Businessman Surrenders as Bigamy Suspect in Several States
Charles H. Miller 43, surrendered to Spokane police claiming guilt in bigamy across two states and fraud in others. He said he married Clara Wen in 1917, Louise Morrison in Colorado Springs, and a Sacramento woman whose name he forgot, admitting impersonating a Christian minister to defraud. He named Oakdale California and Birmingham Alabama as places of wanted fraud cases and claimed recent activity running a Yakima advertising firm. He asked to be sent to a state with long charges.
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Spokane, Wesh
Charles H. Miller
Clarawen
Fort Worth
Tex
Miller
Lise Morrison
Colorado Springs
Olo
Mary
Sacraento
Calif
F. B. Conn
Missoula
Mont
Howard Wallace
Charles Howard
Record Heat Marks Set in Western Oregon
Portland July 23 AP heat records fell across western Oregon. Government thermometer hit 108 degrees the hottest since the water bureau began 35 years ago. The previous high was 105 degrees set in
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Water Bureau
Oklahoma oil production sparks court action dispute
Oklahoma City July 23 AP A split on curbing Seminole oil field output surfaced as C C Childers threatened not to sign a temporary restraining order while others pressed for action. The commission’s order bars drilling in parts of the field and aims to enforce a seventeen firm production limit to prevent waste and stabilize prices.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
State Corporation Commission
Seminole
C. C. Childers
Crs
Fred Capshaw
Frank Car
Psy Oil Company
Newt
Seinfield
Last Man's Club of Civil War Vets Disbands in Stillwater
In Stillwater Minnesota on July 23 AP reports three remaining members of Company B First Minnesota Infantry toasted fallen comrades with Burgundy wine then disbanded the Last Man's Club. The lone survivor will drink the final toast when he returns, leaving two veterans to sever ties with the ritual.
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Stillwater
Minn
Minnesota Infantry
Bull Run
Burgundy
Peter Hall
Atwater
Last Man's Club
First
Minnesota
Soil Electrification For Improved Crop Yields
Hamilton L. Roe of Pittsburgh introduces an electrified plow to farm fields. The device plants a generator on a tractor to energize blades in the soil, killing weeds and bacteria while boosting fertility. Buckwheat plots showed weed-free halves and nearly double plant height, and corn beans and potatoes germinated in five days vs sixteen with fertilizer alone.
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Hamilton L. Roe
Pittsburgh
Boston Greets Lindbergh and Airmen in Downpour Welcome
Boston welcomed eight air heroes led by Charles A. Lindbergh amid heavy rain. Commander Richard E. Byrd, George E. Nevill, Bernt Balchen, Bert Acosta, Clarence D. Chamberlin, Lester Maitland, and Albert Hegenberger joined the Parkman Bandstand gathering as thousands braved a downpour to cheer the explorers of Atlantic and Pacific flights.
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Boston
Atlantic
Pacific
Gas blows lids in Times Square
Thousands in Times Square were startled by a series of explosions that sent six manhole covers airborne on West 50th Street. Flames erupted from gas vents as spectators debated fleeing or watching firefighters extinguish the burning gas until it burned off. Police controlled the crowd and traffic.
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New York
Times Square
West 50Th Street
Balloonist badly burned in hydrogen explosion
John H. Smith, an exhibition balloonist, was badly burned about the chest and legs when hydrogen in his balloon exploded at about 3 000 feet above Schuylkill Park near Pottsville Pa today.
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Pottsville
John H. Smith
Schuylkill Park
Aimee McPherson Returns to Restore Angelus Temple
Los Angeles reports that evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson returned to Angelus Temple to quell an insurrection led by Rev. Jaynes over finances controlled by her mother, Mrs Minnie Kennedy. McPherson announced a new business manager Rev C E Aynes and said she would resume leadership duties, including preaching tomorrow.
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Aimee
Los Angeles
Angelus Temple
Aimee Semple McPherson
Minnie Kennedy
C. E. Aynes
Jaynes
Kennedy
Illinois
Mother
McPherson
United States
Secretary Hoover Fishing in Park
Herbert Hoover joins Washington officials in casual fishing at Yellowstone Lake in Yellowstone Park Wyo. He quits the capital to imitate Coolidge in South Dakota Dawes in Colorado and Jardine in Idaho then heads to Salt Lake City.
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Yellowstone Park
Wyo
Herbert Hoover
Washington
Nonce
Yellowstone Lake
Coolidge
South, Dakota
Dawes
Lorado
Jardine
Idaho
Salt Lake City
Courtney Soon Off on Flight
Captain Frank T. Courtney said he is ready to depart as soon as weather permits for a trans Atlantic hop aboard the Whale. A Marconi expert approved the radio system after a land test and a trial flight is planned for tomorrow, with Monday as the target if weather remains favorable.
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Southampton
Eng
Frank T. Courtney
Associated Press
Marconi
Courtney
Sis
Judge Atwell Visited Idaho Lodge, Praised For Impartial Judgments
Judge William H. Atwell, grand exalted ruler of the Elks, visited Pocatello April 25 last year and entertained the lodge. He is celebrated for his fair rulings on the New York bench, and his address to the Elks is recalled. He is cited today for a decision in a prohibition case.
