Senator Wheeler Predicts U S Near War During Idaho Stop
Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana warned in Pocatello that the United States is close to war as convoy plans loom and a Senate committee weighs naval use. He praised Idaho’s D Worth Clark, urged restraint on foreign policy moves, and noted rising tax demands and heavy past spending. Wheeler’s tour continues to Spokane and other cities before returning to Washington.
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United States
Wheeler
Pocatello
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Washington
Senate
Sen
D. Worth Clark
Idaho
Pocatello Tribune
Morgenthau
Utah
North
South Dakota
Wyoming
Colorado
Whteler
South America
Japan
Spokane
Butte
Miners’ Union
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Sioux City
Chicago
National Capital
London Air Raid Ravages City in Sonorous Night Assault
Nazi forces unleashed a vast aerial onslaught over London, the heaviest raid of the war, with hundreds of planes dropping thousands of bombs and incendiaries. Observers said the attack rivaled Coventry and the late autumn blitz, as city streets burned and hospitals filled.
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London
Coventry
West End
R.A.F
Oil firm cites steady Utah Idaho price drops
M. J. Greenwood vice president of the Utah Oil Refining Company said gasoline prices in Utah and Idaho have fallen 25 percent over the last 14 years and are now below normal across the region. He spoke at the closing session of the annual division sales meeting.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Idaho
M. J. Greenwood
Utah Oil Refining Company
Greenwood
Wheeler Assails War Drive At America First Meeting
Senator Burton Wheeler laments the push for U S entry into war saying it mirrors monarchic rule and abandons the government of laws. He argues most Americans oppose participation but are intimidated at an America First rally in Salt Lake City with about 2 000 seats filled.
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Salt Lake City
United States
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
America First Committee
Walter E. Cosgriff
Wheeler
Greek Albania front in peril may affect Greek war effort
AP Reuters dispatch from Cairo cites well informed sources that Greek army may have to withdraw from Albania amid serious conditions with possible repercussions for British troops in Greece. Athens radio claims German positions north of Katerini taken with heavy losses in renewed fighting. War Dept announces nationwide aircraft warning service for 500000 volunteers. An Alamosa Colorado report notes a 38 car Rio Grande Western narrow gauge freight train across Cumbres Pass.
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Reuters
Cairo
Middle East
Albania
Greece
London
Athens Radio
Katerina
Alamosa
Colo
Rio Grande Western Railroad
Cumbres Pass
Colorado
Four American Cargo Ships Transferred to Britain Under Lend Lease
Washington reports the maritime commission acquired four American cargo ships for immediate transfer to the British government under the lend-lease act. The move aligns with wartime aid efforts and supports Allied operations in the Atlantic theater.
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Washington
Maritime Commission
State Board of Education Plans Work at ISU and Wick Successor
Boise April 17 AP Initial plans for the educational institutions building program authorized by the recent legislature will be considered by the state board of education on April 23. The board may also appoint a successor to Guy Wicks as athletic director at Idaho Southern University. Wicks resigned to coach basketball at the University of Idaho in Moscow. Bond issues target University of Idaho engineering lab and dairy building, Idaho Southern University pharmacy and Frazier hall upgrades, a coal bunker, land, vocational equipment, and more. Board president is W. F. McNaughton. secretary Arthur L. Swim. members include Etlic Steele, W. C. Geddes, J. H. Andersen, and Roberts.
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Boise
Legislative Assembly
State Board of Education
C. E. Roberts
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Roberts
Guy Wicks
Idaho Southern University
Wicks
University of Idaho
Moscow
University of Idaho—Engineering Laboratory
Idaho Southern University— Pharmacy
Frazier Hall
Idaho Industrial Training School
St. Anthony
State School For Deaf and Blind
Gooding
W. F. McNaughton
Coeur d’Alene
Board of Education
Arthur L. Swim
Twin Falls
Quake Toll in Mexico Sees About Ninety Dead
Dispatches from Mexico report the final quake toll near 90 dead 300 injured and 50 000 homeless. Conflicting figures from interior and information offices show discrepancies over Tuxpan casualties with reports ranging from four dead to over 100 dead and scores injured a mayor confirms 27 bodies recovered.
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Mexico City
Tuxpan
Jalisco
Ministry of the Interior
Government Information Office
War Ministry
Plan Spring Dance By Idaho Women Motor Transport AIdaho
The Women's Motor Transport association of Idaho held a regular meeting at Mrs. O R Craven’s home. The program featured a puppet show directed by Nelly Mendham a piano solo by Josephine Berryman readings by Ned Freckleton and Jean Coffin from Idaho Southern University. Mrs Mildred Craven presided and plans for a spring dance at Memorial hall and a luncheon meeting next month were discussed.
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Women’s Motor Transport Association of Idaho
O. R. Craven
Nelly Mendham
Josephine Berryman
Ned Freckleton
Jean Coffin
Idaho Southern University
Mildred Craven
Memorial Hall
Hie
Utah Weather Brief Predicts Cloudy Night and Warm Day
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with widely scattered showers. Variable winds and rising daytime temperatures in western portions. Some nights may dip toward freezing in affected areas.
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Utah
Priday
West Portion
Pinkerton School of Music to entertain at Legion event
The Pinkerton School of Music will furnish entertainment numbers for the nine o'clock program following the regular business of Pocatello post four American Legion. The event will be at the Memorial building starting at 8 o'clock with Miss Erma Elsworth as accompanist.
