Weeklong Idaho Weather and Crop Conditions Report
Weather in Southwest Idaho was warm by day and cool at night with smoky skies from northern forest fires. Crops progressed well especially in irrigated areas, harvest and threshing continued, and early produce like potatoes melons and tomatoes moved to market in the Boise Pavement Valley. In southeast Idaho temperatures were moderate with some rain and sun. harvests advanced with winter wheat nearing completion in the south and spring grain ripening in the north. Alfalfa second and third cuttings progressed in the south and forage crops showed good growth while ranges shifted toward dryness. Reports from various counties note steady harvesting wheat oats beets potatoes and corn with variable rain and smoke effects. Officials discussed Idaho’s shift to a district-based enforcement structure under Colonel Marsters with changes effective September 1 and potential reassignments affecting state and area directors.
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Idaho
Boise-Payette Vally
Bingham County
Tetonia
Teton County
Ashton
Fremont
Boise
Ada
Isa
Coun
Caldwell
Canyon County
Pocatello
Bannock
Day agent called Washington meet Bulice
Aug 14 On receipt of a telegram from Federal Prohibition Director Royes Tuesday Col Ian Marsters left early Wednesday for Washington D C for a conference with government prohibition ot
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Bulice
Royes
Ian Marsters
Washington, D. C
Berger Post Office Burglarized. $4500 Loss Reported
The Berger post office, inside a mercantile store 12 miles southwest of Twin Falls, was burglarized Thursday night. Burglars pried the front door lock and detonated an explosive to blow the safe, stealing about $4500 in money and stamps. Sheriff’s investigators found no other damage and a postal inspector was summoned from Seattle. The break occurred between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. Friday. a local resident heard a nighttime explosion but mistook it for a shotgun blast.
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Twin Falls
Berger
Here
Fred Roper
Sheriff's Office
Seattle
Roper
No Funds For Fish Hatchery Plans In Idaho
Aug 15 Boist The Idaho game department cannot fund a fish hatchery near American Po reservoir despite requests from Gov Moore and local residents. R K B Thomas state warden says lack of income prevents construction or ongoing maintenance even with six hatcheries built in two years. Deputies monitor foreign cars for fishing and camping licenses, noting conflicts with vehicle registration and camp laws requiring arrests when violations occur.
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State Game Department
American Po
R. K B. Thomas
Blackfoot
UL. W. Swazee
Pocatello
Moore
Thomas
Game Department
Evans Behind in Golf Game Ahead of Oakmont Event
Charles Chick Evans Jr. of Chicago trails in form as he prepares for the 1925 amateur at Oakmont Country Club. Evans, who once held both national open and amateur titles in one year, has failed to qualify for this year’s Open and lost early in the 1923 amateur, with injuries and a long career shaping his current slump.
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Oakmont
Charles
Chick) Evans, Jr
Chicomo
Oakmont Country Club
Evang
Francis Ouimet
Ouimet
Bobby Jones
Buddy Knepper
Evens
Indianapolis
Chicago
Beverly Golf Club
Ness
Chick
Europe
Abe
America
Hagen
Evans
Jones
Willie Hunter
Typographical Union Ends Convention Amends Apprentice Law
The International Typographical Union delegates vote to hold the 1929 meeting in Colorado Springs in September. A recodification of apprentice laws 16 to 22 amended sections was adopted to fit the new educational bureau. The changes set age 16, require exams, five years’ service and UT course completion before journeyman status. The fifteenth annual baseball tournament in Washington August 22 to 28 features the Garry Hermann trophy with 12 city teams.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
International Typographical Union
Colorado Springs
Educational Bureau
H.s
Washington
Garry Hermann
Young robbers caught in Long Island burglaries
Two thirteen year old boys were held on juvenile delinquency charges after confessing to Long Island residential robberies totaling $40,000. Albert Heick of Inwood and Dominick Oliveira of Lawrence admitted burglarizing 100 homes since the end of the school year.
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Mineola
N. Y
Albert Heick
Inwood
Dominick Oliveira
Lawrence
Ameri aviators join French squadron in Morocco
Aug 15 report from Casa Blanca AP describes American volunteers now serving as part of Squadron 19 in the 37th French Aviation Regiment. Led by Charles Sweeney of Spokane, the unit includes Austen Parker of Helena and Weller of Fond du Lac with major James Suseon overseeing French mechanics and aircraft checks before flights.
