Callahan Denies Senate Bid While Repeal Push Grows
North Idaho State Senator Donald A. Callahan, president of the Shoshone county association for repeal of the eighteenth amendment, says he is not a candidate for any office. He counters Ray McKaig’s charge that the group seeks to oppose U.S. Senator Borah to win re election. Callahan predicts Borah will win by the largest majority yet. The association formed by Shoshone county residents aims to repeal liquor laws.
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Idaho
Donald A. Callahan
Shoshone County Association For
Ray McKaig
Grange
United States
William E. Borah
McKaig
Callahan
Association
Senate
Maxwell Earns Town Treasurer Job After Coin Toss
In Vernon township Mt Pleasant Michigan Myron W Maxwell won the treasurer post after a dull race with Clyde Prescott ended tied at 10 votes each. A coin flip was ordered but Maxwell’s ripped pants and a knee strain delayed the moment until Prescott offered him the job saying you’ve earned it.
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Mich
Myron W. Maxwell
Vernon Township
Maxwell
Clyde Prescott
Prescott
Johnson Refuses Probe Committee Chairmanship
Senator Johnson of California refuses the chairmanship of the new committee tasked with examining senatorial campaign expenditures. He cites his duties as chair of the commerce committee as making additional tasks impossible. The vacancy delays the inquiry Norris urged after the Senate ordered it yesterday.
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Johnson
California
Curtis
Commerce Committee
Senate
Norris
Nebraska
Fish Market Worker Cleared Over Police Shooting Verdict
Vincent Santangelo, a New York fish market worker, was acquitted of shooting a policeman after testifying he did not know fish species. The prosecution sought a culinary analogy by fetching a basket of fish, but witnesses supported his claim that a seller need not identify every fish to handle it.
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New York
Vincent Santangelo
Vincent
Gandhi Loses His Salt Fast and Plans Return to Gujarat
Gandhi, in Bombay, says his health is excellent aside from a warning to hasten slowly. He will focus on Gujarat for Civil Disobedience support, weather permitting travel to other regions unlikely due to invitations. He announced a women’s conference at Dandi Sunday and, after Karadimatwad, police searched leaving crowds for contraband salt with confiscations and name reporting.
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Bombay
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Gujerat
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Legislative Assembly
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Dandi
Bryan Pitts Indicted for Embezzling Over $1.15 Million
April 11 in Washington AP reports Bryan Pitts former chairman of the F. H. Smith company an investment concern was indicted by a District of Columbia grand jury on a charge of embezzling 1 156 809 dollars of the companys funds.
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Bryan Pitts
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District of Columbia Grand Jury
Teeth Tugged Divorce Case Stuns Chicago Court
In Chicago on April 11 AP reports a divorce case where teeth determine the action. Mrs Celia Wagner cited dental removal as provocation. three teeth were linked to the dispute. Ralph Wagner broker faced a verdict granting the divorce amid a bizarre scene.
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Celia Wagner
Ralph Wagner
Five Powers Plan Planned Plenary Session On Naval Treaty
London April 11 AP the big five delegates to the naval conference favor a Monday plenary to receive finished work and a Thursday session to sign if ready by then should signing be delayed until after Easter. The pact would be a three part five power treaty with a US Britain Japan core and France Italy on ancillary matters. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald praised the prospect, while drafting work remains heavy and Dwight W. Morrow was named to the drafting committee.
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Great Britain
Japan
France
Italy
Ramsay Macdonald
St. James’ Palace
Dwight W. Morrow
Indictments Dismissed in Ferguson-McKinney Case
Federal indictments against Forrest Ferguson and Alfred Baggot for using the mails to defraud in the $2,000,000 Ferguson McKinney Manufacturing crash were dismissed today in federal court by order of the attorney general's office.
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Forrest Ferguson
Alfred Baggot
Ferguson-McKinney Manufacturing Company
Attorney General's Office
Heat wave bakes middle west with mid-April temps over 90
Chicago reports near 90 as Cedar Rapids 94 and St Louis 93 push high April readings. Descriptions call it a scorcher amid drought worries. A swimmer drowned in Lake Calumet as heat and wind whipped the region. Kansas City Omaha and Des Moines also topped 90. Forecasters warn of showers but expect more heat.
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Peoria
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Long Kissing Proved Hazard in Chicago and Evanston
Chicago April 11 AP Robert A Macneille a University of Chicago student was engaged in long distance kissing while driving with his girl. The act started in Chicago and continued into Evanston until a motorcycle officer halted it. Police Magistrate Samuel Harrison fined Macneille $15 and costs, totaling more than $4 per block. He explained Ruth was his real girl but the court did not view that as reducing the traffic hazard.
