Fire Lays Six-Story Lincoln Square Building in Upper Broadway Blaze
A six story blaze at the Lincoln Square building on Upper Broadway wrecked a structure housing an arcade and Loew's theater, forcing 200 residents to flee. The fire, driven by a steady wind, injured 17 including two firefighters and two photographers, with 400 firefighters aiding with water from multiple angles.
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Lincoln Square Theatre
New York
Upper Broadway
Lincoln Square
Miller
Loew
Trio to be hanged for murder in Colorado manhunt
Three men Claude Ray Andrew Halliday and John Walker who robbed a Manter Kansas bank and fled into Colorado will be hanged at the state penitentiary for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Coral A Hickman near Eads Colorado last March The killings bring Colorado to ten executions for murder in a year and follow a pursuit that involved citizens and peace officers before capture near Jetmore Kansas
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Canon City
Colo
Colorado
State Penitentiary
Claude Ray
Andrew Halliday
John Walker
Eads
Coral A. Hickman
Fleagle Gang
Kansas
Oklahoma
Jetmore
Kas
Hickman
Supreme Court
District Court
Three Women and Guide Die in Swiss Avalanche
A Swiss avalanche near Eggishorn buries three English women and a Swiss guide. A party of six tourists and three guides were present. Rescue teams recovered two women and two guides near Riederalp. two bodies remain unrecovered.
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Berne
Switzeland
Eggishorn
Riederalp
Publisher Urges Advertising To Build Fortunes In Florida
Curus H. K. Curtis president of Curtis Publishing Philadelphia addressed Miami Beach committee of 100 social organizations arguing advertising makes fortunes. He cited the company spent $1,000,000 on ads last year and plans $2,000,000 this year, saying in a slow period one must run fast to stay ahead.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Curus H. K. Curtis
Curtis Publishing Company
Philadelphia
North Dakota: Lynching Spurs Capital Punishment Debate
Gov Shafer and state officials investigate the mob lynching of Charles Bannon as lawmakers in Bismarck consider a bill to restore the death penalty for first degree murder. The 1915 abolition is cited amid calls for capital punishment. Senator Cain co-authors the measure.
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Bannon
State Senate
Bismarck
James P. Cain
Divorce suit seeks 200000 for alienation of wife’s affections
Adin S. Shank of Salt Lake City sues 12 Reformed Mennonite church members in Chambersburg Pa for damages to the tune of 200000 claiming excommunication drove his wife Blanche from him. The case notes Shank remarried in Salt Lake City after his 1929 desertion divorce and cites church rules as worldly.
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Chambersburg
Reformed Mennonite Church
Adin S. Shank
Salt Lake City
Zullinger
Shank
Blanche Shank
Adina
Ehthelyn Sharp
Congress actions and committee hearings summarized
Congress continues work on the war department appropriations bill and relief funding. Committees review grain and cotton market regulation, veteran compensation, farm loan relief, and crude oil importations. Red Cross relief funding and veterans certificates cash redemption are debated.
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War Department
Agriculture Committee
Delaware
Commerce Committee
House
Ways and Means
Banking and Currency
Senate
Farm Board
Veterans’ Organizations
Finance Committee
Oll
Legion Plans a Two Day Forty Niner Celebration
Mayor Ivan Gasser of Pocatello presented a plan for a two day Forty Niners celebration with the American Legion to the retail bureau and chamber of commerce. The event would move from May to July 3 and 4 with potential flying circus at McDougal field and a night pageant at Hutchinson field plus daily parades. The retailers were urged to back the plan and to address advertising rule infractions flagged by Paul Nash.
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Ivan Gasser
Pocatello
American Legion
Retail Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Legion
Bureau
Chamber
McDougal Field
Hutchinson Field
Legion Show
Paul Nash
Rae Stratford
Amendments to Michaud flats Fort Hall irrigation bill pass
The Senate, on Borahs motion, agrees to all house amendments to authorizing Michaud flats units Fort Hall irrigation project. House amendments include delaying construction until July 1 1932 and Indian acreage reliefs with exemptions, while total project cost remains 2.5 million dollars. Construction will begin in 1932.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Borah
House
Fort Hall
Cramton
Michaud Division
Michaud
Michigan
Smith
Thomas
Congress
Blackfoot Man William E. Smith Dies at 73 in Idaho
William E. Smith, 73, hotel owner and mining engineer, died at his Blackfoot home. Born in Toronto, he moved to Duluth as a boy and later ran hotels in the Midwest. He helped open Minnesota Iron Range mines and owned Las Vegas Potosi mine and Hamilton mine in Clayton Idaho. For 15 years he worked on mining ventures near Salt Lake City. Clayton V. Smith, executive VP of Hamilton Hotels, is his son.
