Wiley closes testimony on Akron wreck
Lieutenant Commander Herbert V. Wiley ends his naval inquiry testimony by saying officers and crew did their duty to the best of their ability before the airship Akron sank. He cites a 15 degree versus 50 degree course change confusion and notes the ship carried one inflatable life raft with a 14 person capacity.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Herbert V. Wiley
Naval Inquiry Today
Akron
Wiley
Hillmen From Mountains Flee City Life In Fort Smith
Three young hillmen from Black Fork near the Oklahoma border wandered into Fort Smith Arkansas seeking work for the forest program. They rode trains and street cars for the first time and were frightened by modern city sights. They planned to return to their mountains before daybreak after a long, bewildering journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Smith
Ark
Jesse Richman
Black Fork
Oklahoma
Richman
Quachita Mountains
Dequeen
A Bed's a Bed Youths Decide
In Oakland on April 11 two young brothers Edwin Miller seven and Albert four wandered into a department store display. Locked in at closing time they fell asleep in a bedroom set, explaining to police they got lost Saturday night and simply climbed into a bed.
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Oakland
Calif
Edwin Miller
Albert
House Opens Debate on Farm Mortgage Refinancing Plan
The House started debate on the administration's 2 billion plan to refinance farm mortgages amid GOP charges of rubber stamping. Eight hours of debate with no amendments, a final vote not expected until tomorrow. Senate also discusses the broader farm measure as a minority report urges inflationary currency expansion.
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Washington
House
Martin
Mass
Demic
Senate
Capitol
House Agriculture Committee
House Today
J. K. Davis Enters Councilmanic Race
J. K. Davis announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for city councilman Monday evening. He has served four years on the hospital board and two terms on the village board at Grace. Davis, a 10 year resident, has operated the Davis Mercantile store at Alameda for eight years and previously worked with an Ogden milling concern after moving from Downey.
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J. K. Davis
Grace
Davis
Davis Mercantile
Alameda
Ogden
Downey
Death Watch On Winnie Judd Inmate At Arizona Penitentiary
Winnie Ruth Judd remains in her cell under constant guard as death watch is imposed ahead of her planned execution for the Agnes Leroi murder. Warden A G Walker said her nervous state prevents moving her to the death cell. Attorneys plan a habeas corpus appeal to the state supreme court after a denied motion for a new trial.
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Arizona Penitentiary
Florence
Winnie Ruth Judd
Agnes Annie Leroi
A. G. Walker
Judd
Government 10 Work Out Plan to Help Rails
President Roosevelt seeks immediate action to aid the railroad industry during stress. A federal coordinator will guide reorganization, while Congress may see two proposals including repealing the recapture clause and regulating holding companies. Joseph B. Eastman is eyed as rail coordinator.
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Government
RAILS
Francis M. Stephenson
Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Joseph B. Eastman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tarr Comments on Important Municipal Issues
Elmer Tarr Jr, set to be named as a Democratic mayoral candidate, issues a platform demanding full publicity of bond refinancing, city employment rotation, a 33 1/2 percent tax cut, no secret council sessions, focused police operations in Pocatello with a reduced force, lower utility and phone costs, and discharge of married women whose husbands work for the city payroll. He pledges not to seek governor or congress and will not deliver a speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E
Elmer) Tarr, Jr
Tarr
Pocatello
Congress
U S Symphony to Present Concert at Frazier Auditorium
The University Symphony Orchestra directed by Donald Kissane offers a Spring concert with Friml selections and modern jazz flavored pieces. Serious works include Liszt Second Hungarian Rhapsody and Rossini William Tell Overture. A violin octet will perform Kissane’s Ave Maria arrangement in a Holy Week tribute.
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University Symphony Orchestra
Donald Kissane
Frazier Auditorium
Rudolph Friml
Friml
Rossini
Kammond- Ostrow
Rubinstein
Mr. Kissane
Bach Gounod
Townend Seeks RF C Funds and Tax Reform in Pocatello
Townend, Democratic mayoral candidate, pledges immediate Reconstruction Finance Corp funds for Pocatello without discrimination. He also backs tax reduction, economy, and closer labor-city cooperation, promising impartial governance and a square deal for all in line with Rooseveltism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archer Townend
Recreation Hall
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Pocatello
Townend
Labor Organization
City of
America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Trahant Last Rites Scheduled Friday
Funeral services for Fred Trahant a 57 year old Tyhee farmer who died at Fort Hall after a lingering illness will be held Friday morning at 8 from St Anthony church with Rev Father C H King officiating. He was born in Deer Lodge Montana and later lived in Pocatello and Tyhee. He is survived by his widow and five children including Harry Trahant of Pocatello. Interment will be in Mountain View cemetery.
