New Education Plan Presented to Idaho Solons
Commissioner W D Vincent presented a modernization program before the Idaho House education committee. He highlighted two linked bills requiring at least eight months of schooling and funding aid for poorer districts, noting many small districts cannot exceed six or seven months. An equalization fund was also proposed.
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Boise
W. D. Vincent
Education Committee
House
Board of Education
Idaho Education Association
Idaho
Committee to Urge Bannock Creek Road Improvements
A joint committee of the Pocatello and American Falls Chambers of Commerce and Arbon Valley representatives proposes federal aid for Bannock Creek Road to Arbon. Paul V. Nash Roy Lindley and Irvin Allred likely will go to Boise to press the state highway department for necessary improvements benefiting Indian farmers and Arbon Valley grain shipments.
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Conference of
Pocatello and
American Falls
Bannock Creek
Albon Valley
Pocatello
State Highway Department
Cascade Girl Ready to Fly Again After Crash
Esther Coleman an 18 year old Cascade Idaho girl who survived a plane crash and shock after a fatal wreck last Monday says she is not afraid to fly again. The second flight ended in a 300 foot crash into a snow packed forest as Ray Fisher the pilot died and her relatives searched for cattle on the mountain slope.
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Cascade
Idaho
Esther Coleman
Ray Fisher
Charles Coleman
Sidd Coleman
Lew Koski
Koski
Long Valley
Fisher
New York Lawyers Prepare Brief on Prohibition Amendment
Henry W. Jessup and Austen G. Fox plan to file a brief with the Supreme Court defending Federal Judge Clark of New Jersey who ruled the prohibition amendment was invalid due to improper ratification. They argue constitutional framers favored two amendment routes and that rights changes must pass state conventions.
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Washington
New York
Supreme Court
Clark
New Jersey
Henry W. Jessup
Austen G. Fox
Congress
Idaho Snow Depths Fall Short of Last Year
Boise January 14 The Weather Bureau reports Idaho snow depths are below normal for this time of year. Meteorologist Clinton E Norquist notes heavy snowfall in November followed by extreme cold that curtailed precipitation. Depths range from three to 48 inches across major watersheds including Bear Lost Boise Payette Salmon Weiser Clearwater and the upper Columbia.
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Boise
Idaho
Clinton E. Norquist
United States Weather Bureau
Bear River
Lost River
Payette
Salmon
Weiser
Clearwater
Columbia Rivers
Ensemble Rules in Pajama Fashion Steals the Spotlight
New York January 14 Fashion show by Garment Retailers of America features 150 creations from 87 exhibitors with pajamas for dance beach garden and home as the trend. Ensembles remain dominant with jackets three piece suits and varied lengths while hems drop and colors shift to red gingham velvet and chiffon details. Art Acord body moves to its final resting place escorted by veterans en route to Los Angeles from El Paso Texas.
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New York
America
Hotel Astor
EL Paso
Tex
Art Acord
Davis- Seaman Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Holy
Los Angeles
Ross names Parker Carver to state purchasing agent
Boise January 14 AP Governor C Ben Ross appoints Parker Carver of Pocatello as state purchasing agent and private secretary. Carver will fill both posts, succeeding Victor Shawe as secretary and R G Archibald as purchasing agent.
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Boise
C. Ben Ross
Parker Carver
Pocatello
Victor Shawe
R. G. Archibald
Ritchie Attacks Prohibition and Federal Centralization
Maryland Governor Albert C. Ritchie, sworn in for a fourth term, denounced national prohibition and federal overreach. He urged local self-government, warned government policy worsened unemployment, and criticized inflationary actions after 1929. He urged returning the question to the states and preserving individual rights against overreach.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Albert C. Ritchie
Ritchie
Wickersham Committee
Keenan Elected President of Utah Idaho Fair Group
Frank J. Keenan of Boise was chosen president of the Utah Idaho Fair Association at Ogden meeting, succeeding Ernest R. Holmes of Salt Lake City. The Boise fair secretary becomes association secretary. With only eight fair representatives present, no fair dates were set.
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Ogden
Frank J. Keenan
Boise
Ernest R. Holmes
Salt Lake City
Utah
Idaho
Clark Submits Tax on Power
Boise January 14 Mayor ABarzilla W Clark of Idaho Falls backs a plan for Idaho to tax power produced in Idaho for use in other states. He proposes a one fourth cent per kilowatt tax on eastern Idaho power mainly sent to Utah, predicting about three and a half million dollars yearly. He says Idaho power profits are high and favors the tax over a sales levy to keep revenue within the state.
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Boise
Abarzilla W. Clark
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Clark
Utah
North Idaho
Washington
Idahoan Takes Carload Prize At Ogden Show
At the Ogden livestock show the grand champion bull in Aberdeen Angus went to Prizemere 115 owned by Congdon & Rattles Yakima Washington James B Hollinger Chapman Kansas won the junior bull title Blackbird of Page Teneth Des Moines Iowa captured grand and junior female trophies in Aberdeen Angus division Matador R P Lamont Larkspur Colorado earned grand and senior bull in Hereford class Brea Domino Ken Cary Littleton Colorado junior Hereford bull Judith Domino Herbert Chandler Baker Oregon won grand Hereford female Willowmeadows Celebrity Willowmeadows Farms Willows California claimed grand Jersey bull and senior champion Don Pyeait Lemhi Idaho won grand championship for a carload of feeder cattle Hercules Paymaster owned by F M Rothrock Seattle John H Beeley Sons Mt Pleasant Utah paid 475 at sale for him.
