Devastating Midwest Storm Toll Tops Twenty Dead
April 6 report from Minneapolis details spring storms sweeping through Minnesota and Wisconsin. At least twenty people killed and over one hundred injured as homes and farms were destroyed. Red Cross teams survey damage and assess relief needs across Exeland Reeve Rice Lake Barron Wausau and surrounding areas.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Wnight
Ind
Little Rock
Exeland
Reeve
Rice Lake
Barron
Claton
Glenwood City
Wausau
Edwin Erdman
Red Cross
Fire Destroys Kirkwom Hotel as Death Toll Rises
A deadly blaze at the Kirkwom Hotel in Des Moines killed seven people and injured sixteen. Fire officials probe ruins for additional victims as investigators review hotel records. Names of the dead include Carl Jerrup Walter formerlvy and Ted Watson guest of the hotel.
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Des Moines
John W Strohm
Charles Barker
Wilam C. Carpenter
Carl Jerrup
Walter Formerlvy
Farmers Union
Nel van Auken
Des Moiines
Ted Watson
Impeachment Move Seeks Huey Long Trial in Louisiana
Governor Huey P Long faces impeachment after the Louisiana House votes 58 to 40 to send charges to the Senate. Chief Justice Charles A ONeill will preside as rules for in person appearance are to be adopted. The House adjourns to resume consideration of 18 charges amid Longs protest and mass rally support.
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Baton Rouge
Huey P Long
Louisiana house of = representatives
Senate
Charles A O'Neill
House
Charles P. Manship
Baton Rouge H
State House
Long
Legislative
Air Passenger Line Extends Spokane Portland Service
Regular scheduled air passenger service between Spokane and Portland via Yakima will start Monday April 15. Officials of the Mamer Air Transport announced the first definite plan including daily round trips except Sunday. Two four place ships, a Buhl air sedan and a Ryan Brougham, with Wright Whirlwind motors, will be used until business warrants a tri motor Ford plane.
Mystery of Young Girl's Torso Is Still Without Solution
Los Angeles April 6 report on the torso of a young woman found in the Los Angeles River near Compton. Investigators say no definite clues exist and authorities appeal to press, radio, and the public for information to identify the victim and solve the brutal murder.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Compton
William Traeger
Hollywood
Extra W
Sydney sun aircrew search for Kingsford Smith sinks hopes
An air chartered by the Sydney Sun searched a 30 mile coastal area north of Wyndham Western Australia for smoke signals related to Captain Charles Kingsford Smith and three companions. No trace was found as bush fires near the coast and ground searches continued with Aborigines offered tobacco and a command post asking for information.
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Sydney
N.S W
Sydney Sun
Wyndham
Western Australia
Southern Cross
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Thurburn Gruff
Kingsford-Smith
Porrest
State abandons the Old Capitol in Salt Lake City
Gov George M Dern told Fillmore city officials the state will cede the Old Capitol building to Fillmore for upkeep after restoration. Apart from 500 dollars for grounds, no further state funds are planned for rededication as the legislature failed to appropriate more money.
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Salt Lake City
Pillmore
George HM. Dern
Fillmore City
Pullmore
Eastern Oregon Officers Cooperative Association Forms
In Oregon a crossjurisdictional crime exchange launched with 32 sheriffs and police officers agreeing to post notices on criminals across eastern Oregon and western Idaho. Krowwh A. I Helms of La Grand serves as coalition secretary and information mediator for underworld char taxa.
31 hour coast to coast air mail service inaugurated
Chicago April 6 rapid 31 hour air mail link announced by the American Air Transport association cuts more than 12 hours from previous flights. Letters mailed after business close on either coast will reach the opposite coast before the next morning offices open. The western night flying capability between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles enables the change. Idaho and Montana joins One day east coast service through Great Falls Salt Lake route. Omaha Kansas City line opens bringing western mail transfer to Omaha.
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Chicago
Atlantic
Pacific
American Air Transport Association
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Idaho
Montana
East Coast
Great Falls
Salt Lake
Omaha
Kansas City
Spokane Man Gets a Good Promotion
Lt. M Olney, special accountant for the department of justice, promoted to chief of the western division with headquarters in San Francisco. District includes Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Colorado, California and New Mexico. Niagara Falls NY April 6. Sanford Hunt Brownlee, ex Utah state legislator and AP staffer, dies of pneumonia at home. formerly with Niagara Falls Power Company in engineering.
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Spokane
M Olney
Department of Justice
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Utah
Colorado
California
New Mexico
San Francisco
Niagara Falls
Sanford Hunt Brownlee
Associated Press
Denver
Brownlee
Niagara Falls Power Company
Spider causes car crash injuring five in Newton Kansas
A spider in a motor car startled driver Ada Cummings near Newton on April 6. The vehicle overturned after hitting a concrete culvert, injuring five people including Ada Cummings, her sister Rilke Cummings, Cec McFarlane, Rodney Cummings, and Pitney Cummings. Mr and Mrs Cummings suffered less severe injuries.
