Rail executives debate powers for a central dictator body
New York July 19 The advisory committee of the association of railway executives discussed a reform program led by Daniel Willard of Baltimore and Ohio as a potential merger with the American Railway Association to streamline operations. The plan envisions a central dictator or commission with broad powers though many presidents doubt support. Hale Holden of Southern Pacific attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
Association of Railway Executives
Association
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Willard
Carl Gray
Union Pacific
J. J. Pelley
New York, New Haven & Hartford
American Railway Association
Hale Holden
Southern Pacific Co
One Hundred Plants Closed in High Point Strike
High Point North Carolina saw mass plant shutdowns as roving unemployed groups during a hosiery workers strike shut down about 100 plants, affecting around 6,000 workers. Electric power was cut off to sites in High Point and nearby Thomasville, with police observing but not intervening as workers left their posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
N. C
Thomasville
Thomsaville
Kernersville
Meteor Fragments Reported Near Heidelberg In Morning Beacon
A large meteoric fragment apparently fell near Heidelberg Germany early this morning. A bright flash, thunderlike crash and a felt shock were reported across several miles. In Utah the forecast calls for unsettled conditions with cooler trends tonight and Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heidelberg
Germany
Utah
Relief Groups Set Fall Conference Dates for LDS Church
Salt Lake City July 19 Uniform instructions for the fall conferences of the Relief Society of the Latter Day Saints and programs for more than 100 stakes were mailed from church offices. The schedule includes conferences in Bear Lake Montpelier Wasatch Yellowstone Deseret East Jordan Wogan Millard Morgan Parowan Summit Bear River Box Elder Burley Cassia Idaho Falls North Sanpete and several other stakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Relief Society of the Latter Day Saints Church
Bear Lake
Montpelier
Wasatch
Yellowstone
Deseret
East Jordan
Wogan
Millard
Morgan
Parowan
Summit
Bear River
Boxelder
Burley
Cassia
Idaho Falls
North Sanpete
North Sevier
Rigby
Shelley
Sevier
South Sevier
Alpine
Blackfoot
Franklin
Lehi
Oneida
Palmyra
Pocatello
Portneuf
South Davis
Teton
Tooele
Twin Falls
Explosion on drillboat America Kills Two. 11 Missing
In the St. Lawrence region, a dynamite blast on the drillboat America killed two men, injured three, and left 11 missing as the vessel was blown apart late today. The incident sent shock waves through the valley and prompted rescue efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria, Bay
N. Y
America
St. Lawrence Valley
Shotgun clash at Illinois dam leaves one dead many injured
In Marseilles Illinois a fight between union and non union workers at a waterway dam killed one man and left three others critically wounded while 25 to 31 more were shot or buckshot. In Washington Representative Snell said he discussed with the president plans to notify him of renomination and that ceremonies would occur here between the 8th and 15th next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marseilles
Ill
Illinois Waterway
Washington
Representative Snell
New York
House
Hoover delays signing relief bill to plan Reconstruction Corporation
White House officials said late today President Hoover would not sign the relief bill immediately. The delay gives more time to refine plans for the Reconstruction Corporation and related measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Hoover
Brutality in Third Degree Shocks Nassau County
Thirteen policemen face possible murder charges as Nassau County investigates the death of 20 year old Hyman Stark from a fractured larynx after a brutal beating. Justice Meier Steinbrink holds a John Doe inquiry while Deputy Chief Frank Tappan denies taunting Stark. Investigators weigh suspensions and arrests of officers tied to the beating and a broader internal plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineola
N. Y
Supreme Court
Meier Steinbrink
Hyman Stark
Nassau County
Steinbrink
John Doe
Stark
Borah Chairs Probe Into St. Lawrence Treaty
Senate Foreign Relations Committee forms a sub committee led by Chairman Borah to study the St. Lawrence waterways treaty. Members include Lafollette Vandenberg Glenn Robinson Walsh and Wagner with Democratic Senator Robinson. The panel likely meets mid August to seek facts on ratifying the pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
St. Lawrence Waterways
Lafollette
Wisconsin
Vandenberg
Michigan
Glenn
Illinois
Robinson
Arkansas
Walsh
Montana
Wagner
New York
Boston and Chicago Shine In Lopsided Scores Across Card
