Senate tariff bill gains under Republican senate panel
A tentative report from the Senate Finance Committee outlines a shift to domestic value in ad valorem duties, projecting an 11 percent protection rise for agricultural goods and potential revenue changes. The committee says the new method would simplify administration, avoid international inquiries, and largely maintain overall duty intake while lifting agricultural rates.
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Senate Finance Committee
United States
Philippines
Islands
Cafe Rivalry Sparks Bombing At 625 West Madison
A restaurant and a gospel mission on West Madison street were damaged by an early explosion. Police said rivals in the cafe trade triggered the blast with a black powder “pineapple” device in a doorway, shattering a glass window at the mission across the street. Estimated damage was 9500 dollars.
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Chicago
Madison Street
Forest fires wreck Northwest timber regions in 1910 scale
Northwest fire situation described as worst since 1910 with major blazes across Montana Idaho and eastern Washington. Electrical storms sparked new fires in Selway Pend d'Oreille Nez Perce Clearwater and Kooskia in Idaho and Colville region in Washington. Thousands of acres burned as rangers carried rations while hundreds of game animals perished fleeing the flames.
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Spokane
Forest
Talay
Northwest
National Forest
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Selway
Pend D'Orribe
Nez Perce
Clearwater
Kooskia
Special jury to probe shortages in Salt Lake City
A special grand jury convened to probe state and city treasury shortages was sworn in before Judge David W. Moffat. The Keddington ouster trial was postponed. the case against city auditor Alvin Keddington will resume after grand jury matters conclude.
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Salt Lake City
David W. Moffat
Keddington
Alvin Keddington
Left eyedness linked to ambidexterity and spelling slips
In New Haven a commentator argues that misbalance in eye dominance can mimic left handedness and cause errors in learning to spell. The piece notes that seeing words wrong can lead to children remembering incorrect spellings and miswriting words such as not.
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New Haven
Conn
Utah showers cause highway washouts and grain damage
Thunder showers across Utah and southern Idaho soaked hay stacks and grain, with the Lincoln highway between Dell and Wendover washed out in two spots and traffic delayed up to ten hours. Ogden valley saw the heaviest rainfall, aiding fall plowing and range areas, while cities like Ogden reported 9? inches and Salt Lake City 1.25 inches in 24 hours.
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Salt Lake City
Upi
Utah
Idaho
Ogden Valley
Ogden
State Road Commission
Lincoln Highway
Dell
Wendover New
Pocatello
Boise
Eckener Visits Close of Races
Dr Muga Eckener capped the round the world Graf Zeppelin flight by attending the final day of national air races in Cleveland. He supported dirigible air transport for long distance service as crowds of about 100000 watched the closing events run off after a one day extension.
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Cleveland
Muga Eckener
Eckener
Heroian
Hodge Appointed to Second District in Idaho
Governor Baldridge names Gillis Hodge to the Second Judicial district covering Latah and Clearwater counties, succeeding the late judge.
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Hodge
Boise
Baldridge
Gillis Hodge
Latah
Clearwater
Injured Woman Rescued After Four Days Lost in Idaho Wilds
Mrs Louise Higgins, 23, wife of a forest ranger, was found seriously wounded after four days lost near the Salmon river head. She shot herself after abandoning hope of rescue, survived on berries and two sandwiches, and was moved by stretcher toward hospital.
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Cascade
Idaho
Louise Higgins
Dick Spickelmire
Payette
R. C. Ward
White Creek
Mrs. Higgins
Shuttle Plane Forced Down Near Salt Lake City
Feb 34 percent? A shuttle plane diverted after a gas line stoppage forced a crash landing on a mountainside about 10 miles east of Salt Lake City. Pilot Ira Eaker and co-pilot Bernard S Thompson escaped injury. plane damaged with one wheel broken and wings strained. They flagged a car on a highway and returned to Salt Lake City around noon. The crew said repairs are possible.
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Salt Lake City
Here
Ira Eaker
Lieut- Bernard S Thompson
Scores and results from today’s American league games
New York and Philadelphia played a double header with New York scoring 242 and Philadelphia 19. In the National league no games were scheduled today.
