07 Apr 1935
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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1935
Page
1
Frank Kinyon, head of the Anti Sales Tax League in Boise, denounces Governor Ross methods used to push the sales tax as irresponsible. He cites an address given by the governor in Homedale as proof of overreach in the legislative pressure.
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration shifted about 32 000 acres of sugar beet allotments from drought areas to districts with better planting conditions across California Colorado Indiana Kansas Michigan Ohio South Dakota Washington Wyoming Montana Idaho and Wisconsin. Additional reallocations may follow based on weather and future surveys.
Police found the au vrn-haired young woman beaten stabbed and strangled in a hotel room. They began a search for a man who checked in with her as H Myers and wife. The hotel clerk said the man left about an hour after registering with the woman.
In Niagara Falls on April 6 a joking remark about a bomb being filled with carrots and potatoes sparks Justice Department agent attention. The wag suggested a stew if the explosive had contained edible items, prompting police and investigators to assess the potential threat.
A weather note predicts a linked pair of days with a temperature change. Sunday followed by Monday brings a shift in highs and lows, affecting plans and travel, with colder air sweeping in from the northwest across the state.
Graf Zeppelin departs from Friedrichshafen Germany for its season opening voyage to South America with 18 passengers aboard and 50 apes en route to Rio de Janeiro zoo from a farm.
A Steinberg, manager of the Idaho Sales company at Hansen, was fined 50 dollars in federal district court by Judge C C Cavanah for violating the federal food and drug act by misbranding bags used to sell potatoes.
Frank Pickett a 48 year old southern Idaho representative of Hardesty Manufacturing was stricken with apoplexy last Wednesday on the way to his Pocatello home. Doctors report he is responding to treatment at Dee hospital with improved movement and speech after a slight stroke.
A Blackfoot committee named by Governor Ross urged an investigation by the State Medical Association after criticism of sanitary and fire safety conditions at the asylum for the insane. The panel found limited water supply, but good ventilation and potential fire protection improvements including a ditch-filled perimeter and a 400 gpm pump capacity.
Charles A Bradley, 59, Denver foreman of a Western Union crew, died at Boise hospital today from spotted fever. He is the territory's first fatality this season for the disease.
The Milwaukee Sentinel reported priest Rev. Michal J. Kallock provided testimony that challenges Hauptmann alibis and suggests the Lindbergh plot began months earlier. He described Hauptmann frequenting nearby riding stables and studying Lindbergh estate plans with an architect, aiding New Jersey investigators.
Balboa Panama Gulf coast scene details how William Murman and his wife from Seattle used messages written in the sand to summon aid after their yacht The Seven Seas ran aground on the Colombian coast. Pan American Airways pilots dropped supplies during rescue flights to Guayaquil Ecuador and the yacht was towed to Balboa for repairs.
In Washington on April 6 the House capitulated to demands for tax provisions in the war profiteering bill. Chairman McSwain proposed and accepted a 100 percent tax on excess profits, tearing down the constitutional barrier and allowing the Senate to set its own tax rates in the measure.
Salt Lake City April 6 Officials of the Latter Day Saints church at its annual conference urged members to live within their means and stop spending on liquor tobacco tea and coffee. Reed Smoot and Don Colton warned of rising federal debt and unemployment while stressing moral restraint and the sanctity of eternal marriage. Ezra Sorenson opened the morning session with prayer.
France orders 60 000 troops to hold three months beyond service to man eastern frontier fortifications. active army held at 350 000 trained men. younger brothers to receive training for full duties as soldiers. Mussolini to press for talks on rearming Austria Hungary and Bulgaria at Stresa. Haile Selassie moves troops after border talks collapse. Belgrade eyes stronger military aviation. Warsaw notes Anglo Polish talks may ease ties with Germany and boost links with France and Britain.
Forty Kosher meat shops in Boyle Heights will close immediately until a strike ends. M. R. Gebler, president of the Los Angeles Kosher Butchers association, says demonstrations are hurting business and that prices have risen above what shops can pay. An unnamed association officer cites radicals leading the protests.
High Italian quarters voiced irritation with England and doubt of France amid the Stresa tri power conference opening next week. Mussolini aims for an accord to safeguard Austria’s independence, curb German armaments, and possibly bring Germany back to the League of Nations while balancing Eastern Europe limits.
Washington April reports say the $4.88 billion work relief measure cleared Congress and awaits Roosevelt's signature. President to return soon, deliver orders to expedit e the program and set up a new administrative structure. Hopkins plans to place 3.5 million on relief rolls by July 1 and study sending 1.5 million unemployed back to states.
Will Rogers notes from Beverly Hills that sheep herding is ancient and good for food. He jokes that hog meat is so high even Gentiles go kosher and mentions a California lobbying bill allegedly bought off. he quips that removing a lobbyist is like firing a hired man.
Whitman College baseball swept the five game set with the University of Idaho by winning both ends of a midweek double header 4-0 and 5-3 in Walla Walla. Idaho's Wally Geraghty broke up the possible no hit bid with a single in the opener.
Fred Hunter of Nampa Idaho a 26 year old civilian conservation worker died in Lewiston Idaho from injuries after his motorcycle struck a concrete railing on a bridge near Lapwal. The incident occurred today as he was on assignment with the Civilian Conservation Corps.
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