North Dakota Gas Firm Seeks Pipeline Permit
The North Dakota Consumers Gas Company filed for operating rights in North Dakota and Minnesota with the utilities commission. It seeks a certificate to construct and operate a gas pipeline from Mandan to Fargo and from Fargo to Grand Forks, and then to Crookston Minnesota, serving 32 North Dakota municipalities and one in Minnesota. It also asked the commission to disclaim jurisdiction if overlapping with rival filings by Kansas Pipe Line and Gas Company and Public Service Gas Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
North Dakota Consumers Gas Company
North Dakota
Minnesota
Kansas Pipe Line and Gas Company
Public Service Gas Company
Power Commission
Mandan
Fargo
Grand Forks
N. D
Crookston
WPA Civil Service Proposal Sparks Congressional Debate
Opposition argues the plan would permanently embed the WPA as a civil service agency and grant life tenure to numerous administrators deemed incompetent. Proponents say it ends relief fining faults, with 33,000 WPA staff slated for civil service coverage Feb 1 under Roosevelt order. Senator Vandenberg derides the move as perverse, while Byrnes labels it routine and insists on strict political neutrality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
WPA
Roosevelt
Civil Service
America
Senator Vandenberg
Repub
Licna
Michigan
Sheppard Committee
Byres
Civil Service Commission
Four Burn To Death In Tenement Fire In Manhattan
Flames swept a upper Manhattan tenement early today killing four people, including three women and a man, and forcing 150 to 200 residents into the streets. A 50-year-old crippled man and another disabled resident escaped after firemen pulled them from the building using ladders. Investigators probe a report the blaze began near a Christmas tree at two of the victims' doors.
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New York
Jan
Upper Manhattan
Vicims
Capone’s Fees Paid and Remaining Debt Revealed
Chicago Jan. 5 The government still has 20000 coming from Al Capone, but will be ready when called. Abraham Teitelbaum, Capone’s counsel, delivered 35000 and 2692.29 in cash to the federal court clerk for court costs and fines from the income tax conviction. Capone must serve another year in county jail and pay a 20000 fine after release from Alcatraz, with eligibility for release January 19 after time off for good behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Capone
Abraham Teitelbaum
Alcatraz Island
Tickets On Sale For Annual Stag Event
Tickets are on sale for the Chamber of Commerce annual Good Fellowship stag party announced by Harry Gray. Each ticket costs 60 cents and can be bought from Gray or at the chamber headquarters. The event, at the Elks Ballroom at 8 p.m. on January 1, features informal entertainment and a Dutch lunch at 10. Roy Miller will MC, and the stag is open to all men in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Harry Gray
Gray
W. H Griffith
Elks Ball Room
Roy Miller
Ran Griffith
Income Tax Time Is Nearing for South Dakota
Income tax forms have been sent to about fifteen thousand residents and businesses in South Dakota. Taxpayers must file by March 15, 1939, with thresholds for single and married filers and credits for dependents. The 1938 act changes corporate rates and capital gains rules. Deputies will visit towns to assist with returns.
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South Dakota
Internal Revenue
Aber
Kasper
Rail Worker Awarded 3000 In SD Case
Dominic O Boyle of Huron received a 3000 award in a claim against the C N W Railroad for injuries while employed August 14 1936. The judgment by Deputy Industrial Commissioner Ralph S Rice awarded 2800 for time lost 200 for physicians fees and hospitalization. O Boyle alleged a machine incident near Cavour caused his injuries when horses bolted. He was represented by Harold W Markey with Churchill Benson for the railroad.
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Dominic O'Boyle
Huron
Ralph S. Rice
South Dakota
O'Boyle
Ip Gling
O’boyle
Cavour
Harold W. Markey
Boyd M Benson
Churchill & Benson
Flow Of Benefit Payments Starts Going To Farmers
The agriculture department began a large disbursement to farmers linked to 1938 acreage allotments, with $500 million in checks and an anticipated spring and summer add of $222 million for price adjustments on cotton, corn, wheat, tobacco, and rice. Texas led with $34,107,230 in July-November payments. Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin also reported notable totals.