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Newton Kans
Ada Cummings
Rilke Cummings
Cec McFarlane
Rodney Cummings
Pitney Cummings
Pocatello Republicans to name mayor and council candidates
A Republican nominating convention will be held Monday at 8 pm in the LDS Recreation hall. George M. Jorgensen is temporary chairman. Expected ticket includes A C Hinckley for mayor and Paul Bistline for council, with several contenders named for the second seat. Citizens are invited to attend.
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Lds Recreation Hall
George M. Jorgensen
Ross
Ent
A. C Hinckley
Hinckley
Pocatello
Death Penalty For Salesman Harold Weiss
In Denver Colorado on April 6 a district court jury condemned Harold I Weiss a traveling salesman to die by hanging for the murder of his wife. He confessed saying she loved him and would not leave him alone. The jury fixed the sentence after deliberation. Three children of Mrs Weiss were inmates of the National Jewish Hospital at the time.
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Denver
Colo
Harold I Weiss
Ting Th Salestman
Weiss
Wetes
Pritchard Demands New Office Near De Priest
North Carolina Republican George M. Pritchard wired his secretary to close his office and remove his name from door after learning Oscar De Priest, a Black Republican from Chicago, would share adjacency. He asked to vacate immediately and secure alternative offices when he arrives.
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Ashevill
N. C
George M. Pritchard
North Carolina
Oscar de Priest
Chicago
Negro
Pritchard
de Priest
Dern Denies Knowledge Of Louisiana Entertainment
Governor George H. Dern told State Times and Picayune reporters he has no information about a controversial affair at the governors conference in New Orleans last fall. He said his entertainment consisted of a New Orleans sightseeing trip a Mississippi River boat ride and a Roosevelt hotel banquet. New Orleans papers alleged a $1500 cost and refused details calling the affair disgraceful. In Newark Lieutenant Richard Aldworth announced a $5 daily parking charge for airplanes kept outside hangars more than 24 hours.
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Salt Lake City
George H. Dern
Huey P Long
Louisiana
New Orleans
State Times
the Picarine
Dern
Mississippi River
Roosevelt Hotel
Newark
N. J
Parkers
Richard Aldworth
Newark Municipal
Aldworth
World's Largest Cigar Exhibited in Navana
The world's biggest cigar shown here weighs 200 pounds and measures eight feet four inches long with a 17 inch diameter. It is made from Cuban tobacco from the Vuelta Abajo and exhibited for the Ibero American fair to be held in Seville Spain.
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Navana
Cubs
Seville
Spain
Lumberman to E gain Fortune in Idaho Bankruptcy
Fred Herrick, a veteran lumberman, spoke at a creditors meeting in Coeur d'Alene after declaring voluntary bankruptcy with alleged assets of 3,032,482 tied mainly to timber holdings in Washington Oregon and Idaho. Herrick vowed to rebuild a fortune in ten years and work with trustee JE McGovern of Spokane as litigation looms over the case.
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D'Alene
Idaho
Fred Herrick
Northwestern
Herricks
Washington
Oregon
JE McGovern
Spokane
Herrick
Mining stocks spark fatal heart attack in San Francisco
In San Francisco a 53 year old mining engineer Henry Dilworth collapsed and died on the floor of the Mining Exchange during heavy trading. An emergency team used a pulmotor for over an hour without success. In New York Captain Sir Hubert Wilkins postpones his Arctic submarine voyage to next year due to time constraints.
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San Francisco
Calif
Henry Dillworth
Dilworth
New York
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Arctic Seas
George Palmer Putnam
Hubert’s
Rebel forces raid Naco clash with Mexican forces near border
Rebels launch a large assault on the Mexican stronghold of Naco aided by airplanes tanks and infantry. Federal defenders under General Lucas Gonzales and General Fausto Topete repel part of the attack but heavy fighting continues with many casualties reported on both sides including an American trooper shot on the border.
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Naco
Bonora
Mexico
Aprallo
Fausto Topete
Jetea
Lucas Gonzales
John Finezee
Tenth Cavalry
United Tates
Reb
United States
Union
Charles Newton
Gul Pronk
Cocen
Washington
Topete
Antry
Cavnary
Fort Bliss
Texas
Toren
Ariz
Revo
Pocatello Man Pardoned After Sister Pleaded
Chet Langer, an Eagle State bank robbery accomplice, received a pardon from the state board of pardons after a long session. Eleven parolees were granted clemency, with George Evans to be released Nov 21 after his sister pleaded for him, claiming the kidnapping was to protect her from a drunken father.
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Bolse
Chet Langer
Eagle State Bank
Eagle
State Board of Pardons
George Evans
Pocatello
Evans
Commodore” Perry Sam
Porcatello Negro
Commodore Fam
Walla Walla Penitentiary
Washington
Chicago
Poerateilo
Ogden
EW Cunningham
Twin Palle
Wallace Frost
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WLI
Barbara Pitcher
McGill University
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Spider
Briging Trades Crafts
City Council
Mayror
Ben Ross
Building Crafts
Master Builders Association
A. C. Hinckley
Paul Bistline
Kansas
Curtis
Henry J. Allen
Carolina
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