Interstate commerce rejects Lewiston to Clarkston rail line
The Interstate Commerce Commission refused to order a new railroad route from Lewiston Idaho to Homestead Oregon or to Clarkston Washington. Officials cited rugged canyon terrain and current services as reasons against construction. If built it would have cut 185 miles by routing along the canyon and Columbia River.
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Commerce Commission
Lewiston
Homestead
Washington
Interstate Conimerce Commission
Idaho
Oregon
Clarkston
Wash
Boise
Coms
Canyon
Columbia
Colorado Gorge
Snake River
Columbia River
Portland
Indubo
Weiser
Passenger train collision near Palestine kills two
In Texas 37 miles west of Palestine two men died when International Great Northern passenger train No. 4 collided with a light locomotive. The dead are engineer L. J Hughes and express messenger Lun Antonio. Serious injuries include EK M Dates, engineer, and M J Haggerty, fireman, on the light locomotive.
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Palestine
Texas
International-Great Northern
John Halil
L. J Hughes
Lun Antonio
EK M. Dates
M. J. Haggerty
Two Killed in Belleville Robbery Manhunt Ends in Fatal Shootout
In Belleville New Jersey Paul Boshrer 44 and Edward Maurer 21 were killed after a $34 holdup by William Gimble 20. Gimble was captured about a mile away and police say he confessed to five holdups. In Florida Captain Frank Hawks crashed at Roosevelt Field while taking off for New York but escaped injury though his plane was destroyed.
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Belleville
N. J
Paul Boshrer
William Gimble
Edward W Maurer
Boshier
West Palm Beach
Fia
Frank M. Hawks
Roosevelt Field
New York
Little Entente Won’t Sign Pact Without Hungary Agreement
The Little Entente nations told the big powers at the reparations talks they will not sign the plan unless it includes an agreement with Hungary. The powers will discuss the issue further on a later date.
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Hague
Big Sig
Nne
Hungary
American Naval Delegation Reaches London for Conference
The American delegation arrived in London to prepare for the five power naval conference. Secretary Stimson planned talks with Prime Minister MacDonald as ambassadors Dawes and Gibson joined the group for the journey. They addressed MacDonalds reported plan to abolish battleships and began private discussions en route to Downing Street.
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London
Stimeon
MacDonald
Great Britain
Plymouth
Ian de George Washington
Paddington Station
Henderson
A V Alexander
Admiralty
Stimson
Downing Street
Charlies G. Dawes
Hughe S Gibson
Belgium
Ambassador Dawes
Ambassador Gibson
Further Inquiry Into Aimee's Financing Plan Begun
Deputy District Attorney Daniel Beecher said an audit of Angelus temple finances warrants further inquiry and could lead to a grand jury probe. Letters from 1938 allege a fake financial statement and involve Mrs Minnie Kennedy and Mrs McPherson.
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Los Angeles
Daniel Beecher
Angelus Temple
Aimee Semple McPherson
Beecher
Decharged
Rtos
M. J. Crawford
Temple Organization
Longview
Wash
Minnie Kennedy
McPherson
Death due to retained surgical forceps after operation
Coroner James N. Whitfield ruled, after an inquest, that Mrs. D. W. Timberlake died from complications caused by surgical forceps left in her lower abdomen during a Washington DC operation three years earlier. An autopsy located a five inch forceps in the right side near the appendix, with the examiner and three interns present.
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Richmond
James N. Whitfield
D. W. Timberlake
Washington, D. C
Idaho Licenses Good in Utah Under Reciprocal Rule
Idaho automobile licenses remain valid in Utah through January 31 under a reciprocal arrangement. Idaho motorists were confused by a Utah notice claiming foreign cars require Utah licenses, but Utah allows Idaho licenses to stay in effect as long as they are valid in Idaho.
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Bcluse
Idaho
Utaah
Secretary of State
Utah
Wreck of Northern Pacific freighter near Lookout
An ore laden Northern Pacific freighter derailed on a snowy Lookout curve east of Wallace Idaho killing brakeman Louis Erickson 45 and engineer Charles Campbell 50 and injuring fireman C A Swant 38. All three were Missoula residents. The wreck occurred on a sharp four percent grade as 22 ore cars tumbled downhill toward East Helena.
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Wallace
Idaho
Northern Pacific
Lookout
Here
Louis FE. Erickson
Charles E. Campbell
C. A. Swant
Missoula
Mont
East Helena
Campbell
Swant
Variety show moved to Stake recreation hall
The evening program scheduled for the new Third ward recreation hall is relocated to the Stake recreation hall on North Garfield due to a plant failure in the Third ward venue. The change affects all attendees and timings remain the same.
