Borah Attacks Farm Board Chief in Senate Debate
Senator Borah of Idaho criticized Farm Board Chairman Legge in the Senate over Legge’s remarks on export debentures. Borah urged Legge to prove his fitness to handle farm issues before advising Congress, while Legge warned that foreign barriers could block American debenture backed exports.
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Washington
Legge
Farm Board
Senate
Senator Borah
Idaho
Congress
Borah
Hoover
Congressional
Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton
Bear Lake Highway Gravel Contract Awarded
A Rob inson of Twin Falls was awarded the gravel resurfacing contract for 9.5 miles of the Bear Lake highway between Montpelier and Paris. The bid stood at 11136 dollars. Bids on three projects were opened. one was let and all bids on another were rejected as too high for the Buhl Castleford rock crushing project.
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Boise
A. Robinson
Twin Falls
Bear Lake
Montpelier
Paris
Bureau of Highways
Buhl
President Ortiz Rubio Takes Rest After Grippes Attack
President Pascual Ortiz Rubio suspends work for a day due to a slight grippe. Doctors report the jaw wound from an assassination attempt at his inauguration is healing while he remains bandaged.
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Mexico City
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Grippe
Silver Plate at Low Price Effort Aims to Boost Market
Spokane March 25 The silver industry could improve if producers take over mass manufacture of solid silver plate to be sold at low price. F Cushing Moore president of the association and W Mont Ferry of Salt Lake City told the north west group. Committee members include James F McCarthy Wallace Idaho J C Elton Salt Lake City John Sawbridge Yakima Frank M Smith Spokane Charles Butter San Francisco and Dr Francis Thomas Butte Mont.
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Spokane
Wash
F. Cushing Moore
Association
W. Mont Ferry
Salt Lake City
Northwest Organization
James F. McCarthy
Wallace
Idaho
J. C. Elton
John Sawbridge
Yakima
Frank M. Smith
Charles Butter
San Francisco
Francis Thomas
Butte
Mont
Romance Ends in Death by Own Action in Vienna Hotel
Four months after a Cleveland chemist and inventor Dr Ernest Watzl vanished the bodies of him and a woman believed to be Mary McGranahan of Cleveland were found in a Vienna hotel. The man and woman bore gunshot wounds and the tragedy followed a divorce suit and financial distress.
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Vienna
Mar
Ernest Wattl
Cleveland
Wattl
Mary McGranahan
Sacher
Josefa Kroper
H. Watzl
United States
Watzl
Austria
Edison official Nicholas P Brady critically ill at home
The New York World reports Nicholas P Brady chairman of the New York Edison company and director in a score of public utilities and banks is critically ill at his Fifth Avenue home in New York City on March 25.
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New York
New York World Today
Nicholas P. Brady
New York Edison Company
Fifth Avenue
Missing airman forced to land on Wyoming ranch
A Walnut Creek California flier Hale landed his plane eighty miles north of Casper after magneto trouble while following the Northwestern railroad into central Wyoming. After a temporary fix he prepared to take off again.
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Wyoming
Northwestern
Casper
Moneta
Hale
Senate Recess Signals Pause on Norris Muscle Shoals Bill
The senate, worn out by tariff battle, recessed until Friday for a brief vacation. Senator Watson of Indiana said they would meet briefly Friday then adjourn to Tuesday to resume debate on the Norris bill authorizing government operation of Muscle Shoals.
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Washington
Senate
Watson
Indiana
Idaho Potato Clean-Up Quickens to Mid May
Idaho Falls reports 3200 carloads of marketable potatoes remaining after a survey by Lincoln Wilder of Burley and Marshall of Twin Falls. About 1600 cars are north of Pocatello and 600 in Twin Falls area with shipments steady at current prices. They expect full cleanup by May 15, yielding about $3 to the grower.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Lincoln Wilder
Burley
Marshall
Twin Falls
Pocatello
Wilder
Derby Plans a Good Visit
The Earl of Derby plans a April visit to the United States to attend the Kentucky Derby as guest of Joseph E. Widener and may meet Senator Borah in Washington. Derby recalled a 1927 exchange with Borah who called England ogres, Borah later denying such remarks and expressing a wish to visit England to learn more about its people and loyalty to class.
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London
Earl of Derby
United States
Joseph E. Widener
Washington
Senator Borah
England
Lord Derby
Borah
Derby
Big airships planned by capitalists for trans Atlantic service
Dr Hugo Eckener announced that with backing from major banks and industrial firms the International Zeppelin Transport Company is formed to study and prepare for a trans Atlantic airship service. Partners include National City Bank United Aircraft and Transport Corp Union Carbide Aluminum Company of America and Goodyear Zeppelin. He noted plans for airships larger than the Graf Zeppelin to operate from sites in Spain and near Baltimore with completion of studies by year end. He did not specify a launch date.
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New York
Hugo Eckener
Graf Zeppelin
International Zeppelin Transport Company
National City Bank
United Aircraft and Transport Corporation
Union Carbide Company
The
Aluminum Company of America
Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation
Akron
Ohio
Eckener
Los Angeles
United States
Germany
Seville
Spain
Baltimore
Charles E. Mitchell
Friedrichshafen
Boats Crippled by Ice On Lake Michigan Near Manitou Island
A mail boat with four men and a coast guard power boat with six are trapped in heavy ice four miles off Manitou Island on Lake Michigan after the mail boat broke a propeller shaft while attempting to break through the ice. Reuters reports the stranded vessels include Captain Tracy Grosvenor and passengers Eli Firestone Chris Neilson and Peterson among the rescued sought crew.
