Idaho projects benefit under interior bill
Reclaimed lands on federal projects yielded crops worth 161 million last year on 2.7 million irrigated acres. The interior bill would spend about 6.97 million to complete existing projects next year and provide no new ones. Reclamation allocations include Boise 65000 Minidoka 329000 Bitterroot 550000 Milk River 24000 Owyhee 3000000 Yale 165000 Klamath 362000 Yakima 325000 Yakima Kittitas 831000 Shoshone 33000. Unused funds reappropriated: Sun River 100000 Baker 250000 Salt Lake Basin 20000 second division 300000 Yakima Kennewick Highlands 640000 Riverton 30000.
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Washington
Bureau of Reclamation
Boise
Idaho
Minidoka
Bitter Root
Montana
Milk River
Owyhee
Oregon
Yale
Klamath
California
Yakima
Kittitas
Shoshone
Wyoming
Sun River
Baker
Salt Lake Basin
Utah
Kennewick Highlands
Riverton
Rev. Dr. William E. Barton Dies at 69
The Rev. Dr. William E. Barton, Congregation clergyman and author, died in a Brooklyn hospital after a month of pneumonia. He was 69. Burial will be at Foxboro, Massachusetts, beside his wife who died in 1925.
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New York
William E. Barton
Brooklyn
Foxboro
Mass
Suspect Held in Kidnapping Case Ties to Missing Teacher
Melvin McClanham, 48, Nebraska farmer, is jailed in Fort Morgan in connection with the disappearance of Enid Marriott, 28, a Wiggins, Colorado teacher who vanished after alighting from a Denver train on Nov 16. Sheriff Johnston plans to extradite him for questioning. a hat box matching Marriott’s belongings was found near an irrigation ditch by a bank.
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Scottsbluff
Neb
R. A. Johnston
Fort Morgan
Miss Marriott
Nebraska
Johnston
McClanham
Denver
Wiggins
Port Morgan
Tariff Members Clash Over Utah Nominee Brossard
Alfred P. Dennis, a Maryland Democrat on the tariff commission, told the senate finance committee that Coolidge ignored his advice on Edgar B. Brossard of Utah as a commissioner. Dennis, a moderate protectionist, recalled 50 reports prompting White House duty changes, with five decreases proclaimed.
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Washington
Alfred P. Dennis
Maryland
Tariff Commission
Senate Finance Committee
Coolidge
Edgar B. Brossard
Utah
Dennis
Brossard
Harrison
White House
Will Rogers Scorns Notre Dame After Game
Will Rogers writes from Santa Monica praising Notre Dame as the better team and criticizing his Methodist squad’s performance. He notes good weather, a fine band, and divine guidance failing to lift his side, with a forecast of cloudy unsettled weather.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Knutredame
America
Will
Prohibition Officials Report Record Jones Act Convictions
Dr James M Doran, head of the prohibition bureau, reported 68173 arrests and 22405 jail sentences plus 54785 convictions last July. He noted 8633 vehicles seized worth 3 290 830 and 64 boats with fines totaling 6 678 732 while defending agent integrity and noting most charges were dismissed for lack of evidence.
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Washington
James M. Doran
Prohibition Bureau
Congress
Doran
Industrial Alcohol
Mellon
Ciry
Prohibition
Interior department bill advances with 68 million for 1932
The House appropriations committee moved the interior department supply bill totaling 68,552,000 for fiscal year 1932, up 5.64 million from the current year. Major outlay is 15 million for Boulder Dam construction, with 25.66 million total to date. Indian affairs gets 24.432 million, plus 3.275 million from tribal funds. education and health programs receive several increases, including 510 thousand for education and 80 thousand for teacher training.
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Washington
House
Interior Department
House Appropriations Committee
Boulder
Colorado River
Indian Affairs Bureau
Education Bureau
Indian Bureau
Interior
Washington, Dee, &Ap
Boulder Canyon
Prohibition Campaigns Intensify Across Nation
Delegates to the national temperance council meet behind closed doors in Washington to plan an aggressive anti liquor drive. President Hoover's law enforcement commission also convenes for the first time in 12 days as talks continue on a dry law report. A parallel open convention of wet advocates aims to draft a substitute for the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act. City leaders push for a militant program during three days of meetings amid talk of a national prohibition referendum.
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Washington
National Temperance Council
Prohibition
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Council
McClurg Appeal Set for March in Death Penalty Case
John McClurg's appeal to the Idaho Supreme Court to overturn the death sentence for the alleged murder of his wife Mary is expected in March. The transcript is filed, with 70 days for briefs, pushing consideration to the court's first criminal sitting. The case centers on a fatal car fire near Little Freezeout hill and possible pre death insurance motives.
