Dust storms dim State Fair crowds at Watertown event
Hundreds of men women and children face massed death fears as dust laden winds swirl over the South Dakota State Fair in Watertown. Attendance edges toward 1935 receipts with about 8000 noon entrants amid wind and dust. Grandstand shows and horse events close week as auto races Friday cap the program with the nation’s dust storm sapped crowds.
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Codington County
Pecksery2k Wepiece
Bend
Jane Alden
Chicago
International Motor Contest Association
Ernie Youry
Eage Livro
State Fam
Rescue Party At Musgrave Harbor
Rescue party led by Capt Ed die Rickenbacker reached Musgrave Harbor after a stormy 24 hour voyage from Harbor Grace to help Harry Richman and Dick Merrill relaunch their trans Atlantic monoplane Lady Peace. The aircraft suffered minor damage including a broken propeller and was to be wheeled onto the beach surf. Merrill credited with guiding the plane ashore amid fuel shortage and prior quarrel with Richman.
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Eddie Rickenbacker
Harbor Grace
Harry Richman
Dick Merrill
Richman
Merrill
Record Attempt Aims For Mississippi River Speed
In New Orleans on September 17 a hydroplane style rowing craft powered by a motor was to attempt a New Orleans to St Louis speed record. Guilbert Benks of Vicksburg Mississippi would pilot the craft as crews seek to beat the 59 hour 14 minute mark set by Robert B. Lee, a challenge about three hours faster than the peasant day record.
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Vicksburg
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St Louia
Robert B. Lee
Weather for Huron and Vicinity Tonight and Friday
Unsettled tonight with Friday fair and cooler. South Dakota to the west shows unsettled conditions with some color in the south west portion. Friday weather forewarns mostly fair, with cooler temperatures and a chance of wind shifting northerly.
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Huron
South Dakota
Bulow Proposes Irrigation Plan for South Dakota Drought
Senator W J Bulow unveiled a three point irrigation proposal to relieve drought across South Dakota. Engineers say pumping from the Missouri River at about one cent per kilowatt hour is feasible and reservoirs along the river could supply water for farms statewide. The plan includes pumping from streams and wells where suitable, plus a long range reservoir program. President Roosevelt endorsed investigating the idea.
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W. J. Bulow
Bulow
Missouri River
Missouri
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Roosevelt
Mrs Roosevelt bedridden by grippe in Washington
News flashes report Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt was ordered to bed by her physician for grippe with a fever but not alarming. Other items note Joan Blondell and Dick Powell planning marriage on Grace liner, golf match in New York, VFW encampment winners, a death from food poisoning in Carson County, and a Murdo fire causing up to 30 thousand dollars in damage.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Dick Powell
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Las Angles Harbor
New York
Watauga
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Carson
C. J. Angel
R. J. Reddick
Arnold Johannson
Grand Championship baby beef fetches 92k at 4-H auction
At the Stite Fair Ab erdeen Angus grand champion sold for 92 cents a pound to Swift & Company of Watertown. Alfred Pox owned the 1 year old steer weighing about 105 pounds and netting the owner 326.12 dollars. Reserve grand champion from Alcester brought 174 cents a pound, shown by Pegry Goldy. Moargill Tracking Co of Sioux Falls and Armone & Co of Hurots were bidders. Citizens National Bank of Watertown started the bidding. Judge John Hall praised the grand champion as among the best seen. Both champions won in the apt class and 41 club competition.
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Berlin
Alfred Pax
Watertown
Swift & Company of
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Swift & Company
Armone & Company of
Hurots
Aberdeen Angus
Pegry Goldy
Alcester
Moargill Tracking Company
Sioux
Falls
Citizens National Bank of
Lemke Speech Expected Large Iowa Union Crowd
DES MOINES IA September 17 William Lemke, Union Party presidential candidate, was to address the Iowa farmers union convention at 2 pm as the feature of today’s program, likely doubling attendance on the second day. E B Everson national president spoke yesterday about the federal land bank failing to spur farm property borrowing.
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Wiliam Lemke
Iowa Farmers Union
Union Party
E. B. Everson
St. Charles
Federal Land Bank
Strike at Milwaukee Coke and Gas Plant Shuts City Gas Supply
Milwaukee faces a potential gas shortage as Local 211 of the International Union of Operating Engineers notes a strike at the Milwaukee Coke and Gas Company plant. about 30 engineers quit, nine supervisory staff stayed to keep some operations going and the plant’s gas supplies for city homes could be disrupted.
