Idaho Prisoners Quiet As New Warden Prepares For Job
In Boise on December 8 prisoners return to work after a demonstration yesterday opposing the removal of George Rudd as warden. The state prison board plans a conference with Ira J. Taylor, newly chosen head of the penitentiary, to finalize policy.
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Idaho
Boise
George Rudd
State Prison Board
Ira J. Taylor
Maetform
Taylor
Ross
Miller
Girard
Rudd
Lyda Southard
Prison board actions trigger protests and tax reform talk
The prison board removes Warden Rudd amid protests from inmates and support from Gov Ross. Separately in Washington, the President's interdepartmental alcohol committee urges higher taxes on distilled spirits to 2.60 per gallon and taxes on beers and wines, with blended and rectified liquor adding 0.16 more per gallon.
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Washington
Special Inter-Departmental Alcohol Committee
Congress
Dozen Die In Flames In Sault Ste. Marie Disaster
In Sault Ste. Marie Michigan a home fire shortly after 1 30 a m killed ten people including Mrs Genevieve Hibblen and her four children Genevieve Catherine Jerome and Ernest and Mrs Erline Orr and her daughter Constance 18 months The blaze started from an overheated stove and neighbors did not discover it until it had spread.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Genevieve Hibblen
Genevieve
Catherine
Jerome
Ernest
Erline Orr
Constance
Senate nominates two cadets for Annapolis academy
Washington AP reports Senator Pope nominates David Fix of Twin Falls and Earl Kambrick of Buhl for Annapolis. Alternates for Fix: Edwin F. Wood Boise Elmer F. Ross Cascade and Robert B. Edholm Lewiston. Alternates for Kambrick: David A. Rementeria Boise Charles S. Laurenson Caldwell and Robert J. Sanger Cataldo. Utah foresees a pair tonight and Saturday with little temperature change.
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Washington
Pope
Pencil Damages Hospital Clerk in Chicago Stickup
An unarmed robber handed Mrs. Alice Phelps a penciled note threatening bombs if money was not handed over. She surrendered $138, but no bombs were found and the robber escaped.
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Chicago
Alice Phelps
Idaho to Hire 261 Teachers on Relief Rolls
Boise officials announce a $2500 monthly fund from the national Civil Works Administration to employ 261 teachers on relief rolls. They will be placed in public schools or adult classes as soon as possible under state superintendent John W. Condie.
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Boise
John W. Condie
National Civil Works Administration
Britt Shot by Officer in Self Defense in Hollywood
James Britt 27 of Inglewood was killed in Hollywood when Detective Lieutenant W A Stanger fired while attempting to quiet Britt and two other men who created a disturbance after being refused entry to an apartment house.
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Hollywood
Cal
James Britt
Inglewood
W. A. Stanger
Stanger
Britt
Meyers Shot After Police Siege In Seattle
Eddie Meyers, 44, opened with rifle fire in a South End neighborhood, barricading 10 officers for three hours. He was shot and seriously wounded by authorities after the standoff. physicians said he was intoxicated.
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Seattle
Eddie Meyers
South End
Aviator Karl Jatho Dies in Hanover at 60
Karl Jatho of Hanover died today at age 60. He claimed to have flown a motorized aircraft on August 19, 1903, four months before the Wright brothers’ Kitty Hawk flight in December 1903.
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Hanover
Germany
Karl Jatho
Kitty Hawk
N. C
Idaho WCTU Leader to Attend Boise District Meeting
Mrs. Lee C. Brady president of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union in Idaho will visit Boise tomorrow for a district meeting and a conference of officers. The event, announced in Boise, involves leaders from the organization in the region.
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Boise
Lee C. Brady
Blackfoot
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Idaho
Explosion devastates Torrington Wyoming town
Torrington Wyoming saw a mysterious blast that killed Virgil Duckworth and injured about twenty others as the business district and surrounding buildings were wrecked. Guardsmen patrolled a town of 2500 while rescue crews searched smoldering ruins and officials debated gas ignition as the likely cause.
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Torrington
Wyo
National
Virgil Duckworth
Elmer Doltry
National Bank
Doltry
Treasury head reports strong sale of one year securities
The treasury disclosed subscriptions to its $950,000,000 one year security issue exceeded the figure by about three times. In one day offers totaled about $2,714,000,000 while gold held at $34.01 an ounce. President Roosevelt's policy and domestic recovery plans shape the administration's monetary program.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Oregon Short Line Abandons Talbot Branch in Idaho
The Interstate Commerce Commission orders Oregon Short Line to abandon its 9.053 mile Talbot branch in Teton county Idaho. Operations may stop within 30 days with line abandonment after 15 months amid objections from Ohio public utilities and mining interests. Coal shipments comprise 85 percent of traffic but total tonnage over 12 years was 41 547 tons.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oregon Short Line Railroad Company
Talbot
Teton County
Idaho
Talbot Junction
State of Ohio
Public Utilities Commission
Faculty Oppose Division Plans in Rocky Mountain Conference
A meeting of 12 Rocky Mountain faculty representatives in Denver rejected two motions to split the conference. The group voted down proposals to create a Big Six and Little Six division and to form a Big Eight and Little Four structure.