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New York
Philadelphia
Sherid, Hoyt
Dickey Wend Cochrane
Booter Names Officers in Graft Case in Los Angeles
Federal report lists 62 metropolitan police officers as part of a shakedown ring taking protection money from bootleggers. Bootlegger Harry D. McDonald implicates 25 officers and says confiscated liquor was resold. District Attorney Fitts may present the matter to a grand jury.
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Los Angeles
Federal Prohibition Office
Harry D. McDonald
Baron Fitts
McDonald
Iquor
Fitts
Dall
Macell Fitts
British tighten grip as Bedouin incursions pressed in Palestine
British forces shattered Bedouin incursions from Syria into Palestine with air power and troops pushing to halt breaches of the peace. In Haifa and Tel Aviv arrests rose over arms possession amid clashes as leaders sought to avert wider Arab Jewish violence. An attack on a church and casualties were reported near Belsar. A peace conference between Jewish and Muslim leaders aimed to avert attacks on Tiberias. Major John Wood began a second attempt at a non stop flight to Cleveland from Los Angeles aiming to beat the 13 hour record.
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Jerusalem
Syria
Palestine
South Stratfordshire Regiment
Haifa
Tel Aviv
John Chancellor
North
Jewish ‘Telegraphic Agency
Ortiod 2
Im Belsar
Tiberias
Galilee
Metropolitan Airport
Los Angeles
Repu 3
Cleveland
John Wood
Henry J Brown
Pocatello Slips From Top in Union Pacific Meet
Los Angeles piles up points with swimming tennis and baseball hopes as Pocatello trails with 92 at noon. Portland Omaha and other teams remain in contention while Pacers face rifle and trap shooting events and individual scores roll in from Union Pacific contests in Boise.
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Boise
Pocatello
Los Angeles
Evanston
Idaho City
Omaha
Portland
Bob Edwards
Walter Nicoll
Mildred Leslie
Cheyenne
Emma Ehlert
Cache Junction
Spokane
Arthur Tuessenbroek
Union Pacific Unit
Oregon, Washington Rail and Navigation
Oregon
Mussolini’s Wife Delivers Fifth Child In Italy
In FPORLI Sept 3, 1939, Signora Mussolini gave birth to a daughter named Anna Maria. Reports say both mother and baby are dying well.
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Fporli
Italy
Duce
Anna Maria
Signora Musslini
Graf Zeppelin Nearing Atlantic Crossing Finish to Complete World Flight
Graf Zeppelin, after circumnavigating the globe, heads toward Friedrichshafen aiming to set an Atlantic crossing record and shorten the world voyage time. The airship covered roughly 4200 miles from Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen in 55 hours 24 minutes, with 22 passengers and 41 crew aboard.
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Friedrichshafen
Priedrichaufen
Graf
Spalnn
Ageres
Lakehurst
N. J
Hugo Eckener
America
Ernst Lehmann
Cemed
Eckener
Magellan
Brock Succeeds Senator Tyson in Tennessee
Tennessee today had a new United States senator and a candidate for his successor for the six year term beginning in March 1931. Governor Horton appointed William E Brock of Chattanooga to fill the late Senator Tyson’s seat. Representative Cornelius Hull, former Democratic national committee chairman and Tennessee favorite son at the Houston convention, announced he would seek the nomination for the next full term. Brock will serve until the election of 1939 under the governor’s appointment.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
United States
Henry R. Horton
William E Brock
Chattanooga
Lawrence D. Tyson
Cornell Hull
Democratic National Committee
Houston
Brock
Public Lands Open for Entry in Utah Counties
The interior department announced 88,000 acres in Millard County Utah will open for entry in Salt Lake City on October 11 under state school grant rights. It also said 95,640 acres in Tooele County Utah will open under homestead and desert land laws at Ball Lake City on October 6.
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Washington
Interior Deport
Millard County
Utah
Salt Lake City
Tooele County
Ball Lake City
Rescuers Spend Nine Hours Pulling Man From Quicksand
Camden Tennessee September 3 a twenty three year old Camden pharmacist E A Fry survived a nine hour battle to escape a quicksand bed in a Tennessee cave. Hundreds of rescuers in relays used flares and electric torches to reach him in the deep cave as he sank deeper into the sand.
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Camden
Tenn
Camden Pharmacist
Tennessee Hills
Ieda
Meupes
Cave Fry
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