Kidnap Case Negotiations Renewed in Lindbergh Probe
Dr John F Condon said he renewed talks with the Lindbergh baby kidnappers after paying a 50000 dollar ransom. Police reported a mysterious message offering definite information on the child's whereabouts and Col H Norman Schwarzkopf issued a bulletin confirming the new clue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopewell
N. J
John F. Condon
Dr. London
Jassie
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
State Police
Gasser Denies Coffin Charge In City Warrant Row
Former Pocatello mayor Ivan Gasser denies a statement linked to Mayor Tom Coffin and the council that the prior administration left the city with unpaid warrants. He says certain warrants against delinquent taxes remained outstanding and were known to current officials, while city expenses required payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello
Ivan Gasser
Tom Coffin
Gasser
Coffin
Legion to Present Forum Program
The chamber of commerce forum luncheon was postponed to honor Allied Forces. Next Wednesday the American Legion will lead the program and outline plans for the Fourth of July celebration tied to the state convention of the legion and the Days of Old Fort all pageant and features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Allied Forces
Prohibition
Bannock Hotel
American Legion
Old Fort
Pioneer Rudolph Walter 73 Dies After Long Illness
Rudolph Walter aged 73, early settler of Yost Utah, and resident of Twin Falls since 1920, died at home after a long illness. He is survived by four sons and seven daughters. two sons are World War II veterans and one a Spanish-American War veteran. His wife, who shared pioneer experiences in Utah, died last December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Falls
Rudolph Walter
Yost
Utah
Reduction in Judges Saves Idaho 100000
The Idaho judicial council of the State Bar association proposes redistricting the state into four judicial districts and reducing district judges from 16 to 12. The plan would create one district with four judges while others would have fewer, altering current eleven-district structure. Notable attendees include Supreme Court Justices Budge and Leeper and multiple district judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Judicial Council of the
State Bar Association
Supreme and
District Courts
Bar
Alfred Budge
R. D. Leeper
Supreme Court
Jay L. Downing
Pocatello
John C. Rice
Caldwell
Miles S. Johnson
Lewiston
Scores and rail news from today in cold weather
Today’s scores show multiple postponed games in New York at Philadelphia and Boston at Brooklyn due to cold. The St. Louis Southwestern Railway case is set for action as the Southern Pacific company will take over the line tomorrow under the Interstate Commerce Commission order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philadelphia
Southern Pacific Company
St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Purple Strand in Rope Plays Role in Trial
In Honolulu on April 13 the prosecution pressed links between a purple strand in rope and the Fortescue case as four men face lynching charges over Kahahawai’s death. Detective Samuel Lau testified the rope had a purple center thread tying together evidence from the Fortescue home and the death car. The scene drew scores of spectators as Mrs. Granville Fortescue met with relatives amid testimony connecting rope fragments to the crime.
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Granville Fortescue
Honolulu
Judiciary Bldg
Pearl Harbor Navy Yard
Thalia Massie
Joseph Kahahawai
Navy
Kahahawai
Helen Ripley
Robert Bell
Fortescue
Samuel Lau
John C. Kelley
Lau
Keller
Fortescue House
Triplet sisters wed in same day in Cleveland Minn
In Cleveland Minnesota on April 13 the 19 year old Pufpaff triplet sisters Marie Lucille and Alma became brides in a triple wedding at a local church. Marie married Frederick McNamara of Eagle Lake Lucile wed Ernest Vogel of Oshawa and Alma wed Nick Prom of Oshawa. All husbands are farmers. The sisters grew up on a nearby farm and were noted for their schooling music and social life.
