Insane asylum conditions cited as threat to inmates
Blackfoot mayor Edward Thoreson declared unsanitary conditions at the state insane asylum risk a typhoid outbreak. He blamed a failing water system and low pressure for toilets, noting lack of ventilation and no fire plugs near the new buildings as a fire hazard. Doctor W Lowe reported a new well is being drilled to fix the shortage.
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Blackfoot
Edward Thoreson
Thoreson
Ross
W. Lowe
James M. Boyle
Asylum
Lowe
Ten Plead in Bremer Case at Minneapolis Hearing
Nine of ten accused in the $200000 Edward Bremer kidnapping case pleaded not guilty in federal court in St. Paul Minnesota on April 2. James Wilson pled guilty without counsel. Co defendant Arthur Barker and others entered not guilty pleas as prosecutors outline conspiracy charges and a scheduled April 15 trial.
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T. Paul
Minn
Edward
Bremer
James Wilson
Wilson
Arthur
Doc” Barker
Barker
Elmer Farmer
Bensenville
Ill
Harold Alderton
Byron Bolton
Chicago
Jess Doyle
Edna Murray
Kissing Bandit
Joseph J. McLaughlin
Edward Vidler
Philip J. Delaney
M. M. Joyce
Halberg services set for Wednesday
Funeral services for Minnie Effie Halberg 56 of Blackfoot will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. at the Methodist church. She died Sunday at her Blackfoot home. She was born February 8 1879 in Kansas and married O J Halberg September 28 1870. The family moved to Blackfoot in 1917 and she is survived by her husband two daughters and a son two sisters and two brothers plus a sister who has traveled from Sacramento California for the funeral.
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Blackfoot
Minnie Effie Halberg
Halberg
Kansas
Idaho Falls
O. J. Halberg
Off year elections test party strength in six states
Across six states voters weighed party power as Chicago Democrats seek a Kelly victory margin and Wisconsin Progressives test Gov. La Follette. Los Angeles primaries gauge EPIC influence while Oklahoma City and Corpus Christi brace for possible unrest over oil and policing. Early returns show Keyworth leading Voelker for state schools chief.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Wisconsin
Los Angeles
Upton Sinclair
Michigan
M. R. Keyworth
Paul F. Voelker
Edward J. Kelly
Emil C. Wetten
Newton Jenkins
Kelly
Phil la Follette
Local Men to Meet Sir Baden-Powell in Seattle
Sir Robert Baden-Powell and Lady Baden-Powell will attend the regional Boy Scouts of America meeting in Seattle April 8 and 9 with Colonel G Walton Rover Commissioner of Great Britain. Tendoy Council delegates led by President J R Young will join executives Watkins Fife and Glen, six University Scouts, and two Troop scouts. Seattle plans a 3000 Scout circus during the conference with local office handling reservations.
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Robert Baden-Powell
Baden-Powell
G. Walton
Rover
Great Britain
Boy Scouts of America
Seattle
San Francisco
Baden Powell
Tendoy Council
J. R. Young
Dr. Young
David C. Watkins
Cecil Fife
A. Glen
Mra. Glen
Powell seeks divorce after 31 years of marriage
In Newark on April 2, Robert B. Powell files for divorce citing only three meetings with his wife Isobel since their elopement. The court questions the length of their marriage, noting it spans thirty one years.
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Newark
N. J
Robert
Powell
Isobel
France Vows to Keep Army on German Border
Paris April 2 The French chamber of deputies approved Premier Flandins plan by 410 to 134 pledging continued border fortifications and a strong army. He said troops near the eastern border are a precaution while Germany builds rearmament and urged military alliances for peace. The session adjourned to May 28.
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Paris
French
Chamber of Deputies
Flandin
Germany
France
League of Nations
League
Michigan 60 P Back in Fold
Detroit April 2 Michigan was counted back in the Republican fold as returns neared completion. The slate for state offices led by large majorities, Republicans gained firm control of the state administration board, kept a six to two supreme court, took over public instruction, and ousted a Democratic UM regent. The state house remained barely Republican 51 to 49 with one seat ill, giving Democrats a technical 50 to 40 strength. Potter and Sharpe, incumbents, led by over 100000 for state supreme court justice.
