Idaho Legislature Debates State Liquor Stores and Tax Proposals
Idaho lawmakers consider state owned liquor stores with measures printed and debated. A revenue and taxation clash centers on a privilege tax and federal relief funding needs, with committee actions and ad hoc reports pending. Twenty five words?
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Federa
Idaho
Nonthy
House Committee On Revenue Aid
Wheth
Roy Dodge
Dodge
Lorenzo Jensen
Madison
Modern sales talk urged on railroads
Joseph B. Eastman’s experts urge railroads to adopt aggressive merchandising to win back lost passenger patronage. The report advocates lower fares, faster local service, coordinated rates, and modern conveniences with tiered basic fares from 2 to 5 cents per mile, plus group discounts and unified terminals.
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Washington
Joseph B. Eastman
Transportation Coordinator
J. R. Turney
Transportation Service Section
Hastmanns Office
Railroads Seek Abandonment of Two Idaho Lines
The Oregon Short Line seeks FCC approval to abandon its Raft River branch from Deelo to Ida home about 18.66 miles due to insufficient traffic. The Interstate Commerce Commission also authorized the Intermountain Railway to abandon a 26 mile Bar ber Junction to Stierman route lacking traffic, built in 1911 related to the Arrowrock dam project.
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Washington
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Raft River
Deelo
Idahome
Idaho
The
Intermountain Railway Company
Barber Junction
Stierman
Arrowrock Junction
United States Reclamation Service
Arrowrock
Boise River
South Idaho and West Shiver as Mercury Tumbles Below Zero
A severe cold snap grips South Idaho and western regions with temperatures dropping below freezing. Pocatello records 17 below as readings at 2 AM show a deep winter chill. Forecasters warn a new Pacific storm moving in to hasten the cold spell.
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South
Idaho
West
Warmer storm breaks grip of great white cold
Blackfoot to San Francisco reports a new warmer storm racing in from the Pacific to lift the freeze that paralyzed the Far West last week. Temperatures to rise today or tomorrow across Washington Oregon northern and central California Nevada and Idaho. Spokane logs 18 below with a 21 below record set in 1899. Seattle snowstorm tops in 12 years as 800 workers clear streets. Oregon endures heavy snowfall and cold while southern California citrus freezes with minimal damage.
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San Francisco
Pacific Ocean
Washington
Oregon
California
Nevada
Idaho
Spokane
Seattle
Alhough
Mercury Temperature Ranges by Hour in Midnight to Afternoon
A historic table records hourly temperatures with readings from midnight to the early afternoon. Notable spans show a 17 degree range between 8 and 9 am and an 18 degree range between 5 40 and 6 35 am, illustrating rapid morning fluctuations.
Frigid Weather Bites Intermountain Region Hard
After two years King Winter returns with subzero temperatures across Utah and southern Idaho. A four day blizzard sent lows to 25 below at Blackfoot and 32 below at 4 a.m. Snow paused but more was forecast for tonight and Tuesday as roads remained blocked and buses ran on reduced schedules.
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King Winter
Pocatello
Salt Lake City
Utah
Souther
Idaho
Weather Bureau
Blackfoot
Idaho Falls
Coalville
Milford
Airport
Ogden
Paroled Convict Held Tied to Clyde Stevens Gang
Dominick Parella, a paroled San Quentin convict, was held in Los Angeles on burglary charges and identified as Clyde Stevens gang associate in a November bank hold up. San Francisco police sought Parella transfer after Stevens, a parolee, allegedly confessed supplying four guns used in last week’s prison break to assault Warden Holohan and abduct parole board officials and guards.
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San Francisco
San Quentin
Clyde Stevens
Dominick Parella
Los Angeles
Parella
Stevens
William H. Quinn
James B. Holohan
Parole Board
Bitter cold wave grips central plains and Nebraska
A severe winter blast sweeps the central states from the western plains. Nebraska reports plummeting temperatures as gales and blizzards bring increasing hardship and fatalities across the region.
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Central States
Plains
Nebraska
Mercury
Stratton Bill Would Create Idaho State Liquor Stores
Boise Jan 21 the Stratton bill proposes state owned liquor stores with an alcoholic beverages control board appointed by the governor at 4000 salaries and a chief administrative officer. it sets prices allows on premise wine and beer sales includes license provisions and bans sales to those under 21. it is an emergency measure and revenues go to the general fund.
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Boise
Idaho
Owen T. Stratton
Lemhi
Governor's Advisory Commission On
Senate
Whitten
C. Ben Ross
House
Idaho Emergency Relief Administration
Owen Stratton
Advisory Commission
Stratton
Alcoholic Beverages Control Board
General Fund
Supreme Court again denies Mooney plea for release
The U S Supreme Court refused to review Thomas J Mooney s bid for release from San Quentin saying he did not exhaust state court remedies and must seek habeas relief through California courts. Chief Justice Hughes noted Mooney hadn t invoked available corrective procedures and denied leave to file the petition without prejudice.
