Quake Hits Two Mountain States Causes Casualties
Severe earthquakes rocked northern Utah and southern Idaho starting 8:05 a m. local time, causing major damage at Utah State Agricultural College in Logan where the economics building fell walls opened. Ida Atkinson died, Charles Bithell injured. Salt Lake City schools closed as a precaution while tremors extended to Boise Rock Springs Provo Idaho Falls and Pocatello.
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Idaho
Logan
Here
Utah State Agricultural College
Ida Atkinson
Ogden
Charles Bithell
City Waterworks Department
Bithell
Boise
Rock Wye
Provo
Idaho Falls
Pocatello
South High School
Ezra Thompson
Salt Lake Tribune
Bank
Perry Byerly
University of California Seismology Department
Santa Barbara
Cal
Frederick J. Pack
University of Uran
Local District Sends Cagers to State Meet in Idaho
Boise AP March 12 Seven of eight teams for the Idaho high school basketball tournament at the University of Idaho in Moscow have been selected by district meets. A Southeast Idaho tie between Pocatello and McCammon decides the district representative. First round games Thursday feature Nampa vs district winner Pocatel lo and Paul vs Bonners Ferry with Culdesac vs Salmon and Rexburg vs Moscow. The event uses a single elimination format.
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University of Idaho
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Idaho
Pocatello
McCammon
Nampa
Southwest
Paul
Twin Falls
Bonners Ferry
Panhandle
Culdesac
Lewiston
Salmon
Mackay-Arco
Rexburg
Idaho Falls
Japanese torpedo boat Tomozuru sinks with 120 sailors missing
Tokyo reports the Tomozuru, a newly completed torpedo boat with heavy armament, wrecked offshore at Sasebo during maneuvers. About 120 officers and men are feared drowned as destroyers search in heavy seas. The vessel was completed February 26 and exceeds London treaty tonnage.
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Tokyo
Japan
Sasebo
Naval Base
Mary Office
Corts
Idaho convict wounded by guard bullets in Boise escape
Arthur Silvia known as Bert Johnson, 20, critically wounded after an attempted midnight break from Idaho state penitentiary. His accomplice Princes Foster 25 fled toward hills but was captured hours later. Both were serving burglary sentences and are named in the incident investigated by prison staff.
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Boise
Arthur Silvia
Bert Johnson
State Penitentiary
Silvia
Princes Foster
Dan Cavanaugh
Cavanaugh
Foster
Poster
Ira J. Taylor
Twin Falls
P. A. O’neil
Oneida County
Nine saved after fishing boat Waco and crew found
Nine missing fishermen were rescued by coast guard seaplane Arcturus after spending a cold windy night aboard their boats near Miami. The two vessels had been missing since yesterday and were located and brought to safety today.
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Miami
Fla
Coast Guard
Arcturus
Governor Ross Backs Western Sugar Aid Initiative
Governor C Ben Ross of Idaho joins western governors in Salt Lake City to back efforts aiding beet sugar producers. He arrives with D Worth Clark William Simons and Mrs Ross and emphasizes agriculture as Idaho’s mainstay while noting mining and lumber roles and highway concerns.
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Salt Lake City
C. Ben Ross
Idaho
Western Governors’ Conference
West
D. Worth Clark
William Simons
Ross
Pocatello Tops McCammon In Local Quiz Scores
In a tight game Pocatello outscored McCammon 22 to 13 in the final quarter to finish with a 22 13 victory. Early periods showed Pocatello leading 10 to 12 at halftime and 18 to 16 after the third.
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Pocatello
McCammon
Army Air Corps Plans New Route for Mail Service
Army air corps officials map a Newark to San Francisco route as the backbone of a revised air mail system to reduce pilot deaths. Additional tentative lines include Boston to New York, New York to Jacksonville, Washington to Atlanta, Chicago to Dallas via St. Louis and Kansas City, Salt Lake City to San Diego, Salt Lake City to Seattle, and Cheyenne to Denver.
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Army Air Corps
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N. J
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Boston
New York
Jacksonville
Atlanta
Dallas
St. Louis
Kansas City
Salt Lake
San Diego
Seattle
Army suspends air mail service across zones
Washington March 12 The army ordered an immediate suspension of all air mail flying after Maj Gen Benjamin D Foulois directed grounding across zones three weeks after takeover. Officials expected the interruption to last two to three days while rail routes and schedules were arranged and personnel and equipment restored.
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Army
Roosevelt
Benjamin D. Foulois
Air Corps
Foulois
Bear of Oakland Reaches Dunedin
The Bear of Oakland, supply ship for the Byrd Antarctic expedition, reached Dunedin after a two weeks voyage through high seas and gales from the Ross Sea. It will stay for the Antarctic winter and return to the Bay of Whales later to pick up expedition members, maintaining wireless contact with Little America.
