Bitterness of Residents Against City in St Francis Disaster
In Los Angeles and surrounding communities anger grows as coroner inquests probe responsibility for the St. Francis dam break. Officials differ on cause with state engineer citing faulty abutment construction while Mulholland blames landslides and pressure from upstream. Death toll tallies rise with bodies found in Newhall Bakersfield and Oxnard as inquests begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Hearn
Ventura County
Cr Park
Newhall
Los Angeles County
Bakersfield
Edward Hyatt, Jr
San Francisquito Canyon
William Mulholland
Bureau of Water and Power of
Los Angeles
Moorpark
Cali
St. Francis Dam
Oxnard
Santa Paul
Calif
Santa Clara River Valley
Valley
California
D. W. Mott
Santa Paula
C. Young
C. Teague
Santa Ara
Gooding Opens On Rail Rates in Idaho Complaint
Washington March 15 Idaho rate association and Senator Gooding filed an AMA complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission seeking new uniform rates for all commodities. The group argues inbound and outbound rail charges are unreasonable, especially for agricultural products like livestock wheat potatoes and other vegetables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
AMA
Idaho
Interstate Commerce Commission
Idaho Rate Association
Benator Gooding
Coeur d Alene Wins First State Tourney Game
Coeur d Alene defeats Twin Falls by 233 to 19 in the opening state tournament game. Twin Falls shows fouling and ragged play as Kempton leads Twin Falls with 11 points while Coeur d Alene features strong passing and steady scoring led by Rebensdorf and Petersen. End of first half shows Twin Falls ahead 10 to 2.
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Coeur D’alene
Coeur d'Alene
Twin Falls
Kempton
Hollingshead
Nelson
Justus
Petersen
Rebensedorf
Baxter
Collins
Taylor
Rebensdorf
Twin
Mariott
Brown
Finch
Martin
Twin Palle
Morgan
Hollin
Cleanup Order Forestalling Mexican Insurgent Suppression
March 15 dispatch from Mexico reports arrest of American Alonzo L Taylor in Guadalajara on rebel aiding charges. Six natives including priest Donaciano Villareal executed at El Sancito cemetery after summary martial court. In battles near Molday, 39 insurgents and seven soldiers killed, two officers fatally wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Guadalajara
Excelsior Today
Alonzo L. Taylor
San Felipe Hijary Ranch
Jalisco
Ahuscatlan
Taylor
el Sancito
San Luis Potosi
Donaciano Villareal
Antonio Mendez
Angel Zamarron
Juan Grimaldo Rafael Montoya
Guillermo Velazquez
Grimaldo
Molday
Mead named to head board to probe St Francis dam break
Secretary Work approved a request from the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce to form a board of engineers led by Elwood Mead to investigate the St Francis dam failure. He also ordered inspection of all dams under reclamation safety supervision.
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Washington, Mar
Los Angeles
Commission Costigan Resigns From Tariff Board Amid Clash
The tariff commission faced renewed discord as Commissioner Edward P. Costigan of Denver Colorado resigned. He delivered a sharp critique of the agency in a statement that marked a new flare up after a long period of disagreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Tariff Commission
Edward P. Costigan
Denver
Colo
Conditions in coal camp not substantial
Washington March 15 A memorandum alleged to be from the Pittsburgh Coal Co to mine superintendents urged cleaning up unsightly conditions before a Senate sub committee visit. Reporter Harry T Brundidge paid $25 for the letter and said camps in Avella and Coverdale showed severe poverty and squalor, with families unable to afford shoes and food shortages observed during a tour of the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Senate
Harry T. Brundidge
St. Louis Star
Brundidge
U. S. Senate
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Coal CO
Gooding
Idaho
Wheeler
Montana
Avella
Coverdale
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation
Snow Blanket Reaches Rocky Mountain Region Amid Storm
Denver reports a general snowstorm across the eastern Rockies extending into Kansas, Oklahoma, northern Texas, and New Mexico. Snow depths reach one to fifteen inches with Pike's Peak area noting the heaviest fall. Colorado Springs highways are blocked and schools closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Rocky Mountain
The
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountain States
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Pike's Peak
Colorado Springs
Wyoming
Miss Evelyn Bachelor Girls Lead Spring Window Night
Citizens packed the Arthur and Center streets for a spring window unveiling and a stylish parade of Miss Evelyn Bachelor Girls and Master Allan B. Stanley. The event featured well dressed contestants who received warm applause from a surging crowd despite cool weather.
