Local Police Hold Victims Of Alleged Kidnaping
Pocatello police and FBI agents search for two men after two 15 year old Salt Lake City girls report they were kidnapped at a Salt Lake City bus stop and forced into a car. The youths escaped in Pocatello after being left in the car for beer purchases and sought police help. The girls are in custody for further investigation.
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Pocatello
Salt Lake
Salt Lake City
Jarvis Roubidoux
Tremonton
Roubidoux
Berlin Reveals Large Trove of Warsaw Files
Berlin announced a cache of Polish foreign office records seized after Warsaw fell. Officials said eight to ten truck loads in 120 packing boxes were found in Bruehl castle and would be published. Count Von Moltke led language experts in preparing the material for release while promising further disclosures.
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Berlin
Germany
Warsaw
United States
William C. Bullitt
Joseph P. Kennedy
Bruehl Castle
Foreign Office
Hans Adof von Moltke
von Moltke
Travelers Elect New Officers of Gate City Council No 239
Leo E Arnold senior counselor A H Aamoth junior counselor and F W Schmidt past senior counselor and delegate to the grand council were elected for Gate City Council No 239 United Commercial Travelers. The grand council meeting runs June 6 7 in Great Falls Montana.
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Gate City
United Commercial Travelers
Leo E. Arnold
A. H. Aamoth
F. W. Schmidt
Great Falls
Montana
Three Give Lives For Girl's Kisses
Evelyn Mittleman a 25 year old dark haired girl linked to a Brooklyn murder syndicate case was held on 50000 bail as a key material witness. Assistant District Attorney Burton B Turkus stated she knows how the syndicate operated and all there is to know about the murders.
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New York
Evelyn Mittleman
Brooklyn
Burton B. Turkus
Enumerators Start Census Despite Tobey Opposition
About 120000 enumerators began the census march across land sea and river routes. Tobey of New Hampshire attacked the plan calling it a fraud and charging the government with privacy violations. He pushed a bill to end the 60 day jail penalty though the $100 fine would remain.
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Merce Hopkins
Washington
Tobey
Al Capone Appeals For Fair Play Recovery Plea
Miami Beach April 2 Al Capone seeks public fair play as he rests at Palm Island estate after release from prison for tax evasion. A physician reports Capone endures a long standing nervous disorder and has undergone drastic treatment to aid his recovery.
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Miami Beach
Fla
al Capone
Capone
Palm Island
Corpse Refuses to Pay Bus Fare in Greek Court
In Salonika a court fight over transportation costs for a coffin carrying Demetrius Halkias unfolds. Halkias, deemed near death, later sat up in the coffin on the way home. The bus driver seeks 2380 drachmas, Halkias offers only 100, arguing he was not alive to owe more. The case awaits judicial decision.
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Salonika
Greece
Demetrius Halkias
Halkias
Hierissos
Halkins
Salonika-Hierissos
Elks to Install 1940 Officers
Gate City lodge announces the 1940 installation at 8 pm in the Elks temple. Myron Porges leads as exalted ruler with C R Sorgatz A W Stier A E Duke H C Hinckley Luther Myers and Frank Reagan in key posts A W Stoker serves a three year trustee term L E Shaw is grand lodge alternate Ladies of Elks will hold a bridge during the event and dancing will close the evening.
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B. P. O. Elks
Gate City Lodge
Elks Temple
Myron Porges
C. R. Sorgatz
A. W. Stier
A. E. Duke
H. C. Hinckley
Luther Myers
Frank Reagan
Tyler A. W. Stoker
L. E. Shaw
Grand Lodge
Ladies of Elks
Chinese Rout Japs In Four Day Push At WuyuAn
Chinese forces routed 10 000 Japanese troops in a four day counter attack around WuyuAn in Suiyuan Province 350 miles northwest of Peiping. Chinese lightning raids on coal mines at Tsing-Ching West Hopei province killed many Japanese in barracks.
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Hong Kong
Central News
Wuyuan
Suiyuan
Peiping
Tsing- Ching
Hopei
East Winning Fight With Flood Waters
In Wilkes-Barre and Sunbury Pennsylvania officials said the Susquehanna flood fight was being won as water receded slightly after crest lines. Thousands homeless or ready to flee, sandbagging levees, and moving belongings continued. Six deaths reported as state and federal agencies coordinate aid and food supplies with Red Cross help and National Guard units. Boiling water advised in worst flooded areas.
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Wilkes-Barre
Susquehanna
Pennsylvania
Ois” -Wilkes-Barree
Sunbury
St. Patrick's Day
Harrisburg
State
Wilkes- Barre
Red Cross
National Guard
Moose to Elect Officers at Annual Election Meeting
The Moose lodge will hold its annual election tonight in Moose hall to name officers. Weather outlook calls for showers or snow flurries, colder temperatures, and freezing night air with Wednesday partly cloudy skies.
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Loyal Order of Moose
Moose Hall
Utah
Washington Hears Plans of Silver Shirt Dictator
In Washington a former house committee witness testified that William Dudley Pelley the Silver Shirts leader said he planned to march on Washington and crown himself white king. Dorothy Waring testified that Pelley described dictatorial aims and armed legionaries. the dies committee also cited George Powers for contempt for refusing to answer questions.
