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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1931
Page
5
Legislative action moves toward authorizing four-year courses at the state normal schools in Madison Springfeld and Spearfish with two-year appropriations in the meantime. The bill would take effect July 1 if signed, while funding for higher enrollments was blocked, and a potential voter referendum could delay implementation to 1937.
Washington February 25 The fate of an immediate constitutional amendment to abolish the lame duck session rests with Senator Norris Nebraska The House adopted a resolution for submission but limited the second session to four months Norris opposes the limit The measure moves to conference and could die there If approved the amendment goes to state legislatures for ratification and would take effect after 36 of 18 states ratify The schedule changes include presidential and vice presidential induction and an emergency election provision.
The three New York Worlds facing sale as the Pulitzer heirs consider offering the papers to Scripps-Howard for about 5.1 million dollars. The papers have lost over 800 thousand dollars annually for five years, leaving a small remaining surplus. If not sold soon, the publishers warned they could publish no more than 90 days. Max D Steuer offered 500 thousand more than the contemplated price, with a deadline set for 11 am to present a concrete bid.
Delegates from five states gather in Yankton for the inaugural WNAX gas dealers convention. More than 250 registrants attended the opening night at the House of Gurney, with some traveling up to 30 miles.
At the Philadelphia Hair Dressers Association convention the trend toward blondes dominates. Kathleen Harris notes women dye or bleach and brunettes become blondes, with bob cuts and marcelled looks ruled as the accepted fashion for evening styling.
Al Capone slipped into the federal building before his contempt arraignment in Chicago. He entered with attorney William F. Waugh and went to Judge James H. Wilkerson’s courtroom. Capone, in a jovial mood, denied retirement rumors and commented on Judge Lyle’s actions and the public response.
In Washington a national conference of prohibition groups endorses forming centralized temperance units in 46 states aimed at influencing the 1932 election. The plan includes creating boards to push dry planks in party platforms, though some objections surfaced during late night sessions.
The northbound Pan American train derailed 40 feet into the Mobile River bridge when the draw opened. Three trainmen were killed, no passengers were reported injured, as the locomotive and baggage club car fell through the gap. Officials will check for any passengers in the club car and how the automatic signals failed to warn.
Admitted: Mrs. William Dugdale medical Bancroft Mrs. Leslie Waters minor surgical Hitchcock Mrs. J C Soren son medical Huron Mrs. Letty Ellsworth medical Woonsocket Mrs. C B Stratton surgical Huron. Dismissed: George Toppila Huron Elvira Horn Wolsey Henry Iverson Wol yi Ford Hofer Yale Mary Ann Stahl ale.
In Havana on February 23 two assassination attempts on President Machado failed. A guard atop the residence was arrested after a bomb attempt aimed at his bath, while a youth was seized when he drew a revolver during the inauguration address. A second bomb threat and small explosions occurred overnight as Havana marked the Grito De Baire anniversary.
Four boys suspected of stealing from stores and cars in Wellington Springs were bound over to a county judge. Two were sent to the state reform school at Plankinton, while the other two were to be placed in homes outside the state. Sheriff Pinard accompanied the transfer to Plankinton.
Mrs. Joe O'Connor of Woonsocket was fined five dollars plus nine dollars costs after being found guilty of assault and battery against Mrs. Hattie Rhodes. Justice M E Taylor suspended the fine upon payment of costs.
Chief A W Hopkins of Huron announces a speed limit crackdown after a city commission rebuke. Nearly a dozen violators were named as the drive began, with two offenders fined five dollars each for speeding near the McKinley school. The operation, using license number checks, will continue with officers posted across the city to curb fast driving.
Plans call for a big turnout at a special Farm Outlook meeting tonight at the Marvin Hughitt hotel attended by farmers and business men. R A Cave Bendla county agent and W F Schnidt review the 1531 Agricultural Outlook bulletin to explain price trends for the year and both men will preside at an afternoon session in Bonilla.
A jury in Charles Mix County found the slaying of Ted Reynolds at the Bartholdt farm near Wagner to be justifiable homicide. Emmet Bartholdt or the shooter was exonerated of blame and officials anticipated further action.
Weather bureau officials report February 1931 near-record warmth with daily averages above the previous record and a margin of about one tenth of a degree may settle the month’s status Saturday night. Temperatures have stayed well above normal with no sub-zero readings since January 13 and 14.
February average over 50 years sits at 143 degrees above zero, with a new February record possible as the contest nears its end. A low pressure area over the western states suggests little temperature change until Friday, with warmer weather forecast tomorrow. If February sets a new warm mark, the year will have two of winter's warmest months, following January which was the warmest in Huron's history.
A U S Department report shows 104,050,000 pounds of dressed poultry in storage at the start of 1931, about 36,000,000 pounds below January 1, 1930, indicating better conditions for early 1931 poultry markets.
The report notes that the current figure is about 20 million short of the five year average for the date and suggests improving poultry supply as 1991 crop figures and frozen stocks reduce competition.
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