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Blackfoot
Idaho
William E. Smith
Clayton V. Smith
Hamilton Chain of Hotels
Fresno
Calif
United States
Toronto
Canada
Duluth
Minn
Middle West
Potosi
Las Vegas
New
Hamilton
Clayton
Salt Lake City
House rejects Taylor amendment for Red Cross relief funds
The House voted down the Taylor amendment to hand over 25 million dollars approved by the Senate for Red Cross relief. The Senate had also passed a 446 million dollar war department appropriation enabling farm board distributions. A Canadian rum runner Josephine K is slower than a coast guard cutter, amid international tensions. In Portland a Bowls Bowls murder case venue change motion backed by 1600 affidavits was filed. A Salt Lake City march of about 2600 jobless with US flags sought unemployment benefits at the state capitol.
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Washington
House Today
Senate
War Department
Farm Board
New York
Josephine K
Coast Guard
Portland
Nelson C. Bowls
Irma Loucks
Salt Lake City
United States
State Capitol
Will Rogers Wires The Tribune From Houston
Will Rogers checks in at the Rice Hotel in Houston for a Tribune dispatch. He notes Houston’s growth as a southern hub and recalls the Democratic convention. He quips about Smedley Butler and implies caution about a Russian ambassador’s influence.
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Houston
Rice Hotel
Smedley Hutler
Russia
America
Heflin questions Mussolini and Italian crime at court martial hearing
Senator Heflin of Alabama challenged Mussolini's regime during a Senate briefing on the Butler court martial. He alleged Mussolini ordered brutal acts against Masons and claimed the Grand Master of Italian Freemasons was imprisoned, with Germans citing suppression and fear as reasons for Italian silence.
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Washington
Congress
Generel Smedley D. Butler
Senate
Heflin
Alabama
Masons
Italy
Mussolini
Idaho Fair Braces for Freezing Night and Saturday
The Idaho fair reports freezing temperatures tonight with continued cold conditions into Saturday. Officials urge warm clothing and plan for delayed outdoor activities if conditions persist.
Dependents to Get Assistance in Linton Mine Disaster
In Linton Indiana on January 30 AP reports relief for dependents of 20 miners killed in the Little Betty shaft explosion. Governor Harry G Leslie organized a local relief committee and allocated 1000 dollars. The United Mine Workers sent 2000 dollars and Lincoln Coal contributed 500. Nine miners survived and were rescued after extended entrapment.
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Linton
Ind
Little Betty
Harry G. Leslie
United Mine Workers of America
Lincoln Coal Company
Red Cross
Potatoes and courts figure in Idaho legislative clash
Idaho senate committee backs a bill to allow shipment of ungraded potatoes in unbranded bags while a minority opposes it. A house bill would abolish supreme court sittings outside Boise and eliminate Lewiston and Pocatello law libraries, saving about 15000 every two years. The irrigation committee proposes suspending water rights when district taxes are delinquent, restored after taxes are paid. The potato bill committee lists Wiley as chair and members from Franklin Boundary Bear Lake Nez Perce Gooding Jerome Fremont and other towns.
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Boise
Senate Agricultural Committee
Supreme Court
House
Appropriations Committee
Lewiston
Pocatello
Senate Committee On Irrigation and Water Resources
Wiley Ofce
Rhuldberg
Franklin
Leslie
Boundary
Barron
C C Opposes Court Order On Railroad Route
The Interstate Commerce Commission plans to appeal to the Supreme Court after a federal Oregon court ruling denied its power to force a railroad to build a 185 mile cross state line from Crane to Crescent Oregon. The decision held the commission cannot compel construction in unprofessed service areas despite support from Central Oregon interests and state commissions.
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Washington
Brainerd
Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court
Oregon
Commission
Portland
Ore
Inter-State Commercce Commission
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company
Crane
Crescent
Oregon Public Service Commission
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Evangelist McPherson Leaves on Private Health Trip
Attorney Joseph Ford says Aimee Semple Mc Pherson and her daughter Roberta Semple are traveling incognito on a steam ship in the Pacific. He will not disclose vessel name or destination per physician’s orders for privacy.
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Los Angeles
Joseph Ford
Aimee Semple McPherson
Today
Roberta Semple
Pacific
Ford
Harvard Dismisses Student Over Grapefruit Incident
Harvard College has withdrawn freshman James Angier after a grapefruit was hurled at Rudy Vallee’s orchestra during a Boston theatre performance. Angier and William Blane of New York faced probation. Angier’s father Roswell Angier teaches at Yale.
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Cambridge
Mass
Rudy Vallee
Boston
Harvard College
James
Angier
Roswell P. Angier
Yale
Wiliam P. Blane
New York
Blane
Vallee
Rudy
Harvard
Harvard Five
Marvard
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