and Sailor’s Luck at Bijou and Huron
A western adventure Renegades of the West stars Tom Keene as a vengeance seeker who fuses with criminals to uncover their gang and exact revenge aided by Roscoe Ates. Also at Bijou and Huron theaters are comedies and dramas including Sailor’s Luck with Sally Eilers and James Dunn and Tomb Store Canyon western thriller with Ken Maynard.
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Tom
Keene
Roscoe Ates
Cerhes
Chester Morris
Genevieve Tobin
Huron
Sally ‘Eilers
James Duan
Navy
Spain
Eddie Cantor
BIJOU
Tomb Store Canyon
Ken Maynard
Safflower Seed Tested by U.S. Dept in Northern Plains
The federal agriculture department tests safflower seed in the northern plains to assess its oil use in paints and enamels. While not urging farmers to plant now due to no established market, officials see potential and aim to gather reliable data. Safflower grows in Egypt and India and shows best results in spring wheat regions of North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska and Montana. Proponents believe demand could shift some wheat acreage to safflower production.
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Federal Agriculture Department
Northern Plains
Egypt
India
United States
North
South Dakota
Minnesota
Nebraska
Montana
Child's Skull Fractured After Crib Fall
Sperian Dorothy Johnson a 15 month old girl fell from a crib in the yard and was pierced by a nail protruding from a lath. She suffered a skull fracture but is reported to be making satisfactory recovery.
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Conde
Sperian
Dorothy
Stanley Johnson
Wolsey High School Apr 20 schedules and events
Wolsey high school lists a full year plan by Supt F W Wardman with events from April 20 to May 19. Activities include state music contest in Vermilion, grade operetta, track meets in Aberdeen and Huron, junior senior banquet in Huron, Smith Hughes contests in Brookings, senior play His Best Investment, baccalaureate at Presbyterian church, examinations, commencements, and grade and high school picnics. Also Col John M True and Mrs True depart Sioux Falls for Boston where True will assume command at the Boston army base.
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Wolsey High School
Wolsey
Wolsey School
F. W. Wardman
Vermillion
Aberdeen
Marvin Hughitt
Huron
Smith Hughes
Brookings
Opera House
Presbyterian Church
Col. True
Sioux Falls
John M. True
South Dakota
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