Bromley Fails to Get Extension on Seattle Tokyo Flight
In Burbank, Harold Bromley, Dallas aviator, laments spending 18 dollars on fuel for his oil burning plane as the National Aeronautic Association deadline passes for the Seattle to Tokyo nonstop prize of 29 500 dollars. He hoped for an extension and planned to start from Seattle. Salvage teams probe Puget Sound for Nat Browne’s crashed monoplane engine as hopes for a Seattle Tokyo attempt endure.
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Burbank
Cal
Harold Bromley
Dallas
Tex
Seattle
Tokio
Bromley
New York
National Aeronautic Association
Nat Browne
Puget Sound
Browne
New York Flier
Detroit
Von Papen Forms Rightist German Cabinet
Berlin reports Franz von Papen has formed a rightist cabinet after presenting his list to President Hindenburg and gaining acceptance. Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party, opposing Papen’s cabinet, signaling shifts that could affect its short term viability as newspapers call the plan a feudal government dominated by old nobility.
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Berlin
Franz von Papen
von Hindenburg
Adolf Hitler
National Socialist Party
Hitler
Paul von Hindenburg
Gowdy Kills Two Then Takes Own Life in Hamilton
Frederick Daniel Gowdy, 28, killed his father in law William Butcher and brother in law Bertram Butcher in Hamilton Ontario and then died by suicide this afternoon using a shotgun. Police report confirms the deaths and Gowdy's self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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Hamilton
Ont
Frederick Daniel Gowdy
William and
Bertram Butcher
Mayor Walker Accused Over City Contract Bonds
Samuel Seabury testified at Hofstadter committee hearings that Mayor James J. Walker owned Reliance Bronze & Steel bonds tied to a $43,556.40 city contract. He argued the mayor’s stockholding violates the city charter and constitutes grounds for removal from office.
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New York
Samuel Seabury
Hofstadter Committee
James J. Walker
Reliance Bronze & Steel Company
Seabury
Unable to Curb Woman's Growth
In Chicago on June 1 funeral services were held for Mrs. Zella Steele who died after a glandular disturbance caused her weight to rise from 130 to 525 pounds. Twelve pallbearers attended. She will be buried in a specially constructed casket and her home’s bay window was removed to roll out the oversized coffin. Her death followed a sudden weight gain starting 12 years earlier. doctors could not stop her growth.
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Chicago
Zella Steele
Steele
John A. Kirkpatrick
Two Women Hurt in Night Collision In City
Mrs. Harry Covington of 427 North Arthur is hospitalized with a fractured right arm and bruises after a collision with a car driven by John Oud in the 1700 block of South Second Avenue. Sally Mori suffered leg lacerations. Oud was arrested and later released on a $50 bond.
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Harry Covington
North Arthur
General Hospital
John Oud
Advice for graduates surveys new professions open
Chicago June 1 AP. Robert C Woellner of the University of Chicago vocational guidance department notes graduates face scarce jobs but not hopeless. The university surveys professions to broaden fields, citing grocery store executives as a growing option and warning openings in law engineering and education may be crowded.
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Chicago
Robert C. Woellner
University of Chicago
Woellner
Committeemen Announced For Bannock County Precincts
County clerk reports the 72 Bannock county precinct committeemen elected in last Tuesday’s primaries. Republicans meet at the county courthouse and Democrats at the west side fire station to elect officers. Notable listings include Orval Harris on both party tickets.
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Bannock County
County Court House
West Side Fire Station
Pocatello and
Alameda and
Tyhee
Weather-Driven Rain Halts Baseball Doubleheader
Rain stops Detroit at St Louis doubleheader with a postponed schedule, while New York and Philadelphia split a 16 inning marathon. Ruffing and Brown pitched for New York. Pipgras and Jorgens featured for Philadelphia. Chicago faced Cleveland with rain delays.
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Philo
New York
Holley
Davis
McCurdy
Walker
Hogan
O'Farrell
St. Louis
Chicago
Dean
Mancuso
Malone
Hartnett
N. Y
Phil
Ruffing
Brown
Dickey
Mahaffey
Grove
Heving
Phila
Pipgras
Jorgens
Walberg
Cochrane
Detroit
Cleveland
Wash
Boston
Brown and
Spencer
Weisman
Moore
Connolly
Federal funds aid fight on cricket invasion near Fort Hall
Farmers in Bannock county and Fort Hall officials lead a 200-strong effort against the grasshopper threat. Plows and trenches, nets and scoops, and canal work mark the front across a 20 mile stretch as Sen Thomas reports a $500 Indian bureau grant to fund the battle.
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Bannock County
Fort Hall
Fcf
Hall
Thomas
Yester
Willard Lund
Pocatello Tribune
John Thomas
Indian Bureau
Army balloon No. 2 wins late in national race
Army balloon No. 2 finished as an easy winner after landing near Hatton Saskatchewan Canada. Lieut Wilfrid J Paul reported the landing to the Omaha Race Association by telegram.
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Omaha
Neb
Lanu
Omahair Race Association
Wilfrid J. Paul
Hatton
Saskatchewan
Canada
Parry’s Wild Claim Sparks Idaho Governor Dustup
Governor C Ben Ross responded to R P Parry Republican state chairman calling the GOP candidate for governor ahead by 10000 votes. Ross said complete state returns will speak and he sees a Democratic year nationwide and in Idaho ahead of November.
