Car Used by Kidnappers in Denver Found
A deserted automobile linked to the kidnapping of Benjamin J. Bower was found near Denver. Police offered 600 dollars for information leading to arrests while Mrs. Bower appealed to abductors not to harm her husband. The car, owned by Mrs. Winbourn, held a purse and a vacuum cleaner left by the abductors. Police took fingerprints from the vehicle.
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Teachers' Rate Not Increased in Workmen's Compensation
Boise, Jan 21 AP P C OMalley director of the state insurance fund said there has been no increase in workmen s compensation insurance rates for school teachers. He explained a preliminary list may have erroneously included a clerks rise to seven cents per hundred, but teachers remain at the old five to six cents range and the burden on schools would be small.
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P. C. O'Malley
State Insurance Fund
Blackfoot Boy Reported Missing
John Geyer 17 son of Mr and Mrs N I Geyer of Blackfoot is missing since Wednesday noon. He did not attend classes at school and was seen by schoolmates at noon. He is described as 5 feet 5 inches tall, about 110 pounds, with a medium dark complexion.
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Blackfoot
St Josephs High School Presents Quality Folks Play
Students at St Josephs high school will present their annual play on Tuesday evening February 2 at 8 at Frazier hall. The wholesome comedy features Miss Ardis Peck in the lead female role and Harry Edwards as a Virginia aristocrat. Strong student roles fill the cast with Thomas Brantley as manager. Tickets are on sale now and a large turnout is expected.
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Kelly plan for Chicago taxes clears senate unanimously
Springfield reports the Kelly compromise to reorganize Chicago’s taxing system passed the senate without opposition. The governor plans to sign immediately and the law becomes effective at once, creating a non political board chosen by the governor and Cook county board president to replace current elective assessors and reviewers.
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Death Row Youth Faces Electric Chair in Sing Sing
Ossining New York January 21 Francis Crowley a 20 year old killer who lived in New York all his life and could barely write his name sits in Sing Sing awaiting execution for murdering a policeman He cut out toy pictures and placed an electric chair image on his cell wall saying he didn’t want to forget it More than 2000 people have watched the scene as crowds gather outside the prison leaders and lawmen prepare for the hanging or firing squad in the final moment of state punishment
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Buhl Attorney Seeks Office for Congress Bid
Harold L. Yeamans a 34 year old blind attorney of Buhl announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for representative in congress Yeamans who lost his sight in youth from a powder explosion said inequitable distribution of national income is the basic cause of economic difficulties He is a University of Idaho law graduate class of 1925 He married Ruth Martin of Idaho Falls and they live in Suhlediately after graduation where Mrs Yeamans is city clerk Born in 1898 at Dubois Yeamans lost his sight on a farm after leaving the sixth grade in public school
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Will Rogers Wires The Tribune
Paris dispatch notes Will Rogers flying over Corsica. He jokes that Napoleon would be amused as Europe negotiates debt relief, urging delegates with hard hearts and noting crowds rehearse their crying.
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Honolulu Aroused By Another Attack On Woman
Honolulu reeled as medical authorities confirmed a woman was assaulted while a fugitive murder convict Daniel Lyman was sought after a photo ID by the victim Mrs Oluzaki. The case follows earlier assaults fueling public fear amid ongoing grand jury action and a special legislature session on crime.
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Daniel Lyman
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Joseph Kahahawai
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Thomas H. Massie
Europe in Deadlock on War Debt and Reparations
The Associated Press reports Europe remains stalled on reparations with Lausanne conference postponed again from January 15 to January 25. Britain proposed the meeting and rescheduled due to French domestic issues. France insists on German reparations only if the United States reduces its claim to France.
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Canyon Plans Cut Teacher Salaries
Caldwell Idaho January 21 AP posed budget talk signals possible salary cuts for Canyon county teachers and other expenses. T M Decoursey president of the trustees association calls a meeting of school trustees to discuss the financial situation and reports from districts suggest a salary decrease is likely. The teachers reportedly favor a salary cut to finish the school year rather than shortening the term.
State Treasurer Proposes 10 Percent Salary Cut
Boise, Jan 21 State Treasurer George G Barrett announced he would immediately reduce all salaries above 300 a month by 10 percent and limit his own claim to 300 a month until conditions change He noted the legislature set his salary at 333 33 a month but plans to take only 300 until circumstances permit restoration.
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George G. Barrett
Senate backs referenda on prohibition repeal
Late wire reports indicate the Senate refused to go on record supporting state referenda on prohibition repeal and modification. Also noted, the rest of the day’s items include the Japanese parliament dissolved by imperial decree, the Federal Land Bank bill advancing, Idaho Falls tax case set for hearing, and a major jewelry theft in New York City.
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Direct Relief Bill Advances in Senate Amid Hoover Opposition
Washington January 21 an appropriation of 375 million dollars for direct federal relief for the unemployed was recommended to the senate by a committee despite President Hoover's opposition. The Manufactures Committee voted 6 to 2 to report the Costigan La Follette bill authorizing 125 million for the present winter and 250 million for the next fiscal year. The action puts direct treasury appropriations to aid the jobless before the senate.
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Reserve fund plan to protect labor during depressions
The American Society of Civil Engineers studies a proposal for compulsory reserve funds in each business to cover labor, management, and stockholders in downturns. No official stance yet, but direction and engineering committees consider the idea worthy of further review. Each state would require corporations to set aside earnings above a threshold to fund labor white collar workers and dividends for one year. The plan expands current corporate reserves to prepare for slumps and defines how the reserve would be distributed.
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Plows Fail to Remove Snow on Oregon Trail East of Talmdge
Idaho highway officials report extreme snow blockage on a four mile stretch of the Oregon trail east of Talmadge. Plows struggle against a dirt mixed barrier titled mortar as six automobiles remain stalled and winds shift drifts. A six horse barn with a steel plow readies to aid rotary plows.
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Ruth Judd Disrupts Courtroom During Alienist Testimony
Crowds fill the Phoenix county courthouse as Winnie Ruth Judd challenges Dr. Joseph Catton the San Francisco alienist on the murder trial of Judd She denounces him and demands he leave the room while jurors are seated to hear the case over the October killings and trunked bodies sent to Los Angeles.
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Joseph Catton
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Railway heads back 10 percent wage cut plea
Chicago Jan 21 AP railway presidents endorsed the 10 percent wage reduction sought by labor unions. They cited that 1931 gross railroad earnings were 33 percent lower than 1929 and presented earnings data at the joint wage conference.
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Farm Bureau Head Urges Silver Standard Change
Edward A. O Neal president of the American Farm Bureau Federation spoke at Utah State Farm Bureau’s three day convention in Salt Lake City. He urged abandoning the gold standard for a monetary shift to raise prices and inflation, endorsing silver states and praising Dawes and Hoover.
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Charles G. Dawes
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Unsettled Tonight and Friday Bring Local Snow Prospects
Unsettled conditions linger tonight and Friday with likely light snow across parts of the area. The southern portions may see milder temperatures while central regions face the greater chance of snowfall.
Rogers Sizing Up World Tangles From Savoy Hotel
Will Rogers, in an Universal News Service interview, analyzes the world situation from the Savoy hotel in London. He predicts no Lausanne conference, jokes about a picnic without the lunch bearer, and notes China and Japan with skepticism toward missionaries and diplomats.
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