Opposition to Borah's extra session proposal voiced
Chairman Wood of the house appropriations committee said there is no need for an extra session after meeting with President Hoover. Senator Borah argued legitimate reasons exist for a spring session to tackle farm relief, interstate rail and power regulation, and labor dispute injunctions. Senator Caraway supported Borah, citing farm relief and Muscle Shoals as reasons for a session.
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Washington
Congress
Borah
Chairman Wood
House Appropriations Committee
Hoover
Capitol Hill
Wood
House
Senate
World Court
Seventy-First Congress
Caraway
Arkansas
New Senator Morrison Encounters Senate Etiquette
Will Rogers reports from Burbank that Cam Morrison, a fresh North Carolina appointee, flaps into the Senate with talk of Christmas goods and prices, while a fellow NC senator is denounced and Morrison defends him, misreading a senator’s role.
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Burbank
Calif
North Carolina
Cam Morrison
Morrison
Will Rogers
Land Agent Edwin Searle Dies at 81 in Los Angeles
Edwin M. Searle, 81, longtime Union Pacific general land agent who sold more than 1,250,000 acres of Nebraska land, died of heart disease in Los Angeles yesterday.
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Los Angeles
Edwin M. Searle
Union Pacific Railway
Nebraska
Lukens Resigns Post as Head of Law Enforcement
Fred E Lukens secretary of state resigns as commissioner of law enforcement effective at end of current administration. He notes two terms without pay and offers to continue the plan if the governor wishes to remove the department from his office. He submits the resignation to Governor-elect C Ben Ross.
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Fred Lukens
Boise
Fred E. Lukens
C. Ben Ross
Lukens
Department of Law Enforcement
Pocatello Christmas Express and Mail Show Big Increase
Pocatello reports a 25 percent rise in shipments over 1929, with a record 15 000 heavier cancelling machine output and 340 sacks Saturday and 387 on Monday. Postmasters say parcel post deliveries are up, two mail sections run daily, and extra staff hired to clear Christmas backlog.
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Pocatello
Irvin Clay
Edwin Edgley
Edgley
Clay
Post Office
Express Company
Governor Elect Ross Names Two Cabinet Picks
Governor elect C. Ben Ross returned from Boise where he met Democratic committeemen to discuss state appointments. He named two certain choices Lewis Williams of Malad as commissioner of public welfare and F Lee Johnson of Parma as commissioner of agriculture. Ross outlined plans for nonpartisan judiciary, statewide superintendent election, initiative and referendum, and old age pension.
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C. Ben Ross
Boise
Ross
Tribune
Lewis Williams
Malad
F. Lee Johnson
Parma
St. Anthony
Eagles Lodge
Boy Sentenced to Life in Reform School
John Woods a 14 year old slayer of William Meeker a 60 year old produce dealer was sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to second degree murder by common pleas court Judge W W Cowen ordered Woods confined at Lancaster Reform atory for boys until 21 then transferred to Ohio penitentiary for remainder of life Meeker was fatally wounded when he resisted Woods and accomplice Louis Kuhen 17 who tried to rob him was present in St Clairsville on December 23.
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ST. Clairsville
John Woods
William Meeker
Common Pleas Court
Common Pleas
W. W. Cowen
Woods
Lancaster Reformatory
Ohio Penitentiary
Meeker
Louis Kuhen
Butcher Family Sees Large Household In Murphysboro
In Murphysboro Illinois Mr and Mrs Edward Butcher are parents to 18 children the oldest 20 and the youngest born last Saturday. In Berlin Germany the 50 ton flying boat DO X after a fire setback will resume flights to South America on January 15 according to Dornier Works.
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Murphysboro
Edward Butcher
Berlin
Germany
South America
Dornier
Federal money apportioned for emergency highway funds
The secretary of the interior announces an $80 million emergency highway construction appropriation available immediately to state highway departments. When apportioned, states receive sums such as California 3,108,233 and Washington 1,270,933 with the total potentially doubling labor and construction activity nationwide.
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Washington
Hyde
C. D. Curtiss
Bureau of Public Roads
California
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
Wyoming
Pocatello Records Six Below On Cold Morning
Clouds of fog shroud a chilly morning as Pocatello registers six below at 6:30 with Tyhee at 18 below and Salt Lake City at zero. The weather outlook calls for continued cold and a possible white Christmas as Blackfoot reports 13 below zero.
