Utah State News Highlights From May 1960 Scofield Explosion and Local Events
The column surveys Utah notes from Pleasant Grove to Salt Lake City. It cites widows from the Scofield blast, coyote pelts collected near Rubah valley, approved maps for Salina cutoff, Sunnyside injuries, Provo registry increases, and plans for a Joseph Smith memorial building. Also mentioned are a 14 year old in Salt Lake faith healing case, exhumation of historic graves, rising wheat prices, a jail theft case, and Utah’s representation at the Chicago art exhibition with Hafen works Solitude Lol Lyohika and Vushate Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scofield
Bow Driggs
Pleasant Grove
Ruah Valley
Salina
San Pedro
Secretary of the Interior
Joseph Smith
Salt Lake
America
Christian Licks
Salt Lake City
Thoroton & Son
American Bark
Utah
Chicago
John Hafen
Luollyhocka
Vyusateh Valley
Arbitrators Begin Work on Coal Strike Facts
Seven arbitrators appointed by President Roosevelt toured upper coal fields to study mining conditions from blast to market. The group faced dust wet workings and enforced docking practices while observing breakers and weigh scales. Post visit, they planned further onsite work and discussed tonnage rules and pay disputes.
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Roosevelt
Markeb Rendy
Owloe
Rerio
Ecoul
BR Mannel
Clark
Bryden
Nichells
Cxn
Man Accused of Killing His Four-Year-Old Son in Wyoming
In Inez Wyoming a man named Spreading is held on murder charges for killing his four year old son after allegedly beating him and kicking him to death near a spring. Neighbors say he threatened his wife and daughters with death if they spoke of the incident. A sheriff’s posse captured him in the mountains as a grand jury heard testimony from the surviving children and the mother. The judge ordered strong guard due to possible lynching threats and a speedy trial is expected.
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Inez
Bia
Theo
Indge No Hensley
Sheriita Posse
Hensley Raw
Tadrones
Dillran
Leyte
Girigara Hera
Beltos
Presidentes
Erling
Rich Strike in Idaho and Roosevelt Mississippi trip notes
A late report highlights a rich gold find in the Black Hornet district Idaho with a vein showing 14 acres of ore and values estimated between 3000 and 10000 dollars, attracting a stampede of prospectors. It also mentions President Roosevelt planning a southern trip next month and a brief note on silver prices near 23 2 1d per ounce lingering after fluctuations.
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Dlaeck Hornet
Wena
Clacdornet
Journal of Commerce
Massive Indian Reservation Robbery Report from Missoula
William Reed reports a major raid on an Indian reservation home near Plains last night. Thieves seized 18 000 to 22 000, including 10 000 in currency, with strongbox carried away by two mounted men. Townsfolk fear pursuit and possible arrest.
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Missoula
Montana
William Reed
Plains
Michael
Indiana
Reservation
Mysterious Chinatown Murder Sparks Jealousy Plot in Salt Lake City
In Salt Lake City a Chinese man known as Lip Slag shot and killed Charlie a.k.a. Chartie after a supper in a room at 64 Main alley. The motive appears to be jealousy over Gad Ga, with Lip fleeing and an interpreter assisting the questioning of Gad Ga.
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Salt Lake City
Ma Quoog Tu
Charlie
Yip Slag
Highbinders Society
Main Alley
Chartie
Gad Ga
Lip
Effe
Aeen
Yip
Laoding
Gad Qu
Ma Quong
Coffee Threatened as Guatemalan Volcano Erupts
A cable report from Guatemala cites Santa Mariana erupting with flames and fumes endangering the Costa Cuca and Costa Granda coffee zones. Itwarns a third of the crop may be destroyed and the region around Retalhuleu Quezaltenango Bredsan Eclipse and Mazatenango faces possible devastation. Further details await from officials and importers in San Francisco.
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Santa Mariana Gaplog
Castle Heros
San Francisco
Guatemala
Bou Airseh
Gastla Kros
Marla
Colffre
Jires
Wdbrech
Costa Cuca
Costa Granda
Eoee
Santa Murcia
Retalhule
Quesaltenango
Bredsan Eclipe
Mazatenango
Quezatenango
Mob Burns Suspect After Darling Mississippi Double Murder
An unidentified Black man was burned at the stake in Darling Mississippi on Saturday night following the murder of EF O Jackson and a millowner named Roselle. A mob of about 4000, both white and Black, carried out the burning just before a fight. The man confessed to the double murder with two white accomplices, alleging robbery as motive and claiming a share of the loot. A posse later captured two white men. a search for them led to the detention and release of several women.
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Darling
Misa
EF O Jackson
Roselle
Dynamite Blast Destroys Chicago Home Killing Two
A dynamite blast at the Joseph Kordeck residence in Chicago Sunday killed two Lie family members and injured several others. The house burned, a neighboring home was destroyed, and Charles Kintth, a former boarder, was arrested on suspicion. Smith, accused by neighbors of threats, proclaims innocence as witnesses discuss motives.
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Joseph Kordeck
Chicago
Lie Family Act
Charles Kintth
Kordeck
Kordecks
Winners named in New England Conservatory opera scholarship
Announcement lists two Western winners Miss Mabel Stanway of Revo New and Mande Reese Davies of Los Angeles. Stanway previously won the contralto prize last year and is a conservatory graduate who performed in Boston concerts and churches. She also sang Amneris in Aida last winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Conservatory 8 School of Opera
Mabel Stanway
Revo
New
Mande Reese Davies
Los Angeles
Aliss Stanway
Conservatory
Boston
Amneris
Forest Fire Ravages Flathead Timberland on Reservation
A vast blaze on the Flathead Reservation near Jocko threatens millions of feet of prime timber. The Rocky Mountain division of Northern Pacific reports the fire spreading rapidly and expects only heavy rain or snowfall to control it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountain Division
Northern Pacific Rail Road
Jocko
Flathead Reservation
Global unrest and disasters from early reports
Reports describe typhoid deaths in Hitinola and Jerusalem cholera fatalities, gas explosions killing workers in Whatcom and Algon, a cold Texas wave harming livestock, and port strikes in Montreal. News notes include naval command changes, coal industry rumors, labor actions, and political visits in Europe.
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Eddie Croak
Great Kells
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Nicicsna Pass
Imperor Willian
King Kidward
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