Coroner Opens Preliminary Inquest Into Hardy Death
A coroner opened a preliminary inquest into Charlee R. Hardy’s death at 96 West Bonneville Street after he died of chest wounds following an apparent self-inflicted shooting. The inquest, set for Saturday at 10 a.m., will be guided by Bannock County Coroner Arthur W. Hall. Police say Hardy grabbed a pistol after tearing a phone from a wall. his wife Frances Hardy described the events. The investigation continues as detectives review the case and lodge records. Funeral services are tentatively scheduled for Sunday afternoon.
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Charlee R. Hardy
West
Bonneville Street
The
Brotherhood of Railway
Arthur W. Hall
Bannock
Hardy
Jarvis Roubidoux
Frances Hardy
Clarence M. Jeffery
Bannock County
Pocatellans
Chamberlain dismisses Goering threats amid London rally
London reports quote Prime Minister Chamberlain denying German threats as stale and pledging public duties. Goering warned of a decisive western blow to be unleashed, drawing applause at a Conservative council meeting. Berlin sources say Britain backs Churchill’s policy to starve Germany and involve neutrals, noting cabinet reshuffles.
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London
Germany
Chamberlain
Field Marshal
Goering
Hitler
Berlin
Winston Churchill
Salvation Army calls for clothing donations in Pocatello
Army Appeals says they are desperate for clothing and other items. Pocatellans may call 904-1 or bring contributions to 224 South Second Avenue.
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Salvation Army
Pocatellans
South Second Avenue
S P C A To Meet Directors In Bannock County
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will hold a directors meeting in Bannock County. Agenda and exact time were not specified in the fragment, but the notice indicates a formal gathering of the organization’s leadership.
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The
Bannock County Society For the Prevention of
Judge Investigates Probate Judge R.8 Callis
An inquiry into probate court conduct is underway as officials review actions by Judge R.8 Callis. The probe examines alleged irregularities within estate matters and official duties, with authorities pledging transparency and due process.
Nazi Threat May Have Foundation and Likely Offense
A WWII-era commentator argues Hitler will strike when strategic chances arise. He foresees a possible blitzkrieg against Britain using a large air and naval force if blockade pressure fails. The piece warns a major land or air offensive could devastate western Europe.
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Hermann Goering
Hitler
England
Europe
Sadie Hawkins Day Sets Spring Campus Pace at Idaho Southern
Idaho Southern university prepares for its first Sadie Hawkins Day on April 12. The sophomore class organizes the event featuring a mass chase of eligible men by coeds in Sadie Hawkins costumes, with the captured fellows escorted to the dance at the Student Union.
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Idaho Southern University
Sadie Hawkins
al Capp
Bob Packard
Eastern Idaho Soil In Fine Condition For Big Crop
W Y Cannon of the Utah Idaho Sugar company praised eastern Idaho soil saying it is moist, well manured, and in excellent condition. He noted much plowing completed and predicted a favorable production season. He spoke as he boarded a plane to Salt Lake City.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
W. Y. Cannon
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Salt Lake City
Trade Treaty Passes Test In 44-38 Vote
The Senate defeated an amendment to require congressional approval of future trade agreements by 44 to 38, clearing the way for final action on the reciprocal trade program. The measure would have let both houses approve by majority, with three years of tariff readjustment power under pending legislation. Republicans Townsend and Austin signaled support for a one year limit. The House worked on the war department appropriation bill.
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Washington
Senate
Chamber
O'Mahoney
Wyo
Townsend
Delaware
Austin
Vermont
House
War Department
War News In Brief
CANBERRA announces contraband control at ports next Monday to ease pressure on bases in Great Britain and France. PARIS reports a strong German infantry attack breached a French outpost on the Nied river front. DUBROVNIK notes the German freighter Ankara delaying sailing for Trieste due to rumored British warships, seeking a blockade-free Adriatic route. LONDON says a British patrol shot down one Junkers over the North Sea, with minor crew injuries. BERLIN claims 40,000 tons of British ships destroyed or damaged in air raids yesterday. no further western developments noted.