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Fred Trahant
Tyhee Farmer
Fort Hall
St. Anthony Church
C. H. King
Mr. Trahant
Fort Hall Hospital
Deer Lodge
Montana
Pocatello
Tyhee
Harry Trahant
Mountainview Cemetery
Idaho Governor Weighs Beer Session Options
Boise April 11 The volume of requests for a special session to enact beer legislation grows as Governor Ross weighs three options pending Supreme Court rulings. He may call to regulate 3.2 percent beer, revise law to permit sale, or not call at all. Revenue estimates from beer vary up to 150000 yearly.
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Boise
Idaho
Ross
Supreme Court
Jerome
The
Bert Miller
Blackfoot Births Record Three New Arrivals
Two girls and a boy were born in Blackfoot over the weekend to Dr and Mrs W K Eagan a daughter on Sunday and to Mr and Mrs Joseph H Slight of Moreland a son on Saturday and a son to Mr and Mrs Anthony Peterson of Riverside Word has reached Blackfoot of the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Leslie F W White Grace Bingham on April 4
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Blackfoot
W. K. Eagan
Joseph H. Slight
Moreland
Anthony Peterson
Riverside
Leslie F. W. White
Grace Bingham
Barmaids Never, Say Union Heads for New Policy
In New York on April 11 AP reports Bartenders' Union chief John Speciale Local No. 3 declares women cannot work behind bars. The union, after beer legalization, received 150 new applications and will only admit workers who can tap and draw beer without waste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Watson
New York
John Speciale
Local No. 3
Speciale
Judge Gets in His Last Word
Pittsburgh firemen report Jake Margint used a fire alarm to end family disputes. Magistrate John J. Sweeney sentenced him to thirty days after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge
Pittsburgh
Jake Margint
John J. Sweeney
Margint
Former Rails Worker Dies in Pocatello
Roy H. Nicholson aged 33 of 238 Taft avenue died Monday at a local hospital from tuberculosis after a two and a half year illness. He moved to California as a youth, worked as a carpenter, and later in Pocatello at the O B L tie plant and the Kahn Potato house. Survived by widow Margaret and two sons Richard and Lynn, his California parents and several siblings. Body at Hall mortuary.
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Roy H. Nicholson
Taft Avenue
Mr. Nicholson
California
Pocatello
Kahn Potato
Nicholson
Margie Nicholson
Richard
Lynn
Pocatell
L. Nicholson
Hall Mortuary
Wheat Prices Rise Sharply On Chicago Market
Wheat prices climbed on the Chicago market as traders anticipated a record small crop with prices jumping 1 to 2 1/2 cents per bushel. Immediate deliveries touched 69 cents, with September futures at 62 1/2 cents, while May delivery rose above 60 cents for the first time since October. In Boise, Idaho farmers gained about 875,000 dollars in value from higher prices, with local wheat on farms totaling 7,357,000 bushels as of April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Boise
Idaho
Murder Trial Nearing Close in Inez
Trial of seven relatives charged in the Lucinda Mills murder neared completion. Testimony included four girls claiming an improvised altar and that John H. Mills urged sacrifice while others resisted. Medical examiners differed on Mills's sanity. other defendants include Fred Mills Bayard Mills Ora Moore Mollie McGinnis Blaine McGinnis and Tommy Boyd.
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Inez
Lucinda Mills
Nellie
Louella
Alice
Allie Boyd
Ora Moore
Trixie Mills
John H. Mills
Boyd
W. R. Castle
Frank M. Picklesimer
Commonwealth
Rru
Fred Mills
Bayard Mills
Mollie McGinnis
Blaine McGinnis
Tommy Boyd
Wright Services Set for Thursday
Idaho Falls officials announce funeral for G. G. Wright killed in a Sunday automobile crash south of Downey on the Yellowstone highway. L D S Tabernacle to host services at 2 p.m with Bishop Jesse H. Nielson officiating. Burial is in Rose Hill Cemetery. Mrs Wright and sons Odell and Sheldon expected in Oakland today.