Baseball scores show Boston and Chicago posting strong showings in various innings. Key players include Brandt Hargrave Lucas Lombardi Fitzsimmons Schumacher and Hogan with teammates Warneke Hartnett and Jorgens contributing for Philadelphia and St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
Boston
Cincinnati
Brandt
Hargrave
Lucas
Lombardi
New York
Chicago
Fitzsimmons
Schumacher
Gibson
Hogan
Warneke
Hartnett
Business News Signals Improved Economic Activity
The report notes Viscose in Roanoke recalling 450 workers after over a month of layoffs. Hollywood gains as Columbia Studios brings 500 unemployed back to work amid bigger production. Danbury sees a hat factory start small scale output and another firm preparing a new plant by month end. Pittsburgh Plate Glass to reopen a Ford City plant next month after two months closed. Ashland Mass wins a 2650 clock contract for federal buildings. New York reports a healthier consolidated weekly condition statement for reserve banks in 101 cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Roanoke
Viscose Corporation
Hollywood
Columbia Studios
Danbury
Ford City
Washington
Departments of Justice, Labor, Post Office
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ashland
Mass
New York
Consolidated
Talmadge Keeps Divorce Decision Secret From Keaton
Natalie Talmadge has left Buster Keaton to think over their future. She planned to announce a divorce yesterday but offered no statement. The couple separated previously over an airplane ride and again last July 4 after a quarrel at a yachting party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Cal
Natalie Talmadge
Buster Keaton
Miss Talmadge
Buster
Keaton
Keatons
New Forms of State Taxation Fail to Cut Ad Valorem Levy
Idaho adopted two new taxes in the 1931 legislature a kilowatt tax of one half mill per kilowatt hour and a graduated income tax modeled on the federal law. Officials doubt any reduction in the ad valorem levy this year despite these measures. Kilowatt tax yields about 359000 first year plus 150000 estimated annual income tax. enforcement costs 15000 and 50000 respectively, with no state sales tax passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Idaho City Dealers Plan Cheaper Grade Gasoline
Idaho dealers prepare to introduce a third grade fuel about three cents below standard price amid calls for lower gasoline costs. Governor Ross and local officials indicate possible state involvement as Utah cuts prices. Walter Peck Jack Halliwell Ralph Jones cited among local committee members. H W Prickett travels to Denver to represent Idaho independents at an interstate commerce hearing reopening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Pocatello
George Barrett
C. Ben Ross
Utah
Walter Peck
Jack Halliwell
Ralph Jones
Salt Lake City
H. W. Prickett
Mat.eger
Traffic Service Bureau of
Denver
Interstate Commerce Commission
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton Shows Better Condition
Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton is reported to be in very satisfactory but still serious condition. Dr. Edward H. Williams says quiet. no visitors except husband nurse and himself. Her Lake Elsinore home is guarded to enforce orders after a basal skull fracture from a fainting spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Elsinore
Calif
Aimee Semple McPherson
Hutton
Edward H. Williams
Williams
Mellon Home On Business Trip To United States
Ambassador Andrew W. Mellon announced he would depart London on the Steamer Majestic for New York to spend several weeks on an official visit. His son Paul will accompany him. Mellon said only personal affairs drew him back and he did not plan any political activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Andrew W. Mellon
New York
Majestic
Paul
Mellon
United States
Frogs Move From Juanita Beach Prompt City Suit
The Harringtons of Juanita Beach near Seattle sue the city for 10350 dollars claiming city water diversions dried frog pools and forced their frog farm to fail. Five neighbors seek 18600 dollars claiming lawn damage from the same water diversion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Jay Harringtons
Juanita Beach
Harringtons
Kid McCoy to be paroled and take Rochester restaurant job
Norman Selby known as Kid McCoy, once world welterweight champion and actor, to be released on parole likely this week from San Quentin. Parole Officer Ed Whyte said an old friend will hire him in a Rochester New York restaurant, a condition required by parole law. He was convicted of manslaughter in the killing of Theresa Mars and served eight years of a 24 year sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Quentin Prison
Cal
Kid” McCoy
Norman Selby
Ed Whyte
Whyte
McCoy
Rochester
N. Y
Theresa Mars
Mors
Misleading Signs Banned at Frisco
