Nine Killed In Exposition Plane Crash Over Chicago
A large twin motored amphibian named the Northern Light plunged 600 feet into Lake Michigan near the Chicago World’s Fair after one wing failed in strong winds. Pilot Capt. Carl V. Vickery and seven visitors died. six victims identified include Edward M. Fay and Harry Jacobs. Fire and fuel explosions hindered rescue.]]
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Glenvi
Edward M. Fay
Carl V. Vickery
Harry Jacobs
Wheeling
Joseph G. Robinson
New York
Washington Ecd Lee University
Edward G. Schaller
Storm Lake
University of Chicago
Stephanie Ogorex
E. G. Trainor
Fieldston
Vickery
Lake Michigan
Curtiss-Reynolds
Pal-Waukee
Fen
H. W. Woeltjens
Historical Meeting Tonight Called Off
The June meeting of the Beadle County Historical Society is canceled due to hot weather. President W S Davis announced no summer gathering follows the usual practice, with the next meeting set for the second Monday in October.
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Dr Sorkin to Spend Summer at Huron Clinic
Dr Sorkin of Chicago will spend the summer at the Huron Clinic as part of externship from Northwestern University. He aims to gain practical experience while completing his Aix degree this fall. Mes W D Brooks suffered severe bruises after falling from a car at West Park yesterday afternoon.
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Chicago
Huron Clinic
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West Park
Blaine Accepts RFC Directorship
Former U S Senator John J Blaine of Boscobel today formally accepted appointment as a director of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in Madison Wisconsin on June 12.
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John J. Blaine
Boscobel
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Weather for Huron and Vicinity in Transition
Falk predicts a warm trend with tonight and Tuesday showing higher temperatures. South Dakota should see fair skies tonight and Tuesday with a warmer Tuesday, especially in the central region.
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Falk
South Dakota
Mattern Poised for Hazardous North Pacific Flight
Jimmie Mattern rested in Khabarovsk after landing at 3 20 a m on the way to Nome Alaska his trans Pacific hop. Weather threatened the trip through the Kamchatka Peninsula with headwinds and rain while Mattern trails the 1931 Post Gatty record. His wife expressed anxiety over the 2500 mile leg as authorities prepared for takeoff.
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Texas
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Russia
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Mattern
Moscow
Junie
Jimmie Mattern
Siberia
East Siberian
Beloye
Nome
Alaska
Kamachatka Peninsula
Sea of Okhotsk
Petropavlovsk
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Khamnarovski
Few Outposts Watch Route of World Flier Mattern
NOME Alaska June 12 Along a 2500 mile route from Khabarovsk Siberia to the Pacific only a few ships and outposts were ready to watch for Jimmie Mattern the world flyer though Western Alaska was on a sharp lookout. Flying over the Okhotsk Sea Kamchatka and the Bering Sea aviation men said he could not be sighted along the entire flight.
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Alaska
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Jimmie Mattern
Sea of Okhotsk
Kamchatka Peninsula
Bering Sea
Spaniards Cross Atlantic Safely in 4333 Mile Flight
Capt. Mariano Barberan and Lieut. Joaquin Collar, veteran Spanish airmen, completed a 4333 mile non stop crossing from Seville to Camaguey Cuba in 33 hours 50 minutes averaging 115 miles per hour. Crowds greeted them at Camaguey as they prepared to leave for Havana amid favorable reception and cheering Spaniards. Weather delays prevented immediate departure for the capital.
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Collar
Club de Sportiva
Farm Price Boost Shelving For Time
Washington reports a temporary halt to wide new relief powers as farm prices rise and inflation influences boost purchasing power. Wool jumps 73 percent toward prewar levels, while Congress pushes major agricultural legislation, including the farm adjustment act and mortgage refinancing laws, amid debate over acreage reductions and production curtailment.
