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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1935
Page
1
Italian crowds praise Mussolini's Africa policy as tensions rise with Ethiopia. Officials urge more officers for possible conflict while British press faces sharp criticism for coverage.
AP reports multiple developments across regions. In Rome crowds back new mobilization and more potential officers while in Addis Ababa Emperor reassures foreigners on safety. Paris notes a Haile Selassyie family feud threatening Ethiopia. London cites Ramsay MacDonald as acting prime minister as France leads for tri‑power talks.
Rome reports the war department orders officers born 1909 to 1914 who have not finished training to resume by November 15 amid mass demonstrations in San Remo Asti Milan and surrounding areas praising Il Duce. Addis Ababa denies a Japanese mission to Ethiopia and notes on gas masks shipments.
Six hundred firefighters battled a massive blaze that has scorched over 17 000 acres of dense timberland along the Salmon River's middle fork in the Challis and Payette national forests. Three hundred reinforcements joined earlier crews as the fire raged on both sides of the river and authorities warned it would take at least another day to control, barring favorable winds. In Boise, a separate Boise National Forest fire near the Payette headwaters was declared under control today after breaking out yesterday.
Chicago jurors convict Blanche Dunkel and Evelyn Smith in the Brvin 26 homicide. Judge Cornéliua J. Harrington says he will pronounce sentence tomorrow.
The native pheasant season opens Saturday in most counties but refers to the ruffed grouse in the laws. Imported Chinese and ringneck birds may not be hunted until October and November in certain areas. Bannock County allows hunting Nov 1 to 10. Twin Falls starts October 15. Warnings extend to avoid Marsh creek west bench area between Indian and Walker creeks.
Wiley Post and Will Rogers left Renton airport near Seattle at 9 15 a m for Juneau Alaska on a pioneering air tour with Mrs Post deciding not to fly. The pair faced rainy weather along the coast of British Columbia and southeastern Alaska with forecasts noting possible strain. Rogers joked about a fish dinner stop at Ketchikan as they began the 950 to 1000 mile first leg toward Alaska.
Millions of flying ants swarmed London's suburbs on August 7 disrupting gardens streets and even a tennis match. Housewives battled to keep ants from doorsteps pantries and kitchens as courts were forced to seek shelter from the dense cloud.
Will Rogers comments in Seattle about distance and travel times by plane, mentions ships to China and Japan, and the claim of a fast 60 minute yoke drive to city hall. He quips about a bombing plane, streamlined ferry boat, and Roosevelt money with holes worth a fifth of a cent, calling it tokens.
In a heated Senate lobby inquiry Patrick J. Hurley, Hoover secretary of war, testified his law firm earned 100000 dollars in three years from Associated Gas and Electric, insisting shareholders have a right to his services. He denied lobbying and clashed with chairman Black, who denied unfair treatment.
League action includes Chicago sweeping Cleveland 9 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 with Fischer Jones Sewell Hudlin Phillips on the mound and Phelps Shea Lee Brenzel totals. New York and Boston split a doubleheader while other games were postponed or noted as rain affected.
Pat Devaney entered a not guilty plea in a complaint filed before Justice William Hinckley by Jack Dolan. His case is set for Monday.
A tall black man among hundreds of strikers in Kansas City Kansas recounts his relief plight. He says he has only a wife and two dogs at home and that after feeding them there is nothing left for him. The remark underscores tensions over work relief cuts and living conditions.
Berlin officials announce new measures to halt a migration of refugees from provinces, with Count von Helldorf and Julius Lippert drawing up steps. The plan bans non Aryans from public relief while promising health care only, and promises quick removal from the city if needed. Nazi storm troops grow more visible in Berlin and other cities.
Congress awaits action on interstate transport regulation and pension boosts for Spanish American War veterans. Senate and House confer on AAA amendments, second deficiency, and air mail. Social security utilities regulation banking TVA rivers projects passed and in conference. Tax and war profits measures await Senate action. food and drug regulation awaits House action. Guffey coal bill and minor currency bill not passed. control bill expected soon.