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Washington
House Investigating Committee
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirts
Dorothy Waring
New York
Dies Committee
Dickstein
Pelley
Anitee
Miss War¢ing
Order of '67
Park Avenue
George Powers
Pittsburgh
Dies
Powers
Communist Party
Pennsylvania
Income Tax Receipts Jump 31 Percent in March
The treasury reported March income tax collections rose 31.4 percent from a year earlier. Initial installments toward annual returns due March 15 totaled 665,486,755 dollars, up from 506,025,909 dollars in March 1939.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Johnston Defense Attacks Identification of Body
In Twin Falls on April 2, attorneys for ex mayor Duncan Mc Johnston attacked the identification of a body found in George L Olson’s car. A Salt Lake jeweler testified about identifying features and a watch, rings, and jewelry tied to the case. State prosecutors described a gun and keys hidden in Johnston’s shop basement and other items linked to Olson’s death in 1938.
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Twin Falls
Duncan McD
Johnston
George L. Olson
Olson
Salt Lake City
Max Williams
William Dunn
Williams
Idaho
Ely
Nev
J. W. Taylor
Edward Babcock
Babcock
Howard W. Gillette
Gillette
Arthur Parker
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Windy Day Triggers Local Bizarre Weather Events
A brisk wind of 32 mph unsettled the town causing a chimney to fail and a power line to sag. An electric clock toppled, the thermometer read 46 at 2 p.m., then blew away with a hat. Overnight temps dropped to 33 degrees.
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Pocatello
Idaho Renews Plans for Fair Exhibit
Idaho officials announce another fair exhibit at San Francisco Exotic Island exposition focusing on natural resources. Governor Bottolfsen says costs may stay under 15 000 with space donated. Margaret Airshie Boise named executive member to coordinate Idaho displays including Idaho Tire robot a luminous progress map and a refrigerator plant for perishable goods.
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Boise
Idaho State Chamber of Commerce
Idaho
San Francisco
C. A. Bottolfsen
State Exposition Commission
L. F. Parsons
Chamber
Margaret Cobb Airshie
Chamber of Commerce
Idaho Tire
Bottolfsen
Masons to Confer Degrees Friday in Blackfoot
Pocatello chapter No. 6 Royal Arch Masons travel to Blackfoot Friday evening to confer the M. E. M. degree on a class of candidates. Prof. R. F. Goranson will attend with his chair, with E. L. Dale high priest and officers Dana N. Wood and H. A. Nachtrieb organizing transportation. Cars depart the Masonic temple at 6 39 p m Friday.
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Pocatello
Royal Arch Masons
Blackfoot
R. F. Goranson
E. L. Dale
Dana N. Wood
H. A. Nachtrieb
Masonic Temple
Blast Kills 3 at Scottish Munitions Plant
Three people were killed and four injured in a munitions factory explosion in Scotland. A court of inquiry will investigate the accident and production was to resume quickly in affected units. The exact plant location was not disclosed.
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London
Scotland
Ministry of Supply
Film Colony Probes Racket Ties in Movie Extras Case
Hollywood autopsy confirms Walter Miller death due to heart trouble while sheriff orders full inquiry into eastern hoodlums allegedly pressuring film extras. Miller, 47, once a Mary Pickford star, died after a camera fight scene as reports of intimidation by gangs surface amid FBI probes and press exposés.
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Hollywood
Walter Miller
Miller
Mary Pickford
William J. Bright
Sheriff's Office
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Madisonville Candidate Promises Stocking Run Fight
Rafe Connor, a six foot six inch candidate for Madison County district clerk, campaigns on an anti run platform. He pledges to write to President Roosevelt to urge Congress to pressure China and Japan to curb silk thread quality, aiming to end stockings runs.
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Madisonville
Tex
Rafe Connor
Madison County
Roosevelt
Congress
China
Japan
Clark to Speak at Jefferson Day Banquet in Lewiston
Idaho Falls mayor Chase A. Clark announced he will address the Jefferson Day banquet in Lewiston on April 13. The potential Democratic gubernatorial candidate enters the event circle as primary season approaches.
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Idaho Falls
Chase A. Clark
Lewiston
Floods Delay Idaho Count
Flood conditions slow the federal ten year census in Idaho with several regions affected. E F Kramer southern Idaho district director reported 114 enumerators in the Pocatello district 100 in Idaho Falls region 90 in Boise area and 80 in Weiser district with northern panhandle district to have about 100 supervised from Spokane. Towns over 2500 must be counted within two weeks rural areas within 30 days.
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Boise
Idaho
E. F. Kramer
Southern
Idaho Weather Cloudy With Rain and Snow Forecast
Weather forecast shows cloudy conditions in Idaho tonight and Wednesday with rain in the west and north portions and snow over the mountains. Temperatures remain normal for the season.
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Idaho
GOP Seeks Inquiry into Bullitt Statements
Republicans press the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to investigate Ambassadors William C. Bullitt and Joseph P. Kennedy over alleged unneutral remarks. Democrats resist, citing risk of repeating denials. issue stems from German published documents claimed to quote the envoys.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
William C. Bullitt
Joseph P. Kennedy
Reynolds
North Carolina
Rep. Fish
New York
Nye
North Dakota
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
White
Maine
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