Chief Floyd Barlow recalls 25 years since first flight
Floyd Barlow, pioneer pilot and early Curtis Aircraft flyer, marks a quarter century in aviation. He recalls 1911 Yankton exhibition, wings clipped by a ditch, and his 1912 pilot license No 139. Barlow’s Rapid City tale spans flight across models, wartime service, and a lifetime of flying.
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Floyd Barlow
Rapid City
South Dakota
Orville Wright
Barlow
Curtis Aircraft Company
Yankton
Yankton College
Aslyum
Federation of Aeropantics International
Pioneer Merchant Of De Smet Passes
De Smet December 17 Special Peter OHara a sixty year old pioneer De Smet merchant died at his home from pneumonia after several days illness Survived by two children John of De Smet and Mrs H N Gauthier Williston a brother Mike of De Smet and a daughter Mrs August Walstrom Sauk Center Funeral arrangements not completed today Gauthier arrived in De Smet and Mrs Walstrom to come for services
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de Smet
Peter O'Hara
O'Hara
John
H. N. Gauthier
Williston
N. D
Mike
August Walstrom
Sauk Center
Mina
Gauthier
Army seeks new building and housing for troops
Washington reports Secretary Dern urges a new War Department building in Washington and a 30 million dollar housing program to address deplorable army living quarters. He also proposes increasing army strength from about 11,730 officers and 117,517 enlisted men to 10,13,000 officers and 165,000?, defending the army air corps record in flying the mail last winter.
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Washington
War Department
Dern
Armour Workers Vote To Strike In Huron Over Wages
Union members at the Armour plant in Huron voted to strike over wage discrimination compared to Armour’s Sioux City pay. About 83 percent of a 140-strong attendance supported the action, pending Labor Department conciliator steps. The plant’s general manager said no official notice yet.
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Armour
Huron
Sioux City
Huron Iocal
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen Union
C. H. Landis
Landis
HH. L. Kerwin
U. S. Department of Labor
Washington
American Federation of Labor
A. E. Danielson
Aame
Kennedy To Leave For Capital Parley
Kennedy deputy state relief administrator plans to depart for Washington this afternoon to confer with federal relief officials. Governor Berry says Kennedy will seek additional relief funds and address administrative issues, noting previous relief fund expenditures and transfers to rehabilitation without repayment, aiming to reach Washington by Wednesday.
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Pierre
Kennedy
Washington
Federal Relief Administration
Tom Berry
Rehbilitation” Corporation
Children Will Get Candy For Old Toys
The American Legion collects old toys in Hudron for reconditioning and distribution to needy children at Christmas. Children who bring a toy to the Legion Top Shop at 183 Third Street Southwest receive a stick of candy. Toys will be distributed through Salvation Army Elks and rural schools after repair.
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Huron Children
American Legion
Legion Top
Third Street Southwest
W. C. Welter
Hudron
Mr. Welter
The
Legion
Salvation Army
Elks Lodge
Ther
Fall City Paint and Glass Company
Scheele Hearing Set For Thursday on Manslaughter Charge
In municipal court, Scheele faces first degree manslaughter and a charge of driving while intoxicated. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Thursday December 20 at 2 p.m. He posted $3,000 bond and is accused in the automobile death of Lafe Williams, pioneer of Yale County. The complaint was filed by State’s Attorney Leon Temmey and signed by S. H. Willems, son of the victim.
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Fale
A. A. Chamberlain
Scheele
State’s
Leon Temmey
Lafe Williams
Yale
S. H. Wilems
Emil Hay
Huron
J. BR. Crawford
Hay
Aviation Day Observed at Huron Airport
The Huron airport opened its hangar and airplanes for public inspection on Aviation Day. Airport manager Frank Blume said a planned plane flight would depend on clearing fog. An airmail plane from Sioux Falls had not arrived by noon, possibly delayed by fog.
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Huron Airport
Frank Blume
Sioux Falls
Blume
Greta Garbo Near Romance With George Brent
Hollywood reports hint Greta Garbo and ex husband Ruth Chatterton’s George Brent have formed a close acquaintance, sparking talk of a possible romance. Brent, born in Dublin, studied in Ireland and later pursued acting in the United States, remaining an Irish citizen.
