Paving Project to Start on Highway 14 East in Huron
A Sioux Falls firm wins the concrete paving bid for 58 miles on federal highway 14 east of Huron. Four miles will be laid this year with the rest next spring. The project runs along the James River bottom, cutting turns and shortening the route into the city. The Larson Erling bid was 154,661.53, about 5,500 lower than the next bid, with crews from Charter Town to begin in early September.
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Huron
C. J. Esting
M-Arling Company
Sioux Falls
James River
Larsor-Erling
Bis
C. A. Wagner
Western Asphalt Paving Company
Sioux City
Booth && Olson
Northwestern Engineering Company
Rapid City
C. H. Atkinson
Paving Company
Watertown
Vernon J. Clarke
J. B. Johnson
State Highway Commission
Thor Soleglad
Livingston
Bureau of Public Roads
Beadle County Court House
Larson Erling
Erling
Jows
Charter
Town
Dessihafi
Whatsis
Chicago & + North Western railroad
James River Highway
Simmons Revenue
Lawn Ridge
Simmons Avenue
Clarke
South Dakota
Lake Byron Meet Tonight On Foster Creek Project
Property owners along Lake Byron and others interested in the lake welfare gather at 8 pm at city hall to discuss the Foster creek diversion project. The session, called by George W. Stafford president of the Huron Lake Walton league, will explain easement rights required before the project proceeds.
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Lake Byron
Fing
City Hall
Foster Creek
George W. Stafford
Huron Ieaak Walton League
Wife Of Bootleg King Shot And Killed
Hamilton August 4 Mrs Bessie Perri wife of a self styled boot leg king was shot and killed last night as she and her husband left the garage behind their home The husband said a gang of five men sought diamonds valued at 10000 won by Mrs Perri Police report cites the husband recalling receiving a body
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Hamilton
Bessie Perri
Perri
Weather, Moron Tonight and Saturday
We expect a temperature change with a shift in conditions through tonight into Saturday. Forecasters note cooler westward trends and a modest rise in temperatures later, with unsettled intervals likely across portions of the region.
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West i
The Boy Who Cried Wolf duplicated in Huron
Reports of multiple fire calls to Armour & Company packing plant in Huron last night and morning. Wire chief traced third call to a Lawn Ridge residence. 15 year old Tillie Rolf and Mrs Lewis's household figure in check. Violence avoided. no injuries reported.
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Huron
Armour & Company
Tillie Rolf
Senator Nye To Probe Elections
Fargo dispatch reports Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota will convene the senate elections investigating committee on August 23 to probe elections. He indicated investigations may cover Nebraska, the Lindia inquiry, and Colorado complaints of exorbitant expenditures, with potential sessions in Chicago.
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Fargo
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Senate
Maly Emeeting
Onge
Nebraska
Chicago
Nye
Colorado
Ivestigators
Miller Bankhead Win In Alabama
In Alabama's Democratic primary, B. M. Mills of Camden clinched the gubernatorial nomination while John H. Bankhead won the Senate nomination against an independent ticket led by Senator Heflin. With four counties missing, Bankhead tallied 96,785 votes and Frederick J. Thompson totaled 4,691 as an opponent.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
B. M. Milles
Camden
John H. Bankhead
J. Thomas Heflin
Heflin
Frederick J. Thompson
Mobile
Rains Do Damage In Wyoming Territory
Heavy rains in southern and eastern Wyoming over ten days damaged crops and livestock and disrupted rail and highway traffic. Bridges washed out farmland flooded and livestock lost. A washout between Lustic and Bonneville delayed Burrington line traffic. Eight eastbound Union Pacific trains were held up between Laramie and Rock Island Springs by a washout near Salt Wells yesterday and outbound trains were halted at Raw.
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Wyoming Territory
Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
Lustic
Bonneville
Burrington
Union Pacific
Laramie
Rock Island Springs
Salt Wells
Raw
License Plates Offer Few Clues In Murder Case
In Hamilton Ontario investigators found a set of automobile license plates near the Boone shed. The discovery relates to the slaying of Mrs. Roger Perri, wife of a local business owner. Police described the plates as potential but inconclusive evidence and increased patrols in the area.
