Sugar arrangement irks territorial congress group in Washington
Revival of the drones triggers protests from territorial and insular interests over a revised sugar bill. It sets a 1 550 000 ton annual quota for domestic cane and beet sugar and allows purchase of up to 300 000 tons of overproduction for retirement. Hawaii and Puerto Rico face flexible quotas. Hawaii’s Delegate McCandless vows swift action toward statehood to end foreign status claims.
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Washington
Jones
D., Tex
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
Cuba
Secretary of Agriculture
McCandless
Senators Ready to Battle for White Metal in Senate
The senate silver bloc committee will launch its program to broaden silver use as monetary base beside gold. Senator King hopes to call the group together quickly and push concerted action on silver legislation. Hearings on the Dies bill begin tomorrow before the senate agriculture committee with Senator Wheeler confident it will be amended to satisfy silver interests. He backs government purchase of silver and expects House support.
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Washington
Senate Silver Bloc Committee
King
Utah
House
Senate Agriculture Committee
Wheeler
Finance Or Banking and Currency Committee
Senate
Steiner
Roosevelt
Vigilantes on Duty on Coast Stir Imperial Valley Labor Tensions
Former clergyman Alexander Irvine and lawyer Ernest Bessig sought protection in Imperial Valley after claiming threats by farmers during labor troubles. Irvine said he was abducted near Brawley and beaten, while Bessig reported others disappeared as farmers seized a meeting hall and Oliver Nice led attendees.
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Brayley
Cal
Imperial Valley
Calexico
Alexander Irvine
Brawley
el Centro
Ernest Bessig
Los Angeles
American Civil Liberties Union
Ellis Jones
Bessig
Charles E. Nice
Imperial Valley Anti-Communism Association
Giant telescope mirror begins cooling in New York
A vast 200 inch diameter telescope mirror, weighing twenty tons of blue white glass, started cooling at Corning Glass Works for a California-equipped telescope. Crevice cores may fail. a new mold planned. Final assembly and grinding to a concave surface take years, with total investment of six million dollars from the International Education Board.
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Corning
N. Y
Corning Glass Works
California
Mount Wilson
Carnegie Institute of Technology
International Education Board
Will Rogers Wires The Tribune
Will Rogers comments from Santa Monica on war discourse in Sunday articles. He argues fighting is justified only if necessary and jokes that Germany France and Japan should have fought sooner or later, noting the U S has not fought yet.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Germany
France
Japan
Boy Scouts to Attend U P Day Regional Convention
Boy Scouts and leaders from five districts gather in Pocatello for the regional convention April 4 and 5. National Scout Executive James E. West and A. A. Schuck will attend. Events include Union Pacific day activities, a street parade, a high school band concert, a luncheon at Bannock hotel, and scout stunts. West arrives April 5 for a breakfast with council presidents and a scouters conference. Rotary clubs host a luncheon with West and Schuck as principal speakers.
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James E. West
New York
A. A. Schuck
New York City
Union Pacific
University of Idaho
Southern Branch
Retail Merchants’ Bureau
the Chamber of Commerce
Bannock Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Executive West
Pocatello
Scouters
Recreation Hall
Rotary Club
West
Schuck
Federal Court Hears Fox Case
William Fox of Idaho Falls faced United States district court on charges he offered 200 to quash dry law violation charges against George W. Doyle, a former prohibition officer. The judge overruled Foxs demurrer as to the 1931 crime. J W Casey of Blackfoot pled guilty to liquor sales to a Fort Hall Indian, fined 100 and four months jail. A jury ruled for Ephraim Thornton in a war risk insurance suit setting June 25 1919 as total disability date.
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William Fox
Idaho Falls
United States District Court
George W. Doyle
Pocatello and
Fox
J. L. McCarroll
Gerald Clark
Newdale
Idaho
Fox Saturday
C. C. Cavanah
J. W. Casey
Blackfoot
Walter George
Fort Hall
Ephraim Thornton
Downey
Roosevelt Seals Auto Industry Labor Agreement
President Roosevelt and Gen. Johnson secure an industry wide labor agreement ending the imminent auto strike. A three member NRA board will arbitrate representation, discharges, and discrimination with access to payrolls and union lists, aiming for a works council model in Detroit area plants. Richard E. Byrd named to labor seat. executives to pick neutral member.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Detroit
Richard E. Byrd
Pontiac
Mich
Automobile Workers
Motor Car
Johnson
A. F. of L
Three Charged in City Statutory Case
Two men and a woman are jailed as police probe a case involving a 13 year old girl. Joseph Rowley 25 Roberta Johnson 21 and Jack Wells 22 face charges including statutory rape and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Prosecutor B A McDevitt leads the inquiry with further statements expected after interviews.