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Casa Blanca
Ameri
France
Morosco
Abd-El-Krim
37Th
French Aviation Regiment
Charles Sweeney
Spokane
Austen, Parker
Helena
Montana
W. J. Bullen
Miami
Florida
Pauly Rockwell
Assistant Resigns From Denver Juvenile Court Post
Mrs. Ida L. Gregory rk, longtime assistant to Judge Lindsey in Denver's juvenile court, resigns effective September 1 after 22 years. She leaves to pursue private work and study psychology, vocational guidance and analysis.
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Denver
Ida L. Gregory
Lindsey
Radio Program For Pole Party Aids MacMillan Expedition
Chicago Aug 15 AP radio cast to the MacMillan Arctic expedition at Utah Greenland. WGN Zenith WJAZ OXN calls connect Bowdoin signals and messages of cheer. Reinartz alone at Bowdoin relays wife’s telegram via Collins amid northern broadcast efforts.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
WGN
Utah
Greenland
North Pole
Gardner McWorter
Donald MacMillan
MacMillan
Arctic
Zenith Radio Corporation
E. F. McDonald, Jr
OXN
WJAZ
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
John Reinartz
Bowdoin
Tuesaday
Arthur Collins
South Manchester
Conn
Collins
Reinartz
Chinese Inquiry Demanded Over Shanghai Riots
Williamstown, August 15. A call to Institute of Politics members urges Western governments to press for a new judicial inquiry into the Shanghai demonstrations and riots in Hankow and Shanghai. The speaker notes prior commissions did not publish conclusions and calls for action to resolve the matter promptly.
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Williamstown
Mass
Institute of Politics
Shamghai
Bigsop Logan
Hankow
China
Shanghai
Bishop Roots
Peking
Coolidges Visit John at Camp En Route to Plymouth
President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge stopped at Ayer to greet Corporal John Coolidge at the Citizens Military Training Camp near there. The motor caravan faced heavy rain on the Mohawk trail as they continued toward Plymouth Vermont, with a plan to travel by train to Coolidge’s Vermont birth place if weather allowed.
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Plymouth
Vermont
President Coolidge
Fitchleburg
Mass
Coolidge
Swampscott
Ayer
Corporal John Coolidge
Citizens Military Training
Brough T
Aver
Berens
Mohawk
Calvin
White House
Coolidge Escapes Storm on Plymouth Trip
President Coolidge rode from Camp Devens toward Plymouth under escort by Brigadier General Garnum. A sudden storm darkened the night making headlights essential and forcing several vehicles to veer off course along the slippery road, but the journey continued toward a brighter outlook as Fitchburg faded behind.
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John Coolidge
Camp Devens
Ayer
Garnum
Pew
Son shoots stepfather in restaurant brawl
In Richmond Missouri Parl Thomas, 19, fatally shot his stepfather William Pike when Pike tried to eject him from a restaurant. Pike, intoxicated, had abused his wife. an inquest is scheduled for today.
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Richmond
Parl Thomas
Hie Hter
Willam Pik
Pike
Thouss
Seattle Sees Earthquake Shake City
Seattle, Aug 14 AP reports Seattle was jolted by an earthquake late yesterday. A UW seismograph logged the shock at 4:08 PM lasting over a minute with a maximum intensity of 30 seconds. No damage reported. Several residents felt the quake, Professor Sheldon Groh of the university said, noting the epicenter was under 200 miles away and the tremors caused significant public alarm.
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Seattle
Th University of Washington
Sheldon Groy
University
Major shipping firms bid for American export lines
Washington reports three bids for the purchase of the Americal export lines and related services on the Atlantic. New York’s Charles Chaplain recovers from heart trouble and enjoys a city drive. Brest reports eleven missing after a French collier sinks near Cardiff. Paris dismisses charges against Captain Jacques Sadoul tied to 1918 Soviet Russia activity.
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Washington
Americal
American Diamondina
Yankee Line
Atlantic
New York
Charles Chaplain
Severa
Brest
France
Cardiff
Wales
Paris
Righ Treunion
Jacques Sadoul
Soviet Russia
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