Tornado Tears Through Columbus Kansas Schools
Dozens of houses twisted into wreckage as a tornado struck Columbus and nearby Chetopa. Trees uprooted, poles toppled, and sidewalks ripped as school workers and a janitor rushed 110 children to safety in hallways just before classrooms were destroyed. A 10 year old witnessed the escape as bricks fell and alarms rang.
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Columbus
Kas
Thir Ress
Uiehern
Chetopa
Highland Park
W. A. Fair
Ped
Hamlet
Eddie Bradney
Secretary of State Hull Accepts to Join International Coalition
Secretary Hull announced acceptance to join an international coalition aiding European political efforts. Clear, formal note indicates U.S. support aligning with allied actions and ongoing diplomatic cooperation.
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Secretary of State
Hull
Jacksons Tornadoed Out Second Time
Mr and Mrs W A Jackson seek a tornado proof home after losing their bungalow to a twister yesterday in Chetopa Kansas. The couple had built a four room bungalow prior to the disaster and must rebuild following the recent destruction.
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Jacksons
Chetopa
Kns
Mar
W. A. Jackson
Twister Wrecks Homes as Children Flee to Ditch
A violent tornado tears through Bucks area, killing seven and strewing debris. Bruce McCall and Virginia Sappington describe walls collapsing, rain and hail, and bricks raining down. Pupils at Piety Hill rural school evacuate to a ditch as the storm shifts, leaving a mass of twisted wreckage and cold, soaked children. Farmers later assist in rescue. Rueben Wicks, a student at South Dakota State College, visits relatives in Carpenter after several days away.
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Rockell
Bruce McCall
Piety Hill Rural School
Chetopa
Virginia Sappington
Miss Sappington
Carpenter
Rueben Wicks
South Dakota State College
Formation of state credit bureau to be discussed
A meeting of credit agency representatives from South Dakota is set to form a state credit bureau. Officials from Associated Retailers of Huron announced the event to be held Sunday at the Mervin Hughitt Hotel with an afternoon business session at the associated Retailers office. Attendees include representatives from Rapid City Sioux Falls Watertown Mitchell Aberdeen Brookings Vermillion Huron Madison Britton Sturgis Belle Fourche and Yankton.
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Cies
South Dakota
Associated Retailers of
Huron
Mervin Hughitt
Royal Associated Retailers
Rapid City
Sioux Falls
Watertown
Mitchell
Aberdeen
Brookings
Vermillion
Madison
Britton
Kiwanis Benefit Play Promises Sold-Out Redfield Shows
Redfield Kiwanis Club stages a benefit play with matinee for pupils and two evening shows. Captains Ray Bull and Wesley Clark lead ticket sales as two teams distribute passes across the city. Proceeds fund the Kiwanis child welfare program.
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Redfield
Mar
Redfield Kiwanis Club
Kinsanians
Thes City
Ray Bull
Wesley Clark
Ralph Blume
W. F. Bruel
Wessington Springs
FV. Wilhite
T. B. Leckley
Edith Lyle
Mes. G
K. Felton
Burts
Philip Eckstrand
F. A. Frederickson
Rosamond Baird
Larry Kennedy
A. B. Campbell
Mary Alice Curtis
Kiwanis Club
Pupils Gain County Contest in Declamatory and Essay Events
Five more grade school pupils earned superior ratings yesterday at courthouse contests, joining qualifiers for the county declamatory and essay meet in April. Winners include Delores Walter, Phyllis Hints, Lewis Kuehl, Orland Walter, and Ruby Meyer among others, with several teachers named.
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Mise Eva Davis
Auperior
Delores Walter
Richland Township
Charles Micheel
June Walter
Foster Towns
Joseph Greenan
Wilbur Duncan
Custer
Margaret Ounes
Phyllis Hints
Liberty Township
Kathryn Davis
Kenneth Christensen
Custer Townshin
Margaret Oxnes
Darwin Klukas
Grant Township
Grace Rudy
Lewis Kuehl
Bonner
Marie Kuehl
Joseph Walter
Foster Township
Mary de Boushe
Pearl Creek
Veronica O'Toole
Orland
Walter
Richlans
Cellent
Vera Fritz
K. Davis
Rose
Mary Malloy
Clyde Township
Helen Wessels
Superior
Ruby Meyer
Foster
On Sale Liquor Petitions Filed in Huron Election
Petitions to grant on sale liquor permits in Huron were filed today at City Auditor M F Walt. Accompanying petitions seek a city ordinance limiting on sale outlets to five. Voters in the April 19 municipal election will also decide three commissioner seats and a $39 bond issue for a development program at W W Howes Municipal Aimport. Incumbents Dr J B Tschetter Dr George A Youel and Dr George C Green are the only candidates filed so far.
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Huron
M. F. Walt
W. W. Howes Municipal
Aimport
J. 8. Tschetter
George A. Youel
George C. Green
Townsend Boosters File $27 Million Damage Suit
Federal court action names more than twenty defendants including Townsend supporters Huston F. Marrs of Denver as plaintiff. The suit seeks 15 million in compensatory damages and 500 thousand in punitive damages from each defendant. Plaintiffs allege Robert E. Clements of Los Angeles helped plot to destabilize the Townsend movement in 1936 with several lawmakers named as defendants.
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Los Angeles
Rock
the Pension Organization
Robert L. Doughton
North Carolina
Scott W. Lucas
Illinois
John S. McGroarty
California
Townsend
Netherlands Accepts The Hague Government Remarks
The Hague Netherlands government indicates acceptance of a policy initiative amid ongoing talks in The Netherlands capital. Officials, including ministers, signaled approval and set a framework for implementation next quarter.
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Netherlands
The
Hague
the Netherlands
Mar
al AP
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