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Hamilton
Ont
Aug
Boone, Shed
Litte
Roger Perri
Episcopal Bishops Endorse Birth Control Policy
London reports the Lambeth conference of Anglican bishops approved contraception as a moral option where abstinence is not feasible. The decisive 193 to 17 vote condemned selfish or luxurious motives and urged restraint in marriage, while also condemning divorce and urging marriage only when former partners are not living. An encyclical warned of laxity eroding home life across Christian nations.
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London
Lambeth Conference of
Can
Fearc Lin
Additin
Gang Warfare Spreading Across Midwest Cities
CHICAGO Aug 15 The shadow of gangland spreads across the midwest with three dead near St Paul and others slain by machine guns in Rockford Detroit and Chicago. Spe Giovingo a Rockford bootlegger was killed as bullets pierced his body while an Abboit Abbott figure nearby attracted suspicion as a Moran gang executioner. Police note the victims include Kansas City and Minneapolis bank robbers. A sister of gangster Frank Coleman claims one victim may be Joseph Huntley of Oraha, suggesting ties to Wildwood killings.
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Chicago
Middle West
St. Paul
Spe Giovingo
Rockford
Giovingo
Tommy’ Abbott
Abboit Abbott
St Paul
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Huntley Stillwater
Mint
Frank Coleman
Wildwood
Kearney City
Mike Rusick
Joseph Huntley
Oraha
Omaba Po
Baby Drowns In Barrel Of Water In West Virginia
In Huntington West Virginia on August 1 a one year old girl named Mabel Romine drowned after tipping into a barrel of water kept near a tile site. Family members had carried tiles home as a drought dried wells and streams. The incident occurred at their residence when the child edged too close to the barrel and fell in.
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Huntington
W. VA
Mabel Romine
Hospitals Admit List Partial Readout
Fragmentary OCR lists names and places connected to hospital admissions including Earl Seiler Alice Thompson Hilda Treml and Herma with unclear affiliations and locations such as Deland Osceola and Huron. Details are unreadable and incomplete.
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Earl
Seiler
Carpent
Alice Thompson
Deland
Hilda Treml
Portland Boy Scout Talks With President Hoover
A Portland boy scout, Augie William Meier, age 12, recently spoke about a hitchhiking trip from Portland to Newberg, Oregon, and his conversation with President Hoover. He described conditions at the president’s boyhood home in Newberg and related details of their exchange.
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Portland
Obe
Augie William Meier
Maine
Hoover
Newberg
Ore
Willis
Dry Question In Spotlight Again
Washington report on prohibition enforcement in the capital cites a board of trade study condemning agents for lawless conduct. It notes use of disreputable stool pigeons and informers and questions the will of the public in many states. La Guardia urges a strong Justice Department drive to enforce the law. If failure continues, a blunt report from Congress may follow.
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Washington
Tongatawa
Etfort
Washingt Board Trade Committee
Law Enforcement Commission
la Guardia
Department of Justice
Department
Board of Trade
Labor Office To Close Tomorrow In South Dakota
The federal employment office reopened a month ago will close again tomorrow at noon Ed McChane in charge announced today More than 3000 men have gained employment through the bureau during harvest and threshing season in South Dakota but many are traveling or being released by farmers McChane plans to leave for Minot tomorrow afternoon to continue similar work The Huron bureau will answer calls from farmers and direct men tonight and tomorrow until noon
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Ed McChane
Officr
Bureau
South Dakota
McChane
Minot
United States Department of Labor
Huron ‘Bureau
Trainmen Buried in Southern Railway Wreckage
Bodies of two trainmen lie buried beneath twisted wreckage of a Southern Railway passenger engine as wrecking crews labor to extricate them. The accident occurred as rescue operations continued, with officials detailing the scene and ongoing efforts.
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Southern Railway
Legal Problems In Corey Tangle Hold Up Court Decision
PRERRE Aug 15 Progress reports the injunction action brought by A L Putnam state chairman to block independent gubernatorial candidacy of LEB Corey Wagner publisher awaits state supreme court ruling on several motions. Questions include whether Putnam has a cause of action and if Corey is a proper defendant, plus whether Pyle's signature on the petition before the restraining order affects validity and if primary law provisions violate the constitution. Corey lost the Democratic nomination last spring.
