Turmoil in House Over Crop Control and Wage Hour Fight
Washington December 1. Behind the scenes clash over farm crop provisions and the wage hour bill pits urban labor interests against southern cotton factions. Norton seeks 24 signatures to move the wage hour measure from rules while farm allies push to block it.
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B. Cornell
Washington
House
Farm Hill
Norton
Labor Committee
Rules Committee
Senate
South
PWA
Gavagan
Yenders
House Banking Committee
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance
Labor and
Industry
Rep. Snell
New York
Roosevelt
Congress
Snell
Florida
Railroads Speed Up Testimony In Freight Appeal
Railroad executives urged approval of a 15 percent freight rate increase before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Hale Golden of Southern Pacific linked higher railroad income to broader prosperity. Wilson McCarthy of Denver and Rio Grande Western cited rising costs, taxes, and wage hikes eroding margins as revenue per mile fell since 1929.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hale Golden
Southern Pacific Company
Wilson McCarthy
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Denver and
Rio Grande
Utah Weather Pair Sees Little Change This Week
A pair of Utah weather forecasts shows minimal temperature shifts tonight and Thursday with only slight variation. Meteorologists predict steady conditions across the state as winds ease and highs stay near seasonal norms.
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Utah
Two Seek Divorces From Husbands
Two unhappy wives file for divorce in district court. Opal M. Harris accuses Donald Curtis of abandoning her around July 15, 1936, with unknown whereabouts. they wed May 2, 1936, in Lemars Iowa and she seeks her maiden name Opal Beebe. Venice R. Jensen seeks divorce from Asa R. Jensen, alleging temper, nagging and insults, plus adultery and incest with a minor daughter. They married August 26, 1911, in Ovid and she requests custody of five children and protection against disposition of property.
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Opal M. Harris
Donald Curtis
Harris
Lemars
Iowa
Opal M. Beebe
Venice R. Jensen
Asa R. Jensen
Ovid
Montana Grizzlies Pass Bowl Chance
Montana's Grizzlies gave up a New Year invitation to the Sun Bowl in El Paso after rejecting Texas Tech as an opponent. Coach Douglas Fessenden cited cold weather training limits, inadequate facilities, and concern for graduating seniors’ standings as reasons for the decision.
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Missoula
Mont
Montana
Grizzlies
Douglas Fessenden
Fessenden
Texas Tech
Grizzly
McDougall Upholds Aberdeen Beer License Decision
The Aberdeen village board acted within its rights to refuse a beer license for Richard A. Davis and Jobe M. Jones, a co partnership. Judge Isaac McDougall of Pocatello ruled the board may grant or deny licenses in its discretion and denied mandamus to force issuance.
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Blackfoot
Board of Trustees
Aberdeen
Richard A. Davis
Jobe M. Jones
Isaac McDougall
Pocatello
Davis
Graveside rites for T. A. Walters in Caldwell Idaho
Graveside services for T. A. Walters assistant secretary of the interior who died last week in Washington will be held in Caldwell Idaho his longtime home. The body was en route from the capital and will lie in state at a funeral parlor from 10 a m to 1 30 p m Saturday.
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Caldwell
Idaho
T. A. Walers
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt Finds Fishing Is Good At Dry Tortugas
President Roosevelt enjoyed productive fishing near the Dry Tortugas islands off Key West and ordered the Pocomac yacht to anchor there overnight for another day of trolling. Relief Director Hopkins, part of the president’s seven vacation companions, reportedly remains ahead in a lighthearted fishing contest. The group toured Fort Jefferson where Dr. Samuel Mudd was once imprisoned for conspiracy in Lincoln assassin Booth’s case.
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Miami
Fla
Roosevelt
Key West
Potomac
White House
Harry l. Hopkins
Hopkins
Samuel Mudd
John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln
Relief Rolls Increase
Relief rolls grew by 11 607 in the week ending November 13, bringing total WPA work relief enrollment to 1 500 094. States showing changes include Idaho up 266 to 4 638, Montana down 36 to 11 944, Oregon up 250 to 10 070, Utah up 167 to 6 031, Washington up 815 to 22 571, and Wyoming up 46 to 1 775.
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Washington
Idaho
Montana
Oregon
Utah
Wyoming
Pickets Picket Maglio Home. Doctor Mediate Dispersal
In Milwaukee on December 1, pickets stood outside the home of Anthony Maglio, a non striking employee of a tannery. Police said the demonstration was legal and could not stop it. Maglio summoned his doctor, who spoke with the pickets and caused them to disperse. The scene was described as tranquil with a hovering sense of news around the event.
