Release Won Payoff Says Big Fortune Paid in Ransom
Chicago May 4 James Hackett a 41 year old feared as the slot machine boss in southern Cook County says his entire fortune of 150000 was paid to abductors for his release. He was seized at Idaho Country Club and released after his wife and James E Blouin turned over the ransom. He estimates the gang used two automobiles and bound his head with gauze. A state investigator questioned the amount but Hackett insists the ransom was 150000 and suspects connection to a national kidnapping outfit responsible for other abductions including a prior case involving Dante Chamberlain.
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Chicago
James Hackett
Elic Island
Hackett
Cook County
Idaho Country Club
James E. Blouin
Patrick Roche
T Wo
Blavin
Melrose Park
Dante, Chamberlain
Blue Island
Towns To Give Music Programs In Beadle County
Beadle County towns plan Music Week programs with Huron and Virgil events led by local educators. The Virgil program features Huron College group and is set for 890 pm at the Methodist Episcopal church with L B Harmon speaking. Wolsey showcases a 25 piece high school band and a donated piano from the 1923-20 graduating class. Wessington hosts a composite choir at the American Lutheran church with a future high school band program at community hall. Additional towns Hitchcock Yale Cavour and Bueffield plan future events though details remain unannounced.
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Beadle County
Huron
Virgil
Varent‘Teacher Association
L. B. Harmon
Huron College
F.C. Cain
Robert Bryan
Eugene Kingdon
Robert Hough
Donald Streeter
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wolsey
F. W. Wardman
Wolsey High School
Wessington
Huron Students Honored at Nebraska University
Lincoln Neb May 4 Special University of Nebraska students from Huron South Dakota have earned honors. Arthur Mitchell, junior, elected secretary of the Innocents society at Ivy day ceremonies. Twelve other juniors were elected to membership. Dorothy Gifford, business college student, pledged to Gamma Epsilon Pi honorary. She holds a $300 scholarship for next year.
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Lincoln
Neb
University of Nebraska
Huron
S. D
Arthur Mitchell
the Innocents Society
Mitchell
Nebraska
Dorothy Gifford
College of Business Administration
Gamma Epsilon Pi
Gifford
Knights of Columbus Lecture Planned in Huron by National Council Rep
T P Downs a National Council representative will visit Huron in May to lecture at 8 pm in St Teresa s parochial school auditorium on the work of the Knights of Columbus. All St Martin s Parish members and neighboring parishes are urged to attend with ladies invited. A Huron Council meeting follows with Mr Downs delivering a special message. A luncheon will be served after the address.
Four Huron seniors seek Louis K McClymonds scholarships
Four Huron high school seniors John Pasek Aldis Lurdeen Ogden Chamberlain and Velma Jonason compete for seven Louis K McClymonds scholarships in state wide exam. The awards include tuition and fees and are funded by Mrs Annie M McClymonds Morris Plains New Jersey. Examinations were conducted with high school supervision across towns.
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Huron High School
Huron College
Huron
John Pasek
Aldis Lurdeen
Ogden Chamberlain
Velma Jonason
Annie M. McClymonds
Morris Plains
N. J
Louis K. McClymonds
American Association of University Women
Simple method to predict next winter’s cold by distance to Gulf
Washington May 4 Weather experts say Americans can estimate next winter’s average chill by measuring miles from their town to the Gulf of Mexico. The mean southern winter is about 55 degrees, dropping to five degrees in northern Minnesota, with frost depth deepening by about one inch every 25 miles north.
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F. B. Colton
Washington
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Minnesota
Oliver L. Fassig
United States Weather Bureau
American Meteorological Society
United States
Pacific Coast
California
Fassig
W. C. Haines
Weather Bureau
Richard E. Byrd
South
Pele
Walter
Haines
State Farm official arrives in Huron for meeting at Hotel Marvin Hughitt
A.W. Tompkins of Bloomington Indiana, superintendent of agents for State Farm Mutual, traveled to Huron to attend a meeting planned for today at the Hotel Marvin Hughitt. He arrived last night to participate in the State Farm Auto meeting.
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A.W. Tompkins
Bloomington
State Farm Mutual
Huron
Marvin Hughitt
State Farm Auto
Tompkins Led South Dakota Farm Bureau for Seven Years
Former secretary Mr. Tompkins guided the South Dakota Farm Bureau federation for seven years, with details noting his leadership role in district agents and mobile insurance company ties.
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Mobile Insurance Company District
Tompkins
South Dakota Farm Bureau Federation
Mike Tobin Hosts Youth Carnival After City Service
Former Huron water commissioner M. L. Mike Tobin, defeated in re election, plans a carnival for local youths at Leibrand Brothers showgrounds. Tickets supplied by carnival management enable Tobin to host a party for his young friends, continuing last year’s free swims and recent Elks hall gatherings.
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M. L
Mike” Tobin
Huron
Mike
Leibrand Brothers
Carnival
Tobin
Elks Hall
Wessington Man Is Hit And Run Victim
L Levine a Wessington merchant was hit by a hit and run driver yesterday afternoon. His nine year old son Irving suffered scalp wounds and a badly bruised arm and shoulders and is confined at home. Both were injured when the car went into a ditch and overturned after being forced off the road. Passersby carried them to town for treatment and the elder man’s condition improved slightly. A truck driver fled the scene after the crash.
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Wessington
L. Levine
Irving
Levine
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