Spectators Stage Battle As Trunk Murder Trial Opens
Honolulu watchers crowded the courtroom as a trunk murder trial began amid intense media attention. The incident prompted Hawaii lawmakers to advance five point criminal law reforms and push for appointive police chief and prosecutor positions. The session aimed to curb crime and counter congressional scrutiny.
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Edeth Low
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United States
Naval Affairs Committees
National Senate
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Judiciary
Road to open Star Valley connects Star Valley to Oregon Trail
Bear Lake county will build a road from Geneva to link Star Valley with the Old Oregon Trail with Forest Service funding of 75000 dollars and a county match of 18000 dollars. County officials said state aid is needed to match forest funds and construction is planned to start early this year after laws are drawn and approved.
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Bear Lake
Geneva
Star Valley
John T. Peterson
Peterson
William J. Hunter
Forest Service
Crouth
Governor Ross May Attend Silver Conference
Governor Ross has not decided whether to attend a planned silver conference in Denver likely on February 15. The announcement from William Jennings Bryan of Hollywood says the meeting will discuss an international conference on silver and other means of stabilizing the metal's price.
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Boise
Denver
Ross
William Jennings Bryan
Hollywood
Gandhi Sons Arrest Highlight India War Ties
In India, Gandhi’s youngest son Ramdas was arrested at Haipura for nationalist activity as Mahatma Gandhi’s wife and other intimates face jail. Across the globe, U.S. President Hoover reshapes the administration plan with Dawes, Stimson, and Meyer to launch a new finance corporation. Gibson to lead the Geneva delegation.
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India
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Markets Conference With R. R. Official Scheduled Tomorrow
Governor Ross heads to Pocatello to press Union Pacific for funding a marketing agency to relocate Idaho surplus produce. The meeting will include growers from southern Idaho and officials from the Pocatello Chamber of Commerce. Union Pacific executives and five $100 agricultural scholarship winners will attend the forum luncheon.
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Carl R. Gray
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Alta Fisher
Oxford
Royal Cordon
Inkom
Don Marley
McCammon
Jack Frye
John Williams
Cleveland
Borah Seeks Across the Board Cuts in U S Salaries
Senator Borah proposed a bill to cut government salaries above 5 000 a year with ranges 5 000 to 7 500 down six percent 1 000 to 10 000 ten percent and higher by 20 percent except judges and the president The measure aims to save 200 000 000 to 225 000 000 and asks all federal officials to share the burden Congress members would see pay fall from 10 000 to 8 000 a year
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Borah
United States
Congress
Snow Tonight Then Warmer East and South Areas
Snow is forecast tonight and Wednesday with warmer conditions in the east and south portions. The west region is expected to turn colder on Wednesday.
Railroad chiefs in Chicago for wage parley
Railway labor leaders demanded specifics on how carriers would use savings from a proposed 10 percent wage cut. David B. Robertson led the labor delegation and asked for detailed figures from railroad presidents, who pledged to provide the financial data by Wednesday after a short session.
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David B. Robertson
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A. Downs
Illinois Central
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio
J. J. Pelley
New York
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Hartford
A. C.needles
Norfolk and Western
J. E. Gorman
Rock Island and Pacific
L. W. Baldwin
Missouri Pacific
C. A. Wickersham
Atlanta
West Point
H. D. Pollard
Central of Georgia
C. E. Denney
Erie
Brotherhoods and Railway
Banks praised by Coolidge in American magazine
Former President Calvin Coolidge writes in the American magazine that a general lack of judgement contributed to the economic slump. He praises the national banking system as sound and warns against hoarding, saying deposits in regulated banks have been among the safest places to keep funds.
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New York
Calvin Coolidge
Utahn Slated As Board Member
The Senate Agriculture Committee approved the nominations of Frank Evans of Utah Sam H Thompson of Illinois and William F Schilling of Minnesota to the farm board Evans and Thompson appear before the Senate for the first time while serving under recess appointments Schilling seeks a second term to succeed Charles E of California and fill the vacancy left by Alexander Legge of Illinois
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Senate Agriculture Committee
Frank Evans
Utah
Sam H. Thompson
Hiiness
William F. Schilling
Minnesota
Farm Board
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Thompson
Senate
Hilling
Charles ©E
California
Alexander Legge
Ilinois
Drouth Relief Freight Rates Sought by Eastern Idaho Counties
A dozen eastern Idaho counties including Teton Clark Lincoln Jefferson Caribou Blaine Fremont Butte Custer Power Bingham Cassia asked Gov Boss and the agriculture department for emergency freight rate relief to lower feed costs for livestock. Owyhee Elmore and Bear Lake already secured rates. a 30 percent reduction is in effect pending further county letters and a formal proclamation.
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Elmore
Bear Lake
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Snow Likely Tonight With Clearing By Wednesday
Forecasters warn of light snow tonight in the area with a clearing trend Wednesday. Temperatures will drop after the snowfall with a noticeably colder air mass moving in.
Tie Used To Strangle Veteran At Los Angeles Home
Inmates John Hendricks and Samuel Schwartz at the Lawtelle veterans home were charged with murder by strangling fellow inmate Robert Erwin. Erwin’s body was found December 29 in Latigo Canyon near Santa Monica, with a Christmas tie twisted around his throat.
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Lawtelle War Veteran’s Home
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Samuel Schwartz
Robert Erwin
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Latigo Canyon
Santa Monica
Hardware men open sessions on Wednesday
Three Idaho hardware meetings set this week begin with a conference Wednesday morning between Governor C Ben Ross and Union Pacific President Carl Gray. Idaho dealers start a three day convention tomorrow afternoon, editors meet Friday and Saturday. Sessions include speakers from Rexburg Emmett and from Utah Washington.
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Carl Gray
Union Pacific System
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Southern Idaho
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Gray
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J. E. Graham
Rexburg
W. H. Cummerer
Emmett
Singing of America
Claude Richmond
Roosevelt to sail for Manila January twenty ninth
Governor General Theodore Roosevelt plans to leave Seattle for Manila on January 29 to study Philippine conditions firsthand. He spokes of rapid preparation for his new duties and said he would not discuss his policies at this time.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Philippines
Seattle
Manila
Mystery surrounds death of Tucson cook Nora Smithson
In Tucson investigators found the charred body of Nora Smithson a 60 year old cook for a local family in the basement of the house where she worked last night. Police favored accident but an inquest will be held today naming authorities and unclear cause of death.
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Will Rogers Praises Athens Premier in Greece Visit
Will Rogers reports from Athens that the Java to Amsterdam air route with one pilot crew and plane will be the longest in the world at 10 000 miles. He notes a chat with Premier Venizelos who he says embodies Greece. Flight plans include Holland line Athens to Rome in 11 hours.
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Pale but calm defendant Winnie Ruth Judd faces murder trial
Winnie Ruth Judd, pale yet composed, appeared before the Arizona bar to answer first degree murder charges in the deaths of Agnes Leroi and Hedvig Samuelson. A crowd gathered as jury selection began, with dismembered victims found in Los Angeles. Judd, 26, was escorted into court, eyes downcast, amid tense proceedings.
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Hedvig Samuelson
Miss Samuelson
Los Angeles
Judd
Maricopa County
Snow yields best irrigation in ten years in Jackson Hole
Boise bulletin reports Lynn Crandall, Snake River watermaster, says snowpack will exceed 20 inches this winter, signaling a good season for irrigators as the South Fork Snake River watershed shows its strongest flow in a decade.
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South
Snake River
Lynn Crandall
Department of Reclamation
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