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Wallace
Gnevo Endorsed By Huron Co operatives
Members of the Huron Co-Operative club endorsed Theo F. Gnevo of Milwaukee for president of the International Co-Operative Club and elected delegates to the Chicago convention in early July. Emil Frost named delegate and Alton Gordier alternate. Tom Luby was introduced as a new member by L C Fullertors.
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Theo. F. Gnevo
Milwaukee
International Co-Operative Club
Chicago
Emil Frost
Alton Gordier
Tom Luby
L. C. Fullertors
Unemployed Proposed to Fight Grasshoppers
Senator Bulow is urged by N. J. Thompson of Platte SD to organize the unemployed into squads to poison grasshoppers before eggs are laid. Thompson notes the grasshoppers are back and suggests mobilizing relief workers for the pest task.
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Senator Bulow
N. J. Thompson
Platte
S. D
Thompsons
World Economic Conference Opens in London
London notes a global gathering of 66 nations as outstanding statesmen and economists meet to stabilize world prices and currencies. Delegates weigh gold parity demands, inflation risks in Germany and France, tariff reform challenges, and a hopeful path toward broad agreement amid obstacles.
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United States
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England
World economic conference opens as debt issue dominates
London opens the world economic conference with King George and Prime Minister MacDonald presiding. MacDonald urges settlement of war debts as Washington contemplates a token payment to the United States amid a looming $75.95 million installment. Hull remains cautious on debt comments.
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London
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Hamsayn MacDonald
United States
Washington
Cordell Hull
Great Britain
Ramsay MacDonald
Whithall
Ronald Lindsay
White House
Warren Approved as Temmeys Assistant
The county commissioners approved Charles P. Wars ten as assistant state's attorney at their June meeting. He will be paid 100 a month. The office has been vacant since W. W. Howes left last summer. The board plans to travel to Pierre for talks with the highway commission relief committee and game and fish board regarding proposed county public works projects. Clyde B Smith and a city delegation will accompany the commissioners.
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Leo A. Temmey
W. W. Howes
Pierre
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State Relief Committee
The
Game and Dish Commission
Clyde B Smith
City Commission
RooseveltUses Quiet Tactics to Push Labor Amendments
President Roosevelt seals labor amendments in the railroad bill amid private talks with Sam Rayburn and Eastman. Railroads resist but may bow to advantage. traffic increases last week as grain lumber and manufactured goods move. The Washington press corps accepts a first White House party with 409 journalists and wives, noting the casual tennis suit remark.
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Sam Rayburn
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Joseph Eastmen
Rayburn
Eastman
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White House
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South Dakota Funeral Directors Meet Opens in Garretson
The South Dakota Funeral Directors association begins its annual meeting at Hotel Marvin Hughitt with convention sessions at the Elks lodge lounge and exhibits in the Elkhall Normal Hall Garretson. Lloyd Bauman undergoing appendectomy in Rapid City hospital after illness yesterday morning. condition satisfactory. Senate commerce committee authorized to investigate racketeering in Washington on June 12.
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Marvin Hughitt
Elks Lodge
Elkhall Normal Haison
Garretson
State Gassizewly
Lloyd Bauman
Sherman Bauman
Nebraska Avenue Southwest
Black Hills
National Guard
Rapid City
Bauman
Washington
Senate
Commerce Committee
Roosevelt pushes congress toward final adjournment
Washington June 12 A new Roosevelt driven bid seeks Senate approval for final adjournment by nightfall. House finished its work and backs measures for the public works bill veterans relief and a large 3.5 billion appropriation to finance the new programs.
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Tkll
Farm Credit
Congress
Morgenthau
Farm Credit Administration
Arthur Mullen
Senate
House
Muscle Shoals
Tennessee
New Employment Service
Arguments Set In Tax Referendum Case In Supreme Court
A motion by counsel for the secretary of state to quash the gross income tax referendum case in the supreme court on the ground that the new law is not referable was served today on attorneys for petitioners. The attorney said Secretary Myrtle Morrison properly failed to file petitions for a referendum. Oral arguments are set for June 19.
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Secretary of State
Supreme Court
Secretary of
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