Statewide meet to plan grasshopper war in hopper year
Entomologists from South Dakota State College report grasshopper outbreaks may worsen. Meetings with farmers and county officials discuss control methods, distribution of federally purchased poison, and the need for resistant crops like sweet corn sorghum and sudan grass. Where poison is used, prepared bran mash with arsenic or Paris green is broadcast during the daily feeding period, with cautions about weather and timing.
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Brookings
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Aastern
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Extension Service
College
South Dakota
Walter
Agricultural College
Dry Question Is Casting Shadow Over Chicago Platforms
KUQKE Simpson Washington reports that party platform writers face unresolved questions on economic crisis relief measures, federal reserve strengthening, veteran bonuses, and budget balancing as Chicago conventions approach. Prohibition looms as a major unresolved issue with demand for a referendum likely, while Democrats hold strategic leverage with their platform conclusions expected last.
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Kuqke Simpson
Washington
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Chicago
House
Republicans and Democrats Eye Hoover Era Platform Debates
The piece discusses looming party platform drafting as Republicans meet in Chicago to outline support for Hoover and open talk of a refer endum on prohibition. It notes likely leaders Reed Smoot and William E Butler for the GOP and Cordell Hull for the Democratic committee heads, with critiques over Hoover’s handling of the economy and calls for a rapid congressionally aided relief program.
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Chicago
Hoover
House
Senate
Congress
Republican Platform Committee
Reed Smoot
William E. Butler
Massachusetts
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Bullets Kill Girl as Police Fire at Robber Suspect
Marie Liesch a 13 year old school girl was killed in Chicago yesterday when police bullets aimed at Edward Soyka during a hosiery office holdup escaped. Soyka leaped from a first floor window breaking a leg. Detectives unaware fired several rounds. one bullet struck Liesch in the heart.
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Chicago
Marie Liesch
Edward Soyka
Soyka
Sayka
Indictment Against Curtis Expected in Lindbergh Case
Flemington New Jersey May 28 a grand jury was expected to hand up to day an indictment against John Hughes Curtis hoax negotiator in the Lindbergh case Reports from well informed sources said Curtis accused of obstructing justice would avoid an open trial He would plead son vult contendere and throw himself on the mercy of the court Nuremberg This ancient German city has added one to the 172 honorary citizenships of President von Hindenburg and has named a street Hindenburg avenue.
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Flemington
N. J
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Vult Contendere
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von Hindenburg
Hindenburg
Coming Democratic Convention Faces Strong Opposition
Pierre May 28 With the Republican state convention out of the way political interest centers on the Democratic state gathering at Pierre on June 6. The Democrats will draft a platform nominate eight state officers and elect party officers. The ticket likely lacks strong candidates as in years past. Tor Berry governor prospect favors a lieutenant governor pick from the eastern part of the state. Emma Meistik Yankton and Gertrude Flyte Gann Valley are named possible nominees for various posts. Party factions split between Cherry and Bulow wings may drive harmony or conflict. Republican harmony is noted as favorable, while Democrats face potential intra party contention.
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Gertrude Flyte
Gann Valley
Associated Press
Pierre
Tor Berry
Belvidera Rancher
South Dakota
E. C. Giffen
E. Gold
Scotland
Emma Meistiik
Yankton
Buffalo County
Cherry-Berry
W. J. Bulow
Tom Berry
Lewis V. Bicknell
Webster
Bulow
A. &. G. Cherry
Sioux Falls
Cherry
Swift's Chairman Falls To His Death
Edward Swift sr 64 chairman of Swift and Company died after plunging from a sixth floor window at 1550 North State Street Chicago. His brother Charles Swift said affairs were in excellent condition and he had planned a Tuesday trip abroad.
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Chicago
May
Edward 2. Swift
Swift and Company
North State Street
Charles H. Swift
Gustavus Franklin Swift
Corey Spent 442 Campaign Expenditures Reported
Pierre May 28 Expenditures of 442.94 in the May primary campaign were reported by L. E. Corey of Wagner, an unsuccessful Democratic gubernatorial candidate, in his personal expense account filed with the secretary of state. The report shows 106 for printing and 216 for personal traveling expenses. Contributions of 39.56 were listed. G. J. Moen of Canton, treasurer of the Progressive slate of Republican presidential delegates, listed 109.26 for the group, which was not elected. Nearly all money was spent on newspaper advertising. Contributions also totaled 108.36, all from candidates or delegates and alternates.
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Corey
Pierre
L. E. Corey
Wagner
G. J. Moen
Canton
Seabury To Hurl Another Barrage
New York May 28 Investigator Samuel Seabury prepared to attack Mayor James J. Walker’s financial dealings as the Hofstader committee resumes its probe into alleged corruption. Seabury targeted Walker’s ties to Russell Sherwood and brokerage accounts while Park Commissioner Walter Herrick and Edward Stanton clashed over testimony. Publisher Paul Block disclosed a joint brokerage account yielding $246000 to Walker.
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New York
Samuel Seabury
James J. Walker
Seabury
Hofstader Legislative Committee
Russell T. Sherwood
Sherwood
Walker
James T. Ellis
Walter R. Herrick
Interstate Trust Company
Edward Stanton
Paul Block
Girl Killed in Bank Robbery Fight at Morris Oklahoma
Miss Aggas, 26, a bookkeeper, was mortally wounded when bank bandits used a fleeing car as a shield and opened fire after abducting her during a First State Bank robbery in Morris. Authorities identified suspect Jack Ary, sought for robbery, as the bandit slain earlier, while others fled.
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Morris
Okla
Aggas
Mulgee Hospital
First State Bank i
Son
Net
Tiwe
Barrymores Return to Screen in Hollywood Contract Hit
UPI reports in Hollywood May 8 that the Barrymore siblings appear together in a new film under a single contract. The trio, noted for their screen presence, star alongside director Bert Brown, who reportedly underwent a medical check yesterday after a courtroom incident involving assault.
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Ribsrymore
the Stase
Her Brienet
Delat An Hors
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