Businessman Howard Parr Dies After Poisoning
Salt Lake City June 27. Howard R. Parr 52 a Salt Lake City businessman killed himself with poison in his home room yesterday after posted notes claiming innocence of an attempted blackmail charge. Parr had been arrested last Thursday for sending threatening letters to David A McMillan president of the First National Bank of Murray and was to appear for arraignment June 30. Parr had lived in Salt Lake City 25 years previously from Ohio and was active in Knights of Pythias affairs and a past grand chancellor of Utah.
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Body of Student Taken From River in Providence
A Harvard graduate student Floyd Stewart, 23, of Garden City Kansas, is found with his car after vanishing with Nathaniel E. Jones, 23, of Billerica Massachusetts in Cambridge January 31. Jones body was recovered April 22 at Watchemaker Cove. Stewart had disappeared weeks earlier and his body was recovered after an extended search.
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Legion Plans Big Firework Display at Fort Hall
The Ameri can Legion denies rumors that its Days of Old Fort Hall fireworks display accidentally ignited a private collection last week. Legion officials say the huge July 4th show remains planned, as does an exhibition by the Japanese society of Pocatello.
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Repeal Urged by Keynoter at Convention
In a keynote speech, the speaker blasts Republican leadership over 12 years, calling for drastic political change. He denounces mismanagement, urges democratic recuperation, and defends the Eighteenth Amendment while warning citizens against violating constitutional limits.
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Democratic Platform Urges Repeal of Prohibition Amendment
In a forceful keynote, the convention calls for a Congress resolution to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment and its submission to state conventions, urging a clear binary vote on repeal. It condemns the era of speculation under Harding and Coolidge, and pledges to reduce government waste while reshaping economic policy.
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Democratic leader calls for work reform amid industrial shift
Barkley urged society to aid those displaced by invention and advances. He proposed experiments with a five day week or a six hour day to ease employment problems. He warned against neglecting dependents and urged the party to lead in crisis.
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