End Of Capone Grip On Chicago Gangs In Sentence
In Chicago on February 2, federal officials saw a turning point as Capone received a six month federal sentence for contempt of court. Judge Wilkerson heightened pressure on Capone, who seeks a stay and appeals while facing possible vagrancy charges. Bond set at 5000 remains, with renewal due on Monday.
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Capone
Chicago
Scarface
al’ Capone
James H. Wilkerson
Windy City
Breen
Circuit Court of Appeals
Fireman Killed As Trains Collide Near Camp Douglas
A Milwaukee Olympian passenger train collided with a Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha line train near Camp Douglas Wisconsin injuring seven. Fireman Al Wood of Oconomowoc was killed after leaping from the cab and being caught beneath the locomotive. The Olympian’s engine struck the Oma ha line engine, derailing both locomotives and damaging about 500 feet of track. Service on both lines was restored several hours later.
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LA Crosse
Wis
Olympian
Milwaukee Road
St. Paul
Camp Douglas
Here
al Wood
Oconomowac
Taylor
Eastern Star Matron Visited Highmore Guest of Mrs. Carpenter
Mrs. Elizabeth Burnett worthy grand matron of the Order of Eastern Star stayed several days in Highmore at the home of Mrs. Orlo Carpenter. Mrs. Blueller and Springfield Normal ties noted. Burnett planned an official visit to Ree Heights chapter next.
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E.S
Highmore Highmore
Elizabeth Burnett
Order of Eastern Star
Highmore
Orlo Carpenter
Carpenter Home
Marie Dressler Seeks Rest After Santa Barbara Visit
Marie Dressler, renowned comedienne, arrives in Santa Barbara for a rest after travel. She explains she planned a round of meals and social engagements, including breakfasts, lunches, dinners, bridge parties, and motor trips, before her arrival wore her out.
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Marie
Santa Barbara
Cal
Marie Dressler
Inikia Comedienne
Moth
Weather and Hlucoe Party Clendy in Tight and San Oy
South Dakota forecast calls for mostly fair weather with Sunday cooler and slightly calmer night conditions. Southeast portion remains somewhat warmer Sunday with a cooler night outlook overall.
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Hlucoe
Cowhand Reveals Self As Woman Forced By Hunger
Grace Carlton a part Cherokee woman from Midland Texas wore mens clothes while working on ranches. Hunger drove her to reveal her gender after being aided by Tonkawa Oklahoma charities. Officials will investigate if she is a ward of the government.
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Blackwell
Okla
Jack" Carlton
Midland
Texas
J. L. Jones
Tonkawa
Grace Carlton
Associated Charities
February Weather Marks Warmest Month In Huron History
February 1831 will close as the warmest February in fifty years of Huron records per M. E. Blystone of the Weather Bureau. Daily averages likely exceed 33 degrees, with January and December also noted as record warm. Only a brief mid January cold snap dipped temps to 10 below zero, while a 63 degree day topped the winter highs.
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Huron Weather Bureau
Huron
M. E. Blystone
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Middle West
United States Weather Bureau
Mild winter ends month with record warmth in the midwest
Chicago reports the mildest winter in decades with higher temperatures across the middle west. Forecaster A Donnel notes similar conditions from Montana to the Dakotas while Chicago records show 34 on February 3 and a net three winter months average of six degrees above normal.
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Dakotas
Chicago
A. Donnel
Middle West
Montana
I C C Checks Move To Boost Stock Rates
Washington Feb 24 The Interstate Commerce Commission halted the Chicago St Paul and Milwaukee plan to raise live stock rates on Montana Dakota shipments. The railroad sought 39.50 per car for 50 mile moves, 66.50 for 150 miles, and 3459 for 259 miles, but the commission kept existing rates in place pending further action.
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Washington
Chicago, St. Paul and Milwaukee Railroad
Montana
Dakota Paints
Interstate Commerce Commission
Thousands Of Veterans Rush To Take Advantage Of New Loan Law
Veterans Bureau rushes to issue new loans against service certificates under a 4 percent plan. The program, approved after a veto override, pays half certificate value now and faces possible total outlay near 1.7 billion dollars. President Hoover urges priority for those in need and warns over-borrowing reduces future value. Administrators say relief groups will certify need and speed processing nationwide.
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Washington
Veterans Bureau
Senate
House
Hoover
Hines
Administrator of Veterans Affairs
Veterans rush for 50 percent loans on service certificates
Veterans surged to 54 regional Veterans Bureau offices seeking 50 percent loans on adjusted service certificates amid a nationwide mobilization. At Sioux Falls service officer Leo A. Tommey reported additional supplies, with about 35 applications filed in Huron and more expected as blanks ran short.
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Congress
United States ‘Veterans Bureau
New York
Huron
Leo A. Tommey
Temmey
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans Bureau
Sioux Falls
Widow Files Petition In Walraven Estate
Magght Walraven widow of Charles Walraven Fairfield township farmer filed for administration in probate court after his death in Rochester Minnesota a week ago Heirs listed include Beaale Ollie John Evelyn Walraven Grimm Lawrence G Hitcheod and Yeena Nash among others with farm stock and equipment cited as the estate inventory The widow had earlier been named special administrator.
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Magght Walraven
Charles Walraven
Fairfield Township
Rochester
Minn
Beaale
Ollie
John
Evelyn Walraven
Huron
Grimm
Lawrenss, G
Hitcheod
Yeena Nash
Bonilla
Just Plain Bill Chosen Over Governor or Senator
Senator-Elect Bulow of South Dakota says to be called Just Bill rather than governor or senator while visiting the Senate with two other Democratic senators elect Cos tigan of Colorado and Coolidge of Massachusetts.
