Disappearance of key witnesses in Egan case shocks San Francisco
In San Francisco detectives report the unexplained disappearance of two major witnesses against suspended public defender Frank J. Egan and two of his followers charged in the murder of Mrs. Jessie Scott Hughes. Egan and the others were arraigned, pleas withheld, and ordered to reappear June 14. A spectator attacked Egan as he was led to the courtroom, claiming to be a victim. Edward J. Cook, whose wife was a client of Egan, was identified as the assailant. The case ties in with Dor an and Tinnin, who confessed to killing Mrs. Hughes on Egan’s orders amid financial trouble and alleged plots to obtain estate funds.
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San Francisco
Frank J. Egan
Jessie Scott Hughes
Egan
Cook
Doran
Tinnin
Hughes
Associated Press
Venne Doran
Albert Tinnin
Jessie Hughes
Arrow
Collection of tax on checks begins June 21
The Internal Revenue Bureau said banks will pay the new two cent tax on checks to the treasury at month end. Banks will track checks per depositor and charge against accounts, with only deposited drafts taxed and counter checks not taxed. Also notes upcoming postal rate changes and ongoing tax regulation work.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury
Congress
Revenue Bureau
Coffin Spent $657 In Race
Boise report details campaign costs for candidates in Idaho races. Coffin spent 657 for travel and ads, while others like Smith, French, Holden, Yeamans, and Defenbach itemized filing, postage, printing, and travel fees.
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Boise
John Thomas
U. S
Congress
Addison T. Smith
Burton L. French
E. M. Holden
Supreme Court
Harold L. Yeamans
T. C. Coffin
Atello
Byron Defenbach
Crickets Invade Idaho Tranches Threaten Crops
Idaho entomologist T. W. Haegele reports crickets in eastern Idaho are in their damaging nymph stage. The migration stems from overcrowded feed in sandhill habitats behind Tyhee and Fort Hall tracts. He warns the pest could rise for several years until a full migration occurs.
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Tyhee
Fort Hall
Strikers Bomb in Coruna and Nearby Towns
Syndicalists and extremists carried out bombing attacks in Coruna Esferrol and Tuy injuring no one but damaging property. The strike extended to Santiago with numerous arrests reported.
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Coruna
Spain
Esferrol
Tuy
Santiago
Life clues on Venus carbon dioxide detected
Carnegie Institution scientists at Mount Wilson report probable carbon dioxide in Venus atmosphere from spectroscope readings. The finding, if confirmed, marks the first identification of a gas in any planet’s spectrum and suggests a condition essential to life may exist there.
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Washington
Venus
The
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Earth
Walter Adams
Theodore Dunham
Carnegie Instituteeree
Mount Wild
Cal
Carnegie
Mount Wilson
Seot
LaFollette Pushes Senate Probe on Wealth Distribution
Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin introduced a resolution urging a Commerce Department report on how national wealth is distributed. The move was blocked for now after Senator McNary of Oregon indicated it should await Senate rules before further consideration.
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Washington
Commerce Department
LaFollette
Wisconsin
McNary
Oregon
Senate
Congress
Pilot Escapes Death In Grass Valley Plane Crash
Lieut. E. H. Jacobson, an army pilot, survived when his pursuit plane crashed in Penn valley near Grass Valley California. He was hospitalized after the crash believed to have been en route from Sacramento to Reno when off course. The plane nosed over on its wing and was demolished. witnesses noted the engine was missing shortly before the crash.
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Grass Valley
Cal
E. H. Jacobson
Penn Valley
Here
Sacramento
Reno
Cricket Eradication Efforts Cut Threat to Crops
Entomologist Claude Wakeland announces a year end plan to contain Mormon crickets in Idaho. Volunteers hold posts, observe movements, and sprayers target hatching grounds next year. R J Parker of the U S Department of Agriculture leads with funds requested to expand control. Evidence shows large cricket pits at Gibson Fort Hall and Tyhee, with crickets in later developmental stages.
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Claude Wakeland
University of Idaho
Wakeland
R. J. Parker
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Parker
Washington
Gibson
Fort Hall
Tyhee
Prayer Campaign Aims at Prohibition Repeal
The Women’s National Committee for Law Enforcement will lead daily prayers at Republican and Democratic conventions in Chicago to oppose repeal efforts. A mass meeting at Evanston will feature Jane Addams and A. A. Stagg. Rockefeller’s repeal remarks draw firm W C T U criticism stressing prohibition as essential.
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Chicago
Women's National Committee For Law Enforcement
Henry W. Peabody
Beverly
Mass
Peabody
Jane Addams
Hull House
A. A. Stagg
University of Chicago
Baseball and Baseball Scores From Various Leagues
A collage of box scores from today’s games across the major leagues. Washington, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Detroit, Boston, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Brooklyn and more teams posted runs and pitching lines with winners and losses listed alongside key pitchers and batters.
Rockefeller as presidential prospect urged by Will Rogers
Will Rogers writes from Beverly Hills praising John D. Rockefeller as a potential president praising his honesty on prohibition and national issues. Rogers quips Rockefeller should consider running and even notes he could reform a run down outfit if persuaded.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Rockefeller
Ike Ours
Will Rogers
Crisis Deepens as Bonus Marchers Seek Food Aid
Seven thousand veterans marching on Washington face hunger as funds to redeem adjusted service certificates dwindle. Police struggle to supply stew and other relief while demands for immediate payment of 2.4 billion dollars grow amid the stalled relief effort.