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Boise
John McClurg
Supreme Court
Ngar Emmett
Mary McClurg
Little Freezeout Hill
McClurg McClurg
Farm Leaders Push Revision of Marketing Act at Boston Meet
Sam H. Thompson of the American Farm Bureau Federation led the opening of the three day convention opposing revisions to the agricultural marketing act. He urged using existing authority, citing faulty distribution as the root of farm troubles and calling for elastic rural credit and targeted reform of wheat and cotton areas. Thompson favored amendments by supporters, not opponents, and praised the Farm Board’s wheat stabilization efforts for broader crop stability.
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Boston
Sam H. Thompson
American Farm Bureau Federation
Thompson
Federal Farm Board
Severe quake in Formosa kills four and damages homes
Rengo News Agency reports a severe earthquake in southwestern Formosa today killing four and collapsing 258 houses. The quake lasted 13 minutes from 3:50 p m and was felt across western Formosa south of Taku with the seismic center near the Pesca dores channel.
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Tokyo
Rengo
Taiwan
Formosa
Taku
Kagi
Tokyo Central Observatory
Pescadores Channel
Idaho Nurses to Earn Public Health Bachelor Degree
Beginning next year, nurses in Idaho can pursue a bachelor’s degree in public health after two years at the University of Idaho and completing prescribed courses at leading state hospitals. The program aims to expand nursing education and public health preparation.
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Boise
University of Idaho
Massacre of 20000 Chinese Troops Near Hankow
Reports from northern Hupeh province say about 20000 provincial troops were slaughtered by bandit Reds after being trapped between Kwangshui and Hwangan, marking the heaviest government loss in the anti bandit campaign. President Chiang Kai-shek vowed to mobilize 400000 troops, 20 gunboats and 30 airplanes if needed.
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Hankow
China
Kwangshui
Hwangan
Hupeh
Chiang Kai-shek
Yanglae
National Parks See Record Attendance and Higher Budgets
National Parks in 1930 hosted a record 3,246,656 visitors with revenues reaching a new peak. The House appropriations committee proposed 1932 funds of 9,498,250 including a 1,000,000 line for private land purchases and 5,000,000 for roads and trails, plus 170,000 for fire prevention and 50,000 for firefighting.
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Washington
National Parks
Park Service
House Appropriations Committee
Secretary of Interior
Wilbur
Albright
Bruce Canyon National Park
Utah
Glacier National Park
Montana
Grand Canyon National Park
Arizona
Grand Teton National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Wyoming
Zion National Park
Winter Arrives With 4 Below Zero In Idaho Falls
Real winter weather moved in this morning as the official temperature dropped to 4 degrees below zero in Idaho Falls. The cold snap began early with clear skies and light winds, bringing frost and bitter conditions across the region.
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Sunnyland
Idaho Falls
Chicago money lender killed in bomb blast on birthday eve
Tony May a 64 year old money lender and former newsboy died after a bomb hidden in a package exploded at his Lincoln avenue apartment. His 15 year old son Eugene was injured. police consider extortion or loan revenge in the case. A neighborly blast shattered all 40 apartments as investigators seek a suspect.
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Chicago
Tony May
May
Eugene
Lincoln Avenue
Quartet Sent Up For 5 to 15 Year Burglary Terms
Judge R. M. Terrell sentenced Roben Harkey 19 R. C. Marbury 21 Henry Taylor 30 and Harry Edwards 21 to five to fifteen years in the state penitentiary for burglarizing five business houses at Downey during Thanksgiving. Three defendants were captured in Salt Lake City where the $1200 loot was divided, and the fourth at Ogden.
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State Penitentiary
R. M. Terrell
Roben Harkey
R. C. Marbury
Henry Taylor
Harry Edwards
Downey
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Taylor
Edwards
Marbury
Harkey
Seattle
Salt Lake
Utah
Terrell
Judge Lindsey Shocks Church Then Faces Disorder Charge
Former Denver judge Ben B. Lindsey, ejected from St. John the Divine, sought a continuance to December 12 in a disorderly conduct case after interrupting Bishop Manning. He pleaded not guilty, citing speaking engagements, as prosecutors questioned four youths with Utah ties who admitted thefts at Evans Mercantile. Judge Terrell declared their records a challenge to government.
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New York
Ben B. Lindsey
Denver
St. John the Divine
Willian T Manning
West Side Court
Dreyer
Lindsey
Manning
House of Justice
House of God
Soviet engineers get decade terms in plot case
Five engineers had their death sentences commuted to ten years in prison after a wide broadcast trial across the Soviet Union. The remaining three were reduced to eight years for the same charges.
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Moscow
Dec
Soviet Central Executive Committee
Soviet Union
Pocatello Faces No Sharp Rise in Destitution says Police
Police in Pocatello report only a limited rise in destitution with most of the homeless using the police station as sleeping quarters. Officers doubt a large local need and warn special aid would draw outsiders, suggesting funds go to social welfare worker Leila Ely for targeted distribution to the truly needy.
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Pocatello
Tribune
Poice Station
Leila Ely
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