Scores met death in central and northern islands last week, according to beta reports reaching Manila today via communications.
Washington Aug 7 Senate leaders aimed to pass the new tax bill within a week and adjourn by August 17. Republican McNary said adjournment by that date was likely, while Borah warned Democrats may allow full discussion on riders such as the soldiers bonus and Frazier Lemke farm refinancing. If tax work clears quickly, adjournment would be near. witnesses remain to testify to the finance committee.
Harper Gatton of Madisonville Kentucky Kiwanis International president told the Salt Lake City district convention that Kiwanis should be a stabilizing force in chaotic times. He urged clubs to seek service through objectives and emphasized unity among diverse faiths to promote the Golden Rule and civic betterment. A Boise luncheon and welcoming remarks by Mayor Louis Marcus opened the gathering of about 200 delegates.
Rioters stripped four women and spanked them in front of two Dallas dress plants. Police arrested 27 suspects, injuring four officers and two bystanders. Officers Hale and Alexander were assaulted, while windshields of two police cars were smashed amid violent clashes. Temperatures forecast to rise in Idaho and fall in Utah tonight and Thursday.
Mr and Mrs E L Van Waagner of Norwich Conn and Mrs James Harre of New York City are recuperating at Bannock hotel after a Sunday morning crash when a tire blew on a car driven by William Strosit of Ogden, sending it into their vehicle. Van Wagner is a retired NYC detective chief who once led the homicide squad. his party was returning from the international Rotary convention in Mexico City after visiting the west coast and spending a night in Pocatello.
Boise led July liquor sales with 25 300 dollars and a 973 daily average as Idaho's 28 state stores reported July revenue of 153 491 dollars. Pocatello Idaho Falls Twin Falls Lewiston and Moscow followed with varying daily averages while 22 stores posted smaller totals including Coeur dAlene Burley St Anthony Wallace and Sandpoint. four stores opened in July.
Mande vile W. Zenge, 26, of Missouri, stood charged with murder as a grand jury heard witnesses in Kirksville linking him to the mutilation death of Dr Walter J. Bauer, chemistry professor. Mrs Louise Schaffer Bauer testified of a past romance with Zenge amid emotional scenes.
Tribune previews a Louis vs Levinwks heavyweight bout at Comiskey Park Chicago with Sam Abramson announcing. The event is set to begin around 7 45 to 8 p m and will be relayed by direct wire as details arrive.
Rhode Island's first district elected Republican Charles F. P. Risk over Democrat Antonio Prince to fill the vacant seat in the U S House, a rebuke to the Roosevelt administration and an upset for state Democrats. Risk won 48 023 to Prince's 35 054.
State police hunted for the slayer of Roy Hamm twenty of Portland after his battered body was found in a vacant Meacham ranch house. Hamm had been driving a truck with household goods from Portland toward Pocatello Idaho when he disappeared July 26. Fingerprints on lemonade jars were being checked as officers investigated the crime.
Idaho game warden Amos Eckert announced a hunting ban today across roughly 150 000 acres in Elmore County after the Mayfair bird sanctuary was established. The order bars all game birds hunting within the sanctuary area.
The Rhode Island election of a GOP congressman prompted Republican praise as a sign of a national shift away from the New Deal, while Democrats cautioned it was an isolated event. Leaders cited broader regional trends and potential presidential implications for 1936.
Two separate rail accidents cost eight lives as wreckage from a Hillsboro Hillsboro Oregon derailment and a Salida Colorado catastrophe buried five and three workers respectively. Rescuers scoured the sites for bodies and survivors amid debris from collapsed trestles and wrecked freight cars.
In Chicago on August 7 a Lake Michigan fisherman hauled up a dead man weighing 235 pounds from his line. The identity of the deceased was not immediately known and no further details were provided.
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