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Calif
Garbo
Greta
George Brent
Ruth Chatterton
Strindberg
Stockholm
Sweden
Rowben Mamoulisa
Arizona
Brant
Dublin
Ireland
National University
United States
Arrest Of Dillinger Hoodlum Seen As Solution Of $427,000 Robbery
Chicago dispatch reports the arrest of Joseph Burns, a Dillinger gangster, as a key breakthrough in solving the Brooklyn post office robbery, the era’s largest cash haul. Burns, captured yesterday in a south side flat, is said to be connected with the August 2 Brooklyn hold up. Authorities seek to learn the fates of John Hamilton and Joseph Fox as machine gun tests are planned on weapons found in Burns’s flat. Burns surrendered quietly after police surrounded his home.
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Chicago
Eestrigeer
Breoklyr
Seunon Agar Vezidt
Joseph Burns
Dillinger
Johnson
Burns
Indiana
Lifer
South Side
Brooklyn
Inspector Johnson
John | Hamilton
Joseph Fox
John Stege
Burny
George
Baby Face Nelson
Department of Justem
Michigan City
John ‘Dil“Unger
Burne
Beautification Washington Untitled Fragment
Washington December 16. Senator Pee Internal organs resist Dr Borah external pressure. One reason is they do not like Dr Borah. A wise differing sham question of practical politics. Reorganization now would counter by throwing out chair with more freckles. They consider it important only with adoption of Dew. Continued on Page Eight.
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Prac
Thad Fletch
King Boris Heads Chauffeur Group in Bulgaria
In Sofia on December 17, the Bulgarian association named King Boris as head of the chauffeurs group. He is praised as a practical chauffeur and mechanic, a locomotive driver expert, and head of the National Association of Locomotive Engineers. His wartime role as a major helped qualify him as a railroad expert.
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Bulgaria
Bulssrsn
Association of Chaut
Hos
Boris
Cign
National Association of Locomotive Engineers
Yawn Victim Is Continuing Yawns In Round Grove
In Round Grove Mrs. Harold McKess enters her second week of persistent yawning baffling doctors. Her husband and son Russell, both ill, wish for a cure while she requests an end to the yawns. County doctor Dr. H L Pettit reports a Loyola neurologist may join to aid the case. He notes sleep relief with opiates could allow months of rest without endangering her life.
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Round Grove
Anyoe
Harold McKess
Russell
HL L. Pettit
Loyola University
Chicago
Evangeline Booth Declines Marriage Proposal in Belfast
Evangeline Booth, 68, commander of the Salvation Army, says a Chicago man proposed to her at a Salvation Army meeting in Ulster Hall in Belfast but she declined. She explained she remains single, citing personal reasons for her decision. The unnamed proposer pressed the question as the time to marry neared.
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Evangeline Booth
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Evangéline Booth
Salvation Army
Chicago
Ulster Hall
Booth
Booth Sid
Higher Rate Proposal Sparks Tax Debate
Heggestad cites a low rate plan tied to ore tax changes. ORL urges reforms and petitions. Farmers Union supporters back a ten percent conservative rate while critics push for rapid action.
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Heggestad
ORL
Denver attorney Ben Laska linked to Urschel ransom case
Denver attorney Ben Laska was announced as arrested on charges of complicity in the Urschel ransom kidnapping. Indicted alongside James C. Mathers for legal participation in the division of the Urschel money, Laska is said to have connections with underlying criminal figures and is reputedly connected to the Boettcher and Bostcher cases as counsel. He denied the charges and claimed he received between ten and eleven thousand dollars in ransom proceeds.
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Ben Laska
Charles F. Wischel
Harold Nathan
Bureau of Investigation
Department’ of Justice
Leska
James C. Mathers
Oklahoma City
Urschei
Albert Bates
Laska Bates
Harvey Bailey
Southwestern Desperado
George
Machine Gun
Bates
Arest
Sagroup. Af
Charles Bosttecher
Laska
E. K. Newman
Department of Justice
Nathan
Siouk Falls
Ben Daska
Atomey
Charles Urechel
Oklahoma
Iee
Mra. Sankey
Mra
Alvina Kobler
Pierre
Sioux Falls
Supreme Court to rule on retirement act's constitutionality
Washington December 17 The Supreme Court agreed to pass on a lower court ruling that the retirement act is unconstitutional The administration plans new legislation for the coming session to address objections President Roosevelt said the measure signed June 30 crude and needing changes It affects over a million employees and would require both workers and employers to contribute to a retirement fund The Alton and other railroads challenged the act's constitutionality
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Supreme Court
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Congress
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