Shakeup Foreseen in Idaho Prison After Death Case
Idaho officials anticipate a staff shakeup in the state prison following the death of Douglas Van Vinck who jumped to his death from a beam in his cell. Attorney General J. W. Taylor announced possible staff changes amid investigations led by Secretary of State Ira H. Masters. Warden William H. Gess reported a razor fragment found in Van Vinck’s death cell and criticized security lapses during the inquiry. Governor Bassilla W. Clark closed the incident, saying Van Vinck is dead and the matter is finished.
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Boise
Douglas van Vheek
State's
J. W. Taylor
Taylor
William H. Gess
van Vilack
Tacoma
Wash
Gess
van Vinck
Ira H. Masters
Masters
Ira J. Teylor
Democratic State Central Committee
H. Rex Smith
Bassilla W. Clark
Senate Hopes For Farm Decision Soon
Washington December 11 The Senate advances the farm bill amid many amendments as leaders expect a vote by next Wednesday The House has passed a farm measure and the debate turns to related housing and wage bills Senator Borah offers an amendment to tie freight rates to farm payments raising concerns about rate increases and farm benefits Negotiations continue on housing legislation aimed to follow the farm bill with agreement sought between supporters and opponents of the measure
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Washington
Senate
House
Borah
Idaho
Agriculture Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Isid
Northwest
Sun Valley Loses First Snowfall
Hailey Idaho reports three inches of rain in 48 hours melting the Wood River valley snow. Officials said 2.79 inches of precipitation had fallen by 8 am and the storm continued, leaving only scattered snow patches at the Sun Valley resort.
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Hailey
Wood River Valley
Sun Valley
Here
Four Die As Train Hits Car In Flemington
A Baltimore and Ohio passenger train struck an automobile near Flemington in Grafton district killing two men and two women and critically injuring another man. The dead are David Foster 22 of Newburg Raymond Butcher 34 of Clarksburg Mrs Minnie Rollins and her sister Edith McIntyre both of near Clarksburg.
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Grafton
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio
Flemington
David Foster
Newburg
W. V
Raymond Butcher
Clarksburg
Minnie Rollins
Edith McIntyre
Vigil is Kept for Mon Grel on West Virginia Hills
In Weston West Virginia neighbors report Old Barney a 12 year old mongrel once tied to Monsignor Thomas FE Quirk who died at 93 three months ago continues to keep vigil. Each Sunday at mass time Barney trots to the church across the road from the deserted rectory.
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Weston
W. Va
Barney
Death List Mixup Shocks Doctor in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on December 11 a funeral parlor listed Dr Walter Albert among official deaths, causing surprise as his name appeared in a death list. The incident suggests a clerical error with potential need for correction by the agency involved.
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Los Angeles
Walter Albert
Frazer-James Dance Group to Perform at Frazer Hall
The Frazer-James dance group will perform Monday at 8 15 p m in Frazer Hall with a program of dancing set to music by world renowned composers. Arthur Frazer will lead solos from his repertoire and provide music. The group has entertained over 800 audiences in three tours since its formation five years ago. The show includes classical dance, ballets, and a Mexican hat dance. Tickets are available at Halliwell's drug store the university gymnasium or from any W A A member.
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Frazer-James
Frazier Hall
Women's Athletic Association
Arthur Frazer
Frazer
James
Halliwell
University Gymnasium
Women’s Athletic Association
Kiwanis Officials Set Two Day Idaho Utah Session In Pocatello
Kiwanis club leaders from Idaho and Utah gather in Pocatello for a two day meeting starting Saturday with Jease N Ellert retiring district governor and O P Duvall new governor among the attendees. Saturday focuses on club business and Sunday features a luncheon presided by L E Glennon with all organization members invited. Field nurse Miss Margaret Thomas visits with a group of children for eye exams and reports tuberculin testing underway in Butte county with Child Health Council cooperation.
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Kiwanis
Idaho
Utah
Pocatello
Jease N. Ellertson
Provo
O. P. Duvall
Twin Fells
L. E. Glennon
Margaret Thomas
The
Anti-tuberculosis Association
Thomas
Butte County
Child Health Council
Benefit Association Wins Court Victory
The Ida Mutual Benefit association with 18000 members avoids violating Idaho statutes in its premium collection method. District Judge Charles F. Koelsch denied canceling the association’s charter. Attorney General J W Taylor had sued for the state and Insurance Commissioner W H Bakes claiming excess authority was used.
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Boise
Ida- Mutual Benefit Association
Charles F. Koelsch
J. W. Taylor
W. H. Bakes
Livestock groups push for Idaho state association formation
Representatives from county marketing associations east of Gooding voted to form a Idaho state livestock association. Ezra T. Benson will call a January meeting in Pocatello after county boards select members for a proposed state committee. National Livestock association officials P. O. Wilson I H Jacob and F F Hanks spoke on marketing and bargaining power.