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Ogden
Jan
Prizemere
Congdon & Rattles
Yakima
Wash
Revelation
Wheatland
James B. Hollinger
Chapman
Kan
Blackbird
Page
Blake Brothers
Des Moines
Pure Pride of Page
Matador
R. P. Lamont
Larkspur
Colo
Hereford
Brea Domino
Ken-Cary Littleton
Judith Domino
Herbert Chandler
Baker
Ore
Willowmeadows Celebrity
Willowmeadows Farms
Willows
Cal
Jersey
Don Pyeait
Lemhi
Idaho
Hercules Paymaster
F. M. Rothrock
Seattle
John H. Beeley & Sons
Mt. Pleasant
Utah
Tariff and Farm Loan Board Cited as Aids to Wool Prices
In Salt Lake City Utah Wool Growers hear I A Edghill of Boston and J B Wilson of Wyoming praise tariffs and the farm loan board as key to stabilizing a volatile wool market. They say selling wool at a foreign price plus duty is the first time this occurs, with the cooperative marketing plan keeping prices steady and not flooding the market.
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Salt Lake City
Federal Farm Loan Board
Utah Wool Growers’ Association
I. A. Edgheill
Boston
Draper & Co
Ageuts
National Wool Marketing Corporation
J. B. Wilson
Wyoming
Marketing Association
Farm Board
Wilson
Volcanic Eruptions and Quakes Hit Argentina Town
In La Poma region of western Argentina two people killed in Cobres as a sequence of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions began Thursday. Flooded streams hinder access while mudflows wreck houses crops and livestock. a 15 year old girl was killed and a younger brother is missing.
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San Antonio DE Los Cobres
Argentina
la Poma
Cobres
el Potrerillo
Veterans Bureau building plan to hire veterans and aid hospitals
Washington Jan 14 The Veterans Bureau outlines a building program to employ 4100 men and fund hospitals for less fortunate veterans. Pending projects total 10.54 million dollars to start in three months with bids asking contractors to give preference to veterans and local labor.
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Washington
Veterans Bureau
Bureau
Discoverer of Dinosaur Skeletons Dies After Operation
Salt Lake City report says Dr Earl Douglass aged 68, famed paleontologist and discoverer of extensive Utah dinosaur deposits, died after surgery. Native of Medford Minnesota, he moved to Utah in 1909 after Carnegie Museum tenure and supervised excavation near Jensen yielding 25 to 30 skeletons for what became Dinosaur National Monument.
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Salt Lake City
Earl Douglass
Utah
Douglass
Medford Minn
Carnegie Museum
Pittsburgh
Jensen
Dinosaur National Monument
Will Rogers Wires the Tribune on Oklahoma Visit
Will Rogers comments from Claremore Oklahoma describe the new governor’s early days in office He notes no impeachment talk and jokes about reducing prisoner releases and cutting government costs, summing up his visit with humor.
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Claremore
Okla
Oklahoma
Memorial Is Rushed and Deferment Sought
Off Azores a British cruiser misread a flare as Tradewind disappearance clues while search continues for the plane and its two occupants Mrs Beryl Hart and Lieut William A MacLaren. In Idaho the state senate pushes a memorial asking Congress to tax Indian lands as bills move toward action.
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Horta
Island of Fayal
Azores
San Miguel Island
Hamilton
Bermuda
Nuolja
Beryl Hart
William A. MacLaren
Noo
Paris
New York
Norfolk
Idaho Senate backs memorial on highway share
The Idaho State senate adopted a memorial urging Secretary Arthur Hyde to allocate Oregon’s share of the Oregon Idaho Nevada cutoff highway to the Oregon section, stretching from Canada through Montana and Idaho to San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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Boise
Idaho State Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Arthur Hyde
Oregon
Canda
Montana
Idaho
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Thirteen Candidates for Queen in Third Ward Ball
The Third Ward LDS church sponsors its own green and gold ball with 13 candidates for queen. The event occurs at the Ward Recreation Hall on North Arthur Avenue in February due to overcrowding at the larger Garfield Hall. Nominees include Ruth Payne Roberta Wright Rhea Porter Thela Hess Helen Chandler Nola Kirkman Arlene Nelson Ruby Nelson Roma Morrison Elva Pugmire Lillian Windsor Sylvia Marler and Orris Nichols.
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Third Ward
LDS Church
North Arthur Avenue
North Garfield
Ruth Payne
Roberta Wright
Rhea Porter
Thela Hess
Helen Chandler
Nola Kirkman
Arlene Nelson
Ruby Nelson
Roma Morrison
Elva Pugmire
Lillian Windsor
Sylvia Marler
Orris Nichols
Meyer Remains for Approval
Washington January 14 Republican senate leaders push to confirm Eugene Meyer of New York as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board after approving six tariff commissioners. Opposition from Senator Brookhart and Senator Fletcher looms as they seek quick action on Meyer's nomination amid a tense confirmation session.
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Washington
Senate
Fugene Meyer
New York
Hoover
Federal Reserve Board
Brookhart
Towa
Fletcher
Edgar B. Brossard
Utah
Lincoln Dison
Indiana
Meyer
Lucas Appeals to Party Men in Opening Hoover Campaign
A 1930 letter from Robert H. Lucas, executive director of the Republican National Committee, urges precinct leaders to defend President Hoover and launch an aggressive 1932 reelection campaign. The enclosure asks for meetings around birthdays to hear Hoover’s address on radio.
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Lucas
New York
Robert H. Lucas
Republican National Committee
Hoover
New York World Today
National Committee
United States
Raskob
Herbert Hoover
Tnat
Ube
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