West Paving Work to Begin on Highway 14 Project
Grading of Federal Highway No. 14 west of Huron will start within two weeks to prepare for about 64 miles of paving this summer. Jensen Paving of Rapid City and partners negotiate with road builders. $178,000 job promises 2,800 man days, with priority for Beadle County labor. Work to finish by August 15 expected, road opening before fall. Traffic detoured via Ninth Street. borrow pits and a 2 inch water line installed along the highway.
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Huron
Earl LE. Lewis
Jensen Paving Company
Ft Rapid City
Lewis
A. C. Jensen
Beadle County
Jen Gen Company
Broadland Corner
Ninth Street
Victim Identified By His Underwear
CICAGO May Fatrick Roche chief investigator for the states attorney said a piece of underwear found near the charred body of a torch catch in Barrington identified the man as Mike Heitler a vice monger The cloth matched underwear bought by Heitler six weeks earlier and found at Emily Melchen s home Roche also named a dentist Dr McKenzie who made the man s false teeth The teeth plates were the only definite clue but 18 years old making locating the dentist difficult
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Cicago
May
Fatrick Roche
Barrington
Mike Heitler
Uestler
Emily Melchen
Roche
McKenzie
Howie
200 Are Killed In Honduras Outbreak
In Honduras near Santa Rosa last week a battle between rebels and federal troops left over 200 dead on both sides. Notable casualties include businessmen Abraham Bueso and Mariano Luna, whose brother is a congressman. Hostages were said to have been taken as rebels retreated toward Octepene. Looting and bridge destruction caused substantial property damage.
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Tegucina Alraa
Hondurad
Santa Rosa
Abraham Bueso
Mariano Luna
Octepenie
Dump Yard Blaze Fails to Cause Damages in City Ravine
Firefighters battled a dump yard blaze in the ravine near James River yesterday afternoon. Water was pumped from a distant hydrant on Shampns Avenue as flames raged for two hours. Only discarded goods burned. no property damage reported.
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Huron
City
James River
Shampns Avenue
Hunt For Change Turns Into Detention In Chicago
In Chicago on May 4, police detained Jeff Sharkey a 30 year old Black man after he flagged down a moving car seeking change for a $10 bill. Officers found a pistol on him but no ten dollar note and locked him up.
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Chicago
Jeff Sharkey
John McCormick
Death Mystery Surrounds Officer Berry at Willow Lake
Lieutenant John C. Berry of Brooks Field was found dead in his car on a secluded road near San Antonio Texas Friends said he lived in fear of death and had been threatened Investigators planned to send the service revolver and shells to New Orleans ballistic experts to determine the bullet's origin and whether it came from a personal foe or an unknown assailant
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San Antonio
Texas
John ©. Berry
Brooks Field
New Orleans
Lewis A. Dayton
Berry
Willow Lake
George Berry
John C. Berry
Suitor Held After Girl Is Murdered
In San Diego Hazel Bradshaw a 22 year old telephone operator and mother to nine siblings was found slain with knife wounds near an adobe wall in the Indian village. Suspect M E Garrison 35 a railroad commissary steward admitted being with her Saturday night but police doubt his account and continue questioning him. Authorities note the death is the citys fourth murder in recent weeks with no confirmed links to other slain figures Virginia Brooks Louise Teuber or Mrs Dolly Ribbens.
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San Diego
Cal
Hazel Bradshaw
M. E. Garrison
Virginia
Brooks
Louise Teuber
Dolly Ribbens
Miss Bradshaw
Garrison
Department of the San Diego and Arizona Railroad
Hazel
Villago
Robert Donahue Dies After Illness At Home
Robert Donahue aged 30 died this afternoon at about 1 50 at his home 8 4 Idaho avenue southeast after a two month illness. He was a material handler for the Chicago and North Western railway and is survived by his widow and his mother Mrs Mary Donahue of this city. Funeral arrangements had not been made today.
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Robert Donahue
Idaho Avenue
Mr. Donahue
Raiway
Mra Mary Donahue
Yoshiwara Completes First Lap Of Tokyo-San Francisco Flight
Yoshiwara completes the first leg of a projected trans Pacific flight from Tokyo to the United States via Kurile and Aleutian routes. He lands at Wamasase after a 368 mile hop from Tokyo carrying goodwill messages from Premier Wakataki. The flight began at Haneda airfield after an opening ceremony with American ambassador W Cameron Forbes.