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Gooding
Ezra T. Benson
Benson
Pocatello
Emmett
Idaho
P. O. Wilson
National Livestock Association
National Association
Wilson
I. H. Jacob
Producers Livestock Marketing Association
Salt Lake City
F. F. Hanks
Denver
Intermountain Livestock Marketing Association
Jacobs
Hanks
Mr. Hanks
FE. F. Rinehert
Firemen Repair Toys For Christmas Goodfellows
Captain Henry C. Minor of the Pocatello fire department says the repair shop will operate year round to refurbish sturdier toys like tricycles and wagons for Christmas distribution. Samples are on display at Idaho Glass Paint Co. Toys be donated from schools and local children to extend reuse beyond the holiday season.
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Goodfellows
Henry C. Minor
Idaho Glass Paint Co
North Main
Captain Minor
Pocatello
Minor
Hog pool sales reported by county agent
About 190 hogs were penned Thursday in a pool held for Swift and Company at a rate of 7.65 dollars per hundred pounds. County agricultural agent A E B Duke reported the event.
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Grace
Swift & Co
A. E B. Duke
County Agricultural
State Names Chick Kelly to Law Enforcement Post
Charles Chick Kelly, formerly with the police department, has been appointed a member of the state department of law enforcement after six weeks in the process.
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Charles
Chick) Kelly
State Department of Law Enforcement
Weather Holds Up Rescue Of Passengers From Hoover Liner
Bad weather slows relief moves for the stranded President Hoover liner off For Morris Island. Three American destroyers struggle through heavy seas and high winds unable to reach the ship before Monday dawn. Passengers remain ashore as Dollar Line officials plan transfer to the President McKinley once in position near Manila.
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President Hoover
Cavite
Little Island
Formosa
Hoishoto ‘Sland
Dollar Line
Dollar
President McKinley
President Hoerrs
Hier
McKinry
McKinley
Manila
Hoover
Hoishoto
Illness Fatal To Cecil Shepherd
Funeral services were held in Paris for Cecil Shepherd 48 who died after a brief illness. He was born in Paris May 12 1889 and is survived by his widow Alice and daughter Lucille along with seven siblings. Several relatives and church leaders attended the service at the Paris cemetery, with the grave dedicated by S S Humphery of Shelley.
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S. E. Hymas
Paris
S. S. Humphery
Shelley
Bennie the dog and a hen settle shared motherhood
In Dallas Bennie a dog mother of four puppies bonds with a tiny hen that cares for the pups. The hen shelters them under Bennie’s wings and returns to her own roost at mealtime. Marie E Behrens cans the brood and noted a prior clash ended in an uneasy but working arrangement.
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Bennie
Marie E. Behrens
Sword's Points
Montpelier Chamber elects officers and reports
The Montpelier Chamber of Commerce elected Fred Cruikshank as president and named a seven member board including A E Thiel A O Porter A F Carleton E B Taylor H G Nuckols Levi Aland Retiring president A A Vealey remains an ex officio member M S Benedict announced NYA director Joe Call of Pocatello inspected possible sites for skating rink and skiing hill A M Thorf reported on Christmas street decorating completion and Frank Sorgatz on roads committee activities.
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Montpelier
NYA
A. M. Thorf
Frank Sorgatz
Il Duce Withdraws From League of Nations
Conservationists from federal state and private agencies convene a game management conference in Moscow Idaho to select Idaho Southern University at Pocatello for the 1938 meeting and form a research committee to plan a program at Boise during the Idaho Wildlife Federation convention. The session highlights the need for more information in wildlife and conservation fields.
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Moscow
Idaho
Idaho Southern University
O'Malley Sues For Funds In Ada District Court
Idaho case details P. C. O'Malley former manager of the state insurance fund sued in Ada District Court seeking $7 100 repayment to the state and $275 for final month and three days of salary in office The state filed an answer and demurrer Judge Winstead set then postponed new date due to judicial recusals and a separate judge Koelsch will set a new date The attorney general questioned O'Malley's eligibility arguing he overlapped overdraft limits and seeking to recover 7000 plus expenses filed with overpayments and travel costs.
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Boise
P. C. O'Malley
Idaho State Insurance Fund
W. O. Beckwith
O'Malley
Harry C Parsons O'Malley
Barzilla W. Clark
Attorney General’s Office
C. E. Winstead
J. W. Taylor
Wnstead
Charlies F. Koelsch
Supreme Court
O’malley
Boise Man Named Hotel Officer
Virgil McGeen of Boise elected president of the Idaho Hote association at the 1938 annual convention held in Idaho Falls. Floyd A. Bailey of Idaho Falls named first vice president, Henry Brady of Pocatello second vice president, Howard Fox of Idaho Falls secretary treasurer. Chauncey West of Salt Lake City spoke on employer employee relations as the group discussed wage bills and a possible regional hotel association across Idaho Utah Montana Wyoming Colorado and Nevada.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho Hote
Association
Virgil McGeen
Boise
Floyd A. Bailey
Henry Brady
Pocatello
Howard Fox
Chauncey West
Salt Lake City
Congress
D. J. Elred
Idaho
Utah
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Nevada
Death Takes a Holiday narrator killed by auto in Twin Falls
Mrs. Jula Mills aged 83 was leaving an auditorium after a high school class presentation of Death Takes a Holiday when she was struck by a car and killed. Police investigated the crash and identified the vehicle involved.