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Idaho Falls
G. Gright
Downey
Yellowstone Highway
L. D. S. Tabernacle
Jesse H. Nielson
B. W. Clark
Rose Hill
Wright
Oakland
Calif
Odell
Sheldon
Chicago chemist finds beer kick at 2.8 percent
John W. Fenner, a federal chemist, tested new legalized beers from seven Chicago breweries. He reported an average alcohol by weight of 2.8 percent, four tenths below the legal maximum, with readings from 2.48 to 3.18 percent.
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Chicago
John W. Fenner
JAP AIR SCOUTS CLAIM CHINESE ARE IN RETREAT
Japanese air scouts report Chinese forces in panicky retreat across the Swan river valley after losing Lengkow and last stronghold on the south Jehol border. Japanese advance under Maj. Gen. Yoshiaki Takata follows remnants toward Kienchangyin as Chinese troops pull back east of the Swan.
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Changchun
Manchuria
Swan River Valley
Lengkow
Jehol
Yoshiaki Takata
Chang Chen
Kienchangying
China
Tailonying
Haiyang
Taithu
Haiyane
Chinwangtao
Yellow Sea
Shanhaikwan
Ting Chiang
Takata
Kienchangyin
Haitori
Sahochiao
Keck Services Set Wednesday at 2 P M
Funeral services for Alfred Paul Keck 35 of 546 North Main will be held Wednesday afternoon at 4 from Downard Funeral Home with a Christian Science reader officiating. Interment Mountainview. He was born January 10 1898 in Berne Switzerland came to America 1923 settled Rexburg 1925 moved to Pocatello and operated a furniture upholstery business at 546 N Main. Survived by wife Violet and daughter Sylvia seven. two sisters Mrs Lydia Butikofer Idaho Falls and Mrs Fred Lewies St Anthony two brothers Emil Berne Switzerland and Carl Rottweil Germany and a sister in law Clemence Clere Pocatello.
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Alfred Paul Keck
North Main
Downard Funeral Home
Christian Science Church
Mountainview
Mr. Keck
Berne
Switzerland
America
Rexburg
Pocatello
N. Main
Violet
Sylvia
Lydia Butikofer
Idaho Falls
Fred Lewies
St. Anthony
Emil Keck
Carl Keck
Rottwiel
Germany
Clemence Clere
Will Rogers Wires The Tribune About Roosevelt Support
Beverly Hills Calif April 11 Will Rogers reports a quiet weekend with beer plies and naps. He jokes about polo, proposes he was beaten, and says he did it for Roosevelt praising the era and a sharp thinker for the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Cal
Roosevelt
Will
Twelve Aspire To Mayorship Of Pocatello
Twelve candidates file for mayor and council as 12 aspire to lead Pocatello. Republican and Democratic conventions set for 8 p m at Dance Gardens and L D S stake recreation hall with seven Democrats and five Republicans seeking mayor and ten Democrats two Republicans for council. List includes R Callis Carmack Gibby Satterfield Townend and others with Kutterer Lessing Murray Parall Peck Poynter Pelton Stephenson Watson plus two Republican council hopefuls Halliwell and Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dance Gardens
L. D. S. Stake
Pocatello
Paul Bryan
Charles A. Brown
R. F. Hamilton
C. D. Moore
Famous auto builder William Metzger dies in Detroit
William F. E. Metzger, 64, a pivotal figure in early auto industry, dies at his Detroit home after a four year illness. A pioneer from bicycles to horseless carriages, he helped organize Northern Motor Car, Wayne Automobile, and E M F companies, and later played a key role as a high pressure salesman and sales manager for Cadillac in 1902.
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Detroit
William FE. Metzger
Billy Metzger
Metzger
Northern Motor Car Company
Wayne Automobile Co
E. M. F.” Company
Byron Everett
Walters Flanders
Cadillac Motor Car Company
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Trahant
Couer d'Alene
R. Graham Haley
Kootenai County
UNION
Wright Services
KECK
Will Rogers
Tribune
Bourbons
Billy” Metzger
Girugegs
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