Jury verdict on Paul Bern death cites suicide
A coroner's jury in Los Angeles ruled that film producer Paul Bern died of wounds with suicidal intent though motive remains undetermined. Jean Harlow, his wife, was unable to attend the inquest due to illness. Further notes from New York and Colorado Springs raised questions about Bern s marriages and possible spouses.
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Los Angeles
Paul Bern
Jean Harlow
Bern
Harlow
Colorado Springs
Colo
George G. Clarken
New York
Legion to Seek Action Against Critics at Annual Report
Portland OR September report from Henry L Stevens Jr national commander outlines possible court actions against unfair critics of the American Legion and a push to amend rules for rapid disciplinary measures. He praises the press for fair coverage and notes newspapers aid the legion's service mission.
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Portland
Ore
American Legion
Henry L. Stevens, Jr
Legion
Utah Fall Tonight and Friday Slight Temperature Change
Weather note indicates a fall pattern for Utah with little temperature change expected tonight and Friday. No significant precipitation noted and regional conditions remain steady across the state.
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Utah
Endurance Plane Forced to Land After 96 Hours Aloft
In Fontana California the endurance airplane Spirit of 16 landed near 2 a m after a broken oil line. Pilots John Sheasey and Fred Murillo brought the craft to a safe touchdown following a takeoff from Los Angeles last Saturday aiming to surpass the 647 hour record.
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Fontana
Cal
John Sheasey
Fred Murillo
Los Angeles
Baseball Scores From A Day Of Rough Competition
Chicago and Boston split a doubleheader with 9 to 4 and 2 to 3 outcomes as Hartnett Spohrer and teammates supplied offense. In another games Chicago won 12 to 4 while Brooklyn fell 12 to 2 to Pittsburgh with strong pitching. Cincinnati and New York postponed due to cold weather and a doubleheader is set for tomorrow.
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Cincinnati
New York
Deluge of Loan Applications Ahead of Bank Openings
Washington September 8 The federal directing board reports thousands of direct loan requests for home owners as openings for 12 home loan banks near. The board led by Franklin W Fort says many applications are receiving attention and refinancings are targeted before October 15 regional bank openings.
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Washington
Federal
Franklin W. Fort
Mills Announces 10 Percent Cut in Public Building Program
Secretary Mills said under Comptroller General McCarl that the Garner Wagner Relief Act public building program would be reduced from 100 million to 90 million. He noted the treasury would not confirm full affordability and indicated other relief act provisions may face similar economy rulings.
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Washington
Mills
McCarl
Proram
White House
Treasury
Hoover
The
Beating Charges Spark Pittsburgh Coroner Probe
Deathbed accusation by David M. Linton 53 in a hospital psychopathic ward prompted a coroner's conference. Autopsy found broken ribs a crushed breastbone and other injuries while hospital records list pneumonia as the cause of death. Coroner's surgeon Dr J McMeans prepared a report for today's conference.
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Pittsburgh
David M. Linton
Linton
J. McMeans
McMeans
Will Rogers Wires The Tribune
Beverly Hills Calif Sept 8 The doubtful are falling in line as George Horace Lorimer signs a small payment endorsing the Republican party His printed endorsement is described as the biggest paid advertisement for a commercial product since Amos and Andy promoted toothpaste The note is signed Yours WILL ROGERS.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Calvin Coolidge
America
Nickelodeon
George Horace Lorimer
Three to Prison on Fire Charges in Idaho
Six men were found guilty of starting fires in central Idaho forests and received prison terms from District Judge G D Hodge. Defendants include Glenn Weeks of Woodland Abe Fiddler and Floyd Wisdom Delbert Wisdom Roy Wisdom and Robert Reed of Weippe. Sentences ranged from one to five years.
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Orofino
Idaho
G. D. Hodge
Glenn Weeks
Woodland
Abe Fiddler
Delbert Wisdom
Floyd Wisdom
Roy Wisdom
Robert Reed
Weippe
Wisdoms
Agents to seize unwashed fruits in state markets
Salt Lake City September 8 State Department of Agriculture agents will seize and destroy all fruits offered in markets that have not been washed said Harden Bennion commissioner of agriculture.
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Salt Lake City
State Department of Agriculture
Harden Bennion
Chamber Study Aims to Spread Jobs Across Economy
A special study by the United States Chamber of Commerce committee, chaired by Paul W. Litchfield of Akron, will explore how shorter work time can broaden employment. Preliminary findings target 5900 companies across 21 industries practicing job spreading, with options like reduced days, shifted schedules, and rotating shifts. The panel includes Chester I. Barnard, W S Parish, Lafayette Hanchett, John A. Law, Carleton H. Palmer, S W Silverthorne, Theodore Swann, and John F. Tinsley.
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Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Paul W. Litchfield
Akron
Ohio
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Litchfield
Hoover
Chester I. Barnard
Newark
Parish
Houston
Texas
Lafayette Hanchett
Salt Lake City
John A. Law
Spartanburg
S. C
Carleton H. Palmer
New York City
8. W. Silverthorne
Minneapolis
Theodore Swann
Birmingham
Ala
John F. Tinsley
Worcester
Massachusetts
Reduced costs to speed recovery from 1933 downturn
Ralph B. Wilson of Babson analyzes the 1933 business climate at the 19th annual national conference. He argues a 15 percent cut in governing costs could end the low mood, predicts a rebound as markets recover, and envisions higher 1933 business volume than 1932 with a normal recovery by late 1934.
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Wellesley
Mass
Ralph B. Wilson
Babson Statistical Organization
National Business Conference
Daughter of Late Capt. Hunt Dies
Mrs. Julia Ellen Barger, 81, of Downey, a daughter of Captain Jefferson Hunt, longtime Mormon battalion figure and namesake of Huntville, dies in Downey hospital. A Idaho resident for 70 years, she was a midwife and nurse active in Relief Society and survived by five children, thirty three grandchildren, and nineteen great grandchildren. Funeral services are planned for Sunday in Downey, under Hall mortuary direction.
