Agriculture Supply Bill Seeks Large Increase in 1930
The agriculture department supply bill reported to the House lists $213,043,000 in outlays, up $51,516,099 from the current year. Increases fund federal highway aid to $125,000,000 and weather bureau information services, with detailed appropriations for animal husbandry dairy, plant and forest bureaus, chemistry soils, entomology, biological survey, economics, quarantine, grain futures enforcement, and the FDA. Additional provisions cover migratory bird treaty costs and refuge funding, plus emergency construction items from Hoover’s relief program.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
House
Appropriations Committee
Weather Bureau
National Airways
Animal Husbandry Bureau
Dairy Industry Bureau
Plant Industry Bureau
Forest Service
Bureau of Chemistry and Soils
Bureau of Entomology
Biological Survey
Food and Drug Administration
Great Britain
Bear River
Utah
Cheyenne Bottoms
Hoover
Rebels Seek Shelter as Franco Among 12 In Portugal
A group of 12 Spanish army officers led by Major Ramon Franco fled Spain after an attempted coup and landed near Lisbon. They were welcomed briefly by the Portuguese air force and then interned at Mafra as Spain and Portugal discuss extradition.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Ramon Franco
Spain
Mafra
Pneumonia Fatal to Blackfoot Boy
William Faulconer nine year old son of Mr and Mrs Faulconer died Sunday evening at his grandfather S J Faulconer home after an eleven day illness from pneumonia. He is survived by his parents two sisters a brother an uncle Richard Faulconer a grandfather S J Faulconer and an aunt Mrs Hilda Fellers. Funeral services were at the Methodist church at 2 PM Tuesday with Reverend Joyce Kendall in charge.
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Blackfoot
William Een Faulconer
W. E. Faulconer
S. J. Faulconer
Richard Faulconer
Hilda Fellers
Shoell Appeals Court Decision In Blackfoot
Sid Shoell was fined $10 and jailed five days by Probate Judge J E Good for intoxication. He appealed the ruling to the district court on December 16.
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Blackfoot
Sid Shoell
J. E. Good
Montag
Shoell
Airplane search joins hunt for missing agent Farnum
Death Valley searchers plan an air party to aid the ground effort for Ralph G. Farnum a New York theatrical booking agent missing since early November. Police said Farnum obtained pack animals and supplies in Death Valley Junction for a trek across the valley. An exhausted burro believed to be Farnum's was found at Furnace Creek last Saturday raising concerns for his safety.
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Los Angeles
Death Valley
Ralph G. Farnum
New York
Farnum
Death Valley Junction
Purnace Creek
Democrats Challenge Senate Victory Over Barron
The Democratic state central committee announced it would contest the senate election of Charles C. Barron, Republican from Camas county, after Barron won by three votes over Fred E. Reynolds, Democrat. If Corral precinct votes are ruled illegal and excluded, Reynolds would win the seat, shifting control to the Democrats.
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Boise
Democratic State Central Committee
Senate
Charles C. Barron
Camas County
Barron
Fred E. Reynolds
Corral
Reynolds
Chamber of Commerce Selects New Officers and Plans Trade Expansion Theme
John W. Foreman was unanimously elected president at the breakfast meeting inaugurating the reorganized board. H. B. Thompson became first vice president, W. J. Brinkley second vice, and John Hood treasurer. The 1931 program and annual meeting scheduled for January 2 will feature a trade expansion theme with Foreman outlining the plan.
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John W. Foreman
Chamber of Commerce
H. B. Thompson
W. J. Brinkley
John Hood
Foreman
D. C. Brown
J. R. Dyer
Mr. Foreman
Mr. Dyer
C. Ben Ross
F. E. Mackenzie
A. B. Arps
Walter Newcomb
Tit. D. Jones
Jack Halliwell
Hood
Gasoline price cuts hit Utah and Idaho markets
Late wire reports show distributors in Salt Lake City announcing a one cent cut in wholesale and retail gasoline, with Pocatello dealers matching to 2.612 cents. Other items include Bobby Jones winning the Sullivan Memorial for 1930 amateur athletic, a $116 million public works bill conference report, a $858 thousand Snake and Columbia rivers improvement measure, and declines in copper export prices to 10.80 cents a pound. The immigration committee backed a two year pause on new arrivals with limited exceptions, and the interior appropriation bill rose to $69,294,800.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Idaho
Pocatello
New York
Copper Exporters, Inc
I. F
Snow blanketed Fourth of July canyon near Wallace
In Idaho the only snow plowing needed today was in Fourth of July canyon near Wallace as light snowfall spread across districts without disrupting traffic. The Wallace area received an eight inch pre Christmas blanket of snow.
