Crane Creek Dam Breach Capped After 45 Minute Fight
In Weiser Idaho Pred A Tolman reports a 45 minute crisis at Crane Creek dam where a leak threatened the valley below. An emergency sandbag rescue held the breach temporarily as crews and ranchers prepared for possible further action and warning systems were set to alert downstream residents.
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Weiser
Idaho
Pred A. Tolman
State Department of Reclaimation
Tolman
Tobuan
Old Mining Camp Is Badly Shaken Near Creede
A series of three earthquakes rocked Creede Colorado and surrounding areas late yesterday. Homes trembled but no major damage occurred aside from cracked windows and broken dishes. Experts suggest subterranean rock slides or caverns beneath the surface or possible movement of the San Juan mountains.
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Alamosa
Colo
Creede
Colorado
San Juan Range
Senators Push Williams For NM Commission Seat
Idaho Senator Gooding and New Mexico Senator Cutting urged President Coolidge to appoint Hugh Williams to the 12 member New Mexico on state commerce commission should J Bach of Wisconsin retire.
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Washington
Gooding
Idaho
Cutting
New Mexico
Coolidge
Hugh Williams
Ate Commerce Commission
J. Bach
Wistenain
Boys Shoot At Planes Near Airfield In Los Angeles
Four boys under 15 were taken into custody in Los Angeles after using a 22 caliber rifle as an anti aircraft gun. Officers arrested them near an aviation field as they fired at low flying planes at night. One was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.
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Los Angeles
Bremen's Intrepid Kliers Welcomed at Capital City
Idaho Falls Mayor Defies the Court. Walter Lippmann criticizes Governor Smith's advisers for urging silence on national issues until after the Houston convention. Lippmann urges a national leadership stance and a clear prohibition statement to win Republican support.
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Bremen
Kliers
New York
Walter Lippmann
New York World
Smith
Houston
Lippmann
Gas Plant Reopens After Padlock Disregarded Edict
Idaho Falls May 2 AP City officials ordered East Idaho Gas workers back to the plant after receiver Alvin Denman padlocked it midnight Monday. Mayor Clark removed the lock despite a court order against shutdown. State utility commission denied the right to cease operations. district court had ordered closure. Commission in Boise with attorney general, no reply yet.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Etw&te Utiliie Scommison
District Court
Commissson
Boise
Commmisson
German Irish fliers greet Bolling Field in Washington
The Bremen crew Von Huenefeld Fitzmaurice and Kothl arrived in Washington to a warm reception at Bolling Field. Secretary Kellogg formally welcomed them, praising the non stop North Atlantic flight from the east as a milestone in human endurance amid a celebratory, flag adorned ceremony. Lindbergh and Mickenbacker attended, with the band playing national anthems and the German and Irish Free State tunes.
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North Atlantic
Kellogg
New York City
Washington
Bollingfield
von Huenefeld
Fitzmaurice
Kothl
Howard Davidson
Kellogseenen
United States
Bremen
Tish Free State
Danner Pr DS Wing
Shoee
Charles A. Lindbergh
Wille Beadle Mickenbacker
Soule Timke
Keel
Idaho Falls Gas Plant Closure Probed by Utilities Board
The Idaho Falls public utilities commission upheld the court order closing the gas plant claiming no jurisdiction over the court action. Mayor Clark had intermittently removed and replaced the plant padlock as receivers and local parties debated authority. The plant remains shut as officials weigh further steps and electric supply concerns grow among former gas customers.
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Tribune
Idaho Falls
Public Utilities Commission of Idaho
Bartilla
Clark
Wes
Utilities Commission
Boise
Commington
Ula Waa
Utah gains in car registrations in early 1928
Registration of motor vehicles in Utah during the first four months of 1928 exceeded the same period last year by about 12000. To date 80979 vehicles have been registered, signaling substantial growth in motor vehicle activity nationwide for that year.
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Balt Lake City
Utah
Citywide rewards rise as Pearl Eggleston murder shocks Chicago
Chicago officials and nearby towns boost rewards to 2100 dollars after theater usheress Pearl Eggleston was shot to death at the Ritz. Police arrest Daniel Rooney, 20, linked to the robbery and killings. Officials vow aggressive probes and federal involvement if crime endures.