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Julia Ellen Barger
San Bernardino
Calif
Jefferson Hunt
California
Brigham Young
Utah
Huntville
Downey
Hall Mortuary
Public school birth certificate policy drew criticism in Boise
Mrs. Myrt le R. Davis, state superintendent of public instruction, opposed requiring birth certificates for entering students. She called Boise schools plan a forerunner of another bureau and noted many parents face costly, difficult or unavailable birth records.
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Boise
Myrtle R. Davis
Campaigns for Congress Begin Amid Presidential Drive
Washington launches a major effort to control Capitol Hill as Democratic and Republican leaders meet with party chiefs and governors. Valuation figures for Bannock county show a 1.18 million drop due to railroad protests and updated electric line assessments. The piece notes anticipated battlegrounds in Indiana Illinois and Ohio with coordination of senatorial and presidential campaigns.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Washington
Capitol Hill
Swanson
Virginia
New York
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Albany
Roosevelt
Watson
Hatfield
Hoover
Capitol
Indiana
Illinois
Ohio
Congress
Men Charged With Double Murder In Spokane Shooting
In Spokane, Charles Potestio 53 claimed self defense after a downtown street corner shooting left two men dead. Pete Mauiro 40 died from a head wound while fleeing toward a theatre, and John Mauro 30 died eight hours after being shot three times. Potestio was charged with their murder.
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Spokane
Wash
Charles Potestio
Pete Mauiro
John Mauro
Potestio
Fall Style Show and Beauty Contest Opens in Pocatello
The Dance Gardens of Pocatello hosted a three day Fall Style Show and Beauty Contest with a record crowd. The opening featured bathing beauty contestants, a fashion display, a flower exhibit, and booths by local businesses. Tonight’s program continues with fashion displays, dancing by Miss Dorothy Cavanaugh’s pupils, and the remaining bathing beauty contestants. Friday will crown Miss Pocatello 1931 with judges Doctors Call and Brothers, Mayor Coffin, and Rotary’s E L Anderson selecting winners. Melba Myers will be presented with Harrison trophies and gifts from local merchants.
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Pocatello
Dorothy Cavanaugh
Tonicht
Rotary Club
Melba Myers
Dance Garden Orchestra
Richard Wells
Roosevelt Heads West After Brief New England Stop
Governor Roosevelt returns to Albany from a Vermont swing and packs for a three week western tour. He departs Monday at midnight and will visit Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, Illinois, Ohio, and New Jersey, with prior stops in Rhode Island and Stonington.
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N. Y
Vermont
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Illinois
Ohio
New Jersey
St. Paul
Minn
Rhode Island
Stonington, Conn
New England
Boston
Ford Plant Reopens After Three Week Shutdown
The Ford Motor Company main plant in Detroit reopened today after a three week shutdown. Officials said workers would gradually return to their jobs across departments.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
England Sinking Nine Inches per Century, Scientist Reports
Capt. T. E. Longfield told the British Association of Scientists in York that England is sinking toward sea level at about nine inches per century. He noted the high tide 2000 years ago was at least 15 feet lower, and added the Bank of England and St. Pauls cathedral have shown subsidence effects since 1868.
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York
Eng
England
T. E. Longfield
British Association of Scientists
Bank of England
London
St. Paul's Cathedral
August relief kitchen serves 1867 meals at Salvation Army
Adjutant James R. Pack reports a busy August for the relief kitchen with 1867 meals served. Donations came from Zweigart's and Kraft Cheese Co. among others as 850 pounds meat and 700 pounds potatoes were used to feed many men women and children with no one turned away.
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James R. Pack
Salvation Army Corps
Zweigart’s
American Packing Co
Whitehouse Market
Mr. Shutt
Okamura Gardens
Joe Wylkie
J. Blarns
Pocatello Ice & Storage Co
Kraft Cheese Co
Pack
Rail unions move to Omaha. IC ruling aside
The Oregon Short Line valuation department will move to Union Pacific headquarters in Omaha by September 20. The mergers aim to keep accounting units separate if needed, despite IC petitions.
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Salt Lake City
Sept
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Union Pacific System
Omaha
Septober
Interstate Commerce Commission
Union Pacific
Schenck seeks arrest of nine in Lindbergh case tale
State Trooper John Mahalleck was busy serving warrants on nine men charged by Garret Schenck of Hopewell New Jersey with holding him captive for 76 days after the Lindbergh kidnapping.
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Clearfield
John Mahalleck
Garret Schenck
Hopewell
N. J
Rio Grande Flood Tests Brownsville Levees
Rio Grande slashed lower reaches with Mexican-side inundation while U.S. levees held. Engineers expressed confidence in winter garden protections though Mission Hidalgo and nearby areas faced highway travel disruptions as flood waters isolated Hidalgo County villages. Guards kept watch on embankments toward Brownsville and the Gulf as the yellow flood moved slowly downstream.
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Brownsville
Tex
Rio Grande
Winter Garden
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Mission
McCallen
Alamo
Hidalgo
Hidalgo County
Couple warrant charges priest with kidnapping in Ottawa case
Miss Collette Haley remains missing in Ottawa Illinois as Sheriff E J Welter seeks Rev William Courtney pastor of St Theresa s Catholic church at Alexis Tl on a warrant for kidnapping based on a complaint from the 22 year old Miss Haley s brother.
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Ottawa
Ill
Collette Haley
William Courtney
St. Theresa's Catholic Church
Alexis
E. J. Welter
la Salle County
Courtney
Haley
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