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Pocatello
Tribune
Tyhee
Salt Lake City
Railroads report November operating income declines
New York December 23 AP railroads released November net operating income figures with year over year comparisons. Union Pacific earned 3,181,893 this year versus 3,947,429 last year while Southern Pacific posted 2,081,238, with 73 0 15 indicating a formatting glitch in the table.
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New York
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Death Claims Composer of Popular Songs
New York December 23 AP Charles K Harris famed for After the Ball died at his home after a three week illness He was 65 years old Surviving are his widow Cora Lehrberg and two daughters He was born in Poughkeepsie New York and grew up in Michigan and Illinois He rose as a Tin Pan Alley mogul though later works did not match his early hits
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Charles K. Harris
New York City
New York
Cora Lehrberg
Owensboro, Ky
Richard Weil
Chicago
Mildred Harris
Mr. Harris
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Saginaw
Harris
Bishop Case Goes to Jury in Idaho Slaying Trial
The Jennie Bishop murder case went to the jury in St Anthony Idaho at 12 40 p m Dec 23 with Judge Co J Taylor instructing jurors to return a verdict of first degree murder second degree murder involuntary or voluntary manslaughter or acquittal in determining the fate of David R Jenkins alleged slayer.
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ST Anthony
Idaho
Jennie Bishop
Co. J. Taylor
David R. Jenkins
Taylor
Tribune Questions Baldridge Wage Reduction View
The Tribune editorial questions Governor Baldridge’s suggestion to lower labor wages and notes broad disagreement. It invites readers to send brief communications on the issue for publication in the next issue.
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the Tribune
Baldridge
Wasatch Gas Wins Utah Power Line Permit to Pocatello
The Wasatch Gas company secured permission from the public utilities commission to construct and operate gas plants in Boxelder and Cache counties. This clears the way for a $3.2 million natural gas line from Ogden to Pocatello, serving northern Utah and southern Idaho, with construction starting in April and finishing by September. The commission did not approve the proposed rates and will study whether the long line warrants higher charges than Ogden and Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
Boxelder
Cache Counties
Public Utilities Commission
Wasatch Gas Company
Pocatello
Utah
Idaho
Ogden
L. Fitzpatrick
S P Shopmen On Full Time Sacramento
Thomas Ahern assistant general manager said 2262 Sacramento shopmen now on part time would switch to full-time after January 1 bringing total to 3462 men. He said future employment will be governed by business but efforts will be made to keep men working continuously.
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Sacramento
Thomas Ahern
Southern Pacific Railroad
Ahern
Pinned Under an Old Cabin in Idaho Rescue
St Anthony Idaho December 23 June Wood age 40 was left critically injured after two days trapped beneath a collapsed cabin on a dry farm nine miles from St Anthony. Rescued by three boys who found his body beneath debris after seeing a team flee. He suffered frostbite and injuries from the crush while trying to free himself.
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ST. Anthony
Idaho
Wood
Rexburg
Boulder canyon project bids open March 4
Requests for specifications flood bureau of reclamation offices in Washington Denver and Las Vegas for the 109 million dam and power plant bid. Bidders must deposit about 2 million with bids. one bidder will get the contract. Specifications free at three offices. Bids open March 4. Machinery and power firms set up at Las Vegas headquarters and site inspection aid from Denver and Las Vegas representatives.
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Washington
Boulder Canyon
Bureau of Reclamation
Denver
Las Vegas
Department of Interior
Interior Department
Macinery and Power Companies
Here
Wood Opens Way for Party Dispute over Norris
Washington reports Chairman Wood of the Republican campaign committee denounces Senator Norris as a demagogue and vows to push a hard line against Norris while President Hoover remains silent. The incident triggers a wider intra party clash as Lucas defends the move to curb anti Norris forces.
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Wood
Wasitington
Norris
Hoover
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Robert I. Lucas
Republican National Committee
Congress
Senate
Brookhart
Republican Independent
Iowa
Mellon
Voice of
Robert H. Lucas
Republican
Andrew W. Mellon
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Lucas
Nebraska
Capitol
Representative Wood
Appropriations Committee
Mr. Lucas
Court Upholds 1929 Idaho Branding Law
Boise December reports that the U S circuit court in San Francisco upheld the federal district court decision approving Idaho's potato grading and branding law of 1929. The suit by P H Dete weller of Twin Falls and other dealers and growers challenged multiple constitutional grounds.
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Boise
W. D. Gillis
Wire Today
United States Circuit Court
San Francisco
Federal District Court
P. H. Deteweller
Twin Falls
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Warren G. Bovard
University of Southern California
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Blackfoot
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