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Associated Press
Uncle Sam
Washington
Measure to cut interest on veterans certificates approved
The Bacharach bill to cut interest on veterans compensation certificates to 4 percent won approval from the House Ways and Means committee. The panel, in a 13 to 9 vote, authorized Rep. Bacharach to push the bill promptly. The Veterans Administration estimates the change would cost about $140 million before maturity in 1945.
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Washington
Bacharach
House
Ways and Means Committee
Collier
N. J
Veterans’ Administration
Senate mulls Hoover furlough plan amid pay cut clash
Senate members agreed to reconsider the Hoover furlough substitute for a government pay cut. In Cleveland fires claimed eight dead as Ellington apartments wreckage surface three more bodies with five or more missing. Fort Worth preacher James A. Crain urged a liquor referendum at the Christian church state convention. Salt Lake hearing probed how Union Pacific and Utah Railway allocated fuel orders and prices. Washington jury of eleven men and one woman selected to try Gaston B Means for embezzlement and grand larceny of 104000 from Mrs. Edward B McLean. Senate Banking panel backed a 500 million public works bond relief bill but rejected reconstruction loans to private industry.
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Washington
Senate Today
Cleveland, O
Ellington Apartments
Gaston B. Means
Edward B. McLean
Local Idaho Cavalry Unit to Attend Two-Week Guard Camp
Capt. E. J. Thorkildsen announced the Boise based B Troop 118th Cavalry will join the Idaho National Guard encampment at Camp Robinson June 11 to 25. Seventy one officers and men from Pocatello will depart Saturday at 4 am by special train, with stops to pick up units from Idaho Falls Rigby Twin Falls Burley Gooding and Boise. The camp honors Capt. Russell T. Robinson.
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E. J. Thorkildsen
118Th Cavalry
Camp Russell T. Robinson
Boise Barracks
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Rigby
Minidoka
Twin Falls
Burley National
Local company wins road bid
Idaho contractors secured three highway contracts after low bids to the State bureau of highways. Western Construction of Pocatello won surfacing 21 miles of the Clark Fork highway for 46663 dollars. L R Goodrich of Jerome won 5051 dollars for surfacing 13 miles of the Caldwell Parma highway. Gabbey and McNeil of Boise bid 26156 dollars to build three 40 foot concrete bridges on the North and South highway between New Meadows and Riggins.
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Boise
Idaho
State Bureau of Highways
Western Construction Company
Pocatello
Clarks Fork
Bonner County
L. R. Goodrich
Jerome
Canyon County
Gabbey and McNeil
New Meadows
Riggins
Pocatello Woman Wins Recognition at Rocky Mountain Leaders Meet
Mrs. E. M. Bagley of Salt Lake City was reelected chairman of the regional committee of girl scout leaders at the Rocky Mountain leaders convention. Mrs. Ralph D. Roberson of Pocatello was reelected vice chairman and Mrs. R. B. Porter of Salt Lake City named secretary. Mrs. P. C. Nicolaysen of Casper was elected to the national nominating committee. The next annual meeting may be held in Yellowstone park.
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Casper
Wyo
E. M. Bagley
Salt Lake City
Rocky Mountain
Ralph D. Robert
Pocatello
R. B. Porter
P. C. Nicolaysen
Yellowstone Park
Spike injures brother in Lake Winnipeg incident
John Makai stepped on a long iron spike while swimming near Riverton Manitoba. He threw the spike over his shoulder to prevent injury to others. His brother Stephen died later from a brain concussion caused by being struck on the head by the spike.
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Winnipeg
Man
John Makai
Lake Winnipeg
Riverton
Stephen
Authorities Ready to Furnish Transportation for Veterans
In Washington on June 8 AP reports authorities will provide transport for veterans seeking to return home as feeding resources dwindle. Police and military posts tighten restrictions while a planned Capitol Hill petition by communist veterans is anticipated Friday. Several agitators were arrested as orders and proclamations circulate to manage crowds.
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Washington
Glassford
District of Columbia
Capitol Hill
Bollingfield
Democrats 10 Demand Repeal
Governor Roosevelt told the Associated Press by phone from Albany that the Democratic platform should clearly indicate a repeal method for the eighteenth amendment. He said he expects practical machinery to be enacted in the next Congress and reaffirmed his support for eliminating the force of Prohibition through a new constitutional amendment.
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Rockefeller
Associated Press
New York
Roosevelt
Albany
Bids Sought for Sawtooth Park Highway Grading
The Bureau of Highways advertised for bids to grade and prepare 21 miles of the Sawtooth Park highway between Godwin and Rogerson in preparation for oiling. Bids open June 17.
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Boise
Bureau of Highways
Sawtooth Park
Godwin
Rogerson
American captain recalls five months of terror in China
Captain Charles Baker, an American steamboat captain released near Hankow, described five months of filth and starvation under bandits calling themselves communists. He faced execution threats over a $50,000 ransom and was chained and beaten once, detailing lawlessness across 200 miles along the Yangtze north bank. He plans to return to Oakland, California to reunite with his family.
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Charles Baker
Hankow
Baker
United States
Oakland
Cal
Yantze
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