Convicts' Hostage May Lose Her Arm
Indianas officials investigated a prison mutiny in Michigan City where three convicts seized Ruth Joiner a 29 year old welfare worker and held her hostage for nearly two hours. They demanded guns an automobile and safe exit while guards and state police fired through broken windows to end the standoff. Mrs Joiner was seriously wounded with doctors fearing possible amputation of her right arm. A fourth prisoner and two prison staff were wounded in the clash.
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Indiana
Ruth Joiner
Crawfordsville
New Welfare
Alfred F. Down
Theough
Patrick H. Weeks
Protestant Women Invited To Meet In Huron Church
All women of Huron and nearby areas are invited to the Presbyterian Church on Thursday morning June 29 at 10 30 for fellowship and to hear Mrs C C Purviance president of the Nebraska Council of Church Women discuss interdenominational cooperation The Adult Bible class led by Mrs Purviance will meet at 9430 Thursday morning and all are welcome She will depart Huron July 5 for Lake Geneva Wis to attend the National Council of Church Women annual conference July 6 8 and will also serve as a commissioner to the United Christian Adult movement conference July 8 15 at Lake Geneva
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Presbyterian Church
C. C. Purviance
Nebraska Council of Church Women
Purviance
Lake Geneva
Wis
National Council of Church Women
United Christian Adult Movement Conference
Return from California Hitchcocks Visit
John Kingdon and his daughter Tuna along with Miss Helen Madsen of Water arrived here from California after a two week visit with Mrs. John King. Mr. Kingdon drove to Brook to take Miss Madsen home to her parents, then they sang Juanita to Sioux Falls where she is employed. A note mentions land in Argentina measured by the cucere with two American acres.
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California
Hitchcock
John Kingdon
Tuna
Helen Madsen
Waterto
John King
Bus Crash Claims Driver Death Near Flagstaff
William Mize, Greyhound driver, died after his bus rear-ended a companion coach 15 miles west of Flagstaff Arizona. Twenty four passengers were injured in the crash with three in critical condition as swirling dust reduced visibility yesterday.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
William Mize
Greyhound
Mize
Young Republicans essay winner honored in state contest
The loan chairman awarded Karl Kjel myr of Mitchell fifty dollars for first prize in the state essay contest on tax reduction in South Dakota. State chieftain lauded the arrangements committee and the convention’s unprecedented success. Attorney General Leo Temmey welcomed Republicans to Hur on. Helen Wosnuk of Webster, a University of Illinois singer, entertained the crowd with vocal selections before main addresses. Wednesday, June 28, 1939.
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Mitchell
Kota
Leo Temmey
Huron
Helen Wosnuk
Webster
University of Ulinois
Weary posse finds raincoat and items in Olson flight
A large search party recovered a raincoat a jackknife and whiskey from near Lake Namakagon two miles from the Namakagon Inn in a renewed bid to capture Ray Olson the fugitive who killed Deputies Fred Scott and Carl Johnson June 17. The discovery follows days of tracked movement and weapon traps set by officers and volunteers seeking the $1,000 reward.
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Wis
Ray Olson
Lake Namakagon Resort
Regian
Ernest Moore
Cable
Marathon County
Lake Namakagon Inn
Olson
Moose Lake
Lake, Namakagon
Fred Scott
Carl Johnson
Weather notes and events from South Dakota June 28
Daily weather figures show high 69 and low -3b from a year ago with extremes 109 and -3b. Month to date 3.60 inches vs 3.56 normal. year to date shows deficit. Forecasts for Huron area and South Dakota call for fair, warmer conditions. Minnesota also fair with possible thundershowers in southeast. Roosevelt signs bill to train 15,000 pilots. $5,975,000 allocated. ground schools to start September. Highmore hosts Fourth of July baseball vs Harrold. previous season win, rematch July 9. last Sunday Highmore beat Onida 13-5.
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Hyde Park
N.Y
Roosevelt
Highmore
Harrold
Holiday Tiltighmore
Onida
Jones Confirmed to Lead Federal Lending Agency
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Jesse H. Jones of Texas as head of the federal lending agency to be created July 1 under President Roosevelt's government reorganization plan.
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Jesse Jones
Washington
Senate
Jesse H. Jones
Texas
Federal
Roosevelt
Buck's Young Prodigy Pilot Featured in San Fernando Valley Times
Gordon Buck's son Hail Buck, a two year old in Van Nuys California, was profiled for aviation talents. The child has flown since 10 days old with 60 flight hours and can land a plane while his father handles rudders. He scored 99 percent in a South Dakota intelligence contest at 11 months, equaling a baby record. He reportedly walks at seven months, names all planes in hangar No 2, and advises pilots on nose-in landings as his father once did at age 14.
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Gordon Buck
Paper Gaylord
Hail Buck
van Nuys
Calif
San Fernado Valley Times
South Dakota
Buck
Bob Ripley
Hult
Strings and politics shape South Dakota government
Bushfield warned that federal strings attach to state funds, citing highway and health programs as examples and arguing Washington dictates state policy. He touted increased old age assistance funding and year round benefits. National GOP leaders praised his governance as a model for Republican success nationwide.
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Bushfield
Washington
Highway Department
Health Department
South Dakota
Marion Martin
Young GOP remarks critique of American political medicine
The governor likened public policy to medicine and castor oil, saying Americans have relied on a bad political regimen. He urged voters to seek informed financial and medical counsel and condemned six years of mistaking cosmetic remedies for real cures.
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Bushfield
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