Northwest Forests Closed in Desperate Fire Fight
In the Pacific Northwest firefighting campaign, British Columbia and Washington ordered forest closures to curb uncontrollable blazes. Washington restricted logging to the western part. BC closed forests to loggers and others. Fire crews battled near Olympic National Park and Deep Creek, with 600 workers unnamed in Nelson BC district and ongoing fires near Kellogg Idaho.
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Seattle
British Columbia
Washington
Pacific Northwest
California
Oregon
Idaho
Olympic National Park
Deep Creek
Sappho
Bellingham
Mt. Bader
Nelson
B. C
Kellogg
Airtight Case May Hold Soap Peddler
Durant Oklahoma obscurity surrounds soap peddler John Story accused of murder after his third wife died in a fire. County Attorney Bill Steger claims an airtight case with witnesses placing Story near the smokehouse and evidence of life insurance gains. The suspect admits the death may have been an accident amid prior family fatalities and multiple residences.
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Durant, Okla
Bill Steger
John O. Story
Dequeen
Ark
Joe
Frank
Gainesville
Tex
Charley
Peoria
Ill
Steger
Story
Irving prepares for state shoot as one tennis court opens
Mayor R. M. Terrell announces one of three courts at the Irving recreation field is finished and the other two will be surfaced soon. He notes city cooperation with the gun club on surfacing sections of club grounds south of the city for the state shoot September 2 4.
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R. M. Terrell
Irving Recreation Field
War Supply Industry Booms as Jobs Grow Across Munitions
Washington reports aircraft plants with over 300 million dollars in unfilled orders and rising employment in shipyards arsenals and yards. Navy and Army orders plus French demand lift civilian staff to 62 thousand plus 50 thousand shipyard workers with potential to reach 200 thousand in two years. Military licensing exports hit a record 112 million while peacetime spending nears 1 billion on weapons and facilities, signaling wartime preparation and defense buildup.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Vey Yewyyyviveyrs Labor Department
France
Army Ordnance Department
Europe
Cobb to Run Tomorrow for World Land Speed Attempts
John R. Cobb of London arrives in Bonneville Utah to test his 24 cylinder car and attempt world land speed records. He plans a dawn run to beat Captain Eyston’s 357.5 mph mark and target the kilometer five and ten mile records as the week progresses.
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Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
John R. Cobb
London
Salt Lake City
E. T. Eyston
Cobb
Eyston
Malcolm Campbell
Daytona Beach
Fla
August Rosemeyer
Germany
Wanted in Ogden burglary linked to unnamed white accomplice
Ogden police seek James Vernon, 44, described as Black, for an alleged last week burglary in Ogden with a white man. They were arrests in Idaho Falls, Vernon reportedly escaped. Police also report a Sunday 3:23 p.m. collision at Thirteenth and Wyeth involving Mary Ford of Fort Hall and Hebert Culbertson of 1580 North Hayes.
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Ogden
James Vernon
Utah City
Idaho Falls
Vernon
Thirteenth and
Wyeth
Mary Ford
Fort Hall
Hebert H. Culbertson
1580
North Hayes
Couple Receives License to Wed in County Clerk Ceremony
A marriage license was granted Saturday by the county clerk to Ralph H. Nelson 21 and Mary Louise Lish 17 both of Pocatello. The bride received written consent from her mother Mrs Vada Lish.
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Ralph H. Nelson
Mary Louise Lish
Pocatello
Vada Lish
Portland News Telegram suspends publication
The Portland News Telegram announced it will suspend publication with today’s editions due to greatly increased production costs and mounting taxes. The Oregon Journal has taken over features and the circulation list, leaving the Oregon Journal as the afternoon paper and the Oregonian as the morning paper.
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Portland
Ore
Portland News-Telegram
Oregon Journal
The
Oregonian
Key Witness Kills Self Tangles Case
Abraham L. Shushan and four others indicted by a federal grand jury in New Orleans on mail fraud charges over an Orleans levee board bond refunding. Shushan allegedly received 132 740, sharing a 496 000 fee with Newman Harris Harris and Company Waguespack and Miller. Dr J A Shaw, a key government witness, was found dead after a gunshot at his home. Lorio and Smith also named in separate indictments involving tax evasion and refunding savings arrangements.
