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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1930
Page
7
In New York Chinatown two white youths, kept secret, aided police in stopping a murder plot by the Filipino Lamberto Bullaran and four Leong Tong men. The scheme offered $500 per Chinese victim and involved a laundry raid where weapons and bootlegging gear were found.
St Louis aviators Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine continued their nonstop flight in the Greater St Louis monoplane at Lambert Field. Manager William H. Pickens seeks a state fair tour, with offers from fairs, theaters, and manufacturers. The oil company pays $100 per hour beyond the previous record, up to 700 hours, as of Tallam C. S. T. the Greater St Louis had 600 flight hours, 46 hours longer than the Hunter brothers’ record.
Unsettled tonight and Saturday with no decided change in temperature. Temperatures show historical highs and lows in August with precipitation totals for the month and year to date. Sun rises at 7:37 a.m. and sets at undefined times.
Partly cloudy to night and Saturday with possible showers in the west portion. Temperatures change little. In Iowa partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with possible showers in the extreme west portion and little temperature change. Minnesota partly cloudy tonight and Saturday, slightly cooler in the northeast portion.
Weather reports show varied temperatures across cities like Watertown Mitchell Aberdeen Yankton Huron Sioux Falls Rapid City and more. Precipitation is generally minimal with roads described as clear or good though some traces of precip and cloudy conditions noted in scattered entries.
Police identified three gangster victims of a nocturnal slaying near St. Paul. Sammy Silverman Frank Cole Tan and Mike Rusick Kansas City racketeer were linked to robbery, murder and kidnapping. Bank robbery, home trust holdup, and a Kansas City hijacking gang tie the trio to broader crime. Authorities cite motives ranging from dispute over spoils to hijackers’ quarrels.
Avon August 15 A minister at an Indian church near the Greenwood agency was killed instantly when his horse drawn buggy was struck by an automobile driven by Chris Krueger. His wife was critically injured and hospitalized at Wagner. The wreck occurred between 13th Street and Hurst's Corner. A ring with keys and a Consistory tag No 2410 was lost and left at Huronite.
Debits to individual accounts in Huron during July fell to 5 416 000, down 111 000 from June and 915 000 from July 1929, reflecting severe heat damage to crops across the Ninth District. Farm income for July dropped to well under the prior year, with potato prices higher but most other farm products down. Wheat and rye hit new postwar lows as Huron ranked third in South Dakota for debits and 20th among 94 Ninth District cities.
Cardington England August 15 Britain's giant dirigible R-100 continued eastward from Montreal at about 32 to 62 miles per hour depending on wind. The ship aimed for the great circle route toward Cardington with a potential arrival near dawn, while reporting all well aboard and noting a smooth, restaurantlike ambiance aboard.
A parrot over 190 years old, once aboard with King Joao VI during Brazil’s colonial era, is described as the sole living witness to a murder of an Italian prima donna. The dying woman allegedly whispered Morro before dying, while the bird repeated it. The bird stayed in royal hands until 1910 and now lives with a former footman in a small town.
In Sioux Falls on August 15 Judge L L Fleeger at Parker refused to pass on a petition by recall petition signers seeking to intervene in a court action. The petition targets Mayor George W Burnside whose suit against Walter C Leyse city auditor is ongoing. Fleeger would rule next Tuesday on the intervention request.
Sioux City August 15 Local officials for the Standard Oil Company Indiana have declined to comment on developments in the gasoline war at Yankton where the Gurney Seed and Nursery Company has asked the attorney general to act against oil companies. Principal executives are out of town and those in charge refused to discuss the matter. In 1854 Henry Bessemer of Saint Pancras England made the discovery that resulted in the Bessemer steel process.
Two Sioux City youths Robert Scott and Robert Moore were jailed after being linked to a stolen car in Dell Rapids South Dakota. Moore was involved in a minor vehicle accident, and Scott confessed deserting the army at Leavenworth eight months ago. The vehicle belonged to Krause and Krause, Dell Rapids attorneys.
Authorities seek the identity of a man found fatally wounded in a grain field along the EVEDIBE near the Custer Battlefield Highway between Presho and Vivian. He appeared to be about 30, 5 ft 7 in, 160 pounds, wearing gray sneakers a green sweater and size 3 shoes. A watch and a signet ring were found nearby. An inquest was ordered by Coroner James Caldwell. the body likely lay six to eight weeks.
Mrs. Frank Dunlap Mrs. Selma Huntington Mrs. Ida Cross and Mrs. George T. Grove completed a motor tour through the southern state visiting Lake Madison Sioux Falls and Dell Rapids. On return Mrs Groves met her daughter and husband Mr and Mrs D Van Praag of Minneapolis who will stay Sunday at 564 Idaho avenue southeast.
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