Congress Passes 143 Million Agricultural Bill In Quiet Session
Washington dispatch notes Congress moved a 143 million agricultural appropriation bill through the House amid a slow Senate and scattered committee activity. The House backed a radio power rider tied to the radio commission, while hearings on immigration and international aspects loomed. The week ends with a cautious House, bored by reading, but ready for next week.
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Washington
Mar
Congress
House
Senate
House Merchant Marine Group
Radio Commission
House Immigration Committee
Kellogg
Rotary Davis
Labor Department
Heated wrangles mark Hickman case in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on March 3 AP reports heated wrangles among counsel and a sharp judge during a half day of cross examination in the Hickman Hunt murder trial. Dr. Frank Mikels, first of a proposed six prosecution psychiatrists, faced cross with Hickman’s chief counsel Jerome Waleh and Deputy D A James Costello as Barr Craig urged concise testimony. The proceedings concern Hickman and Wesley Hunt charged in a 1926 Christmas Eve holdup and Druggist C Ivy Toms murder, with Mikels detailing Hickman’s observed behavior.
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Los Angeles
Hickman-Hunt
Frank A Mikels
William Edward Hickman
Mikels
Jerome Waleh
Hickman
James Costello
Dr. Mikel
Hickmen
Wesley Hunt
C. Ivy Toms
Tretman
Boise Woman Sentenced for Narcotic Act Case
Viola Wadsworth of Boise Idaho received a three year prison term at the Dakom penitentiary after being convicted under the narcotic act. She was sentenced by federal authorities for actions linked to the case and related to March proceedings.
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Viola Wadsworth
Boise
Idaho
Nh Dakom
Tasho
Lamb Feeders Day at Aberdeen Draws Crowd
Lamb feeders day at Aberdeen drew a large crowd as 124 lambs per lot were tested to evaluate hull beans beet pulp and alfalfa seed screenings in fattening rations. E J Fjeldsted and state agricultural leaders discussed feeding economics and bredding, with results showing daily intake and breakeven prices for four diet plans.
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Aberdeen
E. J. Fjeldsted
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Field
Ted
Willis Attacks Hoover in Ohio Campaign Swing
Senator Frank B. Willis denounced Herbert Hoover at a public meeting in Wellaton Ohio, urging voters to know a candidate’s views on tariff foreign relations farm relief and Great Lakes water diversion. He accused Hoover of dishonorable terms with Ohio Republicans and questioned Hoover’s American values and European viewpoint.
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Wellaton
Mar
Frank B. Willis
Herbert Hoover
Ohio
Commerce Secretary
Great Lakes
Hoover
America
Associated Press Members to Meet in Pocatello
Associated Press members of the Utah Idaho district plan their third annual meeting in Pocatello on Wednesday March 7 with Paul Cowles and Paul Sexton in attendance. Topics include new receiving machines and district operations. A luncheon, dam tour at American Falls and Idaho Power plant visit follow, ending with a Green Triangle Inn dinner and musical entertainment.
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Idaho-Utah
Associated Press
Utah- Idaho
Pocatello
Wm. Wallin
Paul
A. L. Fish
Salt Lake Telegram
District Association
Roy A. Reed
The
Twin Fails News
Uke Bannock Hotel
Twin Pails News
Rannock Hotel
Rowanis
Chamber of Commerce
American Parls
Great Dam
Idaho Power Company
Power City
American Falls
Green Triangle Inn
the Tribune
Gaylord Sanford
Adelaide Anderson School of Music
Sanford
Walsh enters Democratic field with McAdoo support
Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana joins the 1932 Democratic presidential contenders with open backing from William G. McAdoo, a rival of Governor Smith. Like Smith he is Roman Catholic but Walsh is pro dry. The Teapot Dome prosecutor Reed of Missouri drew fire against Smith and other aspirants as party camps accelerate toward Kansas City and Houston conventions.
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Washington
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
William G. McAdoo
Smith
New York
Teapot Dome
Reed
Missouri
California
Kansas City
Houston
Smith supporters rally for Smith in western states
Influential Democrats from multiple states including Alaska join Fred W. Johnson in Salt Lake City to organize for Al Smith. W Orr Chapman L E Dillingham and Joh Chez travel with the Smith for President group to meet Utah Democrats before a Utah Democratic committee conference and a Monday visit by Senator James A Reed.
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Salt Lake City
Alaska
al Smith
Fred W. Johnson
Rock Springs
Wyo
W. Orr Chapman
Twin Falls
Idaho
L. E Dillingham
Mackay
Joh Chez
Ogden Utah
Smith-for
First International Transcontinental Foot Race Begins
Los Angeles launches 276 entrants in a 3000 mile race to New York with daily legs of about 50 miles. Winners earn 825000, 10000, and smaller prizes. entrants receive meals and beds nightly amid a large motor caravan supporting the event.
