Roosevelt and Smith Among Fund Speakers at Victory Dinner
Democracy rallied across Victory boards in nearly 50 cities to push a 1.5 million fund for debts and a campaign for votes. Roosevelts Shouse and Smiths led talks condemning Republican policy while urging a focused, prejudice-free campaign.
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Associated Press
Democracy
Roosevelts
Shouses
Smiths
Chicago
Jouett Shouse
Democratic Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
New York City
Idaho Man Elias Arkoosh Dies at 113 in Gooding
Elias Arkoosh aged 113 died at his son J E Arkoosh's Gooding home after pneumonia. Born in Syria April 15 1818 he came to the United States in 1881 and lived in Salt Lake City before Idaho. Funeral services set for Saturday with Father James Beusmans officiating.
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Gooding
Idaho
Elias Arkoosh
J. E. Arkoosh
Arkoosh
Syria
United States
Salt Lake City
James Beusmans
Mellon Denial Cleared On Colombia Loan Link
Washington January 15 The Senate Finance Committee reviewed a message from President Olaya to Colombia’s congress dated June 9 1931 claiming J P Morgan officials refused oil loan until Barco concession disputes were settled In a House hearing Alexander H Gregg read a Mellon dictated statement denying any connection between Mellon and the loan He defended treasury officials against Patman’s charges noting Gulf Oil's concession preceded the loan
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Senate Finance Committee
Olaya
Congress of Colombia
J. P. Morgan & Co
Barco
Andrew Mellon
Colombia
House
Alexander H. Gregg
Secretary of the Treasury
Patman
Texas
Gregg
Judiciary Committee
Mellon
Treasury
Gulf Oil Corporation
Water decree signed for North Side Canal in Idaho
Judge W. A. Babcock signed a district court decree establishing the right of the North Side Canal Company of Jerome to divert 1260 second feet of Snake River water as a supplemental supply from Milner Dam by priority of August 6, 1920. Lynn Crandall, watermaster, offered no objections at the hearing.
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W. A. Babcock
North Side Canal Company
Jerome
Snake River
Milner Dam
Lynn Crandall
Will Rogers Seeks News From Home in Torn Letter
Will Rogers wires The Tribune from Rawalpindi asking for political results and sports outcomes since November 21. He jokes about Culbertson the rubber and pines for his missing dress suit and letters of introduction while aboard an English vessel.
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Rawalpindi
Congress
Jimmy Walker
Mooney
Pasadena
Will Rogers
Home Brew Becomes Warn On Cap Injuries
Fred Aggland of Kinistino once boasted of his beer but a home brewed bottle exploded a metal cap down his throat. He was rushed to a hospital in Prince Albert where doctors removed the cap. Aggland now uses a bottle opener.
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Prince Albert Sask
Fred Aggland
Kinistino
Aggland
Alcohol Alleged Cause of Death in Blackfoot Jail
Max Pauly about 55 died in the city jail early Thursday from the alleged effects of denatured alcohol. He had a sister in Wyoming and one in Wisconsin, with no clue to their whereabouts. Pauly lived in Evanston Wyoming for years and later in Pocatello Idaho before moving to Blackfoot about three months ago.
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Blackfoot
Pocatello Tribune
Max Pauly
Pauly
Wyoming
Wisconsin
Evanston
Wyo
Pocatello
Idaho
Area Council Meets January 29 in Pocatello
The Eastern Area council annual Boy Scout meeting will be in Pocatello on Friday January 29 in two sessions. The afternoon session at 4 will be limited to finance and district chairmen to approve budgets and district quotas. the 6:30 evening session will feature C D Amphlett presiding with keynote speaker George Albert Smith of Salt Lake and reports from Dr Ray J Davis Nate Black and J M McDonald.
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Pocatello
Mark Tuohy
C. D. Amphlett
George Albert Smith
Salt Lake
Ray J. Davis
Nate Black
J. M. McDonald
Court of Honor
Judge urges death or life for rape in Hawaii push
Gov. Lawrence M. Judd prepared to urge a special Hawaii session to make rape punishable by death or life imprisonment. The move follows a Honolulu crime wave amid the slaying of a young Hawaiian linked to the wife of Rear Admiral Yates Stirling. Defense lawyers seek timely grand jury action on murder charges against Mrs. Granville Fortescue, her son-in-law Lieut. Thomas Magsle, and two naval enlisted men.
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Honolulu
Lawrence M. Judd
Judd
Yates Stirling
Hawaiian
Granville Fortescue
Thomas Magsle
Griffith Wight
Winter Weather Summary and Record Temps
Old Man Winter and Mercury clash across the hours with temperatures from 11 degrees above zero to five degrees, then noon hits 11 as the system shifts. Highest Thursday 22 degrees, record highs 49 in 1909 and lows six below in 1922, precipitation 0.78 inches since month start, slight year-over-year increase. Forecaster predicts unsettled weather with possible snow flurries today and Saturday.
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Mercury
Governor Ross seeks 10 percent cut in state school costs
Boise January 15 Governor C Ben Ross asks the state board of education to cut expenditures by ten percent across state educational institutions. He singles out Albion Normal school noting 52 percent of its appropriation is spent this biennium with $14,950 earmarked for improvements yet $11,414 unspent. If unused the school may lack funds for 1933 and the governor urges strict adherence to the appropriation.
