Lawmaker accuses brokers of using ballyhoo to inflate stocks
Representative Laguardia charged brokerage pools with using publicity to misrepresent stocks to raise values. He cited checks paid to writers and literature predicting bull markets. He claimed Richard Whitney knew of market irregularities and likened the scheme to a grocery con.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Representative Laguardia
New York
Ballyhoo
Laguardia
Richard Whitney
Stock Exchange
Kreuger
Lee Higginson and Company
Whitney
Higginson
Ross Denies Alliances With Democratic Candidates
Boise April 26 AP Governor C Ben Ross denies forming alliances with any Democratic candidates for state or congressional offices. He says he will not support any candidate before the primary and will back the party’s choice after the primary election.
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Boise
C. Ben Ross
Smith Says He Will Back Bonus Bill If Taxes Not Raised
Idaho Falls April 26 Representative Addison T. Smith of Idaho told the American Legion post he will vote for the Soldiers Bonus bill if it does not raise taxes. He said he would support expansion of currency to pay the bonus but balance the budget with no excess tax increases. A telegram to Senator Borah awaited a reply. Unsettled Utah forecast calls for showers tonight and Wednesday.
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Ida
Addison T. Smith
Idaho
American Legion Post
Senator Borah
Smith
Ways and
Four Hundred Fifty Men to Return to Work at Shops
About 450 Union Pacific shop workers are to return on a four day work week for three weeks in May after a 20 man initial start today. The schedule has run 12 days per month since last fall, with April reduced by two days. Officials say May may see more hours and June additional hiring. A larger steady employment program may begin this summer.
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Union Pacific
Montanans Killed In Plane Crash
J W Schnitzler banker and state senator from Froid Montana and his pilot A L Halberg were killed when their plane crashed into a hillside near Woody Island creek during a Sunday rain storm. The wreckage was found the next afternoon. Schnitzler, a former Graf Zeppelin passenger, owned 15000 acres near Froid and had traveled widely.
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Malta
Mont
J. W. Schnitzler
Froid, Monit
A. L. Halberg
Schnitzler
Froid
Havre
Woody Island Creek
United States
Germany
Bingham Schools Wind Up Term Across County
Bingham county schools are ending the year with Pingree Rockford and Upper Presto already closed. Goshen a nine month school closed Friday. A few schools will shut in the first week of May, but most continue until mid May.
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Bingham
Blackfoot
Idaho
Pocatello Tribune
Bingham County
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Rockford
Upper Presto
Goshen
Deaf Speaker Device Aids Hearing For the Deaf
Dr. Frederick Bedell of Cornell unveiled a portable device at the National Academy of Sciences that converts sound into artificial vibrations sent to the inner ear via the skull. The box like unit aims to restore hearing for middle ear deafness and could help millions of hard of hearing people in the United States.
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Washington
National Academy of Sciences
Frederick Bedell
Cornell University
Bedell
United States
Pocatello Proclaims Shopping Days April 29 30 1952
Mayor Thomas C. Coffin proclaims Friday and Saturday April 29 and 30 1952 as Pocatello Shopping Days inviting visitors from the trade area extending south to the Utah line east to Wyoming line north to Ashton and west to Burley. City Clerk Laura B. Gough attests.
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Thomas C. Coffin
Pocatello
Retail Merchants Bureau
Utah Line
Wyoming Line
Ashton
Burley
Idaho cases allege fraud in highway parts scheme
Lewiston Idaho April 26 AP Noel B Martin prosecutions argues Henry Gusman conspired with Ben Kane and Herbert Potsch to take payments for highway department machinery parts and not deliver them. Gusman and H F Fox face fraud indictments. Potsch, Kane cited in Lewiston scheme records. Court details indicate further trials follow this session.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Noel B. Martin
Henry Gusman
Gusman
Ben Kane
Coeur d'Alene
Herbert Potseh
Boise
H. F. Fox
Petsch
C. Ben Ross
State Highway Department
Martin
Potsch
Kane
Idaho Highway Department
Gisman
Ford outlines farming plan to President Ford outlines farming plan
Henry Ford, in the White House lobby, advocates a plan to combine farming and industry. He suggests factory workers raise part of their own food and work part time on small scale farming at or near large plants. He notes not ready to disclose full details. He also comments on prohibition and urges workers to produce what they need. He says the plan could shift workers to farm lands during part of the year. He mentions selling cars and earning cash in large bills. He says people quitting business to gamble should return to production.
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Washington
White House
Henry Ford
Hoover
Ford
Dearborn
United States
Scores Roundup From Canceled Games Amid Rain
Today’s scores show Boston and Philadelphia in a low scoring tilt with early games interrupted by rain. Washington routed New York in a separate contest as Crowder Ragland Burke and others contributed to the victory while delayed games await rescheduling due to cold rain.
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New York
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Ragland
Burke
Marberry
Berg
Spencer
Pennock
Ruffing
Dickey
Finch Named General Manager of O W R N Unit
Frederick N. Finch will become general manager of the O W R N unit of Union Pacific May 1 succeeding J P O'Brien who retires at age 75. Finch, born November 16 1873 in Galesburg Illinois, began as a machinist apprentice in 1890 and has served as general superintendent of the unit for eleven years.
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Frederick N. Finch
Union Pacific
W. M. Jeffers
Union Pacific System
Mr. Finch
J. P. O'Brien
Mr. O'Brien
Galesburg
Illinois
BYU Visitors Contact Local Students Families
Harrison R. Merrill and A. C. Lambert of Brigham Young University visited Blackfoot on Monday. They contacted both parents of local students now at BYU and spoke with members of the graduating class during their high school visit.
