Prohibition Party Weighs Borah Presidential Bid
Indianapolis July 5 The Prohibition Party convened to consider uniting temperance groups to back Idaho Senator Borah for president despite his refusal to align with their ticket. Party leaders, including Colgin, push to draft a platform and secure broad support, while Borah’s stance remains unclear and some doubt he will accept the nomination.
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Beauty Advisor to Actors Weds in Mont Mass Ceremony
Mme Sylvia Ulyect, former Hollywood masseuse and beauty advisor to stars, married Edward Leiter in Mont Mass on July 1. Attendant Charlotte Granville. The couple, planning a brief honeymoon, return to New York where Sylvia continues radio and writing work.
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Hollywood
Edward Leiter
Etremont
Mass
Charlotte Granville
Sylvia
Ella
Los Angeles
Joseph Leiter
Chicago
Weather Outlook for Huron and Vicinity
Weather forecast calls for unsettled conditions tonight with improving, fair and cooler conditions by Wednesday. South Dakota expected to be generally fair tonight and Wednesday with slightly cooler readings in the central and eastern areas.
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Central
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Peculiar Mishap Leaves Sioux Falls Man Injured
Burdette Melloon, 31, of Sioux Falls, is hospitalized in serious condition with a broken pelvis after a freak crash on highway 18 two miles west of the city. While towing a disabled car, a rear collision with a second vehicle occurred, and a fourth car then struck the third, pinning Melloon between the second and third cars. His companion, Everett Melloon, was uninjured.
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Farmers urged to pledge crop sales for twine on credit
Pierre July 3 South Dakota farmers lacking cash to buy binder twine were urged by state agriculture secretary Layson G Troth to obtain twine on credit by pledging revenue from crop sales. He noted federal crop loans complicate default risk but favored early action to protect farmers and twine dealers as grain acreage declines. Congressman Christopherson said officials are ready to act and twine dealers may be allowed first payment from crops.
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Hutton Attacked By Bees in Mountain Weekend
Los Angeles July 5 David Hutton returned to face cross examination in a breach of promise suit filed by Myrtle Jean Sb Pierre Pasadena nurse. Bees stung him three times but he said the injuries do not affect his testimony that he never had relations with the nurse. He spent the weekend at a mountain retreat where his wife Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton recovers from illness.
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Pasadena
Hulton
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton
Miss St. Pierre
Put Back To Work In Yards At Chicago & North Western
Twenty three men have been put back to work in the car repair yards of the Chicago and North Western railway in Huron. They are needed to work on cars to be used in the grain movement this year. Employment length depends on grain volume. Some workers had been off payroll since last fall.
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Governor And Wife Attend Hills Rodeo
In Belle Fourche, July 3, Western South Dakota hosted the Black Hills roundup a three day rodeo opening with Governor and Mrs. Green as official guests. The governor wore a ten gallon hat as aerial defense maneuvers by Troop A Fort Meade and an autogire demonstration by Capt. Lewis Yancey augmented the usual rodeo program.
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West Virginia Rivers Flood In Wide Charleston Area
Southern West Virginia rivers rose rapidly after five inches of rain, tearing through highways farms homes railroads and telephone lines. Flood stages reached unusual heights stranding hundreds of tourists in small towns along principal routes.
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Charleston
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Independence Day Death Toll Tops 200 in Nation Wide Toll
The Associated Press reports the Fourth of July death toll exceeded two hundred with automobile accidents accounting for 117 fatalities and drownings totaling 83. The Midwest led with over 93 deaths, including 53 auto fatalities and 31 drownings, while fireworks caused ten deaths nationwide.
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Butte
Ment
William and
Josuph Crnich
Rudolph Kayhan
Stanley Strille
Joseph Munich
Stanley Scrich
Three Cent Stamps Required Tomorrow Warnoriauare
Citizens urged to start using the new three cent stamp tomorrow to help the government out of the red. The stamp is purple with Washington's portrait and identical to the two cent design aside from denomination and dates. Four billion stamps are being manufactured in three varieties.
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Washington
Bystander fatally shot in bank robbery near Knox
In San Pierre Indiana seven heavily armed men robbed the State bank, taking about 4000 dollars after it opened. A bystander named Albert Benham, a deaf mute, was killed outside the bank after he did not move on. San Pierre lies in Starke County about 15 miles southwest of Knox.
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No Firecrackers Break Quiet at Coolidge Farm
Plymouth Vermont residents kept Independence Day peaceful as Calvin Coolidge, renowned farmer, suffered hay fever on the nation’s birthday and his own sixty-fifth birthday observed quietly at the famous farm.