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Pinkerton School of Music
Pocatello
American Legion
Memorial Building
Erma Elsworth
Rain Postpones Detroit at St Louis and Washington at Boston
Rain delays two Major League baseball games as Detroit visits St Louis and Washington travels to Boston. The rest of the day features box scores from New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Cincinnati with players Vaughan, Johnson, Haynes, Gomez, Rosar, Lee, Tresh, Smith, Hemsley, Hadley, Danning, Davis, Melton, Owen, Sullivan, Strincevich, Masi, Beck, Warren, Sewell, Lopez, Olsen, Erickson, McCullough, McGee, Hutchinson, Gornick, Padgett, Riddle, Rid dle, and Lombardi.
London Suffers Heavily As Hundreds of Ships Launch Raid In Reprisal
Helena Montana dispatch reports a harsh weather sequence with a 14 inch snow in Billings causing power and communication outages, toppled trees, and blocked streets. Airline traffic halted statewide with forecasts of more snow Thursday night and Friday. Moisture expected to aid spring crops.
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London
Helena
Mont
Billings
Montana
Mountain Pass
Baptists Select Dubois for Convention in 1942
Dubois will host the 1942 meeting of the Eastern Idaho Baptist association. Rev J F Robinson of American Falls was elected moderator with Rev W C Barclay of Blackfoot as vice moderator and Mrs F R Reed of American Falls re elected secretary treasurer. Dr John W Thomas of New York spoke on migration affecting the society.
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American Falls
Dubois
Eastern Idaho Baptist Association
J. F. Robinson
W. C. Barclay
Blackfoot
F. R. Reed
John W. Thomas
New York
The
Baptist Home Missionary Society
Collision kills five near Newcastle on Hwy 38
Five young people died in an automobile truck collision on state Highway 38 near Newcastle Indiana last night. State police said the car struck the rear of a truck climbing a grade. The truck driver was unhurt.
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Newcastle
Ind
Here
Idaho Population Set to Grow Over 200000 in 1970
Boise April 17 Idaho's population is projected to rise by more than 200000 persons by the end of 1970 the Idaho state planning board reported Otto P Hoebel of Arco who chaired the old board noted the 1939 40 biennium work summary The report forecasts Idaho will reach 733774 residents in 1970 Oregon and Washington are expected to decline over the next 30 years with state elective officials forming the current planning board.
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Boise
Idaho
Idaho State Planning Board
Otto P. Hoebe
Arco
Clark
Oregon
Washington
State Planning Board
Rome Reports Collapse Of Greeks Along Front
Premier Mussolini's high command said Greece's front with Italy was in crisis as Greeks and Italians fought near Mount Olympus. German panzer columns pressed inside Greece while London warned of possible invasion of the British Isles as Luftwaffe attacked London.
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Associated Press
Mussolini
Greece
Italy
High Command
Tr Duce
London
British Isles
Lord Beaver
Billions in Taxation May Reach Into Payrolls
Washington April 17 AP Morgenthau says administration and congressional leaders back 3.5 billion in new taxes for the coming year to cover a 19 billion fiscal year. He notes likely enactment of withholding taxes and other levies to fund defense and the lease lend program.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Italy Replies To President Roosevelt on Neutral Law
New York April 17 The Italian radio described President Roosevelt’s claim that the government must protect American merchant ships outside declared combat zones as a challenge to the axis powers. The CBS-transcribed broadcast quoted Roosevelt as risking war and violating his own neutral law while not bluffing the axis.
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New York
Roosevelt
CBS
Red Sea
Hog Callers Meet in Nampa Idaho April 17
Nampa businessmen completed plans for the fourth annual convention of the ancient order of united hog callers to be held Saturday. Chamber secretary Charles Stark said last year's champion Mrs. S W Brumback of Kuna would defend her title among rivals A K Platt G R Scripture and Mrs. Ernest Earl, all of Caldwell.
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Nampa
Idaho
Ancient Order of United Hog Callers
Chamber of Commerce
Charles Stark
S W. Brumback
Kuna
A. K Platt
G. R. Scripture
Ernest Earl All
Caldwell
Rotary Hears Nominations for Club Officers
Walter H Cleave presented nominations for Rotary club officers for the ensuing year to be voted on April 24. Candidates include Don C Brown for president and T R Neilson for vice president with Finis Bentley secretary treasurer and Chas Bohrer Ray J Davis Grant Dougall William Hill John Nichols and D Sanford as directors. The floor may nominate at the next meeting. The program featured a trumpet trio and remarks on district conference hotel reservations. A paper by Don C Brown discussed farm chemurgy and new uses for surplus crops including casein soya bean and plastics.
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Walter H. Cleave
Rotary Club
Rotary
Don C. Brown
T. R. Neilson
Finis Bentley
Chas. Bohrer
Ray J. Davis
Grant Dougall William 8
Hill
John R. Nichols
D. Sanford
al Beker
J. T. Young
Oakland
The
Pocatello Club
Sidney C. Fudd
Saltmes
Ke Kennedy
W. W. Beck, Jr
Blackfoot
E. E. Coleman
Boise
Robert L. Salmon
Salt Lake
O. A. Bomark
Chicago
George Kerr
Pocatello
Byron Jones
John Roberts
Alan Nichols
J. C. Gardner
Rae P. Stratford
Mr. Brown
Pocatello Chamber Congratulates Western Air Lines
The Pocatello Chamber of Commerce sent a telegram to Thomas H. Wolfe vice president of Western Air Lines congratulating the airline on its fifteenth anniversary and its outstanding past and present record. The message praised the company’s courage loyalty and enterprise and wished greater horizons and achievements.
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Thomas H. Wolfe
Western Air Lines
Pocatello Chamber of Commerce
Western Air
Pocatello Chamber of
Idaho Weather Turns Colder With Snow Flurries
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with snow flurries in the southeast portion. Heavy frost or freezing temperatures are expected tonight but rising temperatures Friday.
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