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Leland, Mich
Lake Michigan
Coast Guard
Manitou Island
Tracy Grosvenor
Eli Firestone
Manitou
Chris Neilson
Norfolk Mich
Peterson
Ludington
Mich
South Manitou
D and R G Aims Close Uintah Basin Access
Denver and Rio Grande Western's bid to buy the Denver and Salt Lake faced questions over plans to block western Uintah basin access. Witnesses contended the D R G W sought to forestall westward D S L expansion from Craig, with ties to a joint track deal and possible tunnel proposals. The ICC hearing, in Denver, may resume in Salt Lake City.
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Denver
Mar
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Denver and
Salt Lake
Interstate Commerce Commission
Uintah Basin
Utah
Albert Vogl
Colorado
Gerald Hughes
Craig
Colo
Vogl
Hughes
Dotsero
Lewiston Sewe rs Blocked by Mash
Lewiston reports sewer blocks from corn and corn meal mash found by the water department. Residents in University addition near Fourteenth Avenue complained of backing water, with affected areas along Miller Grade and Sixth Avenue. Superintendent Hughes urged beverage makers to stop the practice. city will act to identify those responsible.
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Lewiston
Water Department
University Addition
Fourteenth Avenue
Miller Grade
Sixth Avenue
William P. Hughes
Hughes
Northern Pacific President Discusses Traffic and Merger
Charles E. Donnelly, president of the Northern Pacific railroad, says northwest traffic is at a five year low but improves in spring. February gross and net fall short of last year, and no final plan on the ICC merger exists. He notes discussion over relinquishing control of the Burlington as part of the proposal.
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New York
Charles E. Donnelly
Northern Pacific Railroad
Northwest
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Interstate Commerce Commission
Donnally
Northern
Burlington
Net income of Western Union rises to 15.47 million
New York report shows Western Union Telegraph company earned 15,474,893 dollars in 1924, versus 15,467,650 dollars or equal to 15.11 dollars a share on common stock in 1928, highlighting a small earnings increase.
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New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
Europa Sets Atlantic Speed Record For Crossing
The north German Lloyd liner Europa beat her sister ship Bremen to become the fastest Atlantic crossing. Departing Cherbourg last Thursday at 12:30 pm EST, Europa reached Ambrose lightship at 5:54 am today for a 4 days 17 hours 6 minutes voyage or 18 minutes faster than Bremen. Europa averaged 27.9 knots.
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New York
Mar
Europa
Bremen
Ambrose
Cherbourg
France
Old Standard Brewery Ownership Mystery in Chicago
Four youths clamored through the old Standard Brewery on Roosevelt road after stealing piping from the plant. The state built a case, but ownership remained unclear as prosecutors argued the piping may not prove tied to any owner. The property once belonged to Terry Druggan, now claimed seized by the government for tax defaults. Federal officials noted incomplete records in the transfer.
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Chicago
Standard
Roosevelt Road
Terry Druggan
Druggan
Mussolini Signs Papers for Edda’s Marriage to Ciano
Rome March 25 AP Premier Mussolini in a private Villa Torlonia ceremony signed the legal papers for the marriage of his daughter Edda to Count Galeazzo Ciano. The banns will be published next Sunday and remain exposed until April 6 with the wedding likely April 24 in a private Rome chapel.
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Rome
Mussolini
Villa Torlonia
Edda
Galleazzo Ciano
France Italy naval talks ponder adjournment to end impasse
London and Washington report that five power delegates debated a six month adjournment to allow France and Italy to settle differences. A plenary session is planned next week to outline positions for a possible firepower pact, with reassembly on October 1 if needed.
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London
Grandi
Italy
MacDonald
France
Suitor Starts a Gun Fight in Texas Home
In McAllen Texas on March 25 a rejected suitor Jesus Argonez attacked Josephine Casanova to force marriage. Her brother Reynaldo fired his shotgun wounding the sister, Argonez shot Casanova, Margarito Casanova stabbed Argonez after seizing his gun. Murder charges await the father.
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Mcallen
Texas
Jesus Argonez
Josephine Casanova
Reynaldo
Argonez
Casanova
Margarito Casanova
Bridge plans for Nase River crossing near Naselle
The War Department proposes a bridge across the Nase River about four miles above Naselle Washington. It would provide a horizontal clearance of 60 feet and respond to objections from two boat companies.
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War Department
Gey Optgeees
Nase River
Naselle
Wash
Beerys Biplane Crashes Killing Three Fliers
Beerys cabin biplane wrecked in a dry wash near Alhambra California after a crash yesterday killing two men and a woman. Wallace Beery blamed for the accident as motorists rushed to the scene but could not reach trapped passengers.
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Beery
Los Angeles
Wallace Beery
Mexico City
Alhambra
Cal
Valley Boulevard
Maves
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Elie Vezina
Cameron Forbes
Henry P. Fletcher
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May
New Zeppelin Concern
Atlantic
U. S
Haskell Davis
Continental Divide
Moffat
Western Union
Lila Jimerson
Buffalo
N. Y
Mra
Henri Marchand
Giant Liner
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