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Canberra
Australia
Great Britain
France
Paris
Nied River
Dubrovnik
Ragusa
Ankara
Trieste
Adriatic
Germany
London
North Sea
Air Ministry
Berlin
High Command
West
Earthquakes, Floods Hit Northern Anatolia in April Turmoil
In Ankara on April 4, floods and violent quakes struck northern Anatolia near the December 27 disaster region. Initial reports gave no casualty figures, though fears pointed to heavy losses in the area where about 40,000 people died earlier.
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Ankara
Anatolia
Mother Kills 3 Children and Burns Self on Mattress
In Los Angeles a mother beat her three children to death with a claw hammer and died on a burning mattress after setting fire to her hair. Chloe, 11, survived after being beaten. the report names Lolita Davis, 43, and children Daphne 10 Deborah Ann 7 Marquis 3.
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Los Angeles
Lolita Davis
Daphne Davis
Deborah Ann Davis
Marquis Davis
Chloe
Daphne
Japan Warns Of Action If British Blockade Reaches Russia
Tokyo warned that any blockade of Soviet Russian shipping through Chosen Strait would provoke a strong Japanese reaction. An admiralty spokesman said Japan objects to European warships near its waters and defined the sea as a lake in Japanese eyes. He did not specify what actions would be taken if the blockade is deemed illegal.
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Tokyo
Germany
Chosen Strait
Admiralty
Soihérn
Sea of Japan
Russia
Vladivostok
Japan
Korean
Be a Forecaster forecast prompts rain in spring imagery
A short lesson on rain signaling appears as spring warmth rises with a high of 57 after a 30 degree low. Unsettled trading in rain and snow flurries continues as experts predict approaching storms.
Nazi Crew Down OSLO in North Sea Air Engagement
Reports from the Norwegian coast say naval and air combat likely occurred in the North Sea late Wednesday afternoon. Violent firing heard near Bergen. observers saw ships and aircraft on the horizon. A German plane that landed at Stavanger was believed damaged in battle and its crew burned the craft before internment.
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Oslo
North Sea
Norwegian
Bergen
Stavanger
Twin Falls Chief Admits Failure To Locate Prints
Twin Falls Police Chief Howard Gillette testified he could not find a single fingerprint linking Duncan M Johnston to the 1938 murder of George L Olson. Johnston, ex mayor, faces retrial after a prior conviction was set aside by the state supreme court. testimony covered payments and a gun sale tied to the case.
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Twin Falls
Howard Gillette
Duncan M. Johnston
George L. Olson
Salt Lake City
Johnston
Olson
State Supreme Court
Gillette
Decker Jewelry Company
William LaVonde
Woman Leaps From Cliff in Honolulu Tragedy
In Honolulu on April 4 Mrs. Sydney S. Bunting wife of a navy officer aboard a cruiser during Pacific maneuvers leapt from Nuuanu Pass 600 feet to her death. Firemen recovered the body hours later. A car held two letters to her husband and to Dr. William H. Wynn revealing a distressed note: I am unable to unravel it. Please forgive me.
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Honolulu
Sydney S. Bunting
Navy
Pacific
Nuuanu Pass
Clearing Report Shows Uptrend In City Business
Clearing house figures for 1939 rose to the highest level in five years with a total of 14,239,151 compared to 9,068,235 in 1935. For March 1940 clearance figures were 1,123,961 versus 1,012,846 a year earlier, and the first quarter total reached 4,607,613, up from 3,091,780 in 1939. Gate City bank officials cite these figures as indicators of business conditions and volume. Utah weather was mostly cloudy with a few showers and a temperature change Friday.
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Pocatello
Gate City Bank
Six Orators Vie For State Honors In Idaho Contest
Mary Alice Swanson will represent Pocatello in the state American Legion oratorical contest at Memorial hall at 7 p m. She won first in the local sixth district and faces competitors from Coeur d Alene Lewiston Nam pa Jerome Twin Falls. Winners earn scholarships up to 4000 for the national event.
