Tallman slips from officers in San Francisco escape
Willam Tallman a young radio operator charged with murder of Virginia Patty of Los Angeles vanished aboard the Admiral Bennon en route from Los Angeles to San Francisco. He allegedly unscrewed his stateroom door lock, was last seen in the steerage area, and police suspect aid from a confederate.
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San Francisco
Willam Tallman
Tittan
Virginia Patty
Los Angeles
Tallman
The
Admiral Bennon
Sheen
Martin Sophi
Attaide
Gengplank
Patty
Portland
Arizona
Idaho Roads in Good Condition Brightens Spring Travel
June 6 report from the bureau of highways notes con genial weather improving Idaho highways. All trunk lines are in good condition and snow has melted from some passes opening new routes. The Montana Salmo n Pass north of Sal mon is open while the Victor to Tuckston Wyoming Train Pass remains closed by washes.
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Boise
Idaho
Point
Bureau of Highways
Montana
Salmon
Victor
Tuckston
Wyoming
Galena Summit
Lowman
Bear Valley
Salmon River
Divide
Oil Conference Field at Springs Begins June 10
Secretary Wilbur announced wide acceptance of invitations to the oil conservation conference at Colorado Springs starting June 10. Delegates from major oil and refinery companies across producing areas are expected, with attendees from Arkansas California Kansas Montana New Mexico Oklahoma Pennsylvania Texas Utah and Wyoming.
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Washington
Conference of Oil Conservation
Colorado Springs
Wilbur
Federal Oil Commercation Board
Arkansas
California
Kansas
Montana
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Penyomvnia
Texas
Utah
Wyoming
Lovelorn Show Girl Jumps to Her Death in Chicago
Chicago dispatch reports Miss Barbara Cole a 28 year old show girl leaped from a 12th floor window at 1220 North State Street after leaving a diary note about loving Bud Page of 1209 Astor Street. She telephoned a switchboard operator moments before. Edwin Page a broker at the Astor Street address said he had known her. she had telephoned him yesterday claiming he was growing distant. Her listed address elsewhere was London England. she had roles in musical shows including Rose Marie and Rita.
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Chicago
Barbara Cole
Bud
Astor Street
North State Street
Miss Cole
Edwin Page
Page
Beks
London
England
Rose Marie
Rita
Supreme Court Sustains Lower Court in Tractor Foreclosure
The Idaho Supreme Court today upheld a Bannock County district court ruling that rejected farmer J. F Brady allegations against Advance-Rumely tractor foreclosure. Brady claimed the tractor failed to perform and that a new contract extended payment, but the court found these objections unsupported by evidence and affirmed the foreclosure process.
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Boise
Supreme Court
Robert M. Terrell
Bannock County
J. F Brady
District Court
Three Die in Gretna Cotton Plant Blast
New Orleans June 6 report fatalities rose to three from yesterday’s Gulf & Valley Cotton company explosion at Gretna. Victims Alex Lassen, 48, and Walter J. Horrell, 24, died this morning. 14 others injured. No cause yet determined.
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New Orleans
Gulf & Valley Cotton 611
Gretna
Alex Lassen
Walter J. Horrell
Copeland Advises Davis and Alvis Grads Be Humble
Plains West Virginia June 6 Dr Royal B Copeland United States senator urged the Davis and Alvis College graduating class to avoid snobbery and participate in national welfare. He contrasted with MIT professor Robert Rogers who advised snobbery in a related speech. Copeland said being a good citizen and taking part in common welfare is nobler than pride in calling.
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Plains
W Va
Davis and Alvis College
Royal
United States
New In
Copeland
Robert Rogers
Profowmer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Count De Polignac Arrested in Prohibition Rum Ring
New York reports Count De Polignac a European agent for an international rum ring. Seven cases of liquor seized in his Savoy Plaza suite during a broad roundup of 37 conspirators. Police also arrest leaders William Bartels and Philip Gowen at 200 Fifth Avenue offices, Go-Bart Co. Exporters and Importers.
