Arraignment delay as Capone revisits guilt plea
In Chicago on July 31 Judge James H. Wilkerson allowed Al Capone to withdraw his guilty plea to income tax evasion. The court reserved on changing his plea to liquor conspiracy and ordered a grand jury review of 5 000 offenses, with a September 8 arraignment and probable late September trials. The judge rejected any leniency talks and noted no further comment on proposed recommendations.
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Chicago
Scarface
al” Capone
James H. Wilkerson
Capone
Wilkerson
Grand Jury
al Capone
Youth Held on Burglary Charge
Harvey Haslam a 17 year old youth was charged with burglary by the local police after being arrested by Patrolman P J Duffey. He offered a watch and chain at a second hand store and later confessed to entering a home in Idaho Falls to take the item. Haslam says his home is in southern Utah.
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Police Department
Harvey Haslam
P. J. Duffey
Haslam
Idaho Falls
Young Haslam
Utah
Night gunfire and drought drive headlines across multiple cities
LATE WIRE BULLETINS report gunfire in New York East 103rd street after detectives set out to combat gangsters. Western drought prompts a federal ban on wild fowl shooting for one year. Bergen harbor entry nears as Sir Hubert Wilkins reports from Nautilus. Reichsbank raises bank rate and loan interest. A San Diego murder trial sees Moss Garrison urged to be acquitted. New York police announce shotgun rule on sidewalks at 6 pm amid war on gangsters.
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New York
East 103Rd Street
Canada
National Association of Audubon Societies
Winnie Mae may fly again as record chase looms
Hollywood reports F C Hall says if Pangborn and Herndon set a new mark, Post and Gatty will attempt to regain their lost laurels. The item notes future transoceanic motion and competition among aviators.
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Hollywood
Cal
Winnie Mae
F. C. Hall
Pangborn
Herndon
Post
Gatty
Postmen Told to Wear Ties in Heat by Postal Chief
In London the postmaster general rejected a request from letter carriers to drop neckties and wear shirts open at the throat in hot weather. The decision upholds standard uniform despite summer heat.
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London
Longtime Pennsylvanian Railroad Workers Retire
Eight Pennsylvania Railroad employees reach pension age ending over 342 years of combined service after more than three centuries of rail service.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Gerard Proposes Prohibition Repeal Plan for Economic Revival
Former U S ambassador James W Gerard outlines a three point program for Hoover to revive prosperity. He urges repeal of prohibition to create one million jobs and cites boosts to oil and mining through limited anti trust reform. He also calls banning Russian imports to shield American industry from slave labor produced goods.
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Boston
James W. Gerard
Germany
Hoover
Gerard
Vulcania
Greater Pocatello loyalty drive opens Sunday
The Ways and Means Committee of the Pocatello Chamber of Commerce outlined a campaign to boost loyalty to Idaho institutions under the slogan Loyalty to Idaho Institutions Builds Idaho. About $600 of $750 goal is raised and the drive opens Sunday with educational ads, letter contests for housewives, and two color slogan envelopes for local businesses.
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Ways and Means Committee
The
Pocatello Chamber of Commerce
Idaho
Eleee Weed
Hn Ween
Greater Pocatello
F. E. MacKenzie
R. H. Wells
S. A Wilson
Pocatello Service Clubs
Rae P. Stratford
T. C. Coffin
John R. Dyer
Bertha Atkin
Lucile V. Bailey
Pocatello
MacKenzie Auto Company
Will Rogers Riffs On Grasshopper Plague Politics
Beverly Hills July 31 Will Rogers notes in a Tribune dispatch that grasshoppers devastate Kansas and other Republican areas, likening their impact to election politics and suggesting Democrats once viewed the pests with little concern. He jokes the insects swarm like crowds at a barbecue and leave little behind.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Northwest
Kansas
Kinder
Woodcraft Meeting Opens Idaho Falls District Convention
The Neighbors of Woodcraft lodges of southern Idaho open their district convention in Idaho Falls with a brief business session. Grand officers report in the afternoon, a banquet precedes further sessions, and officers are elected with a future meeting place for 1933 to be chosen. Minnie Hiner of Portland, grand guardian, is a principal speaker for both days.
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Idaho Falls
Woodcraft Lodges
Idaho
Minnie Hiner
Portland
Ore
the Order
Cheaper Car Licenses Proclaimed by County Official
County Assessor C A Brown announces that half year licenses are available for new car owners and for cars from foreign states this year. The law also covers old cars assessed for personal property tax.
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C. A. Brown
Mr. Brown
Open Season Favored for Upland Birds by Idaho Association
The Eastern Idaho Fish and Game Protective association met in Idaho Falls with about 75 attendees from 12 southeastern counties to discuss upland birds, sagehens, and grouse. Upper Snake counties supported open season while lower Snake counties urged restriction. southeastern counties backed a closed period. The secretary was asked to inform the state game warden the association favors open season as allowed by law.
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Eastern Idaho Fish and Game Protective Association
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Snake River Valley
Snake River
Caribou
Franklin
Bear Lake
Bannock
Bingham
B. A. McDevitt
Pocatello
Eastern
Rains Cause Wide Damage Across Four Western States
Severe rain storms drenched Utah Arizona Montana and Wyoming after a long heat wave. Butte Montana suffered a historic cloud burst washing out railroad tracks and flooding streets while Eureka Utah Nogales Arizona and Nogales Sonora Mexico saw rapid floods and overturned cars. Wyoming reported $50 000 in damage and endangered lives as washed roadways and failed creeks threatened motorists.
