Belgian Princess Mari Jose to Wed Crown Prince Humbert
Jan 3 report details Princess Mari Jose age 23, daughter of Belgian monarchs, preparing for marriage to Crown Prince Humbert in Rome. Their romance began in childhood, faced political barriers, and now the Belgian royal family travels by Italian train to Italy guarded across Europe for the ceremony.
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Brussels
Belgium
Mari Jose
Rome
Humbert
Italy
Mance
Europe
Uhe
Ardiy
Steale Instituto Belli Serimima Annun
Ata
Fioreme
Marie Jose
Idaho deer hunters not abusing season, warden says
Idaho State Game Warden R B Thomas rebutted a week ly magazine editorial claiming an open deer season across the state. He noted a ten day season in the Shoshone basin, widespread hunter frustration, and a rising deer population per biological survey despite more hunters.
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Boise
R. B Thomas
Idaho
Thorns
Twin Falls
Water users seek extension for Cache Valley reservoir subscriptions
Cache valley water users and subscribers asked the Utah Water Storage Commission for an extension until Jan 22 to raise remaining subscriptions for a 1 600 000 federal reclamation project reservoir above Ayrum. The state commission’s decision was to be made at a Salt Lake City meeting that afternoon.
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Logan
Cache Valley County
Utah Water Storage Commission
Cache Valley
Ayrum
Eithet
State Commission
Salt Lake City
Mellon Defends Coast Guard After Black Duck Fire
Secretary Mellon said the coast guard acted legally in firing on the liquor smuggling boat Black Duck, which killed three men. He stated all reports show action was justified, and noted force used only when necessary. He favored moving the prohibition unit to the Justice Department for better coordination.
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New England
Coast Guard
Newport
R. I
Washington
Jan
Mellon
Terey
Myr Mellon
Prohibition Unit
The
Treasury
Department of
Department of Justice
Prohibition Bureau
Fifty Victims of Paisley Fire Buried in City Service
In Paisley Scotland on January 3 mourners faced a second day of funeral rites after a cinema fire killed 72 children earlier in the week. The town observed mass interments, hushed business, and residents attended brief services at Catholic and other churches as families gathered for prayers.
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Paisley
Scotland
Hiinda
Pocatello Seeks Coast Backing for Utah Idaho League
A Pecatcho Tribune report from Al Warden of Ogden states San Francisco Missions and Oakland will help finance three Utah Idaho league teams with potential joint support for a fourth. Proposed lineup includes Pocatello, Twin Falls, Ogden and Salt Lake, with Mission backing hoped for 193. Pocatello fans plan to appoint delegates at a league conference in Ogden on Saturday.
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Pocatello
Bannocks
Angel City
Pecatcho Tribune
al Warden
Ogdenepertsman
San Francisco Missions
Oakland
Idaho Youth Dies in California Car Crash
An 18 year old Idaho resident, Carl E Tatting, was killed when his car crashed into a tree 22 miles north of Redding California. Four companions from Idaho escaped injury. Tatting was son of J P Tatting, superintendent of the Amalgamated Sugar company.
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Modesto
Ellwood
Hoover cites $4.1 billion for 1930 public works plan
President Hoover announced that the current year’s public works, railroad, and public utilities construction program requires an estimated expenditure of 4.1 billion dollars. The figure reflects total plans reported to him up to that date.
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Washington
Hoover
Idaho Prison Under Fire by Reform Body
The National Society of Penal Information cites praised prison improvements in Idaho but condemns punishment methods. Warden J W Wheeler defends the setup as necessary to prevent outbreaks, noting guards are posted in mess halls and patrols use stocked guns in cages to maintain control. The issue accompanies a letter from the warden responding to reformers.
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Boise
Idaho Penitentiary
J. W. Wheeler
Handbook of American Prisons and Reformatories
Wheeler
Idaho
Mess Has
Idaho Prison
Reform
STAN WEATHER Generally fair night with warmer south region
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight with temperatures rising slightly in the southern portion. Saturday shows higher warmth across the area with light winds and dry skies.
