Senate Votes To Amend Old Contract Bill
The Idaho Senate voted 22 to 19 to broaden rights of legislators and state executives to contract with the state. Senator George Donart led a measure to amend a 20 year old statute, once ruled by Judge Winstead to bar contracts except in emergencies. Donart and Erb were excused from voting due to linked litigation and stockholdings in hardware firms. Critics warned the bill could set a dangerous precedent.
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Boise
Idaho Senate
Senate
George Donart
Washington
Third District
C. E. Winstead
Donart
Robert Erb
Nez Perce
Weiser
Erb
Lewiston
Harry C. Parsons
Bert H. Miller
Woman Held in Mail Fraud Case Involving Clark Gable
Violet Wells Norton a 47 year old Canadian is under arrest in Los Angeles on mail fraud charges. She allegedly sought money from actor Clark Gable by claiming he is the father of her 13 year old daughter. Private detective Jack L. Smith and Winnipeg keeper Frank James Keenan face related complaints. Gable denies any connection and says he has no knowledge of the circumstances.
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Los Angeles
Violet. Wells Norton
Clark Gable
Gable
Perkins Says Firm Failed in Public Duty
President Roosevelt criticized Alfred P. Sloan Jr for refusing to attend a strike peace conference called by Secretary Perkins. Perkins said General Motors had failed in its public duty and disagreed with the sit-down strike as illegal, while John L. Lewis planned to attend the meeting.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
General Motors
Perkins
General Motors Corporation
Automobile Concern
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Miss Perkins
Five Die in Newhall Plane Crash Declared Accidental
A coroner's jury in Los Angeles ruled that the January 12 Newhall plane crash deaths of five people were accidental by an eight to one verdict.
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Los Angeles
Nne
Newhall
Measure to Create Idaho Fish and Game Body Introduced
A proposed measure would form Idaho Fish and Game with governing commissioners replaced by gubernatorial appointees. The governor would appoint one noncommissioner per district for up to five years, with powers to set hunting seasons bag limits and other functions previously handled by the legislature. Adolph Abrethsen of Blaine is named chairman.
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Idaho
Adolph Abrethsen
Blane
Fish and Game
Two Found Dead In Hotel Rooms
Salt Lake City January 26 two persons were found dead in their downtown hotel rooms. The body of Mrs Elizabeth Bishop aged 29 was found after she failed to report for work and appears to have died from sleeping medicine overdose. W H Davison aged 50 an employee of a hardware company could not be determined to have died from the room he occupied after breaking into it.
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Salt Lake City
Lady Elizabeth Bishop
J. J. Ferrin
W. H. Davison
Hardware Company
Parten
Plea Issued in Kidnapping Case Seeks Public Help
In Seattle on January 26 an FBI officer urged Pacific Northwest residents to watch neighbors for a kidnapper who abducted a 10 year old Tacoma boy, beat him to death, and left his nude body near Everett. The agent said the FBI has no solid clues or vehicle description and seeks public cooperation.
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Seattle
Federal Department of Justice
Charles Mattson
Pacific Northwest
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Tacoma
F.B.I
Everett
Testimony Given In Soviet Trial
A foreign witness in a Soviet trial testified about strength and declared support for a free system. The proceedings, held in January, featured remarks on power and liberty amid the courtroom's charged atmosphere.
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der Ein
Alexmer
Soviet Union
Murder jury not selected in Evans Broadhead case
In American Falls on January 26 judge Isaac McDougall ordered a 25 member extra panel after both sides passed 12 jurors for cause in the murder trial of Lory Evans and housekeeper Lela Broadhead. The pair are accused in the death of Georgia Marie Evans from November 7. state alleges fatal mistreatment and beatings. A noon tentative panel included twelve named jurors as part of ongoing examination with 10 per side challenges allowed. Six of the original jurors passed for cause yesterday and were dismissed.
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American Falls
Lory Evans
Lela Broadhead
Isaac McDougall
Charles Simms
Orval McCarthy
J. A. Winter
George Galloway
Nelle Robinson
William Coon
George Ringe
RayAlexander
Don Zaring
Calvin Warner
Leonard Ringe
Archie Morris
Boyer Tells About Spells at Sanity Hearing
Paschal L. Boyer accused of killing four people discussed spells that troubled him and his father during a sanity hearing in Farmington Utah. He described unconscious spells and a Saturday night fall in the county jail as testimony continued. Jailers and physicians who observed the killings near Bountiful in October 1935 testified. If found sane, he will be tried February 2 for first degree murder. he has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
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Farmington
Utah
Paschal L. Boyer
Boyer
New York Magistrate Delays Sunday Labor Case
Jos en eer, arrested for a share shop on Sunday, told Magistrate Wieinidt that his customer was going to certify something but was too nervous to speak. The judge reviewed an ordinance on Sunday labor and ruled the matter a misdemeanor unless the work is a necessity. Sentence suspended.
