Huron Proposed as State Convention Center by Survey
Huron Chamber of Commerce chairman H. J. Mitchell cited a survey showing all but 14 of South Dakota’s 64 counties were represented by cars on Huron streets during a Masonic assembly. He noted central location saves travel costs and highlighted forthcoming conventions including postmasters, carriers, Knights of Pythias, Farmers Union, and a state parent-teacher congress.
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Masonic Assembly
Huron
H. J. Mitchell
Huron Chimeter of Commerce
South Dakota
Assembly of the State
Masonic Bodies
Witchell
Dyade
Mitchell
S Canycilions
South
Dsta
Camion
Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias
Stat Firmers Union
Parent-Teach~ Congress
Farmers Union
Oae
Sut Huron
Service Clubs Luncheon Features L. Ho Buisch Talk
Members of Euron clubs and the Chamber of Commerce join a noon luncheon in the Elks ballroom Hotel Marvin Hubitt to hear L. Ho Buisch of Davin Ohio, a nationally known lecturer on merchandising and salesmanship. The event is part of a citywide series sponsored by Cooperative club and National Merchants Association. Henry L. Kyes, secretary of the national association and former Huron, will co speak.
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Chamber of Commerce
Sermbie
L. Ho Buisch
Davin
Ohio
Elks
Marvin Hubitt
Buisch
Northwest
National Merchants
Feration
Cooperative Club
Hanry L. Kyes
Nationial Association
Will Go To Aberdeen For State Convention
Among Huron people leaving tomorrow for Aberdeen to attend the state convention of Spanish American War Veterans and auxiliary are Mr and Mrs Andrew Martin Mr and Mrs Ste Whalen Mr and Mrs Frank Anderson Mar and Mrs Harlan Stafford Mr and Mrs George Shepardson Mrs Jake Finchk and son Wesley Stafford Mrs Maude Roush and Mrs L N Grosvenor and Mrs D F Wilmarth of Zequids aso will go Mr Wilmarth is commander of Sidney E Morrison camp here Governor Green will review South Dakota national guard maneuvers at Rapid City Man
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Aberdeen
Spanish American War Veterans and Auxiliary
Andrew Martin
Ste Whalen
Frank Anderson
Mar
Harlan Stafford
George Shepardson
Jake Finchk
Wesley Stafford
Maude Roush
L. N. Grosvenor
D. F. Wilmarts
Zeaquids Aso
Wilmarth
Sidney E. Morrison
Pierre
Green
South Dakota National Guard
Rapid City
Weather outlook fair with temperature shift Sunday
The forecast notes a likely change in temperature across the region. South Dakota shows fair conditions through Sunday with a noted temperature decrease and a wind shift.
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South Dakota
Whiskers Prove Chicago Robber Is Not A Lady
Lavin recounted a robbery in which a female suspect clothed in a rose dress, black silk hat, and white veil robbed him and took $20 plus his car. Lavin argued the bandit could not be a woman, remarking she needed a shave.
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Chicago
Chicaro
Dunce
Thomas H. Lavin
Lavin
Tienry Osterman
Slice
Funds Are Asked To Help Farmers In South Dakota
In Pierre on June 14, state secretary of agriculture G S Troth urged Secretary Hyde to provide Reconstruction Finance Corporation funds to enable thousands of South Dakota farmers to buy binder twine and harvest crops. He said many producers cannot obtain loans or cash from dealers, risking reduced yields, and called for immediate action. Troth also notified Senators Norbeck and Bulow and Congressmen Christopherson and Williamson to press for the needed funds.
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Pierre
South Dakota
Hyde
G. Troth
Troth
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Wll
Fyne
Nave Reconstruction Finan Corporation
North Central States Game and Fish Commissioners Form Region Group
The Association of North Central States Game and Fish Commissioners was formed Friday night at the Minnesota game protective league and waterfowl conference in Worthington Minnesota. Durnie Maurek of North Dakota was elected chairman and W D Simyari of Minnesota secretary. Attending were sportsmen and officials from Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin and the Dakotas. Seth Gordon president of the American Game and Fish Commission urged restoration of breeding grounds for wild waterfowl. Other speakers included W C Boore and Q O Johns.
