Fair Program Opens With Style and Beauty Shows
The Fall Fashion show and Bannock County Fair in Pocatello features a Miss Idaho contest with twenty five contestants judged on poise grace and features. Six judges select a winner to be crowned Saturday.
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Hollywood
Atlantic City
Bannock County
Pocatello Merchants
Pocatello
Francis E. MacKenzie
James R. Young
Carrol Petersen
Willard Bowen
Mabel Hackworth
Roy Eitel
Jessie Shurtliff
Witherspoon Drug Co
Helen Brown
Tyhee
Tris Mechan
Grace
Margaretta Sorenson
Machine Guns Used in Cuba on Labor Strikes
Sept 28 Government machine gun units moved toward Camaguey to guard sugar mills amid worker attacks while troops say to suppress a revolution. Hershey sugar interests halt operations in Matanzas and Havana provinces as strikes expand. The Havana Matanzas electric railway stops. Mediators fail, newspaper workers strike continues. President Grau San Martin grows optimistic that normalcy returns. Kent studies his political option to resign.
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Havana
Camaguey
Hershey Sugar
Matanzas
Hershey Electric Railway
Ramon Grau San Martin
Ane
Kent
Joker Slain By Policeman In Fun Gone Wrong
In New York on September 28 Fred Conrad, 29, approached a car with friends and pretended to brandish a gun. A passing patrolman ordered him to drop the weapon but he had none. Startled, Conrad backed away and was shot dead.
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New York
Fred Conrad
Conrad
Rain swollen rivers threaten Tampico after Mexican hurricane
Heavy rains push the Panuco and Tamesi rivers above flood levels in Tampico as relief efforts race to supply food water and medicines. Monitored storms may persist until October 10. Officials fear five to six days before water restored. air and sea routes considered for aid while Red Cross diplomats and citizens donate.
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Tampico
Mexico
Panuco
Tamesi
Here
National Observatory
Monterrey
Vera Cruz
American Red Cross
Robbers Miss Valuable Loot In Moving Jitney Heist
Three robbers stopped a moving jitney at South Station and seized three registered mail pouches valued at 3000 dollars. They left behind other mail sacks containing about 100000 dollars. One sack held bonds worth 2000 dollars for a Newport savings bank. Another contained 37 pieces of mail for Cape Cod and a third held 50 cents pennies for a Taunton bank.
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Boston
South Station
Newport, R. I
Cape Cod
Taunton
Mass
Newport
R. I
Plymouth
Medford Man's Rattlesnake Flat Tire Tale
Medford, Ore. mining man J. C. Clark rolled into town with a flat tire and stuck to his claim that a rattlesnake had punctured the rubber. He produced the rattler’s fang to support the story.
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Medford
Ore
J. C. Clark
Log yields fine bulls heads in Cussewago creek
Workmen on a dam project at Cussewago creek in Meadville Pennsylvania fill a hollow log with a fine catch of bulls heads as part of a fishing trick or salvage effort.
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Meadville
Cussewago Creek
Bannock County Fair Opens to Large Crowd at Armory
Bannock County Fair opens with clear skies and a busy Armory showing Ban nock raised produce and livestock. The three day program includes sports, judging, and displays across livestock agriculture women’s work and 4-H. Today is Pocatello day with a gala parade and parachute jump by Buddy Bruce.
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Bannock County
Armory
Pocatello
Union Pacific
Idaho
Fairgrounds
Buddy Bruce
San Diego
Scenic Airways
F. A. Christensen
Three Die In Explosion At Taxman Refinery
Three men were killed and three injured as a blast and fire hit the Taxman refinery in Wichita Falls Texas. Identified dead are insulators Ralph Spettel Clyde Holland and chief mechanic Bob Finley. Plant operator Fred Arbuckle injured perhaps fatally. Clyde Griffin and C B Ward also hurt. Damage estimated at 250 dollars.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Taxman
Ralph Spettel
Clyde Holland
Bob Finley
Fred Arbuckle
Clyde Griffin
C. B. Ward
Arbuckle
Idaho Weather: Unsettled Showers North Warmer South
Idaho forecast notes unsettled, showery conditions in the extreme north tonight and Friday, with warmer temperatures in the south tonight and cooler by Friday.
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Idaho
Will Rogers Wires the Tribune
Beverly Hills dispatch notes Will Rogers vocally critiques radio commissions for basing rules on rumors rather than facts. He urges accountability and warns lawsuits may prompt better broadcasting. The piece also mentions the New York Stock Exchange and tax shifts affecting commuters.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
New York Stock Exchange
Governor Ross urges cities to rush Idaho public works plan
Governor Ross told southwestern Idaho city and district representatives that success of the consolidation plan depends on local action. He outlined a statewide program seeking 20 to 50 million dollars for sewer, public buildings and other needs, with meetings to consolidate requests in Boise Pocatello and Moscow. The advisory board led by Beecher Hitchcock and others said many requests were unsatisfied. The governor stressed federal aid requires applications and warned prosperity hinges on restoring buying power.
