Elk City Mechanic Claims to be Missing Graham
An Elk City mechanic who claims to be Maurice Graham, a missing Western Air Express pilot, denies a photo of Graham as not his. Officials in Los Angeles and the mechanic’s wife had denied the claim previously. The man says he crashed in heavy snow near St George Utah, fled to an Indian reservation, and was later taken to Las Vegas by a relief pilot.
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Elk City
Okla
Maurice Graham
Western Air Express
Associated Press
Graham
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Pecos
Tex
Air Mail
Salt Lake City
St. George
Utah
Las Vegas
Highway link is cleared up Ely Wend over cutoff opens
The Ely Wend over cutoff of the Lincoln highway was opened to traffic by Nevada Governor Balzar, marking the end of a 14 year effort. California Governor Young and Utah Governor Dern attended as a four day celebration began with a pageant tracing transport history and a rodeo for thousands of visitors.
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Ely
Nev
Ely-Wendover
Fred B. Balzar
Nevada
Young
California
Dern
Utah
Florida Democrats Renominate Owen and Yon in Primary
In Florida, unofficial returns from yesterday's primary show Ruth Bryan Owen leading with 39,960 votes to 10,590 for Dewitt Dern in the Fourth District. Tom A Yon leads in the Third District with 10,177 votes against Sidney Catts' 5,576 and Harvey Bayliss' 1,450, narrowing the chance for a runoff.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Ruth Bryan Owen
Tom A Yon
Florida
Owen
Dewitt T. Dern
Daytona Beach
Yon
Sidney J. Catts
J Harvey Bayliss
Hoover to Call Extra Session on London Naval Treaty
President Hoover plans to convene a special Senate session the day after Congress adjourns to address the London naval treaty. Senators Watson and Moses conveyed the decision amid talks on party prospects and enhanced executive-legislative cooperation.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
Congress
Watson
Indiana
Moses
New Hampshire
Claudius Huston
Republican National Committee
Huston
Mr. Rege
Rhinelander Seeks Settlement Talks in Nevada Divorce Case
Leonard Kip Rhinelander estranged from his New York family since marrying Alice Jones an octoroon awaits her decision on a property settlement. His attorney said the offer to discuss withdrawal of opposition to the divorce was made by long distance call. Rhinelander divorced here in December 1928 despite a contested case.
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Las Vegas
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
New York
Alice Jones
Rhinelander
Harley A. Harmon
Nevada
Harmon
Faith in Utah Lead Co reaffirmed on witness stand
Michael Barnett president of the Utah Lead Co testified in a federal trial with three others on mail fraud charges over stock sales. He represents himself as attorney and described decades of efforts since 1919 to make the Utah mine profitable while investing most of his personal fortune.
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New York
Utah
Michael Barnett
Barnett
Philadelphia
Bad forest fires devastate large area in Ontario
Firefighters formed a new 60 mile front in northwestern Ontario as blazes for two days ravaged timberlands and forced dozens from their homes. Heavy rains eased danger in some areas but many fires remained out of control near Larson Best of the Lakehead Cedar Lake McAk Kelly Harn Dog Lake Lett and other sites with numerous smaller conflagrations in Pass Lake and Harkett regions.
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Port Arthur
Ont
Ontario
Forestry Department
Lakehead
Larson
Cedar Lake
McAk
Kelly
Harn
Dog Lake
Lett
Pass Lake
Harkett
Power dam break halts transcontinental Union Pacific traffic
A power dam break near Kearney Nebraska washed out about a quarter mile of Union Pacific track two miles west of the city. Officials halted transcontinental traffic for repairs and expected delays as crews worked to restore the line. The incident disrupted long distance service across the network and prompted temporary scheduling changes.
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Kearney
Neb
Union Pacific
Thirteen Escapees From Michigan Hospital Are Recaptured
In Ionia a rye field capture today of three inmates and an arrest on a Owosso freight train left four still at large after a mass hospital break. Omar Hassan, Joseph Dabajak, and John Campbell were captured. two others are believed to be murderers among the remaining fugitives.
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Iomia
Mich
Owosso
State Hospital
William Franch
Omar Hassan
Joseph Dabajak
Flint
John Campbell
Saginaw
Campbell
Dabajak
Hassan
John Milander
Frank Garrison
Pearl Covington
Hearings Begin on Freight Rates Between California and Salt Lake City
Two hearings on railroad freight rates from California to Salt Lake City and to Idaho start tomorrow morning in Salt Lake City. T. B. Johnson of the Interstate Commerce Commission will preside, with hearings likely lasting three days. Salt Lake City firms allege high rates for fresh fruits including bananas, while Idaho residents seek lower asphalt hauling rates.
