European Crisis News Reaches Across Alliances
The piece notes wage hour bill defeats and moves toward earlier adjournment as Anglo-French diplomacy seeks compromise with Czechoslovakia over the Sudeten issue. It reports Britain's and France's plans to pressure Germany and Italy, with a proposed cross‑border conference to resolve European tensions amid rising threats and a potential parley in Prague.
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Unificationists Win In M. E. Church Vote
In Birmingham Alabama April 30 the Southern Methodist Church conference backed a merger plan with northern churches by a 4 to 26 vote, prompting opponents to vow continued efforts and possible civil action to block the union and preserve the Southern branch.
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La Follette Eyes Towa FL Party In Wisconsin Move
Wisconsin Governor Philip La Follette eyes Iowa and Minnesota partners for a Progressive movement nucleus. He plans an Cedar Rapids rally and meets Iowa liberals including Byron Allen and Garritt Roclof. Critics call the plan a modified New Deal while LaGuardia finds it interesting.
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Soil Conservation Service Workers Vote Time Off Plan
Soil Conservation Service workers will be allowed to leave work by 4 p.m. to reach polling places for the May 3 primary and the same date municipal special election, according to project manager Ray L. Graves. The policy allows time off consistent with established rules, debunking rumors that employees must vote on Sunday.
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Water over spillway reported near Rocky Random dam
Water was observed running over the spillway at Rocky Random two miles south of Huron for the first time since the dam’s completion a year ago.
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Stores Vote To Close On Election Day For Auditorium Bond
Huron retailers voted to close shops noon to 2 pm on election day to allow time off for voting on the $128,000 municipal auditorium bond issue. A committee will urge other merchants to join. Placards read What Helps Huron Helps You Vote Yes on the Auditorium Issue and show city convention dollar distribution. E G McKenzie chaired the meeting. another gathering is set for Monday at the Marvin Hughitt Hotel for further action.
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Edward Tuck Dies Aged Diplomat In Monte Carlo
Edward Tuck, a prominent diplomat and longtime American honorary citizen of France, died today at his Monte Carlo villa after a lingering lung illness. He was 54. Tuck arrived in Paris as vice consul under Abraham Lincoln and was among the era’s notable benefactors to France.
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Alibi Of Man Held In Kruse Case Explored
In Minneapolis in April police pursued the suspect linked to Laura Kruse’s death after two witnesses identified him as resembling a motorist who followed the streetcar from which she alighted to her death on March 29, 1997. His alibi claiming theatre attendance was tested while he refused the polygraph.
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Office Seekers Appeal To Voters In Primary Race
War interest climbs ahead of Tuesday's primary as candidates mount last minute support for semi final balloting and the general election. Beadle County seekers outline qualifications in brief statements to voters found on pages B1 through B9.
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Heirand Slaying Hammer Found near Body Site
Onida South Dakota April 47 W 5 Gordon chief agent of the investigation division reported a hammer used in the killing of itinerant farmhand Frank Heirand has been recovered by relief workers who dragged the creek where his body was found a week earlier near the employer William Ecker 71. The hammer belongs to Mr and Mrs Ecker and bears stains. The agent said this clue comes as authorities investigate the slaying and he has communicated with Mrs Heirand who has lived at Parkston. the couple have been estranged for 10 years.
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Commerce With Canada Shows Gain
Washington April 3 agricultural department foreign trade experts credited the 1998 trade agreement with a 33 percent rise in U S Canada farm product commerce. Exports to Canada grew from 43 844 000 in 1935 to 66 629 000 in 1837, about a 50 percent increase, while imports from Canada fell from 84 326 009 to 77 781 000, a roughly 20 percent change.
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Mud Slinging Rises In South Dakota Primary Campaign
In the 1938 South Dakota primary, candidates trade final appeals as anonymous handbills known as dodgers are used to smear opponents. Former Governor Tom Berry denounces the attacks while Mancel Wy Peterson touts party loyalty and denies involvement. Governor Lestie Jensen speaks in Aberdeen criticizing road standards, and Progressive Federation officials suspend Arthur Bennett for his attacks on endorsed candidates.
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Vaughn Executed After Delays In San Antonio
John W Vaughn faced the electric chair in a Texas death house for the second time and died at 12 33 p m after a drawn out, delayed execution sparked by a broken chair. His attorney secured a last minute injunction and a sanity hearing was postponed amid claims of insanity from listening to repair work.
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Voteless Citizens Of Capital Vote In Plebiscite
In Washington on April 30 voters in the District of Columbia, long denied official voting rights, participated in an unofficial plebiscite. The questions asked whether residents want the right to vote for city officials and for Congress representatives from the district. The effort seeks a constitutional amendment granting suffrage to D C residents governed by presidentially appointed commissioners.
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Fair Trade Law Struck Down by U.S. Court in Minnesota
In a three judge ruling issued in Minneapolis, Section two of Minnesota’s unfair trade practice law of 1937 prohibiting retail merchants from selling goods below ten percent above cost was declared unconstitutional. The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. won a permanent injunction to bar enforcement of the act’s unfair trade provisions, with the court noting that large discount operations may profitably undercut smaller retailers and cash and carry outlets could retail at lower cost than delivery stores.
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Mobridge Man Is Named Moderator of Conference
Rev. FLW Bruins of Mobridge was elected moderator of the South Dakota Congregational conference at its sixty sixth annual meeting in Pierre. Delegates chose Rapid City for the 1939 meeting and elected Rev. E C Selter of Armour to give the conference sermon next year. Directors at large include Rev. Lars Joy Hartung McLaughlin Rev. H H Lindeman Yankton Mia Harry Blunt Belle Fourche Mrs L W Robinson Mitchell and Mrs B A Dyar Pierre. Elmer Erickson Wakanda was named to an unexpired term on the board. The session ends with a Sunday morning service and Frederic J Libby New York will preach the sermon the centennial banquet honors Dr Joseph Ward Yankton College founder.
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New York
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Vermillion Woman Elected President of A A U W South Dakota
In Rapid City on April H to aid, Chas. William Batson of Vermillion was elected president of the South Dakota division of the American Association of University Women at the biennial convention. Edna Burland Aberdeen was named first vice president, John Bonell Brookings second vice president, William Rubbers Sioux Falls recording secretary, and Gladys Leonard Wigepulliers corresponding secretary. Madison was selected at the convention.
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Spending and Lending Program Faces Final Debates
Washington reports show adjournment sentiment rising after a sweeping wage hour bill defeat. Senate leader Barkley predicts Congress may adjourn by May 15 with House setting June 1 as a quitting date. Proponents plan to gather 218 signatures to force floor action, potentially delaying adjournment.
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Associated Press Index Shows Slump
The Associated Press index of industrial activity fell to 66.8 from 68.3 last week and 107.5 a year ago, signaling a broad downturn. Car loadings, auto production, and cotton goods activity declined. residential building languished. steel mill operations ran at about 2 percent capacity, down from 32 percent the prior week and 9 percent a year ago.
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