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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1932
Page
7
Chelsea November 15 fire destroyed the post office a general store a garage and a dwelling with losses put at 50 000. The Tinker and Grady families woke to smoke at about 4 pm escaping in night clothes. The post office located in Harry Tinker store burned. several cars and an oil pack in Lester Grady garage were wrecked.
CHICAGO November 15 The Shannon congressional committee heard claims that government support to railroads via the Reconstruction Finance Corporation has subsidized railways and harmed the motor coach sector. Lawyer Ivan Bowen testified that loans to railroads were favors, while R J Baker urged ending Panama Canal steamship line and military transport to boost merchant marine business.
The Holiday Association board of directors voted to push a national producer alliance and test farm mortgage contracts. they urged members to resist foreclosures and debt collection. National Farmers Union president John A. Simpson blamed high prices for business failures and predicted legislation aiding farmers with remonetization of silver, refinancing, and crop marketing reforms. He credited the union with blocking a sales tax bill and urged vigilance against renewed tax increases by big interests.
Chicago officials moved to collect delinquent taxes as the auctioneer prepared to auction parcels valued around 50 million dollars. County Judge Ermund K Jar esckie overruled objections by the Association of Real Estate Taxpayers and ordered sale to satisfy unpaid 1930 real estate taxes.
In Kill Devil Hill North Carolina a 60 foot granite pylon memorial to Wilbur and Orville Wright was completed today. Workers spent 22 months building on a 35 foot deep sand dune base to resist shifting sands. The monument honors aviation's birthplace and the first powered flight on December 17 1902 with Orville Wright piloting.
Florence Ostrander of Sioux Falls aged 20 and a student at Nettleton Commercial College was crowned queen at the Alpha Iota convention in Washington, after serving as a convention delegate in the closing session yesterday.
In Belfast tomorrow the Prince of Wales will be welcomed by a security force exceeding 1,000 men with 4,000 armed units. Authorities say an extraordinary guard includes 2,000 troops 2,000 Ulster policemen and 8,000 Orangemen volunteering to aid along the route amid past Belfast street clashes.
Boonville Missouri reports a man from Versailles Dr George Frisbie age 34 set a record by receiving 110 blood transfusions in four months. Attending Dr Ravenswaay notes the prior record was 167 transfusions over three years after influenza illness and four months in hospital including mastoid sinus problems and spleen removal operations.
Dreamed kickoff return dreams became reality for Ted Petoskey, star back for the Michigan Wolverines. After switching from end to fullback to cover injuries, he gained 183 yards in 21 carries and scored two touchdowns including a 56-yard run. Petoskey, a multi-sport athlete, was highlighted for versatility and scoring prowess in the 1930s era.
Bark mtch Glad, a leading scorer in the National Professional Football league, had a brilliant athletic career before joining the Portsmouth Spartans. Coach AA Stagg praised Clark as the greatest natural high school athlete he had ever seen. After prep days he nearly entered Northwestern, but returned home to Colorado and attended Colorado College where he earned AP all-America honors in 1923, with a girl in the story now Mrs. Clark.
Norman Oklahoma Gazette profiles Grin Red Boras from Champaign Playing as a top kickoff specialist for the Sooners Boras averages over 55 yards per kick. Lewie Hardage notes his value in preventing long returns and touchdowns. Boras explains his method eye on the ball step and swing to hit below center with power.
Kansas State College fullback Ralph Graham drives toward the goal line as coach calls for a carry near scoring range in Manhattan. The play underscores the team’s emphasis on aggressive ground gains and strategic ball control.
A chaotic sideline moment in a football game sees Coach Bob McMill urging a player to carry the ball up toward the goal line. The instruction is repeated as teammates react, creating a tense scene about onfield signal urgency and discipline.
In Chicago on November 15 a U S District Court session will seek assets of defunct Insull concerns. Samuel Insull Jr will be before Judge Ludley, tied to locating assets for two bankrupt Insull entities. The move follows his European return after talks with his father. The Cathedral of Seville, Europe’s second largest Gothic church, houses Columbus’ tomb.
General Motors Acceptance Corp sues Minnehaha County in circuit court to challenge county officials use of conditional sales contracts to seize property for delinquent personal taxes. The case cites an electric refrigerator seized from Harry Bessler, later paid by the plaintiff to prevent forfeiture while asserting title remained with GMAC.
Edwardsville Illinois November 15 Nelson Balster a 21 year old barber of Bathalto was indicted for murder in the death of his wife Margaret seven months after their wedding She died after plunging down an 81 foot coal mine shaft Oct 5 He had been accused of paternity of an earlier child and the baby survives with the four month old.
The Jewish calendar, shaped in Hillel's era in the fourth century, is said to trace back to 3761 B C as its starting point for creation. The calendar's present form embodies this traditional dating as its origin.
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