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Detroit
Michigan
State Administration Board
Supreme Court
Department of Public Instruction
University of Michigan
House of Representatives
House
Melvin L. Tomlin
Port Huron
W. W. Potter
Nelson Sharpe
Search resumes for missing Glen Olsen on Great Salt Lake
Salt Lake City April 2 The search for Glen Olsen age 19 long with Robert L Weech 21 who disappeared after sailing on the Great Salt Lake resumed by land sea and air Weech body found near the south shore yesterday The battered canvas boat located nearby Olsen remains missing as hunt continues
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Salt Lake City
Great Salt Lake
Glen Olsen
Robert L. Weech
Weech
Ally Pea
Yours Olsen
Matilda the tiger missing tail after vandal trim incident
SORRY TALK NOW YORK reports Alfonso Johone of South Jamaica found his workmate Matilda’s tail had been trimmed by an unknown vandal. Police were notified and are investigating the curious damage to the animal.
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York
Alfonso Johone
South Jamaica
Matilda
Johone
Blackfoot City Primary Narrowly Divides Races
Mayor Edward Thoreson faces two challengers J. H. Anderson and R. W. Stevens in the Blackfoot city primary. Home recovery ticket backs Anderson with council nominees William Thomlinson BD Fisher and Joe Stewart. Thoreson ticket fields Paul DeMourdant Edgar Capps for council. Stevens backers name no council candidates. Election set for April 23.
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Blackfoot
Edward Thoreson
J. H. Anderson
Home Recovery
R. W. Stevens
William Thomlinson
R. BD. Fisher
Joe Stewart
Mr. Andersen
Thoreson
Old Fashioned Fist Fight Shocks Beverly Hills Society
Beverly Hills socialites record a sensational dispute in the Emerson Sewell divorce as Walter Emerson recounts a four or five punch attack on Barton Sewell while Sewell claims a gun was used. The altercation occurred in the driveway of Mrs. Jane Sholtz Emerson's home, with her mother also present.
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Los Angeles
Emerson-Sewell
Beverly Hills
Walter Emerson
Barton W. Sewell
Sewell
Emerson
Jane Sholtz Emerson
Blanche Sholtz
Sholtz
Cus
Death Claims Sam Baugh 75 Pioneer Idaho cattleman
Funeral services for Sam Baugh 75 passed away March 30 at American Falls Idaho. Born July 11 1859 in Cedar City Utah he homesteaded near Indian Springs and built the Baugh apartment hotel. Survived by two daughters two sisters and three brothers. Burial in American Falls cemetery.
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American Falls
Sam Baugh
Idaho
American Falls L. D
Cedar City
Utah
Baugh
Indian Springs
Joe Holmes
Music Tryouts Set for Pocatello Soloists in State Meet
Soloists from Pocatello High School prepare for the state high school music contest staged in Twin Falls. The Pocatello band declines entry this year, while small ensembles attend and glee clubs sit out. Preliminary district rounds at the university campus April 12 and 13 draw about fifteen schools and nearly 1000 contestants. A L Gifford and Bainbridge lead the state contest.
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Pocatello High School
Twin Falls
Loren J. Schnabel
Pocatello
Worker Poisoned Detroit In Ford Plant Probe Opens
April 2 report says investigators began questioning 140 River Rouge Ford workers after Louis Sherry a 25 year old autoworker died from a sandwich containing poison. William P Wicker 22 is recovering from injuries.
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Detroit
Louis Sherry
River Rouge
Ford Motor
Sherry
William P. Wicker
Governor Ross vetoes school tax measure in Idaho
Governor Ross vetoed a bill to levy a 2 mill ad valorem tax for public schools while approving a 3 percent tax on mine net profits. He cited already ample school revenue from liquor and beer laws and sales tax funds, delaying public release until noon.
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Boise
Ross
Franklin Girard
Handy
D-Minidoka
Solon Asks U. S. To Kick Mexico Protest
Representative McCormack urged the state department to serve public notice that interfering with American constitutional rights will not be tolerated. The House Foreign Affairs Committee delayed action on a protest resolution about religious persecution in Mexico and sought state department views. McCormack cited alleged acts by Mexican consuls Hermanos Torres in San Bernardino and Alejandro Martinez in Los Angeles.
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Washington
McCormack
Dmaas
State Department
Mexico
United States
House
Foreign Fairs Committee
Special House Committee On UN- American Activities
Hermonao EB. Torres
San Bernardino
Cal
Representa
Torres
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Alejandro Martinez
Los Angeles
Sims Confident Series Not Lost In Bridge Tug
P Hal Sims remains upbeat as his 150-rubber match with Ely Culbertson under the new bridge scoring sees Sims win nine of 13 rubbers to cut Culbertson’s lead to 5,940 after 52 rubbers. Culbertsons' late rally continues as the total score stands 46,000 to 40,060.
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New York
P. Hal Sims
Ely Culbertson
Culbertson
Sims
Dorothy
Josephine
Bida
Culbertsons
Simson
Death of Edmond Mathews Shocks Ohio Liquor Dept Chief
Edmond G. Mathews, dismissed by Governor Martin L. Davey as chief of the enforcement division of the state liquor department, was found shot at his Columbus home. Police investigate the death as a mysterious incident blowing from the capital city.
