Labor Delegates Seek Federal Control of Banking
Delegates at the Idaho State Federation of Labor eighteenth annual convention on its second day discussed resolutions including government control of banking, an index for commodity prices, and stopping stock market gambling. Other items urged NRA cooperation, stricter sanitary enforcement, changes to workers compensation, and a Wool Growers boycott threat if union sheepherders are not hired. Speakers included W. W. Deal and Asher B. Wilson with August Rosqvist as toastmaster at tonight’s banquet.
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Idaho State Federation of Labor
W. W. Deal
Nampa
National Grange
NRA
State Chamber of Commerce
National Manufacturers’ Association
Charles Dienst
Boise
University of Idaho, Southern Branch
American Federation of Labor
Wool Growers Association
Mr. Deal
George W. Hunt
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Asher B. Wilson
Twin Falls
August Rosqvist
Anti Prohi Beard Still Wafts Air
GERBER California December 12 A 14 year old anti prohibition beard remains in place as Al Preusser a rancher signals he may shave in spring but holds off due to comfort and medical advice preventing alcohol use. He began the whisker protest during the early dry days vowing not to cut until prohibition ends.
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Gerber
Calif
al Preusser
Preusser
Will Rogers Wires The Tribune
Will Rogers comments from Beverly Hills on nationwide drink prices and temperance, proposing a government loan or match system for drinking costs, suggesting the government buy the first round.
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Will Rogers
Tribune
Beverly Hills
Calif
Will
Prophet Ready For Big Flood Prophets Deluge Prediction
William Greenwood, a bearded SEATTLE prophet from West Seattle, claims a coming flood as a sign. His “second ark” remains moored in West bay though he dismisses present inundations as minor, insisting the deluge could arrive any time.
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Seattle
William Greenwood
West Seattle
West Bay
Bootlegging Tax Talk Aims to Drive Out Bootleggers
Washington reports discuss a proposed federal liquor tax between 2 and 3 dollars per gallon to squeeze bootleggers. Joseph H. Choate Jr and Edward G. Lowry Jr urge a 2.60 dollar levy with possible 2.20 or 2.60 figures. Roosevelt support aims to curb illegal sales. revenue estimates range from 170 million to 218 million dollars.
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Washington
Congressional
Joseph H. Choate
Federal Alcohol Control Administration
Edward G. Lowry, Jr
Roosevelt
Inter- Departmental
Congress
Lowry
Sug m
Posse Pursuing Two Murderers in Fay Store Shooting
In Taloga Oklahoma on December 12 Henry Wieser a storekeeper his wife and a customer Tom Terneus were killed when a man and a woman attempted a robbery at Fay. The killers fled southwest and posses from Dewey Blaine and Custer counties pursued them.
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Taloga
Okila
Henry Wieser
Fay
Tom Terneus
Wieser
Dewey
Blaine
Custer
Hanran To Tour World By Bicycle After Sea Voyages
Seattle reporter notes Hans Hanran plans a world bicycle tour after four world runs on oil tankers. He and his brother crossed the Atlantic last summer in a 25 foot sail boat. He has a breakfast date on December 12, 1935 with Captain Gus Hasselblad of the police department.
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Seattle
Hans Hanran
Hanran
Gus Hasselblad
Police Department
Cowboy Admits Kidnapping and Killings in Oklahoma Case
Hutchinson Kansas reports cowhand Jack Wisdom 26 admitted in a state reformatory statement that he abducted and killed Mr and Mrs Harry Pritchard on November 23 after a dispute over a 21 40 check. He said Buck Smith killed the couple but authorities doubt the name. Bodies found in Oklahoma. Wisdom arrested Sunday in eastern Oklahoma hills.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Jack Wisdom
Eli Eubanks
Harry Pritchard
Kansas State Reformatory
Wisdom
Western Kansas
Wichiita
Pritchard
W. O. Lyle
Wichita
Buck” Smith
Smith
Eubanks
Sumner County
Pritchards
Oklahoma
NRA Readies Federal Action Over Code Violations
The NRA moves to enforce code prices with a public session of dry cleaners nationwide. Many objectors refused compliance and face potential action by the federal trade commission, as prices cited range from 40 to 95 cents.
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Washington
NRA
Federal Trade Commission
Trade Commission
Thrill slayer Henry Boyington jailed after confession
Henry Boyington 18 of Livingston Montana confessed to 15 robberies and a fatal assault after his sweetheart refused marriage. Detectives say he attacked an unidentified man on December six, later dying in General Hospital. Boyington was booked on suspicion of murder and robbery.
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Los Angeles
Henry Boyington
Livingston
Mont
Fred Parsons
Parsons
General Hospital
Boyington
Mary Berry
Seattle
James Meikle
Loneview
Washington
Aberdeen
Hoquiam
Grays Harbor
Puget Sound
Idaho
Coeur d'Alene
Geodetic Survey Seeks Engineers in Idaho
A call for 36 engineers and 70 assistants for coast and geodetic work in Idaho was issued by Ivan Crawford of the Idaho advisory board of public works. Pay ranges from 15 to 35 dollars weekly for two months. Applicants should send names to Crawford in Boise. Survey headquarters will be in Moscow after Christmas.
