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Newspaper

Evening Huronite

Location

Huron, South Dakota, United States of America

Date

Jul 27, 1931

Page

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Hold up leaves man shot and teen wounded near Rapid City

Rapid City July 7 Reuben Stanton was shot by J C White after White demanded the pair put up their hands. Stanton was hit in the neck and spine and listed with a slim chance of recovery. White, about 30, had taken his 11 year old nephew Snyder and fled in a Ford coupe. A stolen grocery truck later abandoned off Ancony Hill led to a pursuit. Joy Gormley was arrested as a second robber. Stanton and Snyder were treated at Rapid City hospital. White injured in the thigh.

Rapid City Reuben Stanton J. C. White White Stanton Snyder West Hills Ancony Hill Hill City Golden Rule Young Snyder FG City Harry Belmont Sherut HA Nielsen Roy Williams Young Bnyder W. A. Dawley Joy Gormley Tom Petty Custer

Flaherty Bail Reduced to 15000 in Second Degree Slaughter Case

Edward L. Pat Flaherty, serving a four year term in the state penitentiary for second degree manslaughter, had his bail cut from 25000 to 15000 by Circuit Judge Alva Taylor. The reduction follows state practice, with defense seeking a new trial and transcript expenses debated. No further steps yet.

Edward L Pat) Flaherty Alva ¥. Taylor Flaherty Max Duckworth Sioux City Beadie County Taylor Duckworth Uma

Alpena Woman Breaks Hip After Fall At Home

Alpena resident Cook broke her hip in a fall at home and was in a Huron hospital today. Doctors expect a stay of several days as she recovers from the injury.

Alpena Cook Huron

Seek Divine Aid Against Hoppers In Jefferson Area

In Jefferson on July 21 about 1200 district residents gathered two miles west of town for a grasshopper relief service. A procession to the grove preceded a Catholic ceremony led by Rev. Father Joseph Barre of St. Peter’s. The gathering recalled a century ago when French and Irish families prayed for respite from pests and erected a shield against grasshoppers.

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Chilean President Ibanez Fleees to Sea on Night Departure

Chilean president Carlos Ibanez, in power since 1927, resigned amid three days of civil unrest. He left Moneda Palace at 1 20 a m with a few officers, boarded a destroyer at San Antonio, and sailed to an undisclosed foreign destination amid high security. A civilian government replaces the four year military dictatorship as deputies debate the resignation and safe conduct.

Santiago Chile Carlos Ibanez Pedro Opaze Moneda Palace General Supulveda Ibanez Chamber of Deputies

Missouri party searches river for Pierre fisherman Bert Magub

A Polk-like patrol on the Missouri River three miles west of Pierre searched for Bert Magub a 36 year old fisherman last seen when his boat with a hole in the bottom and loaded with decomposed fish drifted ashore on a sandbar. Police suspect a lightning strike may have caused the incident. Magub lived in a river camp and ran a local fishing business for years.

Missouri Pierre Partie Here Bert Magub Astron Magub Mogub

Two Week End Crashes Injure Local Man

Police report two weekend accidents in the city left J H Elwell injured after his Buick touring car collided with J E Norby’s vehicle at Third and Utah avenues. Norby and other drivers C R Hubbs and Frank Muera are named in incident details.

J. H. Elwell Iowa Aveaue Third Utah Avenue Elwell Third Street J. E Norby Teqteis Mc. Norby Gobi Wscitaly Gaabages Kota Avenue C. R Hubbs Utah Aemue Frack Xucera

Miss Central South Dakota Crowned At Water Tournament

Beauty contests highlight the Central South Dakota swimming tournament at West Park pool in Huron on Wednesday night. Contestants from Washington Springs to Willow Lake will vie for Miss Central South Dakota, judged on grace in three events and appearance. Judges from entering cities will decide, after entrants swim and dive, with the winner earning a silver and gold loving cup and a place in the program.

South Dakota Huron Central South Dakota West Park Pool Fema Washington Springs Woonsocket Redfield Lake Preston Miller Wolsey Wessington de Smet Iroquois Cavour Artesian Willow Lake Bonilla Alpena Lane Bose Park Plunge Central

Sioux City Woman Dies After Crash

Sioux City reports a weekend of crashes injuring eleven people with one fatality. Mrs C O Sellon, 4, of Sioux City died Sunday in Hastings hospital after a collision near Doniphan Nebraska. A bee in a car window caused a loss of control injuring three near Sioux City.

Sioux City Ona C. 0. Sellon Doniphan Neb Hastings

Visitors Swarm To Custer Gold Fete

Hundreds gather in Custer the gold discovery city for a two day celebration of 1874 gold discovery by Horatio N Ross. Governor Warren Green and Mrs Green attend with Congressman Williamson expected. Indian pony races bucking horses contests and a parade today. Tomorrow a pageant features residents and Indians culminating in a living flag ensemble.

Custer Warren Green Horatio N Ross Williamson Hills

Lightning Sparks Prairie Fires Near Pierre

Lightning from a severe electrical storm set prairie fires in the Pierre area. One blaze 13 miles northeast covered three miles by one. locals battled for hours to control it. A second fire west of Fort Pierre faded quickly, aided by 2 timely rains. Tourists reported several ore occurrences along the West River between Pierre and Philip, most extinguished.