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Pring
Arthur and
Center Street
BB. O G. Palton
Death Toll Rises to 285 in St Francis Dam Disaster
Testimony at the Moor Park inquest reports 285 bodies recovered in Los Angeles and Ventura counties after the St Francis dam flood. The coroner's jury returns a verdict of accidental drowning due to the dam break with no blame assigned.
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Los Angeles
St. Francis Dam
Moor Park
Ventura Counties
Boy Buried in Sand Survives after Rescue in Idaho
Emmett Idaho reports James Fall aged 16 buried over ten minutes when a sand bank caved in last night. He improved today and is expected to recover. Forrest Siston, partially buried, freed himself and the unconscious boy, losing his overalls and boots in the effort.
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Emmett
Idaho
James Fall
Fall
Forrest Siston
Giston
Borah Plans to Raise Funds to Repay Teapot Dome Donor
Senator Borah moves to gather $160000 from voluntary backers to repay Harry F. Sinclair for his Republican party donation if the party committee does not act. He has already secured more than an unspecified amount and says he will deal directly with Sinclair once funds are raised. One donor has pledged $2500.
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Washington
Borahs
Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Republican Party
Republican National Committee
Idaho Sengtor
Sinclair
Republican Committee
Senator Borah
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Albert B. Pall
Interior
Idahoan
Wilbur appears on House floor during warship debate
Washington March 15 AP Secretary Wilbur attended the House floor during debate on the 74 million warship program prompting protest from Rep Huddleston who argued the House could handle naval business without the Navy Department head. Wilbur sat in a front row seat, a rare cabinet member on the congressional floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Wilbur
Huddleston
Alabama
Navy Department
Pretary
Congress
Lindbergh to Address Congress on Invitation Ride
Col Charles A. Lindbergh plans to write to members of Congress inviting them to ride with him in a proposed aircraft flight. He will transmit the letter at conferences with Vice President Dawes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Charles A. Lindbergh
Congress
Dawes
Plane Mystery Deepens Over Atlantic Rescue Hopes Fading
Reports from Biddeford Maine and London recount sightings of a yellow light near Stratton Island and the Endeavour search for Captain Walter Hinchcliffe and Honorable Elsie Mackay. Authorities found no signs of the missing monoplane after a coast guard patrol. The aviation pair, believed to be heading to Philadelphia, face dwindling fuel and unconfirmed sightings amid grave anxiety in their families and the public.
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Biddeford
Maine
Mar
Old Orchard
Walter R. F. Hinchcliffe
Stratton Island
Old Orchard Beach
R. A. Morton
Biddeford Pool
R. Courtney Page
New York
North Atlantic
Elsie Mackay
Walter Minchcliffe
Lowenstein-Wertheim
Nungesser
Coli
London
Walter Hinchcliffe
England
Lord Inchcape
Miss Mackay
Hinchcliffe
Purley
Lord
Lady Inchcape
Egypt
Inchcape
Waiter G. R. Hinchcliffe
Elete Mackay
Gordon Sinclair
Sinclair
Heslow
Philadelphia
Walsh Enters Oregon Primary in Presidential Race
Sen Walsh of Montana agreed to file his name for the May 18 presidential race delegates. In Brunswick Ga a dense fog forced down Charles A Levine’s transatlantic phonoplane off St. Almond’s Island at 11:90 a m as it traveled from Jacksonville Fla to Charleston S.C. en route to New York.
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Washington
Mar
Walsh
Montana
Charles A. Levine
Columbia
Almond
Georgia
Jacksonville
Pla
Charleson, Kg
New York
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Marie Holmes
Harry Fpf
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