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Salt Lake City
California
Idaho
H. W. Prickett
Traffic Service Bureau of
Utah
T. B. Johnson
Interstate Comerce Commission
Prickett
Secret Consistory Sets Cardinals for June and July
Rome announced a secret consistory on June 30 and a public consistory on July 3 in which new Cardinals will be created. No details were provided on the number or identities of the appointees.
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Rome
French Acquitted in Topeka Embezzlement Trial
Will J. French state auditor was acquitted by a Topeka jury after less than ninety minutes of deliberation. The jury found him not guilty on embezzlement charges.
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Topeka
AFP
Will J. French
Baseball Scores From National League and American League Games
National League results show Brooklyn loss 6 7 8 to 4 4 2 at home and Chicago defeated at Boston 18 2 0. Cincinnati beat New York 8 12 1 as Lucas Rixey Gooch Donohue Walker OʼFarrell cited. St Louis edged Philadelphia 4 40 with Haines Frankhouse Sherdel Wilson Benge Davis. American League details list Boston beating Cleveland 9 3 4, Philadelphia losing at St Louis 2, Detroit scoring 3 9 late, and New York vs Chicago 8 8 with Buffing Gomez Bengough Caraway McKain Berg Autry.
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New York
Lucas
Rixey
Gooch
Donohue
Walker
O'Farrell
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Haines
Chicago
Buffing
Gomez
Bengough
Caraway
McKain
Berg
Autry
Ree s Re-elected Leader at Open Shop Conference
A C Rees of Salt Lake City was re elected chairman of the American plan open shop conference at the 15th meeting in Duluth Minnesota. He has led the conference since 1921 and a committee will select the 1931 convention city from nine bids while labor leaders warn about misconceptions of the open shop.
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Duluth
Minn
A C. Rees
Salt Lake City
Rees
William Wallace Cowan
Manchester
N. H
Cowan
Bethlehem Steel Chief Refuses Salary Details in Merger Case
Eugene P. Grace, Bethlehem Steel president, declined to disclose his salary or that of top Bethlehem executives in a deposition tied to the Youngstown Sheet and Tube merger battle. He agreed to answer compensation questions if a judge orders it during the Ohio case set for June 16.
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New York
Eugene P. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Company
Youngstown
Cyrus 8. Eaton
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Ohio
Grace
Bethlehem- Youngstown
James A. Campbell
Nebraska counties without movie houses identified
Omaha report notes 19 Nebraska counties have never shown a film. R. J. Miller told the chamber of commerce that a survey of 93 counties found large movieless areas in western Nebraska with sparse towns and big ranches.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Chamber of Commerce
R. J. Miller
Chamber
Sand Hills
Bacdland
Utah Weather Forecast Quiet and Mild Through Thursday
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Thursday with little change in temperatures. No major storms are expected, keeping skies mostly sunny and cool evenings across Utah.
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Utah
Reverses for Nationalists in Honan Amid Chinese Turmoil
Chinese dispatches report Nationalist armies retreating in Honan as northern alliance forces press attacks. Conflicting reports from Haichow to Hankow rail lines, bandit depredations cripple Hankow channels, martial law in Amoy, and turbulent interior Fukien with Changchow siege easing slightly. Missionaries remain at Changzhou posts.
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Shanghai
Honan
Northern Alliance
Haichow- Tungkwan
Peiping-Hankow
Hankow
China
Anhwei
Kiangi
Amoy
Fukien
Changchow
First terminal cooperative set up for grain handling
Kansas City June 4 The first terminal cooperative for grain handling under Farmers National Grain corporation exists now after assets of the Half-Baker company were transferred to the government agency. C E Huff president said the plan is to handle grain for cooperative members in Kansas Nebraska Texas Colorado Utah and Wyoming.
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Kansas City
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Half-Baker Company
C. E. Huff
Farmers’ National
Kansas
Nebraska
Texas
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Gangsters again terrorize Pueblo in new slaying
In Pueblo Colorado Sam Black Goats Micelli aged 31 was shot and fatally wounded by three men in an automobile. He died in a local hospital. Police pursued Carlo Soldano brother of Sam in connection with the Micelli shooting. Reports say the violence is linked to January slaying of Sam Soldano.
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Pueblo
Colo
Sam
Black Goats
Micelli
Sam Soldano
Carlo Soldano
Federal Board to Assist Apple Growers in Co Operatives
The Federal Farm Board announced plans to aid apple growers in forming local and regional cooperative marketing associations. It aims to organize cooperatives across apple growing districts and encourage unified marketing to build toward a national sales program.