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Worthington
Minn
Association of North Central States Game and Fish Commissioners
Minnesota Game Protective League
Wtersie
Durnie Maurek
North Dakota
W. D. Simyari
Minnesota
Secretar Conservation Offers
Towa
Wisconsin
Oakotas
Seth Gordon
American Game, and Fish Commission
W. C. Boore
Inn Commission
QO. H. Johns
South Dakota Commission
Death of Huron Nurse Chesty Baker Reported
Word reached here of the death in Chicago last night of Chesty Baker, a 1941 graduate of the Huron clinic. She died while pursuing a post graduate course, cause diphtheria. Her mother, Mrs. Mary Baker of Raymond, learned of the illness and later her death. Baker left Raymond May 30 for the course. funeral arrangements were not yet set. The body will be shipped to Raymond for interment.
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Chicago
Chesty Baker
Huron Clinic
Miss Baker
Mary Baker
Raymond
Florists Meeting Postponed in South Dakota Unit
The state selecting meeting of the Florists Telegraph Delivery Association for the South Dakota unit was postponed due to many members being unavailable. Announcement came from Walker Flower Shop, with Perry Floral Shop in HurOn noted as another member location. The date of the meeting remains unsettled.
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Florists
South Dakota
Florists’ Telegraph Delivery Association
Walker, Flower Shop
Huron
Perry Floral Shop
Prohibition Question Dominates Democratic Gathering
Chicago June 18 Prohibition looms as the central issue at the Democratic convention scene. Jowett Shouse, chairman, expects a plank submitting prohibition to the people with a brief, specific preamble denouncing conditions. Resolutions committee begins drafting platform as open hearings loom. Roosevelt and Garner camps establish quarters. Murray of Oklahoma welcomed.
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Shouse
Chicago
Jowett Shouse
Rng
Opugeeee
Democratic Resolutions Committee
Resolutions Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John N. Garner
Gov. Murray
Oklahoma
Banquet Features Norse Convention at Lake Preston
Two hundred guests are expected at tonight's banquet marking the Nordhardlands Laget reunion's second day in Lake Preston. Vice-President Jacobson of Minneapolis will toast, as Ola Johann Saervold of Minneapolis speaks this afternoon. Tomorrow features Saervold on Egypt and Palestine with Rev Sletten and music by the North Preston choir. The reunion opened yesterday with 150 attendees. Dr. Tver Iverson spoke, and a jubilee Norway film from 1930 is shown.
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Lake Preston
Lutheran Church
Jacobson
Minneapolis
Ola Johann Saervold
Tver Iverson
Augustana College
Sioux Falls
O. J. Ostroot
Sig Knutson
Canton
Norway
Farmer Found Guilty Of Killing His Wife
Holmes county jury convicts Wayne county farmer Herbert Meeker of murder for slaying his young wife Gertrude. Verdict came after seven hours of deliberation. Her body was found battered in a creek near Millersburg in May. WON'T NAME SUCCESSOR PIERRE, June 18. South Dakota highway commission will not immediately appoint a successor to Louis E. Vercoe, former Minnehaha county state engineer. J H Lake says work will be handled by resident engineers in nearby counties. Vercoe had been named Minnehaha highway superintendent last week.
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Millersburg
Ohio
Holmes County
Herbert Meeker
Wayne County
Gertrude
Meeker
Here
May
Pierre
South Dakota Highway Commission
Louis E. Vercoe
Minnehaha County
J. H. Lake
Vercos
Verove
Family Tree Theft Ruins Long Labors
EVANSTON ILL June 18 A thief stole Mrs M E Bates family tree as she labored on a century long genealogical project. She traced heavemeter ancestors over three hundred years and said the loss tears at her life work after years of research and two trips to Europe for material.
