Trail Slayer Believed To Lead Nevada Abduction Case
A tense chase surrounds the case of 12 year old June Nelson in Utah and Nevada authorities search for a man matching the kidnapper description. A bloodstained car and knife were found near Grantsville, with tips pouring in as rewards rise to 62 250.
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Grover
Indian Rebellion May Be Resumed
Advices from Kabul report peace patched up in Jalalabad with Shinwari rebels after talks led by Ali Ahmed Jan former Kabul governor. Terms of the treaty are not revealed and a further cession between rebels led by Babal Sakao and Afghan troops is likely. Telegraph lines between Quetta and Kandahar cut, communications routed by wireless.
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Jalalabad
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Babal Sakao
Quette
Kandahar
Panama Canal End-Year Vessel Traffic Figures Reported
Official dispatches show canal traffic for the calendar year ending December 31 with 6266 vessels and tolls totaling 26 944 499. The December period recorded 57 transits and tolls of 2 443 029, the highest for the month in the year but below the fiscal year peak.
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International peace conference opens in Prankfort on Main
Germany January 4. An International conference hosted by the Woman's International League for Peace and Freedom opened in Prankfort on Main. Burgomaster Graef welcomed participants as scientists of international repute discussed modern warfare methods and civil population protection, with a main aim to protest future chemical warfare.
Deficiency Measure Seeks Five Million for Air Mail Losses
WASHINGTON Jan 4 AP Decrease of all mail postage rates from ten to five cents an ounce has doubled mail weight but halved government returns. W Irving Glover says air mail losses may run 65 to 7.6 million yearly, as more mail travels by planes. He urges a 65 million deficiency appropriation to cover this year's air mail transportation costs.
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W. Irving Glover
House
Glover
19 year old sprint champ fights for life in Glendale hospital
Frank Wyckoff, a 19 year old American sprint champion, remains in critical condition after a tonall operation last month. Doctors report he is fighting for his life as he undergoes treatment in a Glendale hospital.
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Russians Begin Plan to Farm 10 Million Acres in Russia
Thomas D. Campbell of Hardin Montana says ten million acres of Soviet plains will be planted to wheat and fed by American machinery under his direction He will sail from New York January 12 for Russia to seal agreements from his U S visit He plans to purchase over 100 million dollars worth of American planting and harvesting equipment to apply U S methods to feeding the Russian people.
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New York
Russia
Pasana
Washington
New Ch
Utah land bill seeks hospital site for disabled veterans
The House considered a bill introduced by Rep. Colton proposing 60,000 acres of government land be sold to Utah for a site to build a hospital for disabled soldiers. The state would select the acreage from the public domain.
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House
Colton
Utah
Prohibition Penalties Plan Proposed by Swank
Washington Jan 4 AP A proposed amendment to the Prohibition Act would raise penalties for violations. First offenses carry a fine of 650 to 10 000 and 1 month to 5 years in prison. Second offenses keep fines but raise minimums to six months and maximum to ten years. A third conviction carries at least five years in prison with same first offense fines.
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Jan
Swank
Democrat
Oklahoma
Bodies found on Lincoln highway in Wyoming murder case
The bodies of Mrs. Will Crawford and her young daughter were found on the Lincoln highway five miles west of here by Richard Peterson of Laramie. They apparently had been murdered. Will Crawford, the husband, was arrested. Three other children could not be located.
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Richard Peterson
Laramie
Utah Official Pugh Begins Prison Term For Embezzlement
David J. Pugh former Utah chief deputy state treasurer confessed to stealing more than 190000 dollars. He is serving a maximum twenty year sentence in the state prison. A warden reported Pugh was assigned to the dining room as a waiter. State securities probe into Park Bingham Mining proceeds. A Frank E Porter director offered 300000 shares of stock to Pugh.
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David J. Pugh
Utah
Ugh
RE. Davis
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Park-Bingham Mining Company
State Securities Commission
Frank E Porter
Park- Bingham Mining Company
Influenza Strikes Jefferson Davis Veterans Home
A flu outbreak at the Jefferson Davis Old Confederate Soldiers Home in Beauvoir Mississippi has caused five deaths since Wednesday noon and left twenty five inmates serious. One hundred eight residents including veterans wives and widows are on the sick list as Governor Bilbo offers aid.
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Jefferson Davis
Lst
T. G. Bilboods
Patrol boat rescues fishermen after sinking wreck
Four men and two boys stranded 27 hours near Fowey Rick lighthouse fourteen miles southeast of Miami were rescued by coast guard patrol boat 248 after their sunken fishing boat rammed a submerged wreck. Survivors include Everett Nobe of Lawrenceville New Jersey and five Floridians.
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Here
Coast Guard
Everett Nobe
Lawrenceville
Large downtown fire destroys block in Antonito center
A major blaze in Antonito Colorado destroyed about a third of the downtown block. Fire officials say the origin remains undetermined and total losses approach 870000, as flames started in a hall card room and spread to adjoining businesses.