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Boise
Fourth of July Canyon
Wallace
Bureau of Highways
Congress Activity Summary Aims for House and Senate Action
Debates on maternity legislation and nominations for the Power Commission headline sessions. Committees advance or hear on immigration drought relief and Everglades park study, with Hoover deficiency requests and public works funding under review. A special panel closes its Communist investigation as others move to conference and votes.
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Jones
Interstate Commerce Committee
Frank R. McNinch
Power Commission
Indian Affairs Committee
Immigration Committee
Reed
Hoover
Marriage Licenses Issued in Burley Idaho
Vale Geovil and Lesh M. Lewis, both of Burley Idaho, were issued marriage licenses here.
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Salt Lake City
Vale Geovil
Lesh M. Lewis
Burley
Idaho
Parents Death Charged to Son in Burned Home Slaying
Nashville Indiana December 16 AP Paul Brown 28 is wanted for the slaying of his parents and the burning of their bodies at the family home four miles northwest of Nashville. Lee Brown 65 was killed and his wife 63 wounded. a farm hand Chester Bunge 24 was shot twice during the rampage and hospitalized in critical condition. Police, aided by Sheriff D S Wilkerson and deputies, conducted an all night search of Brown County hills.
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Nashville
Ind
Paul Brown
Here
Brown
Lee Brown
Chester Bunge
Bunge
D.S. Wilkerson
Brown County
Heflin Would Ban Margins on Stock Exchanges
Sen. Heflin of Alabama introduced a measure to ban margin trading on stock exchanges and cap call money interest at eight percent. Violators would face fines from ten thousand to fifty thousand dollars and prison terms of two to ten years. He blamed the New York Stock Exchange practices for harming business.
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Washington
Heflin
Alabama
New York Exchange
Alabaman
New York Stock Exchange
Assessments Rank Over Mortgages in Canal Case
In Twin Falls, Judge Babcock ruled that canal maintenance assessments are superior to mortgage claims, awarding the Twin Falls Canal Company 534 dollars. The case arose during foreclosure proceedings on a 40 acre Twin Falls county tract involving E F Bissonette and others with a 1400 dollar mortgage from 1918. The canal company based its claim on 1921 liens and intervened in the federal land bank foreclosure, but the bank resisted for lack of prosecution.
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Twin Falls
Twin Falls Canal Company
E. F. Bissonette
W. A. Babcock
Canal Company
Federal Land Bank of Spokane
Bissonette
Twin Falls County
Lens
Spokane Federal Land Bank
Idaho women invite Hoover to try Idaho potatoes
The Business and Professional Women's Club of Pocatello Idaho plans a Christmas carton of selected Idaho baking potatoes for President Hoover and his family. They send Christmas greetings and a verse by Gaylord Sanford urging Idaho potatoes as table essentials. The letter is signed by Mary Peters, club president.
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Moorer
Idaho
United States
White House
Washington, D. C
Business and Professional Women's Club
Pocatello
Pocatello, Idaho
Mary Peters
Below Zero In Eastern Areas Cold Wave grips region
The Associated Press reports a nationwide cold wave with temperatures from four degrees in Boston and Portland to 30 in Abilene, Texas. Owls Head New York reached 17 below, while White River Junction Vermont recorded 15 below and Berlin New Hampshire ten below.
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Rockies
Maine
Pacific Coast
Boston
Albany
Portland
Montreal
Detroit
New York
St. Paul
Chicago
Denver
Kansas
Norfolk
Abilene
Tex
Owls Head
N. Y
White River Junction
Northfield
Berlin
N. H
Mawre
Springfield
Mass
Pocatello Receives Sparse Christmas Snow Weather Report
Pocatello faced a brief weather event described as a snow storm by some residents but viewed as light by others. Temperatures ranged from 14 to 24 degrees with a chilly afternoon, and further unsettled snow is forecast along with below normal temperatures.
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Pocatello
Einstein Leaves for West Coast to Continue Research
New York dispatch reports Dr. Albert Einstein sailed for California to work with American scientists. The Bergenland will take him to Havana December 19 and show the Panama Canal December 23 before landing in Los Angeles January 1. He will stay in Pasadena weeks with Dr. Robert A. Millikan at Caltech and visit Mount Wilson Observatory.
