Night riders burn property in bulb growing region
In Grants Pass Oregon on November 28 AP reports Josephine county farmers guarding valued gladiolus bulbs as Sheriff Lister leads deputies against alleged night rider fires. One barn held about 1.9 million bulbs, another over 0.9 million, with thousands reportedly stolen. Evidence ties the two fires. The bulb industry splits between pool growers and independents with cordial relations and no stated motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grants Pass
Ore
Josephine County
EH. Lister
Lister
Power Commission Behind With Work
The Power Commission falls behind on processing pirated power site applications as it shifts to give its chief accountant full control. With hundreds of filings, the limited staff struggles to produce a coherent case to guide future disposal of remaining applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasington
William V. King
King
Nye
Republican North de
Commission
Great Northern and Southern Pacific clash over Northern California line
The Interstate Commission hears a dispute as Great Northern and Western Pacific challenge Southern Pacific’s bid to build 200 miles of track through Northern California. Western Pacific and Great Northern seek rights to cross Northeastern California toward Bieber. If GN wins brief arguments, a decision could come within five months.
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San Francisco
Klamath Fall
Xeddie
Great Northern
Southern Pacific
California
Westific
H. M. Adams
Western Pacific
Interstate Commission
Califf
Bieber
Cal
Puire Commission
Klan influence alleged inside Colorado Penitentiary
Former warden Thomas J Tynan testified before Governor Adams' commission that an organized Ku Klux Klan group operated inside the Colorado penitentiary with guard and convict members. He linked Klan activity to prison discipline collapse, blamed political interference, and urged reforms including a cement factory and convict labor programs to address overcrowding and improve administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colorado
Thomas J Tynan
William H. Adams
Traceab
Tynan
Goveror
Klan
W. F. Sweet
Menton Sweet
Pred G Arnold
Order
DriAon
Stalled Trial in Idaho Gold Theft Case After Thanksgiving Break
In Salt Lake City the Cahill grand larceny trial over gold from the Beishazzer mine faces delay thanks to Thanksgiving. Experts testifying met defense fire as proceedings resume Friday with state witnesses under challenge. separate Missouri report notes 114 arrests for liquor violations during pre holiday raids across nine counties including the capital and Columbia.
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Salt Lake City
Archie L. Cahill
Placervile
Idaho
Beishagzer
Idawa Mining Company
Boise
Boise Basin
D Creel
Charles W Harrinson
Ed N. Scott
Helshazzer
Sedalia
Missouri
Cxt
Columbia
State University
Senator Warren's funeral train reaches Wyoming hometown
The body of Senator Francis E Warren arrived in Cheyenne on a special funeral train at 8 15 a m. A congressional delegation, family and friends accompanied the flag‑draped casket to the station. An escort of 240 from Fort D A Russell led the procession to state building and until burial at Laveview Cemetery.
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Cheyenne
Francis E Warren
Union Pacific
Wyoming
Pratt Oriaed
Fort
D. A. Russell
United States Senate
Capitol
Laveview Cemetery
Twelve Banks Close Doors In Oklahoma City Area
Oklahoma City dispatch reports twelve state banks failed to open after the death of Sapulpa financier H A McCauley at 55. State bank department inspectors took over the institutions at Sapulpa, Mounds, Henryetta, Welertka, Vian, Webbers Falls, Devonport, Orton, Teriton, Avant, Keystone, and Kellyville.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
C. Graves Shull
State Bank
H A McCauley
Sapulpa
State Bank Department
Sapulpa State Bank
The
Bank of Moudns
Henryetta State Bank
Bank of Commerce
Welertka
Pirst State Bank
Vian
Citizens State Bank
Webbers Falls
Devonport State Bank
Orton State Bank
First State Bank
Teriton
Avant State Bank
Keystone State Bank
Bank of Kellyville
Benjamin Yoakum dies at 70 in New York
Benjamin Franklin Yoakum, Texas born farmer’s boy turned railroad magnate, dies at his Fifth Avenue home after a heart attack. He rose to lead the San Antonio and Santa Fe lines, expanded the St Louis and San Francisco system, and held director roles with Sea Board Airline and Western Power. He was 70.
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New York
Benjamin Franklin Yoakum
Fifth Avenue
Seaboard
St Louis and San Francisco Railway
Western Power Corporation
Empire Bond and Mortsace Corporation
Limestone County
Texas
Southern Pacific
Houston
Wes
San Antonio and
Arkansas Pass
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
St Louis
San Francisco
Idaho Man Hurt as Broncho Bends Grand Stand
Joe Dunn, 23, of Boise Idaho, injured when a bucking broncho dashed into the grand stand during a New York Wild West show at the New York Coliseum. Eleven others were injured including John Decameron, 41, a saxophone player, seriously hurt as spectators fled and the animal crashed into the crowd.