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Milwaukeee
Anthony Maglio
Maglio
Errol Flynn Plans Mexico Hunt With Bow and Arrow
Hollywood star Errol Flynn declares his hunting plans for next month in Mexico using bow and arrow. He touts a wildcat trophy he claims to have wounded after a dog flushed it from rocks and carried it up a hillside in northern California.
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Hollywood
Errol Flynn
Mexico
California
Lewis Green To Talk At Labor Parley
Washington AP The labor peace talks will bring John L. Lewis and William Green into a direct meeting to unite the AFL and CIO. Philip Murray organized the talks with Green and Lewis as sole CIO and AFL representatives.
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Lewis
Green
Labor
Philip Murray
Co. I. O. Peace Committee
Record High City Fines Take In November
Police court fines and forfeitures for November totaled 1171 dollars, the highest in three years. Overtime parking led with 118 offenses, followed by 76 intoxication cases. Officers attribute the increase to the new parking meter system and expect reductions as drivers adjust.
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William Fife
Idaho Couples Wed in Salt Lake City Nuptials
Marriage licenses issued here yesterday to two Idaho couples Vere Ellsworth Belnap 25 and Veera Olson 19 both of Blackfoot and Elmo Asa Keele 30 Blackfoot and Mama Margaret Mecham 27 of Firth.
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Idaho
Salt Lake City
Vere Ellsworth Belnap
Veera Olson
Blackfoot
Elmo Asa Keele
Mama Margaret Mecham
Firth
Gravedigger Strike Ends in Brooklyn Cemetery Truce
Three hundred fifty grave diggers and other workers at Greenwood cemetery in Brooklyn return to work under a two week truce as 25 bodies remain awaiting burial.
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New York
Greenwood Cemetery
Brooklyn
Ford Charges Are Listed Against Ford Motor Co
The National Labor Relations Board filed a complaint in St. Louis charging Ford Motor Company with unfair labor practices at its local assembly plant. The United Auto Workers had filed charges on Oct. 25 and led a recent strike. The board alleges intimidation of union activities, loyalty pledges, plant closure threats, surveillance, armed guards, anti union propaganda, and firing or blacklisting workers for union involvement.
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ST. Louis
National Labor Relations Board
Ford Motor Company
United Automobile Workers of America
Milton N. Johnson
Ford Service
Ford
Keep Road Open REXBURG Idaho Highway Men Say They Will Act
Idaho highway chief J H Stemmer told 60 delegates from 10 upper Snake river towns and Jackson Hole that crews will keep the Teton pass highway open this winter if Wyoming cooperates. Work will cover the five miles between Victor and the state line with the pass kept open only if the Wyoming side remains passable to the border.
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Rexburg
Idaho
Teton Pass
Wyoming Highway Department
J. H Stemmer
Boise
State Highway Department
Snake River Valley
Jackson Hole
Wyo
Victor
Idaho-Wyoming Line
Wyoming
Stemmer
G A Coleman Gilson Leaves General Hospital
Georgia Coleman Gilson former diving champion was moved from the contagious ward to her mother's home in Los Angeles. Mrs Grace Coleman said she was resting comfortably with no fever, after previous fears of infantile paralysis or spinal meningitis.
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Los Angeles
Georgia Coleman Gilson
General Hospital
Grace Coleman
Fields Back at Work on The Big Broadcast of 1938
W C Fields, recovering from flu, returns to complete remaining shots for The Big Broadcast of 1938 in Hollywood. He plans a trip to New York afterward to check if the city has changed since his last visit.
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Hollywood
Pilm
W. C. Fields
Pields
New York
France Strengthens Far East Fleet
Wilford Christensen sues Edward Harper and Idaho Parkinge Corp in district court for 5000 dollars actual damages 3250 special damages and 10000 punitive damages alleging Harper assaulted him with fists and a hammer on November 9 this year injuring his head and eye sockets after a potato delivery dispute and Harper as a local business leader faces the action.
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Edward Harper
Pocatello
Idaho Parkinge Corporation
Harper
Wilford Christensen
Downey
Traffic Violators Forfeit Bonds In Police Court
Henry McCles 22 a negro was arraigned in police court and case sent to county on burglary tied to homes of Jack Bennett and Warren Tonks. Several others forfeited $1 bonds for traffic violations including overtime and improper parking. Ray Purrington and Carl Beasley fined for vagancy. Glen Hall M Gelsen and E H Nichols fined for intoxication.