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WARIO
Wan
Agriculture Department
Department
Texas
Minnesota
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wisconsin
City Briefs From Huron Area Highlights Moves and Visits
Local notes report Mr and Mrs James J Becker and family planning a move to Des Moines after holidays in Sioux Falls. Several residents return from visits, including Gwenyth Eben Van Duzee from Aberdeen and Violet Gascoigne from Rapid City. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Lee Smith in a Huron hospital. Dorothy Norris heads to Augustana College after holidays, while Virginia Dumdey returns to Sioux Falls for studies. Furrier ads promote sales at Eilers, and trips include Omaha and Ottawa. Measles cases rise mildly in Ree Heights, with preschoolers most affected.
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James J. Becker
Connie
Illinois Avenue Southwest
Sioux Falls
Des Moines
Becker
Dempster Mill Manufacturing Company
Fleming
Ady Gwenyth Eben van Duzee
Aberdeen
Raymond G. Lindsey
Violet Gascoigne
Rapid
Kenneth Norris
Baltimore
K. D. Norris
Eilers
Furriers
Helene Georgiades
Huron
John Georgiades
Fort Dodge
Lee Smith
First Street
Huron Hospital
Theaby
Dorothy Norris
Augustana College
Virginia Dumdey
Dumdey
Ciearanes
Ufadv
FP. E. Cameron
Gene Cameron
Robert Small
Omaha
Ottawa
Kan
Cameron
A. L. Page
Bob Osborn
South Bend
Ind
Notre Dame
Ella Osborn
F. Lusk
Rapid City
Mary Shields
Highmore
J. G. Ryan
Gilbert Bledsoe
Columbia College
Chicago
Carl Bledsoe
Janesville
Mina
Former Huronian Weds in Wisconsin
Miss Rachel Waters Harrold daughter of Dr and Mrs C B Harrold of Huron wed Harry Walter Wait in Sioux Falls South Dakota December 27. The ceremony at First Methodist Church in Kenosha Wisconsin was officiated by Rev Curtiss B Harrold. Attendants included Harrold sisters and Wait siblings. A reception followed for about 500 guests at the church banquet hall prior to a honeymoon trip. The couple will reside in Sioux Falls SD after January 15.
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Wisconsin
Kenosha
Wis
Rachel Waters Harrald
iDr
C. B. Harrald
Huron
Harrard
First Methodist Church
Curtiss B. Harrold
Harrold
Rachel Waters Harrold
Harry Walter | Wait
Sioux Falls
Harrelds
Harreld
Astorate
Methodist Church
Mrx. Wait
J. B. Wait
Chamberlain
Beatrice Kurt Webner
Mary Louise Harrold
Liszt
Ben ¥Neeht
Rapid City
M. D
Elizabeth Jean
Wilma Wait
S. C
Knecht
Mary Louise
Muss Wait
Ben Knecht
Robert McNeil
Arthur Swartz, Jr
Home From Hospital Nels Jorgensen’s Son Returns
Mr and Mrs Nels Jorgensen drove to Madison Monday to bring their son Marvin home from the hospital there where he recuperates from an appendicitis operation. A note on numeric naming explains that one billion equals 1,000,000,000 in France or the United States and one million million or 1,000,000,000,000 in England and Germany.
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Erwin
Nels Jorgensen
Madison
Marvin
Jorgensen
France
United States
England
Germany
Bank Call Issued For December 31
The comptroller of the currency issued a call for the condition of all national banks at close of business Saturday December 31. The FDIC also called insured state banks not members of the Fed to report their condition and 1938 earnings expenses and dividends. The note adds that an airplane flying 289 mph could circumnavigate the globe in 24 hours.
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Washingson
Comptroller of the Currency
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
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N. D. Gas Concern
Kansas Company
WPA Civil Service
Lys. Huron
Mitchell-Sioux Falls
Lys
Pierre-Rapid City
Lys. Pierre
Winron
Mitchell Sioux Falls
Pierre
Marvin Hughitt
C. of C
S. D
Dyckman
Minneapolis
Mae
Bancroft
Lilly Rusche
Albert Rusche
Hir Brother
Rusche
Ree Heights
Specia
SOC
Parsitor Drag Store
Een
Rance
Arch
Goodyear
Montgomery Ward
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