Officials Open Investigation of Old Regime
In Havana on August 16 provisional President Carlos Manuel de Cespedes moves to seize assets of former President Gerardo Machado and his followers. Treasury Secretary Joaquin Martinez Saenz leads probe into suspected Machadista profiteering with embargoes planned on fortunes abroad. Machado in exile in the Bahamas or Germany.
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John McKnight
Havana
Gerardo Machado
Treasury
Joaquin Martinez Saenz
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Machado
Diario de la Marina
Isabel Caliger
Germany
Bahamas
Nassau
de Cespedes
NRA Director Begins Check Campaign Promises in West
George Creel NRA administrator for northern California Utah and Nevada announced a campaign against employers he says violate NRA pledges. He will fly to Reno Salt Lake City Portland and back to San Francisco to press the effort and will invite several large employers to discuss pledges with him.
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San Francisco
NRA
George Creel
California
Utah
Nevada
Reno
Salt Lake City
Portland
Ore
Idaho Onion Crop Prospects Good
Boise reports Idaho leads the nation with a bumper onion crop. Federal statistician Julius H. Jacobsen notes July 1 conditions forecast 470 bushels per acre, topping Oregon at 450 and Utah at 420. Idaho total is about 658000 bushels, down from 720000 last year due to fewer acres planted.
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Boise
Idaho
Julius H. Jacobsen
Oregon
Utah
Drivers Snooze Along Highways After Dozing Fatalities
Delaware state police stop truckers who exceed sixteen hours on duty and force them to sleep. Licenses are confiscated for eight hours to ensure compliance after three fatalities in one hour blamed on drowsy driving.
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Wilmington
Del
Delaware
Ohio attorney admits giving poison to four
Akron attorney Mark H. Shank confessed to poisoning four members of a Colley family in Arkansas after a bribery tied to stolen forgery evidence. Police noted a letter urging secrecy and future wealth. The couple and two sons were found dying after a crash. a three-year-old survivor reported seeing poison poured into grape juice.
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Ohio
Hot Springs
Ark
Mark H. Shank
Akron
Shank
Ethel Colley
Alvin
Colley
Malvern
Wayne County
Lyman R. Critchfield, Jr
Clarence Brancher
Barberton
Braucher
Colleys
Atorney Miller Halbert
Western Construction Wins Idaho Public Works Contract
Western Construction of Pocatello won the first Idaho project under a new public works program. The firm bid 84 825 dollars for 10.4 miles of Raft river highway from Declo to Idahome, to be built with crushed rock. Work must use locally registered reemployment lists and emphasize hand labor, with preference to ex soldiers.
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Boise
Western Construction Company of
Pocatello
Idaho
New Public Works
Raft River
Declo
Idahome
John Foreman
Bureau of Highways
Distance Fliers Arrive in Paris
Maurice Rossi and Paul Codos, French airmen who recently set a New York to Syria distance record, returned to Le Bourget with six escort planes. About 500 people, mostly officials, braved rain to greet them as they flew over Paris largely unnoticed.
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LE Bourget
France
Maurice Rossi
Paul Codos
New York
Syria
Paris
High Bond Set for Kidnappers of Urschel
In Dallas bond was set at 100000 for Harvey Bailey and 50000 for each of four others charged in the Urschel kidnapping. A group hearing followed for Mr and Mrs R G Shannon and their son Armon with their wives. Bailey is an escaped convict and not eligible to bond. In Denver extra guards were posted after a tip of an attempt to free Albert Bates, a fellow kidnapper, with a lookout for a 16 cylinder blue black sedan possibly linked to George Machine Gun Kelly.
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Dallas
Texas
Lee R. Smith
United States
Harvey Bailey
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma City
Paradise
Bailey
R. G. Shannon
Armon Shannon
Smith
Denver
Albert ,T. Clark
William Armstrong
Albert L. Bates
Bates
Armstrong
North Platte
Neb
George
Kelly
Urschel
Arm Strong
Idaho Girls Tour Stores on State Street Day
Three Idaho girls visiting the Century of Progress exposition toured Chicago department stores as guests of The Tribune Journal and Pocatello firms. Miss Effie Matsow, Miss Louise Woffington, and Miss Helen Henderson from Arimo spent time in photos and exhibits with a matinee and hotel dinner dance planned.
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Chicago
Idaho
Tribune-Journal Company
Pocatello
State Street
Effie Matsow
Princess Pocatello
Louise Woffington
Helen Henderson
Arimo
Southeastern
Renfro to enter American handicap shoot at Vandalia
Butte Montana Aug 16 E W Ted Renfro of Dell renowned trap shooter will compete at 24 yards in the American handicap meet at Vandalia Ohio next week. Renfro has held sectional national and international titles in clay targets and live birds during the past decade.
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Butte
Mont
E. W
Ted” Renfro
Dell, Mont
Utah
Montana
Vandalia
Ohio
Renfro
Will Rogers Dialogue on Speedy Travel and Patriotism
Beverly Hills on Aug 16 reports Will Rogers jokes about flying to watch the Chicago game, then returning by night. He imagines rapid trips from Boulder Dam to Salt Lake, Omaha, and Chicago, noting airplanes aiding ex presidents from Cuba and praising NRA patriotic spirit.
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Cal
East Pole
Chicago
Boulder Dam
Salt Lake
Cheyenne
Omaha
Cuba
NRA
Relief Shows Decline in Needy Families Assisted
The first federal relief checkup reports a drop in June needy families aided to 3,745,367 with about 15 million people served nationwide. Expenditures totaled 66.19 million dollars, down from May and April, as Florida Georgia Idaho and several states show increased spending. Hopkins cited improved relief efforts but warned some states lag in reporting.