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Vermont
Calvin Coolidge
Ice Cream Storm Delights Campers in Philadelphia
In a Philadelphia juvenile program Camp Happy youth experienced a rain of candy like hail. An airplane dropped more than 10 000 sticks of red yellow and green lollies for campers to scoop and share.
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Two States Are Hit By Storms
Tornadic winds across southeast Nebraska and northern Kansas killed at least three people and injured over twenty as a July Fourth celebration in Washington was disrupted. Mrs. F. E. Slagle died and her husband and two sons were hurt near Hubbell. Pet er Gillett and Garland Hublen were killed in Narka. Governor Woodring canceled his speech due to fatigue after returning from Chicago. The city of about 3,500 faced chaos with unverified reports of two more fatalities.
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Aviators Fight Thick Fog to Reach Harbor Grace
Two American aviators James Mattern and Bennett Griffin battled dense fog as they tried to reach Harbor Grace. Reportedly forced down near Wesleyville, they were sighted over Cape Freels. Graffin dropped a note asking for directions from locals before the plane radioed for a course and headed south.
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Car Spill Is Fatal Near Castlewood
In Watertown on July 5 a 21 year old Castlewood native Mary Laville Tone died at a hospital from injuries after a car she rode in went into a ditch. The vehicle carried six people including Tone and driver Carl Lindstrom who suffered a fractured left arm. others escaped with minor injuries.
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Wathew Tone
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Hoover Opposed To State Loans Section In Relief Bill
Washington July 5 President Hoover opposed the relief bill section providing 2000000 for state loans on a population basis calling it a pork barrel proposal He favored the public works portion and expected a veto if the loans section remained The congressional session faced deadlock on agriculture and war department appropriations with adjournment unlikely this week according to Rep Snell at Rapidan camp
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Mrs Hudson Announces Separation From Guy Hudson
Mrs Minnie Kennedy Hudson says her marriage to Guy E Hudson has blown up after a year of failed efforts to place him permanently. She wishes him well and refuses responsibility for debts, while Hudson, described as What-a-Man, heads to a Los Angeles hotel amid an economic separation as he seeks work.
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Huron Weather Weekend Rainfall Report
Rain in the three day period ending today brought Huron only 0.09 inches while Mobridge led the state with 1.69 inches. Redfield and Aberdeen posted notable totals, and cities across the north reported varying rainfall amounts including Watertown Milbank Sioux Falls and Rapid City with several tenths to nearly an inch.
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Walker Begins Drafting Reply to Unfitness Charges
Mayor James J. Walker plans to start writing his answer to unfitness charges filed by investigator Samuel Sea bury. He aims to send it to Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt next week and expects the governor will take about two weeks to study it. In about three weeks Walker believes he will know his fate. Thousands of ex service men in the capital rallied for bonus certificates and marched toward the Capitol along Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Roosevelt seeks unity as Smith faction nerves. campaign looms
Albany July 5 Roosevelt returns from Chicago as Democratic nominee and faces task of mending fences with Smith forces. Supporters in Oklahoma Massachusetts and New Jersey praise his quick nomination move. Johnson’s stance sparks question if he may bolt or back Roosevelt.
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Puts Self In Hospital After Chasing Thieves
James A. Sansone angry over four men who left his barbecued sandwich place without paying. He pursued them, fired his revolver at their escape, then shot himself in the foot. He went to a hospital. the fleeing men continued their flight. Police dispersed unemployed demonstrators at a South Side food relief depot amid fears of trouble.
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Smith for Albany Governor Draft Favored by Tammany
The New York Evening Post reports that Alfred E. Smith is being considered for a fifth term as governor. Prominent Tammany leaders indicate Smith’s selection would be welcome, with factional leaders close to John F. Curry signaling support for a draft.
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President Hoover Prepares Public Statement At Camp
President Hoover resumes work on a document likely his acceptance speech or public statement to be issued in the coming days. He called Secretary Mills to discuss with cabinet members, while advisers and stenographers worked at his Virginia camp and in Washington. The statement’s delivery is not scheduled until next month.
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Garner To Rest Before Campaign
Washington July 5. Speaker John Nance Garner plans a rest in Texas before entering the vice presidential campaign. Democrats nationwide urge him to speak in major cities after congress adjourns. He will go to Albany to confer with Governor Franklin Roosevelt, then return to Washington to finalize campaign details. Garner, weary from seven months in session, looks forward to home in Uvalde and fishing trips for renewal.
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Hopper Aid Bill Rejected Again By House
Washington July 8 the house refused to appropriate federal funds for state grasshopper control work for the fourth time. A motion to accept a $600000 allotment within a larger agriculture supply bill was defeated. Representative Simmons of Nebraska backed the motion, but Byrns opposed it and the measure failed as the supply bill was returned to conference.
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