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Washington
Thomas J. Mooney
California
Supreme Court
San Quentin Penitentiary
San Francisco
High Court
Hughes
Mooney
Utah Weather Tonight and Tuesday Update
The report outlines localized conditions in Utah with northwest exceptions. Tonight remains unsettled in most areas while Tuesday sees a rise in veinitures across the state, excluding the 40 north and west region.
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Utah
el Northwest
Public Enemy No 1 and Gunmen Hunted in New Jersey
The nation's public enemy No 1 and four Midwest gunmen were hunted from Massachusetts to Maryland as police pursued the desperadoes across Atlantic City New Jersey. Alvin Karpis, tagged as co leader of the Bremer kidnapping gang, tops the national wanted list.
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Public Enemy
Number One
Friend
New Jersey
Atlantic City
N. J
Midwest
Massachusetts
Maryland
Alvin Karpis
Coleader
Bremer
Court Fails to Rule on Gold Payments Recessed
The U S Supreme Court recessed today without ruling on the constitutionality of gold payment suspension laws. In Washington the administration signaled openness to feasible changes to Social Security, while pressing a $4 88 billion relief and public works bill through Congress. Dr Erwin S Witte testified that Congress may liberalize benefits but warned against the Townsend and Ludenen plans as impractical.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Capitol
Congress
House
Erwin S. Witte
Economic Security Committee
Ways and Means
Witte
Lundeen
Texans Garner and Jones praised for government work
A New York dispatch praises Jack Garner and Jesse Jones for their roles in guiding federal policy. Garner, vice president, is lauded for decades of experience in government while Jones leads the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and is praised for his ability to mobilize and recover money. The writer notes bankers’ skepticism but commends their efficiency and impact.
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New York
N. Y
Washington
Jack Garner
Roosevelt
Garner
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance
Jones
Man seeks wife in Nova Scotia ad promises home if hired
Charles Gorman announced in a Sydney newspaper that he is a tall, dark, healthy, respectable young man willing to marry any woman under 45 in Nova Scotia who will provide him a home until he secures a good job. He pledges to keep the home once employed.
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Sydney
N. S
Nova Scotia
Charles Gorman
Boettiger and Anna Roosevelt Call Return from Honeymoon
President Roosevelt’s son in law John Boettiger and his wife Anna Roosevelt Call returned from a weekend honeymoon. They would not disclose the trip’s locale beyond visiting friends in the country.
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New York
Roosevelt
John Boettiger
Anna Roosevelt Call
Hauptmann assets rise after ransom payment questioned
Witnesses detailed Bruno Hauptmann and wife’s banking and stock activity showing a $44 486 increase after the Lindbergh ransom payment. The defense sought to link stock gains to margin trading while the prosecution noted losses of $5 728.63 from April 2, 1932 to 1934. A mistrial bid was denied though notable questions about aviation interests and Isador Fisch surfaced.
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William A. Kinney
Associated Press
Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmarin
Charles A. Lindbergh
Thomas W. Trenchard
David T. Wientz
Hauptmann
Edward J. Reilly
William E. Prank
United States Treasury Department
Hauptmanns
Frank
Wilentz
Curtiss-Wright
Lindbergh
Utah Studies Liquor Bills In Legislature Session
Salt Lake City January 21 The Utah legislature reconvenes after a weekend recess to hear a liquor bill for private package sale and three measures to implement Governor Blood policy. Senator George M. Miller and Representative William Murdoch sponsor the bill. Warwick C Lamoreaux proposes state liquor stores. Blood backs a 49 member advisory committee report advocating state control. Provisions for sale by drinks in clubs hotels and trains are removed and other changes made.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Blood
George M. Miller
Carbon County
Senate
William Murdoch
Warwick ¢. Lamoreaux
Bedbug Control Is Bulletin Subject
Moscow report on bedbug control by Dr. Claude Wakeland of the University of Idaho cites fumigation with hydrocyanic acid gas as the best method and lists a local mixture of corrosive sublimate wood alcohol and turpentine for in home use. The bulletin notes risks and urges strict directions. Idaho weather forecast calls for unsettled conditions with snow tonight and Tuesday and rising temperatures.
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Moscow
Judy O’grady
Claude C. Wakeland
University of Idaho
Wakeland
Bill Nye
Snob Hill
Waveland
College of Agriculture
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Tom Mogney
U. S. Supreme Court
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Alvin Kabpis
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Albert D. Kurtz
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John” Hauptmann
St. Raymond’s Cemetery
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