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Robert A Macneille
Evanston
Samuel Harrison
Macneille
University of Chicago
Ruth
Graf Zeppelin trip plans advance to South and North America
Dr and Mrs Hugo Eckener arrived in New York after Washington and Akron visits and will sail Monday on the S S Reliance for Germany. Eckener returns to Friedrichshafen to finish preparations for the Graf Zeppelin voyage set for May 15 to South and North America.
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Hugo Eckener
Washington
Akron
Germany
Eckener
Friedrichshafen
South
North America
Commission Grants Gas Permit for Piping of Natural Product
The Western Development company roots for delivery of natural gas to Pocatello and southeast Idaho. Certificate of convenience and necessity approved by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission. Route options include Bear River or Cache Valley with a $3.5 million plan to reach Pocatello and nearby towns.
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Boise
Pubic Utilities Commission
Pocatello
Idaho
John McFadyen
L. B. Denning
Western Development Company
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Ogden
Bear River
Cache Valley
Malad
Preston
Downey
McCammon
Franklin
Brigham
Flirtation Ends in Bloodshed at Vera Cruz Party
In Tierra Blanca Vera Cruz on April 11 Luis Hernandez disregarded a warning and attacked Federico Vera with a short sword during a dance at the girl's house party. Vera struck Hernandez’s head, splashing blood on the sweetheart before escaping. The incident occurred at a social gathering and Vera fled the scene.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
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Hernandez
Mystery deepens in Georgiana Schaefer birth case
In Portland on April 11 AP reports a new twist as Laura Reynolds, claimed twin sister of Mrs. Georg e F. Schaefer, enters the dispute over the mother of Georgiana Jane Schaefer. Attorney Delimore Lessard says Reynolds posed as Mrs. Schaefer and was involved with a child alleged abandoned in Los Angeles.
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Ore
Georgiana Jane Schaefer
George F Schaefer
Geraldine Watson
Los Angeles
Laura Reynolds
Delimore Lessard
Nineteen Die In CrossBCrash Near Albuquerque NM
Nineteen killed and eight injured in a collision between a Pickwick Greyhound bus and a Santa Fe train near Isleta crossing seven miles south of Albuquerque. The bus carried 27 passengers. the driver among the dead. Mrs. Huff of Oklahoma City identified among the victims with her eight year old son Kenneth injured. Ambulances from surrounding towns rushed to the scene.
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N.M
Pickwick
Isieta Crossing
Lsted
Huff
Oklahoma City
Kenneth
Seven Bank Robbers In Fatal Citywide Shootout
Seven gunmen robbed Citizens National Bank and Trust of about £10,000 then fired on pursuing officers and bystanders in a running battle through the city. One man died, two were wounded, including Ray Alexander and Henry Matthews, as authorities pursued the heavily armed robbers along the Dixie highway and through downtown streets.
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Citizens National Bank and Trust Company
Henry Matthews
Ray Alexander
Dixie Highway
Alexander
Matthews
Utah Fights For River Beds In Supreme Court Test
Washington April 11 Representatives of Utah before a Supreme Court special master argued the Colorado Green and San Juan rivers are navigable and thus belong to Utah. Federal lawyers say the streams are not navigable and remain federal property. Philo T Parnsworth Jr urged Utahs case noting navigability definitions and that the rivers meet tests. He预计 to finish argument tomorrow as litigation arose after Utah leased parts of the beds for exploration.
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Utah
United States Supreme Court
Colorado
Green
San Juan
Philo T. Parnsworth, Jr
Supreme Court
Farnsworth
Couzens Bill Seeks Independent Federal Power Commission
The Couzens bill to reorganize the federal power commission into an independent body was reported favorably by the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee. Senator Couzens said he would seek final Senate action early next week. The bill would authorize the new commission to hire its own staff except for field investigations and would remove executive authority from the office of the executive secretary.
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Couzens
Federal Power Commission
Presen
Senate
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Republican
Michigan
Mexican Guide Charged in Kidnapping Plot at Tepic
J E Bristow of San Angelo accuses C Pierds, a Mexican French guide, of handing him to bandits who held him for a month and released him after a 3000 peso ransom. Bristow and his son Obie paid and plan to return to the United States. Utah weather notes predict little change.
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Bristow
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Obie Bristow
Oklahome
United States
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