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Prerre
A. L. Putnam
L.eb. Corey
Wagner
State Supreme Court
Putnam
Corey
Gladys Pyle
Robert KE. Dawdell
Forestburg
Fulham
Pal
Tod
Dowdell
R. F. Drewery
Miss Pyle
D. A. McCullough
Billings Pardoned Plea Heard At Folsom Prison Hearing
Justice of the supreme court reviewed Warren K. Billings plea for a pardon at Folsom Prison. Billings denied involvement in the San Francisco Preparedness Day bombings in which ten were killed and forty injured. He admitted working with striking automobile machinists to create work for painters and said he carried dynamite in 1913 at the direction of State Senator Edgar Hurley.
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Folsom
Cal
Justice of the Supreme Court
Warren K. Billings
San Francisco
Billings
Thomas J. Mooney
Edgar Hurley
Oakland
Sacramento
Commission Opens Bids for Pavement Project Near Huron
Members of the commission opened bids this afternoon for the construction of 5.58 miles of pavement on a federal highway east of Huron. Several members stated the project may proceed if bids meet specifications and funding remains available.
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Commission
Kota Highway
Huron
Ee Cere
Bera
Funeral services for Amos Radcliffe near Wolsey
Amos Radcliffe 76 a pioneer farmer died at his home near Wolsey after a period of poor health. Services will be at the family home Sunday at 1 30 then at Union Church of Wessington with Rev Black officiating. Interment in Wessington cemetery. Born in Liverpool England in 1854 he came to the U S at age four and settled in Wisconsin then Iowa before homesteading in Creek Township near Wolsey. He and Helen Engle celebrated their Golden Wedding this summer. Surviving are the widow two daughters Amy and Rose four sons Arthur John Oliver and Ward and sister Mrs Clarence Whittaker.
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Wolsey
Amos Radcliffe
Union Church
Wessinngton
Black
Wessington
Radcliffe
Liverpool
England
Wisconsin
Iown
Creek Township
Helen Engle
Iowa
South Dakota
Central
Amy
Rose
Arthur
John
Oliver
Ward
Clarence Whittaker
Will Quell Riots Of India Rioters BOMBAY, INDIA.
Special military expedition of considerable dimensions moves toward Peshawar to suppress tribal upheaval. Troops infantry cavalry and air force dispatched from Lahore were observed with armored cars to target Afridi marauders. An airplane squadron departed Lahore likely for Risalpur as part of a broader northwest frontier response.
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India
Bombay
Peshawar Northwest Frontier District
Lahore
Peshawar
Afridis
Ares
Jhansi
Meerut
Risalpur
Fron-Tiersie
Executives Agree To Hoover's Conference Plans
Washington Aug 15. Governors and state representatives reach a drought relief framework led by a state committee in each area. A national relief body will coordinate with agriculture, credit, Red Cross and health services to aid farm families, with county units handling applications and distributing aid.
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Washington
Hoesteck
Hoover
Red Cross
Department of Agriculture
Farm and Farm Loan Boards
American Railway Association
Public Health Service
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
D Vitae of
Federal Agricultural and Finance Agencies
Hyde
Kentucky
Arkansas
Missouri
West Virginia
Mississippi
Ohio
Louisiana
Ritchie
Maryland
Funeral Services For F A Vollenweider Of Broadland
Funeral services for F A Vollenweider of Broadland who died yesterday will be held Friday at 2 39 PM from the Methodist church in Broadland. The Rev Susie Thompson will officiate. Burial will follow in Riverside cemetery at Huron.
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F. A. Vollenweider
Broadland
Methodist
Susie Thompson
Riverside Cemetery
Huron
Sioux Falls Paves East Tenth Street 13-Block Contract
Sioux Falls city commission awarded a $48 517 39 contract to C A Wagner Construction for paving 13 blocks on East Tenth Street. Two sharp corners will be eliminated and the pavement will extend east from a new viaduct now under construction.
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Sioux Falls
Sioux
Falls
East Tenth Street
C. A. Wagner Construction Company
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Episcopal
Lambeth Conference of Anglican Churchmen
Cordemns
God
Boy Scout
Corey Tangle
Supreme Court
John Barton Payne
American Red Cross
Tennessee
Virginia
Hordsfield
N.D
Hurdsfeld
CRAIR
Little Rock
Ark
William H. Howell
Crawford County
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