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Bannock County
Joseph E. Rowley
South Arthur
Roberta Johnson
North Harrison
Jack Wells
Carrie Whitman
B. A. McDevitt
Rowley
Johnson
Wells
Fire disaster in Virginia dormitory kills 17
Federal officials launched a sweeping probe into the transient bureau fire in Lynchburg as the death toll rose to 17 and about 70 injured men crowded hospitals. Washington FERA representative Alan Johnstone warned the investigation could take a week as officials examine overcrowding and dormitory conditions.
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Lynchburg
Alan Johnstone
Washington Field
FERA
Local youths held in jail in death case
Two University of Idaho students and a CCC worker are jailed in Boise in connection with the death of Hartley C. McVicker a 27 year old Boise warehouse foreman found dying with a fractured skull in a hotel corridor. The suspects Paul Hopper Bert Jensen and Francis Boyd admitted beating him to keep him from entering their room.
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Boise
University of Idaho
CCC
Hartley C. McVicker
Paul Hopper
Bert Jensen
Pocatello
Francis Boyd
Wendell
McVicker
Lester Smith
Caldwell
Smith
Shanghai records death of oil millionaire Julian in poverty
C C Julian, once a millionaire from oil ventures, was found dead in an Astor House hotel room in Shanghai. An American, C C E Vandeveer, identified the body and said an inquest would determine the cause. Julian faced Oklahoma fraud charges and may have killed himself, though some associates doubt the self death.
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Shanghai
C. C. Julian
E. Vandeveer
Julian
California
Astor House
Jon
Vandeveer
Oklaho
N Vandeveer
Sandhai
Oklahoma
Vindeveer
Fashion’s
Leonora Levy
Misfire From Teen Affects Neighbor Home
In San Francisco on March 26 a 17 year old girl Miss Marion Harris said she tried out her late father's pistol. She aimed at the wall of her room to avoid harming anyone but bullets went through the wall into Mrs Alica Bleghas home next door.
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San Francisco
Marion Harris
Pocatello Subway Project To Start Bids Next Day
Advertising for bids to build a subway under the Oregon Short Line yards in Pocatello will begin soon with a contract likely by April 13. The $250000 to $300000 project, the state says, will employ about 200 men and aim for completion by October 15, with plans for Idaho Falls and other sites pending.
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Boise
Oregon Short Line
Pocatello
J. H Stemmer
Stemmer
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Idaho Falls
Rairoad
Borah Opposes Tariff Plan in Public Letter
Senator William E. Borah publicly opposed legislation granting the president power to negotiate reciprocal trade relations via tariff policy. Idaho Wool Growers' Association President D Sid Smith endorsed Borah's stance, warning the measure could imperil beet sugar interests and other agricultural sectors.
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Boise
William E. Borah
D. Sid Smith
Shoshone
Idaho Wool Growers’ Association
Smith
Idaho
Borah
Circuit Court Dismisses McClure and 58 Others
The U S circuit court of appeals today dismissed the convictions and sentences of State Senator John J McClure and 58 others who appealed a ruling in the federal district court convicting them of conspiracy to violate national prohibition laws. Dismissal follows a U S Supreme Court ruling that further prosecutions could not proceed against prohibition violators in view of repeal. Idaho frost expected tonight and Tuesday.
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Philadelphia
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
John J. McClure
Federal District Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Big Telescope Promises Far-Reaching Views From California
The 200-inch mirror telescope, costing about 6 million dollars, will sit atop a California mountain. It cools for ten months after grinding, takes pictures faster and farther, gathering four times more light and revealing 30 times more space. It aims to photograph nebulae 1.3 billion light years away and detect about 2 quadrillion stars.
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California
Prisoners Volunteer for Tuberculosis Vaccine Trial in Colorado
Gov. E C Johnson inspects 25 life term convicts at Canon City as 12 are chosen to receive a new tuberculosis vaccine by Denver physician Dr H J Cooper. The trial aims to test effectiveness over 12 to 18 months with convicts under medical observation, risking death if unsuccessful.
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Canon City
Colo
Colorado
E. C. Johnson
Denver
Mike Rossi
D.ver
Johnson
H. J. Cooper
National Jewish Hospital
Cooper
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Scott Hershey
Associated Press
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U. P
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Julian Death
Oklahoma Oil
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White House
U. S. Circuit Court
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