Bomb hits American Furniture Mart in Chicago
A large time bomb exploded inside the American Furniture Mart on Huron Street in Chicago causing a first floor masonry breach and shattered windows. Estimates put damage between 5000 and 15000 dollars. No suspects or motive identified.
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Furniture Mart
Chicago
American Furniture Mart
Shore Drive
Aldt
Huron Street
Frank Majewicz
W. L. Alward
Furniture Mart Corporation
Latte Shore Athletic Club
Wes Harrison Street
Andrew Troth
Tony May
Rail Opposed Railroads At Inland Waterways Congress
National rivers and harbors congress opened amid debate over federal aid for inland waterways. Spokesmen for both sides prepared program notes and delegates voiced protests against any interference with the waterways program. Mississippi valley delegates urged President Hoover to push proposals to speed river projects as a relief measure.
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National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Missississippi Valley
Hoover
Identify Man Held To Be Kidnapper
A middle aged man detained as the Eugenia Cedarhaim kidnapping suspect has been identified by a woman who says she was his wife. Mrs. Nettie E. La Mar Hall claims they married in 1908, have six children, and that he deserted her in 1925. She says he served four and a half years in Minnesota for second degree assault.
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New York
Eugenia Cedarhaim
Edward Lawrence Hall
Cook, Minn
Nettie E. la Mar, Hall
Brownsville
Ind
Minnesota
Hall
Twelve Days Left to Mail Holiday Packages
Postmasters urge customers to mail now as the Christmas season ends in twelve days. M. E. Blystone of the Huron weather bureau confirms forecasted fair weather through Thursday, aiding holiday mailing. Packages marked do not open until Christmas are arriving from other cities.
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Br Blske
M. E. Blystone
Huron Weather Bureau
Post Office
Blake
Huron Schools Plan Christmas Programs and Radio Carols
Supt A J Lang announced upcoming Christmas events in Huron public schools. Grade schools host parent attended programs Monday December 22 after recess with carols. Tuesday December 23 students host parties for themselves. junior and senior high plan assemblies and a daily 12 noon 15 minute carol broadcast on KGDY through Christmas.
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Huron
Supt
A. J. Lang
KGDY
Watertown Kiwanis Honorary Member for Governor-elect Green
Governor elect Warren E. Green was made an honorary member of the Watertown Kiwanis club. He arrived after visiting delegates at Oxford Farm and spent the afternoon meeting Watertown friends. Officials declined to discuss plans for the next governor’s official family.
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Green
Kiwanis
Watertown
Warren E. Green
Watertown Kiwanis Club
Oxford Farm
Hazel
Lake Preston Scouts Donate Toys To Needy Children
Lake Preston scouts led by scout master Jorden Maxam collected aged toys from city homes and planned to repair them in a toy hospital room. The project aims to brighten Christmas for needy children. Correction notes A C Swensen sold interests in A B A station and bought the White Eagle gasoline service at Dakota Ave and Twenty second St South.
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Lake Preston
Jorden Maxam
Correction A. C. Swensen
White Eagle
Dakota Avenue
Twenty-second Street
Bank Robbery at Vernon Center Nets 1900 Dollars
Two men forced the cashier and a woman bookkeeper to lie on the floor then robbed the State Bank of Vernon Center Minnesota of 1900 dollars late yesterday and fled after forcing the victims into the vault.
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EOD Bank
Vernon Center
Minn
State Bank of
Three Huron faculty to sing in Messiah in two towns
Three Huron college music faculty members will perform in Messiah across Mitchell and Redfield on Sunday December 13. Hardin A. Van Deursen solos in Mitchell under Alva Beacher. John Wharton and Helen Bandy join Redfield's rendition led by Adolph Nervig.
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Hardin A. van Deursen
Mitchell Philharmonic Society
Corn Palace
Mitchell
Alva Beacher
Dakota Wealeyan School of Music
John Wharton
Helen Bandy
Huron Music
Messiak
Redfield
Adolph Nervig
Cooperative Marketing Sees Bureau Leaders Increase Roles
In a shift within the field of cooperative marketing, bureau leaders are being elevated to higher prominence, signaling more centralized guidance and coordination across campaigns. This move aims to strengthen collective bargaining and resource sharing for member organizations.
Savoldi clan eyes more gridiron records at Notre Dame and anew
Joe Savoldi leaves Notre Dame football but Clem Savoldi, on the freshman squad this year, may push the Sevoldi line into new seasons at South Bend.
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Savoldi
New York
Joe Savoldi
Notre Dame
Clem
South Bend
Sevoldi
John Stotz Tells Of Fatal Shooting
In an inquest at Lake Andes on December 9, John Stotz described how his wife Mrs. John Stotz was fatally shot at their farm home Sunday night when he attempted to load an 1897 shotgun. Gren Bruner of Geddes, a truck driver, testified that his gravel truck halted in front of the Stotz place and that two dogs blocked the yard. he did not hear the shot. Funeral services were set for today. Stote noted another robbery attempt near here that left Frank Hauser fatally wounded.
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Lake Andes
John Stotz
Here
Gren Bruner
Geddes
Stotz
Bruner
Corsica
Platte
Racketeering Ties Seen in Sapp Shaner Disappearance
Wisconsin police broaden the probe into the disappearance of J Everett Sapp and Helen Shaner to include racketeering ties. Sapp, 32, of Rockford and his companion, 23, of Freeport, were missing after his bullet marked car and clothing were found near South Beloit. Authorities fear the couple were slain and bodies hidden under the ice of a small creek.
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Wis
J. Everett Sapp
Rockford
Helen Shaner
Freeport
Sapp
South Beloit
Smali
Mrs. O'Loughlin Faces Life Term For Murder
Denver December 9 Convicted of murdering her 10 year old step daughter Mrs Pearl OLoughlin faces life imprisonment at hard labor in the Colorado state penitentiary The jury heard the Titian haired 31 year old step mother Deliberations lasted an hour and 36 minutes The verdict carries an automatic penalty and capital punishment cannot be imposed without a witness or confession The defense may seek a new trial within 30 days and plans an appeal to the state supreme court if denied
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O'Loughlin
Henry A. Calvert
John BM. Keating
State Supreme Court
Convict Woman Of Killing Her Father
Anna M. Kummer, 21, of Anamoose, North Dakota, was convicted by a district court jury of second degree murder for killing her father, Theodore Kummer, 66, last April. The jury recommended 18 years imprisonment and the court likely will sentence today.
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Towner
N. D
Anna M. Kummer
Anamoose
Theodore Kummer
Police Raid Nets Guns And Gas Bombs
Two persons were arrested in Minneapolis as detectives seized sub machine guns sawed off shotguns tear gas bombs and other weapons from a furnished apartment linked to a gun mob believed to rob banks in Minnesota and nearby states. A man and a young woman were taken into solitary confinement and may be connected to the Vernon Center bank robbery of 1777 dollars yesterday afternoon.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
State Bank of
Vernon Center
Minn
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