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Eggleston
Berwyn
Ritz Theatre
Rooney
County Officials Push Removal of Six Deputies
Salt Lake City May 2 County Attorney Wallace B Kelly urged county commissioners to suspend six deputy sheriffs indicted by a federal grand jury for alleged conspiracy to violate the national prohibition law. Sheriff Clifford Patten refused to suspend the sextet before trial.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake County
Wallace B. Kelly
Clifford Patten
Runners Tie for Lead in Transcontinental Foot Race
John Sale of Passaic New Jersey Olli Wantinen of New York and Harry Rea of Long Beach California finished in a dead heat for first place in the Lincoln Illinois to Norman Illinois leg. The trio covered 34.6 miles in four hours twenty four minutes forty seconds.
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Norman, Ills
John Sale
Passaic
N. J
Olli Wantinen
New York
Harry Rea
Long Beach
Calif
Lincoln Ill
Baseball Scores From Multiple Matches In Early Action
Reported games feature Pittsburgh and New York, with results including Pittsburgh 19 runs in a 19 15 8 line, New York 14 runs, and Philadelphia beating Boston by 9 to 2. Other venues include St Louis, Cleveland, Chicago, and Washington with various innings totals and pitcher lineups noted.
McAdoo Bypassed as California Delegates Choose Walsh
Former treasury secretary Will Lam Gibbs McAdoo failed to secure California delegates after backing Senator Thomas J. Walsh in the California presidential primary. The Walsh ticket won 30 delegate votes with 26 convention votes, while McAdoo trailed, including in dry Southern California strongholds. McAdoo remained in Washington.
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San Francisco
Willlam Gibbs McAdoo
the Treasury
California
Houston
McAdoo
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Walsh
Waleh
Washington
Americans Will Marry Abroad
In London two American weddings are planned. Sinclair Lewis will wed Dorothy Thompson at the registry office on May 14. Horace Elgin Dodge and Miss Muriel Sisman are to marry May 17 at a Presbyterian church in Westbourne Grove Terrace.
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London
Sinclair Lewis
Dorothy Thompson
Westbourne Grove Terrace
Horace Elgin Dodge
Muriel Dorothy Sisman
Detroit
Vice Consul Vanishes in Shanghai Mystery
Walter B. Wilson Jr., American vice consul at Shanghai since 1920 and Greenville North Carolina native, disappeared yesterday after leaving his residence presumably to play golf. A search has been unsuccessful through the night. Wilson returned from a U.S. vacation on March 25 and is from a prominent family with several West Point graduate brothers.
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Shanghai
Walter B. Wilson, Jr
Greenville
N. C
Tfe
Wilson
United State
West Point
Walsh Poor Third in California Democratic Primaries
California’s Democratic presidential primary results show Herbert Hoover winning the Republican vote statewide and Smith taking a strong lead for the Democratic delegates. Walsh finishes a distant third behind Smith and Reed, with Los Angeles County showing Hoover dominance and San Francisco delivering a weak Walsh showing.
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Walsh
Hoover
Smith
Reed
McAdoo
California
Montana
San Francisco
Cannibals In Great Demand For Mosquito Strains
New York on May 2 reports a push for imported French “cannibal” mosquitoes, sought by Mrs. Charles B. Williams and the Good Citizenship League to control pests. A request to Professor R Legendre of the Academy of France seeks a consignment of a French variety famed for feeding on other mosquitoes rather than humans.
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New York
Queen of the Posts
Charles B. William
Ti. Ching
Long Island
R. Legendre
Academy of France
Wives of Flyers Given New Gowns in NYC Gift
In New York on May 2, Mrs. Jemer Tuymaurice and Mrs. Hermann Korhi oovy enjoyed gifts of three complete outfits each from a Fifth Avenue establishment. The women spent hours selecting attire while negotiating with Patsy Tuymaurice over his red hat and coat. Mrs. Tuymaurice and Mrs. Koebl chose blue tones for daywear, with an ornate chiffon evening gown and coordinated accessories for each.
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New York
Jemer Tuymaurice
Hermann Korhi Oovy
Fifth Avenue
Patsy” Pitemaurice
Fitemaurice
Patsy
Aggihl
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