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R. P. Parry
C. Ben Ross
Pocatello
United States
Idaho
Parry
Associated Press Dispatch
Boise
Pocatello Tribune
Byron Defenbach
Five Die In Death Pact In New York Family
Five members of an Argentine family died in a suspected death pact at their Prospect Park area apartment. Carlos Del Rio 55 and his four daughters Vincenzia 27 Josephine 28 Guadilupi 23 and Matilda Munoz 30 used a rubber hose from a gas range to suffocate themselves, believed tied to grief over the death of the wife and mother. Both beds held one or two fully clothed members and others in night clothes.
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New York
Carlos del Rio
Vincenzia
Josephine
Guadilupi
Matilda Munoz
Argentina
Prospect Park
Will Rogers Wires The Tribune
Will Rogers comments from Beverly Hills on June 1 about Hoover and Garner clashing over relief funding. He mocks both plans as pork barrels, noting bankers benefited while taxpayers face taxes. Rogers quips the Senate will tax something to fund convention pleasures.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Garner
Hoover
Jack
Senate
Will Rogers
Budget Balancing Proposals Move to House
Washington report outlines new levies likely to fall on individuals including higher postage and excise taxes on radios cosmetics jewelry sporting goods cameras firearms furs automobiles lubricating oil gasoline and more. It details income tax rates exemptions and calculated net effects for a married person with no dependents.
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Washington
Senate
River Colorado Rampage Drowns 3 Near Yuma
The Colorado River in Blythe California surged in a last rampage threatening 20,000 acres of low farm land and 2,500 residents. At least three drowned, seven missing. anti-flood efforts by over 200 workers succeeded in sealing a levee break near Brown's heading six miles north.
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Blythe
Cal
Colorado
Yuma
Brown
Here
Idaho State Treasurer seeks 450000 tax notes refunding July 1
Boise June 1 state treasurer asks the board of examiners for permission to issue 450000 in tax anticipation notes to refund a like amount due July 1. The treasurer has already sold 1000000 in tax anticipation notes to finance the state pending tax receipts.
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Boise
Board of Examiners
Judge and Wife Refuse to Wait in Chicago Court
In Chicago on June 1, Edward Franke, a self described first class brewmaster, told Judge Harry B. Miller he has not held steady work since his 1920 divorce. His wife Ellen sought $1000 in back payments for herself and their two children. The judge urged Franke to find employment and return June 29 to begin paying.
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Chicago
Edward Franke
Harry B. Miller
Ellen
Franke
Federation endorses Garner relief plan in Hill testimony
The American Federation of Labor urged direct relief for the unemployed as it endorsed the Garner 2.309 billion dollar relief program before the House Ways and Means Committee. W. C. Hushing said 8,000,000 men are out of work with many dependents, and warned against rushing building projects. He noted a decade of reduced purchasing power and praised Speaker Garner for backing relief efforts.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor Today
House
Ways and Means Committee
W. C. Hushing
Hushing
American Federation of Labor
Garner
Congress
Chamber calls for congress aid to fight Mormon crickets
A special Fort Hall area meeting of the chamber of commerce and local interests decided to wire Idaho congressmen requesting an immediate appropriation of at least 25000 to combat the Mormon cricket invasion.
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Fort Hall
Chamber of Commerce
Idaho
Conference Called to Get Final Agreement of Two Branches
Congress moves to end the treasury deficit with a billion dollar revenue bill. Conferees from House and Senate named to iron out final provisions as the administration pushes pay as you go funding for next year. The Senate acted to advance the measure as the conference session was scheduled for tomorrow morning.
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Treasury Gap
House
Garner
Repreesentatives Collier
Mississipp
Crisp
Georgia
Rainey
Illinois
Hawley
Oregon
Treadway
Massachusetts
Senate
Smoot
Watson
Reed
Andrison
King
Appropriations Committee
Chamber
Martin Ahead on 2 Tickets in Local Primary
D B Martin leads Democratic primary with 1210 to 300 for Ben Thomas while GOP tally shows Martin with 122 to 31 for Thomas. Thomas may run as Republican in general. E G Houde tops GOP for justice with 557, L M Harris 205, Ed Harris 164.
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D. B. Martin
Dad” Martin
Ben Thomas
Martin
Thomas
Justice of the Peace
Constable
R. J. Schumaker
E. G. Houde
L. M. Harris
Justice
Ed Harris
Official canvass shows Hyde and Hall lead county tickets
The Bannock county board of commissioners completed the official canvass of primary votes showing no change in party lines. Democratic totals reached 4626 with Republicans at 2584, led by Governor C Ben Ross in both prior and current counts. Addison T. Smith headed the Republican ticket for congress, while probate judge William A Hyde led the county slate and Arthur W Hall topped the Democratic coroner slate. Mayoral candidate T C Coffin won county majority over Ira Masters. The official count confirms the unofficial returns from The Tribune.
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Bannock County
Bannock
Addison T. Smith
Congress
William A. Hyde
Arthur W. Hall
Une
T. C. Coffin
Pocatello
Ira H. Masters
Coffin
Masters
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Elkin Chandler
P. E. Long
I. A. Peiton
Parley Hemming
J. M. Bistline
M. H. Garvin
A. Y. Satterfield
A. L. Horrocks
Alameda
A. H. McGuire
Tyhee—Orval Harris
R. D. Merrill
C. D. Moore
Parry Harrison
W. H. Witty
R. D. Leach
H. J. Swanson
Rae Stratford
D. R. Lish
Associated Press
Mary K. Douglas
Manitowoc, Wis
United States Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Salem
Ore
Denny” Clark
Michigan University
National Prohibition Board of Strategy Today
Friends of the 18Th Amendment
Warren, O
Anthony Lauri
Youngstown
James de Jute, Jr
Niles
Foreign Relations Committee
Ross
Prang
Carel Burgeson
Minn
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Edward F. Swift
Swift & Co
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