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Bill
Bulow Washington
Senate
Edwin A. Halsey
Bulow
South Dakota
Costigan
Colorado
Coolidge
Massachusetts
Legislature Votes Down Plan To Cut South Dakota House
Legislators rejected a proposal to shrink the South Dakota house from 103 to 83 members, a move that would save about 10,000 dollars in salaries and reduce travel costs. The impasse sparked a major parliamentary tangle as amendments and roll-call votes tested party and district loyalties.
Await Action Of Green On Money Bill
Pierre Feb 2 4 While awaiting action by Governor Warren Green on the general appropriations bill legislative attention centered today on measures for special expenditures. In the senate house bills calling for more than 225000 in special appropriations were awaiting approval. The House had senate bills proposing expenditures totaling 735000 on its calendar. Since favorable action by the governor on the 6842243 general bill is expected the legislature s financial problems will be settled if each house approves the other s special measures without difficulty. The general bill will be sent to the executive today or Monday as soon as it is officially enrolled. Governor Green indicated he would like to study the measure before signing it.
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Pierre
Warren Green
Senate
House
Green
Madison
Spearfish
Springfield
Veteran Railroad Employee Retires After 45 Years of Service
Ole Quale ends a long career with the Chicago & North Western railroad, retiring at 70 after 45 years as a boilermaker. He began in 1881, worked in Huron and Eagle Grove, homesteaded near Fort Pierre, then returned to the railroad in 1908. He plans trips, time with two sons in similar trades, and may visit Norway and own two lots in Huron.
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Ole Quale
Chicago & North Western Railroad
Quale
Wosece
Binn
Huron
Eagle Grove
Iowa
Fort Pierre
Chicago& Worth Western
Megate
G. 5
King
Cings
Hie
Norway
Atlantic
Europe
George Quale
Kalarinkeer Ex Ansions
William
Glenn Seara
South Dakota House and Senate Tackle Income and Salary Taxes
Efforts to merge income tax provisions with salary taxes proceed in both chambers. A five member panel revises the occupations salaries bill while a three member senate subcommittee updates the Hunter-Odland gross salary tax to mirror federal income tax rules. Three revenue measures seek 10 percent levies on tobacco products, butter and lard substitutes, with House and Senate committees weighing replacement revenue plans.
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BR. P. Howard Pierre
South Dakota
House
Senate
State Volunteer Tax Conference
Pierre Votes To Sell City Power Plant To State
Pierre voted 283 to 174 to sell its electric plant to the state for 1 conditioned on erection of a new state office building. The move aims to save the state 75 000 to 150 000 needed for a new power plant if an office is built. Legislature to approve such construction remains uncertain. The city will donate the current plant to the state instead of dismantling it.
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Pierre
Capitol
Pierze
Probe Of Soviet Ties To U S Steel And Bathishem
Senate investigation into U S Steel and Bathishem Steel relation with Soviet Russia was proposed by Senator Oddie Nevada. He cited Russian manganese ore dumped in the United States and asked for inquiry into the anti dumping act administration by Secretary Mellon and the customs bureau.
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Ask
U. S. Steel
Washington
Senate
Unted States Steel Corporation
Bathishem Steel Company
Rustia
Oddie
Republican
Nevada
Russia
Eudic
Mellon
Customs Bureau
MacGruder Pays Speeding Fine in Municipal Court
Verna MacGruder, age 108, of Sixth Street, was added to a list of speeding fines paid since police began wholesale arrests Tuesday. Several offenders from nearby towns have not yet appeared in municipal court.
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MacGruder
Huron
Verna MacGruder
Sixth Street
Biseivers
Ivere
Lari
Feet Keep Watch as Chiropodists Bill Lingers in South Dakota House
In Pierre on February 28, an unnamed man’s feet, bare and propped over the gallery barricade, became the running spectacle during debate on a chiropodists bill. Referred to as exhibit A, noble examples, the feet drew reactions as lawmakers wore and removed their patience with the long session. The odd spectatorship influenced neither side decisively, yet provided comic relief amid the floor fight.
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Bill Pierre
South Dakota
House of Representatives
House
Docioxs
Time Extended On Hotel Lease Deal With Elks
The Bond Hotel Corporation negotiating for a lease on Hotel Marvin Hughitt was granted an extension to April 7 to meet terms with the Huron Elks lodge owner Albert Robinson, chairman of the board. The lease would run the hotel excluding the lodge offices until July 1 1940, and the option extension had expired today.
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Bond Corporation
Elks
Bond Hotel Corporation
Marvin Hughitt
Huron Elks Lodge
Albert Robinson
Hudson Bond of
Sioux Falls
Large Dairy Barn Burns Near Wakonda
Fire of unknown origin destroyed a large dairy barn on the A. B. Leavejay place two miles northeast of Wakonda. Estimated loss eight thousand dollars with hay oats and several fall pigs also destroyed though some livestock saved.
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Wakonda
A. B. Leavejay Place
Bishop Lawler Returns From Rome Trip
Bishop John J. Lawler of Rapid City diocese returned from a seven week journey abroad. He visited the Vatican in Rome and Naples Italy, spent a week at Louvain University in Belgium, and sailed from Havre to New York arriving Tuesday.
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Lawler
Rome
Rapid City
John, J. Lawler
Catholic Church
Vatican City
Naples
Italy
Louvaine University
Belgium
America
Havre
France
New York
Rockwell Gets Break In Portland Municipal Court
C E Rockwell avoided a typical setback when a traffic tag directed him to appear in Portland municipal court at 3 a.m. February 1 to answer the charge, a rare break in a familiar legal snag for drivers in the city.
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Rockwell
Portland
Obe
C. E. Rockwell
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