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Boise
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Idaho
Ivan Crawford
Idaho Advisory Board of Public Works
Crawford
Moscow
Car Licenses in Bannock Increase
Bannock county issued more automobile and truck licenses in 1933 than in 1932, but revenues fell due to lower motor license rates. By December 11, 1932, 5455 passenger plates and 670 truck plates had been issued totaling 101525 dollars. By early 1933, 5479 passenger plates and 710 truck plates were issued with 89130 dollars collected.
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Bannock County
Mark Manley
Keeps Catfish, Loses Spouse Divorce Granted After Bath Disruption
ST. LOUIS December 12 Mrs Katie Lenz was granted a divorce from Arthur Lenz a huckster after 26 years of marriage The court heard she charged he kept a catfish in the bathtub for two weeks preventing family baths Judge Moses Hartman signed the decree noting the divorce was granted The case highlights domestic strife over an unusual pet intrusion.
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ST. Louis
Katie Lenz
Arthur Lenz
Moses Hartman
Rescuers Save Seven Divers From Fire Under Missouri River
Seven bridge workers nicknamed sandhogs faced death as smoke filled a 102 foot diving caisson beneath the Missouri river. Rescuers toiled 90 minutes to extinguish flames without releasing air, using high pressure water to douse the fire and save the men.
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Kansas City
Missouri River
Rescu
Ben Bradley
Ben
Services Set For Pioneer Idahoan
Funeral services were to be held today for Mrs. Mary Campbell Shell worth 77, a pioneer to Idaho and daughter of Charles Campbell a Texas cattleman and associate of Governor Richard Coke. Her Confederate veteran husband survives along with five sons and one daughter.
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Boise
Mary Campbell Shellworth
Idaho
Charles Campbell
Texas
Richard Coke
Confederacy
Funeral for Mrs Ophelia A H Bills in Fairview Utah
Funeral services will be held Thursday for Mrs Ophelia A H Bills who died Monday in Fairview Utah. She is survived by nine sons and daughters including Mrs Ceestia Tucker of Blackfoot Idaho.
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Fairview
Utah
Ophelia A. H. Bills
Ceestia Tucker
Blackfoot
Idaho
Twin Falls Farm Hand Charged With Murder Heads to Trial
Lewis C. Hunter, a Twin Falls farm worker, is charged with first degree murder in the death of R. C. Letsch, a local real estate broker. Authorities allege Letsch was fatally kicked and beaten in an altercation on November 8. The case goes to district court in Twin Falls tomorrow.
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Twin Falls
Lewis C. Hunter
R. C. Letsch
Hunter
France Again Refuses Debt Payment to United States
Paris reports a third default on France's war debt to the United States. The cabinet affirms a firm stance against Germany and instructs Boncour to reply to Washington. France will not include Nazi troops in Saar talks nor concede in Saar basin dispute. December 15 payment due totals 22,200,926 with 2,354,438 principal and 19,855,487 interest.
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Paris
United States
Hitler
Germany
Joseph Paul Boncour
Washington
Paul Boncour
France
Saar
League of Nations
Storm King Smashes North America Europe With Flood Woes
A massive storm floods sections of the Pacific Northwest and Europe bringing millions in damage. In the U S Northwest nine deaths tied to floods and blizzards across Washington Oregon and Idaho.
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North America
Europe
Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Skagit
Snohomish
Cascades
Joseph Megges Williams
Trap
Sandpoint
Carl Holly
Snohomish County
Valentine Schachner
Sandy River
Oregon City
Ore
Walter Dimmock
CCC
Snoqualmie River
Gerlind Worley
Chehalis
Omar R. Parker
Riverton
Wash
Mrs Brady Hurt In Auto Crash In Idaho
Mrs Lee C Brady of Blackfoot president of the Idaho WCTU suffered a broken shoulder in a Boise to Fruitland district conference crash. The car skidded and overturned injuring all aboard. others included Mrs John T Dallas with a broken arm and wrist, Mrs Nettie Chipp with head cuts, and Mrs S E Vance with bruises. Brady to return to Blackfoot today.
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Boise
Lee C. Brady
Blackfoot
Idaho
W.C.T.U
Ontario
Orr
Fruitland
John T. Dallas
Brady
Nettie Chipp
New Plymouth
S. E. Vance
May Blake
Twin Falls
Weather unsettled with rain in northwest tonight
The forecast calls for unsettled conditions tonight with rain in the northwest portion. Wednesday will be somewhat colder in the north and west, with similar cool and damp weather expanding to the northwest area.