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Los Angeles
Calif
New York
Nicholas Quamowahu
New York- Long Beach
Arthur Newton
England
Charley Hart
Newton
Hart
Seth Gonzales
Jur! Lossman
Esthonia
Harry Abramowitz
Walker
Bronx
Puente
California-Arizona
Found Guilty in Valley School House Attack Case
A Ottawa Newfoundland jury found Hiram Reed of Mocavi Ne Tl guilty tonight of a charge tied to an attack at the Pleasant Valley school house that seriously injured his sweetheart Miss Toma Bradford. Reed showed no emotion as the verdict was read. A new trial motion was filed. Conviction carries one to 20 years. no jury recommendation was made.
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Ottawa
Hiram Reed
Mocavi Ne
Pleasant Valley
Toma Bradford
Reed
Snowfall Hits Sierra Nevada. Norden Station Reports Six Inches
Norden Station on the Southern Pacific reports six inches of new snow in the Sierra Nevada and Lake Tahoe totals rise to about 20 inches at the lake and 54 inches at the summit. The Reno bureau notes mountain snow is shorter than last year and ranges begin showing grass growth as cattle are turned out. Rain in Reno district this morning was only fifteen hundredths of an inch and Tonopah saw thirty hundredths.
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Pacific
Atlantic
New York
Los Angeles
Ascot Park
League of Nations
Reno
Norden Station
Southern Pacific
Sierras
Lake Tahoe
Weather Bureau
Bureau
Tonopah
Deadlocked Boulder Canyon Dam Legislation Delayed
Senate litigation committee deferred action on Boulder Canyon Dam measure until next Wednesday. Informal conferences will seek to resolve differences on water allocation and net revenues from power to be produced at the great Colorado dam.
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Washington
Boulder Canyon Dam
Senate
Great
Oclorasio Dam
Missing Witness Oil Case in Contempt Proceedings
Justice Siddons in DC Supreme Court considered dismissing contempt charges against H M Blackmer of Denver, a missing witness in the Fall Sinclair oil conspiracy case. Blackmer refused to return from Europe to testify on Liberty bond profits tied to Continental Trading, alleged to have funded parts of the Teapot Dome affair.
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Washington
Frederick L Siddons
District of Columbia Supreme Court
H. M. Blackmer
Denver
Albert B. Fall
Teapot Dome Naval Reserve
Sinclair
Senator Walsh
Montana
Nathan I. Miller
New York
Georrge Gordon Battle Blackmer
Blackmer
Lindbergh leaves Curtiss Field for Washington in Ryan monoplane
Unobserved by officials and a few mechanics Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and four business associates departed Curtiss Field at 1 30 PM riding in a Ryan monoplane. The destination was believed to be Washington with no official notice given.
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Curtiss Field
N. Y
Esage
Charlies A. Lindbergh
Washington
Four American deserters killed after jail escape in Baja California
Four Americans, three deserters from the U.S. Army and one discharged soldier, were shot on the Tijuana Ensenada highway after escaping Ensenada jail by sawing bars. They had earlier robbed highways south of Ensenada and were en route to Tres Marias. A Mexican police officer was wounded in the ensuing gunfight. a woman associated with the gang was deported to the United States.
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Tljuana
Mexico
U.S
Tijuana- Ensenada
Ensenada Cuartel
Ensenada
Russell BE. Tanner
Lakeside
Calif
L. M. Tompson
Canada
Elton E. Morehouse
Salinas
Cal
Ebenezer R. Kirby
New York City
Evelyn Costello
San Francisco
United States
Tijuana-Ensenada
Tijuana
Tres Marias Islands
Vigorous Search for Missing Men Near Cape Charles
Norfolk dispatch reports fragments of a missing amphibian plane near Cape Charles identified as the craft that carried Commander T. G. Ellyson Lieut. Commander Hugo Schmidt and Lieut. Rogers Ransehausen. Navy and Army conduct the broadest aerial search to recover the three men after takeoff from Hampton Roads. In Atlanta the Georgia Republicans urge support for a Coolidge draft at the national convention with Hoover as fallback.
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Norfolk
Cape Charles
T. G. Ellyson
Annapolis
Cape
L. E. Willis
Cape Charles City
Chesapeake Bay
Hampton Roads
Ellyson
Hugo Schmidt
Rogers Ransehausen
Naval Hospital
Navy
Army
Three Airmen Stranded on Ice for Three Weeks
Three airmen and an Eskimo guide survived a two week Arctic ordeal after crash landing on ice floes in the north Atlantic and Labrador. Pilot A A Lewis Flight Sergeant N OC Terry and the native hunter endured harsh weather, scarce food, and drift before staggering into Port Burwell on Hudson straits aided by improvised rafts and navigational luck.
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North Atlantic
Labrador
Marine Department
T. A. Lawrence
Port Burwell
Hudson Straits
A. A. Lewis
N. OC. Terry
Hudson Strait
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