Jack Diamond Acquitted Amid Racketeering Probes
Troy dispatch reports Jack Diamond freed again on an assault charge after a two day trial. Diamond, once Arnold Rothstein’s bodyguard, claimed Albany alibi while Grover Parks testified of beating and torture tied to a mountain still. Remaining indictments stem from the Parks episode and a Roosevelt ordered racketeering inquiry in the Catskills.
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Victor
New York State
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Grover Parks
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Albany
James Duncan
Legs
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Roosevelt
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New York City
Wickersham Commission Blames Politics For Injustices
Washington July 15 The Wickersham commission denounces laws governing the Mooney Billings case as shocking to justice. It urges depoliticizing justice and fitness in judges, cites new trial refusals in San Francisco bombing, and recommends reforms and broader judge discretion. A New Orleans lawyer disputed the report, while details include heavy criticism of California courts and calls for code changes. A Hood River farmer displayed a 34 pound carrot.
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Washington
Thomas J. Mooney
Warren K. Billings
San Francisco
California Supreme Court
The
American Law Institute
Grasshopper Threats Prompt South Dakota Action
South Dakota county agents mobilize to combat a rising grasshopper infestation. Meetings with extension entomologist A L Ford coordinate poison bait projects in Bridgewater Clark Onida and Timber Lake. Norgaard reports successful use of poison barriers between fields to slow hopper advance. Weather and parasites will determine next year’s outbreak risk.
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V. D. Basart
Onida
Timber Lake
Basart
Sully
Walworth
Dewey
Norgaard
Ford
Hesebud
Obituary of Herman Baumhoff Ends Pioneer Life in Dakota
Herman Baumhoff died July 9 in Beatie county after a long illness. Born September 25 1860 in Pacific Missouri, he helped operate a drug store there before moving west to homestead near Sheffield Dakota. He married Martha Buckley on Thanksgiving Day 1885 and remained a devout member of the First Presbyterian church. Survived by his widow, daughter Mrs. Sheldon Reese, and brothers Fredrick of Grand Rapids Michigan and Alex of Sacramento California. Funeral held at the Presbyterian church with Rev H P Carson. interment Riverside cemetery.
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Herman Baumhoff
Beatie County
Pacific
Dakota
Sheffield
Martha Esther Buckley
Huron
Pasadena
Berkeley
Cal
First Presbyterian Church
Sheldon F. Reese
Fredrick Baumhoff
Grand Rapids
Mich
Alex Baumhoff
Sacramento
Presbyterian Church
H. P. Carson
Riverside Cemetery
Large Preschool Clinic Held in Miller
Miller July 15 Special The state board of health run preschool clinic led by Dr. Margaret Koenig and Miller physician Dr Pang Burn along with five local women and nurses served as the largest in four years. Fifty children were examined while 50 were turned away. attendance included 76 mothers 10 fathers and 40 visitors. The Hand county public health association notes 2200 pupils have been examined in two years using Christmas health seals funds sustain the work. Koenig will return this fall to finish the preschool clinic.
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State Board ‘of Health
Hand County Public Health Association
A. J. Jamison
Margaret Koenig
Koenig
Pangburn
Denounce Pope Charges as Lies by Vatican and Masonry
Rome reports Premier Mussolini and the fascist directorate denounce the pope encyclical on youth fascism as lies. They claim Vatican and Masonry unite against the fascist state, pledge mobilization of 873,000 adults and 642,000 youths to prove fascism is a unified military regime defending its revolution. Delegates from juvenile Degree of Honor chapters met in Parker with Yankton chosen for the 1932 convention.
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Sioux Falls
Commissioners Take Trip To Watertown
The commission visited Watertown to review a concrete products company and new enterprise producing concrete culverts and other materials for highway construction. The commission will resume its July 1 session tomorrow.
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the Concrete Products Company
Fes New Enterprise
Farmers To Discuss Freight Rate Boost
DES MOINES July 15 Efforts of railroads to obtain a 15 per cent national freight rate increase were to be discussed by the National Committee of Farm Organizations in session here today States represented included Minnesota North Dakota Kansas Nebraska Illinois Missouri Indiana and Wisconsin PETITION IS AMENDED WASHINGTON July 15 The petition of railroads for a 15 per cent rate increase was amended today at the beginning of hearings before the Interstate Commerce Commission to exclude coal and coke from its provisions
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Des Moines
National Committee of Farm Organizations
Minesota
North Dakota
Kansas
Nebraska
Illinois
Missouri
Indiana
Wisconsin
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rail ticket offices in Sioux City to merge
Sioux City will consolidate six city ticket offices of the major railroads on September 1. The lines involved include Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Pacific, Chicago & North Western, Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Omaha, Great Northern, Chicago Burlington Quincy, and Illinois Central.
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Rael Lines
Sioux City
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific
Chicago & North Western
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis& Omaha
Great Northern
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Illinois Central Railroads
Aberdeen Girl Is Winner At Wanzer's
At Camp Wanzer in Campbell Wanzer health camp in the Black Hills the weekly weight contest awarded top honors to Dorothy Mee Stark of Aberdeen who added 3 pounds in the second week and 3 in the first for a total of six pounds. The camp reports a season total of 217 pounds gained through two weeks with 130 pounds added last week. Leaders in second period gains include Glen Van Winkle Huron 9 pounds Maggie Olson Kadoka 3 pounds Marjorie Walker Huron 5 pounds Robert Fitch Huron 7 pounds Phyllis Keuhn Estelline ? pounds Darlene McKay Kadoka 6 pounds Maxwell Pierce Sion Falls 6 pounds.
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Glen van Winkle
Huron
Maggie Olson
Kadoka
Marjorie Walker
Robert Fitch
Phyllis Keuhn
Estellin
Leighton-Mitchell Lead Gains Highlight Two Week Span
Leighton and Mitchell posted notable gains totaling six pounds while fifteen individual five pound increases occurred over the two week period. The report tracks weight changes and participant progress across the interval.
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Leighton
Mitchell
Anderson and Becker Form Home Builders Venture
A business announcement states the partnership of G. M. Anderson and J. L. Becker under the name A. B. Home Builders. They will operate a general contracting building company offering residential and related construction services.
South Dakota Truck Law Referable Decision Expected
Pierre report says a Supreme Court decision on whether South Dakota's new truck law is referable was expected late today or tomorrow after several days of deliberation. The piece also notes that volcanic dust can stay suspended in air for years.
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Supreme Court
South Dakota
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