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Auditorum
Jula Mills
Buffalo for Banquet Bells the Oklahoma Poultry Banquet
In Pawhuska Oklahoma on December 11 the Oklahoma Poultry Association menu features barbecued buffalo. The item stands among other offerings as part of a local banquet.
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Pawhuska
Okla
Oklahoma Poultry Essociation
Motor Stolen from Local Home on North Main
Ed Graveline reports a theft of a small motor from 1018 North Main. The incident was logged at 645 South Eighth.
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Graveline
South Eighth
North Main
Japan Pounds At Nanking As Fall Nears
Shanghai dispatches report three Japanese columns with siege guns and bombers pounding Nanking. A thrust along the Yangtze imperils the last escape route. Taiping and a column 10 miles above Nanking were in Japanese hands. Chinese defense says walls hold and resistance remains stiff.
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Shanghai
Nanking
China
Yangtze
Taiping
Hankow
Tang Sengchi
Nankine
Kuankhuaimen
Rain Sweeps West Area
An Associated Press report describes an arm of the northwest low crossing Montana Wyoming and extending into Colorado. Overcast skies dominate west of the mountains with rainfall from light to moderately heavy and no snow except at high elevations. Brisk south winds toward the northwest low bring unusually warm weather in the plateau.
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Associated Press
Montana
Wyomine
Colorado
Five Drowned As Belfast Steamer Sinks In Storm
Five victims of a shipwreck washed ashore in Northern Ireland, raising the death toll from storms across the British Isles. The Belfast steamer Annagher, a 586 ton coastal vessel, sank off the Irish coast in a driving snow storm. Four others are missing.
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London
Northern Ireland
British Isles
Belfast
Annagher
Prisoner Bates Sentenced for Grand Larceny
Albert Bates found guilty by a district court jury of grand larceny and sentenced by District Judge Guy Stevens to three to fourteen years in the state penitentiary.
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Blackfoot
Albert Bates
Guy Stevens
Paris Police Seek Fate Of Second American In Mass Murder Case
Paris police hunted for a second American feared to be involved in a mass murder syndicate. They feared the group had claimed ten victims, with five already admitted by self styled expert Eugene Weidmann. Authorities suspected four women and an American tourist could have been lured to the St Cloud death trap.
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Paris
Eugene Weidmann
St Cloud
Mussolini says Geneva prepares for war
Mussolini declares Italy withdraws from the League of Nations and vows to work for peace. He speaks from Palazzo Venezia balcony as crowds cheer in Rome. Reactions abroad say the move won t alter European dynamics and is seen as boosting anti communist pacts.
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Associated Press
Rome
Italy
League of Nations
Grand Ecoaneil
Benito Mussolini
Palazzo Venezia
Palance
Germany
Japan
League
Washington
London
Idaho Utah Nisei Hold Neutral Stance on Sino Japanese Crisis
Idaho and Utah Nisei at their annual conference united to remain neutral in the Sino Japanese crisis. About 200 Japanese Americans ignored requests from Japan for contributions related to the affair. Nora Kato chaired the forum and stressed American birthright and neutrality. The 1938 conference is set for Rexburg.
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Idaho
Utah
Nisei
Japan
Nora Kato
Pocatello
United States
Forgotten Man in Indianapolis Wins Release After Seven Months
Sam Manford, 55, of Louisville, Kentucky, labeled the nations No 1 forgotten man, was jailed seven months without trial after a theft arrest and $2,500 bond issue. The judge ordered his release yesterday, and Manford immediately headed back to Louisville.
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Indianapolis
Sam Manford
Louisville
the Nations
Manford
Utah Indians Rally To Edge Bengals In Exhibition Fight
In Reed Hall gymnasium Utah beat Idaho Southern 40 to 30 in an exhibition clash. The Utah team built a 24 to 6 lead, then withstood a Bengals rally in the second half as Nielsen Pendelton and Mulica starred for Utah with 14 9 and 14 points among the scoring totals.
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University of Utah
Bengals of Idaho Southern
Rocky Mountain
Tah
Durne
Bengals
Reed Hall
Utah
Bob Mulica
Pocatello
Nielsen
Pendelton
Lowe
Atkinson
Idaho Southern
Little Bredve Stone
Merion Anderson
Pendleton
Nielson
Wilson
Birc
Idaho
Birch
Schiffman
Isham
Low
Re Atkinson
Izeee Anderson
Iree Ee
Leute
Gross
Bulls Rest in Tunnel
A pair of rambunctious Short horn steers escaped from a truck in the Holland Tunnel beneath the Hudson River delaying New York traffic for about 20 minutes. Eleven other steers were being transported to Brooklyn when one pried a door with its horn. An emergency squad used lassos to recapture the animals.
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Holland Tunnel
Hudson River
Brooklyn
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