Idaho pardon board rejects Van Vlack death commute
The Idaho state pardon board refused to commute the death sentence of Douglas Van Vlack, a Tacoma, Washington triple killer, by a two to one vote. Governor Clark opposed commuting, while Secretary Masters and Attorney General Taylor dissented. He is to be hanged at the state prison after midnight next Thursday.
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Boise
Idaho State Pardon Board
Douglas van Vlack
Tacoma
Wash
Barzilla W. Clark
Ira H. Masters
J. W. Taylor
Masters
van Vinck
State’s
Douglas van Vinck
Warrior Ie
Taylor
Hako Pardon Board
Supreme Court of Idaho
Idaho
Clark
State
Twin Falls
Fastern Man Still Missing
Arthur Fried a 32 year old New York business man and Bronx office manager for Colonial Sand and Stone disappeared after his car was found abandoned near White Plains. Police say he is missing but ransom reports vary from 100000 to 200000. One brother reportedly found a hidden ransom note after following anonymous calls.
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White Plains
N. Y
Arthur Fried
New York
Fried
Bronx
Colonial Sand and Stone Company
Willam Miller
Hugo
County and State Beautify Road South of City
County and state sign a contract to beautify the highway south of Poca tello from Mountainview cemetery to the Gregerson place. Cooperation includes planting trees and lawn along both sides for 20 feet, with land mainly owned by Theo Turner. City to supply irrigation water and remove sign boards as city officials plan park extensions east of the Black Rocks.
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Board of County Commissioners
State
Pocatello
Mountainview Cemetery
Gregerson Place
State Highway Department
W. H. Jensen
Theo Turner
Ross Park
Black Rocks
Weather Confusion Echoes in Ogden Christmas Display
In Ogden on December 7 the newspaper notes a weather puzzle for the season. H J Garner shows bright pink roses blooming in his yard while Mrs Robert Farr’s rose bush flowers with buds and Walls Richardson reports three pussywillow bushes in full bloom amid holiday lights.
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H. J. Garner
Robert Farr
Walls Richardson
Utah Weather Sees Unsettled Conditions Ahead
Forecasters predict unsettled conditions tonight and Wednesday with likely snow flurries in the north and east and warmer temperatures over the central region tonight.
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Utah
Van Viack Calm as Verdict Is Heard
Douglas Van Viack of Tacoma, a triple-slayer, faced the state pardon board’s decision with no visible emotion as they refused to commute his sentence. He is to die December 10. Warden William Gess described his calm despite the developments. His lawyers, Robert Aitchie and T. W. Northstrom, planned next steps after meeting with him.
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Boise
Douglas van Viack
Tacoma
Wash
State Pardon Board
William Gess
van Vinck
Robert Aitchie
T. W. Northstrom
Lindbergh Asked to Fly Huge Soviet Transport Plane
Baltimore December 7 Col Charles A Lindbergh has been invited by the Glenn L Martin company to inspect and fly if he wishes the giant flying boat built for a Soviet transport. Officials confirm the invitation but say no reply has been received.
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Baltimore
Charles A. Lindbergh
Glenn L. Martin Company
Miami Tribune Suspended After Sale to Miami Herald
The Miami Tribune has suspended publication after its purchase by the Miami Herald Publishing Company from Moses L. Annenberg. John S. Knight said the deal included the Tribune’s plant machinery circulation goodwill accounts receivable and intrinsic properties. No price was disclosed. Annenberg, who acquired the Tribune in 1934 via bankruptcy, will exit the Miami newspaper field.
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Miami, Fla
Miami Tribune
Miami Herald Publishing Company
Moses L. Annenberg
John S. Knight
The
Herald
Tribune
Annenberg
Miami
Spud Showdown: Four Jurors to Decide Potato Battle
Four congressional jurors will rule on whether Idaho or Maine potatoes are superior. Participants include Alaska's Anthony Dimond and Puerto Rico's Santiago Iglesias for Idaho versus Maine's Frederick Hale and Wallace White Jr. among others. Idaho offers 490000 pounds of potatoes. Maine prepares air delivery.