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Denver
Rocky Mountain
Lafollette Pushes $10 Billion Public Works Plan in Congress
The Wisconsin progressive Senator Robert M Lafollette urged a sweeping public works program totaling ten billion dollars and said he would introduce the measure in Congress. Other domestic items note deadly fires in Michigan and Wisconsin and labor force estimates from Washington.
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Buffalo
Robert M. Lafollette
Wisconsin
Congress
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Washington
Harry L. Hopking
CWA
Friendship
Wis
Lindberghs Reach Para On First Stop In Brazil Flight
Col and Mrs Lindbergh landed in Para Brazil at 1 30 p m EST during their Christmas trip after a 1094 mile flight from Natal. The couple expect repairs at Pan American Airways shops before continuing toward Miami. Unconfirmed reports from Rio say a possible Amazon jungle trip may follow with hunting for a legendary white pigmy tribe.
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Para
Brazil
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Natal
Miami
South America
Elizabeth Cichocki Sues for Divorce After Desertion
Chicago December 8 Mrs Elizabeth Cichocki filed a divorce bill against her husband Frank alleging desertion sixty times in their 21 years of marriage and seeking relief in the court.
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Chicago
Elizabeth Cichocki
Frank
City Council Considers 25 Year Gas Franchise Extension
The Public Utilities Consolidated Corp seeks a 25-year gas franchise extension from July 19 1936 to fund major system improvements. Alameda reports fire equipment shipped and seeks interim protection from Pocatello. Ordinance 822 curbs radio interference with limited exemptions. Bids for water department gear and fire hydrants were reviewed. ordinance 823 on bond election results passed.
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A. L. Merrill
Alameda
Pocatello
Louis A. Roser Company
Salt Lake City
Water Department
F. E. B. Pocatello
Water Works Equipment Company
National Pipe Company
Birmingham
Ala
Governor Ross Criticizes Judge on Idaho Foreclosure Ruling
Idaho Governor Ben Ross denounces Judge Cavanah’s ruling that the mortgage moratorium violates the constitution. He cites foreclosures as driving property value down and urges lenders to cooperate with the public. Attorney General Miller notes ongoing effects and potential end to emergency protections.
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Boise, Dee
United States District
C. C. Cavanah
Idaho
Ben Ross
Miller
Cavanah
Mob Leaders Face Charge in Hart Lynching Case
San Jose authorities awaited identification of mob leaders after District Attorney Fred L. Thoms said charges may be filed if proper evidence is presented. Sheriff Emig was injured when the mob seized Thomas H. Thurmond and John M. Holmes who confessed to the Hart murder in a $40,000 extortion plot. Governor Rolph pledged pardons for those convicted.
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San Jose
Cal
Brooke L. Hart
Fred L. Thoms
William J. Emig
Thomas H. Thurmond
John M. Holmes
Hart
A. L. Wirin
Los Angeles
American Civil Liberties Union
Wirin
Thurmond
Holmes
St. James Park
James Rolph, Jr
Kidnaper Clarence Click Convicted in McElroy Case
Clarence Click was found guilty by a jury of participating in the kidnapping of Miss Mary McElroy, daughter of Kansas City city manager Henry F. McElroy, and received an eight year sentence in the state penitentiary.
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Kansas City
Clarence Click
Mary McElroy
Henry F. McElroy
State Penitentiary
Layden to Take Notre Dame Coaching Post in Shakeup
Notre Dame will replace Heartly Anderson with Elmer Layden as head football coach next fall and Layden may also serve as athletic director. Jess Harper will retire as director of athletics with a successor to be named within two weeks. Layden, then at Duquesne, will leave to begin spring football in 1934 amid untimely illness affecting Father O'Donnell.
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South Bend
Ind
Elmer Layden
Hunk” Anderson
Notre Dame
Jess Harper
Harper
Layden
Duquesne
Charles O'Donnell
Father Admits Killing Child in Colorado
Sheriff said Donald Arlen Smith confessed to killing his three year old son in Littleton. He allegedly beat the boy after a request for candy. authorities cite a blood clot on the brain from the incident as the cause of death.
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Kountze
Tex
David Gregory
Mellie Williams Brockman
Voth
Beaumont
Victor
Silesbee
Miles Jordan
Hardin County
Lee Negro
Littleton
Colo
E. E. Monzingo
Arapahoe
Donald K. Smith
Monzingo
Smith
Donald Arlen Smith
A. T. Munson
Mabel Jeffers Smith
Munson
Will Rogers Wires The Tribune
Beverly Hills December 8 Will Rogers comments on Roosevelt's address and a looming conference. He mocks critics who push stabilization, amortization, gold standard or platinum finish and notes the U S is accused of connivery as the conference begins at 11 am with a reference to a "goat."
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Mr. Roosevelt
U. 58
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