Civil War Rumors Sweep Shanghai as Han Fu-chu Defects
Reports from Shanghai on April 7 indicate growing talk of civil war in China centered on General Han Fu-chu’s defection from the Nanking government. Han, commanding about 70,000 troops at Tsingtao, seeks independence for Shantung while promising no immediate hostile action.
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Shanghai
China
a_i
Han Fu-Chu
Shantung
Nanking
Han
Chiang Kai- Shek
Shangtung
Sinanfu
Tsingtao
Utah Farmers Receive Loans From Grand Forks Office
Utah farmers have received federal loans totaling 470,874 since the Western loan headquarters opened in Grand Forks North Dakota. Utah livestock owners benefited from 284,429 for feed purchases last fall and 186,445 this spring after a feed shortage. The Grand Forks office closed March 31. Dr. Peterson calls the loans the saving grace for hundreds of Utah livestock owners during the winter.
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Logan
Utah
Western
Grand Forks
N. C
William Peterson
Utah State Agricultural College Extension Service
Walter E. Eliff
North Dakota
Peterson
Connecticut's 19 Delegates Chosen
Nineteen uninstructed delegates favorable to Hoover were chosen at the Connecticut Republican state meeting. G W Hull of Burlington, sole Progressive Republican, failed to unseat Senator Hiram Bingham after being ruled out of order. J Henry Roraback, national committeeman and state chairman, will head the delegation.
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Hartford
Conn
Hoover
G. W. Hull
Burlington
Hiram Bingham
Hull
Bingham
J. Henry Roraback
Canada Trims Budget Items In 1932 33 Plan
Ottawa announces a tighter 1932 33 budget with revenue up and spending down. A sales tax rise from 4 to 6 percent, higher excise on imports, a five percent surcharge for incomes above five thousand, and reduced personal exemptions, offset by $55 million in revenue and $25.4 million in spending cuts.
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Ottawa
Canada
E. N. Rhodes
Rhodes
Strike Committee Ponders Reed Harris reinstatement
On the Columbia University campus a one day student strike over editor Reed Harris’s expulsion ended as Dean Herbert E. Hawkes refused reinstatement. A faculty petition claimed academic freedom was violated. The strike committee led by Rob Hall planned a meeting to decide further action.
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New York
Columbia University
Reed Harris
Herbert E. Hawkes
Hawkes
Rob Hall
Harris
Mormon relief society hears church leaders on economic distress
In Salt Lake City on April 7 AP reports more than 5000 members of the Latter-Day Saints relief society listened as two high church officials spoke on economic conditions and suggested remedies, urging members to focus on departmental work and living within means.
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Salt Lake City
Latter-Day Saints’ Church Relief Society
Relief Society
Heber J. Grant
Sylvester Q. Cannon
Grant
Jury selection fight in Honolulu lynching trial unfolds
In Honolulu on April 7, the jury for Mrs. Granville Fortescue and three naval defendants in the Kahahawai lynching case nears completion but defense attorney Clarence Darrow stirs the proceedings. Darrow predicts only three white jurors will serve as prosecution’s veniremen are eliminated swiftly, noting many prospective jurors have slant eyes.
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Honolulu
Granville Fortescue
Navy
Joseph Kahahawai
Clarence Darrow
John C. Kelley
Chicago
Darrow
State’s best spellers and orators compete tonight
Contestants travel from Coeur d Alene to Preston to vie for state honors in Idaho and eastern Nevada. Eight champion spellers enter the state championship while seven high school orators seek the right to advance to the national contest. Event begins at 7 30 p m in Frazier hall at the University of Idaho southern branch with free admission.
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Coeur d’Alene
Preston
Pocatello
Salt Lake Tribune
Idaho
Nevada
United States
Captain Hawks Crashes Wall at Worcester Airport
Captain Frank Hawks, famed air speed king, was seriously injured when his plane failed to lift from a dirt field at Worcester airport. He crashed into a stone wall at about 11 am, then slid through underbrush and overturned. He was unconscious, later revived, with facial wounds and jaw fractures but no skull fracture. He had planned a trip to Boston and New York after refueling.
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Worcester
Mass
Frank M. H
Boston
New York
Worcester City Hospital
Hawkes
Mechanics Hall
Utah Weather: Fair Tonight and Friday Warmer
The forecast shows fair conditions across Utah tonight with a rise in temperatures. Expect warmer readings on Friday as high pressure remains in place and skies stay mostly clear.
