Pan American Clipper to depart Alameda for Honolulu today
The Pan American Clipper, commanded by Capt. Edwin C. Musick, will lift off at 4 p.m. from Alameda to Honolulu on a 2,400 mile inaugural trans Pacific flight. Six crew members aboard, plane carries 3,000 gallons of fuel and 41,000 pounds total weight.
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Kameohe Bay
Warner to Visit Pocatello Post During Idaho Stop
Harold J. Warner western national vice commander of the American Legion will visit Pocatello April 26 as the guest of the local post. A joint meeting of sixth and seventh district posts will gather delegations from southeastern Idaho with plans for two public addresses and a possible evening dance. Final details to be announced at the Memorial building meeting Thursday night.
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American Legion
Harold J. Warner
Western National
Warner
Idaho
National Executive Committee
Indianapolis
Memorial Building
Ross Refuses Sign Petition Over Idaho Sales Tax
Governor C Ben Ross declined to sign a referendum petition on Idaho 2 percent sales tax despite pressure from Frank Kinyon of Boise and Bessie Thing of the Anti Sales Tax league. Ross said the tax was forced by the legislature but his position prevents signing. Thing denied being paid to circulate petitions.
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Idaho
Frank Kinyon
Boise
Anti-Sales Tax League
Bessie A. Thing
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Ross
Rosas
Thing
Idaho Emergency Relief Administration
Anti
Sore Nose Ends Wiley Post Transcontinental Flight Attempt
Indianapolis April 16. Friends report Wiley Post ended his Lafayette run because his nose was sore. An automatic valve flooded his rubber suit with oxygen, fogging the wind shield. He stretched his neck to wipe moisture, felt aches in nose and neck, and after a clutch on the supercharger failed he diverted Winnie Mae to Purdue University support field.
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Wiley Post
Lafayette
Ind
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Winnie Mae
Purdue University
Suport
Compromise Planned on Soldiers' Bonus Bill
Washington April 16 and Augusta Ga April 16 word that a compromise bonus bill for veterans is being drafted to win Roosevelt approval. Senator Harrison of Mississippi chairs Senate Finance ready to brief hearings next week. The plan aims to advance maturity from 1945 to 1938 with negotiable bonds and a declaration that payment settles veterans demands.
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Harrison
D-Miss
Roosevelt
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Congress
Patman
Vinson
House
Abraham Lincoln Seen As Inventor
New York April 16 Abraham Lincoln another claim to fame as an inventor he devised logs to let a vessel walk over shoals the patent office issued a record in 1849 but no ship is shown to have passed the shallows the patent is on display at the hobby collection show among Lincoln relics from Henry M Leland.
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New York
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Henry M. Leland
Forest H. Sweet
Battle Creek
Mich
Army air corps chief Foulois to be ousted debated
The House Military Committee voted to press the War Department for a speedy report on how to act on its advice that Maj. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois be removed as chief of the Army Air Corps. The move followed a sub committee inquiry into war department expenditures.
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House Military Committee
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Army Air Corps
Representative Rogers
New Hampshire
Foulois
Ickles Attacks Huey Long Over Louisiana Projects
Secretary Ickes threatens to cancel all Louisiana PWA loans if the state gains control of local project funding. He calls Long the emperor of Louisiana and accuses him of trying to build a political machine using federal funds. Huey Long responds with blistering dismissals, urging respect for the money and warning of consequences.
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Senator Long
Louisiana
Ickes
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PWA
New Orleans
Longlature
Huey Long
State of Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Huey P. Long
Babe Ruth Hits First Home Run of Season in NL Debut
Babe Ruth slugged his first homer of the year in the New York Giants versus Boston Braves opener, driving in Braves early run and later scoring. Ruth’s 24th career homer came in the fifth off Carl Hubbell with Bill Urbanski aboard.
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Babe Ruth
Boston Braves
New York Giants
Carl Hubbell
Bill Urbanski
Ruth
Braves
Hubbell
Woman Sentenced to Death for Murder on Guernsey
Gertrude Elizabeth Delamare, 20, becomes the island’s first female murderer tried for homicide. She was convicted of killing her employer Alfred Brouard, 76, by slashing his throat with a bread knife. Delamare had served Brouard as housekeeper for eight shillings weekly.
