Rebels Active In Cuba Reported Movements
Report from HAVANA indicates insurgents intensified attacks on resources near the capital. Rebels allegedly attempted to destroy a water reservoir at Regia and damage a Shell 03 storage tank in Lyano, while clashes left multiple rebels killed or wounded. Cuban government forces claim various engagements across Pinar Del Rio, Los Palacios, Artemisa, Can-delara, Cienfuegos, Cruces, and Santa Clara with reported rebel casualties and army responses. The Cuban military organizes a 17 000 strong force into nine corps, with air, navy, and coast guard units led by Col Julio Sanguilly and Col Alberto Herrero indicated in dispatches.
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Shell 03
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Rodolfo Chipi
Francisco Peraza
Peraza
Artemisa
Candelara
Celestino Baizen
Interior Department
Cienfuegos
Oriente
Cruces
Santa Clara
Cuba
Julio Sanguilly
Patria
Coast Guard
Trapeze Performers Injured In Street Display
Yankton August 12 Mrs Charles Butter 40 and her daughter Inez 17 serial trapeze performers were injured when a cable supporting their bar broke during a Watermelon Day street act. Butter fractured thigh and suffered severe body injuries while Inez endured a fractured jaw loss of teeth possible skull fracture. Both were in critical condition at a local hospital. Large crowd witnessed the accident during the Watermelon day celebration.
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Yankton Yankton
Charles Butter
Inez
Butett
Yankton
City Enacts 25 MPH Speed Limit On Arterial Roads
The Huron city commission passed an ordinance setting arterial highway speed to 25 miles per hour due to absence of state limits. Action on midnight show ban was deferred to next Tuesday as theater managers and ministers pursue an agreement. Bids will be sought for sidewalk work across about three blocks. A sewer project on Frank Avenue between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets was approved.
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Huron
Huron Ministerial Association
Frank Avenue
Twelfth
Thirteenth Street
Tuberculosis Conference Set in St Paul in September
Leaders from two dozen Midwest states plan a Mississippi Valley conference on tuberculosis and the sanatorium association in St Paul from September 21 to 23. States to be represented include South Dakota Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska North Dakota Ohio and Wisconsin. About 300 delegates are expected. Dr BR E Woodworth of Sanator South Dakota is vice president of the Mississippi Valley conference.
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ST. Paul Minn
Mid-West
Mississippi Valley Conference On Tuberculosis
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Sanitorium Association
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Ilinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
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Ohio
Wisconsin
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Sanator
S. D
Hold Man On Charge of Resisting Arrest
Clarence Shorty Mitchell remained in city jail awaiting arraignment on resisting an officer. He escaped from a patrolman during a prior arrest attempt reported by Chief A W Hopkins. Officers have sought Mitchell since the escape. City Attorney John P Sauer anticipated arraignment today.
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Mitchell
A. W. Hopkins
John P. Sauer
Hospital Admissions and Discharges List
At the hospitals admitted are G. D. Van Dyke Huros for minor or surgical care Alice Bjornson for junior surgical John Hearn at Huron for medical care Anton Bratlie at Bonilla for surgical Mrs H Fairbanks at Agar for medical. Dismissed: Mrs C W Barber Ban croft Mire H M Roberts Lreqnois.
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Huros
Alice Bjornson
Tuinor Surgical
John Hearn
Huron
Medical
Anton Bratlie
Bonilla
Surgical
H. Fairbanks
Agar
C. W. Barber
Bancroft
H. M. Roberts
Lreqnois
Raid Seizes Home Brew at Eleventh Street Parlor
Police Chief A W Hopkins and federal officers seized a crock siphon bottles and paraphernalia during a raid at 806 Eleventh Street Southwest. About 2 quarts and 81 pints of alleged liquor were found along with 50 empty bottles. J L Mansfield faces charge of keeping and storing intoxicating liquor and will be arraigned at 3 pm.
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Eleventh Street
Miss Alice Worcester of Muskogee Dies at 69
Alice Worcester, famed Muskogee benefactor and restaurant owner, known for her kindness and devotion to Creek Indians, dies after a life of public service. A teacher, postmistress, mission founder, and donor to soldiers, she shaped Sawokla cafeteria and Nuyaka mission, earning enduring local reverence.
Oil Curtailment Problem Serious
Texas faces the possibility of martial law to curtail oil production in the East Texas field as the legislature ends its special session. Governor Sterling warned he would use martial law if needed, with a compromise bill under discussion and support from Senator Woodward. Oil workers in Dallas urged action, while Oklahoma and Kansas actions add pressure on prices and shutdown plans.
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Texas
Great East Texas
Ross S. Sterling
Walter Woodward
Sterling
Charles West
W. H. Murray
Oklahoma
Murray
Dallas
Tyler
Kansas
Public Service Commission
Barber Released On Holdup Investigation
A Minneapolis barber taken into custody by state bureau operatives on suspicion of being bank bandit Henry Irving was released after questioning. Irving is wanted for questioning in robberies at the First State Bank of White Bear Lake Minnesota and a Buchanan Michigan bank. At USC Hardin A. Deursen, professor of music at Huron College, attends the twenty sixth annual summer school ending August 28.
