Pocatello Shopping Days Placed On Forum Agenda
F. E. MacKenzie chair of the chamber of commerce trade events outlines the Pocatello Shopping Days for Friday and Saturday. The event aims to draw out of town buyers, involve 19 000 mailed ads, offer theatre tickets, music by three bands, and reduced city bus fares for visitors.
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F. E. MacKenzie
Chamber of Commerce
Forum
Pocatello
MacKenzie
Pocatello Tribune
the Tribune
University of Idaho
Boys Scout Organization
Owners Refuse to Sell Idaho Wool
Owners of a million pounds of wool in Mountain Home Idaho refused to sell at present prices described as unsatisfactory. Buyers offered 7 to 9 1/0 cents per pound after a meeting yesterday with growers. One carload shipped. about a million pounds remain with Blue Creek Land & Livestock Bruneau Sheep Mountain Home Sheep and Roy Johnston ranch.
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Mountain Home
Idaho
Blue Creek Land & Livestock Company
Bruneau Sheep Company
Mountain Home Sheep Company
Roy Johnston Ranch
Fatal Truck Crash Kills Blacksmith in Salt Lake City Area
Andrew Peter Davidson, 66, was killed when Bywater's truck overturned four times on a downgrade near Lark. George G. Bywater, mining engineer, was injured with a broken leg. Davidson, a pioneer blacksmith and garage owner, died after being thrown against a rock. he leaves a widow, a son, and five daughters.
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Salt Lake City
Andrew Peter Davidson
George G. Bywater
United States General Land Office
Bywater
Lark
Here
Mr. Davidsen
Steady Decrease In Duck Supply
Federal migratory bird observer J. Goldman reports ducks for this fall will be smaller than last year after a four months survey of California and Idaho. He notes the winter feeding grounds show a decline and that a drop has been seen each year for the past five years.
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Ogden
L. J. Goldman
Federal Migratory Bird Observer
California
Idaho
Goldman
Hoover vetoes bill granting new pensions
President Hoover rejected a bill to increase pensions for soldiers and sailors and to grant new pensions. He called the measure full of 367 items including special pensions and increases for those not meeting general requirements, though some meritorious cases exist. He cited undeserving instances previously rejected by the pension bureau.
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Washington
Hoover
Pension Bureau
Will Rogers Wires The Tribune
Hollywood columnist Will Rogers comments on Italian congressman Fiorello La Guardia exposing broker fraud. He quips that many rushed to profit in 1929 while no one investigated Wall Street, closing with his signature satirical note.
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Hollywood
Cal
New York City
LaGuardia
Wall Street
Tax burden is great problem says Hoover
President Hoover told governors at the Richmond conference that reduced expenditures, better taxation, and balanced budgets are essential for national recovery. He urged intelligent public support to overcome vested interests and local resistance as federal, state, and local spending climbs from 2,900.
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Richmond
Hoover
Governors’ Conference
Congress
Discontinuance of Normal Schools Approved by Superintendent
Idaho state superintendent Myrtle R. Davis approves ending two normal schools Albion and Lewiston if adequate university replacement exists. She cites high costs of higher education and insufficient teacher training at the university and Southern Branch to replace the normal schools. She urges seven months of schooling for all children.
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Boise
Myrtle R. Davis
University
Southern Branch
Albion
Lewiston
Bonneville
General Statewide Tax Investigation Organization
Davis
Idaho
Owen
Victory Won by Al Smith in Primary Race
Massachusetts pledged its 36 convention votes to Alfred E. Smith in a pivotal primary result. Roosevelt gained in Pennsylvania while awaiting complete returns to confirm potential delegates on the first Chicago ballot.
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AL Smith
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Alfred E. Smith
New England
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Smith
Keystone
Chicago
Roose
Philadelphia
Four Die in Portsmouth Tenement Fire
A blaze in seven frame houses in Portsmouth Ohio killed three occupants Mrs James Bentley 30 and her two children Edith 7 and Lulu 9. Fred Buckley 75 who watched the flames collapsed and died. Mrs Olive Grooms threw her seven month old baby from a second story window. Walter Nickles saved the child.
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Portsmouth
James Bentley
Edith
Lulu
Fred Buckley
Olive Grooms
Paderewski Visits Pocatello During Western Tour
Ignace Paderewski, the Polish pianist statesman, arrived in Pocatello this morning aboard the private car Ferdinand Magellan. Manager RE Joubert said the visit is part of a western tour with concerts in Ogden, Cheyenne, Colorado Springs, and New York, and noted Paderewski rests until 2 pm each day and enjoys excellent health.