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New York
Count de Polignac
Savoy Plaza Hotel
Wiliam J. Calhoun
The
Ring
William Bartels
Philip D. Gowen
Bartels
Gowen
Fifth Avenue
Go-Bart Co. Exporters
William B Firyan
George Heath
Bannock Pioneer Dies at 99 in McCammon Area
George Gittins Sr. died at 2 am and would have turned 100 next birthday. He lived four miles east of McCammon with his son J T Gittins. Funeral Saturday at L D S ward hall with Bishop Howell officiating followed by burial in McCammon cemetery. He was born in Rexham England and helped build the Great Western railway. He moved to Mendon Utah in 1875 and to Teton City in 1883 as the first white settler. Survived by sons Edwin Deweyville Utah George Jr Panotello county commissioner J T Gittins and daughters Mrs May Jones Everett WA and Mrs Elizabeth Singer Pocatello. Also survived by 22 grandchildren 18 great grandchildren and great great grandson Jack Arden Green of McCammon.
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George Gittins
J. T. Gittins
McCammon
L. PD. S. Ward Hall
William Howell
Mr. Gittins
Rexwhem
England
Great Western Railway
Mendon
Utah
Teton City
Edwin Gittins
Deweyville
George Gittins, Jr
Crow Creek Flood Waters Receding in Cheyenne
Crow creek in Cheyenne Wyoming began receding after a brief rise that did not breach its banks. A heavy rainstorm caused flood warnings for lowland residents who kept vigil along the bluffs overnight, recalling last Sunday's disaster with over half a million dollars in damage.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Crow Creek
Reparations Pact Ready to Sign in Paris
Reports say experts expect the reparations pact to be signed at 5 p.m. tomorrow at the George V hotel in Paris. The Kellogg pact was ratified in Bern with the council of state approving it unanimously and the second chamber voting two against. In Washington the House adopted an amendment to the census bill striking out provisions to exclude aliens and disenfranchised citizens from the census count used for apportionment.
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Paris
George V Hotel
Berne
Switzerland
Council of State
Washington
House
Gunboat Ken Grounded at Hwarg Pu Kiang Breakwater
The United States gunboat Ken of 415 tons ran aground today at the Hwarg Pu Kiang breakwater mouth but is in no danger. It is expected to be refloated at high tide at 5 am Friday.
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United States
Ken
Hwarg Pu Kiang
Hoover Seeks Joint Committee on Prohibition Bureau Move
President Hoover urged Congress to form a joint select committee to study transferring the prohibition unit from the treasury to the justice department and to address related enforcement and administrative changes. The plan envisions a unified border patrol and coordinated enforcement across treasury and justice agencies.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Joint Select
Prohibition
Treasury
Justice Department
Congressional Committee
National Commission On Law Observance
Joint Congressional Committee
House
Senate
Treasury Department
Customs Force
Coast Guard
Treasury Organization
Joint Committee
Customs and Immigration
Department of Labor
Wiree Services Administration
United States
Lava Flows Slow as Vesuvius Erupts Hurling Debris
Mount Vesuvius eruption intensifies with heavy rock and ash barrages while lava flow slows briefly. Officials warn danger may ease though uncertainty remains. Panicked villagers flee southern and eastern slopes as Pompeii ruins loom as warning. Lava speeds reach up to 1590 feet per hour at times.
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Naples
Italy
Mount Vesuvius
Vesuvius Observatory
Pompeii
Joint Debate on Prohibition Proves Snappy in Washington
In a heated Washington debate between Clarence Darrow and Dr Clarence True Wilson the audience hissed and cheered as they discussed whether prohibition is right in principle, a success in practice, and should be enforced. Senator Barkley presided and announced a decision would follow with Senator Fess ill, replaced by Wilson.
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Washington
Clarence Darrow
Sitorney
Clarence True Wilson
Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Barkley
Kentucky
Fess
Ohio
Dr. Wilson
Darrow
America
Uncle Sam
Chinese Put Clamp On Relic Hunting
The Nationalist government in Nanking ordered regulation of all Chinese and foreign excavations of Chinese historical relics. The move follows Roy Chapman Andrews seeking permission for a Gob Desert fossil expedition, with China asserting fossils are Chinese antiquities to remain in China.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Roy Chapman Andrews
Gob Desert
State Stamson
Mr. Andrews
China
Woman Jumped From Window as Detectives Entered
In St Paul Minnesota a woman identified as Mrs Ethel Browns 26 jumped from a two story window as detectives entered a home answering a lawful summons The delay in complying led to her being severely injured and perplexed investigators who sought another suspect.