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Columbus
Edmond G. Mathews
Martin L. Davey
State Liquor Department
Factory Worker Admits Killings in Brooklyn Home
Thomas McFarland a 39 year old paint factory worker told to police lineup he killed his mother in law Nora Kelly 68 and granddaughter Florence McVey 18 in their Brooklyn home after claiming he was drunk and remembered little. He said the girl grabbed a knife and he thought she would attack him and he could not explain how Mrs Kelly's body was suspended from a cellar beam by telephone wire.
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New York
Thomas McFarland
Nora Kelly
Florence McVey
Brooklyn
McFarland
Republicans In House Meet On Security Bill
Washington April 2 Republicans in the House gather to shape their stance on the administration social security bill. The Ways and Means Committee plans to report a bill including old age pensions unemployment insurance and minor social measures next week though party members show varied support. Democratic leaders plan a conference to decide if a gag rule will block amendments.
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Clarence M. Wright
Associated Press
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
D-Nc
Cooper
D-Tenn
Texas Banker Needs Lesson In Simple Arithmetic
ADA Okla April 2 A Texas banker sought to sell a farm and retain mineral rights. H P Sugg arranged a buyer who would allow one fourth of the rights, but later the bank was instructed to hold out for one sixteenth.
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Ada
Okla
Texas
H. P. Sugg
Sugg
Idaho Weather Forecast
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with freezing temperatures. The warmer daytime readings are expected to be minimal across the region.
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Idaho
Relief Conferees Fail to Reach Agreement on Labor Rule
Congressional relief conferees at two meetings failed to settle differences over the one third direct labor provision delaying action on the administration 4.88 billion relief bill. Senator Glass proposed reducing the state project requirement from 33 1/3 to 25 percent, but House managers rejected it. Senator McKellar said there had been no adjustment or compromise.
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Washington
Glass
Virginia
Senate
House
Senator McKellar
Tennessee
Congress falters at first conferees’ meeting on relief bill
Congressional conferees on the 4.88 billion relief bill failed to agree at their first meeting since recommital over the direct labor amendment. Glass led the Senate group in defending the labor clause against Roosevelt Ickes. House members returned the bill to conference as talks adjourned with no deal.
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D. Harold Oliver
Associated Press
Washington
Glass
Virginia
Senate
Robinson
Board Works to Settle Walkout
Los Angeles April 2 The Pacific coast tanker strike faces potential settlement as the Perkins mediation board plans talks with strike leaders and orators. Chairman Albert A Rosenshine says an amicable agreement may be reached soon while oil companies move to deploy more tank ships.
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Los Angeles
Special Mediation Board
Perkins
Albert A. Rosenshine
Pocatellan Tee Adds State Office Attache
Miss Alice Cosgrove of Pocatello has been appointed an attache in the office of Idaho secretary of state J. P. Mix. She is Bannock county Democratic central committee member and was active in University of Idaho Southern Branch activities years ago.
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Boise
Alice Cosgrove
Pocatello
Bannock County
Democratic Central Committee
Idaho
J. P. Mix
Announces
Mias Cosgrove
University of Idaho, Southern Branch
Utah Weather Update Forecast Pairs Tonight and Wednesday
A Utah weather bulletin notes paired conditions for tonight and Wednesday. Changes include cloud cover and scattered showers with temperature shifts across northern and central regions. Residents should prepare for brief rain and cooler temps in the high country.
Idaho Supreme Court To Rule On Sales Tax
The Idaho Supreme Court heard arguments on April 2 regarding the attorney general’s power to block a referendum title aimed at repealing the recent state sales tax enacted by the legislature. The court took arguments under advisement and may rule within ten days. Secretary of State Franklin Girard and Bert H. Miller defended positions in the writ of mandamus case.
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Boise
Attorney General Martyrsque
Idaho Supreme Court
Mane Damus
Franklin Girard
Attoreney
Bert H. Miller
Secretary of
Senator Just Critiques State U Spending At Groveland Meeting
Senator James Just of Presto addressed Groveland Grange outlining recent state senate actions. He urged a 10 percent cut in appropriations, especially for education, labeling the university a “rich man’s school.” He warned of taxes on 75 percent of people to fund the university and urged emphasis on K-12 standards. He discussed farm conditions at the state penitentiary with inmate Harry Orchard in charge of poultry and the push to move chicken farming from farm to market to aid farmers.
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Blackfoot
James Just
Presto
Groveland Grange
Senate
Just
State Penitentiary
Harry Orchard
Steinenberg
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