Beadle County Tackles Grasshopper Threat As Heat Persists
Beadle County actions step up in the 1988 grasshopper war with a truckload of poison bait arriving in Huron and plans to distribute across Cavour Bonilla and Wired areas. County agents deploy four more trucks to secure bait from neighboring counties and curb crop losses amid record heat.
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Mercury
Beadle County
L. L. Ladd
Huron
J. B. McAllister
McAllister
Cavour
Bonilla
Beatie County
County Commission
Here
Ladd
Balloon in Arkansas shows stratosphere flight reach
Minneap olis science team led by Dr. Jean Piccard reports a transparent balloon launched from the University of Minnesota traveled about 613 air miles before landing near Huntsville Alabama. It found five miles from town in a tree top and was recovered with a $5 reward.
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Minneapolis
Jean Piccard
University of Minnesota
J. Denver Smith
Fort Alabama
Smith
Piccard
John D. Akerman
University Department of Aeronautical Engineering
Akerman
Adam Caldow to Be Buried Here Saturday
Services for Adam Caldow 20 former Doland High School athletic star who died after a short illness will be held Saturday at 2 PM at Welter Chapel with Rev S D Disruct officiating. Burial is in Riverside Cemetery. Survived by his parents two brothers and a sister.
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Adam Caldow
Doland High School
Welter Chapel
Clouds of Hoppers Fly Over Nebraska
Prof Myron H Swenk University of Nebraska entomologist says millions of grasshoppers sweeping Nebraska Wednesday are loser migratory hoppers related to the 70s outbreak. He notes an unusually heavy migration with swarms reported at Hastings Lincoln York Crete and Clay Center and warns trouble if they descend. He traces origin to central Kansas where hatch occurred earlier.
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H.C. Aaberg
Kansas City
Nebraska
University of Nebraska
Auberg
Page
Fremont
Fremont County
Lincoln
Neb
Myron H. Swenk
Hastings
York
Crete
Clay Center
Sweak
Kansig
Roosevelt Signs 55 Bills Expanding Army Air Corps
President Roosevelt signed 55 measures including a law against strike breaking and expanding the army air corps. The list was released as he prepared his renomination acceptance speech for a Philadelphia address Saturday night. The act makes it a felony to transport persons to obstruct peaceful picketing in government labor disputes.
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Washington
Tae Army Air Corps
Roosevelt
Lst
Philadelphia
Gun Battle Intervenes in Payroll Theft Attempt
Lawrence police report a gun battle as robbers attempted a $19,000 payroll theft at a bank. Two robbers and a bank employee were hospitalized. one robber died. A third robber fled by automobile, apparently uninjured.
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Lawrence
Mass
Lawrence General Hospital
Weather Outlook for Huron Vicinity
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with increasing cloudiness later. Temperature near normal with light winds.
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Huron
North Western Railways cut livestock freight rates in state
North Western Railroad and Minneapolis and St Louis Railroad authorized immediate reduced livestock tariffs within South Dakota with a one way rate for round trips and a return limit of one year. Other lines may follow as relief steps. Clark County Relief reports sufficient feed to support 20 000 to 30 000 sheep and many cattle with local welfare officials coordinating care options for ranchers short of feed.
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South Dakota
E. H. Bremer
Berry
North Western Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Iowa
Minnesota
Braska
Minneapolis and St Louis Railroad
Bremer
Clark County
M. A. Kennedy
Martin Amitsen
Amntsen
Kennedy
State Maintains Voluntary TB Testing Amid Court Ruling
South Dakota will continue bovine tuberculin testing on a voluntary basis despite a Supreme Court decision that blocked mandatory quarantine power. Secretary C A Russell said counties west of the Missouri River and several east‑river counties remain accredited, with some herds still untested. The program will seek federal funds through 1937 and may prompt legislative action to finish testing.
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Pierre
South Dakota
Supreme Court
C. A. Russell
State Supreme Court
Minnehaha County
Agriculture Department
Russell
Missouri River
Marshall
Roberts
Widworth
Hamlin
Campbell
Potter
Fault
Buffalo
Platform Committee Set To Report Tonight On Democratic Platform
The Democratic resolutions subcommittee completed a platform draft no constitutional amendment proposal. Senator Walsh said the 2,000 word document covers broad principles and New Deal policies, including sound money, farm support, soil conservation, reciprocal trade, neutrality, antitrust enforcement, civil service expansion, and peaceful dispute settlement.
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Nathan Robertson
Associated Press
Philadelpna
Democratic Resolutions Committee
David Walsh
Massachusetts
Walsh
Subcommittee
Wagner
New York
Roosevelt
Byrnes
South Carolina
White House
New Deal
World Court
League of Nations
Brainerd Opens Bunyan Festival
Brainerd Minnesota launches the Bunyan festival led by Paul Bunyan and Babo the blue ox. The bearded giant awakens to rule the town until Saturday night as 250000 visitors are expected. The event references local lore of the giant and blue ox and marks a return of the annual celebration.
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Bralverd
Minn
Paul Bunyan
Blue Ox
Bunya
Brainerd
North Woods
Hudson Bay
Ravine Park Lake draws Huron children from heat wave
City reports scores of kids flocking to Ravine Park Lake as July heat continues. Three feet of water has been added from the James River and pumping resumes after wind delays. Swimmers are restricted to the east beach while awaiting formal opening and the 1 to 8 pm supervision window will guide the upcoming summer program.
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Ravine Park Lake
Huron
Don T. Sears
James River
Sears
Iska
Did You Know Mrs Hyde Keeps 75 Year Old Copper Boiler
Mrs Ray Hyde of 107 Fourth Street uses a copper wash boiler older than 75 years that was given to her about 20 years ago by Mrs Swartwood of Tracy Minnesota who brought it from New York state in a wagon train over 60 years ago. The item notes the newspaper offers 25 cents for each Did You Know submission and directs readers to claim at the Huronite office after publication.
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Ray Hyde
Fourth Street
Hyde
Swartwood
Tracy
Minn
New York
Concession on Representation Marks Roosevelt Convention Debate
Democratic leaders concede a rules change by a 36 to 12 vote to base future convention representation on party strength rather than population. Southern opposition and Minnesota factional strife complicate efforts to unify behind Roosevelt and Garner as New Deal platforms and nominations face scrutiny. Senator Robinson secures permanent chair as debates over two thirds rule intensify.
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Philadelphia
Rules Committee
Roosevelt
Townsend
Washington State
Millard Tydingy
Maryland
Republicaans Jong
New York
Massachusetts
Indiana
Lop On
Joe T. Robinson
Arkansas
Nearg
Gamer
Wolf
South Carolina
Joseph Wolf
Minnesota
Joe Robinson
Robinson
Fromt
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Canada
Yank
Gene Denning
Chamber of Commerce
South Dakota State College
Shenandoah
Tawa
Raymond Swanson
Essex
Farm Bureau
Minnesota U
Ee Eel
SYOP
Krumm
Watertown
Watertown Country Club
John Ruhe
Trvin Krumm
Irequeis
Robert Dugan
Lee Butt
Aberdeen
W. W. Wintrode
Sioux Falls
Francis E. Townsend
Lemke
New Union Party
Cleveland
Mexico
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Luis Mors Tovar
Congress
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Hans Christensen
J.W. Campbell
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Sone Plath
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Teuber
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