Armistice Day politics and a crooked dance into power
A satirical reel depicts corrupt county officials, a looming courthouse vanity project, and a voter levy scandal. Varney runs a sham campaign aided by Curly Cooney while Blair feuds with a medicine man and kidnaps Varney in a bid to unmask the hoax. The plot pivots on radio exposure and a dramatic election fallout.
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Ghter
Blair
Varney
Curly Cooney
Durante
Medicine Show
Cooney
Felicia
Four
Medicine Man to Presiden t Cohan's Leap
The Pharitom President a Paramount comedy opens at the Rich Theatre with George M. Cohan Claudette Colbert and Jimmy Durante. Cohan plays a medicine show healer who impersonates financier Theodore Blair as a political hoax unfolds.
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George M. Cohan
White House
Paramount
Rich Theatre
Claudette Colbert
Jimmy “Schnozzie” Durante
Ronkton
Melrosy
Sarah Scranton
Pitcairn
Theodore K. Blair
Cohan
Appesh
Blair
Varney
Felicia Hammond
Dan
BEAR LAKERS' IN PROVO FETED IN NEW HOME
A Provo Utah party honored Bear Lakers former Paris group at the new home of Mr and Mrs Lyman H Rich. Guests included Abe Tueller and family of Salt Lake City Teller Dunford and family Provo Walter Tueller Rich Stanford Rich Stanley Dunford Ralph Dunford Wilford Tueller Lynn Haward Marvin G Pack East Lake City Stele Rich Brigham Young University students Helen Cook Alice Spencer.
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Paris
Lyman H. Rich
Provo
Utah
Tmany
Abe Tueller
Salt Lake City
Teller Dunford
Walter Tueller
Stanford Rich
Stanley Dunford
Ralph Dunford
Wilford Tueller
Lynn Hayward
Why He Can Sing and Boost the Town
A local booster lifts the town by spreading cheer and banishing gloom. The narrator asks why a single fellow can energize people, inspire optimism, and outshine pessimists, noting his daytime toil and evening cheer.
A Beating of Burden as Man Bets Equality with Mule
A spoken fable shows a man and his mule in plow work. The man laments fairness between his labour and the animal, noting taxes, mortgage worries, and political disenchantment. He questions if politics make jackasses of men and ends with a quip about keeping a straight face.
Quieting Title Suit In Bear Lake County Idaho
The State of Idaho to Charles C Stock John R Stock Joseph P Stock Edwin E Stock Maria Merkley Edward C Rich Charles C Rich Grace Shirley George P Stock Ernest Stock and unknown heirs or devisees of John Stock and Francis Stock defendants in a district court action filed November 3 1932 to quiet title to described real property in Bear Lake County Idaho. The plaintiff Common School District petitions the court for judgment if defendants fail to appear within twenty days of service. The case references Lot 1 Section 14 Township 16 South Range 43 East Boise Meridian with specific boundary lines and a state highway. The notice states date of first publication November 3 1932 and last publication December 8.
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Charles ‘C. Stook
John’ R. Stock
Joseph ‘P. ‘Stock
Ephraim Stook
Sidney Stock
Edward C. Rich
Charles C. Rich
Grace Shirley
George P. Stock
Ernest Stook
John Stock
Francis Stock
John ‘Stock
Bear Lake County
Idaho
Boise
Schol House
School House
Charles C. Stock
John R. Stock
Joseph P. Stock
Ephedwin £. Stock
Maria Merkley
Ernest Stock
Schoolhouse
State High
A. Jong
Explaining Board of Equalization Deductions
Attorney General Fred J. Babcock outlined the Board of Equalization’s composition and limited authority. He said the body, convened to equalize state ad valorem taxes, has no year round power and can only act before the fourth Monday in August, after which it cannot grant requested reductions. The governor’s requests were addressed in a letter after adjournment, when the board had lost power.
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Fred J. Babcock
Paris
State Board of Equalization
Lyear
Sient
Agust
Gallet Seeks Idaho State Office Citing Deep Service Record
Republican candidate Gallet presents long public service including four years as deputy auditor for Bannock County and ten years as county auditor. He touts efficiency and broad taxpayer support in Idaho where he has lived 47 years.
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Gallet
Gallett
Dépuy
Bannock
Idaho
State Auditor Delays Itemization of State Levy Question
The State Auditor sent certificates to counties on the unpaid levy but failed to provide itemized amounts to the board as required by law. Despite years of delays, no clear figures exist and newspapers have published competing itemizations. The board’s inaction is attributed to legislative control over the levy and alleged political maneuvering to embarrass board members in the campaign.
Red Cross flour distribution planned by county commissioners
The Miles Milling Company at Mont. Petter Hins finished milling 400 barrels of Red Cross flour to be distributed to the county’s needy by the board of county commissioners via the local Red Cross chapter. Lee Pasey of Lanark visited the county seat Tuesday. Also an invitation to order Christmas cards with complete stock at reasonable prices.
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Miles Milling Company
Mont. Petter Hins
Red ‘Cross
Board of County ‘Commissioners
Red’ ‘Cross
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Sam V. Tones
D. E. Haddock
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