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Wamasase
Japan
United States
Sidji Koshihara
Tokyo
Wakataki
Yoshihara
Haneda Airdrome
W. Cameron Forbes
Junkers
Sieji Noma
Thomas Ash, Jr
America
Ash
Court Declines To Review Derr Case
The Supreme Court today refused to review a suit by John T. Derr of Madison Wisconsin against the Interstate Securities case. Derr sought to avoid liability as a stockholder for the debts of the insolvent firm. Receiver John P. Good had sued Derr to enforce added liability, after a South Dakota court levied a 100 percent assessment on stockholders.
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Washington
Supreme Court
John T. Derr
Madison
Wis
Interstate Securities
South Dakota
John P. Good
Interstate Securities Company
Derr
Good
Wisconsin
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
DO X Lands Safely On African Coast
Berlin reports seaplane DO X, commanded by Christianen, landed safely at Bolama Portuguese West Africa at three o clock yesterday afternoon local time after an incident free flight from Villa Cisneros Spanish Rio de Oro about 30 miles away. From Bolama the craft aims to start the Atlantic leg toward Brazil.
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Berlin
S.r —Apeun
Tildrich Christiansen
Do-X
Bolama
Portuguese West Africa
Dornier
Villa Cimeros
Rio de Oro
Brazil
Government Wins In Liquor Tax Action
The government won a tax ruling by Federal Judge Jorge A. Carpenter allowing the basic $1.10 per gallon liquor tax on alcohol produced by Hugo Ferroni. Ferroni was previously arrested in Penu TL and sentenced to 19 months in Leavenworth plus a $10,000 fine. Distilleries Ferroni owned were seized. the case claimed $709,000 in combined taxes and penalties, but the judge held the government entitled to the basic tax only.
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Chicago
Jorge A. Carpenter
Hugo Ferroni
Penu
Leavenworth
Ferroni
Carpenter
Vagrant Duck Held On Quackery Count
A vagrant duck in Palo Alto is under technical arrest on quackery charges. An eagle is held as material evidence. Dec R Gauthier delivered the duck to the police after complaining the bird had festered in his yard. The duck was sent to the city pound.
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Palo Alto
Cal
Dc. R. Gauthier
Kriebs Sued by Blunt Woman Over Fatal Crash
Mrs. Alice Marsh of Blunt files a $10,000 civil suit in Pierre circuit court against Frank D. Kriebs former secretary of agriculture and state chamber official alleging negligent driving killed her husband George S Marsh on January 31 193L He was earning 2500 yearly for the family The case is slated for the May term opening May 12 before Judge John F Hughes with unclear trial timing The civil action is handled by Martens and Goldsmith Pierre and O Keefe and Stephens of Pierre Also representing Kriebs in the suit.
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Pierre
Frank D. Kriebs
Alice Marsh
Blunt
George 5. Marsh
Kriebs
State Chamber of Commerce
Marsh
Circuit Court
John F. Hughes
South Dakotans Win In Music Contests In Duluth
South Dakota music students won four places at the district young artists contests held Saturday by the Minnesota Federation of Music Clubs in Duluth. Winnifred Hoff of Yankton won the soprano division and will compete at the finals in Sea Fran c gised next month. Winners include Soprano Hoff Yankton first Hinshaw Minot second Schuler Duluth first Johnson Duluth first Hinshaw Minot second Waltner Hurley SD third Ostergren Duluth first Croes Yankton second Violin Spaulding Valley City ND first Laren Sioux Falls second
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South
Lead Becomes First South Dakota City to Adopt Daylight Saving
Lead extends daylight saving time as the city becomes the first in South Dakota this year to adopt the new time-exchange measures. Officials announced the change today, aligning with state guidelines and expected to affect local schedules. There was no immediate report on broader regional adoption.
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South Dakota
Start Of Drilling In Wall Oil Field Draws Huge Crowd
More than 5 000 people gathered at Hoyt Hunter farm north of Wall to hear Governor Warren Green and others speak at the Gypsy Oil well site the first in the field. Drilling began Sunday with progress to 100 feet and continues as visitors tour the rig amid expectations of a rich oil strike.