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Blackfoot
Idaho
Pocatello Tribune
Harrison R. Merrill
A. C. Lambert
Brigham Young University of
Ambassad or Willys resigns effective in June
John N. Willys, ambassador to Poland, resigned today and will leave his post in June. Other items note a tax bill change affecting Americans abroad, water prospects in the Snake River valley, and a push to expand Boise National Forest for watershed protection.
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Washington
John N. Willys
Poland
Boise
Snake River Valley
Robert Faris
Reclamation
Bride Arrested In Raid At Shelley
BLACKFOOT April 26 A raid by Bonneville and Bingham county sheriffs on the J G Robinson residence in Shelley led to the detention of Eloise Burke John Burke Rex Hobbs and George Hays awaiting October federal court trial in Pocatello on charges of possession and manufacture of intoxicating liquor The seized still is reported as about 150 gallons with fifteen barrels of mash and 25 gallons of moonshine found on the premises Officers say the group may be tools of a larger gang but declined to implicate others and offered no leniency to the bride for information.
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Pocatello Tribune
Harry Meppin
Bonneville County
J. D. Jensen
Bingham County
J. G. Robinson
Shelley
Eloise Burke
John Burke
Rex Hobbs
George Hays
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Little Lost River Country
Burke
Administrator Opposes Bonus in World War Vets Debate
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines told the Ways and Means Committee that government expenditures on World War II veterans will exceed the wartime cost by 1945. He testified that about 6 billion had been spent and, at current rates, the total could reach 21.5 billion without changes in law.
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Washington
Frank T. Hines
House
Ways and Means Committee
Veterans
Hines
Massie Insanity Plea Debate Embeds Honolulu Trial
Prosecutor Ulrich argued in Honolulu that an insanity defense must show mental derangement throughout the Kahahawai killing case. He noted Judge Davis will instruct that mere insanity at the moment of the shot is not enough to clear Massie of blame. The defense showed Massie dazed after Kahahawai allegedly attacked his wife, but presented no broader insanity evidence.
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Thomas H. Massie
Barry 8. Ulrich
Joseph Kahahawai
Ulrich
Davis
Massie
Kahahawai
Thalia Massie
Granville Fortescue
Albert O. Jones
E. J. Lord
Primary race setback for Burley contender for attorney general
A. G. Sabre of Burley, twice defeated in the race for attorney general, heads the list of those ruled out under the primary law. His third try to run as a Democrat was mailed on Saturday but delayed in Boise, with the secretary of state ruling the attempt invalid.
Week Devoted to Childrens Health Observed in Idaho
Boise Idaho April 26 a week devoted to health of children will be observed starting Monday with a radio broadcast Sunday night Mrs Retta Martin state chair man of the National Child Health Day committee announced Speakers include W D Vincent commissioner of education and Mrs C R Athey Boise chair of the public welfare committee of the State Federation of Womens clubs
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Boise
Idaho
Retta Martin
W. D. Vincent
C. R. Athey
State Federation of Women's Clubs
Canvases Recall Early Days By Bethel Farley
Two canvases by Mrs. Bethel Farley exhibit local history scenes in the chamber of ecommerce window. One oils Old Port Hall view from Major Osborn sketch notes 1549 troop relief during Whitman era, with Hudson Bay fort setting and wagon line. The other small canvas depicts a lone bandit tale near McCammon Robbers Roost with hidden treasure haul.
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Hudson Bay Company
Snake River
Oregon
Oregon Country
McCammon
Farley
Fort Hall Reservation
Open House at The Pocatello Tribune pressroom
The Pocatello Tribune invites business people, students and residents to visit the plant at 420 West Center Street Thursday at 4 PM to view the 24 page Duplex press loaded for the largest edition in a year. Extra copies and a 20 000 copy advertising section will be distributed for Pocatello Shopping Days.
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The
Pocatello Tribune
West Center Street
Tribune
Pocatello
Idaho
Children Pray For Companions NAMPA Sca
Children of Sunnyslope school and Campfire Girls hold daily prayers for Violet Nelson and Christine Lawler, two 13 year old girls poisoned at a picnic. Guardians Mrs Ancil Lawrence and Mrs Wesley Hopkins ate the same lunch and were not affected. Violet shows partial arm paralysis and pneumonia fear. both girls were sharing candy and gum en route to the event. Rev Miller led a two hour prayer service.
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Violet
Rev. Miller
Sunnyslope
Night Watchman Fatally Shoots Logan Man in St Anthony
Harold Helegson, 25, of Logan Utah, was shot in St Anthony by Grant Powell the town night watchman as Helegson fled after being ordered to halt. The injury occurred just before midnight and proved fatal nearly instantly. Fremont County Attorney E H Hillman said no investigation had begun and details would await a preliminary inquiry. It was unclear if Powell was in custody.
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ST. Anthony
Harold Helegson
Logan
Utah
Grant Powell
Helegson
E. H. Hillman
Fremont
Powell
Will Rogers Comments on Kaiser and Trial Tactics
Hollywood dispatch notes Will Rogers humorously critiques the Kaiser's wartime stance and observes public interest waning when alienists are involved in murder trials. The piece also mentions a lawyer named Gray seeking the man who got away with it, implying political intrigue and legal maneuvering.
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Cal
Kaiser
Gray
Senate
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