Origin of fire on Key Route Pier unknown
A $3.6 million blaze destroyed the Key Route Oakland terminal in San Francisco Bay on a ferry slip. The Peralta ferry boat and electric cars burned, with workers escaping as crews fought the flames. Officials considered a cigarette ignition and partial service planned for 15,000 daily commuters tomorrow.
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Cal
Oakland Terminal
San Francisco
Peralta
C. J. Rice
B. F. Jones
George Hanson
Western Pacific
Key Route
Southern Pacific Ferries
Sunken Bell Experiment at Fra zier Hall
Nelly Mendham announces a new experimental production of Gerhart Hauptmann's The Sunken Bell at Fra zier Hall next Saturday. The play uses formal group reading for some parts with Edmund Goetz providing interpretations and stage directions. Dances by Lillian Woodworth's group, with Mary Ellen McFall and others, and incidental music from Zoeller's version led by Mary Wallis complete the program.
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Nelly Mendham
Gerhart Hauptmann
Frazier Hall
Edmund Goetz
Lillian Woodworth
Pioneer dies after hemorrhage in Utah valley funeral held
Joh Williams Jr. died last Monday at his sisters home in Logan after a recent operation. A pioneer of the valley he was born July 16 1869 in Montpelier. He married Anna Panter in 1902 and leaves widow, four children, two sisters and two brothers.
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Grace
Mound Valley
Joh Williams, Jr
Logan
Mr. Williams
Montpelier
Joh Williams
Anna Panter
St. Anthony
John
Elvert
William
Harris Elsmore
Mary Schwanwaldt
Alam E. Hubbard
William Williams
Utah
Buy Idaho campaign draws huge vote total
Thousands of votes poured into Buy Idaho ballots as the campaign runs to July 3. Participants can earn 100 Idaho Booster votes per dollar at local stores. top three Miss candidates win all expenses to the Chicago World's Fair.
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Tribune
Miss Pocatello
Miss Eastern Idaho
Miss Southeastern Idaho
Pocatello
Idaho
Tribune-Journal Company
Illinois girl coerced to kill her father’s killer
In Elgin, Loretta Schmitz, 17, was urged by her assailant Oliver Day to shoot during a violent break in at the Schmitz home. Her life spared by a misfired shotgun, Day was killed by Loretta after parents and farmhand status were revealed. the coroner’s jury was asked to rule justifiable homicide amid a night of alleged liquor fueled terror.
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Elgin
Ill
Loretta Schmitz
Oliver Day
John Schmitz
Day
Schmitz
Plato Center Township
National League and American League Scores and Postponements
Scores from the National League show St Louis over New York four to three and Pittsburgh over Boston three to zero with rain affecting Cincinnati Philadelphia and Chicago Brooklyn games delayed. American League reports Philadelphia at Detroit postponed and other games affected by cold wet grounds.
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New York
Carleton
Dean
Wilson
Fitzsimmons
Uhle
Mancuso
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Chicago
Brooklyn
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Boston
Cleveland
Brothers Buck Plead Not Guilty in Kidnapping Case
Kenneth and Cyril Buck, brothers, pleaded not guilty to the kidnapping of 10-year-old Margaret McMath in Provincetown Massachusetts. Kenneth claimed another party was involved and fled, while Cyril asked for an immediate hearing. Both were held on $100,000 bail and their cases adjourned to May 22.
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Associated Press
Kenneth Buck
Cyril
Barnstable
Mass
Margaret McMath
Kenneth
The
Tribune
Journal
Bay Idaho
Tribune-Journal
Provincetown
Peggy McMath
Harwich
Cyril Buck
William Crossley
Crossley
Robert FE. Welsh
City Budget Talks End Without Decision
The city council debated the tentative budget at a morning session and will reconvene at the mayor's office at 7:30 this evening. Bond interest and principal levies were the main stumbling blocks with taxes near 30 mills, up from 24.10 in 1932, while general levies hover around 14.64 under the 15 mill limit.