The city of San Francisco cracks down on misleading signs on Market street. The Better Business Bureau decrees that sale and closing out signs create a false impression and will be forbidden by new store display ordinances to curb the ballyhoo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Market Street
Shrine
Better Business Bureau
Ballyhoo
Thirty States File for Unemployment Relief Loans
Thirty states signaled they will request portions of 300 million dollars in direct relief for unemployment. Immediate requests total 117.05 million from eight states. Pennsylvania seeks 45 million and Illinois about the same. Hoover planned to sign the bill. distribution by grants to state relief agencies with a 15 percent cap per state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Reconstruction Corporation
Britten
Illinois
Hoover
State Debt Cut to Six Millions
Idaho state treasurer's June report shows bonds totaling 3,869,300 and treasury notes 2,500,000 with registered warrants 540,182. The total debt started at 7,058,409 and closed at 6,996,501, with 27,555 in June interest paid and 5,166 earned on idle funds. The adjutant general's fund overdraft of 25,112 remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Treasury
Adjutant General
Utah Storm Devastates Crops. State Plans Relief Action
Governor George H. Dern announced state cooperation with relief agencies after a severe hail and wind storm destroyed crops in northern Utah last week. He spoke at Garland and formed a relief committee. damage estimated at $500,000. Thousands of acres of grain and hay were ruined and many buildings damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
George H. Dern
Will Rogers Wires The Tribune
Beverly Hills dispatch notes congress adjourned after cutting the sales tax and lawmakers face reelection. The piece criticizes road spending as benefitting neither motorists nor Mississippi, suggesting taxes and policy shifts shape political fortunes. Rogers jests about thumb signaling and registration as a symbol of shifting public hope.
Governor Ross seeks 1.5 million loan for Idaho relief
Governor C Ben Ross asks the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to loan Idaho 1 500 000 under the new relief bill. The loan would come from federal funds to cover roads bridges or direct sales with 3 percent interest repaid in five years after 1935. He cites 20 000 unemployed and 60 percent as heads of families, and says the loan would be used to meet state needs after study with labor and statisticians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
C. Ben Ross
Reconstruction Smnan, Corporation
Idaho
Congress
Thomas W. McDonough
Ross
McDonough
Pfost Denied Lodging Claim In Inn Management Case
Boise July 19 AP An effort by Emmitt Pfost commissioner of law enforcement to be paid for lodging at the Payette Lakes Inn the weekend of June 4 was rejected by Attorney General Fred J. Babcock and the board because Pfost’s family ran the inn. Pfost sought to present affidavits showing official business, but Babcock said Pfost had an interest in the management and could not contract. Pfost argued he was only a surety for the purchase. The AG warned he could face prosecution for illegal acts and told Pfost to thank them for stopping him before trouble. Pfost dismissed the matter as a legal technicality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Emmitt Pfost
Law Enforcement
Payette Lakes Inn
Fred J. Babcock
Prost
Babcock
Seaman Killed At Mississippi Club In Portsmouth
Seaman second class P. J. Simpson attached to the battleship Mississippi died today after being thrown or falling from a third story window of the Missy club in Portsmouth Virginia. Police and naval authorities opened separate investigations. Six sailors found asleep in the club were turned over to Captain W. D. Puleston, the battleship's commanding officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
P. J. Simpson
W. D. Puleston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Railroads
Gray
Roy W. Robertson
California
Capitol
L.D. S. Society
Memphis
Red Cross
Ida
Charles Deagan
Central Park West
Albany
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Martin W. Littleton, Jr
Frank Tappan
Littleton
Tappan
Lrhe
Brklyn
St. Louis
Vance
Lopez
Hallahan
Mancuso
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Hansen
Dudley
Todd
V. Davis
Swift
Grace
Rehm
Beng
Chagnon
Badden
Cleveland
Ferrell
Jabloniowski
Sewell
Weiland
Durham
Connolly
Frasier
Faber
Gregory and
Grube
Gomez
Jorgens
Fischer
Kimsey
Stewart and Ferrell
Earnshaw
Grove and Hoving
Phila
Hadley
Cooney
Bengough
Walberg
Cochrane
Detroit
Hogsett and Hayworth
Thomlas and Borg
Joan Crawford
Greta Garbo
Norma Shearer
Natalie
Aimee
Kid’ McOy
Frisco
Vernie Connelly
Pocatello Tribune
Circus King III
John Ringling
King of
Will Rogers
Tribune
Beverly Hills
Mississippi
PFOST
Commissioner's
Payette Hotel
Girugkod
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!