Government Plans to Aid Farmers At Limit
Washington May 16 The farm administration aims to go the limit in aiding drought stricken farmers. Farm administrator Chester Davis will collect reports from Wisconsin Minnesota North and South Dakota to assess conditions and offer relief advice. Davis vowed full use of powers with other government units assisting. A drought relief program including liberalized wheat and corn hog contracts and water conservation was approved by a nine member House committee from afflicted states. A three member subcommittee will craft relief cropping for lands withdrawn under farm programs. The panel urged immediate Works progress administration action to divert water and create channels and lakes with dikes and dams to conserve the public good.
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Washington
Farm Administration
Chester
Davis
Rollect Agricultural Extension Dissttots
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
W. F. Callander
Department of Agericulture
House
Northwest
Central States
Sinclair
North Dakota
Gillette
Iowa
Carpenter
Kansas
Boi~ Teau
Sins Clair
Hildebrandt
Herdale
Public Works Administration
Ship Collision Toll Is Seven
NEW YORK May 16 Only four members of the Nantucket lightship crew of seven lived to tell today of the fog bound crash that Sunk the lightship after the White Star Line Olympic ripped through it off the Massachusetts coast. The four survivors were brought to New York aboard the Olympic and were ill from shock. The three who died after rescue were W. W. Perry Monteiro and J. F. Richmond. The missing men were J Pina Rodriegues Portes and FE George. Survivors include Capt George W Braithwaite C E Mosher L A Roberts and J B Perry.
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New York
Nantucket
White Star Hincr Olympic
Massachusetts
W. W. Perry
Reading
Mass
Monteiro
Cook
New Bedford
J. F. Richmond
Ailer
Boston
Pina
Rodriegues
Seaman
J. Portes
B. George
George W. Braithwaite
Cambridge
C. E. Mosher
L. A. Roberts
J. &. Perry
Provincetown
Weather outlook for Huron and Vicinity in SD
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with continued warmth. For South Dakota the forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions tonight and Thursday and persistent warm temperatures.
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Huron
South Dakota
Trial of Sankey and Kohler Abduction Case Reaches Jury
In Pierre on May 1 the trial of Mrs. Fern Sankey and Mrs. Alyina Kohler for kidnapping Denver's Charles Boettcher moved to closing evidence. Prosecution and defense to argue this afternoon as the jury is expected to hear the case tonight. Kohler faced cross examination while Sankey's co defendant rested. The defense pressed for a directed verdict but was denied.
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Pierre
Fern Sankey
Alyina Kohler
Charles Boettcher
Denver
Lee Wyman
Kohler
E. D. Barron
U. S.1
Arthur Anderson
U. S
Holton Davenport
Anderson
Gordon Alcor
Leavenworth Lifer
Alcorn
Sankey
Carl Pearce
Pearce
Barron
Dillinger’s Girl Friend Is Guarded In St Paul Trial
Evelyn Frechette sits guarded in St Paul as John Dillinger remains at large. U S district attorney George Sullivan leads prosecutors tracing Dillinger’s movements from Crown Point breakout in March to the St Paul apartment escape and Minneapolis flight. A jury of 12 men and one woman is chosen on opening day of the trial.
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Dillinger
St, Paul
Evelyn Frechette
John Dillinger
George Sullivan
United States
Sty Dilinger
Crown Point
Ind
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Dust Blizzard Blamed for Illinois Epidemic Illness
Springfield reports doctors blaming last week's dust storm for an epidemic of stomach disorders in Statinton Illinois. About 200 to 300 persons affected, mostly school children. Illness mild with nausea vomiting slight cold or cough.
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Springfield
Ill
Statinton
Two Rome Fliers Land In Ireland
Two Rome fliers Captain George Pond and Lieutenant Cesare Sabelli landed near Lahinch in the Irish Free State after a failed attempt to fly nonstop from New York to Rome. Their New York to Rome monoplane required temporary repairs due to engine trouble and a damaged undercarriage after a near Atlantic collision. They flew the distance from New York in about two hours and 30 minutes, taking off from Floyd Bennett Field at 6 24 a.m. BST Monday.
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Lahinch
Irish Free State
George Pond
Cesare Sabelli
Rome
New York
Baldouriel
Airdrow
Dublin
London
Fiers
Floyd Bennett Hield
B.S. T
Gettle Kidnappers Pay For Act With Life Imprisonment
Three kidnappers of wealthy William Gettle plead guilty and receive life sentences after a swift court process in Los Angeles. The trio Ray Williams Jimmy Kirk and Larry Kerrigan were indicted on kidnapping for ransom and robbery and sent to San Quentin following testimony from Gettle. In Tucson Arizona authorities continue the hunt for June Robles kidnapped and imprisoned in a desert trench for 19 days.
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Los Angeles
William Gettle
Get
Tle
Beverly Hills
Ray Williams
Jimmy Kirk
Larry Kerrigan
Tris
Kidneping
Gettle
Charles W. Frick
San Quentin
Tucson
Ariz
June Robles
Carlos G. Robles
Pima County
Clarence Houston
Chicago
Jane
Pernando Robles
Heck Takes Bank Post Here
T A Heck, formerly cashier of Produce State Bank in Minneapolis, becomes cashier of Security National Bank of Huron as announced by president Fred D Greene. He replaces Ralph N Jones who resigned to join a Chevrolet agency in St Paul. Mrs Heck and their son will move here after Minneapolis school term ends.