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N. Z
Oakland
Dunedin
Ross Sea
Bay of Whales
Little America
West Educator Reports Earth Shocks Heavy
Berkeley report says Utah quake rivaled Santa Barbara 1925 and Nevada 1932 temblors. Prof Byerly notes 7:07 a m start, an hour and a half duration, epicenter distant. Seismologists deem shocks heavier than 1933 Long Beach, with San Francisco area readings at Pasadena lab.
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Santa Barbara
Nevada
Pasadena
P.S.T
Carnegie Institution of Washington Seismological Laboratory
Will Rogers Wires The Tribune Continued on Page Three
Santa Monica California March 12 Will Rogers praises the presidents air mail move and mocks critics while praising air mail pilots. He notes two Washington departments for war and mail and recalls Eddie Rickenbacker’s war service without postal experience.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Washington
Will
Eddie Rickenbacker
Senate approves one year extension of deposit insurance
Washington March 12 The senate passed without debate a bill extending for one year from July 1 the temporary deposit insurance provision of the 1933 banking act.
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Washington
Senate
What Will Be Worn On Easter
A satirical long range preview lists famous men and their imagined Easter outfits. Ruth in gray flannel. Smith in a brown derby. Rainey in a large hat and swallowtail coat. Lewis in dramatic garb. Mussolini and Hitler adherents in shirts. Byrd in furs. Gandhi, Capone, Touhy in prison denim. Dillinger in a sardonic grin. most men wear a hat and suit as usual.
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Associated Press
Chicago
George Herman Ruth
Mussolini
Hitler
O’duffy
John Stege
Byrd
Sear
Harry Lauder
Joseph 8Lin
Clarence Dario
South State Street
Phocian
Howard
Mahatma Gandhi
Alfonso Capone
Roger Touhy
John Dillinger
Police Hunt For Gangster Killer
Slayers killed Michael R. Catalano a 45 year old beer owner and reputed gambler in San Francisco as he returned home early yesterday. Nine bullets struck him from a speeding car. a shotgun and pistol were discarded during the getaway. Catalano’s brother in law said he feared being targeted over gambling troubles.
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San Francisco
Michael R
Big Mike” Catalano
Catalano
Vincent Fardella
Doug and Mary Near Reconciliation Says AP Source
Douglas Fairbanks Sr and Mary Pickford have largely patched their differences after transatlantic talks. They plan to reunite on married terms in coming months, with Fairbanks returning to the United States after completing a European film contract. The Ashley divorce action briefly delayed plans, but relations have since improved. Both will continue making movies.
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London
Douglas Fairbanks
Mary Pickford
Associated Press
Fairbanks
Miss Pickford
United States
Europe
Hollywood
Lord Ashley
Ashley
Doug
Mary
Daughters Birth May Heal Parents in High Profile Case
Flora May McDonald born Saturday night in California may inherit up to 25 million dollars and figures in an annulment suit. Her mother Alecea McDonald seeks separate maintenance and Beulah Martin seeks to annul the marriage on grounds of age. The possibility of reconciliation arises as Major James McDonald 2nd signals greeting from Boise.
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San Francisco
Flora May McDonald
Flora May
Alecea McDonald
James McDonald
John D Rockefeller
Stockton
Beulah Martin
McDonald
Redwood City
Elko
Nev
Boise
Idaho
Pocatello Suffers Two Severe Shocks Stopping Clocks
A pair of strong earthquakes shook Pocatello stopping clocks and prompting school closures for inspection. Buildings reported cracked chimneys at Emerson Lincoln Jefferson schools and General hospital. No casualties were reported.
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Emerson School
Dr. W. W. Brothers
N. Garfield
H. L. Ainsworth
Garfield
Gathe
East Center
Bannock Hotel
Ross Inviting Test Of Idaho Mortgage Law
Boise March 12. Governor Ross issues a statement inviting a test of the constitutionality of the mortgage moratorium act from the last legislature. He asserts belief in the act’s validity and notes court rulings have modified authorities with each 60 day proclamation extension.
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Idaho
Boise
House Votes to Give Veteran Bonus Measure Consideration
Washington March 12 AP The House approved immediate consideration of the Patman cash bonus bill of 2.2 billion dollars amid administration opposition and a veto threat from President Roosevelt. The vote was 313 to 104 with debate split two hours. Funds would be paid in new money.
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Representative Burns
Roosevelt
Senate
Patman
Representative Fish
R-Ny
D-Tex
United States
Cannon
D-Wis
Isabella Greeneway
D-Ariz
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Will Rogers
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The
General Hospital
A. B. Canfield
Reed Hall
E. F. Rhodenbaugh
University of Idaho, Southern Branch
Rhodenbaugh
Weather Bureau
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