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Isle of Guernsey
Gertrude Elizabeth Delamare
Channel Island
Alfred Brouard
Chamber proposes limited NRA extension to interstate commerce
The United States Chamber of Commerce urged Congress to extend the NRA with changes restricting its reach to business engaging in interstate commerce. President Henry S. Harriman testified before the Senate Finance Committee, supporting open shop principles and allowing the president to impose codes on child labor hours and wages, while noting limited consensus among senators.
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Associated Press
Washington
NRA
Congress
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Henry S. Harriman
Chamber
Senate Finance Committee
Harriman
Idaho liquor board to hire 175 from 3000 applicants
Idaho state liquor control board will select 175 applicants from about 3,000 for store positions. Commissioner Yeaman said selections rely on merit after Coulter returns from north Idaho, where he is locating state stores. An opinion on policy toward speakeasies will be released after Coulter’s return.
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Boise
Idaho State Liquor Control Board
M. B. Yeaman
Robert Coulter
North
Idaho
Yeaman
Homer Moore
Coulter
Viola Beck Seeks Divorce After Hen Attack
Viola G Beck testified in her divorce suit that her husband struck her on the head with a setting hen, killing the bird and knocking her unconscious. The judge, District Judge Frank Dineen, granted the divorce.
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Omaha
Viola G. Beck
Frank Dineen
Weather Report Notes Fair Tonight Through Wednesday
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and into Wednesday with mild temperatures and light winds. No significant precipitation is expected as a high pressure system remains over the region.
Laura Ingalls Pursues Transcontinental Speed Record Flight
Laura Ingalls launched from Union Air Terminal in a black monoplane aiming to beat Amelia Earhart’s 1932 record of 17 hours 7 minutes. The 120 pound aviatrix planned a 15 hour roughly eastbound dash to Floyd Bennett Field New York via Albuquerque Kansas City Cleveland and New York with 575 gallons of fuel aboard.
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Emelia Earhart
Floyd Bennett Field
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Albuquerque
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Middlewest
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Miss Earhart
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Rain Ends Dust Storm in Utah
A heavy Utah rainstorm cleared a dust cloud 10,000 feet high that swept across the state. The downpour slowed traffic, moistened streets, and followed a day of wind-driven dust from Cheyenne. U.S. fliers from Scott Field reported the storm forced a descent near Ogden.
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Utah
Idaho
Frank M. Kennedy
William L. Ritchie
United States Army
Scott Field
Bellville
Ogden
Cheyenne
Wyo
American Falls
Pocatello
Twin Falls
Boise
Chicagoan Demands Heavies in Court Exchange
In Chicago on April 16 George Roger Williams asked Judge Desert for an order to seize his “heavies.” His wife Ruth, suing for divorce, demanded her diamond ring in the exchange. The judge proposed a swap: give the ring and retrieve the underwear.
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Chicago
George Roger Williams
Showers Continue with Quarter Inch Rain in Two Hours
Rain resumed at 12 30 pm and by 2 30 pm measured 0 25 inch. The month totals 1 33 inches with April normal at 1 43. Tonight will be fair and colder with frost and Wednesday looks for fair weather.
Operation Fatal to Eastern Bay
William Spiegelblatt nine of Newport Rhode Island died at Truesdale hospital at 5 a m a few days after a disarrangement of internal organs surgery similar to Alyce Jane McHenry He was the son of Mr and Mrs Abraham Spiegelblatt known as Buddy and had been in the hospital for several days before his presence was known.
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Fall River
Mass
William Spiegelblatt
Newport
R. I
Alyce Jane McHenry
Truesdale Hospital
Abraham Spiegelblatt
Buddy
Hopital
Baer Accepts Braddock for Title Battle
Max Baer agreed to meet James Braddock for the heavyweight title in Madison Square Garden on June 13 after the New York state athletic commission approved contracts. The panel also accepted Barney Ross’s resignation as lightweight champion and set Lou Ambers to defend against Tony Canzoneri if he wins, with May 10 at MSG. May 28 Ross–McLarnin and June 25 Carnera–Louis were scheduled as separate notes.