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Northwest
Worldwide Briefs From Berlin to London
The Reichstag opens with 655 Nazis of 661 members pledged to follow Hitler. Bullitt signals possible new U S embassy in Moscow. Paris approves a 237 foot stratoscope. Byrd sails again for Antarctica. Bolivia names Gen Jose Lanz as army chief of staff. Russia moves border population toward Manchukuo. The dollar closes at 3.09 per pound in London and Paris gains 16 centimes. Berlin marks at 2.69 per dollar.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Hitler
Moscow
William C. Bullitt
United States
Paris
International Aeronautic Federation
T. G. W. Settle
Wellington
N. Z
Richard E. Byrd
LA Paz
Jose Lanz
Hans Kundt
Bolivia
Paraguay
Russia
Manchukuo
London
Washington Dry Cleaning Code Enforcement Plans
Washington NRA officials pursued enforcement of the dry cleaning code despite opposition from several dozen of the industrys big men.
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Washington
NRA
War Dern
Interior
Ickes
RFC
New York
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Chicago
Wallace
American Farm Bureau Federation
Zamora Eats 15 Eggs Daily Before Tax Raid
In Los Angeles on December 12, Jacinto Zamora was arrested on charges of evading revenue taxes on whiskey and beer. He reportedly ate 15 eggs every morning and declared he enjoyed eggs as officers watched.
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Los Angeles
Jacinto Zamora
Federal Liquor Unit
Zamora
Trace of Rain Falls in City
A light shower brought only a trace of moisture by noon amid stormy conditions. The city faced an unseasonable dry spell with December adding to a 543 inch yearly deficit. Thermometer rose to 47 in the day. On December 12, 1952, Pocatello stood at one degree above zero.
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Pocatello
Lindberghs Fly 900 Miles to Port of Spain
Colonel and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh arrived in Port of Spain Trinidad after a nine hour and 39 minute flight from Manaus Brazil in the big red hydro monoplane. Mrs Lindbergh operated the wireless set throughout the journey reporting rain squalls and extensive cloud cover. They crossed from the Amazon region following several rivers with clear flying weather most of the way.
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Port-Of-Spain
Trinidad
Charles A. Lindbergh
Manaos
Brazil
Amazon
Manaus
McKinlay Former Rexburg Resident Dies in Logan
James W. McKinlay age 61 died in a Logan hospital following an operation. Survived by two sons and four daughters including Leveere Pyper and James L. McKinlay of Pocatello and Gilbert McKinlay, Isabel Heming, Mary Ricks, and Ruby Oswald of Rexburg Idaho. Body to be taken to Teton Idaho for burial.
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Logan
Utah
James W. McKinlay
Rexburg
Idaho
Leveere Pyper
James L. McKinlay
Pocatello
Gilbert McKinlay
Isabel Heming
Mary Ricks
Ruby Oswald
Teton
Medford Theaters Offer Double Feature Programs
In Medford Oregon on December 12 patrons enjoyed double feature programs. The crowded theaters displayed sofa pillows house slippers and sandwiches for sale while attendants moved through aisles offering rentals and snacks.
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Medford
Ore
Roses Bloom in Walla Walla Delights of December bloom
Walla Walla residents enjoy sunshine as roses bloom outdoors while crocuses violets and pansies near flowering. George Purcell picks red roses from 14 bushes his garden. Government minimum 55 and yesterday 64 recorded. Four hundred civil works workers in city and county labor on highways and flood control projects.
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Walla Walla
Wash
George Purcell
Junk dealer receives city jail in North Sacramento
Jim Robinson a North Sacramento junk dealer has accepted the city council gift of the city jail a movable iron cage. He says he does not know what to do with it as the jail has housed only two prisoners in the past year and its lock is missing.
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Sacramento
Calif
Jim Robinson
Temperature Drops to 40 Degrees Below Zero in Ontario
Icy winds and intense cold swept Europe and North America with White River Ontario recording 40 below. Montreal 16 below and Boston eight above. Fatalities totaled four nationwide. Milwaukee saw zero and frost bites among workers. Superior hit 20 below. A Pacific Northwest flood and blizzard deaths pushed toll higher.
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Ontario
Canada
Europe
North America
Milwaukee
Bosepitals
Superior
Pacific Northwest
Bellefonte
Hampden
Maine
Son to Work in Mother's Behalf
Earle Wynekoop, free to seek crews to vindicate his mother Dr. Alice Wynekoop, accused of killing Earle’s wife Rheta. Rheta’s death had an accessory charge dropped against Earle, who vows to help his ill mother as she faces trial on January 4.
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Chicago
Earle Wynekoop
Alice Wynekoop
Earle
Rheta Wynekooop
Rheta
Wynekoop
Dr. Wynekoop
Gold Price Held For Tenth Time
Washington notes gold price at 34.01 dollars per ounce for the tenth straight business day. Treasury officials say no Stabilization talk and continue to buy all newly mined domestic gold offered.
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Washington
Treasury
Wallace asks Farm Bureau to back Roosevelt recovery plan
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace urged members of the American Farm Bureau federation to support the Roosevelt administration's recovery program. He spoke at the National Farm Bureau convention alongside George N. Peek, AAA administrator, who is moving to a new post after disagreements with Wallace policies.
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Wallace
Farm Bureau
Roosevelt
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Farm Bureau
George N. Peek
Secretary of Agriculture
Peek
AAA
Ooo
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