Old Age Pension Law Faces Supreme Court Test in Idaho
Boise May 11 Williams public welfare commissioner says he will seek a test case to compel operation of the new non emergency pension law. He holds the act mandatory and in effect since May 5, with county probate judges to accept applications and pay warrants if the applicant is deserving.
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Supreme Court
Boise
Lewis Williams
Public Welfare
Supreme Sour
Board of County Commission
Assists Growers Buy Healthy Hens
University of Idaho announces an accreditation program for chickens and turkeys. Idaho poultry growers can purchase Pullorum-free chicks and sturdy turkeys with proper vitality and feather markings. County agents should coordinate approvals in Boise by June 1 and distribute agreements to growers statewide.
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University OF Idaho
Moscow
Pren Moore
Extension Poultryman
Idaho
Boise
Prem Moore
State offers $1,000 reward in Brainard slaying case
Boise May 11 The state offers a $1,000 reward for the capture of the slayer of J A Brainard of Coeur d Alene shot as he closed his service station late at night two miles from town. The killer hid behind trees and fled on the state highway. no motive or trace found, no money taken. Governor C Ben Ross was asked by county authorities to invite detective agencies to solve the mystery.
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Boise
J. A. Brainard
Coeur d’Alene
Brainard
R. L. Brainard
Shoshone County
C. Ben Ross
New Laws Become Effective in Utah
Salt Lake City May 11 Twenty four of the 64 measures passed by the last state legislature become effective at midnight Seven of the bills relate to taxation including corporation franchise income tax school equalization fund gasoline tax and municipal shade tree commissions The anti nepotism law governing relatives of public officials becomes effective June 1
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Salt Lake City
Lyda Southard, Boise Prison Escape
Lyda Southard, accused of poisoning four husbands and a brother in law, escaped Idaho State Penitentiary aided by a ladder hose and blanket rope. Police link her to David Minton, with his ten year old car seen near the escape route as searches fade.
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Boise
Lyda Southard
Idaho
David Minton
Minton
Southard
Today's Scores Across The League
Pittsburgh defeated Brooklyn 4 to 1 as Meine and Phillips led the win. Chicago and New York had their game postponed due to cold weather. St Louis beat Philadelphia 5 to 2 behind Hallahan Lindsey Wilson and Collins Davis. Washington topped Detroit 14 to 4 with Fischer Spencer Bridges Sullivan Hogsett and Schang contributing. Other games were postponed by rain.
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St. Louis
Philadelphia
Hallahan
Lindsey
Wilson
Collins
Davis
Washington
Detroit
Fischer and Spencer
Bridges, Sullivan, Hogsett and Schang
Man and girl burn to death after plane crash in Mason City
In Point Pleasant West Virginia a crowd watched as a plane crashed in a wheat field at Mason City killing Harold Morrow a 35 year old pilot from Youngstown Ohio and Frances Miner a 21 year old woman from Hanover Ohio.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Mason City
Here
Harold Morrow
Youngstown
Frances Miner
Hanover
World Wheat Conference Opens With Grain Surplus Topic
London May 11 the Inter national Wheat conference begins May 18 with the disposition of the world grain surplus as the main issue. A range of orderly marketing systems is expected to be postponed for later debate.
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London
New Prohibition Study Group Formed in Washington
May 11 Washington reports a new bureau of prohibition research council to study the 18th amendment from sociological and economic angles. Henry Curran denounces it as another commission to push prohibition while Woodcock promotes research in graduate schools.
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Washington
Prohibition
Woodcock
Henry H. Curran
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
National Prohibition
Bureau of Prohibition Research Council
Curran
Wickersham
Council
Pacific Coast
Indictments in Diamond Gang Case Tie to Greene County
Marion Roberts show girl and friend of Jack Diamond is indicted for second degree assault by Greene County grand jury. Parks case prompts nine indictments against Diamond and associates including weapons use and coercion. Scaccio faces assault and kidnapping counts, Quattrucchi charged with extortion and unlawful entry of a fraternal headquarters.