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Intersnational Union of Operating Engineers
Milwaukee Coke ‘and Gas Company
Philip J. Kingsland
Accident victim returns home after skull fracture and repair
Miss Fielen Elfring of Watertown was discharged from a hospital yesterday and sent home after internal injuries and a fractured spine from a car crash on August 25 north of Huron. The same accident claimed the life of Mrs Herbert Skinner, also of Watertown, who died in the collision on the way to the South Dakota Hairdressers and Cosmetologists final session.
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Fielen Elfring
Watertown
Leola murder trial could go to jury late today
Defense in Dr. A R Martell murder trial near verdict as prosecuting and defense teams wrap cross examinations. Witnesses described Miss Leola Halvorson's death at a Madison hotel after a drinking party with notes and letters read to the jury. Martell testified he did not choke Halvorson, insisting he did not kill her.
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Jon Hibner
Hibner
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Miss Frost
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N-Law
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Lela
Morrison
Jennie Humphrey
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Vio
Schillingstad
Stat
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Mhurder
Government Delays Blasting Of Fortress Housing
Amid the Spanish Civil War, fascist forces press toward Madrid while Toledo faces a blaze of shellfire. In Toledo's Alextar fortress 1,700 civilians refuse surrender as government delays blasting to offer a final chance. Franco's troops advance toward Toledo and Madrid, with reports of casualties and mobilization across fronts. Foreign pilots and agents stir tensions as U.S. correspondents report from the region. Insurgent leaders in the north back veteran General Martinez Anido for dictador Spain.
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May Call Guard in Salinas Threatens Labor Strife
California governor orders the National Guard to be ready as a general strike looms amid a lettuce packing sheds clash. Fresh tear gas from San Francisco arrives while 50 more state patrolmen join 46 100 officers facing 250 deputies and 400 plus workers. Dozens injured as nonunion labor operates sheds and citizens guard streets.
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Salinas
Calif
NPA
National Guard
Upton
San Francisco
Otder
USC founder Dr William Bovard dies in California
Dr William Bovard one of six Bovard brothers who founded the University of Southern California died at his Sierra Madre home. He served as general secretary of the board of education of the Methodist Episcopal Church and retired in 1935.
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Los Angeles
William §. Bovard
Bovvard
University of Southern California
Sierra Madre
Bovard
Board of Education
Methodist
Alumni Day at Harvard Draws Ten Thousand to Old Yard
In Cambridge on September 1 ten thousand people gathered in Harvard Yard for Alumni Day the second of a three day observance at America's oldest university. The forenoon service in Harvard's Colonial Memorial Church united the faculty and five leading clergymen in solemn worship for thanksgiving and remembrance.
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Mass
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Harvard
Colonial Memorial Church
Beadle County 4H Poultry Demonstration Wins First
Beadle County 4H club team Alan Oviatt and TLavlin Olson won the Beadle County 1-H poultry demonstration title at the State Fair grand champion event. Darrell Wells and Robert Jenneman of McCook were noted in the championship demonstration. Second place honors went to Bon Horne of Brule County with Bluelig taking third.
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Beadle County
Alan Oviatt
Tlavlin Olson
Oviatt
Threats of War Heard Across Europe in Soviet Rhetoric
A published speech by Voroshilov references defending Ukraine and White Russia from a Soviet attack, vowing to stop any invader on territory they came from. Reichsführer Hitler claims vast riches if Germany controls Urals, Siberia, and Ukraine. Military broadcasts warn all inhabitants, including children, of future war threats.
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Mollison Plans for Three Long Flights
Australian flier A Melben Mollison announced plans to depart Floyd Bennetts Brooklyn on October 27 for a trans Atlantic flight to Croydon London, aiming for 17 hours. He may then head to New York and attempt multiple records, including a solo around the world if weather cooperates.
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Did You Know Pupils Enter Harrold School Eight Grade
Harrold Consolidated School reports U2 pupils all in eighth grade, a Did You Know item for The Evening Huronite. The column offers centa payments for accepted items, with contributors able to call The Huronite office after publication.
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