New Spend-Lending Program Involving Billions Takes Shape
Beadle County farmers confront drought and prass hopers as sorghums gain prominence in crop planning. Reports from Central South Dakota note reduced moisture delaying small grains yet promising yields. Many shift corn acreage to drought resistant sorghums like Sooner Mile, with some cutting back corn entirely or aligning with soil conservation rules. Local farmers, including L T Hill, plan extensive sorghum planting and mixed crops to endure dry spells.
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Beadle County
South Dakota
Be He County
L.T. Hill
Huron
Widow Stella Dickson to face federal court in San Francisco
Stella Mae Dickson, 16 year old widow of Bonnie Dickson, brought from Mitchell toSan Francisco for potential federal court appearance. She is connected to alleged bank robberies and kidnappings in Elkton and Brookings last August and October. Officials accompanied her to the U.S. attorney's office for discussions with federal prosecutors.
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Stella Dickson
S. F
Sioux Falls
Stelly Mae Dickson
Bonnie Dickson
St. Louis
Federal
Cuy
Mitchell
Kan- Guy
Dickson
Elkton
Brookings
Grace Cogley
United States Marshal
Charles W. Robertson
U.S
United States Attorney's Office
Chet Morgan
George Philip
Frank Wickham
Three Perish In Waterfront Blaze
A waterfront fire killed three people early today destroying no fish houses and a cold storage plant. Victims: John Henry Willis, 65, a night employee, his wife, and their year old child. Damage estimated at 200000 dollars. A second incident notes a child drowned in an irrigation ditch near Torrington.
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Punta Iokua
John Henry Willis
Tiny Verdé Island Quakes and Evacuations Near Manila
Verdé Island, 100 miles south of Manila with about 4000 inhabitants, was reported sinking as residents were evacuated. Governor Vicente Cacho of Atangas Province said people were fleeing by native boats to Batangas coast. Weather official Father Miguel Selga doubted a volcanic eruption, attributing the sinking to sea water acting on limestone.
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Manila
Verdé Island
Covernor Vicente Cacho
Atangas Province
Batangas
Verde Island
Luzon
Mindoro
China Sea
Bibuyan Sea
San Augustin
San Agapito
Miguel Selga
Weather Bureau
Sere
Verede Island
Huron Sees Light Showers with Cooler Outlook
A late afternoon shower dropped 0.63 inches in Huron, cooling temps and prompting Federal Meteorologist B R Laskowski to forecast more rain tonight and Saturday. Reports from C and W railroad offices indicate generally light rainfall across the region, with Ree Heights as the only notable beneficiary. Showers extended to areas north of Huron and across South Dakota and North Dakota, with a cooler Sunday forecast from the state weather bureau for Huron and vicinity.
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Huron
B. R. Laskowski
Dakota Division
C. & W. Railroad
Ree
Heights
Wailer
Onaka
Esquond
Hecla
Gettysburg
Lebanon
Seneca
South Dakota
Ludden and
Oakes
N. D
Atate Wesiber
Vie Z
King George and Queen Elizabeth Visit Ottawa in Cold Showers
King George and Queen Elizabeth arrived in Ottawa in a drizzle for a two day Dominion tour. A 2 gun salute greeted them as crowds cheered and 190000 sang God Save The King. The royals stayed aboard the royal train near Canadonia Metropolis while Montreal residents hailed the couple and praised the queen’s appearance. The visit includes credentials for Daniel C. Roper as a unique honor for the US minister.
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Ottawa
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Canada
United States
trans-Canada
George
Queen Elizaeth
Roper
Daniel C. Roper
Dominion
Canadonia
Metropolis
Montreal
Kting
Hotel Windsor
Tiger Breaks Loose On Ship Kills Cook On voyage
Genoa May 13. Passengers tell of a tiger aboard the Heast being transported to a zoo. The animal escaped its cage and killed a Chinese cook in the kitchen. It fled after gunfire and vanished toward the prow, with fears it was still aboard until the ship reached Genoa.