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Mary Alice Swanson
Pocatello
American Legion
Memorial Hall
Miss Swanson
Douglas Bell
Coeur d'Alene
Richard Maguirre
Lewiston
Ralph McColm
Nampa
Geraldine Gladowski
Jerome
Fred Hammerrath
Twin Falls
Early Idaho settler George Hira Storer dies in California
George Hira Storer 80 a pioneer Idaho Falls and Blackfoot resident and former state treasurer died in a Long Beach hospital after a short illness. Born in Nottingham England he moved to Blackfoot at age 12 and later served as mayor of Idaho Falls and held many public offices. He was Idaho grand master of the Masons in 1898.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
George Hira
Storer
Blackfoot
Long Beach
Calif
A. F
A. M
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
England
United States
Elizabeth Payne
Masonic Lodge
Corinne
Utah
Masonic Organization
Canada Urges US Entry in War as Governor General Named
Ottawa announces Earl of Athlone named governor general to succeed Lord Tweedsmuir amid wartime secrecy. Ontario Attorney General Gordon Conant urges active US participation with the Allies, arguing it could end hostilities and shorten the war. Washington reacts skeptically to the appeal as US policy remains undecided.
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Ottawa
Canada
Earl of Athlone
George VI
Lord Tweedsmuir
Dominion
Mother Mary
United States
Gordon Conant
Ontario
Cannington
Ont
Germany
Washington
Nye
R-Nd
Jim Awftly
Camatiane
Ed States
Diet of Pollen Provides Relief For Hay Fever Victims
The American College of Physicians reports pollen as a medical remedy for hay fever after a Cleveland Allergy Clinic trial. One hundred thirty volunteers tested ragweed pollen, with 63 percent showing considerable relief from eating pollen, compared with 70 percent for standard vaccination.
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Cleveland
American College of Physicians
University Hospitals of
Rail freight up 8,302 cars in latest week
The Association of American Railroads reported 628,278 cars of revenue freight were loaded for the week ending Saturday. This marks an 8,302 car rise or 14 percent from a year earlier and a 104,789 car increase or 20 percent versus 1938.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
Board Denies Pardon To Idaho Woman
The Idaho pardon board denied Edna Eckersley a pardon 2 to 1, keeping her in state prison until she reveals where about 40 000 went. Gov Bottolfsen and AG J W Taylor urged continued punishment. Secretary George Curtis favored relief after her long sentence. The meeting adjourned after 21 cases with four pardons granted and three cases continued.
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Boise
Edna Eckersley
Lewis County
Idaho Pardon Board
C A. Bottolfsen
J. W. Taylor
George Curtis
Audie Games Robnett
Gem County
Robnett
Gillen
Senten
Forge
Ada
Washington County
W. Troutman
Davidstone
Leonard Poulsen
Bannock County
John Weber
Clearwater County
Wayne Anderson
Idaho County
Reds Leader Defiant as Dies Committee Cites Contempt
Philip Frankfeld of Boston, executive secretary of the New England Communist Party, defied the Dies committee by refusing to answer questions without a reading of a resolution he said 10,000 Massachusetts citizens adopted in Boston. Dies denied reading the resolution and ordered Frankfeld ejected as the panel voted to cite him for contempt.
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Washington
Dies
Communist Party
Philip Frankfeld
Boston
Frankfeld
Capitol
New England
Massachusetts
Texas
Prankfeld
Driver Fined for Passing Stopped School Bus
Frank Toston of McCammon was arraigned before Justice Richard S. Bennett in Inkom on a complaint by state trooper John Swain. He pleaded guilty to passing a stopped school bus and was fined $5 plus $3 in court costs.
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Frank Toston
McCammon
Justice of the Peace
Richard S. Bennett
Inkom
John Q. Swain
Toston
Presbyterian Church Plans Annual Members Meeting
The church will hold its annual meeting of members at 1 30 p m Friday in the church. All attendants and members are invited. Reports and election of officers for the ensuing year will be presented. The Rev BE T Ferry says the meeting will be brief and refreshments will be served.
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Utah
J. Reuben Clark, Jr
Mormon Tabernacle
Heber J. Grant
California
Genealogical Society
Tabernacle
Deseret Sunday School Union
Woman's Relief Society
Presbyterian Church
BE. T. Ferry
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Latter Day Saints Church
Army Appeals
Judge
R. 8
Callis
Investi Po Ame Ayeio Tans
By DeWitt MacKenzie
Turkey
Johnston Jewelry
Mt. Hood
James Lorentz
Gerald Herrman
Lorentz
Oregon City
Ore
Bannock Hotel
40 and 8 Club
Samuel E. Vance
Or. Hazel
Ton
State Department
Homer Hudelson
Princess Alice
Victoria
Pepper
D-Fla
Conant
Board
Reds
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