Indians plan Christmas feast and hunting rights request
Nez Perce in the Lawpal area plan a large Christmas meal with ample food and seek year round hunting rights without licenses. Chief David W. Scott asks Governor Baldridge to consider changing the law. he notes cold weather and mentions a daytime and nighttime war dance. Scott previously met Boise officials to discuss year round hunting. current rules require licenses off own lands.
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Boise
Nez Perce
Lawpal
David W. Scott
H. C. Badridge
Scott
Baldridge
Spalding
Santa helped by police in New York gift rush
Edward W Browning known as Daddy Browning faced chaos as 700000 gifts were to be distributed from upper Broadway. By 10 a.m. gifts ran low and a large crowd caused traffic blocks with children pushed through a plate glass window. several mothers fainted and Browning requested police reserves for order.
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New York
Edward W Browning
Browning
Frances (Peaches) Heenan
Santa Claus
Broadway
Coast guard cutter Yamacraw to assist grounded barge Iroquois
A Gulf Coast report says the U S coast guard cutter Yamacraw was 130 miles east of Savannah en route to assist the barge Iroquois after grounding on rocks. The cutter stood by to evacuate the crew if needed.
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Savannah
Ge. Dev
U. 8 Coast Guard
Gulf Coast
Carmi Girl Slaying Case Trails Lead to Suspect
In Carmi Illinois on December 22 the sheriff promised to reveal progress in the murder of Miss Anna Preher a 45 year old grade school teacher found slain in her four room cottage. The killer tried to burn the home and left bloody fingerprints. Sheriff Grissom questioned Isaac Austin a school teacher with a Thursday argument as part of the investigation.
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Carmi
Missanna F
Sherif Jesse Grissom
Miss Preher
Carm
Grissom
Maude Chalfant
Isaac Austin
Austin
Coolidge raises onion duty to one and a half cents
President Coolidge announced a tariff increase on onions from one cent to one and one half cents per pound. The new rate becomes effective January 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coolidge
Boise Freezing Temperatures Hit Lowest Point Of Winter
Boise experiences a frigid cold snap with morning temperatures near zero. At 8 am the reading reached five degrees above zero, the fourth straight day at or near freezing, marking the winter’s lowest so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Swearing Power Fades Says Professor at Meeting
Dr Burges Johnson of Syracuse University argues stronger curses exist yet lose power from overuse. He cites how words like Gramercy and zounds have weakened and explains profanity now relies on emphasis, with exclamatory and denunciatory terms fading in seriousness.
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Chicago
Nee
Burges Johnson
Syracuse University
Executive Club
Johnson
Gramercy
Donner
Butsen
Germany
Ae Paul
Dr. Johnson
Nevada exults over Boulder Dam approval and celebration
Las Vegas greets President Coolidge's signing of the Boulder Dam bill with ecstatic crowds. A 28 mile pilgrimage to Black Canyon follows a nocturnal motor parade and solemn prayers from church leaders and civic figures as 400 residents kneel by the river.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Boulder Dam
Cooldge
Phoenix
Arizona
Congress
Uney
Coolage
Ltate
Coulter
Bulnortea
Blaex Canyon
Black Canyon
Boyd Parker
Christ Biscopal Church
Ira J. Earl
Latter-day Saints Church
Colorado River
C. 8. Reynolds
Winter Arrives Amid Sharp Cold Across Region
The article notes winter began with frigid conditions as temperatures dropped to four below, two above at 6 am and eight above by noon. It discusses solstice timing, length of days, and forecasts fair, cool weather for tonight and Sunday per local observer A B H Teepe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter
Borexs
Rocky Mountain
Continuation of Hyde search authorized by Secretary Davis
The search for Glenn Hyde and his wife in the Grand Canyon region was authorized by Secretary Davis following a telegram from Hyde's father in Las Vegas Nevada. Major General Joan L Hines in San Francisco directed further air search efforts to proceed.
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Washington
Grand Canyon
Colorado River
Glenn Hyde
Davis
Mr Hyde
Las Vegas
Nevada
Joan L Hines
San Francisco
Army Officers Move Up by Presidential Nomination
President Coolidge nominated Col Francis L. Parker to be chief of the bureau of war affairs with the rank of brigadier general. Parker, currently in Guatemala, would replace Gen Frank McIntyre who will retire. Also nominated Col George H. Ester from the general staff for brigadier general. Ester is chief of staff of the Ninth Corps Area in San Francisco.
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Washington
Francis L. Parker
Coolidge
Vis
Parker
Frank McIntyre
Cornel
Guatemal
McCoy
South Carolina
Elso
Culotel
George H. Ester
General Staff
Officers Seize Abused Child From Idaho Home
Boise reports say George E. Clawson, a lumber mill worker, is sought on a warrant for cruelly beating his 2 year old daughter Dorothy. Welfare officers removed the child after neighbors reported abuse, finding welts and a red scar from a hot poker. A three week old baby remained at the home as papers move to permanently remove custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
George E. Clawson
Dorothy
Clawson
Maybelle Keyser
Clawsons
Marjorie Clawson
Buhl
Fifty Million Eggs Shipped During Season in Idaho
Idaho's egg production reached a record year with 50,000,000 eggs shipped out of state in carload lots and large truck shipments to Spokane and nearby areas. About 291 carloads left Idaho, mostly to New York, totaling near 1,000,000 dollars in producer returns. Poultry specialist Pren Moore notes favorable climate and cheap land support continued industry growth.
