Toombs Convicted in Insurance Stock Fraud Case
Roy C. Toombs, former president of International Life Insurance, convicted in circuit court of issuing false stock certificates to secure a 300000 loan from Great Southern Life. He faces three years in prison and a $3000 fine. Jury returned a sealed verdict after five hours of deliberation.
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ST. Louie
Roy C. Toombs
International Life Insurance Company
Toombs
Insurance
Great Southern Life Insurance Company of Texas
Buhl Debaters Win State Honors in Nampa Contest
The Buhl debate team placed in the state meet at Nampa defeating Wallace for the negatives title while Wallace won the affirmative. Alien Wahlgren of Rigby and Leste McCain of Nampa earned extemporaneous and second in other events along with multiple winners across dramatic humorous and oratory divisions.
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Nampa
AP Buhl High Mwheet
de Laret
Wallace High School
United States
Wallace
Wahlgren
Rigby
Leste McCain
Namps
Biuita Low
Ashton
Giles Evans
Gooding
Prances Anderton
Rexbury
Kowene
Paul
Blanch Harris
Trevor Baty
Battle for control of radio and wires rages in U S
The Evening Poet reports a fierce battle in communications as radio and wired networks clash for supremacy. A meeting by the United States Independent Telephone Association discusses patents with Bell Telephone Laboratories, while RCA plans a merger with ITT if law allows. The Post predicts a possible union of radio and wired systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Independent Telephone Association
Hell Telephone
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc
American Telehowever
RCA. Communications, Inc
Radio Corporation of America
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Hardy on Trial in Sacramento Impeachment Hearing
Defense for Superior Judge Carlos S. Hardy pressed old court records to counter the claim by Lorra ine Wiseman-Sielaff that he helped craft a defense for Aimee Semple McPherson. Wiseman-Sielaff testified she is positive the kidnapping tale is false and that McPherson and her mother admitted the truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Cal
Carlos S. Hardy
Lorraine Wiserman-Shlaff
Aimee Semple McPherson
Wiseman-Sielaff
Seattle
Minnie Kennedy
McPherson
Kenneth G. Ormiston
Carmel
Mexico
Jurist
Los Angeles
Provo
Utah
Wiserman-Sielaff
Storm Drops Heavy Snow Across Maine Cities
A mid April storm blanketed southern and central Maine with heavy snow. By 8 am in Norway and Paris the ground measured 18 inches, Lewiston reported 16 inches, and snow was still falling. Cold weather followed the snowstorm starting near the Canadian border in Houlton.
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Portland
Maine
Norway
Paris
Oxford County
Lewiston
Houlton
Canadian
Mrs Martin Gillespie Died In City After 30 Years Here
Rebecca Martin, a long time resident of this city, died today at age 16. She was born in North Carolina and was mother to Miss Edna Gillespie, the city librarian, and Ernest Gillespie, a former supervisor at the state mental hospital.
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Martin Dfad Blackpoot
Rebecca Mertin
North Carolina
Edna Gillespie
Ernest Gillespie
State Mental Hospital
Two More Gangsters Are Taken From Death Car
Two men were found shot to death slumped in a large sedan behind the Western hotel entrance in Chicago. Officer George Price identified one victim as William Clifford from his license, noting Clifford had been involved in a recent slaying case. The crime occurred at a hotel once known as the Hawthorne, linked to Chicago gangster Al Capone.
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Death
Chicago
Cleero
George Price
Clorro Department
William Clifford
Clifford
Albert Pratt
Hawthorne Hotel
Tged
Aloe 3
F Capone
Miami
Fis
Heme
One Boy Scout Killed As Ridge Crumbles At Chewelah
A group of eight scouts and two men climbed Quartzite mountain near Chewelah Washington. The edge gave way sending Harold Stiffenson to his death while Paul Hutchinson and five scouts clung to rocks to escape a several hundred foot fall. Rescue teams saved Hutchinson and the scouts but Don Hutchinson died attempting to assist.
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Chewelah
Wash
Harold Stiffenson
Paul Hutch
Stiffenson
Suffenson
Paul Hutchinson
Don Hutchinson
Willis Earl
Hutchinson
Shorty
Stranded air crew reach safe but hungry despite ordeal
Reports from Sydney and Port George reveal the Southern Cross crew, including Captain Kingsford-Smith and pilot Ulm, were rescued after forced landing on March 31. Ulm said they endured starvation but remain hopeful for overhaul and return. citizens’ fund lauded for aid. In Paris, reparations talks outline a proposed plan worth about 100 billion gold marks over 58 years, with present value near 12.5 billion, as Germany and allies prepare for final settlements.