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Eddy Gilmore
Washington
Idaho
Maine
Anthony J. Dimond
Alaska
Northwest
Santiago Iglesias
Puerto Rico
T.ite
Quinin Vee
Poros
House of Representatives
William E. Borah
James P. Pope
Compton I. White
D Worth Clark
Frederick Hale
Wallace H. White, Jr
Ralph O. Brewster
James C. Oliver
Clyde H Smith
Mink Creek Road Improvements Planned By County
Bannock county, the forestry service and the state cooperate on a program to improve Mink Creek road from the first crossing southward. The county will provide culverts and perform drainage and rough surfacing, with the state finishing grading and service. The road serves Arbon valley and access to Mink Creek recreational areas including ski sites and Scout camps, and will be maintained by the state on completion.
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Mink Creek
Bannock County
Forestry Service
Stite
W. H. Jensen
Arbon Valley
Mink Cree Forks
Wife Seeks Divorce Over Matrimonial Bureau Mail
Mrs. Simon Bryan, 64, testified in Leveland that her husband received numerous letters from a matrimonial bureau and kept photos of prospective brides on his dresser. She was granted a divorce.
Freemasons to Honor Cowles in Boise Wednesday
John H. Cowles 33d degree of the Supreme Council will visit Boise for a 1:35 p.m. luncheon at the Hotel Bannock hosted by William N. Northrop 33d degree. Cowles will address the dinner at 6:30 p.m. at the Congregational church with Boise and Pocatello consistory hosts. James W. Collins 33d degree from Utah will also attend.
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Idaho
John H. Cowles
Washington, D. C
Supreme Council
U. S
Cowles
Bannock
William N. Northrop
Boise
Supreme Council of Idaho
James W. Collins
Supreme Council of Utah
Farm Change Opposed By Senate Vote on Farm Bill
The Senate rejected Senator McNary of Oregon’s three year farm bill limit 1938 40 by a 51 to 25 vote. Pope Idaho and others warned the plan would damage the program while McNary pressed for time to test the emergency measure. House debates compulsory crop controls and wheat marketing quotas amid proposed amendments.
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Washington
Senate
McNary
Oregon
Pope
Idaho
Congress
House
Rep
Hobbs
D. Ala
Rep. Coffee
D. Nebr
Jones
Tex
Agriculture Committee
Borah
Vandenberg
Mich
Copeland
Secretary of Agriculure
Schwellenbach
Dp Wash
Death Notice Lettie D. Smith 33 Dies in Pocatello
Lettie D Denkers Smith 33 died today at a local hospital after a week of illness. Born November 1904 in Salt Lake City she was daughter of Bernard A Denkers and Stdr Phillips Denkers. She lived in Pocatello about 20 years and is survived by her husband three children Ralph Kenneth and Milton Ray her mother and several Denkers siblings. Funeral arrangements by Hall Mortuary not announced.
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Lettie Denkers Smith
George W. Smith
South Fourth Avenue
Mrs. Smith
Salt Lake City
Bernard A. Denkers
Phillips Denkers
Pocatello
Denkers
Ralph
Kenneth
Milton Ray
William J
Bernard L
Lawrence
Donald
Thomas J. Denkers
Lawrence Burgess
Sparks
Nev
Heber Phillips
Archie Jensen
Norma Denkers
Puneral
Hall
Bandit’s Stick-Up Fails as Attendant Laughs It Off
In Huntington Indiana on December 7 a bandit announced a stick-up at a filling station. Albert Kindler, the attendant, laughed at him repeatedly as the bandit brandished a gun. Frustrated, the intruder spun around and left while Kindler kept laughing.
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Huntington
Ind
Albert Kindler
Kindler
Eight Die as Buses Collide on Fogbound Highway
Ambulances rushed to Zimapan Hidalgo after a crash of two passenger buses killed eight and injured 45. The accident occurred before midnight on a foggy highway about 130 miles from Mexico City.
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Mexico City
Zimapan
Hidalgo State
Japan Prepares For Nanking Attack
Tokyo erupts in celebration as Nanking nears fall while officials ponder a declaration curtailing recognition of Chiang Kai-shek. Experts expect Chiang to regroup in Hunan with Soviet aid, signaling continued resistance despite the anticipated Japanese victory.
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Tokyo
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Hunan
Russia
Japan
Chiang
China
War Office
Gen Sugiyama
Imperial Palace
Hirohito
Finland to Pay War Debt Instalment Promptly
Finland notified the United States it would promptly meet its 232 143 war debt instalment due December 15. It remains the only one of 13 war debtors not to default on wartime obligations. Debtors owe a total of 1 680 447 this month.