Blackfoot Stake M. I. A. Honor Day May 9
Special report notes Blackfoot Stake M I A honor day at the tabernacle on May 9. Tryout winners will represent Blackfoot stake in division contests at Pocatello on May 15 and 16.
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Blackfoot
the Tabernacle
Pocatello
Commodities Rise on Local Market Prices Climb
Local market reports show wheat quotations rising to multimonth highs with Turkey Red at 85 cents per hundred, Dick Low 72c, Federation 68c. Oats at 50c and barley 45c. Prices have nearly doubled in two months due to favorable prospects, while the U S surplus remains large. Export demand to California and seed shortages for spring field work help sustain the upturn.
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Dicklow
Federation
Pocatello Mill
United States
California
Gandhi Begins Unconditional Fast in India
Mahatma Gandhi, aged 63, started an unconditional fast at noon in Poona to last three weeks, aimed at eradicating untouchability and the caste system. Doctors warned the fast could be fatal, as Gandhi pledged not to end it even if temples were opened to the untouchables.
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Poona
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Roosevelt outlines plan for recovery and stability
President Roosevelt speaks to the nation outlining steps to avoid deflation and restore prosperity. He stresses honesty, partnership between government, farming, and industry, and a goal to raise commodity prices enough to allow borrowers to repay in stable dollars.
Cardinal Cerretti dies of diabetes in Rome
Rome reports Cardinal Cerretti former auditor of the apostolic delegation in Washington died of diabetes at age after a week of illness. In Washington the House stalled farm relief inflation action and sent it to conference for changes. Senate approved administration securities protection bill for conference. Paris cabinet rejects lump sum settlement for wartime debt without US moratorium guarantees.
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Rome
Cardinal Cerretti
Washington
House
Goss
Conn
Senate
Paris
United States
America
Fraser Elected President of Bank for International Settlements
Basel Switzerland May 8 Leon Fraser of New York was elected president of the Bank for International Settlements, moving up from the vice presidency to succeed W. in the leadership role.
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Basel
Switzerland
Leon Fraser
New York
Bank For International Settlements
Roosevelt outlines new partnership to spur recovery
President Roosevelt unveiled a broad domestic and international recovery plan. He urged government industry partnership to raise wages shorten hours and curb surplus, while expanding credit and relaxing antitrust rules to back trade agreements and inflation if needed.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Associated Press
Washington, May
Roosevelt
Cette Tines Terreet Ie Eearatt Peates Transportation
White House
Congress
Hunters bag 87 pelicans and large numbers of waterfowl
Pocatello and American Falls sportsmen hunted on an Indian reservation to curb bird damage. They counted 87 pelicans 436 cormorants 226 fish ducks and over 500 magpies. Post mortems showed many pelicans carried 1.5 to 2.5 pounds of fish.
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Pocatello
American Falls
Ben McLaughlin
Snake River
Court to Hear Beer Argument Next Wednesday in Idaho
The Idaho Supreme Court will hear the beer legality case next Wednesday after the filing of the Chapman and Chapman brief for J. Howard Speer of Jerome. The brief argues the 1910 prohibition interpretation is strained and could ban beverages like orange juice grape juice cider and even buttermilk.
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Boise
State Supreme Court
Idaho
Chapman and Chapman
Twin Falls
J. Howard Speer
Jerome
Bear
Will Rogers Wires The Tribune
A May 8 letter from Will Rogers to The Tribune complains that Congress has granted broad powers to the president, but warns against giving him sole control over the national debt, arguing debt is deeply ingrained in the public mind and changing minds is difficult.
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New York
Congress
No-Hit Victory By Dodge City Pitcher
John Christie of Dodge City allowed 27 batters with no reaching base as his team defeated Garden City 8 to 0. The no hit game benefited from errorless defense and strong fielding behind Christie.
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Dodge City
Kas
John Christie
Garden City
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