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York
Josen Eer
Wieinidt
Rich Declares Over-Grazing Charges Baseless
R G Rich of Burley Idaho president of the National Woolgrowers Association opened the 72nd annual meeting in Albuquerque New Mexico declaring overgrazing charges largely theoretical and extreme. He warned the soil conservation act could reduce western sheep grazing while noting western stock have mortgage margins near value and need years of good prices to recover. He criticized President Roosevelts stance on the Argentine sanitary pact and said western groups hope the Senate will not ratify it amid fears of foot and mouth disease.
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Albuquerque
N. M
R. G. Rich
Burley
Idaho
National Woolgrowers' Association
The
Idaho Stockman
Middle West
West
Roosevelt
Rich
Senate
Association
Argentina
Whitten Seeks Radio Ban with Wife and Sweetheart Clause
Idaho Senator Ralph E. Whitten announces a revised radio ban bill to keep wives and sweethearts out of front seats. The measure follows a Senate withdrawal dispute as opponents push to discuss the bill on the floor.
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Boise
Idaho
Ralph E. Whitten
Rboise
Senate
J. Bruce Blake
Dclearwa'er
James Neil
D-Bernewah
Whitten
Bus Accident Toll Set at 17 in Miami Toll
In Miami Florida a bus crossing the Everglades rolled into a roadside canal leaving 17 dead and 30 aboard including the driver. Investigators from civil authorities the railroad commission and the operator Tamiami Trail Tours examined the mud caked vehicle as mechanics and EMTs reviewed possible mechanical causes.
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Miami
Fla
State Railroad Commission
Tamiami Trail Tours, Inc
Tte
Florida
Louisville Flood Fires Add To Strife As Troops Move In
Fearful flood victims in Louisville endure fire and disease threats as federal troops arrive to enforce martial law. Rescue workers push relief stations, while 230,000 homeless struggle amid looting reports and rising flood levels. Death tolls mount across Kentucky and Ohio regions.
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Neville Miller
Louisville
State Reformatory
Prankfort
Miller
A. B. Chandler
Indians Change Basketball Schedule For Raiders Weekend
Pocatello high school's Indian basketball team will play McCammon Saturday night at McCammon instead of here due to a scheduling change. The Indians meet McCammon there Wednesday, then Firth Friday, then play McCammon again Saturday.
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Pocatello High School
McCammon
Idaho Southern University - Orange Transportation
Reed Hall
Firth Priday
Rescuers Find Woman and Infant Dead in Dunklin Flood
Dunklin county rescuers report a woman and her newborn frozen to death on a waterbound farm house roof. The infant reportedly born during a Friday night fire storm. both mother and child died from exposure.
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Kennett, Mo
Dunklin County
Arkansas Legislature Okays Martial Law Power for Flood Crisis
The Arkansas legislature adopted a joint resolution authorizing Governor Carl E. Bailey to declare martial law where necessary in the eastern Arkansas flood zone. The measure grants legal authority to respond to flood conditions and maintain order as needed.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Carl E. Bailey
Twelve rescued as Mississippi flood collapses Ripley home
Ripley Mississippi area reports say 14 persons were rescued 12 miles west of town after their rural lowland house toppled into flood waters. Sheriff Hamel confirmed three men three women and eight children drowned when the home was undermined by overflow.
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Ripley
Tenn
J. W. Hedgepeth
Mississippi
Hedgepeth
J.T. Hamel
Cold in Idaho Utah Leaving Cold Wave
The Associated Press reports winter’s severe cold dwindling in Utah and southern Idaho as a storm brews. Blackfoot barely rose above zero, contrasting with last week’s 40 below. Pocatello warmed, Caldwell faced wind drifted snow, while Boise and Salt Lake City saw above freezing and rising trends.
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Utah
Idaho
Blackfoot
Pocatello
Caldwell
Boise Valley
Weather Bureau
Salt Lake City
Devastating Ohio River Flood Reaches Record Levels
Flooded regions across Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri drive 550000 from homes and cause 125 known deaths as levees strain under a feared super flood. Officials project losses surpassing 300 million with relief efforts expanding nationwide. President Roosevelt orders rapid action and Hopkins forecasts homelessness into the midweek.
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Associated Press
Ohio River
Mississippi
Cincinnati
L State
Tennessee
Kentucky
Missouri
Arkansas
Pittsburg
Europe Gains Hope in Plans to Keep War Inside of Spain
Neutrality advocates push a scheme to keep the Spanish conflict contained. An Italo German pact to embargo foreign volunteers clears the way for a plan to bar troops and arms from Spain as London groups prepare to meet. The goal is to let Nationalists and Socialists fight it out while the world stays out.
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Europe
Spain
Associated Press
London
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