Real farmers urged for Idaho reclamation project success
Salt Lake City AP report on the rec lamation fact finding commission hearing where BR Shepherd urged hiring agricultural experts and a forty acre settlement plan to boost productivity. He blamed ignorance and economic conditions for Idaho farmers losses and criticized the intermediate credit banks for insufficient support.
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Salt Lake City
Tow
BR. E. Shepherd
Jer
Western States Motion Association
Reclamation
Secretary of the Interior
Hubert Work
Shepherd
John Idtsoe
Commission
Mr. Shepherd
Idaho
Gem
United States
Ida
Motion picture fans parade through Frisco for Wampas ball
San Francisco hosts the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers known as the Wampas. A celebrity parade by train ship and air precedes a luncheon and auto tour. The ball tonight is at the civic auditorium amid blue law debate delaying dancing in Los Angeles.
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San Francisco
Motion Picturedom
Western Association of Moton Picture
The
Wampas
Civic Auditorium
Los Angeles
Oil firms refuse tribute amid Mexican rebel pressure
E. L. Doheny of Pan American Petroleum reports in Tucson that rebel leaders in Mexico have sought tribute from American oil firms operating there but have been met with rejection. He notes ships in American waters are unarmed and that the empire of oil companies in Mexico remains unresisted.
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Tucson
Ariz
Mexico
E. AL. Doheny
Pan-American Petroeum and Transport
Arizona Daily Star
Empire of Oil Companies
Mexo
Doheny
Champion Hen Fontana Dies After Neck Injury
Lady Fontana, a white leghorn hailed as the champion egg layer, died at Fortuna after getting her head caught in a fence. The hen had set a world record with 564 eggs between October 2, 1921, and October 1, 1923.
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San Bernardo
Law Breakers Prosper Under Volstead Era
Washington reports Rep Sherwood of Ohio assailed prohibition enforcement as failing to prohibit since 1920. He cited rising liquor and narcotic use, cost to taxpayers, and blamed the Anti-Saloon League and Upshaw for aggressive tactics. He warned reforms could end personal liberty.
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Washington
Anti-Saloon League
Upshaw
Georgia
Sherwood
Ohio
House of Representatives
Daugherty
Congress
United States
Anti- Saloon League
Nevada
New York
Canadians Flock Into United States Amid Quota Claims
Detroit January 19 AP reports Canadians are entering the United States in large numbers, unhampered by European and Asiatic quota limits. Immigration officials say a rush began before Christmas and about 5,000 Canadians have crossed by legitimate routes since then.
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Detroit
Canada
United States
Airships and Inventions End Venture of Arctic Explorer Stefansson
Vilhjalmur Stefansson, visiting San Francisco on a lecture tour, says exploration has lost its joy due to airplanes and airships. He declares he is done with exploring, citing safety and certainty as humdrum factors, yet praises the Shenandoah's value and its upcoming polar flight.
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San Francisco
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Stefansson
Muscle Shoals bid touted as best government offer
Representative Hull announces a $100 million Muscle Shoals bid as the best offer the government has received. He argues the proposal ensures national preparedness, soil conservation, and rapid completion of dam No 3, enabling Tennessee River commerce and widespread southern distribution of hydroelectric power.
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Southern Power Sonamanion
Mi Shoals
Hull
Federal Power Commission
United States
Muscle iShoals
Secretary of War
Congress
Muscle Shoals
Useleshoals
Tennessee River
Washington
Thera, Pote
Noblem en Seeking Work At New Dancing Pavilion
An advertisement for gentlemen with bona fide European titles drew twenty applicants for jobs at a new dancing pavilion in New York. Six claimed Austrian counts, three British, three Russian, and one German said he was Kaiser’s second cousin. Wages ranged from 20 dollars a week to 94 dollars, with one applicant not leaving his current $23 job.
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New York
Blue
Miss Nell Bert Van Tayle in Idaho ice rescue case
An AP dispatch from Spokane describes Nell, Bert Van Tayle, and Miss Shipman involved in a rescue at Priest Lake Idaho after a dog team effort battled ice and extreme exposure to save victims who were left without dry clothing after their own garments froze during a cold incident.
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Spokane
Wash
Jas
Nell Motion
Bert van Wasted
van Tayle
Frosén
Shipman Arived
Coolin
Idaho
Priest Lake
Jewish religious leader Keky flees to Paris with family
Keky led synagogues in Ser of ecclesiastical Om authority before his home was destroyed in 1917. He fled to Paris with wife and children, later securing funds to bring them to join him. He completed a history of Jewish prayers and charits and sent it to Libertia for publication. The article notes his later return plans and limited engagement in synagogues.
