Regulation of Motor Trucks Urged by ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission recommended federal regulation of motor vehicles in interstate commerce and urged railroads and water lines to use public highways. The report notes growing competition between rail, water, and motor carriers and calls for coordinated regulation to improve public service. The investigation, ongoing five years, ends with a cautious stance, noting the federal government’s inexperience in this field.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Congress
Leo J. Lynn
Branerd
W C T U Invites Mayor To Prohibition Meeting
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union will meet Tuesday at the Baptist church at 2 30 with Mrs R E McGraw presenting Let Prohibition Begin at Home She has invited Mayor Thomas Coffin J Wiley Sessions Rev Charles Stout Rev McGraw and other interested citizens to attend The meeting is billed as one of the most important in recent months and open to all members and friends of prohibition as well as opponents.
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Baptist Church
R. E. McGraw
Thomas Coffin
J. Wiley Sessions
Pocatello Allied Forces For Prohibition
Charles Stout
McGraw
Friend of Prohibition
Prosecution Attacks Massie Confession in Senate Probe
Senate Banking committee, defying subpoenas, revisited a list of short sellers. Richard Whitney, ex New York Stock Exchange president, defended market practices and denied short selling as depressing. Names on the list were withheld. committee disclosed prominent figures may be named, but no cabinet officers appeared.
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Washington
Richard Whitney
New York Stock Exchange
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
Whitney
Associated Press
Phot
Peter Norbeck
Frederick Steiner
Smith W. Brookhart
Duncan Fletcher
Three Injured In Sunday Accidents Near Poca
Three people were hospitalized after Sunday crashes in or near Poca Mlo. Yoreen Hansen 299 Batburg suffered concussion and spinal hemorrhage when his car rolled four times and burst into flame near a borrow pit south of Fort Hall. Richard Rice 23 St. Anthony likely skull fracture two broken ribs and numerous cuts. Mrs Katherine Light 531 N Main thrown from horse bruises after shied into a car driven by K W Davis of American Falls. Sheriff Woodward investigated. Hansen and Rice reported in fair condition.
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General Hospital
Poca Mlo
Yoreen Hansen
Batburg
Fort Hall
Richard Rice
St. Anthony
Katherine Light
Main Street
K. W. Davis
American Falls
Davis
Light
W. H. Woodward
Hansen
Rice
L. J. Rice
Parker
Idaho
Woodward
E. N. Roberts
Harry Stedfeldt
Steve Blair
Helen Rouse
Ray Derrig
Ben Davis to Speak at Malad Dinner
B. W. Davis, local attorney, will be principal speaker at the Jefferson day dinner in Malad this evening. Accompanying him from Pocatello are Ralph Jones Frank Bistline and John Carver county central committee chairman for the Democratic party.
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B. W. Davis
Malad
Mr. Davis
Pocatello
Ralph Jones
Frank Bistline
John Carver
Democratic Party
Spinach Boosted As Aid To Eyes
Oklahoma optometrists meeting in Oklam oma recommend a diet of fruit milk spinach and greens plus a daily dozen for the eyes. Dr C H Beavers of Enid says evolution hasn’t kept pace with sight demands and warns special care is needed to avoid eye trouble.
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Oklamoha
City
Oklahoma
C. H. Beavers
Enid
State Association
Former Pocatello resident Cecil Gephart Frazier dies
Cecil Gephart Frazier, longtime Idaho figure and Pocatello native, died in Denver aged nearly 50. Funeral in Salt Lake City with local attendees. Survived by widow and daughter. Frazier held various wholesale furniture roles across the West and originated a fruit store newsstand. He lived with Harold Hinckley era and worked as western sales manager for Cridden and Sexton, later listing several furniture factory reps.
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Cecil Gephart Frazier
Pocatellan
Idaho
Frazier
Denver
Salt Lake City
Arthur Petersen
Portneuf Lodge
Petersen
Pittsburgh Steel Company
Harry Petersen
Petersen Furniture Company
Harold Hinckley
Cridden and Sexton Company
Governor Dern Visits Utah Optimistic On Water Weighs VP Possibility
Governor George Dern arrives in Idaho Falls area amid Utah optimism for better business this year despite no local economic shift. He cites adequate water supply as contrast to last year's drought and endorses Western unity for a Democratic presidential ticket while noting strong western support.