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Henry McCles
McCles
Jack Bennett
South Fifth
Warren Tonks
South Fourth
Melvin Morgan
R. H. McLaughlin
Arthur Henney
C. Hart
Beasley
Glen Hall
M. Gelsen
E. H Nichols
Policeman Escapes Kidnapers. Allies Seek Refuge Cave
One of three policemen kidnapped by terrorists yesterday escaped and reached Haifa reporting his two companions were slain. Troops and police rushed to the area where the terrorists had taken refuge and aircraft joined the search.
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Haife
Palestine
Cen‘amips Em Kaite
Cutsninta
Cruiser Division Sent to Indo China Port in War Readiness
Paris reports France dispatched a division of its most modern cruisers to Indo China for endurance cruising off Saigon amid Japan speculation over Shanghai. Navy officials stress readiness for action if needed in the war zone while Japan says the move is France’s affair and relations remain normal.
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Paris
France
Far East
Tokyo
Japan
Shanghai
Navy Ministry
Saigon
Indo-China
Chickens Roost in Courthouse Amid Legal Battle
Deputy Sheriff Alma Marley is attached 1,000 chickens owned by Mrs. Florence Stedman amid a county case. The Idaho Egg Producers association filed the attachment and the chickens will not be housed in the courthouse during the legal matter.
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Alma Marley
Florence Stedman
Idaho Egg Producers Association
Marley
Court House
Scouts State 1937 Meet Sets Annual Banquet and Election
Tenday council of Boy Scouts of America schedules its annual meeting and banquet December 9 at the Presbyterian church. Delegations from districts across half of Bannock, Power, Oneida, Caribou, Bear Lake and part of Lincoln counties are expected. Officers for next year will be elected. Eagle badges, Silver Beavers and recognition for scoutmasters are planned. nominating committee meets Saturday at 7:30 p m at scout HQ in Pocatello.
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Tenday Council
Boy Scouts of America
Presbyterian Church
Bingham County
Bannock
Power Oneida
Caribou
Bear Lake
Lincoln County
Wryoming
George Girard
Ivan Gassar
Rae P. Stratford
Scout
Pocatello
W. P. Havener
J. R. Young
Ray J. Davis
Elmer Smith
Grace
Richards
Montpelier
Mark Tuohy
Blackfoot
T. M. Woodland
Arimo
Adams urges Chapman for interior post to replace Walters
Senator Adams of Colorado says he will urge the president to promote Oscar L. Chapman to first assistant secretary of the interior after the death of T. A. Walters. Chapman is currently second assistant. Adams argues western experience is vital in key posts.
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Washington
Adams
D-Cole
Oscar L. Chapman
Interor
T. A. Walters
Chapman
December Brings Coldest Wave Yet in Idaho Palls
December arrived with record cold as Idaho Palls reports a low of 17 degrees last night and a high of 40 during the day. Skies cleared today across the region.
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Idaho Palls
Oregon board names new University of Oregon president
Portland Oregon December 14 the Oregon board of higher education elected Dr Donald M Erb 37 professor of economics at Stanford University as president of the University of Oregon He succeeds Dr C Valentine Boyer who resigned due to ill health
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Portland
Ore
Oregon Board of Higher Education Today
Donald M. Erb
Stanford University
University of Oregon
C. Valentine Boyer
Japan Apologizes for Seizing U.S. Launch in Shanghai
Japan apologizes for grabbing an American owned launch in Shanghai and returns the boat and two U.S. flags to their owners. The incident comes as Japanese forces threaten Chinese troops near Nenking across the Yangtze while censorship looms on press dispatches to the United States. The Mussolini paper argues China should seek peace terms and accuses collective action of failing. In Spain, air raids mark the civil war with insurgents bombing lines to Madrid and government forces striking at insurgent positions in Aragon.
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Shanghai
United States
Fcreen
Commercial Pacific
Chicago
Noman Davis
Brussels
Great Britain
France
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Germany
Madrid
Jace
Aragon
Twin Falls Youth Pleads Guilty to Burglary Attempt
A Twin Falls youth pleaded guilty to attempted burglary of a Kimberly service station after hearing the state's evidence in a district court trial. District Judge James W. Porter said sentencing would occur Friday.
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Twin Falls
Kimberly
Idaho
James W. Porter
France Tokyo Recognizes Burma Insurgent Regime
France and Japan formally recognize the Burma insurgent government led by General. The move signals shifting alliances in the region as Western powers reassess their support for Burmese factions.
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France
Tokyo
Japan
Bpameish
Generale
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Donald Pruett
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Christensen
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