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Keky
Ersande
Odensa
Paris
Bostes
Libertia
Pushing M Madoo Petition Drives in Oregon
Pendleton Jan 10 AP Petitions for secretary of state to place the name of William Gibbs McAdoo on the ballot in Oregon as a presidential candidate were filed yesterday by the GentiaL committee officials reported.
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Adoo Pendelton
Retary of State
Jibbs McAdoo
Oregon
Congress Talks Mellon Plan in Tax Debate
Washington January 19 AP Senator Couzens denied his wealth is all in tax exempt securities and urged a public debate with Mellon on tax reduction. He defended real estate investments as more productive than alcohol holdings and criticized current surtax principles. Debate on a tax appeals board and proposed revenue bills followed, with lawmakers weighing treasury control and state law conflicts.
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Washington
Couzeng
Michigan
Mellon
Treasury
Board of Tax Appeals
Ways and Means Committee
Edwin E. Gore
American Institute of Accountants
Garner
Texas
Gore
Green
Miller
Summers
Keller
Minnesota
Stone Mountain Lee Memorial Unveiled Amid Grand Ceremony
Governors, Confederate veterans, and national leaders gathered as granite toppled from Stone Mountain to reveal a thirty foot head of General Robert E. Lee carved in native rock. Mrs C Helen Plane, 94, led the reveal with the Confederate memorial group planned around the Lee head as the centerpiece of a vast monument to Confederate dead.
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Atonte
Iam 19
Team South
Pn Omage
Robert E. Lee
Stone Mountain
Lee
C. Helen Plane
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Armies of
Confederacy
Dixie's
Washington warns flasks won’t be in anti prohibition talks
AP dispatch from Washington reports G O Hinckley secretary of the association against the prohibition amendment issued a statement. The warning says pocket flasks will not be considered at the anti prohibition conference to be held Monday with a dinner and an open afternoon session.
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Washington
G. O. Hinckley
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Our
Portland Checks Careless Parents
Portland officials meeting of juvenile law enforcement officers decided to arrest and prosecute parents who allow children under 18 to roam the streets after 9 p m for contributing to the delinquency of minors.
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Portland
Ore
Navy Battle in Canal Zone Ends Carried War Game Now
Naval war game off the Panama Canal ends with the Black fleet overwhelming the Blue fleet. Fort Sherman and Coco Solo air stations key to defense while Gatun Lake and locks face simulated shellfire. Black aircraft drive off Blue planes as defenses prove superior.
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Colon
Canal Zone
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Atlantic Division
War Department
War Army
Mainone
Atstroyers
McCully
Black
Oevert
Blue
Foulph
Iun
al 'the Canal
Caribbean
Fort Sherman
Gatun Lake
Gatun Lock
Yesterda
Resolution aims to elevate Muldoon to boxing world post
In St Paul on January 19 AP reports W F Sailor secretary of the Minnesota boxing commission will propose at the National Boxing Association convention in Louisville Ky a resolution to elevate William Muldoon former New York boxing commission chairman to a role akin to J Kenesaw M Landis in baseball The South Dakota boxing commission backs the move and several state bodies indicate support for adoption during the meeting
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St. Paul
William Muldoon
New York Boxing Commission
Kenesaw M. Landis
W. F. Sailor
Minnesota Commission
National Boxing Association
Louisville
Sailor
Boxing Commission of
South Dakota
Robbed cashier at Pitt Manufacturing plant in Kansas City
Two unmasked bandits robbed a payroll cashier at Pitt Manufacturing in Kansas City Missouri on January 19 escaping with thirteen thousand five hundred twenty one dollars in payroll funds.
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Kansas City
Ng Pitt Manufacturing
Gharies b Grasty, Noted Newsman, Dies in Paris
Paris January 19 AP reports Gharies b Grasty a widely known newspaperman died after a long illness. The end came at 4 o clock this morning.
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Paris
Gharies
Texas Lifts Objection To Troop Trains
Acting Governor T W Davidson authorized 2000 Mexican federal troops to enter Texas near El Paso with American responsibility for damages. The move follows Secretary Hughes and Obregon requests amid Mexican rebel tensions and Tampico discussions.
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Texas
Austin
Tex
T. W. Davidson
Obregon
Mexico
Hughes
Washington
Davidson
el Paso
New Merco Boundary Line
Roman Lopes
Juares
Jesus Maria Aguirre
Juarez
Aguirre
Sonora
Jerome Chosen as Next Idaho State Convention City
Boise Jan 19 Jerome won selection as the next Idaho State convention site with Payette the only other contender. W W Deal was re elected master for a fifth term after adjournment. The 1924 session was praised as the largest and most important held in the state.
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Boise
Jerome
Idaho
Lowell
Payette
W.W. W. Deal
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Beatom
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de la Huerta
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