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George Dern
Pocatello
United States
West
Utah
Dern
Will Rogers Wires The Tribune
Santa Monica, April 18 Mr Hoover proposes the stagger system claiming savings of eighty million dollars yearly. He defines stagger as workers alternating days: some come to work today while others rest, then reverse on subsequent days.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Pair Tonight and Tuesday Weather Outlook
The forecast notes pair tonight and Tuesday with little change in temperature. Expect mild conditions with stable highs and lows and no significant precipitation anticipated.
Helena Sportsmen Believed Drowned After Madison Lake Squall
Three Helena sportsmen on a fishing trip on Meadow Lake were believed drowned when a sudden squall capsized their small boats. The victims are W. M. Copenhaver, 57, organizer of the Montana Sportsmen's Association. H. L. Zimmerman, 44, cashier of the Federal Reserve bank. and Ralph Sawm, 50, chief clerk at the East Helena smelter. All were married. Bodies not yet recovered.
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Helena
Mont
Madison
Meadow Lake
W. M. Copenhaver
Montana Sportsmen's Association
H. L. Zimmerman
Federal Reserve Bank
Ralph Sawm
East Helena
Mob hangs confessed child attacker in Kansas
In Saint Francis Kansas a mob killed Richard Read the confessed attacker and slayer of eight year old Dorothy Hunter. Read was hidden at Cheyenne county jail by a sheriff before the mob seized him and hanged him from a tree near Rawlins county. A state inquiry was ordered by Governor Harry Woodring to identify mob participants.
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Saint Francis
Kan
Richard Read
Dorothy Hunter
Read
Plains
Cheyenne County
Atwood
Harry Woodring
St Francis
Rawlins County
Graham Paige Motors Reports Profit For Quarter Ended March 31
The Graham Paige Motors corporation reports a net profit of 166 599 dollars for the quarter ended March 31 after charges and taxes, reversing a 178 523 dollar loss in the same quarter of 1931. Car sales totaled 6 124 units, down from 6 144 a year earlier.
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New York
Graham-Paige Motors Corporation
Auto Industry Calls Tax a Wage Blow in Senate Hearing
George M. Graham of Rockne Motors led a defense against a motor vehicle excise tax proposal. He argued the 3 percent tax on pleasure cars, 2 percent on trucks, and 1 percent on tires and accessories would cut wages and harm employment. The industry urged elimination of the tax and promised to present factual support.
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Washington
Automotive
George M. Graham
Senate Finance Committee
Graham
Rockne Motors Corporation
Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping Hope Fades To Detroit Claim
Hopewell New Jersey April 18 marks the 49th day since the Lindbergh baby’s kidnaping as parents seek word of recovery. A Toledo Times call claimed a Detroit return within a week, urging no further ransom. Dr John F Condon says contact with kidnappers exists, though others note no communication since the ransom.
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Hopewell
N. J
Lindbergh
Toledo Times
Patterson
Detroit
John F. Condon
Jassie
Bronx
Col. Lindbergh
Dr. Condon
Jasfie
New York
Stevenson to Join Geneva Staff for League of Nations Work
Dr. R. Stevenson head of history and social science at the University of Idaho Southern Branch has been invited by the American committee in Geneva to join their staff this summer. The trip, to explain League of Nations activities to American visitors, is funded by the committee. Professor Stevenson and his wife will depart for Europe in early June.
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R. ©. Stevenson
Southern Branch
Stephenson
University of California
Hucson
Law School
Harvard University
Stevenson
Europe
Pocatello Men to Speak at Jerome Jefferson Day Banquet
Mayor and Mrs T C Coffin and Mr and Mrs J H Masters travel to Jerome for the Jefferson day banquet. Both candidates seek the second Idaho district congressional nomination at the state primaries. Mrs Masters will sing several songs.
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T. C. Coffin
J. H. Masters
Jerome
Coffin
Mr. Masters
Idaho
Insanity defense dubbed bank defense in Kahahawai case
In Honolulu April 18 Lieut. Thomas H Massie testified about wandering the Fortescue home in a daze after Kahahawai’s death while Mrs. Fortescue watched. Prosecutor Kelley pressed the insanity claim and noted Massie’s link to Mrs. Massie. Darrow marked his 75th birthday as the trial continued with jurors checking entrants for weapons.
