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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1931
Page
12
Water for trees and shrubs will be allowed this evening in the city from 6 to 1 o'clock per city water commissioner G. M. Anise. The James River level remains steady while artesian drilling continues to 865 feet, with sludge hindering flow and a casing to 950 feet pending.
Washington speculation swirls around a compromise Republican ticket for speaker with Mapes of Michigan and Frear of Wisconsin as leaders. The plan aims to satisfy Northwestern liberals and regulars, challenging Longworth remnants with Tilson and Snell, as vacancy counts and illnesses shape daily shifts in power ahead of the new Congress.
Eight state governors and the national relief group endorse a plan to mobilize local resources for unemployment relief this winter. Walter S. Gifford heads the effort with Owen D. Young to organize committees for funding, distribution, and employment increases. Hoover reviews fiscal outlook as federal construction continues to provide work for about 380000 men. Young to lead drives Oct 19 to Nov 25 to concentrate relief campaigns nationwide.
Mutinous crews seize six Chilean ships at Coquimbo with officers held as government faces pay cut ultimatum. Non commissioned officers direct actions from flagship La Torre while battleship Almirante La Torre cruiser O Higgins and destroyers Cresela Serrano Alden Huat are involved. Santiago reports cabinet vows a strict response to the mutiny.
Reno Nevada records show the liberty court issued 635 decrees in August, an all time high. Plaintiffs came from many states and foreign countries including the Philippines and Hawaii, with South Dakota the only state not represented.
Captain Wolfgang von Gronau and crew landed the Greenland Wal on Lake Michigan after a six hour ten minute non stop flight from Long Lake Ontario, completing the first German scientific flight to Chicago via the great circle route. The trip, begun August 1 from List Sylt, aimed to test feasibility of a northern air route with conclusive results yet cautious optimism. Bert Hassell of Rockford Illinois and Parker Cramer greeted the fliers as early connectors to linking the Midwest with Europe.
Vermillion news records a field trip through Mitchell Chamberlain and Mobridge as nine states attend informal sessions at the University of South Dakota museum. Dr William Duncan Strong presided as experts study Ahistory of Indians before whites arrived focusing on burial pottery tools and lifestyle. Annual meetings planned with Lincoln Nebraska hosting next year. Marriage Licenses listed: Leo Edward Perry 27 Wolsey and Cevelia Jeanette Maunders 18 Virgil.
Eleven men and one woman sit as a federal jury in Minneapolis to try W B Foshey and six aides on charges of using the mails to defraud. The panel of 100 yielded 12 jurors after yesterday’s opening session. eighty witnesses are subpoenaed. The defendants include H H Benicy H E McGinty T J Andrus P V Macby H Welch and C W Salisbury officers of the Foshey companies and related enterprises. The case centers on a $30 million drought in securities sold to investors across 14 states and abroad, with dividends paid from capital and profits. The government contends about $20 million in securities were sold to investors who received large dividends.
Rapid City voters backed a 215000 disposal plant bond by 975 to 168 amid concerns of a possible injunction to stop sewage dumping into Rapid Creek. City plans trunk lines and plant southeast of the city, with much work by hand labor creating fall jobs.
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