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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1932
Page
1
Reported from Washington the Senate committee rejected the bonus plan by a 14 to 2 margin. Republicans and Democrats debated tactics with Smoot and Keyes among those supporting delays, while fears of a rallying by marchers and inflation influenced opposition.
Rapid City hosts National Guard units from South Dakota simulating a real war scenario. Engineers led by Major R. Pullen and the first battalion under Major Karl Minter will practice three days in the field with heavy rifle and squad ammunition. Approximately 25 000 rifle rounds and 6 500 antiarmor rounds will be fired. Local officers Watertown and Deadwood figures named for the Republican National Committee list.
South Dakota Masons convene after grand chapter convocation with routine morning work and a late afternoon election. C B Wilt Mitchell named grand master to lead upcoming year. L Barclay elevated to grand deputy master and other officers reelected or newly named in the Royal Arch Masons assembly.
The platform pledges Hoover era economic measures including relief funds, gold standard maintenance, banking reform, tariff and farm protections, veteran benefits, and CG international conciliation. It backs a world court, Kellogg Briand compliance, high wages, eight hour work, immigration control, and federal regulation of utilities with continued road and Great Lakes Seaway development. It also calls for conservation, native rights, Porto Rico inclusion, Hawaiian self government, and prohibition issues to be revisited, with government control of liquor.
John Morrell Foster testifies to rebut defense claims in a long divorce trial against Ira Gilpertson Foster. He denies weekly heavy drinking by the wife after her Milwaukee sanitarium stay and says his own evening absences were less frequent. He recalls she drank heavily the first time they met and often held a glass.
William Fox, noted New York film leader, is subpoenaed to testify before the Senate Banking Committee in a stock exchange inquiry. He is to be questioned about transactions in Fox Film Corporation stocks. Committee counsel William Gray hopes Cyrus Eaton may also appear. Eaton has been summoned but his attendance is uncertain.
Showers tonight and Friday with cooler temperatures Friday in eastern regions. South Dakota forecast calls for cloudy skies with showers tonight and a cooler day Friday in the far east. Evening Huronite delivery service notice includes a deadline by 03 m and a contact for Western Union.
J O Hagen, completing a term as department adjutant, was unanimously endorsed for department commander by the Huron post. Delegates will attend the Sioux Falls convention July 3 4 5 to back Hagen. Senator Norbeck and others pledged support for the cash bonus bill.
The 12 year old son of Mr and Mrs H O Lube near Camp Crook died at Camp Crook hospital from a .22 rifle accident. The boy was shot in the abdomen when the rifle discharged while the brothers hunted sparrows. Plans discussed to improve Federal Highway No 212 between Redfield and Frankfort.
At the Republican National Convention the South Dakota delegation split 8 to 3 on the prohibition plank. The majority favored submitting the issue to state conventions and opposed repeal of the 18th amendment. The minority urged a proposal for or against repeal and drew support from Robison and Mrs. E F Wilson.
National League of Women Voters urges economic reform unemployment relief and international cooperation in party platforms. Delegations led by Mrs. E W Feige and Marguerite M Wells push for wise government economy protections for children and education plus coordinated job exchanges and unemployment compensation. They seek US leadership to promote arms reduction and adherence to international courts. Saturday note: Ricard Madsen leaves for New York then Denmark trip with family.
Chicago dispatch summarizes the Republican platform addressing farm distress rooted in wartime expansion and postwar deflation. It notes prior aid through cooperative farming, farm credit, tariff protection, and calls for a federal farm board to establish a farmer owned marketing system.
Former Senator Joseph I France caused a scene at the Republican convention in Chicago when he attempted to nominate Calvin Coolidge from the speaker's platform. Police escorted him away after a struggle. France claimed Oregon credentials and said he had a right to address the delegates.
Chicago June 16 prospects for federal help to fight the grasshopper plague in the northwest faded after a Hyde meeting with South and North Dakota delegates. Hyde reportedly said it is too late to curb migratory grasshoppers with poison. Al Adams of Sisseton SD said Hyde would not seek the proposed 3 450 000 appropriation and would rely on state funds via agricultural colleges.
President Hoover listened to the Chicago convention roll call announcing his renomination. Mrs. Hoover joined him as they heard state after state cast their votes for Herbert Hoover from the White House via radio.
Mrs. FE KF Lemke of 1023 Montana Avenue Southwest is notified of the death of her brother-in-law John M. Elliott in Lisbon Ohio. Lemke traveled to Lisbon several weeks ago due to his serious illness.
Washington House and Senate conferees clash over Hoover payroll furloughs with a ten percent salary cut favored by Senator Jones. A fight to obtain new instructions stalls progress as the bonus bill moves forward and unemployment relief, public works bonds, and home loan banks loom this week.
At the Republican National Convention in Chicago delegates renominated President Hoover on the first ballot amid a fierce debate over repeal. Charles Curtis secured the vice presidential nomination on the first ballot as Curt's supporters claim a strong showing from South Dakota. The session featured heated speeches for and against repeal and adjourned after a dramatic, divided platform vote.
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