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Boise
Board of Education
C. Ben Ross
Albion Normal School
Smiths Son Held Technical Charge In Fatal Car Crash
Walter J. Smith, 22, son of former Governor Alfred E. Smith, was arrested on a technical charge of homicide after his car struck 55 year old Harry Wallace at 128th Street and Lexington Avenue in New York. Wallace died. Smith was released on $1000 bail for examination next Friday. Police said the accident was unavoidable and Smith was driving about 20 miles per hour.
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New York
Walter J. Smith
Alfred E. Smith
Harry Wallace
128Th Street
Lexington Avenue
Wallace
Young Smith
H. Stanley Renaud
Smith
Tape Used to Silence Children in Illinois School
Evanston Illinois January 15 AP report states adhesive tape was used over the mouths of second grade students at Central Elementary to prevent disruptions. Mrs Ralph Watts filed letters with the school superintendent and others alleging her son Willard age 7 had his mouth taped. teacher Vivian Heuss admitted the act but denied harsh treatment.
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Evanston
Ill
Central
Ralph Watts
Willard
Vivian Heuss
Democratic Sidelights at Victory Dinner in Idaho
Mrs Myrtle Enkine told southern Idaho Democrats that old Republican power has faded and the party faces the 1932 campaign with renewed vigor. Asher B Wilson praised national party progress and Maude Cosho urged focus on relief through opportunity. The crowd recalled Gooding county’s vote for C Ben Ross and ridiculed fair weather Democrats, noting the party’s hard years and shifting loyalties.
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Gooding
Myrtle Enkine
Idaho
Fifth and Main
Rome
Gooding County
C. Ben Ross
Maude Cosho
Ada County
Democratic Party
Billy Sunday
Board Selecting 1932 Jury List
County commissioners were busy selecting 300 names for the 1932 jury list in district court. Jury panels will be drawn by county officials over the next 12 months as needed. The board will also review county department budgets with budget clerk Grace Hall and department personnel.
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Grace Hall
H. C. Christiansen
Grace
R. T. Hale
McCammon
Willard Lund
Mercy Slayer Slays Son in Ohio Case
James Stenhouse, 39, sits in county jail as a grand jury weighs charges after his confession that he killed his two year old son to end his suffering from a brain infection. He said the child could not get well.
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Millersburg
Ohio
James Stenhouse
Stenhouse
Associated Press
James 8. Stenhouse
Pocatello Woman Is Held for Theft
Mrs. F. P. Colburn arrived from Pocatello and was arrested on a technical warrant from Sheriff W. H. Woodward. Her mother-in-law accuses her of complicity in the theft of two diamond earrings valued at $200, a charge she rejects as family trouble. Her husband is named as co-defendant and was in Salt Lake City.
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Sacramento
F. P. Colburn
Pocatello
W. H. Woodward
Jennie Colburn
Carver Likely Democratic Candidate for Idaho Attorney General
Boise observers report John Carver, Pocatello city judge and Bannock county chairman, as Democratic candidate for Idaho attorney general in 1932. Backed by the Ross machine, he may face May primaries unopposed. Carver, a University of Idaho law graduate, previously served two terms as Franklin County attorney. His brother Parker P. Carver is governor Ross’s secretary. Carver is blind but active in party work.
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Boise
Pocatellan
John Carver
Pocatello
Carver
Ross
University of Idaho Law School
Franklin County
C. Ben Ross
Parker P. Carver
Bannock
Frank Keenan
North
Compton I. White
Congress
George A. Meffan
Unsetted Tonight and Sanrday District Notes
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Victory dinner draws near 500 in Bannock hotel crowd
Three hundred attendees fill the Bannock hotel in Pocatello for a Victory dinner honoring southeastern Idaho Democrats. Toastmaster B W Davis jokes at the party in power as Mayor T C Coffin reads felicitation messages from national leaders including Roosevelt and Smith. Governor C Ben Ross delivers the main address urging continued faith in reform and policy aims for 1932.
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Idaho
Bannock Hotel
B. W. Davis
T. C. Coffin
America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
al Smith
John W. Davis
Joe T. Robinson
John N. Garner
House of Representatives
Washington
Newton D. Baker
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
James M. Cox
C. Ben Ross
Hoover Plan to Reconstruct Finance Corp Approved
The House approved President Hoover's 2 billion reconstruction finance corporation proposal. Senate orders inquiry into air and ocean mail contracts. House anti prohibition blocs back a change in the 18th amendment returning liquor control to states. Seattle mills run at 21.3 percent, down from 163 percent last week. Agua Caliente golf tournament third round postponed to tomorrow due to heavy rain.
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Washington
Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
House
Agua Caliente
Mex
P. A. Moulton
Package addressed to Dr Julius Klein turned over to police
A package addressed to Dr Julius Klein assistant secretary of commerce was handed to police when office attaches feared a bomb. Police took the item to the bureau of standards for further checks.
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Washington
Julius Klein
Bureau of Standards
Colorado Regents Oust Myron Witham as Coach
University of Colorado board of regents refused to renew head football coach Myron Witham’s three year contract expiring December 31 1931. Witham had coached the Buffaloes since 1920.
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Denver
Myron Witham
University of Colorado
Board of Regents
Witham
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