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T. A. Heck
Produce State
Minneapolis
To Bay
Naonal Bank of Huron
Fred D. Greene
Heck
Minneapoli Bank
First Bank Stock Corporation
Huron
Minneapolis Trust Company
Ralph N. Jones
Chevrolet
St. Paul
Jones
Fred
Mr. Heck
West High School
Thera
Minneapolis Draymen Strike Paralyzes City
In Minneapolis on May 16 striking truck drivers estimated up to fifty thousand workers blocked deliveries. Pickets swarmed the city and disabled several vehicles after mediation failed over union recognition, as officials reported the scale and impact of the action.
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Minneapolis
Engstrom Announces Candidacy for State Lands Commissioner
O P J Engstrom of Summit announces as a Republican candidate for commissioner of school and public lands to be chosen at the state convention May 21. Engstrom previously served eight years as commissioner from 1925 to 1962.
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Engstrom
Watertown
O. P. J. Engstrom
Summit
Homestake Mining declares $50 bonus for all employees
Homestake Mining announces June 1 bonus checks of $50 for every employee, totaling about $110,000. This follows a December 29 1933 payout of the same size and a prior wage raise of ten percent in September. The company also grants annual no accident safety bonuses.
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Homestake Mining Company
Homestake
Santa Claus
67 Will Be Initiated Into Huron Elks Lodge
A spring festival in Huron highlights the largest initiation in the lodge’s history with 7 candidates from Aberdeen. A parade from the depot to Hotel Marvin Hughitt precedes a banquet, then the initiation session followed by entertainment and remarks from Elk officials and visitors.
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Huron Elks Lodge
South Dakara
Huron
Aberdeen Elks
Huron Jodge
Aberdeenlodge
North Western Depot
Marvin Hughitt
Elks
Aberdeen
al Huron Elkis
Huron Firemen
J. Ford Zietlow
Aberdeen Fire Department
Huron Police Department
Elks Band
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Aberdean Elky Chorus
Aberdeen Purple Guard
Teuber Brothers
al and
Henry
Art Sell
Floyd Smith
Leo A. Temmey
Ted’ Woods
Sioux Falls
Government Awards Airmail Contracts WASHINGTON
The post office department awarded a contract for air mail service from Chicago to Pembina North Dakota to the Hanford Tri-State Airline Inc of Sioux City Ta County board to meet Beadle county commissioners will hold a special meeting at the courthouse Friday to address relief matters and other business that can be disposed of at that time
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Washington
Post Office Department
Chicago
Pembina
North Dakota
Hanford Tri-State Airline, Inc
Sioux City, Ta
Beadle County Commissioners
Silver tack man Borah tests Roosevelt on silver policy
In Washington May 16 the Idaho Republican Borah presses Roosevelt on remonetizing silver. He asks if policy will be fixed by law while the president grants leeway to act, sparking a clash over Senate and Morgenthau bills and the pace of silver legislation.
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Silver
Washington
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Borah
Idaho
Congress
Treasury
Mr. Roosevelt
Rename: Thirteen New Jersey representatives renominated
Thirteen New Jersey lawmakers were renominated in Tuesday's primary. Ten Republicans and three Democrats advance. Oscar Auf der Heide did not seek renomination, replaced by Ward of Jersey City. Five faced no opposition. key winners include Bacharach Powers McLean Perkins Hartley Cavicchia Lehrbach Norton.
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New Jersey
Newark
Congress
Oscar Auf der Heide
Hig Stead Néward
Jersey City
Charles A. Wolverton
Charles A. Exton
George N. Seger
Wiliam H. Sutphin
Edward A. Kenney
Isaac Bacharach
D. Lane Powers
Donald H. McLean
Randolph Perkins
Fred . A. Hartley
Peter A. Cavicchia
Fredérick
BR Lehrbach
Mary J.norton
Artesian Cattle Buyer Shot. Farmer Held Without Bond
J W Laney artesian farmer was held without bond in Beadia county jail awaiting trial for assault with intent to kill after shooting R F Looby the well to do artesian cattle buyer. Laney waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to circuit court on $3,000 bond but bail was not posted. Looby, hit three times with a .82 caliber revolver, was taken to Mitchell hospital in satisfactory condition and is expected to recover.
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J. W. Laney
Beadia County
Artesian
R. F. Looby
Laney
J. E. Whiting
Woonsocket
M. H. Belgeland
Sanborn Counery
F. D. Richards
Sanborn
Looby
Mitchell
Looky
Locby
Dick Looby
Young Looby
Hof
Max Royhl
Huron
Fred Shandorff
Loo+by
Lachy
Helgeland
Shandorff
Nebraska
Pat
O'Neil
South Dakota
Power output rises in United States last week
Electric power production in the United States increased from 163,766,000 kilowatt hours the prior week to 643,433,000 kilowatt hours, according to the Edison Electric Institute. The report covers overall output for the week ending May 16.
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New York
United States
The
Edison Electric Institute
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