Measure Allows Cities to Buy Utilities on Partial Payment
Boise January 17 AP first draft bill would let municipalities purchase power plants and other public utilities with partial payments without voter approval. Legislature held brief sessions as committees met, House Bill No. 6 set for Monday to add poultry dairy and meat products to bonded warehouse security.
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Senate
House
McBirney
Ada County
Legislative Journal
Secretary of State
House Revenue and Taxation
Supreme Court
Civil Service Examinations Announced For Various Posts
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive examinations including Inspector in the Bureau of Industrial Alcohol at Treasury earning 2600 dollars yearly and research assistants in personnel administration at 3200 dollars. Also farm agent in the Indian Service at 1860 dollars. Full details from Miss McLaughlin secretary of the Civil Service Board at the local post office.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Bureau of Industrial Alcohol
Treasury Department
Personnel Classification Board
Washington, D. C
Indian Service
Miss McLaughlin
United States Civil Service Board of Examiners
No Tax Increase in Boise Plan for Highway Work
Alvin Harbor appointed commissioner of public works told the legislative highway committee that state and federal aid highway projects for the next two years will proceed without raising the gasoline tax or issuing tax anticipation notes. Harbour outlined a general two year plan of work.
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Boise
Alvin Harbour
Legislative Highway Committee
Harbour
Economy Urged by Robertson in Idaho Legislature
Senator John Toon of Washington County warned against increased appropriations as requests rival prosperity era levels. He praised Idaho’s government and urged county consolidation to under 20, merging highway and school districts, and proposed a two week early-session school for legislators to study state issues.
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ISE
John Toon
Washington County
Idaho
New York
Bowles and Loucks to be tried together in Bowles murder case
In Portland, Nelson Bowles and Irma Loucks will be tried jointly for the murder of Mrs. Bowles, stabbed to death in Loucks' apartment last November. The indictments were dismissed as the state elected to join the trials, amid bitter legal arguing over grand jury irregularities.
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Portland
Ore
Nelson C. Bowles
Irma Loucks
Bowles
Miss Loucks
Proposed bill makes canal driving in Idaho a misdemeanor
Boise, Jan 17 AP A proposal to make driving along irrigation canal banks a misdemeanor surfaced amid complaints to Ada county officials. Senator George Grebe cited danger and the cost to drain the 84 mile Boise valley canal to recover drownings, noting bodies could be trapped by nets or rise to the surface during draining.
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Idaho
Boise
Ada County
George Grebe
Boise Valley
Grebe
Village in Maryville braces for alleged mob attack over lynching
Maryville Missouri, January 17. Authorities mobilized the Missouri National Guard after unverified reports that five carloads of black men were en route to avenge the lynching of Raymond Gunn. Vigilant townspeople patrolled streets as officials sought to verify the threat.
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Maryville
Raymond Gunn
National Guard
St. Joseph
L. L. Edwards
Alice Ward
Kansas City
Mra
Edwards
W. O. Garrett
Henry 8. Caulfield
Jefferson City
128Th Field Artillery
Missouri National Guard
Utah Graduate Held by Officers
Oakland, January 19 A Utah graduate, 38, was arrested today on a charge of attempting to extort $200 from Mrs Samuel S Stevens, a Piedmont society woman, by threatening her and her daughter Mary 6. The suspect, identified as Yboa, was nabbed in a trap set by authorities after he grabbed a dummy bill.
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Oakland
Cal
Ganago
Yboa
University of Utah
Officers Elected By Potato Dealers
In Idaho Falls 104 members of the Idaho Potato Dealers association elected officers for 1931 at Bannock hotel. I E Young named president with Irel Gudmanson as vice president and other officers and directors chosen. a traffic committee was formed to curb potato rate discrimination with Washington state. A banquet followed with performances by local entertainers.
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Bannock Hotel
I. E. Young
Idaho Falls
Irel Gudmanson
Burley
F. H. Hansen
H. K. McDavitt
Twin Falls
Joe Andreason
St. Anthony
H. J. Weaver
Filer
P. H. Ahlquist
Buhl
Carl Gilb
Pocatello
Garfield Bond
Blackfoot
H. S. Curran
H. E. Young
E. S. Harper
Washington State
Idaho
Dorion
Gaylord Sanford
Fiddlers Four
Maude Exam
Virginia Treseder
Devil in the headlights spooks Sleepy Hollow highway
In Hitterdal Minnesota locals report a horned devil figure seen along the Hitterdal Ulen road for two weeks. Cars went off path, youths and girls frightened, a farm youth admitted mimicking the devil with horns tail and hooves. no charges filed as police investigate.
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Hitterdal
Minn
Washington Irving
Horesman
Sleepy Hollow
Hitterdal-Ulen
Clay County
Here
Franklin Anniversary Celebrations Mark Franklin’s Birthday
In Philadelphia on January 17, ceremonies at Independence Hall and Christ Church burying ground marked Benjamin Franklin’s 226th birthday. A luncheon and dinner followed with nine direct descendants and notable figures including Mayor Harry A. Mackey. The Poor Richard club sponsored the event as participants honored the famed statesman and inventor.