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Southwessrtion
Convicts Hanged at Folsom and San Quentin Riots
Two of six death row inmates from the 1927 Folsom Thanksgiving riot were executed at Folsom State Prison Anthony Brown died at 9 14 am and Roy E Stokes at 9 34 am after the trap was sprung at 9 27 am Both men walked from the back alley to the execution chamber and exchanged hurried final remarks with Warden Court Smith Brown read a message to Mrs Florence Cleghorn while Stokes wrote to his mother at Austin Texas A San Quentin hangings followed for Louis Lazarus 37 in the killing of William McPartin Oakland bank teller with the trap sprung at 9 19 am and Lazarus pronounced dead at 10 14 am
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Folsom State Prison
Cal
Jan
George Baker
Folsom Prison
Anthony Brown
Roy E. Stokes
Brown
Thal
Max
Stokes
Warden Smith
Stome
Florence Cleghorn
Sacramento
Calif
Walter E Burke
James Gregg
Cleghorn
Edith Stokes
Austin
Tevas
Simith
Smith
Patrick Cronin
San Quentin Prison
Louis Lazarus
William McPartin
Oakland
San Quentin
Burglar Miller Awaits District Court Sentence in Twin Falls
William Miller confessed to a high school burglary in Twin Falls and pleaded guilty in probate court. He said he does not mind serving time as district court awaits the next term. Miller was arrested by Twin Falls police on New Year’s Day with numerous school items in possession and admits links to a Boise library break-in earlier in the week.
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Twin Falls
Wiliam Miler
Miller
Twin Ally
Carneg Pubolic
Boise
Resignation of Auburn Prison Warden Ed. S. Jennings
Albany Jan 34 Edgar S Jennings resigns as warden of Auburn state prison after a year with two riots. State correction commissioner Dr Raymond F C Kieb announced the move and declined to say if the resignation was requested, noting it had been selected.
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Albany
N. Y
Edgar S. Jennings
Auburn State Prison
Raymond F. C. Kieb
State Commissioner of Correction
Kieb
Jennings
Afon
Eielson May Have Returned Alaska Area
Nome Alaska January 2 A dispatch says a doc team driver heard a plane over Pilgrim Springs 75 miles north of Nome in a rugged district It references Pilot Car Ber Eielson and Mechanic Earl Borland who disappeared November 9 while flying fur trading ship Nanuk Ice bound near North Cape Siberia If weather allows a search plane will be sent to scout the area indicating a possible return toward Alaska with enough fuel for a return flight The Pilgrim Springs area is remote with sparsely scattered inhabitants
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Nome
Alaska
Pilgrim Springs
Here
Eielson
Earl Borland
Nanuk
Siberia
North Cape
Alaskan
Borah Denies Mabel Willebrandt Involvement
Senator Borah of Idaho rejects reports that Mrs Mabel Walter Willebrandt former assistant attorney general for prohibition was his information source on national prohibition conditions She says Willebrandt should not be drawn into this matter and has had nothing to do with it.
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Washington
Bereh
Idaho
Mabel Walter Willebrandt
Woman to Serve as Evanston Dog Catcher Without Pay
In Evanston Illinois on January 3 AP reports Mrs Lillian Lundahl will serve as dog catcher without pay after two experiences with men in the role She will supervise dog care and notify police when dogs need catching and she will not personally eat dogs
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Evanston
Ill
Lillian Lundah
Lundah
Two Killed by Gas in California Drydock
In San Francisco on January 3 two men died in a gas buildup inside an empty ballast tank aboard the Panama Pacific liner California under drydock. Victims were Carl Oblken a steamfitter and Theodore Wall junior engineer.
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San Francisco
California
Carl Oblken
Theodore Wall
Lost Motion Picture Crew in Air Tragedy Over Pacific
Seven of ten crew members die in a fiery midair crash off Santa Monica during a dramatic stunt for a film. Kenneth Hawks, 22, is identified among the dead. others include directors, cameramen, property men, and pilots. The crash occurred during a parachute drop sequence over the sea as planes collided and exploded in a catastrophic wreckage.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Pacific
Alfredenstein
English Channel
Kenneth Hawks
Hollywood
Mary
Smith Lived an Active Life in Western Mining Sport
A. Ersking Smith, 63, known as Coolgardie Smith in Vancouver, died New Year’s Day. The mining broker and adventurer traveled three continents, won the amateur light heavyweight title in Johannesburg, and helped develop mining properties in British Columbia after moving to western Canada in 1897. He was born in Australia.
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Vancouver
B. C
A. Ersking Smith
Coolgardie” Smith
Austraia
South Africa
Johannesburg
Western Canada
Yukon
British Columbia
Australia
Utah Prison Praised for Reform Efforts in Handbook
New York Jan 3 AP reports the National Society of Penal Information commends the Utah prison Plant for improved treatment under the current warden. The handbook notes small size aids individual care but cites lingering neglect and economy effects. It suggests selling the site to fund a new prison and criticizes excessive rules.
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New York
Utah
Handbook of American Prisons and Reformatories
National Society of Penal Information
Seciet
Owever
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Frederick C. Billard
Assoceioa
Warden Thomas
Secretary of Treasury
Prohibition
Pacific Coast
Idah
United States
Resociated Press Prote
Richard Dix
Matme Giless
University of Southern California
Long Beach
Auburn
Associated Press
Semon Shistakov
Moscow
Carl Ben Eielson
Borah
Mabel
Neo
Three Continents
Uta
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