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Boise
Ross
Idaho
Pocatello
Moscow
Advisory Board of Public Works
Beecher Hitchcock
Sandpoint
Frank Johnesse
Ed C. Rich
Montpelier
Nah Idaho
Federal Public Works Administration
Rotary clubs hear speakers at intercity dinner in Idaho Falls
At the Bonneville hotel about 75 Rotarians from Rexburg Idaho Falls Blackfoot and Pocatello heard three speakers urge support for the NRA and President Roosevelt. T. C. Coffin urged currency adjustment and public patience, O. Guy Cordon appealed for continued NRA backing, and J. A. Johnson attended. Special numbers by Betty Jean Bistline Maxine Gundry Rudolph Gorson and Mrs T. R. Neilson accompanied the program.
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Idaho Falls
Rotarians
Roosevelt
NRA
T. C. Coffin
Congress
O. Guy Cordon
Logan
Utah
Idaho
J. A. Johnson
Blackfoot
Rexburg
Pocatello
Bonneville
Cordon
Coffin
Rotary
Betty Jean Bistline
Maxine Gundry
Rudolph Gorson
Southern
T. R. Neilson
CCC Winter Gear Arrives Colorful at Governors Island
The civilian conservation corps outfits reach Governors Island amid a snowy backdrop. Jackets in red green and gray leather wind breakers and woolen items arrive dazzling officers and staff with their bright colors.
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New York
Civilian Conservation Corps
Uncle Sam
Governors Island
Career Ends James W. Collier a Tariff Commission Member
James W. Collier of Mississippi a tariff commission member and former Democratic chairman of the house ways and means committee died today in Washington at age 61. He died of heart trouble on his birthday after 12 terms in the house and after declining to run again last November over district versus at large race controversy.
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Washington
James W. Collier
Mississippi
Tariff Commission
House
Ways and Means Committee
Vicksburg
Collier
State Advised On Gas Sales
Governor Ross ordered all state departments to buy gasoline and oil from state distributing agencies to cut costs. He said Idaho can buy gas at under 11 cents a gallon excluding taxes, avoiding higher private retail prices. District offices in Pocatello Shoshone Lewiston Boise and Coeur d Alene will handle purchases and repairs.
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Boise
Execive
Pocatello
Shoshone Lewiston
Boise and
Coeur D'Alene
Idaho Baptists Name Officers at Caldwell Assembly
Rev. R. P. Douglas of Idaho Falls was reelected president of the Idaho State Baptists' convention with Moscow as next year's meeting place. L. G. Fraser Payette was chosen for the annual sermon. New officers include Fraser first vice president, O. L. Johnson Jerome second vice president, Mrs. Earl Smith Gooding third vice president, W. Harley Smith Moscow fourth vice president, A. C. Lathrop Emmet recording secretary, W. A. Bula Boise treasurer. Board of managers and trustees were elected with terms through 1936.
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J. £. Hughes
Nampa
A. S. Martin
Twin Falls
William T. Turner
Weiser
J F. Huckleberry
Buia
Douglas
Witty
W. A. Shanks
NRA Chief Hugh Johnson Remains in Hospital
Still in Walter Reed hospital on September 28 Hugh S Johnson NRA leader said he would not return to work before tomorrow at the earliest. He is convalescing from a minor operation.
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Washington
Hugh 8. Johnson
NRA
Walter Reed Hospital
Embezzlement Charge Sparks Boise Clerk Case
Boise city clerk Angela Hopper, in office since 1920, was released on a $3000 bond on charges of embezzling city funds. Investigators say the shortage could total 10,000 to 12,000 with a specific alleged loss of 286 linked to May 24 1931. The audit traced shortages to 1926 in public improvement district accounts. Hopper admitted taking funds but could not fix the amount. Mayor J J McCue dismissed Hopper and named Trene Davis temporary clerk.
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Boise
Angela Hopper
Liberty
J. J. McCue
McCue
Clarence van Deusen
Public Improvement District
Hopper
Trene Davis
Convicts Split To Escape Net At Indiana Prison Break
Convicts who escaped from the Indiana state prison at Michigan City have split into scattered groups. William Dietrich and Russell Clark reportedly refueled their car in Ottawa Illinois wearing gray prison garb and carrying two shotguns. Chicago police join a search as 150 men probe near Valparaiso while state police fear Sheriff Charles Neel may have been killed.
