Manhunt for Utah Slayer Moves to Los Angeles
Police spread the hunt for George Mortensen 39 after his wife Grace alleged he killed her parents and grandmother with a pick handle in Ogden Utah. Clues point to hitchhiking to Los Angeles after a triple slaying last Tuesday, with a Salt Lake City businessman confirming Mortensen once rented an apartment to him.
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Los Angeles
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Ogden
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Mortensen
H. C. Hookstra
Salt Lake City
Texan shoots man after alleged assault in Santa Monica
Alpine Texas man Jimmy Head shoots Leroy Patton six times in a Santa Monica hotel bedroom after confronting Patton over alleged sexual assault of Head’s wife Leona. Police report Patton wounded and Head surrendered a six shooter following the confrontation.
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Calif
Jimmy Head
Alpine
Tex
Leroy Patton
Tice Bhner
Lingo
Henderson
Patton
Leona
Pat
Stowaway Sent Aboard Bus From Cheyenne
Allen Hart a 21 year old magazine salesman from Boise Idaho traveled as a stowaway on a United Airlines plane and was released after no charges were filed. He was placed aboard a bus bound for Chicago after being found hidden in the mail compartment of a transcontinental plane.
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Wyo
Allen Hart
Boise Idaho
United Airlines
Chicago
Hart
Boise
Nine Injured in Salt Lake Area Car Crash
A collision between a berry truck and a sedan near Lagoon between Salt Lake City and Ogden left nine injured. Two Salt Lake City men, George W. Britton and W. M. Pfister, are in fair condition with serious injuries. Victims include Martin Stevene and four children from San Diego and Robert Olsen. The Sieveno family narrowly escaped a fire, with Mrs Sieveno losing several teeth.
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Salt Lake City
Here
Ogden
George W. Britton
W. M. Pfister
Britton
Pfister
Martin Steven
Sieveno
George Lowther
Burley hit-and-run victim identifies as Utah teen
In Burley Idaho on July 3 a hit-and-run victim who had been unconscious for 24 hours identified himself as Herbert Smith age 18 son of Mr and Mrs Ike Smith of Price Utah.
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Burley
Idaho
Herbert Smith
Ike Smith
Price
Utah
Fair Tonight and Saturday Weather Update
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Saturday with warmer temperatures in the southwest portion tonight.
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Uth
Southwest
New Dealers Plan 2 Million Dollar Ballot Drive
The Associated Press reports the Roosevelt re election drive planned a rapid fall campaign totaling 2 million dollars with Labor Day kickoff. Farley downplayed resignation rumors as talks focused on funding and nationwide speaker deployment ahead of the fall campaign.
Million Dollar Baby Parade Draws Ten Thousand In Pocatello
A crowd of about 10,000 lined Pocatello streets for the Days of Old Fort Hall event. Children in costumes and some in imaginative attire marched from the high school grounds to the courthouse led by the American Paris high school band. James Thomas Wilson won Best Decorated Float for a bucking bronco entry.
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Old Fort Hall
Court House
Portland
James Thomas Wilson
South Arthur
B and M
Mix Proposes Strong Idaho Education Oversight
G P Mix a Democratic gubernatorial candidate releases a statement urging the legislature and state board of education to address Idaho’s growing educational needs. He praises the five appointed board members and the state superintendent and pledges full support to policies shaping Idaho’s schools and colleges.
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G. P. Mix
Idaho
State Board of Education
Board of Education
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Roosevelt to Visit Governor General in Quebec
President Roosevelt will visit the governor general in Quebec on July 31, as officially announced today.
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Counsel Plans Cite Gambling In Alienation Suit
Miami, July 3 A counsel for Lewis E Malory the third heir in an alienation of affections suit told the court he would prove James Edgar Jr was a gambler involved in a Detroit gambling business, to impeach his testimony about seeing his wife with Mallory. Edgar testified he was very amazed dragged away by a night watchman at a Miami Beach hotel last March.
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Miami
Fla
Lewis E. Malory
Anl
James Edgar, Jr
Detroit
W. W. Trammell
John Murrell
Edgar
Boyar
Fred Botts
Murrell
Kathryn Crawford Edgar
Mallory
Miami Beach
Landon Plans Return Home From Colorado Ranch
Governor Alf Landon spent the last full day of his ranch vacation in Estes Park Colorado working on his acceptance address for the Republican nomination set for July 23 in Topeka. He conferred with campaign aides and Republican leaders on finances and farming relief policy and may return to the ranch in August if tour plans allow. Carey Wyoming Senator said Landon favored a better form of farm relief than direct payments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Chicago
John D. M. Hamilton
New York
Society of Tammany
Copeland
Cumstaunch
Paul
Usher Burdick
National Farmers’ Holiday ‘Association
Burdick
William Lemke
Union Party
Estes Park
Colo
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Landon
Topeka
Alf M. Landor
Earl H. Taylor
National Farm Weekly
Charles P. Taft
Taft
Ralph W. Robey
Columbia University
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Republican Finance Committee
Landon Pis
Pegsgy Anne
Nancy Jo
Jack
5. E. Cobb
Carey
R. Wyo
Drought Relief Measures Amid Heat and Floods Across Regions
The day's dispatches report drought relief steps including a government plan to remove up to 1,000,000 cattle from burned ranges in the north central states and relief plans for 50,000 needy farmers in four western states. Rain offered limited relief in parts of the upper Mississippi valley while floods in Atlanta area claimed lives and cost crops. World price spikes and a Dollar a bushel milestone marked grain markets as Minnesota rain offered hope for the southern sector.