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New Orleans
Abraham L. Shushan
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Orleans
Newman, Harris and Company
Herbert W. Waguespack
Henry Miller
J. A. Shaw
Shaw
Louisiana Conservation Department
Baptist Hospital
C. Grenes Cole
Clarence A. Lorio
Baton Rouge
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
Lorio
Smith
Baseball Scores National Chicago and Other Games
Box score style report lists teams such as National Chicago New York St Louis Brooklyn Cincinnati Philadelphia with run totals and inning by inning lines. Players Sunkel Warneke Padgett Hamlin Todd Niggeling Hershberger Pearson Harrell Davis credited in various games.
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St. Louis
Brooklyn
Sunkel
Warneke
Padgett
Hamlin
Todd
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Niggeling and Hershberger
Pearson
Harrell
Davis
Pleads Not Guilty In Police Court Disturbance Charge
Robert Johnson 19 of 335 South Fourth pleaded not guilty in police court to disturbing the peace. Judge William Fife set trial for Tuesday morning and bond at 50 dollars. Johnson was accused by W. O. Tolman of causing a disturbance at an S D S recreation hall and breaking a fence picket before leaving. He was arrested Saturday night and posted 15 dollars bond for today.
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Robert Johnson
South Fourth
William Fife
Johnson
W. O. Tolman
S.D.S
Bicycle theft report from 1256 North Arthur
Michael Sheldon reports to police that his bicycle was stolen Sunday from a tack in the 200 block on West Lewis Street.
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Michael
Editors View Politics with Alarm in Idaho
Idaho editors at the state editorial association midsummer meeting urged against removing public offices from politics fearing less progressiveness. Bottolfsen praised for fair state printing. awards given for newspaper excellence by city size.
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Meccall
Idaho
Idaho State Editorial Association
Bottolfsen
Arco
Buhl Herald
Vernon R. Prost
State Association
Gas Fatal to Rail Heir Clendenin J. Ryan Found Dead
Clendenin J. Ryan 56 son of Thomas Forine Ryan, a railway magnate, was found dead at his Fifth Avenue home from illuminating gas poisoning. The butler suffered a heart attack. two staff nearly suffocated while removing the body. Survived by son Clendenin J. Ryan Jr., former mayoral aide. A 1923 suit by Muriel Sharp sought $500 a month for life.
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New York
Clendenin J. Ryan
Thomas Forine Ryan
Fifth Avenue
Frank Merklin
Irving Daniel
LaGuardia
William F Carey
Muriel Sharp
Garden City N. Y
Ryan
Joint Meeting Of Presbyterian Sunday School Pupils
The Presbyterian Sunday school pupils and the Junior Christian Endeavor hold a joint meeting at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Leaders listed include Miss Dorothy Gilyeat Miss Joy Smith Mrs A M Weese and Mrs W H Myers.
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Presbyterian Sunday School
Christian Endeavor
Dorothy Gilyeat
Joy Smith
A. M. Weese
W. H. Myers
Poland Counters Germany With Troop Movement
London reports Britain reaffirmed resistance to aggression as Belgium seeks a peace plea for neutral states. Netherlands Luxembourg Sweden Norway Finland and Denmark join Brussels talks to discuss the plea while King Leopold is said to have called the meeting. Halifax reiterates policy that force blocks settlement and vows to use full strength if Germany presses claims. War Secretary Hore Belisha meets Daladier in Paris as cabinets prepare for possible developments.
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London
Aus
Great Britain
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Sweden
Norway
Finland
Denmark
Brussels
Leopold
Europe
Lord Halifax
Halifax
Germany
Italy
Chamberlain
Scotland
Downing Street
Paris
Leslie Hore- Belisha
French Riviera
Daladier
Local Airline Eyes Alaska Route From Great Falls
Western Air Express, led by Alvin P. Adams, says a Great Falls to Alaska route would be very desirable. Adams notes pioneer work and Alaska surveys, plus plans for sleeper plane interchange with United Airlines at Salt Lake City as negotiations with Canada for the route proceed.