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Antonito
Colo
Tax Refund Settlement With U S Steel Stirs Debate
A House appropriations sub committee heard details of a settlement where the government would pay 15 million dollars in tax refunds plus 11 million in interest to United States Steel in exchange for ending a long running litigation. The deal, described as a taxpayer compromise, reduces a claimed 169 to 173 million tax bill and faces criticism from lawmakers.
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Miami Copper declares stock split and quarterly dividend
The Miami Copper Company of New York and Miami Arizona raises capital stock to $2 from $1.50 and declares a quarterly dividend of fifty cents. The dividend becomes payable February 15 to holders of record February 1.
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Miami Copper Company
Miami
Arizona
Orpheum Theatre to Install Talking Pictures This Month
New York dispatch reports a Cunard liner Berengaria headed toward Europe with mail for Europe Africa and West Asia specifically addressed to Berengaria Andania and Ausonia for forwarding. The post office may reroute European mail to American ships though denial ties to a ship line dispute.
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Safety First at the Capital
Washington December record shows no traffic deaths for the first time since DC began tracking accidents. The previous low was September 1925 with two fatalities, marking a notable public safety milestone in the capital.
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District of Columbia
Orpheum to Install Sound Picture System in Pocatello
The Orpheum theatre of the C and A Amusement Co will install sound and talking picture equipment this month in a remodeled projection booth. About 10 000 will be spent on the Sonora Bristolphone system after extensive coast surveys. Four all talking films have been secured for Idaho’s premiere with emphasis on tonal quality and mechanical excellence.
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Orpheum Theatre
A. Amusement Company
R. D. Carruthers
Eldon Archibald
Idaho
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Archibald
Pacific Coast
Orpheum
Senator panel hears sugar beet leaf hopper aid request
Warren G Swendsen Idaho manager of Amalgamated Sugar asks Senate Agriculture Committee for 8.3 million dollars to combat the beet sugar leaf hopper harming western crop yields He seeks a separate 10 thousand dollars to extend the Agriculture Department's telegraphic market news service to Boise.
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United States Senate Agriculture Committee
Warren G Swendsen
Idaho
Amalgamated Sugar Company
the Tribune
Swendsen
Representative Smith
Department of Agriculture
Pastor Refuses Fine and Denies Eviction in Mount Zion
In Everson St Jen 4 AP report, Mount Zion Baptist Church, after 20 weeks, fails to discharge Rev GO A Long. Congregation petitions for injunction in circuit court as Long continues to preach despite notices and meetings. Judge Bundey presides and allegedly ignores motions. The bill seeks to bar Long from the pulpit.
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St. Jen
The
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Bundey
Boise club women push bills to protect women and jurors
In Boise on January 4 the Club Women of Idaho through a city legislative council voted to sponsor measures in the coming session. The proposals include strengthening the prohibition law, ensuring women are eligible for jury service, abolishing the elective state superintendent of public instruction, and protecting the public from incompetent beauty specialists.
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Club Women of
Legislative Council of All
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Angell Speech Stirs Mixed Reactions at Washington Event
Norman Angell’s lecture The Cells of Democracy drew mixed views after H Ralph Burton urged denial citing defense concerns. Burton called Angell a menace and accused him of pacifist socialist ties to communism, while others found no objection to his remarks.
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Norman Augrll
H. Ralph Burton
Board of Education
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Angells
Burton
Pan American Conference Approves Arbitration Treaties
In Wastington on January 4 the Pan American conference approved in plenary session the drafts of multilateral arbitration and conciliation treaties that had earlier been approved by the committee groups.
Record Flight Ends Fourth Day as Question Mark Stays Aloft
The Army air corps plane Question Mark stretched its endurance, surpassing the 65 hour prior world mark by refueling achievements. Pilots continued their nonstop flight over the Imperial Valley near Los Angeles, with ground observers noting no motor wear as fuel and oil were delivered midair. Secretary Davis and war department officials congratulated the crew.
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Johann Risticz
Wilhelm Zimmerman
Imperial Valley
Farmer Hanged for Double Murder in Barrie Jail Yard
George O'Neil, a farm hand, was hanged in Barrie Ontario shortly after midnight for the murder of Avor Robertson and his daughter Aby Martin. Prosecutors said the barn fire followed him tampering with straw. O'Neil claimed he left Robertson ill and sought help, then found the barn afire with Robertson’s skull fractured.
Sonnenberg Meets Strangler Tonight in Boston
Ed Strangler Lewis, the world heavyweight wrestling champion, faces Gus Bonnenberg a former Dartmouth football player in a championship match at the Boston Garden tonight. Lewis weighs 235 pounds with a 35 pound weight advantage.
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Gus Bonnenberg
Dartmouth
Boston Garden
Sonnenberg
Kidnap Tale Unfolds As Atlanta Girl Reunited
Doris Turner of Hoke Smith high school described being abducted by a “kindly old man with a cane” after two days missing. She was found bound at a filling station and said blindfolds concealed her location in a dirty shack. Police sought the wary suspect as parents received a special delivery note claiming the kidnapping.
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Doris Turner
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