Conductor Injured In Rail Crash Near De Smet
A conductor remains in critical condition after a rail crash near De Smet. An initial report attributes the accident to a failed vehicle tire and a collision with a railway pillar. The injured man, identified as Lincoln Perry, 40, suffered possible skull fracture and other injuries. He was transported to a hospital for treatment.
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de Smet
York
Stepin Fustehit
Atchit
Tite
Lincoln Perry
Bones
New York
Hollywood
What procedure to relieve unemployment praised by readers
A set of letters from locals proposes solutions to unemployment. BILL WRIGHT urges industry to adopt press sharing and guaranteed minimum hours. KEY McCOY supports relocating idle urban workers to vacant farms with government aid. LAUGHLIN favors short relief to bridge until industry recovers, while R. G. WINTERS advocates boosting industry and restoring regular jobs.
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Bill Wright
Quent
Laughlin
Lumber Company
Life's Like This AP Reel From Tiny Towns
Quirky clippings report dubious events from Virginia to Iowa including poultry mislabels in Winchester and a playground misadventure in Arlington. A Texas carpenters union builds a widow a house in a single day, while a Nebraska man discovers thieves stole his car wheels and left spare tires.
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Arthur
Texas
Bryan Vick
Carpenter's Union
Fama
Uncle Slug and the Mother in Law Visit tale
A humorous vignette centers on Uncle Slug and his mother in law visiting. An offbeat driver, a tough looking man, and a revelation about kinship drive the scene. Bob Burns, the Arkansas traveler, adds a tall tale touch as the trio encounters travel fatigue and family ties.
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Uncle Slug
Slug
Bob Burns
Kor Burns
Storm disrupts travel as April storm leaves moisture
Weather wrecked highways and downed wires across the east half of the region. A late April storm dumped 1.05 inches of moisture as rain and snow, causing drifts along railroad rights of way near Manchester and De Smet. Transportation and communications faltered with blockaded routes east of Manchester, trains delayed by a rear-end collision near Do Smet, and plane service halted before partial restoration. Wires near Iroquois suffered major pole damage, crews pledging repairs from Milbank area.
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Huron
South Dakota
Here
Manchester
de Smet
W. A. Avns
Kingsbury County
Beadle County Highway Department
Howard
Highway 14
Aberdeen
Do Smet
Great Northern
Twin City
Watertown
Hanford Air
Omaha
Minneapolis
Bismarck
Dakota Central Telephone Company
Iroquois
West Kingsbury
Milbank
Huron Student With Scout Training Assists With First Aid At Wreck
Huron College junior Paul Besselievre and fellow student David Leek aided a gas electric train passenger after a wreck near the Sioux Falls area. Besselievre applied first aid, called for a kit, and helped wrap wounds while a Rapid City nurse treated injuries. the injured conductor was laid out and later cared for as the train remained stalled.
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Huron
Wreck
Paul Besselievre
Frank Carpenter
Rapid City
Innes
DeSmet
Pierre
Huron College
J. G. Shephard
Bessoleyre
David Leek
Richard E. Byrd
Sioux Falls
Besselioree
David
Leo Temmey
Carpenter
Besselevre
May Compromise Court Revision
Senators said administration officials discussed adding four Supreme Court justices to ease the dispute but rejected proposals for two. No agreement emerged as the Senate judiciary panel prepared for its first closed session to vote on the court bill. Opponents vow to block modifications and push a straight vote. The checkups showed attitudes leaning toward nine test cases on the old age pension provisions, with potential 9 to 9 split if lines rigidly followed. Ashurst demanded a clean victory or defeat and said no talks with the president since February.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Ashurst
Arizona
Rebels Break Basque Defense Near Durango and Eibar
Insurgents tore through Basque defenses and occupied Verriz four miles from Durango, severing government lines and threatening Eibar. Basque forces reportedly repositioned to prevent encirclement as Franco’s warships faced protests from Britain over shipping. Madrid reported fifteen dead in renewed bombardment, deserters from a Madrid suburb garrison entered the city, and American made army coats appeared among captured uniforms near Bilbao.
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Associated Press
Verriz
Durango
Hateway
Bilbao
Eibar
Hendaye
Henry Chilton
Spain
London
Francisco Franco
Bilbay
Franco
Britain
Hmss. Hood
Madrid
University City
Saidiers
Unemployment insurance ruling postponed to next Monday
A decision on the validity of the federal act's unemployment insurance provisions and state supplementary legislation is postponed at least until next Monday.
Dr Johnson in Weekend Accident at Wolsey
Special report describes Dr Sherman L Johnson being involved in a Sunday morning incident in Wolsey. The text notes witnesses and a capture of a suspect, with unclear details due to damaged OCR. The fragment mentions a heating device and ensuing actions by several men to secure the scene.
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Johnson
Wolsey
Sherman. L
Wolesy
Sha Cap
Brookings Man In Hospital After Train Crash
Brookings resident Danes Innes, 60, and Frank Carpenter, 65, were hospitalized after a rear end collision between two Chicago North Western trains near De Smet during a blizzard. Innes suffered fractured ribs and possible chest injuries with left lung concern, while Carpenter had a fractured nose and head lacerations. Details emerged slowly due to snowbound lines as investigators probed the crash three miles west of De Smet where Train 412 struck a detached gas electric motor car from Train 504.
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Chicago and North Western Railroad
de Smet
William Innes
Brookings
Henry Carpenter
Treacy
Mion
Tnese
Huron
Efigsburg
Dakota Division
C. & N. W. Railroad
de Gowain
Innes
Carpenter
Wrele
Manchester
Hurat
Aipgar
Be Smet
Tin
Anies
Bose Trai
Arthur Howard
George Key
Tracy
EB. E. Hittle
J. G. Shephard
Fy Re Hoffman
Ail
Joseph J. Hill
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