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Catskill
N. Y
Marion Roberts
Jack “Legs
Diamond
Greene County
Miss Roberts
Grover Parks
Cairo
Parks
John Scaccio
Paul Quattrucchi
Hughes Named Successor to Larsen as City Watchman
Peter Larsen, longtime watchman at the city reservoir since 1892, is succeeded by M. F. Hughes, a former railroad employee, in an announcement from Mayor T. C. Coffin. Larsen served in the Spanish American War, Mexican expedition, and World War I and is well known among local servicemen.
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Peter Larsen
M. F. Hughes
T. C. Coffin
Larsen
Water Department
Four gangsters added to New York slaying list
New York police report four men abducted by gangsters have been added to the 1931 homicide tally. Walter Fowler, 35, was killed with a head wound after leaving his home with a man. Johnny Guistra, 25, found dead in a tenement hall with two bullets. Anthony Buonacos, 25, shot on a sidewalk in front of a candy store. a fourth victim, with part of the right hand missing, recovered from the North River after being lured by a woman on the phone four hours earlier.
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New York
Walter Fowler
Johnny Gulstra
Anthony Buonacosi
North River
Fowler
Guistra
Buonacos
Fifth San Diego girl vanishes as murder wave grows
Police confront a new disappearance in San Diego amid a string of brutal crimes. Hazel Bradshaw 20 was found stabbed. Louise Kesler 17 vanished after planning a movie and dance. investigators connect a pattern of violent deaths including Louise Teuber and Dolly Ribbens with no gunplay involved.
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San Diego
Cal
Hazel Bradshaw
Richard Ward
Jac McVane
Virginia Brooks
Francis Conlon
Lois Mende
Ensenada Beach
California
Moraco
Louise Kesler
Balboa Park
Miss Bradshaw
Moss E. Garrison
Kesler
A. L. Kesler
Granite Quarry
N. C
Louise Teuber
Variety Store
Black Mountain
Dolly Ribbens
Bradshaw
Wegener Believed Lost After Greenland Ice Cap Expedition
German scientist and Arctic explorer Alfred L Wegener is feared dead after his party, including companions Johannes Georg Fritz Loewe and Ernest Sorge, began a return from Eis Mitte toward Kamarajuk last November. A relief team reached the central ice cap station and found the others, but Wegener and a companion named Rasmus were missing. Supplies for 15 days could not sustain a longer wait.
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Berlin
Alfred L. Wegener
Greenland
Wegener
Johannes Georg
Fritz Loewe
Ernest Sorge
Rasmus
Kamarajuk
Eismitte
Briand Throws Hat Into Ring for Presidency
Paris May 11 Aristide Briand announced himself a candidate for the presidency after a meeting with 30 representatives from left republican groups who urged him to run. An official communique said deputies and senators from liberal groups pressed Briand to accept the nomination as a national duty. He said he could not deny their appeal and placed himself in the hands of his friends.
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Paris
Aristide Briand
M. Briand
County Board Holds Session in Bannock County Courthouse
Bannock county commissioners met at the courthouse this morning to review and approve county bills. After the ongoing land sale, they will finalize legal transfers. The board is chaired by C. H. Christensen of Grace with members R. T. Hale of McCammon and Willard Lund of Pocatello.
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Bannock County
C. H. Christensen
Grace
R. T. Hale
McCammon
Willard Lund
Pocatello
Will Rogers Waxes Poetic About Carlsbad Caverns
In Carlsbad New Mexico on Mother's Day Will Rogers treats Ma Rogers to a desert flower outing and a seven mile walk through Carlsbad caverns. He compares the vast cave to the Grand Canyon with a roof and to the world’s cathedrals, joking that a drunk might think he is in heaven inside the hall.
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Carlsbad
N. M
Ma” Rogers
Grand Canyon
Nationalists claim big gains against bandits in central China
The Nationalist military headquarters says troops battling bandits on the Honan Hupeh and Anhwei borders killed 7000 outlaws and captured 800, including 100 women, in the last fortnight with 1000 casualties. Reports also note massacres at Tenghsien and Patung and fighting near Tangyang.