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Boise
Idaho
North Idaho
Spokane
Pren Moore
University Extension Division
Moore
New York
Boise Valley
Twin Fails
Snake River Valley
Choo Sanders Chosen SMU Football Captain for 1929
Dallas report notes Henry J. Choo Sanders elected captain of the 1929 SMU football eleven at a lettermen meeting. Sanders, an all-American pick of three eastern spots writers and a Southwest Conference guard, is a full blood Choctaw Indian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Henry J. “Choo” Sanders
Southern Methodist University
Sanders
Congress Ends Year With Several Bills Passed
Congress closes the short session for Christmas with four of nine annual appropriation measures approved by the House and Senate. Boulder Dam and naval bills move to the floor, with signatures anticipated. Ways and Means will begin tariff hearings January 1 as politics hover over deficits and farm relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Tilson
Connecticut
Curtis
Kansas
Boulder Dam
Coolidge
War Department
Census Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Jardine
Congress Closes For Holidays After Brief Sessions
Washington December 22 AP Congress ends its pre holiday session with brief routine business. House minutes show Rep McGregor of New York bids farewell as he heads to the New York state supreme bench and Rep Underhill of Massachusetts praised his successor. The Senate praised Justice Holmes, heard a boyhood reflection, and read Christmas poems before executive session approving three Interstate Commerce Commission nominees Clyde Aitchison Claude Porter and Patrick Farrell. Both houses return January 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
McGregor
New York
Frazier
North Dakota
Brookhart
Iowa
Interstate Commerce Commission
Clyde B. Aitchison
Oregon
Claude KR. Porter
Patrick J. Farrell
Washington, D. C
Howses
Ruth McConnell Returns East Amid Public Attention
Ruth McConnell, who drew crowds after arriving from New York to escape, said there was too much doctoring and marriage proposals. She left San Francisco at 11 PM by Southern Pacific to Ogden, Utah, to meet her mother, with Dr D O Meeker who claimed Miss McConnell as his patient.
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San Francisco
Ruth McConnell
New York
Tocay
St Francis
Ogden
Utah
D. O. Meeker
Miss McConnell
Miss McCornnell
St. Francis
Banner Season for Utah Mines
Salt Lake City reports 1928 a banner year for Utah mining with dividends over 618 thousand dollars. Copper output reached about 310 million pounds while gold rose to around 64.8 million. 1927 gold value was about 4.0 million. Total miner tonnage mined in Utah reached 17.5 million as metal prices dropped for silver, lead, and zinc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
Salt Lake Telegram
Whiskers Needed for Baltic Party Sequel
On December 22 the liner Baltic set sail for New York with no Santa beard aboard for Christmas. A messenger failed to fetch a white beard in time, prompting officials to requisition a tug to pull the beard aboard at New Brighton, where it was tied to a line.
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Liverpool
Baltic
Santa Claus
New York
Pursur R. Edwards
New Brighton
Burglars Loot Bountiful Drug Store in Early Morning Break-In
In Bountiful Utah burglars shattered a plate glass window at the Bountiful Drug store and escaped with merchandise valued at 700. A truck reportedly ferried away the loot.
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Bountiful
Utah
Death penalty urged for capo and co defendants in Ranieri case
In Chicago a judge opened closing arguments as charges against Tony Cappellano were to be dismissed, while the state asked for the death penalty for his father Andrew Cappellano and Angelo Petitte in the Billy Ranieri kidnapping trial. Threats against participants delayed proceedings as Ole Scully's funeral was held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tony Cappellano
Billy Ranier
Samuel Hoffman
Tony
Andrew Cappellano
Angelo Petitte
Hoffman
Ranieri
Ole Scully
Billy Rantert
Billy
Capellano
Bourbonnais
Ill
A. Frank Ranier
Mike Divito
Scully
Ranier
Benedict Short
Black Hand
Short
Angelo Petitt
Gentzel
Divito
Petitti
Andrew Capellano
Ar- Cago
Cook County
Utah Power and Light Seeks Logan Rate Increase
A petition before the Utah Public Utilities commission asks to adjust Logan Utah rates to fit standards for similarly sized cities. Current Logan rates follow Logan municipal plant and are slightly below standard. new rates would take effect February 1 1929.
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Salt Lake City
Utah Public Utilities Commission
Utah Power and Light Company
Logan
Utah
Logan Municipal
Utah Weather Fair Tonight and Sunday
The forecast calls for fair conditions in Utah tonight and Sunday with little change in temperatures. No precipitation expected and skies mostly clear across the state.
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Utah
Protesters Oppose Hoover Visit in Mexico City
A red banner protest led by Diego Rivera disrupted editorial offices of El Universal Excelsior and others in Mexico City shouting Hoover no viva Sandino. The Hands Nicaragua committees and anti imperialist league members announced a meeting for protest against Herbert Hoover's possible visit.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Viva Sandino
Meursa Morrow
Morrow
el Universal
Excelsior
Diego Rivera
Anti-Imperialist League
Union of
Latin-America
Anti-Impist League
Hands Nicaragua
Tomor
Langley Pardoned by Coolidge Restores Kentucky Aide to Citizenship
President Coolidge grants full pardon to former Representative John W. Langley of Kentucky. Convicted of conspiracy to violate prohibition laws, Langley served time in Atlanta federal penitentiary. His wife Katherine Langley was elected to his congressional seat. Action came on Attorney General Sargent’s recommendation.
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Langley
Washington
Coolidge
John W. Langley
Kentucky
Atlanta
Katherine Langley
Sargent
Nominations to Interstate Commerce Commission Confirmed
The Senate confirmed three I C C nominees: Clyde B Aitchison of Oregon Claude R Porter of Lewiston and Patrick J Farrell of Washington DC.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Clyde B Aitchison
Oregon
Claude R. Porter
Lews End
Patrick J. Farrell
Washington, DC
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