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Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
Independence Hall
Old Christ Church Burying Ground
Harry A. Mackey
Poor Richard Club
Lost Ring Reunited by Want Ads Service
A reader recounts using a want ad to recover a lost ring after it was found by another party. The notice promotes calling a number for ads and claims effective, quick results in item recovery.
Will Rogers decries government aid for Red Cross
Will Rogers voices opposition to a federal 25 million humanitarian appropriation urging local fundraising instead. He warns government relief erodes generosity and notes Senate action while House battles continue. He suggests using both funds but not harming the hungry.
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Barton Payne
Senate
Robinson
House
Railroad presidents predict prosperity as era of normality nears
Four major railway leaders from the Pennsylvania system Chicago Rock Island Missouri Pacific and Southern Pacific spoke in Phoenix on January 17 about an upswing in business with spring thaw. They said maintenance remains high and the 1931 year looks like a real promise for America.
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Phoenix
Ariz
United States
W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania System
James E. Gorman
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Sugar Beet Growers Paid 500000 in Final Season Totals
Checks totaling about 500000 were mailed to Utah Idaho Sugar Beet growers as final season payment. Officials said 4000000 had already been paid for 600000 tons of beets purchased this season. The company produced 1100000 bags of sugar.
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Salt Lake City
Utah- Idaho Sugar Beet Company Company
Will Rogers Tours Texas to Aid Unemployed Farmers
Humorist Will Rogers toured Texas last week to raise funds for drought stricken farmers in the southwest. He is now in Washington D C continuing his charity speaking tour.
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Will Rogers
Pocatello Tribune
Texas
Southwest
Washington
Dpd. C
SenateOKs TwentyFive Million Relief Fund
The Senate voted twenty five million dollars for Red Cross relief, backed by Democratic Leader Robinson. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania moved to reconsider, aiming to delay until the Red Cross completes its ten million dollar fundraising. Leaders expect a Monday vote and potential House action with President Hoover reportedly opposing the measure.
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Senate
Robinson
Reed
Pennsylvania
Red Cross
Hoover
Seator Reed
Jail Time for Chicken Theft Told in Court
In Knoxville, George Washington, a Black man, admitted stealing three chickens in criminal court. Judge J E Stooksbury imposed thirty days in jail for each chicken, remarking about telling the truth with his name.
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Knoxville
Tenn
George Washington
J. E. Stooksbury
Death of Robert Mock in Utah fight shocks Grand Junction
Authorities report Robert Mock 25 died in Cisco Utah from blows after a quarrel at a dance over a girl. Sheriff and coroner left Moab to inT custody T B Williams for inquest. Mock brother Ira Mock, noted cattleman, with Williams employed at a sheep camp.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Cisco
Utah
Robert Mock
T. B. Williams
Moab
Willams
Mock
Ira Mock
Boy Dies After War Relic Shell Explosion
Albert Hoffman age 16 of Central Point died in Medford Oregon after an explosion from a war relic shell. He was hammering the shell when it exploded striking him in the chest causing fatal injuries.
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Medford
Ore
Jan
Albert Hoffman
Central Point
Gillis Urges Extra Assistant Attorney General for Public Utilities
W D Gillis former attorney general urged the appropriations committee to hire an extra assistant attorney general to manage the public utilities commission and the state insurance fund. He said current work is largely handled by private counsel at costs exceeding the salary of a new assistant. He cited 1967 7,067 dollars in fees paid to attorneys funded by the state insurance fund and estimated the new position would cost about 3,000 dollars annually.
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Boise
W. D. Gillis
Appropriations Committee
Public wUlities Commission
State Insurance Fund
Pees
Philip Stalker accuses Gallet of paid warrants at Boise
Philip Stalker former assistant state treasurer charges at the joint legislative appropriations committee that two warrants drawn on university federal aid funds were paid to E G Gallet state auditor and Alta Wardwell bookkeeper for compensation in violation of the law. Gallet and Wardwell deny the charges and a committee is to probe the matter thoroughly. Stalker says he saw the warrants during 1927 1928 biennium but cannot give precise dates.
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Boise
Philip Stalker
Joint Legislative Appropriations Committee
E.G. Gallet
Alta Wardwell
Gallet
Wardwell
J. A. Thursh
Stalker
Baron Defenbach
Salesmen of Utah Grape Products Arrested in Kansas City
Federal agents arrest 20 or more employes at a Utah Grape Products sales conference in Kansas City. Officers seize flasks claimed as wine samples. Arrested individuals face conspiracy charges for alleged attempts to show grape juice would ferment into wine with 17 percent alcohol.
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Kansas City
Utah Grape Products Company
H. L. Duncan
Daisy De Boe Seeks More Tales From Hollywood Nightlife
Los Angeles gossip centers on Daisy De Boe who hints at more stories about Clara Bow and wild parties while she awaited her grand theft trial transcript. Clara Bow denies illness as cause for exit from City Streets. Daisy prepares to testify Monday with further revelations anticipated.
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Daisy de Boe
Hollywood
Clara Bow
Beverly Hills
Clara
Daisy
Miss de Boo
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