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Wallace
ST. Paul
Works Progress
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Montana
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Dakotas
Mississippi Valley
Washington
Resettlement Administration
Northwest
Chicago
Atlanta
Bismarck
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Pierre
Mobridge
S. D
Weather Bureau
AAA
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Atlantic
Days of Old Fort Hall Festival Schedule
Tonight features Miss Victory performances at the chamber and Dance Gardens. Fights at the Auditorium theater. Sunrise flag-raising at 5 a.m. Whale exhibition opens at 9 a.m. Parade at 11 a.m. with a mammoth floats pageant. 1:30 p.m. Bannock county fairgrounds patriotic program. 2 p.m. Rodeo at the fairgrounds. 8 p.m. Fireworks at Overland Park with The Burning of Shanghai staged by 200 soldiers. 9 p.m. Coronation ball at Dance Gardens with rodeo queen. Days of 49 acts on Midway.
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Old Fort Hall
Bannock County Fair Grounds
W. P. Whitaker
Bannock County
Fair Grounds
Overland Park
Shanghai
Midway
Baseball scores from Chicago and St Louis games
In Chicago the Cleveland and Chicago games ended with late scoring and varied battery lines. In St Louis Detroit and St Louis matched, while Washington at Philadelphia was postponed by rain. Geneva reports France pushing for reinforced regional peace pacts under the League of Nations.
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Philadelphia
Geneva
France
League of Nations
Perry Sweeps German Star to Claim Wimbledon Title
Fred Perry won the all England championship for the third straight year defeating Baron Gottfried von Cramm 6-1 6-1 6-0 in the final. Von Cramm injured a thigh on his first service and asked the crowd’s forgiveness for the poor showing. In doubles please: Jacobs Fabyan beat Ingram Hadford King 6-4 6-3 to reach the finals. Freda James and Kay Stammers defeated Andrus and Henrotin 6-0 6-4 to face Jacobs and Fabyan.
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Eng
Fred Perry
Germany
Baron Gottfried von Cramm
Perry
von Cramm
Helen Jacobs
Sarah Palfrey Fabyan
Joan Ingram
Phyllis Hadford King
England
Freda James
Kay Stammers
Dorothy Andrus
New York
Mme
Sylvia Henrotin
France
Miss Jacobs
Fabyan
Jean Borotra
Jacques Brugnon
Fred Wilde
Charlie Hare
Don Budge
Oakland
Calif
Mrs. Fabyan
Camille Malfroy
Cambridge
Frau Hilda Krahwinkel Sperling
Denmark
Miss Cochran Lands In Flaming Airplane At Indy Airport
Indianapolis July 3 Miss Jacqueline Cochran of Los Angeles landed an airplane in flames at about 100 miles an hour at the municipal airport today and jumped from the ship unharmed.
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Indianapolis
Jacqueline Cochran
Los Angeles
Governor Borah Returns to Idaho for Rodeo Welcome
William E Borah United States senator for thirty years arrived in Idaho for a festive rodeo opening. He declined to reveal plans for re election or his stance on the Republican national platform, saying he would discuss politics after holiday events. He indicated a July eleventh filing deadline and a brief note on monopoly in a forthcoming address.
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William E. Borah
United States
Idaho
Alfred Landon
Texas
Japanese protest ruling on British soldiers linked to soldier's death
A British consular court found insufficient evidence to tie two British soldiers to Kisaku Sasaki’s death after a May 26 fight. Japanese mobs gathered to discuss counter-measures and besieged the embassy to protest the decision.
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Peiping
Kisaku Sasaki
Japan
President Roosevelt dedicates Shenandoah park amid CCC development
President Roosevelt dedicates 180000 acre Shenandoah National Park area in Big Meadows Virginia, praising CCC workers and lamenting past waste of human and material resources. Secretary Ickes hopes federal funds can establish eastern parks comparable to western ones, warning against pork barrel recreation.
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Shenandoah National Park
Roosevelt
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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Herbert Hoover
Rapidan
Shenandoah Park
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