Pierre Pierre Here Fort Pierre West River Philip

Governor War ren Green Visits Black Hills for Custer Festival

In Hills Pierre July 71 UP Governor War ren Green attends the Gold Discovery Days in Custer. He is expected to return to his office early Wednesday.

Iezex Hills Pierre Warren Green Black Hills Custer

Weather forecast for the region

A weather notice indicates unsettled conditions with tonight and Thursday expected cloudiness and light rain. Showers likely Tuesday and into the night with a chance of cooler temperatures and breezy winds across coastal areas.

Turkeys Suffer In Hopper Fight in South Dakota Field

Pierre reports a rural oddity as Montana farmers used turkeys to combat grasshoppers. Mike Renando herded his flock into an infested corn field where the birds faced hoppers in daylight and returned to roosts minus feathers, a striking result.

Pierre South Dakota Montana Mike Renando Mika

Delay Of Rock Holds Up Paving Across Highway E

A rock shipment delay slowed paving on Highway E west of Huron, halting roughly five miles of work as crews fight to resume progress. Negotiations linger with Great Northern over east gate access while plans show Dakota avenue paving of 3600 feet from Thirteenth Street to Cemetery road and resurfacing north of Huron continues with gravel hauled from a city pit.

Pias Rock Cevw Fair Grounds Great Northern Railroad Great Northern District Highway Office Dakota Avenue Thirteenth Street Cemetery Road Pierre Huron Huron Country Club

Natural Gas to Reach Sioux Falls After October 1

Sioux Falls gas officials announced gas will be available soon after October 1. Negotiations are under way to extend pipelines from Texas fields. Company estimates yearly savings of about 46,000 and a 100,000 expenditure within Sioux Falls.

Sioux Falls

California heat haunts papers with war prostrations

In Beverly Hills and beyond, heat waves and financial gloom color California reporting. The text mocks war fatigue notes and hints at economic strain, mentioning figures like Secretary Melka Sumna and McIntyre. It references American tourists, millionaire capitalists, and Argentina supplying animal hides, all in a garbled, fragmented account.

Beverly Hills Cal California Melka Sumna D. Mcintyre

Record Heat Shatters 100 Degree Mark Across South Dakota

The 1931 heat wave pushes temperatures above 100 in Huron for the eleventh time this summer with 104 seen at 3 pm and 103 at 2 pm. Aberdeen 102, Mitchell 106, Redfield 107, Pierre 104, Yankton 104, Sioux Falls 102. Forecasters promise cooler unsettled weather Tuesday as crop damage and grasshopper infestation spread in the drought.

Huron Aberdeen Sioux Falls Mercury Mitchell Federal Weather Bureau Weather Bureau M. E. Blystone Federal Huron Bureau South Dakota Rosebud Pierre Watertown Brookings Rapid City Yankton

Patton To Attend A P Conference Route Shift Through Huron

Patton plans to attend an American Poultry Association conference whose route will pass through Huron this summer. Representatives from towns along the extended coast to coast route are expected, with the new routing entering South Dakota at Sioux Falls, turning north then west along Federal Highway No 14 to Rapid City. Previously the A P route went west from Sioux Falls through Mitchell and Chamberlain.

Patton A. Y. P. Conference Way Association Huron South Dakota Sioux Falls Arlington Rapid City Mitchell Mnd I Charaberlain

Committee Of 22 Prefers Huron Meeting On Relief Plans

Governor Green’s committee of 22 members favor a Huron gathering Thursday to draft drought and grasshopper relief for the state. Most selected members have pledged to serve, aiming to start relief work before winter. The meeting likely open to the public, with no firm plan yet.

Pierre Green Huron

Took 4000 By Fraud Is Charge Against Smith

Pierre July 27. Charges that Fred R. Smith former South Dakota banking superintendent embezzled 4000 from the State Depositors Guaranty fund were made public after an agreement to bring him to Pierre for arraignment. The new information accuses Smith of misappropriating 4000 of a 10000 check and paying Sa Wasson. preliminary hearing listed for Wednesday. trial on earlier embezzlement charges set for Sept 1.

Robinson D. W. March Attornneys James McNenny Deadwood Smith Wasson Eagle Rock Calif Depositors Guaranty Fund Commission Bank of Winfred 4. E. Fossum State Bank of Herreid F. M. O'Connor Platte Swish Guaranty Fund Commission M. Q. Sharpe Sharpe Farmers State Bank of Platte Platte Bank Lawykees Sioux Falls Fred BR. Smith M. G. Sharpe Thar Pierre T. M. Bailey Bailey Roy FE Willy

Wickersham Commission Urges Prison Reform Now

The Wickersham law enforcement commission condemns the U S prison system as antiquated and cruel in its seventh Hoover report on penal institutions probation and parole It calls for education over iron bars and a shift to humane treatment, with wages for prisoners and politics removed from prison officials selection The report notes overcrowding lack of light air and plumbing in many facilities and criticizes parole as a joke while urging extensive reform and expanded probation and parole programs

Washington Wickersham Law Enforcement Commission Hoover Thev J USA

Fire Causes $5,000 Damage at Wagner Store

A late Saturday fire damaged the rear of the David Hagar grocery in Wagner, torching the building and sparking heavy smoke/water damage to an adjoining variety store. A lighted cigarette is believed to have caused the blaze. Hagar’s car was destroyed. Insurance covered part of the grocery loss.

Wagner David Hagar Hagar

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