State Fair Prize Money Announced for South Dakota Fair
Cash prizes totaling 2791T will be offered in 12 department exhibits at the South Dakota state fair September 16. Premium lists were mailed to prospective exhibitors. Dairy, beef, sheep, poultry, fruits, and agricultural classes receive specific prize allocations. Women’s work and market wool divisions are featured among new classifications.
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Agriculture Department
South Dakota
Uvestock
Prohibition Plays Major Role in 1932 Elections
The piece argues that local and national fate of prohibition rests with Congress and touches on how candidates for Senate and House faces pressure to declare on repeal. It notes two constitutional routes to amend the Volstead Act andPredicts a year where congressional races may drive the national dry issue more than the presidential contest.
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Byron Price Whief
Associated Press
Washington
Chicago
Hoover
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Bingham
Senator Borah
Alfred E. Smith
Nicholas Murray Butler
Diversion Ditch Begun at Lake Madison
Work began at the west end of Lake Madison to build a diversion ditch to carry run-off into the lake and raise its level. The project will straighten the inlet creek and send waters directly into the lake, bypassing a slough. State game and fish commission members say level rise won’t be immediate but long term value is hoped for.
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Madison Madison
Lake Madison
State Jams and Fish Commission
Madison
Prriol
Ume
Pay Fights Aid To Movie Stars
Hollywood observers note that star salary disputes and exits fuel publicity, with Ana Dvorak reportedly walking from Warner Bros and James Cagney leaving as the studio eyes Europe. The era treats honest battles as strong publicity and publicity helps fans discover stars.
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Hollywoond
Hollywood
Ana Dvorak
Warner Bros
New York
Europe
Ann
James Cagney
Cagney
Rowland Brown Faces Studio Battles and New Project
Hollywood reports show director Rowland Brown amid feuds and shifting alliances. He cites independence with Liberty Read and a recent stint directing at Radio as proof he will stay in control of his work.
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Rowland Brown
Liberty Read
Hollywood
John Boles
University of Texas
Pio
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Lockwood Closes Last Man’s Club After Veteran Tribute
Stillwater Minnesota July 2 Captain Charles Lockwood the last survivor of the Last Man’s club marked its final toasts with 33 blacked chairs before him as he clung to old records of Civil War veterans. He toasted the club’s 1885 founding and the 1930 solitary moment, then faced an uncertain return to Chamberlain South Carolina. Hoover’s letter of praise and greetings from veterans widows added to the solemn farewell.
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Stillwater
Minn
Charles Lockwood
Lockwood
Chamberlain
S. C
Hoover
Washington
Lester
Mr. Lockwood
Battle of
Bull Rum
Minnesota
Bonus Army Members Urged to Leave Washington
On July 2 a Washington dispatch reports orders for veterans to evacuate government property within two weeks prompting mass turnout at the Veterans Administration. Clerks are boosted and extended hours planned as lines form with hundreds seeking transport home before the July 25 deadline.
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Washington
Bonus Army
Veterans Administration
Government Out Of Free Nursery Business Say Indiana Republican
Congressman Fred B. Purnell told the American Association of Nurserymen that the government should exit the nursery business. He cited 25 million trees given away last year and said state nurseries funded by taxpayers caused complaints in South Dakota and Pennsylvania. Fire destroyed six downtown buidings in Buxton North Dakota, a $50,000 loss. John W. King of Goldsboro North Carolina seeks $10,000 for damages from an alleged cigarette explosion.
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Chicago
Fred &. Purnell
Indiana
American Association of Nurseryimtn
Purnell
South Dakota
Pennsylvania
John W. King
Goldsboro
N.C
German Ace Takes Off For America
German aviator Wolfgang von Gyonau started from Sylt, Germany, bound for the United States via Iceland, Greenland and Labrador. This marks his second westward Atlantic flight, following his August 26 1930 landmark as the first German to reach New York by air. He supports a northern route for regular transatlantic service.
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America
Island OF Sylt
Germany
Wolfgang von Gyonau
United States
Iceland
Greenland
Laborador
Atlantic
New York
North America
Europe
More Bran Mash Needed in Western Iowa Crops
Des Moines reports three western Iowa counties Woodbury Plymouth and Pottawattamie sorely need more poison bran mash to fight grasshopper ravages. The survey cited reduced area treatment limited to individual farms and noted Monona and Harrison Counties faring better due to last year’s poison use. Lack of rain hinders a fungus disease that helps kill grasshoppers chinch bugs and related pests.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Carl Kennedy
J. Drake
I ‘Woodbury
Plymouth
Pottawattamie
Monnoa
Harrison
Believe Will Punish Chicago Exchange For Clearing Privileges
A cabinet commission led by Secretary Hyde Lamont and Attorney General Mitchell drafts a verdict punishing the Chicago board of trade for denying clearing house privileges to the Farmers National Grain corporation. The grain futures act requires cooperatives to have full clearing privileges, and officials held this includes the Farmers National.
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Chicago Exchange
Washington
Chicago Board of Trade
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Hyde and
Lamont
Mitchell
Hyde
Farmers National
Irish Free State Balks At Tariff at Imperial Conference
At Ottawa July 22 the Irish Free State led by Sean O Kelly and South Africa urged caution on preference tariffs, warning that 85 percent of external trade may shift and demanding not isolation within the empire. Canada favored lowering tariff walls for empire products as Stanley Baldwin urged global trade consideration.
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Ottawa
Ont
Tish Free State
Union of South Africa
Irish Free State
Sean O'Kelly
Free State
Great Britain
de Valera
O'Kelly
N. C. Havenga
Nance
South Africa
Commonwealth
Dominions
Bennett
Canada
Stanley Baldwin
Berlin Police Chief Arrested Under Martial Law
Berlin police chief Hugo Hermannsberg was woken by soldiers and jailed in the military prison on suspected violations of the presidential decree imposing martial law. A police major and a Reichsbanner member were arrested. Grzesinski and aides were detained after refusing to relinquish posts to General von Rundstedt.
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Berlin
Hugo Hermannsberg
Reichsbanner
Carlbergh
Gresinski
General von Rundstedt
Military Rule Ends Quickly as Prisoner Is Freed
The report notes martial law was imposed and lifted within hours. It mentions a police thief detained under martial law but does not disclose the specific charges against the officer.
Harvest Meditation Sermon Slated for Alpena and Virgil
Regular services to be held at Alpena and Virgil Methodist churches Sunday morning. Rev J E Washburn will deliver the sermon on Harvest Meditation. Text cited as He planteth and ash and the tzin doth nour ed tt. Buffalo Gap reports gravel work on Highway 79 west of town progressing.
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Alpena
Virgil
J. E Washburn
Alpena and
Virgil Methodist Churches
Buffalo Gap
Here
Progresse Ni
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