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Butte
Mont
Milwaukee Railroad
Eureka
Utah
Nogales
Ariz
Sonora
Mexico
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Lincoln Highway
Lindberghs Visit Ottawa Before Northern Route Flight
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh spoke with government air and radio officials in Ottawa about conditions over northern Canadian wilds on their ongoing journey to the orient. Theyдад planned departure not before tomorrow and will next fly to Moose Factory on James Bay 416 miles away. They arrived at Rockcliffe airport after a 380 mile jaunt from North Haven Maine, noting farewells with Senator Morrow and their infant son.
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Ottawa
Charles A. Lindbergh
Orient
Lindbergh
Moose Factory
James Bay
Hudson Bay
Ottawa River
Rockcliffe
North Haven
Moore reports East Road in good condition after trip
C A Moore of Moore for Men shop returned Thursday from a motor trip to Montpelier and Soda Springs. He says roads are excellent apart from a short stretch between Soda and Alexander where oiling is in progress. He notes the recent rain was general and beneficial to farmers and stock men.
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C. A. Moore
Moore For Men
Montpelier
Soda Springs
Soda
Alexander
Mystery surrounds Jackson Bell liquor case in Pocatello
In Pocatello rumors swirl over the arrest near Bancroft of Charlie Bell and a man calling himself John Jackson on liquor law violations. Officials say Jackson refuses to reveal his identity and no clear links to federal undercover work are confirmed, while theories place them in Denver or Wyoming. The full case awaits October grand jury action.
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John Jackson
Pocatello
Bancroft
Charlie Bell
W. W. Woodward
Bell
Kemmerer
Jackson
Paul Bryan
National Surety Company
H. E. Ray
United States
Wyoming
Denver
Idaho
Grand
Butte Leaders to Visit Pocatello for Airway Anniversary
Archie McTaggart mayor of Butte and WR. Thompson secretary of the Butte chamber of commerce arrive in Pocatello by National Parks Airway plane to mark the third anniversary of the airline. They are greeted by Coffin Foreman and chamber officials and will attend a Bannock hotel luncheon before continuing to Salt Lake City on the evening flight.
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National Parks Airway
Salt Lake City
Pocatello
Butte
Great Falls
Archie McTaggart
WR. Thompson
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Coffin
John Foreman
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
Pocatello Area Tax Values Reported by County Clerk
Ban nock county records for the year ending January 10 1931 show total public utilities valued at 12 302 389 08 including O S L A R power and telephone telegraph and car firms. City valuations total 12 133 786 with Pocatello city at 10 034 908. Six independent school districts add 15 784 976 in valuation led by district 1 Pocatello at 12 220 795.
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Bannock County
O. S. L. A. R. Company
Pocatello
England Plans Great Saving in Government Costs
London July 31 AP reductions totaling 96 578 000 pounds are proposed by a government commission to cut expenditures. Key items include lower unemployment benefits, higher weekly contributions, road project postponements, abolition of the empire marketing board, cuts in wireless license receipts, teacher salary reductions, and reduced higher education grants. The road fund would be abolished and motor tax proceeds kept in the exchequer. The report is deemed a major parliamentary document.
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London
House of Commons
Empire Marketing Board
British Broadcasting Company
Summer Weather Returns to Po catello in Coy Style
Summer mood returns to Po catello after a spell of rain and cooler days. The day brought a high near 69 in the early morning and 76 by noon with a cool breeze. A. R. Teeple forecasts fair weather tonight and Saturday with steady temperatures. Sunrise Saturday is 5 20 and sunset 7 52.
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Old Sol
A. R. Teeple
Pageant Tonight At Ross Park By Pinkerton School
This evening at 8 o clock Ross Park hosts a pageant and entertainment under the W C T U auspices performed by Pinkerton School of Theatre Arts students. The program includes dances and an original pageant with Mrs Gladys Pinkerton s arrangement. Mayor T C Coffin is expected to attend and speak.
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Pinkerton School of Theatre Arts
Ross Park
Gladys Pinkerton
Glen Mullihan
C. G. Stout
The
Christian Church
Pocatello
T. C. Coffin
Flyers Behind Time On Trip Around World
Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr. pause in Moscow for just over five hours en route around the world to beat Post and Gatty. They left Berlin before noon and aim for Irkutsk, then Kharbarovsk and Nome, weather favorable though with a headwind.
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Moscow
Clyde Pangborn
Hugh Herndon, Jr
Siberia
Harold Gatty
Wiley Post
Berlin
Irkutsk
Kharbarovsk
Nome
Post
Gatty
Graf Zeppelin Returns To German Home Port After Arctic Cruise
Graf Zeppelin landed in Friedrichshafen after a seven day Arctic voyage described as highly successful. Dr Hugo Eckener led the ship’s return with an hour long circling over Lake Constance before touching down at 145 a.m. Two observation balloons likely reached the stratosphere and scientists recorded over 50 000 square kilometers of newly charted territory.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Graf Zeppelin
Arctic
Lake Constance
Hugo Eckener
Eckener
Samollvich
Daily Scores From The National League Action
Scores reflect late inning finishes as Boston, Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Chicago and St Louis play. Seibold Spohrer Fritzsime Heving Berry Hogan O Farrell and others notch runs while Philadelphia Pittsburgh and Chicago vs St Louis show key outcomes in extended play.
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Seibold
Spohrer
Fritzsimemons
Heving
Berry
Hogan
O'Farrell
Airline Observes Third Anniversary
SALT LAKE CITY July 31 cities along the National Parks Airways route from Salt Lake City to Great Falls Mont celebrate the airline’s third anniversary tomorrow. J G King assistant secretary of the chamber of commerce said today Alfred Frank president of the line noted since August 1 1928 the company has carried 6000 passengers and 200000 pounds of mail.
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Salt Lake City
National Parks Airways
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