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Max Baer
James J. Braddock
New Jersey
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Big Long Island Bowl
State Athletic Commission
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Braddock
the Garden
Barney Ross
Lou Ambers
Herkimer
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Tony Canzoneri
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Canzoneri
Ross
Mike Jacobs
Twentieth Century Sporting Club
Jimmy McLarnin
Primo Carnera
Joe Louis
Ross-McLarnin
Carnera-Louis
Polo Grounds
Yankee Stadium
Maxey Rosenbloom
Roblin
Senate passes Wheeler-Eastman truck regulation bill
The Senate approved the Wheeler-Eastman bill limiting motor buses and trucks under ICC oversight. It requires certificates of public convenience for common carriers by motor, regulates rates, and mandates permits for contract carriers along with broker licenses. The measure now goes to the House as the first step in federal transportation coordination.
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Senate
Wheeler-Eastman
Interstate Commerce Commission
House
Congress
Mrs. Olive Mulica Dies in Los Angeles
Olive Mae Mulica 57 wife of OSS conductor Robert W. Mulica of 235 West Sherman died in Los Angeles at a daughter’s home after a yearlong illness. She will be buried in Pocatello Wednesday. she was a 18 year resident of Pocatello born January 8 1878 at Pacific Junction Town. Surviving: husband two sons Jack and Robert and daughter Olive Mae all of Pocatello. daughter Jack Annand and Mrs. Mullen of Los Angeles. Mrs. Trene James of San Francisco. son Wilbert of Pendle. Funeral services to be announced.
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Robert W. Mulica
West Sherman
O.S.S
Los Angeles
J. B. Mullen
California
Mulica
Pocatello
Pacific Junction
Mullica
Jack
Robert
Olive Mae
Mis
Jack Annand
Mullen
Trene James
San Francisco
Wilbert
Pendle
Wallaces AAA licensing clash heats Capitol Hill
Rigid restrictions on Secretary Wallace's proposed AAA licensing powers spark a Capitol Hill fight. House committee moves to narrow licensing to milk and non basic crops with sugar and tobacco likely dropped. Davis and Wallace press for open debate while critics urge limits amid protests by cotton manufacturers and southern officials.
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Wallace
Capitol Hill
Chester G Davis
House Agriculture Committee
Congressional
AAA
Davis
Boston
Orate
Gov. Talmadge
Murphy
N. C
Wesley Memorial Church
Atlanta
South
Eccles Not Yet Confirmed to Board Post
Washington reports say Senator Glass indicated Roosevelt favored splitting the reserve board powers from the omnibus bank bill. The Senate Banking Committee postponed action on Marriner Eccles while weighing his qualification after he testified he sold his bank stock and resigned from the First Security corporation holdings.
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Roosevelt
Glass
Virginia
Federal Reserve Board
Senate Banking Sul-Commilieé
Marriner v. Eccles
Utah
Reserve Board
Eccles
Reeserve Board
Ecccles
Ogden
Senate Passes $61 Million Interior Bill to Conference
The Senate approved the $61,000,000 Interior Department appropriation today and sent it to conference with the House to resolve differences between the two chambers.
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Washington
Interior Department
Senate
House
Will Rogers Sees Wartime Arms Questions Across Treaties
In Beverly Hills on April 16 Will Rogers comments on arms disputes tied to historic treaties. He notes powers arming when signed agreements required disarmament, questions who bears responsibility for treaty violations, and observes new leaders may deny signatures.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Hitler
Germany
Three Powers Submit Draft Condemning Unilateral Treaty Repudiation
France Great Britain and Italy urged the League council to condemn unilateral repudiation of international obligations as Germany repudiates the Versailles armaments clause. Laval presented the draft amid opposition from Poland and Denmark. Diplomats expect the measure to shape the League and European future as the council adjourned to reconvene.
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France
Great Britain
Italy
League of Nations
Germany
Pierre Laval
Poland
Denmark
Council
League
Europe
Council For Develop
Oction
Idaho Weather Fair Tonight With Masg Weinamtey
Idaho forecast calls for fair conditions tonight with light winds and rising temps. Local authorities advise travelers to expect dry skies and cool evenings across the region.
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