Gone With The Wind Still Tops State Free Library Picks
Pierre July 13 The South Dakota free library list shows Margaret Mitchells Gone With The Wind as the most popular book for rural readers for the year ending. The Yearling and Citadel follow among top titles while Mein Kampf and How to Win Friends and Influence People compete in non fiction. Circulation rose 6.2 percent to 46 391 volumes with 9 831 users borrowing for schools and clubs. The state library distributed 31 182 books. 1 340 added last year. Traveling libraries served 296 communities with 16 698 volumes. Beadle County commissioners adjourned after a weeklong July session at the courthouse.
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Hitler
Carnegie
Pierre
South Dakota Free Library
Margaret Mitchells
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Florida
A. J. Cronin
Adolph Hitler
Dale” Carnegie
Soviet Japan War Drags on With Vague Aims and Front Broadening Hopes
Reporter with Japanese troops in Manchoukuo notes ongoing exchanges near Hailar as Soviet forces withdraw west of the Khalka River. Japanese officers say main battle is nearly over while shells and machine gun fire continue along the Mongolian border.
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Hailar
Nomenhan
Nomonhan
Khorsten
Khalka
Shailar
Manchoukuo
Russell Rhines
Hailer
Rutty Roads
Khalka River
Havinarshan
Explosion Rocks Aircraft Carrier Ranger at Norfolk
Navy officials investigate a July explosion aboard the 735 foot carrier Ranger at Norfolk Navy Yard. Flames swept the flight decks, injuring several sailors, as fire crews battled the blaze for three hours. Initial estimates place damage from scorched paint to as high as fifty thousand dollars, with uncertainty over the cause pending a board of inquiry.
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Norfolk
Ranger
Norfolk Navy Yard
H. E. Keys
Keys
Headway In Strike Parley At General Motors
Detroit reports progress as General Motors and CIO United Automobile Workers resume talks over a 6700 worker strike. James F. Dewey noted talks were satisfactory after the first meeting since July 5. State police remained at the Fisher body plant in Pontiac after earlier skirmishes with pickets.
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Detroit
General Motors
CIO
United Automobile Workers
James F. Dewey
Fisher Body
Pontiac
Flashes of Life in Briefs From Across the Nation
A mixed roundup from South Bend Indiana, Estill South Carolina, Miami Florida and Omaha Nebraska. Highlights include a drowning discovery following a premonition, summer church services moved to a new air conditioned theatre, a Florida Power clerk demanding proof of death before issuing a check, and a teen softball catcher in Omaha receiving extensive facial reconstructive treatment after a pitch injury.
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Miami
Fla
Florida Power & Light Company
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Joe Omaha
Neb
Mary Ann James
Tilden
Omaha
Henry Canine Death Notices Reach Huron
Henry E Canine of Alamosa Cole husband of former Mary Hagen of Huron died Tuesday night at 6 in Rochester Minnesota after a four month illness. He was a former teacher and way coach at Teachers College Alamosa and earlier taught in Aledo TA. Mrs Canine taught in Alamosa last year. His wife’s parents Mr and Mrs O S Hagen of Blue Earth Minnesota joined by relatives Mary and John Engelbart of Cannon Falls Minnesota traveled to attend services in Burns Ida Sunday. They stayed overnight at the Hagen home in Huron.
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Alamosa
Cole
Mary Hagen
Huron
Canine
Rochester
Minn
Teachers’ College
Aledo
O. S. Hagen
Blue Earth
H. Engelbart
Mary
John
Cannon Falls
Burney
Ida
I. O Hagen
Indictments Dropped in Chicago Milk Monopoly Case
Federal Judge Woodward dismissed indictments against 43 individuals and 14 corporations accused of price fixing and market control in the Chicago milk sector. Leo F. Tierney said the government will appeal to the U S Supreme Court as defense demurrers were sustained. The case, launched after a long Justice Department probe, named firms in milk and ice cream industries, with officials tied to Associated Milk Dealers and the Pure Milk Association among others.
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Chicago
Leo F. Tierney
United States Supreme Court
Charles B. Woodward
Woodward
Secretary of Agriculture
Nul
Department of Justice
Ica
Herman N. Bundesen
Chicago Board of Health
Cap
Daniel Gilbert
Chimilk Distributors
Associated Mille Dealers, Inc
Pure Mill Association
Llinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
Milk Drivers’ Union
Land Seven
Three Convicted In Brooklyn Armored Car Holdup
A Brooklyn jury convicts Stewart Wallace Joseph Kress and Thomas Quinn of first degree robbery in the 427,950 armored car heist near the Rubel ice plant on Aug 21 1934. Judge O Dwyer orders imprisonment with no sentencing date set. The eight conspirators planned five months to crack the car and escape. two others face long terms, one is dead, one a fugitive, and two await trial.
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New York
Brooklyn
Rubel Ice Plant
William F. O'Dwyer
Stewart Wallace
Joseph Kress
Thomas Quinn
Als
Eye
Alcatraz
Forger Sentenced To Jail Term In Beadle County
Russell Daly a Huron salesman was sentenced to 30 days in Beadle County jail for forging checks. He must make good on the forged checks totaling the stated amount and pay $45.40 in costs. Daly has already served two weeks of the sentence and may appeal to Kingsbury County officials on a related charge.
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Boyd McM
Benson
Russell Daly
Huron
Beadle County
Daly
Kingsbury County
Sheriff's Office
South Dakota General Fund Balance Noted At $559,362
Pierre July 13. The South Dakota general fund stood at 559,362.56 on June 30 per Treasurer W G Douglas monthly report. The year ago balance was 20,915. Total funds on June 30 were 12,081,136.44 vs 13,591,090.53 a year earlier.
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Pierre
South Dakota General Fund
W.G. Douglas
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