Rainy South Dakota Tops Wettest Month In Years
South Dakota endures heavy rainfall as records fall with unprecedented wet conditions. In Detroit, Ed ward FL McGrady arrives as federal mediator to ease the giant auto strikes affecting more than 15,000 GM workers. Plants idle include Chevrolet Teleco and Fisher Body in Cleveland, plus Toledo and Cinci sites. Labor leaders cite wage disputes. union organizers warn of broader plant shutdowns if issues aren’t resolved.
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Funds Promised for Missouri River Channel Work
WALINGTON May 1 Complete confidence that federal relief funds will be provided for river work on the Fort Peck project and the Missouri river channel to six feet navigable depth, says J Weaver president of the Missouri River Navigation Association. He met with Major General E M Markham and expressed hope funds will cover costs, noting boosters had sought 25,000,000 to finish the open channel to Sioux City and that funding for ongoing work appears satisfactory for now.
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Truck Accident Claims Three Lives In Oklahoma Route
AMUSKOGEE Oklahoma May 1 four p Three persons were killed and five critically injured when a truck loaded with Mexican beet field workers overturned while enroute from Antonio Texas to Mt. Pleasant Michigan. Sheriff Arthur Kirkpatrick said the driver fell asleep at the wheel and the vehicle ran off the road. Guadalupe Inanencio the 2 driver was among the injured.
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U S And Germany Plot New Trade Treaty
Washington May 1 an authoritative source says Germany and the United States are in preliminary talks for a new treaty of friendship and commerce to replace the old pact ending October 14. The plan omits the most favored nation clause and requires Senate ratification, as Germany seeks reciprocal trade terms without the MFN provision.
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Strike Hits Plywood Firm As Workers Demand Hours
In Greer 20 May 1920 approximately 500 workers at a local plywood company walked out over company orders and longer hours. The walkout followed tensions with management amid wage and schedule disputes.
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Warlike Gestures Mark Europe May Day Festivities
May Day across Europe featured formidable displays with Moscow warning of war and 700 military aircraft over Red Square. In Berlin, Adolf Hitler addressed over a million workers at Templehof praising national unity while Goebbels described a sunlit day as flights were grounded as a precaution.
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Creamery firm wins injunction over beer license fees
In Watertown Tuesday afternoon Judge W N Skinner granted a temporary injunction restraining enforcement of a legislative amendment that would require North American Creameries to procure additional licenses for branch distributing points under the 2.2 beer law. The company argued license fees already paid cover privileges until July 1, 1995, and argued amendments cannot compel payment until the original period expires. The state’s right to assess fees after July 1, 1935, was not questioned by the company.
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Empire chiefs back mother country to keep Europe at peace
A well informed source says Britain’s dominions backs the mother country to avert war. Cabinets discuss foreign policy with Ramsay MacDonald, with premiers Bennett of Canada Hertog of South Africa Lyons of Australia. Dominions insist Britain may take risks if needed and may refrain from commitments. The report notes three points: armament increases, Britain as mediator, and dominions’ right to back away from obligations. A separate blast killed about 1,000 crows on Rogue River island in Oregon.
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Roosevelt Announces Rural Re settlement Division Start Relief
President Roosevelt announces creation of a 4 billion works relief program division to relocate people from failing communities. Rexford Tugwell leads the rural re settlement division with Morris Cooke to set up rural electrification, while regulations and agency orders lag behind. Officials expect full operation by fall, with project completion rules under review and job applications on file but not yet hired.
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Weather forecast for Huron and nearby areas
Cloudy with showers tonight and Thursday. South Dakota expected similar conditions and minimal temperature change.
The News Behind the News May Lose Washington
Depressed tone outlines consumer spending rising as shoppers buy cars, department store goods, and appliances. Monthly data show March activity nearing normal after a weak start, with a big company reporting five years of higher sales and several cars selling below $1,000.
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Lake Byron Continues Filling As Wet April Records Fall
After one of the wettest Aprils, South Dakota saw May arrive with widespread moisture. Huron residents reported Lake Byron rising with 90 percent of the lake bed covered and an average depth near two feet, aided by Foster creek diversions and ongoing showers. The total for the month reached 5.64 inches, with the year’s rain at 7.68 inches, and farmers hope for dry days to resume fieldwork as rains persist statewide.
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Optional Land Retirement Called by Relief Officials
Washington May 1 Federal relief officials said the program to retire submarginal land in South Dakota is entirely optional. A spokesman for the Relief Administration stated the agency will be fair and will not force farmers to move if they can make a living on their present land. The remarks responded to protests about a proposed purchase program in Dyyman and Stanley counties, SD.
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Senate NRA Extension Vote Continues Recovery Law
The Senate Finance Committee rejected the administration plan for a four percent two year NRA extension and moved to keep current law for a year. It backed a 16 to 3 vote to report a resolution extending the law with price fixing prohibition and interstate business limits, plus a brief Roosevelt review period to align codes. Chairman Harrison announced the action in a two hour executive session with broad support and no formal tally. The chief executive had urged a two year extension, while leaders reportedly favored extending recovery law until next spring if Congress preferred.
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Scout Talk Highlights Boy Scouts History Talk
John Smavoy executive spoke to Huron college students about a three period view of modern life, the age of labor industry and leisure, noting contrasts with a century ago. He described the twenty fifth anniversary of Boy Scouting and mentioned a large planned food and water effort amid concerns over polluted water during the stockyards fire in Chicago.
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Huron
Strato Site To Have Forecasting Station
War department orders Safe Sergeant William B. Bernpeisel to Rapid City South Dakota to set up and operate a Meteorological forecasting station in connection with Army National Geographic Society sphere flight planned for this summer. He begins May 5 in Rapid City.
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Wells Turned In After Water Sullage Brief Timed Report
The water department announced that West Wells were turned in this morning in Hurson City mains. For three weeks the city has been extracting water from the James River while awaiting restored supply.
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