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Third Ward Recreation Hall
Stake Recreation Hall
North Garfield
Third Ward Hall
Jailed woman refuses talk to son in Arizona case
Mrs. Irene Schroeder, held with Walter Dague for the Newcastle, Pa. patrolman shooting, was approached by her son Donnie via a telephone call. She declined to answer and dropped the receiver, later saying she did not feel like talking. Extradition fights loom as Pennsylvania officers pursue.
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Schroeder
Walter Dague
Arizona
Pennsylvania
Phoenix
Ariz
Irene Schroeder
Walter Glenn Dague
Newcastle
Laveen
Uncle Tom
T. D. Crawford
Schiroeder
Star Highway Patrol
Brody Paul
Ernest Moore
Crawford
Dague
Vernon Ackerman
Joe F Wells
Oklahoma
Joe Chapman
Lee Wright
Florence
Chandler Ariz
Boise Chosen For Next State Chamber Meeting
Idaho State Chamber of Commerce delegates named new officers including R E Shepherd president for the fifth time and Yeman, Mitchell and Mitenel in senior roles. Boise was selected as the next meeting site with directors expanded to fifteen and a highway program debate dominating afternoon sessions.
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Idaho State Chamber of Commerce
R E. Shepherd
Yeaman
Idaho Falls
Perry Mitchell
Nez Perce
Tom Mitenel
Boise
R. E. Shepherd
E. W. Truman
St. Maries
John McMurray
Oakley
Boar
Nhe
General Assembly
Joe D. Wood
Shepherd
Idaho
R. S. Stringfellow
Stat Chamber
Graham Search Halted by Fog
Las Vegas Nev Jan 17 A Western Air Express airmail pilot Maurice Graham was reported missing four weeks ago after a billy yard encounter en route from Las Vegas to Salt Lake City A wide aerial search from Las Vegas to St George Utah and a northern eastward swing was planned as ground parties led by J C Stoves Union Pacific agent combed Caliente to the south Three hundred Union Pacific workers and pilots George Rich Ray Elismore were engaged but weather and lack of clues halted progress with no sightings reported.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Maurice Graham
Western Air Express
Sal Lake City
St. George Utah
Bristol Mine
Caliente, New
J. C Stoves
Union Pacific
George Rich
Ray Elismore
Boeing Air Transport
Graham
Caliente
Hoover Plan On Prohibition Facing Fight In Senate
Opponents of the Hoover plan for tougher prohibition enforcement seek Senator Borah's partial support. Borah, a leading dry and critic of enforcement, has yet to comment on the plan's provisions. Supporters hope Norris, chairman of the judiciary committee, who also criticizes aspects, signals a mounting challenge to the administration's measures.
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Washington
Borah
Idaho
Senate
Law Enforcement Commission
Hoover
United States
Norris
Nebraska
Judiciary Committee
Record Low Temperatures Grip Rocky Mountain West
A brutal cold wave shatters regional records from Idaho to Montana with Pocatello at 22 below and Silver Lake buoying to 56 below. Snowstorms, drifting, and automobile troubles plagued towns while two deaths were blamed on the cold near Proche, Nevada.
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Associated Press
Rocky Mountain
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Galt Lake City
Idaho Falls
Gern Blackfoot
Salt Lake City
Yellowstone Park
Pocatello
Anaconda Company
Silver Lake
Anaconda
Basin
Helena
Butte
Georgetown Lake
Carl Miller
Mabel Dennis
Proche
Nev
Cheyenne
Further Shutdown of Anaconda Mines
Anaconda Copper Mining company announced further curtailment of production. The original and Anaconda mines were closed last night after a temporary suspension at other properties, attributed to higher refined copper stocks from December 1, 1929 to January 1, 1930.
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New York
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Combine on Radio Patents Becomes Giant Monopoly Claim
Grigsby Grunow president tells Senate Interstate Commerce Committee that radio patent licenses from RCA GE Westinghouse and AT&T are driving a monopoly. He says his firm paid 5 302 879 15 in royalties over 18 months and argues a combine seeks dominance.
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Washington
B. J Grigsby
Grigsby- Grunow Company
Chicago
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Cousens Communication Bell
Radio Corporation of America
General Electric Company
Westinghouse Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Grigsby
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Stwart
H. C Baldridge
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