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Evanston, Ill
M. E. Bates
Butler Leads Anti Plank Fight Against Hoover Aid
Nicholas Murray Butler mobilizes a repeal plank movement to repudiate Chicago’s platform. He argues success could give Hoover a better chance. failure risks a GOP collapse. Butler cites patronage, White House approval, and past reform stances to bolster his case.
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New York
The
New York World-Telegram Today
Nicholas Murray Butler
New England
Middle Atlantic
Chicago
Butler
Hoover
Dr. Butler
Ulysses S. Grant
Farmer Laborists drop Webb for Long bid in 1932 plan
Omaha report says Rey M. Harrop announces the farmer labor executive committee dropped Col Frank F. Webb of San Francisco as presidential candidate and offered his spot to Louisiana Senator Huey Long. The move cites Webb as a Hoover spy and not resident in SF. Coxey remains vice presidential candidate. Long says the Omaha offer endorses his stand for FDR’s Democratic nomination.
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Frank E. Webb
Ticket
Hoover
Louisiana
Omaha
Rey M. Harrop
Farmer-Labor Party
Frank F. Webb
San Francisco
Huey Long
Harron
Secret Service
Long
Haryop
United States
Webb
H. H. Marrs
Denver
Harrop
Washington
Ateent
Jacob $. Coxey
Massillon
Ohio
Herrop
New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Nut
Franklin D. Rogsevelt
Backyard riot uncovers dangerous beetlelike bug
In a William Pratt yard incident a yellowish gray beetle like bug with a hard shell and claws attacked chick[s]. The insect, common in Florida and Texas, clamps onto necks with pincers. Mr and Mrs Pratt found the mother hen trying to remove it from a chick urging rescue before harm spread.
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Mitchell
William Pratt
Florida
Texas
Mra Pratt
Seek Bodies Of 14 Missing In Tanker Cymbaline
A blast-riven tanker Cymbaline in Montreal prompted a search for 14 missing believed dead after eleven bodies were recovered. Over 37 remain hospitalized among more than three dozen injured as officials estimate multi‑million dollar damage to the Canadiand Vickers drydock and surrounding facility.
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Montreal
Cymbaline
Canadian Vickers Drydock
Vickers
Huron Doctors Set for State Medical Society Convention
Several Huron doctors plan to attend the State Medical society convention in Watertown before midweek. Dr. M. E. Cogswell of Wolsey is official delegate with Dr. H. D. Sewell as alternate. Dr. L N. Grosvenor heads the eye ear nose throat group, Dr. H. L. Saylor is secretary, and Dr. BE. B. Taylor serves as councillor.
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State Medical Society
Watertown
M. E. Cogswell
Wolsey
H. D. Sewell
Huron Medical Society
L N. Grosvenor
State Society
H. L. Saylor
BE. B. Taylor
Young People Plan Church Picnic Monday Evening
Miss Lola Carlson and Emil Wickie lead arrangements for a Young People Society picnic of the American Lutheran church. Members meet at the church at 6 30 pm and travel to the picnic grounds. Games will entertain. Wellington note: Miss Mildred McNeill, nursing student at the University of Minnesota, returns to spend vacation with her parents.
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Lola Carlson
Emil Wickie
Young People’s Society of the
American Lutheran Church
S. D. Disrud
Wellington
Mildred McNeill
College of Nursing
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
John A. McNeil
Suspenders Save Man From Kansas Tornado Blows Farm
POWHATTAN KAN June 34 strong suspenders saved Malcolm McElhone from being blown away by a tornado as Oliver Whitney dragged him to safety inside a barn. The storm wrecked more than a dozen buildings though no injuries were reported. Henry and Chris McElhone escaped unharmed. Mrs. Henry dropped potatoes as the barn lost its roof. Thousands of chickens were killed and several hogs perished.
