Sub Freezing Temperatures Persist Across Europe and Black Hills
Across Europe and the Black Hills a severe cold wave continues. In Rapid City water remains scarce and streets are iced as a warm-up promise arrives. France and Paris report rivers frozen and widespread frost as trains face delays and coal shortages strain Europe. Local crews clear ice and restore routes while residents recall harsher winters.
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Europe
Janary
South Dakota
Tuga
Aventas
Aigscusa
London
Aiicaesho
Slovakia
Foland
Piotitow
England
Bratislava
Czechoslovaiia
Detest Men Spinster Reaches 100 in Boston England
A centenarian spinster Miss Wilhelmina Robinson in Boston England proclaims she detests men and never married. At age 100 she laughs at courting and claims never to have been asked to marry, noting she never faked any plan to wed. She keeps company with two white cats and wears a lacy cap as she reflects on life.
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Boston
England
Robinson
Yaver
Ian
Ond
Police Slewps Gangsters Spark Chicago Prohibition Clash
Major Fred D Silloway says police helped to quell a West Side liquor gang war turning deadly. He claims Moran gang used police garb and a car to commit killings while officers allegedly stayed passive. Authorities note some suspects wore uniforms. police deny involvement as page nine follows.
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Chicago
Fred D. Silloway
Silloway
Subway
Moran
Pailes
Willa F. Russel
Rotary President Arrives in Rome Amid Vatican Visit
Rotary International President arrived in Rome on February 26 for a Vatican audience. He declined to explain whether he would attempt to discuss Rotary’s role in Catholic history and future relations. The consistory reportedly handed down an opinion on the matter yesterday.
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Rome
Ma ‘Nampico
Mexico
Rotary International
Kot
Vatican
Sterey E
Missing Hunting Party Spreads Frantic Search
Forrester City reports a four day absence of Freddie LaPlent and William Touchstone after they left on a hunting trip. Local authorities and Cheyenne Indian Agency workers have coordinated a wide search with no solid trace yet.
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Forrest City
Freddie LaPlent
Cheyenne ‘Indian Agency
William Touchstone
DRY HEADS SEIZE CUSTOMER LIST IN PROHIBITION CASE
Federal agents seized a customer list from a Brooklyn firm linked to bootlegging and arrested a man and a woman on conspiracy charges. The raid uncovered $500,000 in high grade liquor and details tying the operation to supplying wealthy patrons at dinners and social events. Bail was set at $7,400 each as evidence showed a conspiracy to violate the prohibition and tariff acts and conceal imported liquor.
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Monroe and Equipment Company
Taltet
Watts
Haron Wins In Debates Across Series At High School
Debaters at the high school stage a sequence of contests with Haron securing a win and Loces also prevailing in multiple rounds. The lively series showcases student oratorical skills and competition among peers.
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Haron
Death Valley Scotty Talks Of New Desert Shack
Los Angeles gossip centers on Death Valley Scotty Walser Scott as he visits town to discuss a mansion he is building described as a desert castle. He claims one million more funds are needed and that two million three hundred thousand dollars have already been spent. He says he may finish “the shack” in years, and notes he once chartered a special train for a Chicago pleasure trip.
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Fes
Death Valley
Scotty
Waler Scott
Chicago
Nevada-California
Tia Desert Castle
Small Arsenal Taken In Vienna
Police seized a small arsenal in Vienna believed to be for a coup against Chancellor Seipel’s Christian Socialist regime. Three hundred rifles, some machine guns, ammunition, army telephones, and other equipment were found at the Socialist Organization for Defense of the Republic and Republican Workingmen's Union HQs in underground chambers. Police say permits do not justify such quantities.
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Vienna
Seipel
Ts & Ral
Socialist Organization for_Defense of the Republic
Republican Workingmen's Union
Al Capone Says He Will Stay In Sunny Florida
Al Capone says he will remain in Florida indefinitely after leaving his Miami Beach home to answer questions from New York District Attorney Louis Goldstein. The Chicago racketeer faced questions tied to investigations into the Frankie Yale killing and a reported gang leadership split. Capone offered little detail, saying he answered questions that would not interest anyone.
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Florida
Padi
Fla
Scarface
al Cagis
Chicago
Miami Beach
Louis Goldstein
New York
Capone
Goldstein
Frankie Unie
Yale
Interim highway commission bill dominates legislative agenda
Lawmakers debate twelve senate bills and four house measures while a proposed interim commission to probe the highway department advances. A special joint investigating panel urged naming the commission by legislative leaders, with funding from highway funds. Lobbyists crowd the Capitol as talks shift to taxation and sale contracts for personal property, cigars and tobacco.
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Highway Commission
Oth House
House
Lyon
Minnehaha
State Coal Mine Commission
S Texaton
Frantz
Deuel
Petry
Brown
Forensic Contests Start Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls hosts a two day meeting of the South Dakota collegiate forensic association with Augustana College hosting 11 schools. Contests in oratory and extempore spark activity as Prok Hiatmar Sterlin of Rapid City presides. The item notes a giant concrete bridge span of 432 feet, described as the world’s longest of its kind.
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Seine
Weray
Appropriation Bill Cuts State Budget by $322000
Pierre February 15. The general appropriation bill introduced by the joint committee lowers the budget board total by 322,095.75 and would appropriate 7,198,212.92 for all state purposes for the coming biennium. The bill, introduced in the Senate, follows Budget Board recommendations in many areas with several department cuts and increases, and leaves three weeks for legislative action before March 8.
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Joint Committee of
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Echool
St Training School
Goldlera
Unsettled Weather North Dakota and South Dakota
Forecast calls for unsettled conditions with potential snow in eastern and central areas tonight. Warmer conditions expected tonight in parts, with Saturday seeing continued unsettled skies and cold snaps across eastern regions.
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South Dakota
Parttane
Press Barred From Investigation Proceedings Closed
Senator A B Gunderson, chairman, said the committee will publish a full report after investigations. The panel met behind closed doors following complaints from witnesses outside the banking department. Publicity, the chairman explained, could hamper the investigation and affect witness testimony.
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A. B. Gunderson
Gundargon
Banking Department
Prison measure heads to governor for action
A proposed constitutional amendment to refer to voters the question of authorizing courts to suspend sentences during good behavior was approved by the Senate and sent to the Governor after House concurrence. The measure, introduced by Senator Parkman, passed the House by 90 to 3 as lawmakers moved through calendars and other business.
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Slobx Falls
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Davison
Yonde
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Union
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Clay
Athorize
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