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Sydney
NS. W
Southern Cross
C. P. Ulm
Wyndham
England
Ulm
Chairman Garlick
Sydney Citizen's Fund
Alin
Mr Garlick
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Derby
Heath Airways
Port George
O. K
Kingsford-Smith
Paris
Germany
Lkely
Hjalmar Schacht
Grand Canyon bridge dedication staged with pageant and dances
Staging ceremonies near Lee's Ferry mark the Grand Canyon bridge dedication. Plans call for a monster pageant of western settlement, tribal dances by Navajo Hopi and northern Arizona groups, bands, speeches by Governor Dern of Utah and Governor Phillips of Arizona, and a Salt Lake City motorcade.
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Phoenix
Ariz
West
Grand Canyon
Colorado River
Lee's Ferry
Uncrr
Arizona
Utah
Salt Lake City
Dern
Phillips
Highway Department
Industrial Congress
Latter-day Saints Church
Jacobber
Colorado
Governor Dern Outlines Nominees for State Commissions
Governor George H Dern indicated no appointment will be made to the board selecting a site for the proposed training school for the feeble minded from any county seeking its location. He said announcements on four commissions will come in a few days and the state tax revision commission is to organize next Tuesday. W R Wallace is expected to be named to the Colorado River commission. Uncertain tonight and Sunday bring prop showers in northwest Utah with a temperature change.
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Salt Lake City
George H Dern
Prpofed
Colorado River Commission
State Building Commion
W R Wallace
Utah
Dern A
Usalhit
Extra Session Seventy-First Opens Monday
Washington reports the seventy first congress begins with hundreds of legislators arriving as President Hoover seeks farm relief and tariff reforms. A federal farm board and revolving fund would support cooperative stabilization, with losses charged to the fund.
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Washington
Seventy-First Congress
Hoover
Republican Party
Congress
Senate
House
Inman Wins Divorce From Drinking Wife in Reno Case
Walker P. Inman, prominent New Yorker and Atlantan, secures a divorce from Helene Gaton Inman after six hours of deliberation. The verdict grants Mrs Inman $15 000 yearly for five years and notes a two year separation agreement. The case cites wife drinking parties and affairs with other men, countercharges of cruelty, and Inman’s admitted drinking.
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Reno
Nerv
Walker P. Inman
New York
Atlanta
Helene Gaton Inman
Indiana
Inman
Jura Marcondancer
Lloyd Phipps
Battle Planned Between Heads in Mexican Row
United States army aviators and artillerymen prepared to act along the border at Naco Arizona as Mexican federals and rebels may clash over Naco Sonora. Rebel prisoners say Topete’s forces planned a second assault while Escobar moves toward Guayas. Federal forces report rebel casualties and captures near Naco. American guns and planes reinforce Don Luis area as 1500 troops may be en route. Manzo surrenders to immigration officers, fueling reports the rebel movement is near collapse in Sonora.
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Naco
Ariz
Sonora
Fausto Topete
J. Gonzalo Escobar
Cananea
Hermosillo
Guayas
Gulf of California
Lucas Gonzalez
Thomas Gunby
Don Luis
Bisbee
Arizona
United States
Nogales, Ariz
Francisco R Manzo
Mexican Revolutionary Forces
Manzo
Resolutions Formed for Northwest Potato Growers Reorganization
A seven member committee appointed by Northwest Potato Growers Association President R C McCroskey formulated resolutions to reorganize growers. They urge adding the entire northwest to District 15, forming state institutes in Washington Oregon and affiliating colleges in those states and Idaho to boost membership. The panel includes R B Dwinell W D Dodd G R Hyslop J R Magnus M L Dean J A Zimmey and George G Cannon.
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Walla. Walla
Wash
Northwest
Pacific Northwest
Idaho
Utah
Northwest Territory
National Institute of Potato Growers
Washington
Oregon
Agricultural Colleges
R. C. McCroskey
Northwest Potato Growers
R. B. Dwinell
W D Dodd
Yakima
G. R. Hyslo
Preparing Other Charges Against Bank Cashier
SALT LAKE CITY April 13 A L Andersen former assistant cashier of the Midvale State bank faced additional charges after a not guilty verdict on embezzling 2500. Prosecutors prepared to press falsification and other counts while witnesses for the defense claimed no funds were taken. Old cashier Leon L Olson of Beazlement of 1000 was to be sentenced today.
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Salt Lake City
A L. Andersen
Midvale State Bank
Anderson
Leon L. Olson
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