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State Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Henry Irving
Benk
Irving
First State Bank
White Bear Lake
Wien
Buchanan
Mich
Universite Hardin
A. Vai Deursen
Huron College
University of Southern California
Weather Summary for Huron and Vicinity
Weather forecast shows partly unsettled conditions tonight and Thursday with a slight warming trend tonight and cooler Thursday evening. Minnesota and South Dakota expect mostly fair skies with modest warmer tonight, cooler in northwest areas. Iowa fair tonight, slightly warmer tonight and Thursday, with warmer Thursday in southeast portions. Sunrise around 5:33 a.m. with early temperatures in the 60s.
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Huron
South Dakota
Minnesota
Towa
Road Report Adapts Across South Dakota Towns
Weather summary for South Dakota towns including Watertown Mitchell Yankton Huron Sioux Falls Aberdeen Brookings Rapid City and Platte shows no precipitation, clear roads, and varying highs from 58 to 90 degrees. Readings include 58 to 90 degree highs, lows from 0 to 58, and misty or calm conditions with no precipitation reported.
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Drader Aes Saree Dolco
Watertown
Mim
Mitchell
Yankton
Huron
Sioux Falla
Aberdeen
Brookings
Rapid City
Miss Alice's Congress Bid and Simple Campaign Style
A Kansas City tale of Miss Alice who ran for Congress with $2040 in expenses, two barbecues at home, and persistent advertising in want ads. She opposed suffrage yet served one term, focusing on mothers, children, and Indians, avoiding speeches and presenting herself as a simple, homey figure.
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Congress
Kansas City
Muskogee
Want
Canprem
Washington
Miss Alice
Memoir of Miss Alice A Life in Oklahoma History
An aged Oklahoma figure, Miss Alice, loses restaurant, home, and mementos in a fire after moving to town. She writes memoirs in a late gray house, shaping an autobiography and history of Oklahoma, a testament of a good life amid fading health and friends.
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Congress
Gray House
Miss
Oklahoma
Summon Tammany Leader To Testify
New York August 12 John F Curry leader of Tammany Hall is to be a witness before the state legislative committee investigating New York city government He will be asked to explain a telephone call from his New York apartment to Lake Placid where Justice Henry L Sherman has a summer home The day after the call Sherman signed a stay of execution for William F Doyle a veterinarian who had been sentenced to 30 days in jail for refusing to tell the committee with whom he split fees for appearances before the city board of standards and appeals in regard to enforcement of building regulations The Court of Appeals upheld the sentence and Doyle started court proceedings to purge contempt Seabury seeks to question Curry before Doyle is examined again
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New York
John F. Curry
Tammany Hall
State Legislative Committee
New York City
Curry
Samuel Seabury
Lake Placid
N. Y
Appellate
Henry L. Sherman
Sherman
William F. Doyle
City Board of Standards and Appeals
Court of Appeals
Doyle
Seabury
Holms Knight, Jail Breaker Identified After Death
Redfield residents learn Holms Knight, a transient fugitive who broke jail at Lamaure North Carolina after a forgery arrest on October 7 1930, was slain near Ashton August 4. Officials notified in Spink county. Knight identified by fingerprints after death. Chester Montgomery serves 33 years for Knight's death.
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Redfield
Ann
Holms Knight
Ashton
Spink County
Lamaure
N. C
Chester Montgomery
Knight
Artesian Well Progress Report in City Drilling
Drillers report good progress on the city artesian well after a sand vein delayed work this morning. Operations began yesterday afternoon with 24 hour drilling planned, aiming for 1000 feet to reach a strong water flow under W A Carlson’s contract while two shallow test holes pumped water.
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W. A. Carlson
Pete Ohm
Water delivery test holes and river flow report
Win Check Flow notes test holes delivering water as city officials plan a thorough check of the water supply from a shallow well to assess viability for a larger dig. James River level dropped about two inches due to a south wind. Pumping yesterday reached about 40,000 gallons.
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James
Diamond Receives Four Year Term In Prohibition Case
NEW YORK Aug 12 Jeck Legs Diamond was sentenced to four years in prison and fined 310,000 for conspiring to violate the national prohibition law and owning a 1,500 gallon still in Green county. The sentence follows a publicized career and a recent conviction with Paul Quattrocchi.
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New York
Jeck
Ures
Tage
Paul Quattrocchi
Green County
New
Public Notice on 1931 Pell Tax Due at City Hall
Public notice warns that the 1931 pell tax is due immediately to avoid penalties for nonpayment. Payment required at City Hall or the collector. Dan Waener, 8-12 adv c.
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Dan Waener
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