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Washington
Finland
United States
Baltic Republic
Idaho Unemployment Tax Forecast For 64 000 Workers
Laurence B Lyman, director of unemployment compensation division, predicts Idaho payroll unemployment tax receipts will total 2 750 000 when the law takes effect next September. The 1 8 percent tax has produced 1 750 000 and an additional 1 000 000 may be collected in nine months when the tax rises to 2 7 percent. The unemployment law affects 64 000 Idaho workers.
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Boise
Laurence B Lyman
Statendustrial Accident Board
Idaho
Idaho Weather Update Sees Unsettled Southeast
A weather advisory notes paired unsettled conditions tonight and Wednesday across Idaho with little temperature change. The southeast portion remains most unsettled, while elsewhere skies vary and chances of showers exist.
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Idaho
Chinese Capital Fears Fall As Forces Close In
Chinese and Japanese troops mass near Nanking with 200000 Chinese defending gates and 75000 Japanese outside the city. Gates are closed as bombardment intensifies and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and Madame Chiang flee inland.
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Sitangilat
Nanking
China
Chiane Keal-shed
Madame Chiang
Plane Service Resumes Across Southern Idaho After Fog
United Airlines reports flights back on schedule from Salt Lake City to the coast after a dense fog halted all flights last night. Weather conditions eased with clearer visibility and resumed service across the region.
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Boise
Idaho
United Airlines
Salt Lake City
Wool Top Futures Exchange Threatens Wool Industry
Austin L. Levy of Harrisville told a Senate committee that the wool top futures exchange, run under the New York Cotton Exchange, is paralyzing the wool industry. He said its operations inject artificial elements that disrupt price discovery and world supply and demand balance.
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Washington
Austin L. Levy
Harrisville
R. L
Woolen Mill
Senate
Wool Top Futures Exchange
Levy
New York Cotton Exchange
Five Die in Blast at Gloversville Clothing Shop
An explosion and fire at a children's clothing shop in Gloversville New York killed five. Fire Chief R A Maxson said the blast likely occurred while three men were removing a fuel oil tank. Edward Hall Mindal Darling and David Stewart died in the basement. Mildred Engel 34 and William B Crispin Jr 30 also perished from burns.
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Gloversville
N.Y
R. A. Maxson
Edward Hall
Mindal Darling
David Stewart
Mildred Engel
William B. Crispin, Jr
Divorcing Woman Criticizes Husband Over Applesauce
In Los Angeles in December 1974 Marie Vietzke filed for divorce from Clarence C. Vietzke. She alleges he locked the pantry and doled out food denying her applesauce.
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Los Angeles
Marie Vietzke
Clarence C. Vietzke
United States to Continue Silver Buying Policy
The treasury signals the continuation of a premium price for newly mined domestic silver with a forthcoming presidential proclamation likely fixing next year’s price near 77.57 cents an ounce. Treasury buys world silver at about 45 cents while the policy aims to support miners and treasury value, despite debates on inflation and potential profits.
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United States
Washington
Treasury
Far West
Morgenthau
London
Department
F B I Agent Shot in Duel Near Independence
G man Henry A Snow an FBI agent was in critical condition after a shotgun duel with a suspected extortionist near a railroad embankment outside Independence Kansas The gunman fled as Snow and fellow agents tried to arrest him after a coal dealer H B Jacobs reported a demand to pay 600 dollars by letter The incident ended with the assailant escaping.
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Kansas City
Henry A. Snow
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Snow
H. B. Jacobs
Independence
Careless With Silver In Elgin Farm Scene
Elgin resident Fred P. Weaver and his father fed pig feed from dining room leftovers for years. Weaver, married to Fern Perry of Palatine, gave his bride a 400 piece silver collection saved from the same leftovers before it was discarded.
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Elgin
Fred P. Weaver
Weaver
Fern Perry
Palatine
Bank Robbery in Fredericksburg Net $5400
A burglar gang last night robbed the First State bank in Fredericksburg Iowa using an acetylene torch to open the safe and escaped with 5400 dollars. The crime was reported December 7. Police began investigations and search for suspects.
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Fredericksburg
Burelar
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