Idaho projects benefit under interior bill
Reclaimed lands on federal projects produced crops worth 161,179,880 last year on 2,718,130 irrigated acres. The government proposes to spend 6,971,000 to complete existing projects next fiscal year and provide no new ones. Reclamation allotments include Boise 85000 Minidoka 329000 Bitter Root 550000 Milk River 24000 Owyhee 3000000 Yale 165000 Klamath 362000 Yakima 325000 Yakima Kittitas 831000 Shoshone 33000. Reappropriations of unused funds from this year to other projects include Sun River 100000 Baker 250000 Salt Lake Basin first division 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
Reverend William E Barton Dies of Pneumonia at 69
The Rev Dr William E Barton a Congregational clergyman and author died yesterday in a Brooklyn hospital after a month with pneumonia He was 69 Burial will be in 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
Miss Enid Marriott disappeared after arriving in Wiggins on November 16. Melvin G. McClanham, a 48 year old Nebraska farmer from Mitchell, was arrested in Scottsbluff and extradition waived. Sheriff Johnston plans Fort Morgan questioning as police seek links including a hat box found near the irrigation ditch.
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Greeley
Colo
Enid Marriott
Wiggins
Melvin G. McClanham
Mitchell
Neb
Farmer
Scottsbluff
R. A. Johnston
Fort Morgan
Miss Marriott
Nebraska
Johnston
McClanham
Denver
Tariff panel member criticizes Coolidge on Utah appointment
Alfred P. Dennis of Maryland a Democrat on the tariff commission tells the Senate Finance Committee that former President Coolidge ignored his advice on Edger B. Brossard a Utah Republican. Dennis says he is a regular Democrat and notes commission reports led to several duty changes.
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Edgar Brossard
Sen Tariff Commission
Hoover
Senate
Washington
Alfred P. Dennis
Maryland
Tariff Commission
Senate Finance Committee
Coolidge
Edger B. Brossard
Utah
Dennis
Brossard
Harrison
White House
Will Rogers Praises Notre Dame Football Contact
Santa Monica columnist Will Rogers reflects on a Notre Dame football defeat, joking about Protestant pastimes and divine misfortune. He notes good players, a strong band, and favorable weather amid a rough game commentary. Cloudy tonight and Tuesday with unsettled north winds.
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Kiutredame
Will
Prohibition Arrests Lead to 14000-Year Jail Total
Dr. James M. Doran reports 68 173 arrests and 22 405 jail sentences to last July for Volstead act violations under the Jones Five and Ten and related laws. He defends prohibition workers amid corruption claims and cites 8633 cars and 64 boats seized plus $6 678 732 in fines and 5305 years suspended or probated.
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Washington
James M. Doran
Prohibition Bureau
Congress
Doran
Industrial Alcohol
Mellon
Ciry
Prohibition
Interior department bill funds Boulder dam and Indian programs
The 1932 interior department supply bill advances 58,552,000 for the new year with 15 million for Boulder dam construction and 24,432,000 for Indian affairs health and training. Education funding rises by 75,000 and a 50,000 study of school finances is provided.Reservation funds include 45,000 for Idaho Fort Hall and 10,000 for Utah tribes. The bill also designates 1,742,000 for industrial and employment programs and 1,866,000 for general support.
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Washington
House
Interior Department
House Appropriations Committee
Boulder
Colorado River
Indian Affairs Bureau
Education Bureau
Indian Bureau
Interior
Idaho
Fort Hall
Utah
National temperance leaders plan aggressive campaign
Delegates to the national temperance council met behind closed doors in Washington to organize a forceful prohibition drive. President Hoover's law enforcement commission also convened after 12 days, aiming to complete the dry law report soon, while wet advocates gathered at a national constitutional convention to seek a substitute for the eighteenth amendment. City leaders previewed a militant program for the next three days and signaled a national referendum on prohibition would be discussed openly.
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Washington
National Temperance Council
Prohibition
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Council
McClurg Appeal Set for March in Idaho Supreme Court
John McClurg's appeal to the Idaho Supreme Court to escape the death penalty for his wife's murder near Emmett is expected in March. The transcript is filed, briefs due within 70 days, and the case will proceed on the first criminal sitting after extensions. The victim, Mary McClurg, died in a December car fire. investigators cite a fatal blow as a possible motive linked to life insurance policies.