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Washington
Federal Farm Board Today
Father Accused Of Shooting Son In Utah Farm Dispute
Castlegate Utah June 4 AP George Magnussen 35 in dangerous condition with a bullet through his lung. His father William Magnussen is jailed charged with the shooting after a farm dispute over land title. The elder Magnussen allegedly opened fire as the son arrived at his home during a legal fight over 80 acres that had earlier spurred lawsuits.
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Castlegate
Utah
George Magnussen
William Magnussen
Magnussen
Steamer Gueraga Sinks on Magdalena River
Reports from Bogota say 64 dead after the river steamer Gueraga sank near Tenerife in the Magdalena river Monday. The vessel struck a submerged tree trunk, tore its bottom, boilers exploded, and fire followed the crash.
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Bogota
Colombia
Tenerife
Magdalena River
Final Iowa Primary Narrowly Blocks Dickinson for Senate
Final returns from the Iowa primary show Dan W. Turner leading Ed Smith by about 110000 votes for the Republican nomination for governor. J. J. Dickinson appears set to become senator, losing 13 counties to Hammill, while Fred C. Gilchrist seems assured the Democratic successor to Dickinson with a Tenth district win from 300 of 318 precincts.
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Des Moines
United States Senate
Fred C. Gilchrist
Dickinson
Gilchrist
Children Lost During Tour In Montana Parents Sought
Wisconsin couple Mr and Mrs George Redding are missing after their two daughters Dorothy 14 and Aletta 7 were left with Paul Ekren 20 during a touring trip. Officials search from Terry to Billings and Butte to locate the Readings. The Redding car bears Wisconsin license 15 268.
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Billings
Mont
Wisconsin
Humate
George Redding
Racine
Wil
Dorothy
Aletta
Paul Ekren
Ekren
Terry
Redding
Miles City
Forsythe
Butte
Readjust Bear Lake Fishing Efforts Under Way
Boise reports a weekend series of conferences between state game officials and southeast Idaho sportsmen to restore Bear Lake fishing. Law passed in 1929 allowed seining to catch big trout, with no further stocking of Bear Lake or tributaries while seining continued. The game department says stocking must wait for repeal by the next legislature.
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Boise
Bear Lake
State Game Department
Idaho
Game Department
Sixty Amendments Stir Commons Over Coal Bill
London June 4 The House of Commons faced near sixty amendments from the Lords to the coal bill. The Liberal party pledged support for the MacDonald administration in resisting most amendments, except one. The bill originally included a central export subsidy levy later replaced by a district levy with the same aim.
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London
House of Commons
House
House of Lords
Liberal Party
MacDonald
MacDonald Government Survives Commons Crisis Vote
The MacDonald government weathered a Commons crisis as the House of Lords amendment removing the district levy from the coal bill was rejected by 250 votes to 220 in London.
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London
MacDonald
House of Commons
House of Lords
Bodies of bootleg war victims not found in Chicago
Chicago police and state's attorney men hunted a crematory device used to dispose of gangland murder victims while investigators linked recent disappearances to a brutal war among bootleg factions. Thomas Somnerio's body, garroted and battered, was found in an alley as probes into missing gang figures intensified.
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Chicago
Pat Roche
North Side
William Higgins
St. Paul
Thomas Somnerio
Octavius Granady
Somnerto
Somnerio
Granada
Louis Clemente
Capones
Rocco Belcastro
Leo Mongoven
Mongoven
Five Held in Crook Case in New York
A blanket indictment returned by a county grand jury charges William J. O'Connor Jack Rosen Hilda Carter George Cole and James W Watson with grand larceny feloniously bringing stolen goods into the state and criminally receiving stolen property They were arrested last week with 300000 worth of jewels O'Connor Rosen and Carter are free on 25000 bail Cole and Watson are held without bail linked to a Hot Springs Arkansas murder robbery case
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New York
Willam J. O'Connor
Buffalo
Jack Rosen
Fifth Avenue
Hilda Carter
George Cole
James W. Watson
O'Connor
Rosen
Mrs. Carter
Cole
Watson
Hot Springs
Ark
Eight killed at Silver Plume mine near Cananes
Eight persons died including two American mining engineers at the Silver Plume mine near Cananes when operators attempted to eject striking workers from company houses. Police say the clash erupted yesterday as tensions over labor action escalated.
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NACO
Sonora
Mexico
Cananes
Cannon Refuses to Answer Questions Before Lobby Committee
Washington June 4 Bishop Janes Cannon Jr refused to answer contending it was none of Congress what he did with money spent on his private anti Smith activities in 1928. He resisted warnings that others faced jail for not answering and said he would not discuss his campaign contributions while the absence of a committee quorum delayed a contempt decision.
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Washington
Janes Cannon, Jr
Senate Lobby Committee
Congress
Southern Methodist
Coe
Agana Agin
Walsh
Montana
Cannon
Sisted
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