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Cleveland, Minn
Pufpaff
Marie
Lucille
Alma
Frederick McNamara
Eagle Lake
Lucile
Ernest Vogel
Oshawa
Nick Prom
Veterans Swear By Their Beards at Fort Hall Events
Ray Brookhart, local commander of the American Legion, denies any auxiliary interference with the beard program for the Forty-Niners celebration linked to the state convention and Days of Old Fort Hall in July. He declares no women’s committee consulted and notes legionnaires favor bold facial hair growth as plans proceed for the observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Brookhart
American Legion
Legionnaires
Old Fort Hall
Bolty
Legion
Beer Revenue Arguments Spark Prohibition Debate
Washington April 13. Beer returns to the tax fight before the senate finance committee. James A. Emery counsel for the National Association of Manufacturers calls for amending the Volstead act to regulate cereal beverages and generate about 270 million dollars annually. He says the issue is beer with or without revenue and urges permissible manufacture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
James A. Emery
National Association of Manufacturers
Salaries Cut in Boise School District and Gooding County
Salaries in Gooding county offices and Boise school district are reduced for the coming year. Boise teachers and staff earning over 1200 a year face a five percent cut, lowering the tax levy from 17 to 16 mills. In Gooding, officials see varied cuts: surveyor 150 to 50, coroner 250 to 120, probate judge 1300 to 1200, school superintendent 1400 to 1200, assessor 1500 to 1400, treasurer 1500 to 1400, sheriff 1800 to 1650.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Gooding
Board of Education
DERN BLAMES GOP TARIFF FOR ECONOMIC WOES
Governor George H. Dern of Utah blamed the Republican tariff policy at a Jefferson day banquet in Rock Springs Wyoming for Europe not paying war debts and for reduced foreign trade. He argued the tariff policy causes much economic distress and urged returning to Thomas Jefferson principles to improve conditions. He said a competitive tariff is being replaced by a prohibitive tariff aiming to keep out products also made in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Springs
Wyo
George H. Dern
Utah
Thomas Jefferson
United States
Will Rogers Pokes At Wall Street Racketeers
Beverly Hills April 18 Will Rogers comments on the senate grand jury session and the Wall Street gang noting racketeers refuse to reveal operations while preferring the electric chair. Rogers mocks the investigation and asserts big names may stay hidden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Cal
Senate Grand Jury
Whitney
Wall Street
Will Rogers
Excavation Underway for Poca Post Office Addition
Excavation began today for a new three story post office and federal court addition funded by 220000 dollars. Two wings and a one story section will be built with basements and modernized facilities as 25 to 40 workers join the Tapager Construction project led by H G Rupener.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello
Congress
H. G. Rupener
Tapager Construction Company
Albert Lea, Minn
Rupener
Frank Paradice
Jir
Commander of Veterans Requests Two Billion Dollar Bonus
National commander Darold D. Decoe of Veterans of Foreign Wars told the House Ways and Means Committee that about 98 percent of World War veterans support a $2 billion cash bonus. He said conditions are serious and veterans need the money and he traveled from Sacramento, California to testify. General Hines, veterans' adjutant, accompanied him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Darold D. Decoe
Veterans of Foreign Wars
House
Ways and Means Committee
World War Veterans
Decce
Sacramento
Calif
General Hines
Veterans’ Ad
Allied Campaigners Close Two Day Prohibition Conference
The Allied Forces for Prohibition wrap up a two day conference at Frazier hall with Oliver W. Stewart of Chicago delivering the closing address on Mobilization for Victory. Dr Ira Landrith, Colonel Raymond Robins and others spoke on enforcement and constitutional loyalties during sessions attended by several hundred people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied Forces For Prohibition
Frazier Hall
Oliver W. Stewart
Chicago
Stewart
Ira Landrith
Raymond Robins
M P Official Dies As Result Of Fall
John A. Mobley 55 of Houston Texas general counsel for Missouri Pacific railroad died after a ninth floor fall or jump from the Hotel Pennsylvania New York early today His body found on a two story roof He registered with friend John H Shary Mission Texas who stayed adjoining room Mobley reportedly in good spirits at club earlier Mobley survived by two Houston lawyers sons
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New York
John A. Mobley
Houston
Texas
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Pennsylvania
John H. Shary
Mission
Shary
Mobley
Snow Plows Laid Up As Winter Ends In County
W P Havenor county surveyor announced all snow plows returned to the county machine shop for storage and eastern highways are open. A patrol including driver Guy Robbins of Thatcher was sent to inspect gravel roads in district No 3 to keep graveled highways smooth for traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Havenor
Havener
District No. 3
Guy Robbins
Thatcher
Noted Woman Will Speak Here Tonight
Wiley Sessions announces that Mrs. Polling will speak at a mass meeting in Frazier hall at 8 o'clock, arriving with Dr. Daniel Polling en route from Boise to Salt Lake City as part of Allied Forces of Prohibition activity.