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Boise
John McClurg
Supreme Court
Emmett
Mary McClurg
McClurg McClurg
Farm leaders seek revision of marketing act
Sam H. Thompson of the American Farm Bureau Federation opposed amending the agricultural marketing act at the annual convention. He argued the act has authority for core goals and urged amendments only by its supporters. Leaders from across the nation discussed rural credits taxation acreage reduction sub marginal lands and transportation to address distribution faults.
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Boston
Sam H. Thompson
American Farm Bureau Federation
Thompson
Federal Farm Board
Severe Quake Kills Four in Formosa Region
Rengo News Agency reports a severe earthquake in southwestern Formosa today killed four people and collapsed 253 houses. The quake began at 3 50 p m and lasted 13 minutes, felt throughout western Formosa south of Talu with greatest destruction near Kagit. Seismic center appears in the Pesca dores channel according to Tokyo observatory.
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Tokyo
Rengo
Taiwan
Formosa
Talu
Kag
Tokyo Central Observatory
Pescadores Channel
Idaho Nurses Gain Public Health Bachelor
Beginning next year the University of Idaho will offer a two year program allowing nurses to earn a bachelor’s degree in public health. Students will complete prescribed courses at leading Idaho hospitals as part of the degree path.
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Boise
University of Idaho
Massacre of 20000 Chinese Troops Near Hankow
Reports from northern Hupeh say about 20,000 provincial troops were killed in a battle between Kwangchul and Hwangan, as Chiang Kai-shek vowed to deploy 300,000 troops 20 gunboats and 350 airplanes against bandits in the upper Yangtze valley.
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Hankow
China
Kwangchul
Hwangan
Hupeh
Chiang Kai-shek
Yangtae
National Parks Readied for 1932 Funding Boost
Washington reports 1930 visitation hit a record 3,246,656 with park revenues topping a million dollars. House appropriations recommended 9,498,250 for 1932, including 1,000,000 for private land purchases and 5,000,000 for roads and trails. Park totals show 54 percent visitor rise and 147 percent in motorized traffic over seven years. Allocations listed for Bruce Canyon, Glacier, Grand Canyon, Grand Teton, Yellowstone, and Zion National Parks.
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Washington
National Parks
Park Service
House Appropriations Committee
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
Sunnyland reports in Idaho Falls on December 8 an official temperature of four degrees below zero marking the start of real winter weather for the morning.
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Sunnyland
Idaho Falls
Chicago money lender killed by bomb blast on Lincoln Avenue
Tony May a 64 year old bondsman and money lender was killed when a bomb in a package exploded in his Lincoln Avenue apartment building. His 15 year old son Eugene was severely injured as windows shattered and injuries mounted. Police pursue two leads including extortion threats connected to May’s lending business.
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Chicago
Tony May
May
Eugene
Lincoln Avenue
Quartet Sent Up For 5 to 15 Year Terms
Judge R M Terrell sentenced Rollen Harkey 19 R O Marbury 21 Henry Taylor 30 and Harry Edwards 21 to five to fifteen years in the state penitentiary for burglarizing five Downey businesses on Thanksgiving morning. Three were nabbed in Salt Lake City where the $1200 loot was divided and the fourth later in Ogden.
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State Penitentiary
R. M. Terrell
Rollen Harkey
R. 0. Marbury
Henry Taylor
Harry Edwards
Downey
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Taylor
Edwards
Marbury
Harkey
Seattle
Salt Lake
O. S. S. Railroad
Isaac McDougall
Utah City
Terrell
Evans Mercantile
American Falls
Utah
Judge Lindsey Shocks Church in New York Court Scene
Former Denver judge Ben B. Lindsey faced a West Side court after being ejected from St. John the Divine Cathedral. He pleaded not guilty to dis orderly conduct and won a continuance to December 12 to accommodate speaking engagements.
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New York
Ben B. Lindsey
Denver
St. John the Divine
William T. Manning
West Side Court
Dreyer
Lindsey
Manning
Bishop Manning
House of Justice
House of God
Soviet engineers’ death sentences commuted to ten years
The Soviet central executive committee commuted the death sentences of five engineers in a plot against the regime to ten years imprisonment while the other three defendants received eight years. The dramatic trial was broadcast across the Soviet union.
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Moscow
Dec
Soviet
Central Executive Committee
Soviet Union
Pocatello Economic Conditions Deemed Not Grave
Police officers in Pocatello report that while destitution rises slightly, actual need is modest with about twenty sleeping at the station. Officials doubt local relief will help much and suggest funds be given to social welfare worker Mrs Lella Ely for proper distribution.
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Pocatello
Tribune
Lella Ely
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