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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1931
Page
3
San Francisco profile of Robert Dellar a shipping magnate known as Captain Dollar who will turn 74 on March 2 and prefers work to pleasure. A lifelong sailor he has made 31 trips to the Orient and five around the world reflecting a career built on hard work and clean living.
A historical quote asserts that while Bolshevik fears loom, the speaker claims the Chinese situation is brighter than ever beneath a dark outward appearance. He predicts Bolshevikism will be stamped out and emphasizes strong resolve among 3,000,000 men in the context of global upheaval.
President Hoover plans a 10 day Caribbean vacation aboard the battleship Arizona, stopping in Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. He will confer with Governor Roosevelt and inspect sites while Secretary Hurley Wilbur travel with him.
Paul Davis, confessed killer of Parmalee storekeeper C B Dowling, and two Lead men are held without bond for the May grand jury after waiving preliminary examination before U S Commissioner Francis J Parker at Deadwood. Albert aliases Bonser and Hatten tied to the case. Evans unnamed suspect. Credit to H P Davis and Arthur Helmer for arrests.
SIOUX FALLS a law enforcement and observance conference sponsored by the South Dakota Anti-Saloon league heard federal prostitution administrator Harney oppose proposed alternatives to the 18th amendment and Volstead act He urged redoubling prohibition enforcement while noting the federal spendings rival a battleship and calling for greater effort Local officers were praised for cooperation Dawes and Geyman of Mitchell also spoke
Francis W. James of Sheridan county Wyoming, returning from a cattle inspecting job, ridicules Paraguayan gauchos as unable to rope and manage cattle. He notes their ropes are about 90 feet long and tend to tangle. He also jokes the Bible contains two nearly identical chapters.
Four women linked to police graft cases faced mysterious deaths. Lucia Dickens known as Georgia Gray died in Bellevue Hospital after four days illness. Dr. Norris ordered organ analysis to check for poison. Vivian Gordon, a Broadway dancer, who accused Patrolman McLaughlin of framing her in 1923, was strangled on February 2 and her killer remains at large.
Residents of the Saorstat and northern counties observed Saint Patrick's day with religious ceremonies civic programs sports and feasts that may run into tomorrow. A late bid to repeal longstanding pub restrictions was not listed for today and may come up Wednesday. President Cosgrave prepared a second radio address to Irish abroad celebrating peace and a stronger Irish nation with a blessing to American Irish citizens.
Five year old Legta Bartels died after a beard fell into a corn crib on her parents farm while she hunted for eggs. She reached for a nest and became tangled. the box beneath her was knocked loose and she was dead when help arrived.
Funeral services for Henry Otto Koch who died Saturday at his cousin Otto Schroeder’s home near Virgil will be held Wednesday at 2 pm at the Schroeder residence and 2:30 pm at the Virgil M E church. The Rev S D Disrud will officiate with burial in Virgil cemetery. Koch born December 35 1899 in Germany came to the United States in 1925 and worked as a farm laborer near Virgil. Surviving are his mother and two brothers in Germany.
Beadle County Abstract records show Wilhelmine Harris transferring Lot 9 Block 2 5th Ashland Park Addition to Henry Kingdon in Huron for $1. Also August Lemke transfers Lots 5 9 and 10 Block 5 Daley's Addition to Yale to Christina Lemke for $1.
Huron public schools will start on Labor Day and end May 27, five days of the State Fair will include classes with shortened sessions the last three days. Schools will close the day before Thanksgiving to allow teachers to attend the state teachers convention in Mitchell. Teachers for next year were elected and names will be announced soon.
In Shanghai a female brigand leader known as the Widow Chang has risen to command 3 900 troops and now serves as a colonel in the Fourth Route army under Gen Fan Tso yuan. Her forces west of Hankow form a protectorate over Henan villages, where she taxes the rich to aid the poor.
A coroner's jury ruled a man found among the large bluffs northwest of Crawford was murdered. The body, tentatively identified as A. G. Nathan, a traveling salesman missing since September, showed a bullet hole in the skull. County authorities pursue further investigation.
Washington reports Clarence M. Young urges all 49 state highway commissions to paint clear air routes on main highways. He recommends a uniform method with large guide marks at intersections and every ten miles, using 10 to 30 foot high identifiers prefixed with Us for federal highways or state abbreviations for state routes.
At The Hospitals are Admitted Otto Engle Virgil medical Mrs Joe Zevilick Highmore medical ee Eather Huron surgical D N Bryan Hitchcock surgical Dismissed P C Forgard Lake Preston Mrs A Muehl Huron Mrs Robert Cottan Miller Mrs Morris Iroquois Ole Larson Huron
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