Waters Rising at American Falls Impound
Snow levels fall under warm sun and rains, reservoir levels rise as winter runoff recedes. American Falls reservoir gains 30 000 acre feet and may reach capacity this year, while other Idaho watersheds show melting snow and improving flows.
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American Falls
Lynn Crandall
Snake River
Big Wood River
Hailey
Idaho City
Boise
Smith's
Prairie
Atlanta
Lowman
Payette
McCall
Department of Reclamation
Counsel Resigns and Returns to Utah
Gibson A. Marr chief counsel of the Reconstruction corporation resigns to return to private practice in Salt Lake City. He organized the legal division with the plan to leave after completing the work. resignation likely effective end of April. No successor named.
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Washington
Gibson A. Marr
Reconstruction Corporation
Salt Lake City
Marr
War Finance Corporation
Idaho Weather Fair tonight. warmer southeast
Idaho weather outlook calls for generally fair conditions tonight with a warmer southeast and cooler western portion. The trend suggests a mild Friday with continued regional temperature contrasts and light winds across the state.
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Idaho
Hoover invites committee to discuss economy measure
President Hoover invited the House economy committee to the White House for a 11 a.m. Saturday meeting to review progress on an economy program and allow him to offer suggestions. He had urged cross‑chamber representatives to help draft a comprehensive plan, a move critics termed shirking responsibility.
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Washington
House Economy Committee
Hoover
White House
McDuffie
Economy Committee
Congress
House
Senate
Denver Enjoying Low Sugar Price
In Denver on April 7 sugar prices dropped to their lowest since 1914. The new schedule lists beet sugar at 4.65 dollars per hundred and cane at 4.75 for manufacturers. jobbers price beet at 4.81 and cane at 5.01. Prices have fallen about 12.5 cents since Monday.
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Denver
Four ounce baby born at Salt Lake City zoo
Salt Lake City April 7 That one pound baby wasnt so small after all There is a new four ounce infant here Its mother is Mickie a rhesus monkey at the city zoo.
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Salt Lake
Salt Lake City
Mickie
City Zoo
Pocatello and Moscow Pressure to Slash Idaho Schools
A meeting of over 600 upper Snake River taxpayers and Idaho state tax committee leaders discussed closing Lewiston and Albion state normal schools. If closed, Lewiston students would move to Moscow and Albion to Pocatello, with Albion serving 217 students at an estimated cost far lower than the other schools. The Albion budget is $250,000 for the current biennium.
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Idaho Falls
Pocatello Tribune
Snake River Valley
Idaho State-Wide
Idaho
Bannock County
Lewiston
Alvion
University of Idaho At
Moscow
Albion
Pocatello
Police Press on Search for Fleischer of Purple Gang
Hopewell New Jersey April 7 AP state police intensified efforts to locate Harry Fleischer a reputed Purple Gang member amid unconfirmed reports of sightings since the Lindbergh kidnapping. Col Schwarzkopf said investigators pursued each lead and ruled out an automobile seen near the Lindbergh home last night.
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Hopewell
N. J
Lindbergh
New Jersey
Harry Fleischer
Detroit Purple Gang
Fleischer
Col
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Feather Bed Lane
Senate and House push swift action on Revenue Bill
WASHINGTON Republicans and Democrats on finance and interstate commerce committees urged rapid passage of the billion dollar revenue bill. In other items Winnie Ruth Judd case transcripts were filed with the state supreme court in Phoenix. The Graf Zeppelin arrived in Pernambuco after leaving Friedrichshafen. The navy league denounced Hoover naval policy. Floyd M McDowell urged church education goals before a Mormon conference. Fred J Babcock filed to seek the Republican renomination for attorney general in Boise.
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Washington
Senate
Republican
Democratic Finance Committee
Phoenix. Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
Agnes Anne Leroi
State Supreme Court
Democrats
Boise
Fred J. Babcock
Secretary of State
Will Rogers Wires The Tribune on Phar Lap Death
Will Rogers reflects from Beverly Hills on Australia losing the legendary horse Phar Lap after his long journey and victory. He notes the public ovation and honors paid abroad and argues Australians gave a fair chance to the foreign contender.
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Beverley Hills
Cal
Australia
Wolfe
Phar Lap
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