Brown County Faces Puzzle
Aberdeen August 1 relief administration tangled in new federal employment rules. County relief director George Pfeiffe outlines weekly pay and August funding, showing only 178 of 468 workers possible under the new rate. Officials fear a longer strike as unemployment fears rise and a committee will oversee FE R fund distribution.
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Aberdeen
Brown County
Federsl
George Pfeiffle
W. L. Fales
Profifle
Courty
Day County Towns Get Federal Funds
Webster and other Day county towns will receive emergency highway funds allocated by population. Webster may get about 3000 to 10000 dollars for street repairs and storm sewer work. A portion of Day county funds is expected to fund a road north from Webster toward Fort Sisseton.
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Day County
Webster
Fort Sisseton
Ames Gets Credit For Being Home of Ravenous Hoppers
Ames, Aug. 1 Special report notes grasshopper stories reach peak in South Dakota. An Ames woman received a letter from a Madison friend asking if grasshoppers have eaten holes in houses and started to meet bedding and furniture. The Madison reply states attacks here have not reached that stage.
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Ames
South Dakota
Madison
S F Election Is Called Off
Sioux Falls city commission rescinded a special bond election for August 22 without rescheduling. A PTA committee seeks 1400 signatures to trigger a petition for a combined school and city election. If completed this week, the election could be held September 5, per City Attorney Odean Hareid. The original July 17 resolution remains on record.
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Sioux Falls
Aug
The
City Commission
Odean Hareid
Three Injured In Automobile Crash Near Woonsocket
In Woonsocket on August 1 a car carrying Mrs. Stanley Peterson Mr. Bowman of Forestburg and others collided with a Brewer vehicle. The Petersons and Bowmans were injured and taken to Huron Hospital after veering into a ditch to avoid the Brewer car which turned north.
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Woonsocket
Stanley Peterson
Bowman
Forestburg
Peterson
O. Brewer
Brewer
Huron Hospital
Less Pay For S. D. Employes
UPIERRE Aug 1 Employment Director J W Beckwith said state employes salaries were cut by 129 32L%3 in the first half of 1933 versus the same period in 1932. He reported total salaries 1 5d 088 18 for Jan 1 to June 30 1933 and 1 670 410 0L for the same period in 1932, noting savings came from department cooperation before July budget cuts and predicting larger savings in the second half of 1933.
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Upierre
J. W. Beckwith
Beckwith
Will Not Join 8 D Indian Reservations
Rep T B Weisner of Rapid City said federal Indian affairs officials do not plan consolidation of Standing Rock and Cheyenne reservations in South Dakota. He cited an unauthorized survey as the source of rumors and said no action will occur until after a full investigation with stakeholder input. Conservation camps benefiting 1050 Indians are underway or planned, including dam building and rodent control projects.
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Pierre
T. B. Weisner
Rapid City
Federal Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Standing Rock
Cheyenne Indian
South Dakota
Werner
Mobridge
Prisoner Escapes Woonsocket Jail
Glen Stoner of Clear Lake, arrested in Woonsocket for poultry theft, escaped from the Woonsocket jail by tunneling through the cement floor under the door of the bastile during the late night hours.
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Woonsocket
Glen Stoner
Clear Lake
Stoner
Wheat Yield Proves High in Local Field Near Buffalo Gap
At Buffalo Gap on August 1 a 30 acre creek bottom field yielded 20 bushels per acre for Jim Bowker, with plump high protein grain. Barley in nearby areas averaged ten bushels, while remaining wheat yields ranged three to ten. Farmers head and haul due to low grain growth, corn remains promising with rain needed, alfalfa seed prospects improve on the second cutting, and grasshoppers are increasing crop damage in some sections.
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Buffalo Gap
Jim Bowker
Auto crash near Rapid City claims Seneca woman
Mrs. Lucy Troughton, 67, of Seneca Kansas, died instantly when the tour car she rode in tipped over on a highway near Farmingdale. Her daughters Elizabeth Agnes and Thelma Deffenhaugh and another girl were injured but not seriously. The body was returned to Seneca for burial.
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Rapid City
Lucy Troughton
Seneca
Kan
Farmingdale
Troughton
Elizabeth Troughton
Agnes Troughton
Thelma Deffenhaugh
New Prison Warden Assumes South Dakota Post
SIOUX FALLS August 1 Eugene Riley yesterday took over as warden of the state penitentiary succeeding G T Jameson. Bert Wahl and Alpha Shelton, farmers north of Carpenter, report their cows dying from a suspected weed poisoning but no poisonous weeds have been found yet.
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Sioux Falls
Eugene Riley
South Dakota
Penistentiary
G. T. Jameson
Carpenter
Aug
Bert Wahl
Alpha Shelton
Sioux Falls College Prepares for Fall Term
Sioux Falls college officials announce fall term registration set for September 4 as campus improvements progress. The summer session drew record enrollment and broad course offerings, with plans for faculty additions and curriculum tweaks to boost efficiency and scholastic attainment.
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Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls College
C. B. Sattgast
M. F. Martini
Martini
South Dakota
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Board of Trustees
Middle West
Campus improvements overhaul Meredith Hall and grounds
The campus is remodeling Meredith hall to add new classrooms and considering a music auditorium. Basement workshops have been removed with equipment moved to a new garage and storehouse south of Meredith hall. Additional improvements include new carvings road work and landscape updates.
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Meredith Hall
Birthday Party For Yale Woman
Yale August 1 Special Mrs Christ Walz who lives two miles south of Yale was surprised on her birthday by relatives. The evening included cards and conversation with prizes to card winners. Refreshments of ice cream and cake were served. Relatives present included Mrs August Lemke and others from Huron and area. Mrs Walz received several birthday gifts.
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Yale
Christ Walz
Walz
August Lemke
Ed Lemke
Huron
Adelpf Hintz
C.W. Lemke
J. P. Gross
Mrs. Walz
Large crowd attends Frankfurt weekly band concert prize night
A special report from Frankfort notes an exceptionally large audience at the weekly band concert and prize night. Charles Realsen won a free inner tube in a tube bursting contest after 3,089 strokes of a tire pump were needed to burst the tube.
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Frankfurt Fete
Frankfort
Charles Realsen
Aberdeen Cafe Fire Destroys Building In Aberdeen
Fire of undetermined origin caused heavy damage to the Aberdeen Boston case shop estimated at 15 000 to 18 000 dollars. One firefighter Frank Hoe gel injured when trapped under debris as roof collapsed. Firemen battled for three hours to control flames around midnight. Insurance covered the loss. In a separate blaze the Cotton Club roadhouse near Aberdeen burned for about 2 000 dollars. John Gess alerted others but aid arrived late.
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Aberdeen
Boston
Frank Hoeégel
Cotton Club
John Gess
Frankfort Youth Hurt In Accident
Mr and Mrs G D Winner drove to Edgely North Dakota to bring home their son Forest who broke his leg while working on a form. The horse slipped and fell on him breaking the leg just below the knee. He was confined to a hospital at Aberdeen.
Heat Victim Lamben Knipling Falls Ill in Ames
Lamben Knipling became severely ill after overheating in Ames on August 1. The Special report notes he was overcome by the heat and remained ill for several days.
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Ames
Lamben
Knipling
Soapic Ointment Scandal Taints Talens Case
Proprietors Potter Drug and Chemical Corp and Makien face a soap and ointment scandal. Details from the case describe disputed claims over product safety and labeling practices. Investigations involve regulatory scrutiny and potential corrective actions by authorities.
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Soapic
Potter Drug & Chemical Corp
Makien
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