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Powhattan
Kan
Malcolm McElhone
McElhone
Oliver Whitney
Henry
Chris McElhone
Walsh New Head Of Waltonians
Joan P. Walsh was elected president of the Huron Izaak Walton league. L. H. Cornell became vice president and E. J. Callendine was re elected secretary treasurer. Y. L. Weir and H. E. York filled board terms, with Dr. C. Betta returning for five years. They plan a Lake Kampeska state convention delegation and aim to attract both voting and non voting delegates for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan P. Walsh
L. H. Cornell
Huron
American Legion
E. J. Callendine
Y. L. Weir
H. E. York
Dr. C. §. Betta
League
Lake Kampeska
Walsh
Weir
Liberty Party Sets Monday Meeting for Nominations
Delegates from nine South Dakota counties to convene in Pierre on Monday to nominate candidates for state offices in the general election. The Liberty party formed before the primary has named candidates for senator, governor, and congress in the first district. County credentials filed list Brown, Carson, Davison, Day, Haakon, Marshall, Minnehaha, Roberts, and Spink. Howard Platt of Langford leads convention arrangements. Oscar Stevens Philip is the governor nominee and Paul L. Werth Frankfort is the first district congress nominee. Information on other state office nominees is unavailable.
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Minnehaha
Roberts
Spink
Howard Platt
Langford
United States
Oscar Stevens
Philip
Paul L. Werth
Frankfort
Congress
Pierre
State Threshermen In Annual Picnic
Farm machinery valued at about three quarters of a million dollars was displayed on Watertown streets as the South Dakota brotherhood of threshermen held its annual picnic and exposition. Gov. Warren E. Green was to speak at Lake Kampeska in the city park, with sports and stunts planned. Headquarters were set up by President H. F. Borneman, Sioux Falls, at the lake. A picnic dinner for 2,000 people was arranged. After Gov. Green’s address, Prof. A. L. Ford, extension entomologist, State College, Brookings, would report on the grasshopper situation.
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Watertown
South Dakota Brotherhood of Threshermneh
Warren E. Green
Lake Kampeska
Brotherhood
H. F. Borneman
Sioux Falls
Garner's Condition Improves in Hospital Bulletin
Washington reports Speaker Garner shows gradual improvement, according to his attending physician Dr. George Calver. The bulletin states he will remain in bed until bronchial congestion is fully cleared.
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Garner
Washington
Speaker Garner
George Calver
Crushing Vote Defeats World War I Bonus Cash Plan
Washington—The senate rejected the soldiers bonus bill by a 62 to 18 vote, denying immediate cash payments of about two and a half billion dollars. Ex servicemen gathered outside the Capitol as senators explained their anti‑bonus stance, while police and congressmen worked to keep order amid camps and roadblocks. Senator Norbeck of South Dakota supported the measure. Senator Bulow was paired in favor.
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Washington, Lune
Senate
America
Repidc
United States
Capitol
Congress
Bonus Army
Annacostia
Norbeck
South Dakota
Senator Bulow
Favorable Action Predicted On Bank Bill
Senator Norbeck said after a White House conference that the administration home loan discount bank would likely gain favorable senate action before adjournment. He noted the measure has passed the house and received a favorable committee report and would be handled by Senator Watson of Indiana as it moves through the senate. No vote timing could be forecast.
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White House
Butler
Bingham
Washington
Norbeck
Senate Banking Coms Make
Hoover
Senate
South Dakota
Watson
Indiana
House
Senate Committee
National Guardsmen Take Weekend Rest in Black Hills
National Guardsmen prepared for a weekend of rest and recreation after three days on the firing line in Rapid City. Artery units completed firing yesterday. forenoon field inspections followed. Engineers ceased firing after nearly 25,000 rifle rounds and 63M pistol rounds, signaling a pause in operations.
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Rapid City
National
Black Hills
Artery
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Og‘den L. Mills
Secretary of the Treasury
Ray Benjamin
A. van Valkenburg
Philadelpha
Charles F. Scott
Iola
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Liberty Party
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