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ST Paul
Minn
Ethel Browns
Children Victims In Train Collision At Arimo Crossing
Three children died and three were seriously injured when a southbound freight struck a grain truck at a railroad crossing near Arimo Idaho yesterday afternoon. Wilma Sorensen 8 Raymond Sorensen 6 Kenneth Parris 9 died later at the hospital. The Sorensens Grace 10 and Wanda 12 were injured. Kenneth died at 7 30 p.m. The victims were hauled to Pocatello by a special train after being loaded into a caboose.
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Arimo
Wilma Sorensen
Raymond Sorensen
W. H Svensen
Kenneth Parris
Wilford Parris
Mr. Sorensen
Grace
Wanda
Louis E. Henderson
Sorensen
Wilma
Caboose
Pocatello
Four Baseball Games Result in Scores Across League Action
Scores from multiple games show St Louis, Philadelphia, Cleveland, New York, Chicago, Boston, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati clashing. Terrestrial line scores reflect varied hitting and pitching efforts with notable contributions from Ferrell, Schang, Barmshew, Cochrane, Sewell, Pio gras, Berg and Heving as teams chase early-season outcomes.
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St. Louis
Philadelphia
Blasencider
Kimsey Ogden
Schang
Ferrell
Barmshew
Shores
Cochrane
Cleveland
New York
I Miller
L Sewell
Piogras
Zacharyene Grabowski
Dickey
Chicago
Boston
Pittsburgh
Seibold
Teylor
Kremer
Hargreaves
Cincinnati
Benge
Leriam
May Kemner
Sukeforth
Benton
O Perre
Haid and
Smith
Eugene O Neill Stricken With Tuberculosis in Europe
The London Daily Express reports American playwright Eugene O Neill is seriously ill with tuberculosis in Switzerland, preventing his attendance at the London premiere. Earlier notes from Shanghai and Manila mention bronchitis and a nervous breakdown, with his lawyer denying some reports.
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London
London Daily Express Today
Eugene O'Neill
Switzerland
Weidec
Shanghai
New York
Manila
No Trace Found of Cyanide Poison in Daly Death
State chemist announced no traces of cyanide poisoning in the stomach of Marjorie Daly of Idaho Falls found dead recently. Embalming fluid may have destroyed traces, and further tests were considered. In Los Angeles the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine sent a message to President Hoover urging on law enforcement programs.
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Boise
Marjorie Daly
Idaho Falls
T Gay
J T Evans
Los Angeles
Imperial Council of the
Nobles of the
Mystic Shriny
Hoover
British Ambassador Considers Halting Liquor Imports
Washington June 6 AP Esme Howard British ambassador told Secretary Stimson he plans to stop importing Equors under diplomatic privileges. State Department said no pressure was applied for diplomats to give up alcohol imports. Embassy attaches declined comment and Sir Esme offered no remark.
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Washington
Eii Esme Howard
Stimson
United States
Esme
Watchman Shot By a Racketeer
CHICAGO June 6 AP Patrick Maloney a watchman at H and R machine shops was shot four times in the back during a confrontation with two gunmen. Frank Lise was held at the scene. One assailant took Maloney into an office. The attack may have been tied to racketeering or revenge for a recent killing of Thomas McElligott. Authorities weigh reprisal or factional motives.
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Chicago
Patrick Maloney
Maloney
Frank Lise
H and R
Bat Maloney
Thomas McElligott
Witnesses in Leadville Perjury Probe Arrested
In Denver two government witnesses against 24 Leadville city officials were arrested at noon on suspicion of perjury. Marty Shrader former Lake county sheriff and Mary Snyder a Leadville dance hall operator were taken into custody after testimony. A third witness remains jailed from last night as investigators pursue possible perjury charges. Special Prosecutor Nelson N. Carver announced the probe will continue against any who lied.
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Denver
Colo
Leadville
United States District Court
Marty Shrader
Lake County
Mary Snyder
Paul Malmgrer
Nelson N. Carver
Washington
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Rhode Island
John Marshall
NEW
Joint Commission
U. S
Viehjasmur Stefansson
Plorer
Europe
Drys
Ameran
Nationat
Eugene O’neill
Howard
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