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Washington
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
District of Columbia
Nebraska
Vermont
Police trap fails to halt nationwide kidnap gang
A staged police net near Chicago failed as two suspects fled after a ransom for John Factor. Authorities say the escape may reveal links among Chicago Texas and Oklahoma kidnap rings. Six others were captured or detained amid a chaotic pursuit and gunfire.
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John Factor
Factor
Richard “Yuma” Philips
Vernon Miller
Harvey Bailey
Texas
Tommy Touhy
Roger Touhy
William Hamm, Jr
St. Paul Brewer
George Kelly
Urschel
Oklahoma
Middle
American Telephone and Telegraph Board Declares 2.25 Dividend
The American Telephone & Telegraph Co. directors ordered a quarterly dividend of 2.25 dollars per share payable October 16 to stockholders of record September 15. For six months ended June 30 earnings were 3.54 a share, below 4.03 for the prior year.
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New York
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Wall Street
Bell System
American Telephone
Assessors of Idaho testify before board in Boise
At the board of equalization meeting Governor Ross pressed county assessors for records showing 100 percent cash value assessments. W H Herrick of Shoshone joked about varying rates on merchandise and bootleggers, while mining firms described humanitarian spending to keep workers employed, noting profits dropped this year. The board finished the northern six counties and began the north central group near Lewiston.
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Boise
Board of Equalization
Ross
W. H. Herrick
Wallace
Shoshone
Shoshon County
North Central
Lewiston
Clothiers Return to Former Hours in Pocatello
Clothing stores in Pocatello will resume a 61 hour week starting Thursday with 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. hours and Saturday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. This ends a shift from a 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. schedule that began August 1. The change follows a downtown alignment and public reports of inconvenience. Employees work 40 hours weekly under the NRA code and wages meet minimums.
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Pocatello
H. D. MacCosham
Gandhi Begins Fast Threatening Death In Indian Crisis
In Poona Aug 16 Gandhi declares a fast unto death to press for rights for India's untouchables. He seeks state prisoner privileges, has been jailed since Aug 1, and vows to continue his campaign for untouchability reform despite confinement.
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Poona
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma
Bombay
Today’s Scores From Major League Baseball Action
Baseball scores from two doubleheaders feature Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, New York, Chicago, and Boston with multiple innings totals and pitchers listed. An AP dispatch notes a Des Moines death after a car crash where driver Arthur R. Flinn reportedly died of a heart attack before impact.
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Des Moines
Arthur R. Flinn
Kingston flood toll rises after deadly storm
Twenty four people died and several houses were washed away in Kingston and St. Andrew as a severe electrical storm and floods struck overnight. Weather in Utah: generally fair tonight and Thursday with little temperature change.
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Kingston
Jamaica
St. Andrew
Utah
Broken Heart Causes Death
Pittsburgh reports a fire captain Gilbert Westphal who survived injuries from a box factory blaze two years ago. His wife, ill, nursed him back to comfort then died. Less than a day after her burial he also died, his son stating a broken heart caused the second death.
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Pittsburgh
Gilbert
Westphal
Johnson approves news code easing newspaper labor rules
The approval by recovery administrator Hugh S. Johnson opens the path for American newspapers to join a blue eagle program. The temporary code fixes a 40 hour week for editorial and clerical staff under certain wages, with exemptions and wage scales set for various roles.
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Washington
Blue Eagle
Hugh §. Johnson
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Young Democrats Start Repeal Move in Idaho
The Idaho Young Democratic clubs approve a resolution pledging support for repealing the 18th Amendment as part of President Roosevelt's program. County chairmen appoint Young Democrats to accompany older Democrats on campaign trips and to speak at meetings.
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Young Democratic Clubs of
Idaho
Young Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John L. Long
Twin Falls Band Plans Concerts for Idaho Legion Convention
The Twin Falls municipal band will perform several concerts during the Idaho department American Legion convention from August 24 to 26. Featuring a new march named Idaho Legion composed for the occasion by Dr. Orin A. Puller band leader, the piece includes tempo and bugle call elements inspired by army music.
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Twin Falls
Idaho Department
American Legion
Idaho Legion
Orin A. Puller
Jeader
Fuller
20Th Infantry
Idaho
Roosevelt moves to settle steel code dispute in NRA talks
President Roosevelt presides over a White House conference aiming to bring the steel industry to the shorter hour and higher wage code while NRA officials press other sectors oil coal and automakers to join the blue eagle effort Myron Taylor and Charles M Schwab attend negotiations with Roosevelt and aides as William Green pushes for broader acceptance.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Blue Eagle
Myron Taylor
United States Steel Corporation
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
White House
NRA
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Two Held For Torch Murder In Rockford
Rockford Illinois authorities hold 19 year old Bruce Thompson and 38 year old Mrs May Hanson as they pursue a theory that Hanson was the torch murder victim. State’s Attorney Nash says he would charge Mrs Hanson with murder if the case warrants. A porcelain basin found near the scene is believed to have been used to drench the victim’s car and upholstery with gasoline before a match was applied. Mrs Hanson admitted owning the basin and buying gasoline for the car.
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Rockford
Ill
Earl Ztenti
Bruce Thompson
Hanson
May Hanson
Robert D. Nash
Thompson
Convict Escapes Surge from Devil's Island Camps
French authorities in La Rochelle report wholesale escapes by convicts from Devil's Island and other French Guiana camps. Eighteen men fled recently, raising total escapes in the past year to over 100, with officials suspecting a secret syndicate aiding the departures through jungles or across the Caribbean.
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LA Rochelle
France
Devil's Island
French Guiana
Caribbean
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