Bassett Aberdeen Banker Dies in California
John C. Bassett 65 of Aberdeen, a pioneer banker and longtime Aberdeen National Bank leader, died in a Los Angeles hospital after months of illness. He chaired the bank's board and sat on the First Bank Stock corporation board, with survivors including his widow, a son, and three daughters. Funeral services planned in Aberdeen.
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Los Angeles
J. C. Bassett
Aberdeen, & D
Aberdeen
John C. Bassett
Willimantle
Connn
Bassett
Minneapolis
South Dakota
Commercial State Bank
Langford
Aberdeen National Bank
Aberdeen National
First Bank Stock Corporation
Huron
American Bankers’ Association
Clarke Bassett
Dale Goldthwaite
Yankton
Clarence Hoteler
End of Cold Weather Foreseen in South Dakota
The government weather forecast predicts the end of a week of cold snaps in South Dakota with frost and freezing tonight. Warmer conditions are expected tomorrow, ending the chilly spell that began Monday. Temperatures dropped to 24 degrees at Watertown and a trace of moisture was reported in Yankton as skies were mostly clear.
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Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Watertown
Yankton
Adams Renamed to State Commission on Feeble Minded
Pierre April 24 Governor Warren Green announced the reappointment of Dr G3 Adams Yankton and Lewis Larson Sioux Falls to the state commission for control of the feeble minded for four year terms. F Willbite superintendent of the Redfield state school remains as third member. The commission gains powers after July 1 under the recently passed law.
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Pierre
G3. Adams
Yankton
Lewis Larson
Sioux Falls
State Commission
Warren Green
F. Willbite
Redfield
Meteor Rights Dispute Over Meteor Fragment in Nebraska
In Herman Nebraska on April 15 a blazing meteor fragment struck farmland rented by Peter Christensen and buried 18 inches deep. Carrie Voss of Omaha, owner of the land, said she is pursuing legal channels to claim the meteor rights if the law allows. An offer of 500 dollars was refused.
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Omaha
Peter Christensen
Herman
Neb
Carrie Voss
Move to new county home for three elderly residents
Omaha reports three senior women agreed to relocate from the Divas county hospital after initial resistance. Officials describe the new county home, costing 70,900 dollars, as the best in the country and suitable for their needs.
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Omaha
Weather Huren Unevttied Teulgtl
A weather bulletin notes unsettled conditions with scattered showers and cooler temperatures. Forecast calls for variable winds and possible thunderstorms late day across coastal and inland areas.
Plumed Plums or Pussy Willows Crews at Block Garden
In Chicago, Detective Sergeant Anton Schultz, famed for crook catching, tries a spring gardening scheme after urging Mrs Schultz to plant 200 young sprouts for himself and neighbors. The plan backfires when children return from school with pussy willow sprouts instead of plum trees, revealing a mix up in plant identification.
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Shicago
Serpesnt Anton Schultz
Schultz
Nature
Flying Dutchman Fokker praises Balchen over Byrd flight
Anthony Fokker in his autobiography asserts Bernt Balchen deserved major credit for the trans Atlantic flight with Richard E. Byrd. Balchen dismisses Fokker’s account as lacking new details while Byrd comments he has not read the piece.
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Fokker
Bernt Balchen
New York
Riverside Drive
Anthony H. G. Fokker
Richard E. Byrd Fokker
Bruce Gould
Byrd
Bernt Balchenbeth
Paris
Lindbergh
Fok~ker
St. Louis
Richard E. Byrd
Anthony Fokker
Bernt Batchen
America
Balchen
Pynchon And Company Suspended By Exchange
New York firm Aptil and Company was suspended from membership in the New York Stock Exchange for insolvency. The action was announced from the exchange rostrum this afternoon, noting the firm also holds memberships in 13 other markets in the United States and abroad.
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Pynchon and Company
Pynchon New York, Aptil and Company
New York Stock Exchange
United States
Journalism Says Dull Business In News Deaths Forgiven
Josephus Daniels of the Raleigh News and Observer declares at a Raleigh gathering that only dull journalism is unforgivable noting the public forgives dying or stealing but not dullness. A Missouri River body found by fishing youths was buried, authorities seek to identify it as part of the Big Mains mystery.