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Honolulu
Joseph Kahahawai
Thomas H. Massie
Granville Fortescue
John C. Kelley
Massie
Kahahawai
Albert O. Jones
Kelley
Underwear Search Lands Man in Jail Over Clean Clothes
George Stanley, a city jail boarder, was fined ten dollars and committed for vagrancy after police say he sought a clean underwear outfit on the east side. Officer Rob ert Pugmire reports the incident. Also jailed were Robert Stone for intoxication after bond forfeiture and Tom Taylor for disturbing the peace with fines.
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George Stanley
Robert Pugmire
Stanley
East Side
Robert Stone
Tom Taylor
Hit and Run Driver Fatally Injures Boise Girl
Elliott, 16, died six hours after a motorist struck her then placed her in a stolen car. The crash occurred around 9:30 p.m. near Boise and the vehicle was abandoned a mile away after deputies investigated foot prints and wreckage.
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Boise
Elliott
William Richardson
Refusal of £96,000 bid for The Red Boy painting
The Red Boy by Lawrence was withdrawn at £96,000 about $350,000 during an auction at Lambton Castle, the Earl of Durham’s home in Durham England. An earlier report noted an American offer of £160,000 over the years.
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Durham, Eng
Red Boy
Lawrence
Lambton Castle
Earl of Durham
Soviet border troops massed on Manchurian frontier
Izvestia accuses Japanese militarists of inciting white guards to attack Soviet interests in Manchuria. It cites a Harbin raid on the Chinese Eastern Railway offices and alleges Tokyo tried to influence Chinese authorities to search the Soviet consulate. Military preparations on the north Manchurian border are noted.
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Moscow
Izvestia Today
Manchuria
M. Kuznekoff
Harbin
White Guard
Tokyo
Senate approves cut in prohibition enforcement fund
Washington reports the senate approved a one million dollar cut in the prohibition enforcement fund and a proposed 11.3 million reduction was defeated 42 to 17. Also, Senator Harris of Georgia died after illness. Wheeler praised Roosevelt stand in Smith Roosevelt controversy. house accepted senate amendments to interior bill cutting total to 45.4 million with major reductions in Boulder Canyon dam and other agencies. Honolulu trial of Lieut. Massie ends with Massie cleared after prosecution claims fail.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Cal
Smith- Roosevelt
Wheeler
Mont
Roosevelt
New York
Smith
House
Interior Department
White House
Boulder Canyon Dam
Bureau of Inedian Affairs
Reclamation Service
National Park Service
Baseball Scores and Standings From a National League Card
National Pittsburgh 000 000 052 Cincinnati 000 KW 15 of French and Grace, Manion. Boston 103 110 100-7 to 2 New York 010 000 000 14% Tyetts and Spohrer. Brooklyn 000 510 20x- 8 12 2 Grabowski, Elliott, Nichols and Kirby. Chicago 010002- St. Louis 000 00 Root and Hartnett. Phila 000 003 10 Fischer, Crowder and Berg. Detroit 3800 530 lix-14 16 3 Gray, Cooney and Ferrell. Cleveland 000 0110- Chicago 000 0010 Ferrell and Myatt. Only games scheduled.
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Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Boston
New York
Tyetts
Spohrer
Gibboi
Permalee
Hogan
Paila
Brooklyn
Grabowski
Elliott
Nichols
Kirby
Phelps and
Lopez
Chicago
St. Louis
Root
Hartnett
Rhein and Mancuso
Detroit
Gray
Cooney
Ferrell
Schulte
Wyatt and Hayworth
Cleveland
Myatt
Frasier and
Grube
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ICC
Pop
Ben Davis
Will Rogers
Tribune
Kansas
Graham Company
Auto Industry
Sally
Sally O'Neil
Ecome
Mary Arthur Loew
Marcus Loew
Geneva
American Committee
Soviets
William J. Harris
Georgia
Materis
Joseph Kahahawal
Lieuhomas H. Massie
Phila
Fischer
Crowder
Berg
Mahaffey
Caine
Bowman
Cochrane
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