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William H. Atwell
Idaho
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
New York
Pocatello Elks Lodge
Lone eagle rival rises from Minneapolis aviator
Gladys Roy, a former Minneapolis resident and aviator for over five years, holds both low and high parachute records including a 16 000 foot leap. She aims to become an airmail pilot and plans a Minneapolis to Washington flight to seek the post, training in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Minneapolis
Charles Linbergh
Gladys Roy
Roy
Lindbergh
Washington
New
Spectacular Utah Car Crash Injures Mrs Hampshire
In Salt Lake City on July 23 Mrs William Hampshire suffered a possible fracture after a collision with a car driven by E H Christensen. Hampshire tried to dodge and turn north as Christensen's vehicle struck his machine, tearing off a wheel and jumping onto a lawn. Police seek to determine responsibility.
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Salt Lake City
William Hampshire
E. H. Christensen
Hampshire
Christensen
Seed Show Dates Set for Malad December 14 to 16
Idaho seed officials announced the Malad seed show will run December 14 through 16. The Idaho State Seed association directors also plan exhibits at the Pacific Show in Portland in early November and at the Chicago International Exhibit from November 26 to December 3.
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Malad
Twin Falls
Idaho State Seed Association
Co. B. Ahlson
Boise
Portland
Chicago
Wisdom of Solomon Displayed By Judge
Judge William H. Atwell presided in federal court over Eva Zalisky 40 mother of seven after she pleaded guilty to a whiskey still case He personally examined her claim of nursing a child to gain leniency but found it unconvincing and fined her 20 dollars paid by her son The judge sits in Dallas but is filling in New York and is a former Elks leader known for discipline of the New York lodge over beer sales
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New York
William H. Atwell
Eva Zalisky
Garden City Flyer Opens Daily NYC Wash Route
Garden City New York boasts the first full time air commuter to Washington. Lieutenant Alford J Williams of Garden City works in the bureau of naval aeronautics in Washington. He departs at 9 am and arrives before 11 am, then leaves at 4 pm and is home before 6 pm each day.
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Garden City
N. Y
Air Lighthouse to Honor Aviation Pioneers at Pittsburgh Join
Pittsburgh July 23 An air lighthouse is planned at the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers forming the Ohio It will stand 200 feet high and emit a revolving beacon that sends a vertical shaft of light a mile high The beam will be visible from 60 to 100 miles away according to plans announced today
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AIR Light House
Pittsburgh
Monongahela
Allegheny
Ohio
Secretary Jardine and Governor Baldridge Visit Pocatello
Secretary Jardine and Governor Baldridge visited Pocatello for a weekend program with trips from Mack's Inn to Rupert and St. Anthony. They toured the Island Park area, fished with T. D. Jones and Walter H. Peck, and discussed southeastern Idaho agriculture prospects including dairy and crops like Grimm alfalfa potatoes and beans. The governor plans to speak at Pioneer Day and continue travel to St. Anthony Monday.
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Baldridge
Idaho State Editorial Association
Mack’s Inn
Island Park
Rupert
St. Anthony
Jardine
J. H. Peterson
Potatello
Big Springs
Iland Park
G. Bweneon
State of Idaho
Mack's Inn
T. D. Jones
Walter H. Peck
Pocatello
the Tribune
Idaho
Mies
Annie Jerdine Jones
Labor federation seeks pro Latin policy from U S
The American Federation of Labor pledges to influence U S policy to maintain ties with Latin American nations. President William Green urges policies based on justice to ease distrust and boost commerce. Delegates approve routine reports condemning communist propaganda and reaffirm Mexico and Nicaragua policy.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
United States
William Green
Fifth Pan-American Labor Congress
Green
State Department
Mexico
Nicaragua
Resolutions Committee
Woll
Ricardo Martinez
Mr. Green
Idaho Crop Outlook Sees Record Potato and Wheat Yields
Boise July 23 Idaho crops show excellent stands with potato production near 20 000 car loads plus seed and Idaho markets. Expected total wheat 30 000 000 bushels and sugar beets in strong condition. Twin Falls northside project to net about 6 000 000 dollars. harvests underway with barley harvesting advancing and wheat due in ten days.
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Boise
Tidaho
Idaho
R. E Shepherd
Jerome
Twin Falls Northside
Idaho State Chamber of Emmerce
Shepherd
Twin Palls Northside
Mr. Shepherd
Gold Discovery Near Welcome In Wyoming Hills
Sun Dance Wyoming July 23 AP The ghost mining town Welcome may regain life as August Schliehardt reports a load of gold ore near there valued at more than 300 dollars per ton. The find lies near the Black Hills pockets and is not a pocket like others. It is a few miles from Lead South Dakota Homestake mine, stated as the largest in the United States.
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Sun Dance
Wyo
Welcome
August Schliehardt
Wyoming
Schliehardt
Homestake
Lead
S. D
United States
Byrd Antarctic voyage lure fails to woo women
New York July 2 AP reports mail to Commander Richard E. Byrd shows not a single woman asked to join his planned Antarctic trip. He noted thousands sought berths for the voyage, but all applicants were men, while he warned the expedition would operate strictly as a scientific mission.
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New York
South Pole
Richard FE. Byrd
Great Ice Barrier
Byrd
Spitzbergen
North Pole
Murder Looms In A Mystery In Chicago Hotel
Police probe a murder scene in a Chicago hotel apartment where a man identified as Michael Stohie alias Harvey Foxton lay slain with a bullet through the heart and a disturbed place setting for three. A pistol with one spent shell and an untouched bacon dish suggest a premeal visit by two diners before the crime.
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Chicago
Michael Stohie
Harvey Foxton
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