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Wall
Hoyt Hunter
Warren Green
Gypsy Oil ‘Company
Kreiks
Governor Green
Frank D. Kriebs
Huron
State Chamber of Commerce
J. Allen Harvey
South Dakota
Green
Fall seeks presidential pardon in Doheny bribery case
Albert B. Fall, former secretary of the interior, said he would not further appeal his conviction for accepting a bribe related to naval oil reserves. He asked for a presidential pardon, noting his old age and strain of another trial. Petitions circulate nationwide. Hogan has not received official word.
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Three Rivers
N. M
Albert B. Fall
Hoover
BE. L. Doheny
Secretary of the Interior
District of Columbia
Frank J. Hogan
Washington
Europe
Supreme Court
Bogan
Cirentale
Friends Friends
New Mexico
Harding
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Fall
Court of Appeals
E. L. Doheny
Hogan
American Legion To Meet Thursday Agenda Moves Up One Week
The American Legion plans a Thursday meeting, moved forward from May 14 due to urgent items. Mr. Welter explains several matters require attention, and the session will begin at a specified time.
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American Legion
Welter
Brothers Crack Jail Lock After Break In
GLENVIEW Illinois May 4 Chief of Police J Z Miller boasted his jail was breakproof but two men Floyd and Raymond Wright who called themselves a steamfitter and welder broke in last Saturday night and yesterday the bolts and door were found removed. They had been jailed for stealing chandeliers faucets radiators piping door knobs and brass rail from a derelict roadhouse.
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Glenview, III
J. Z. Miller
Floyd
Raymond Wright
Study Plans For Separate Annex In Pierre
The commission weighs separate annex plans versus a connected building for the state office block in Pierre. A. McWayne outlines seven options, noting separate construction would deliver about 30,090 square feet while an annex would supply roughly 22,400. Governors secretary Charles McCaffree cites 32,000 square feet needed. Hwy Commission funds face AG limits.
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A. McWayne
Perkins and McWayne
Sion Falls
McWayne
Charles McCaffree
Commission
Highway Commission
Sumority
Attorney General
Highway Department
Attempt To Stamp Well Flame At Sinclair No 1 Cole Gusher
Explosives prepared to extinguish the Sinclair No 1 Cole gusher fire that killed nine crew members in an explosion Tuesday. Harry Kinley Oklahoma firefighter planned to drop a nitroglycerine charge with no fixed time, while brother M M Kingley aided on crutches. Nine packs of nitro glycerine and sawdust were ready, shielded by asbestos and weighted, to be set off electrically. The fire is out of control and the well will continue to blow even after the shot.
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Gla Dewnsus
Waans
May Ave
Harry Kinley
Oklahoma
M. M. Kingley
Kinley
Earth Tremor Helps Golfer Sink Hole In One
Manchester England May 4 A tremor on the East Lancashire countryside startled spectators as a golfer on the Chorlton links drove close to the hole and the ball fell in the earth rolled gently. Seismographs showed two thousandths of an inch movement but the tremor alarmed thousands. Minor damage to a few buildings occurred with no injuries.
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Manchester
England
East Lancaster
Chorlton Links
Hoover Urges Limiting Military Costs At World Meeting
President Hoover told business leaders at the sixth biennial International Chamber of Commerce congress that cutting armament is essential for global economic recovery. He cited 5.5 billion dollars in current world military expenditure and 27.8 million under arms or in reserve, urging shifts toward pacific dispute resolution and stronger economic cooperation. Theunis of Belgium condemned high tariffs and called for liberal customs policies as the meeting debated measures to stabilize prices and curb state intervention.
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Washington
Hoover
International Chamber of Commerce
Hoovyer
Georges Theunis
Belgium
Chamber
M. Theunis
Franz Mendelssohn
Germany
World Business
American Farm Board
Weather Across Huron and South Dakota
In Huron expect rain and much colder conditions tonight with a mostly cloudy Tuesday. In eastern South Dakota rain is likely followed by colder air and cloudy skies, while western portions see a slow temperature rise as conditions remain unsettled.
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Huron
South Dakota
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S. D. Man
Jap Flyer
Pacific
Seijo Yoshiwara
Namasaki
Yoshiwara
Tokyo-San Francisco
Cameron Forbes
Numasaki
African
S. D
Friends of Fall
Washington International
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