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Raleigh
N.C
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh News and Observer
North Carolina Collegiate Press Association
Daniels
Yankton
Missouri
Eavets
McKellar Faults Hoover Farm Board Over Marketing Act
United States Senator Kenneth D. McKellar of Tennessee told the American Cotton Shippers Association in New Orleans that President Hoover and the Federal Farm Board have made a woeful failure of the agricultural marketing act. He urged reform or repeal and proposed qualifications for board members, prohibition on futures gambling and cornering, and broader lending to all farmers. Construction firms and material suppliers gathered in Huron for bids on a $250,000 sewage disposal plant, with bids to open tomorrow and an estimated completion between October and November.
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Farm Board
New Orleans
United States
Kenneth D. McKellar
Tennessee
American Cotton Shippers Association
Hoover
Federal Far Board
McKellar
McNary-Haugen
Huron
James Fives
O. A. Ricker
Union Construction Co
Des Moines
Sioux Falls Construction Co
Sion Falls
Dearborn Construction Co
Waterloo
Iowa
S. W. Jonason & Co
Forest City
Huron Construction Co
Phelpa-Drake Co
Minneapolis
Associated General Contractors of America
Pore States Improvement Co
St.1
L. Roger Construction Co
Valley Junction
Theo Jensen
St. Cloud
Coomer and Small Co
Sioux City
Pioneer Bridge Co
Mitchell
Stevens Brothers
St. Paul
Alexander
G. E. Tilman
Centralia
Predictions of Gains in Advertising and Industry
Charles M. Schwab, chairman of Bethlehem Steel, predicts advertising, home building, electrification, and the auto industry will achieve large gains within ten years. He spoke at a Bureau of Advertising address of the American Newspaper Publishers Association at the Hotel Pennsylvania. He noted the growing size of American corporations and that investors in big industries rarely manage their own properties.
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New York
Charles m. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Pennsylvania
Schwab
Courts May Decide On Reapportionment In Minnesota
An early court action could settle Minnesota's congressional reapportionment. Gov Floyd B Olson vetoed a plan to replace ten districts with five. Legislators argue veto not required. Emil E Holmes sought a at large candidacy but SOS refused filing. Holmes planned to pursue a test suit.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Floyd B. Olson
Emil EK. Holmes
Minneapolis
Holmes
Wessington Springs Honors Girl Valedictorian in 1931 Class
In Wessington Springs the 1931 high school graduating class honors girls with Laurel Holcomb named valedictorian and Jan Cutler along with Helen Cutler as salutatorians. The class, the largest yet with about 50 graduates, will hear Fr Richard Fitzpatrick deliver the baccalaureate sermon May 27, and Dr C W Pugsley of State College Brookings will give the commencement address.
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Wessington Springs
Wessington Springs High School
Laurel Holcomb
Jan
Helen Cutler
Richard Fitzpatrick
C. W. Pugsley
Predi Stent
State College
Brooking
Not Planning To Put Relatives On Payroll
F C W Kuehn candidate for city commissioner denied rumors he would replace current city employees with relatives if elected. He stated no relatives seek office and no appointments or jobs will be made to benefit relatives, promising to work for the city’s best interests.
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F.C. W. Kuehn
Tg Clacton
Huron
Pune
Convict Inspects New Prison Home
Ed Sweet appeared at the state penitentiary in Santa Fe New Mexico and told Warden Swope he would like to stay. He paid a 25 cent fee and praised the facility. Sweet, sentenced to one year for stealing tires, arrived unguarded to file an appeal to the supreme court.
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Santa. FE
N. MO
Ed Sweet
State Penitentiary
Swope
Ward
Supreme Court
Honduras Revolt Terminated and Rebels Pursued
Washington reports a government declaration that the Honduran revolutionary movement is terminated. Government troops press into the mountainous interior pursuing the fleeing rebel army after severe fighting in the San Pedro Sula area. Rebels attacked Chamelecon near San Pedro Sula before retreating, with many casualties among insurgent leaders. Salvadorean authorities captured and interned a rebel group planning an assault on Valle near Fonseca. An unconfirmed report claimed Sandino bandits seized Cabo Gracias a Dios and hit the U.S. weather observatory there, with no official corroboration.
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Honduras
Valle
Fonseca Bey
New Orleans
Cabo Gracion A Dios
Nicaragua
United States Weather Observatory
Cabo Gracias A’ Dios
Puerto Cabezas
Extension Granted In Roswell Appeal
Roswell received a final extension to file an appeal to the supreme court from Judge Alva E Taylor's ruling that two quarter sections of land should be removed from the town tax roll. Attorneys Churchill Benson did not oppose the delay requested by J F Whiting. The judge held the land should not be taxed as it does not benefit the town and is not needed for municipal use. The land would revert to township control and be taxed with nearby farmland.