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Wiley Sessions
Allied Forces of Prohibition
Daniel Polling
Boise
Salt Lake City
Utah Weather Pair Tonight and Thursday Outlook
A paired forecast notes little temperature change tonight and Thursday with steady readings. Skies stay mostly clear and winds remain light across the region as high pressure nudges slowly eastward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Woman Flays Prohibition At Bourbon Rally
Washington April 13 A six point economic relief program including repeal of prohibitive tariffs and cutting government costs was pushed by Senator Robinson of Arkansas at the Jefferson day luncheon rally of leading Democrats. Representative Rainer, Majority Leader Norton of New Jersey and Nellie Tayloe Ross joined in a strong attack on Republican promises, urging rigid anti trust enforcement and use of American capital at home. Norton urged abolition of the prohibition bureau calling the experiment costly to the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robinson
Arkansas
Rainer
Minds
House
Mary T. Norton
New Jersey
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Senate
Chaiftain
America
Norton
Prohibition Bureau
Sheriff Beautifies County Grounds
Sheriff W. H. Woodward, at the urging of the county commission, resumes custodianship of the courthouse and grounds for the season. He plans to employ jail trusties to work on the lawn, already given early attention, and aims to restore the county square to a beauty spot. Old diseased trees have been removed and sunlight can revive the grass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Woodward
Board of County Commissioners
Court House
Tribune
Voluntary Wage Cut Declared by Pocatello Unions
Ray Avis and August Rosqvist of the Pocatello Building Trades council announced a new wage schedule effective until April 1, 1933. Reductions range from 50 cents to $2 with plasterers dropping from 12 to 10 dollars daily and others like carpenters electricians plumbers and lathers down to eight or nine dollars. The schedule averages about a ten percent cut from last year with several trades reduced by 50 to 80 cents.
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Pocatello
Ray Avis
August Rosqvist
Pocatello Building Trades Council
Prohibition Vote Split and Political Reactions Across States
In Pocatello the prohibition poll shows 150 for continuance and 655 for repeal from incomplete returns. Boise reports Senators and Representatives seek to save the intermountain fisheries bureau branch, while Borah counters it as economy. Other items note Lindbergh case mediator Consdon’s meeting, Honolulu lynching testimony, and a Boise crash sighting probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pocatello
Pocatello ‘Tribune
Literary Digest
Boise
M. P. Bailey
Intermountain
Federal Bureau of Fisheries
Salt Lake City
Thomas
Smith
Borah
Idahoans Named As Five Great Men In State Request
Idaho officials seek five great men for each state and ask for names with short bios, birth and death dates. Early candidates include Grimes the Boise basin gold discoverer and Pierce, North Idaho gold discoverer, with names like Lewis and Clark and Captain Bonneville raised. The request aims to highlight pioneers in irrigation, settlement, railroading and more.
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UKE
KNW
Pennsylvania
Association of State Auditors
Richmond
Grimes
Boise Basin
Pierce
North
Idaho
Lewis and Clark
Bonneville
James H. Hawley
John Hailey
Edward Martin
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Western Pioneer
Judicial Council of State Bar Association
St. Louis
Coffman and Ferrell
Thomas and Grube
Cleveland
Detroit
Ferrell and Sewell
Sorrell and Ruel
Wash
Boston
Brown and Spencer
Russell and Berry
Brooklyn
Pittsb
Spencer
Brenzel
Hallahan
Wilson
Cincinnati
Malone
Hemsley
Carroll
Lombard
Roosevelt Baby
James Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Association of Manufacturers
Callahan
Dern
G. O. P. Tariff
Oliver Stewart
Associated Press
George KR. Clark
West
Fort Massac
Metropolis
Leon Hermant
M. P
Helen Stuart
Montgomery Society
John F. Consdon
Lindbergh
Henry Brekinridge
Charles A. Lindbergh
Congressional Committee For
Arthur C. Blomgren
Fiddle Creek
Salmon River
Just Who Are Made
Governor's Office
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