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Chesterton
Ind
Indiana
Michigan City
Valparaiso
Ottawa
Ill
E. J. Welter
William Dietrich
Russell Clark
Welter
Peoria
Chicago
Hammond
Charles Neel
Mathew Leach
Officer Convicted Shooting Hoodlum in Chicago
Former Detective Sergeant Harry Lang was found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon for shooting Frank Nitti once tied to the Capone gang. The verdict to carry a house of correction sentence up to one year or a fine of 25 to 1000 dollars, with sentencing postponed to October 17 for a possible new trial.
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Chicago
Harry Lang
Frank Nitti
Capone
House of Correction
Thomas J. Lynch
AFL Chief Reports Roosevelts Recovery Spurs Big Jobs Gain
William Green of the American Federation of Labor says August jobs rose sharply under the Roosevelt recovery program with 815,000 people back to work while unemployment remains around 11,001,000. He warns relief needs will rise this winter and notes Ford's Chester plant shutdown as a fresh NRA concern.
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Washiington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Henry Ford
NRA
Green
James H. Rogers
Yale
Roosevelt
Ford
Chester
Wagner
National Labor Board
Federation
Forest Corps to Build 1466 Winter Camps Nationwide
Forest Conservation Corps to buy 250 million feet of lumber for 1466 winter camps housing 250000 workers. Robert Fechner, conservation director, says the order is among the largest for lumber in U S history and will boost the industry employing about a million men. Bids sought by commanding officers across nine corps areas. Specifications call for number two common lumber in cooperation with the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. In the south, 100000 men will live in tents.
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Washington
Forest Conservation Corps
Robert Fechner
Fechner
National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
South
Former President Hoover Visits His Old West Branch Home
Herbert Hoover stopped briefly in West Branch Ia after Chicago on his way home from the Century of Progress Exposition. Unannounced, he greeted local residents, shook hands with old friends, and gave a short informal talk at the public school building before continuing his journey.
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West Branch
Herbert Hoover
Chicago
Hoover
Boston and Brooklyn Split Doubleheader In Baseball Action
First game actions show Boston and Brooklyn trading runs with notable pitching by Brandt and Ho gan and chain of players including Leonard Carroll Beck and Lopez. Second game results tally a 4 1 Boston win marked by Betts Spohrer Benge Outen and Philo Brown Ferrell Peterson Barrett and Madjeski Hayes.
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Boston
Brooklyn
Brandt
Frankhouse
Hogan
Leonard
Carroll
Beck
Lopez
Betts
Spohrer
Benge
Outen
Philo
Brown
Ferrell
Peterson
Barrett
Madjeski
Hayes
Kelly Admits Urschel Kidnapping In Confession
Federal authorities say George Kelly confessed to taking oilman Charles Urschel in a Colorado to Oklahoma City plot and aiding in taking him to Paradise Texas before returning for ransom. He denied involvement in a Chicago bank robbery and the Kansas City Union Station massacre. An associate, Albert Bates, was named as a gunman in Urschel’s abduction.
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Memphis
George
Kelly
W. A. Rover
Department of Justice
Southwest
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma
Urschel
Chicago
Kansas Union
Rorer
Rover
Albert Bates
Litichlony
Ursehel
Justice
Bates
Paradise
Texas
Oklahoma City
Federal Bank
Kansas City
Frank Nash
Nash
US prosecutor compares Urschel case to piracy of old
Oklahoma City Sept 28 AP The assistant US attorney general Joseph B Keenan opened the Urschel trial by likening extortion by the Kidnap gang to ancient pirates calling them international gangsters He warned the government must uphold law and order or concede defeat to machine gun armed extortionists He named the ten defendants in his opening remarks and urged strong defense of citizens rights against the gangsters
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Oklahoma City
Charles F. Urschel
Joseph B. Keenan
United States
Keenan
Bateses
Baileys
Shannons
Debts Talks Set With Britain Led By Fancher and Livesey
Secretary Hull announced that pivotal war debt negotiations with Britain will begin next week. Dean Fancher, Secretary of the Ad, and Frederick Livesey, economic adviser at the State Department, will handle the discussions as British representatives arrive in Washington.
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Washington
Hull
Dean Fancher
Frederick Livesey
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Pond
C. W. Pond
Harry H. Wilson
Retail Bureau
Charles Waring
Bob Grady
James Hawkes
Dorothy Cavanaugh
Margaret Ray
Margaret Cavanaugh
Devonna Wardle
Marie Antoinette de Vriendt
Olga Smith
H. D. Lauderback Fur Company
Cuba
Interior
Joker
By Clark Lee
D. L. Pourt
Extension Dairyman
J. D. Nordby
University of Idaho
J. W. Barber
John Toews
United States Experiment Station
Aberdeen
Marjory Eastman
Helen Pixton
Frank Buttner
Edward S. Harper
Texas Oil Refinery
Will Rogers
Tribune
Rotary Clubs
Idaho Baptists
Boise City
Rogers
Forest Corps
Stewart
Cowder
Bowell
Berg
Vanatta
Moore
Glenn
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