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Idaho Falls
Great Falls
Mont
Alaska
Western Air Express Company
Alvin P. Adams
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Adams
Farm and Rail Values Under Discussion Before Board
Idaho farmers could face a 50 percent reduction in assessed valuation if state ad valorem tax rules mirrored Union Pacific, a claim by David L. Bush of the Shippers and Growers. He noted Idaho farm borrowers use Farm Security Administration loans, and that UP earned over 19 million in 1938 while freight costs hit farmers hard. E M Sawyer of Union Pacific questioned asset obsolescence and current conditions.
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Boise
Idaho State Board of Equalization
Idaho
Union Pacific Railway Company
Bupsh
Bush
Gem
Payette
Farm Security Administration
Union Pacify
E. M. Sawyer
Salt Lake City
Union Pacific
Exemption Outlined For Farmers And Processors
The wage hour division released an interpretive bulletin detailing exemptions for farmers and processors under the wage hour act. It covers farm work such as tilling, dairying, producing, growing, harvesting, and related activities including preparation for market and delivery to storage or market.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bulletin
Fire damages three Pocatello shops in Cook building
Fire in the basement of the pioneer Cook building at 333 Center Street caused $2500 in smoke and structural damage to the Cook Drug company stores and damaged stock at Clayton shoe company and Hassell dress shop. Fire chief A A Girard cited an overheated motor refrigeration system as the likely cause with one hour to extinguish after flames were discovered by photographer Thomas E Barrett. Insurance covered all losses. full damage figures awaited inventory.
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A. A. Girard
Pocatello
Pioneer Cook
Hugo J. Enenbach
Cook Drug Company
Girard
Thomas E Barrett
Drug Company
Center Street
Clayton Shoe Company
Hassell
Enenbach
Richard Y. Clayton
J. W. Hassell
W. P. McDonald
Prosecution Chief and Family Return from Northwest Vacation
Coast C. M. Jeffery Bannock county prosecutor Mrs. Jeffery and four of their five children have returned from a vacation spent on Puget Sound near Tacoma. They visited Mr. Jeffery’s mother who resides in Tacoma during the trip.
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C. M. Jeffery
Bannock County
Jeffery
Pugent Sound
Tacoma
Northwest
German units mass near Polish frontier trigger alert
Polish officials reinforce along the border with Germany and Slovakia as 250000 German troops concentrate behind the Tatra passes. Zilina serves as general HQ while towns Cadea Trszena Orlow and Mezi laorice are concentration points ahead of a potential Danzig crisis.
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Tatra
Poland
Zilina
Slovakia
Cadea
Trszena
Orlow
Mezilaoorce
Germany
Privacy Demand Halts Public Hearings In Harney Train Wreck
In Carlin Nevada the Southern Pacific inquiry into the City of San Francisco wreck resumes with a parade of company witnesses. The Interstate Commerce Commission participates while the company argues for secrecy. A $5,000 reward is offered for tips. Federal observers say hearings could be public, but the line is drawn by the railroad. The August 12 tragedy near Harney killed 24 and injured 108.
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Carlin
Nev
Southern Pacific
Harney
Interstate Commerce Commission
San Francisco
Justice Fines Two Accused in Speeding and Disturbing Peace
Jack Garner fined 10 dollars plus 5.90 costs by Justice William Hinckley after state police arrested him Sunday on speeding charges. B P Pelum fined 10 dollars and costs and given 60 days in jail with sentence suspended for disturbing the peace at the Bill Richardson place in Chubbuck.
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Jack Garner
William Hinckley
B. P. Pelum
Bill Richardson
Chubbuck
Justice Hinckley
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Chicago
French
Mancuso
Loarman
Danning
Salmon Herald
Ralph Knepper
Parma Review
T. M. Gough
Kimberly Advertiser
Harold O Hove
R. G. Maxwell
Lincoln County Journal
Shoshone
John C. Porter
Rexburg
John Baird
Meridian
Fourth District
J. Lewis Roe
Preston
Frost
Edward Rosenheim
Frank Burroughs
E. M. Olmstead
Grangeville
Joe Imhoff
David L. Bush
Nampa
Shippers’ and Growers’ Association of Idaho
Kelly Minnick, Jr
Elizabeth
Marguerite
Mary Minnick
West Chester
Kelly Minnick, Sr
Irvin Woolfrey
Warsaw
Kurier Polski
Big Business
Danzig
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