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Nanking
Hina
Honan
Hupeh
Anhwei
Patung
Tenghsien
Shantung
Dr Albert A Michelson Funeral Plans Publicized
The body of Dr Albert A Michelson, world renowned scientist, will be interred at Mountain View cemetery Altadena, late Tuesday or Wednesday, subject to change after arrival of two daughters en route here.
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Pasadena
Cal
Albert A. Michelson
Mountain View Cemetery
Altadena
Women Gather at Idaho Falls Convention District and State
More than 100 club women from Ashton to Twin Falls attended the Idaho Federated Women's clubs district convention in Idaho Falls. The state convention opens tomorrow with speakers including Mrs Pred F. Lukens and Mrs Grace A. McFachern among others.
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Idaho Falls
Ashton
Twin Falls
Idaho Federated Women's Clubs
Rigby
M. Wilson
Blackfoot
J. Schroeder
Filer
Pred F. Lukens
Boise
Frank DeKay
Grace A. McFachern
Coe
Court to hear McClurg appeal in murder case
Idaho Supreme Court fixed May 18 for hearing John C. McClurg’s appeal from the sentence to hang for the December 9 1929 murder of his wife Mary McClurg. Briefs were due today as the case moved toward review of testimony linking the wife’s death to a burned body and a $10000 double indemnity policy.
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Boise
State Supreme Court
John C. McClurg
Mary McClurg
McClure
Emmett
Spanish Riots Leave Dozens Injured And Churches Burned
In Madrid a mob attack burned the Salesianos church injuring twenty including monks and nuns. A second attack hit a Jesuit convent in Chamartin as cavalry were rushed in and firemen barred from responding. The government declared martial law as anti church rioting spread, with four Catholic institutions burned and earlier protests turning deadly.
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Madrid
Chamartin
Republic
Workers Quit at Three Harlan Mines in Protest
In Harlan Kentucky on May 11 more than 450 workers at three coal mines walked out after union leaders announced they would quit unless mine guards were disarmed. The action follows an agreement that guards would be removed when national guardsmen entered the fields and comes amid a renewed grand jury probe into slayings and other outbreaks and murder indictments against four men including a local union leader.
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Harlan
Harlan County
George Ward
Harlan County Coal Operators’ Association
Flem D. Sampson
Giant Do X Seeks Favorable Weather for Trans Atlantic Flight
The Do X, the giant German flying boat, remained at Bubaque island in Portuguese Guinea awaiting favorable weather before a trans Atlantic flight to Brazil. The craft telegraphed Hamburg meteorological bureau that conditions were not yet suitable. An attempt to lift off with a 55 ton load at Dubuque Bay was successful but the Atlantic crossing did not start due to poor conditions.
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Bolama
Portuguese Guinea
Bubaque
Brazil
Hamburg Meteorological Bureau
Dubuque
Atlantic
Exports May Exceed Imports for First Time Since 1926
American agricultural exports this year may surpass imports for the first time since 1926, though both totals likely rank among the lowest in years. For nine months, exports totaled 870.9 million while imports reached 868.6 million, with declines noted in wheat, wood products, hides, skins, and sugar.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
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Utah
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Phillips
Vance
Chicago
Associated Press
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Chadbourne
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Diamond's Gang
Show Girl
Hughes
Coast City
Fear Explorer
Briand
French Republic
Will Rogers
Tribune
Tangyang
Federated Clubs
James Foster
Greeley, Cole
M’clurg
Melfi
Italy
United States
Hoyt E. Ray
Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Herman J. Reuss
Wallace
R. FE. Weniger
TB. Beatty
Rocky Mountain
Milan
Marie of
Romania
Bellano
Copenhagen
Denmark
Augustine Courtauld
Angmagyalik
River Herbert
N. S
Victoria
Harlan Mines
Kentucky
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