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Ignace Paderewski
Poland
Vocatello
RE. Joubert
Ferdinand Magellan
Ogden
Joubert
L. Fitzgerald
Sylvan Strakacz
Marcel Santou
Oxden
Cheyenne
Colorado Springs
New York City
Paderewski
Los Angeles
Vancouver
Victoria
B.C
America
Today's Scores Across The League
National St Louis and Cincinnati split scores with 48 and 36 points respectively as Sylvester Johnson and Mancuso lead St Louis while Swetonic and Harris pace Chicago. New York at Boston and Washington at New York games postponed due to cold. Boston at Philadelphia also postponed. Detroit and Chicago games noted with minor scoring by Jones Grube Sorrell Hayworth and Hartnett.
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St. Louis
Cincinnati
Sylvester Johnson
Stout
Mancuso
St Johnson
Manion
Graf Zeppelin Completes Brazil Flight to Friedrichshafen
The Graf Zeppelin landed in Friedrichshafen at 5 15 a m concluding a round trip from Pernambuco Brazil. It carried 14 passengers on the return and 260 pounds of mail. The voyage lasted 96 hours 50 minutes.
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Friederichshafen
Germany
Pernambuco
Brazil
Union Pacific reports 18.5 percent revenue drop in 1931
The Union Pacific Railroad reports net earnings of 9.93 a share on common stock and dividends of 22.23 million for 1931. Total operating revenues fell to 154.57 million from 180.67 million with costs down to 109.95 million, a 18.5 percent revenue decline attributed to weak freight demand and rate reductions on grain products.
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New York
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Carl R. Gray
Open House At The Tribune Showcases New 24 Page Press
The Tribune invites all readers to tour its new 24 page tubular press at 4 pm tomorrow. The open house will display full speed operation printing Tribunes for subscribers and extra copies for eastern Idaho distribution. Promotions highlight Pocatello Shopping Days with local business ads. Please avoid the electrical control panel.
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Tribune
The
Idaho
the Tribune
Darrow Pleads For Massie Jury In Hawaii Lynching Case
In Honolulu on April 27 Clarene Darrow urged the strangest jury he ever faced to vindicate Lieutenant Thomas H Massie and three others charged with second degree murder in the Kahahawai lynching. He argued Massies mind had been overwhelmed by grief and stress while public prosecutor John C Kelley prepared to close.
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Honolulu
Clarence Darrow
Thomas H. Massie
Joseph Kahahawai
John C. Kelley
Darrow
Charles 8. Davis
Massie
Kahahawai
Dr. Catton
Mills Oppose Cash Payment Veteran Bonus
Washington April 27 heads of the nations financial department warned the house ways and means committee against tampering with currency They argued that issuing two billion dollars of new currency under the Patman bill to pay the soldiers bonus would threaten world confidence in the United States. Secretary Mills and Eugene Meyer chairman of the federal reserve board stressed the danger and Dawes echoed the forceful stance.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Nation
Financial Department
Mills
Eugene Meyer
Federal Reserve Board
Patman
United States
Charles G. Dawes
American Leeson Drum Corps to Parade for Shopping Days
The American Leeson auxiliary drum corps will parade the business section Friday at 4 PM and Saturday at 3 PM as part of Shopping Days observance. LeRoy Young, chamber commerce retail bureau chairman, sponsors the event. Paul Nash, chamber secretary, says stops on O S S morning trains to Soda Springs Bancroft and Lava Hot Springs will bring residents to Pocatello to join the trade event.
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Pocatello
Machine parts charged but not delivered in Idaho fraud trial
Lewiston April 27 AP Pages from a black book kept by Robert Potsch showed counts of machine parts charged to the Idaho state but not delivered in the Gusman fraud case. Potsch, Lewiston highway shop foreman, testified Gusman proposed theft schemes and shared 50 percent of sales revenue.
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Lewiston
Ida
Robert Potsch
Henry Gisman
Boise
Idaho
Gusman
H. FP. Fox and
Petsch
Highway Department
Potsch
Ben Kane
Curtis reports progress in Lindbergh kidnapping negotiations
John Hughes Curtis returns from a secret mission as a negotiator in the Lindbergh kidnapping case and says several obstacles have been overcome. Capital items note a two cent tax on checks over five dollars and Senate moves on taxes and salaries.
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Norfolk
John Hughes Curtis
Lindbergh
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Oklahoma Holds Man for Sheriff
Oklahoma authorities hold Jerry Allen alias Harry Allen, escaped Bannock county jail October 30, 1928, after arrest at Pawhuska. Sheriff W H Woodward wired to detain him on Dyer act violation, highway robbery and jail breaking charges. Allen reportedly forced a Salt Lake City Mexican to drive him to Pocatello and was captured October 15, 1928.
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Jerry Allen
Harry Allen
Bannock County
Pawhuska
Oklahoma
W. H. Woodward
Allen
Salt Lake City
Pocatello
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