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New York
Joe Dunn
Boise
Idaho
MacDonald sees U S wary of European commitments
In London Ramsay MacDonald says the five power naval conference may face a difficult path and that the United States will not join Europe as allies in European policy. He notes American support will exist where humanitarian causes are involved, while U S leaders will avoid European entanglements.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
America
Europe
House of Commons
Frank B Kellogg
United States
Shoshone County Plans Public Building Program Start
Shoshone County officials report a new public improvements program launched by President Hoover. They expect to award contracts for their building quota in the first six months of the coming year and are coordinating with Governor Baldridge on county and municipal expenditures.
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Boise
Hoover
H C. Baldridge
Manchurian Province Yap to Soviet Demands on Railway
Moscow says Mukden provincial government capitulated to Soviet demands to restore the Peking Mukden railway arrangement of 1924, reinstate railway managers, and release Soviet detainees as a prelude to talks for peaceful settlement.
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Moscow
Mukden
Russia
Peking-Mukden
Mauretania Hobbled After Collision With Car Float
The Cunard liner Mauretania bound for trans Atlantic service returned to her pier after striking a car float off Robbins Reef. The bow hole measured four by ten feet, the float was split in two, and three freight cars fell into the water. Over 800 passengers were aboard as lights flickered but officials said the impact was not severe.
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New York
Cunard
G McNeil
Marine Police
Robbins Reef
Kerty
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Mauretania
Federal raids halting for Thanksgiving in North Idaho
Federal agents halted their Coeur d'Alene operation for Thanksgiving after arrests of about 50 people on conspiracy charges tied to a liquor ring. Wallace and Mullan officials were taken, indictments span 10 towns, with nearly 200 named in related federal actions across the region. In Washington, Hoover proclaims Thanksgiving with church services, family visits, and mourning for Secretary Good.
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Wallace
Idaho
Coeur d'Alene
United States
Prohibition
William J. Dailey
Moscow
Mullan
North Idaho
H. E. Ray
Washington
Hoover
National Capital
Hoovyer
Congress
James W. Good
Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church
William F. McDowell
Diplomatic Corps of
Latin America
St. Patrick's
Pietro Fumasoni-Biondi
Curley
Baltimonean Archdiocese
Washington (Protestant Episcopal
Mes E. Freeman
Washin
Allan
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard School of Business Administration
White House
Herbert Hoover, Jr
Former Colfax cashier sentenced for embezzlement
R F P Bigelow once cashier of Colfax state bank and head of Colfax Savings and Loan was sentenced to 15 to 30 years for embezzling 100000. He had prior embezzlement convictions totaling 33000 and was serving a three year minimum when new charges brought sentences of four to 30 years on three more counts.
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Colfax. Wash
R. F P. Bigelow
Colfax State Bank
Colfax Savings and Loan Association
Bigelow
Savings Association
Men Still Seek Recovery Body Near Seattle
Thirty five men searched the Bothell area for the body of James Eugene Bassett missing since September 1928. Prosecutor Ewing D. Colvin said Decasto Earl Mayer, serving time for stealing Bassett’s automobile, had indicated the body might be found when tested with a locator device.
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Seattle
Bothell
James Eugene Bassett
Annapolis, Md
Ewing D. Colvin
Earl Mayer
Bassett
Mayer
Logan Banker Swindle Suspects Nabbed in Boise
Logan Utah sheriffs office reports two men arrested in Boise Idaho suspected of passing more than 500 in worthless checks to Logan merchants. The suspects gave the names W D Johnson of Los Angeles and Ted Stoddard of Tucson Ariz. Checks drawn on California banks.
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Logan
Utah
W.H Shaw
Boise
Idaho
W. D. Johnson
Los Angeles
Ted Stoddard
Tucson
Ariz
California
Wolf Finally Gives Up Life in Algonquin Park
In Algonquin Park Ontario, a large gray wolf that plagued deer herds for months is found dead. Park ranger Jim Shields traced a trap to the animal after a 27 mile search, the trap still on the foreleg. Superintendent John Miller and Ontario minister William Finlayson confirmed the dramatic capture and death story. Dr Harold Gifford, 71, renowned eye surgeon and socialist, dies suddenly at his Omaha home.
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Toronto
Algonquin Park
Jim Shields
Shields
John Miller
William Finlayson
Ontario
Lberly
Omaha
Harold Gifford
Incendiary Fires Hit Siskiyou National Forest
Officials report 19 of the latest fires in the Siskiyou national forest are incendiary in origin. A brisk Pacific wind fanned blazes in southwestern Oregon while two fires near the Oregon California line were held in check. The Shumate Logging Camp in Port Orford district faced destruction as families fled their cabins. A fire truck and supplies were sent from Grants Pass in response to the emergency.
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Grants Pass
Ore
United States Forest Office
Siskiyou National Forest
Oregon-California
Mne
Pacific
Oregon
Shumate
Port Orford
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