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New York
Albert Einstein
California
Bergenland
Havana
Panama Canal
Los Angeles
Einstein
Pasadena
Robert A. Millikan
California Institute of Technology
Mount Wilson Observatory
Nye to Continue Battle on Davis Davis-Brown Funds
Senator Nye declares more Senate campaign fund hearings will reveal further expenditures in the Pennsylvania Republican primary supporting the Davis-Brown ticket. He plans to press for additional hearings as part of the committee actions.
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Nye
Davis
Washington
Pennsylvania
Senate
Einstein heads to Hollywood amid space theory jokes
Will Rogers notes Einstein leaving New York for Hollywood and imagines film interest in his space theory, joking that Hollywood and local firms may buy and produce it. Rogers quips about vacant space on miniature golf courses as he awaits the visit.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Einstein
New York
Hollywood
Thousand Ask Bourbons for Political Jobs
A Idaho Democratic committee will finalize state patronage recommendations after reviewing over a thousand applications. Governor-elect C. Ben Ross will receive the list, with a five member sitting committee to complete the task. The central committee appointed the small panel and urged appointments based on efficiency and party service, considering geography.
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Boise
C. Ben Ross
Democratic Central Committee
T. A. Walters
Caldwell
Ben Davis
Pocatello
Sam O Tannelil
Lewiston
Ramsey Walker
Wallace
W. Orr Chapman
Twin Falls
Central Committee
Blackfoot Couple Receives Salt Lake City Marriage License
Dec. 16 W. Mar Quardson of Salt Lake City and Helen Barrus of Blackfoot obtained a marriage license from County Clerk Philip Dance. They were married by James Duckworth, president of the Blackfoot Stake.
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Blackfoot
W. Marquardson
Salt Lake City
Helen Barrus
Philip Dance
James Duckworth
Former Blackfoot Resident Norman Howell Dies
Norman Howell, formerly of Blackfoot, has died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Neider in Balmon. He lived in Blackfoot for many years and left the town about two years ago.
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Hlackfoot
Blackfoot
Norman Howell
William Neider
Balmon
Howell
Federal Government to Assist Chicago In Stopping Gangs
Chicago reports federal help to curb gangster activity as Tony Mops Volpe, once tied to Al Capone, faces deportation as an undesirable alien. Immigration authorities hold him on a $10 000 bond pending legal action while more than twenty alien gangsters are said to be under surveillance. An old 1925 counterfeit war savings stamp plot conviction is cited as basis for Volpe’s warrant.
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Chicago
Tony
Volpe
Largest Narcotics Seizure in Nation Uncovered
Customs agents seized 1090 pounds of narcotics on the steamer Alesia in New York harbor, the largest in the country. The contraband valued over $1,000,000. importers were not captured. The illegal cargo was shipped from Turkey and hidden in fur cases from Constantinople.
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Washington
the Treasury
New York Harbor
Turkey
General strike grows despite martial law in Spain
In Spain a general strike spreads amid martial rule with riots in Santander and bread shortages feared in major cities. Troops mobilize to 75,000 as Madrid reports the revolution suppressed, while censorship blocks information and authorities guard public buildings.
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Santander
France
Madrid
Berenguer
Spain
Gantander
Bilbao
Alcala Zamora
Saragossa
Lerida
Jean
Valencia
Cadez
Seville
Huelva
Gijon
Iran
Kingdon
Former French Chief Sinking Amid Illness in Paris
Reports from Paris on December 16 indicate serious illness for former President Raymond Poincare with partial paralysis. Doctors noted slight improvement after bedside visits, yet no real hope for recovery was expressed, while anxious friends gathered at his home.
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Paris
Raymond Poincare
Georges Marion
Unified aeronautic rules urged at national conference
William Bitterworth president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States urged adoption of uniform regulations for aircraft pilots and airports at the national conference on uniform aeronautic regulatory laws opening in Washington on December 16 AP report notes the push for standard nationwide standards to ease aviation operations.
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Washington
William Bitterworth
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Parole Violator Clarence Woren Faces Multiple Charges
Clarence Woren, 22, a parole violator from Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla, was jailed in Boise today facing charges of robbery of a service station theft of an automobile and possible attempted murder.
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Boise
Clarence Woreden
Washington State
Pententiary
Walla Walla
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