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Roswell
Supreme Court
Alva E. Taylor
Churchill & Benson
J. F. Whiting
Woonsocket
Taylor
Rela
Hoswell
Groton Farmer Fined For Liquor Count Violation
Groton farmer Apell M Geor gs Gon was fined 250 dollars in Aberdeen for a liquor count. The docket cites a court action against Groton residents over beverage violations.
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Groton Farmer
Aberdeen
Georgs Gon
Groton Sagt
Rancher Attacks Former Senator Stanfield
Former Oregon United States Senator Stanfield was struck by a car driven by sheep ranch foreman John Stringer and rushed to a hospital. Witnesses say Stringer approached Stanfield about fence closing before the vehicle struck him, with Stanfield listed in serious but not critical condition. Stringer denies intentional harm while investigators continue to assess the incident.
Burglars Loot Magnolia Post Office in Harrison County
Magnol ia Iowa April 2 Burglars broke into the post office and took registry cash and other pagers valued at 1500 dollars from the Magnolia post office in Harrison county about 38 miles northeast of Council Bluffs.
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Magnolia
Iowa
Harrison County
Council Bluff
Pope Fius XI Makes Surprise Vatican Outing
Rome April 24 Pope Pius XI unexpectedly left Vatican City to preside in person at the inauguration of a new propaganda fide college funded largely by the Chicago archdiocese. It marked a rare papal departure from Vatican territory and the first public ceremony outside the walls in six decades. The secret plan surprised even Cardinal Pacelli as the Pope departed by car just before eleven o clock.
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Rome
Fius XI
Vatican City
Propagana Fide College
Chicago
Vatican
Pius
Saint John Lateran
Cardinal Pacelli
District 9 P T A meet opens in Wessington
About 65 to 70 delegates from seven Central South Dakota towns gathered for the annual District 9 P T A meeting in Wessington with Huron submitting 25 delegates. The session opened with an invocation by Rev. J H Black and community singing led by Mrs. Harry of Haron Jocass Student Loans were a major topic.
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Wessington
South Dakota
Parent-Teachers Association
Huron
Highmore
Wayland
Ashton
Sheffield
Miller
J. H. Black
Harry of
Haron
Jocass
Loans
Joans
P.T. A
I. Byrnes
Waysland
J. E. Kirk
C. E. Scotchbrook
KSO0
Sioux Falls
John E.hayes
Twin Facts
Idaho
National
National Congress
Hayes
Alfonso's Cousin Declares Claim to Spanish Throne in Manifesto
Paris April 24 Don Jaime de Bourton Anjou cousin of deposed Alfonso and fifth Carlist pretender published a manifesto urging Spaniards to decide in elections whether Spain should be republic or monarchy He envisions a monarchic state led by a king above parties and says the monarchy could renew without ties to the old regime. The piece outlines Carlist origins dating to 1820 and notes historical defeats and allegiances. The April 24 report also notes Madrid plans for June 21 elections to form a new Cortes and a constitutional rewrite. Tokyo relays word that Japan recognizes the new republic.
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Paris
Jaime de Bourton-Anjou
Alfonso
Spain
Federation of
Don Carlos
Ferdinand VV
Ferdinand
Isabel
Charles
Juan
Vie
Don Jaime
Charles VII
Amadeus
Alfonso 201
Europe
Alfonso II
Maria Christina
Madrid
Tio Cortes
Tokyo
Republic
Nebraska Senate Passes 43 Million Dollar Budget
The Nebraska senate approved a 43,671,661 dollar appropriations bill by a 20 to 13 vote, defeating the threat of an extra session. Governor Charles W. Bryan had urged a 41,265,054 dollar package. The measure moves to the house and would cut most state employee salaries by ten percent.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Nes
Nebraska Senate
Charles W. Bryan
Bryan
House
Negro Policeman Shoots and Kills Man in Chicago
Chicago dispatch reports a Black police officer Samuel Lambackus fatally shot Nicholas Lambac kus, a 21 year old Springfield man, after a struggle during an attempted arrest. Police say Lambac kus resisted and tried to seize the officer's revolver amid alleged disturbances near Wendel Phillips High School.
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Chicago
Nicholas Lambackus
Springfield
Bey
Samuel Lambackus
Wendel Phillips High School
Negro Distriit
Lambackus
Black
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