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Cook
Genoa
Bullenzore
Wetherlands East Indies
Pas Gees
Cream Can gangsters grilled as arrests spread in Minnesota
Three cream can gangmen were grilled by federal agents in St. Paul as sheriffs deputies and local police hunted for two more suspects across southern Minnesota. The detained are John Howard St Paul Walter Morneau Duth and Harry Milinar Winona. Howard and Morneau were taken to FBI HQ while Milinar to Ramsey County jail with a bullet wound in his hand. The group had robbed post offices garages filling stations and small banks across the northwest in the past year. Authorities said the crackdown followed a raid in Mower County near Sergeant.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
John Howard
Walter Morneau
Duuth
Harry Milinar
Winona
Austin
Howard
Morneau
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Robert C. Hendon
Ffee
Millnar
Owatonna
Ramsey County
Harry Wilmot
Mower County
Sata
Chamberlain offers new peace policy to Germany
Britain faces Jewish protests in Palestine as Chamberlain proposes a long term peace policy toward Germany including talks on colonial aims if Berlin proves no aggression. Lloyd George and Attlee press for a firm stance while Franco’s Madrid entry marks a nationalist triumph.
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Associated Press
Chamberlain
Germany
House of Commons
Palestine
Holy Land
Francisco Franco
Madrid
David Lloyd George
Clement R. Aesbul
Britain
Lloyd George
Attlee
Lloyd
Russia
Jerusalem
League of Nations
Spain
Franco
United States
International Settlement Council
Shanghai
Tokyo
Japan
International Settlement
Self Exiled German To Seek Citizenship
FRINCETON New Jersey 48 year old self exiled German novelist and Nobel winner Thomas Mann prepared to become an American citizen and end his life work here under democracy. He was awarded an honorary degree by Princeton University and revealed he had taken out his 61st citizenship papers. May 19 1947 Manchester England Joseph Kelly a royal ordnance factory worker was sentenced to 1 day to 10 years in prison for selling armaments secrets to Germany.
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Frinceton
N. Jay
Thomas Mann
Princeton University
Mann
BPY
England
Manchester
Joseph Kelly
Royal Ordnance Factory
Germany
Roosevelt Opposes Using Stabilization Fund To Build Homes
President Roosevelt expressed emphatic opposition to using any portion of the 2 1 2 billion stabilization fund to finance a nationwide home building program. Reports say a spending lending plan is taking shape with loans to business and social security liberalization under consideration, including 40 dollar monthly pensions for singles and 60 for married couples.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
Federal Housing Administration
Wapner
Democrat
New York
Pepper
Florida
Stabilization Fund
Isse
FHA
Pass Eight Billion Mark In Spending
Washington reports federal expenditures reached eight billion dollars today and still fall short by about one and a half billion of Roosevelt's annual spending goal. The year began last July with eight billion twenty five million seven hundred ninety thousand four hundred forty two spent and four billion eight hundred forty nine million six hundred thirty one thousand fifteen received, creating a deficit of three billion seventy six million two hundred fifty nine thousand four hundred twenty eight and a federal debt record near forty billion two hundred thirty seven million six hundred seventy three thousand seven hundred.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Peace talks underway in tense Harlan County mining fight
Federal and state conciliators opened talks to settle the dispute between the Harlan County Cost Operators Association and United Mine Workers CIO amid gunfire and dynamiting. Brigid Gen Ellerbe Carter reported 28 of 42 mines operating, with no casualties. National guardsmen dispersed pickets as power outages affected Benham area.
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Harlan
Harlan County Cost Operators Association
United Mine Workers (Cio
M. W
Homett Durrett
United States Labor Department
John L. Connor
Elerbe Carter
National Guardsmen
Harlan County
Brookside
Kitts
Carter
Harlan Central Coal Company
Totz
Ellerbe Carter
National Guard
Highsprint Number 2
Kentucky Utilities, Inc
Benham
Farm Fire Destroys Nine Buildings Near Dell Rapids
Fire broke out at the Frank Bess farm nine buildings were destroyed near Dell Rapids on a Thursday afternoon. Loss pegged at about 10000 dollars with some insurance coverage. Cattle and other livestock perished, while the house and garage were saved by the Dell Rapids volunteer fire department.
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Dell Rapid
Frank Bess
Here
Dell Rapids
Huss
Hunger Striker Convicted of Murder in Oklahoma
Enid May 19 Roy Murphy a 40 year old farmer who halted a three week hunger strike after being charged with murdering his brother and sister in law was convicted today of the brother s death The verdict carried the death penalty Murphy who was emaciated from fasting testified he shot his brother Harry in self defense during a quarrel but said a wild shot killed the wife State sells beaver pelts in Pierre Director W T Girton of the state game and fish department announced the sale of 533 beaver pelts and a few other furs for a total of 4370 At an earlier auction the department received about 2 from the sales of beaver and other fur products
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Enid
Okla
Roy Murphy
Murphy
Harry
Pierre
W. T. Girton
State Game and Fish Department Today
Nent
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