Warden Gess Still Holds Fort In Boise
Warden William H. Gess defies removal after a 2 to 1 board vote. He sits at the Boise pen with guards and inmates, vowing to stay until officially relieved and a full accounting is completed by Karl Evans. Deputy Rex Smith named acting warden as Prater takes over duties once troubles subside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Penitentiary Board
William H. Gess
State
Karl Evans
Bureau of Public Accounts
Geass
J. W. Teylor
Ira H. Masters
Douglas van Vinck
Tacoma
Wash
Barzilla W. Clark
Gess
Ward Fuller
Gem County
Nampa
Phelan
Tony Phelan
Taylor
Wrvening
Bread and Water Fails To Appeal
John C. Richardson faced charges for debris from his truck over a ten block area and posted a $5 bond in police court with the case set for Saturday. Joe Ross, a transient, paid a $100 fine for vag rancy and accepted a bread and water diet offer from Judge Fife. Several individuals forfeited $1 bonds on traffic charges, while Walter Ranstrom paid $5 for improper license plates and Mel Darius was noted for improper parking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Richardson
Joe Ross
Joe
Idaho Falls
Fife Asid
F. Barnes
E. G. Houde
A. E. Gimmel
C. L. Gibson
Walter Ranstrom
Mel Darius
Bingham Condition Fair After Surgery in Baltimore
The condition of Robert W. Bingham United States ambassador to Great Britain remained fair in Baltimore after an operation at Johns Hopkins Hospital yesterday. Surgeon Dr. William F Rienhoff Jr reported inflammation in parts of the abdominal cavity and glands but found no malignant tumor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Robert W. Bingham
U. S
Great Britain
Johnns Hopkins Hospital
William F. Rienhoff, Jr
Government Sells Pelts at Pocatello Station
Bids opened this afternoon at the Pocatello U S biological station for a quantity of coyotes, bears, and cougars taken by government hunters and trappers. Most skins were coyotes with several bear and cougar hides noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello U. S. Biological Station
Welcome Of City of Los Angeles Streamliner Planned
Plans for the Union Pacific 17 car streamliner City of Los Angeles to stop at Pocatello on December 21 include a welcome by Fort Hall Indians. Notables W A Harriman and William M Jeffers will attend as the train runs from New York to Sun Valley and on to Los Angeles for regular service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific Railroad
Los Angeles
New York City
Sun Valley
Fort Hall Reservation
W. A. Harriman
Union Pacific
William M. Jeffers
New York
Streamliner
Sun Valley Resort
Pocatello
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Chicago
T. EB. Williams
Idaho
Joe Youngren
Pocatello Chamber of Commerce Indian Affairs Committee
Arnie Eichenlaub
Chamber
Chester Wells
Paul Nash
Fort Hall
Indian Tribal Council
Harriman
Jeffers
Pocatello Committee
Buffalo Lodge
Nash
Cheyenne
Wyo
North Platte
Neb
Chamber of Commerce
Business Women Celebrate Club Anniversary at Bannock Hotel
Members of the Business and Professional Women's club marked their seventeenth anniversary with a birthday and Christmas meeting at the Bannock Hotel. The program featured a birthday address by Miss Bertha Atkin, music by Anthony Picciano and Anne Pearson, various entertainments, and a drive for Christmas seals for the Anti-tuberculosis program. Guests included Mrs. Hattie Christensen and others. new members were welcomed and gift exchanges and carols closed the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onoring
Sccochlan
Business and Professional Women's Club
Bannock Hotel
Ersal Cornelison
Julia Olson
Dorothy Allen
Lizzie Moran
Alma Clements
Anthony Picciano
Anne Pearson
National Laundry
Ole
Tipperary
Margaret Barrett
C. L. Barrett
Lola L. Olson
Beverly Edwards
Dorothy Watson
Watson Dancing School
Bertha Atkin
Miss Atkin
Paul Roberts
H. C. Wedeler
Eva Weir
Elizabeth Crandall
Helen Morris
Musa Irene DeMouth
Helen Hurst
Hattie Christensen
Salt Lake City
Elizabeth Heer
Frances Guyot
Cressa Adams
Neil Campbell
Irene Cochran
Santa Claus
Roberta
Idaho
Marie Howard
Chamber of Commerce
Grece Ove
Potato Control Forum Outlines Idaho Plan and Shipments
J W Barber district extension agent outlined the potato control program for the AAA marking section during a chamber luncheon. He noted Idaho’s record 32 000 car shipments, this year 40 000 cars produced, 400 cars unsent, and a plan to divert No 2 grades for livestock feed with 25 cents per hundred paid to growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Barber
AAA
Chamber of Commerce Forum
Barber
Idaho
Federal Surplus Commodity Purchasing Department
Forest
W. L. Hansen
Mink Creek
Lockheed
Western Air
Pocatello
Jack Smith
Petrone Studios
Prgram
Hungary Pays Partial War Debt Installment to United States
The Hungarian government sent a $9,828 partial remittance to Secretary Hull via a note from Minister John Pelenyi, deposited at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. It marks Hungary as the first of 12 debtors to resume payments since 1932, though most of the $1.68 billion due today remains in default. Hungary owes $467,673 in current and past installments tied to the 5.2 million flour loan purchase price plus interest from 1920.
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Washington
United States
Hull
John Pelenyi
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Little Balkan
Great Britain
France
Italy
Poland
Yugoslavia
Finland
Hungary
State Department
Continental Oil grants yearend bonus to employees
Continental Oil Company announces a 1937 earnings bonus to employees amounting to nearly a month's salary. President Dan Moran says 1937 was the greatest year in the company’s history and praises staff contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponca City
Okla
Continental Oil Company
Dan Moran
House Blocs Open Fire On Labor Bill
Washington diary reports militant house blocs pressing to replace the administration wage hour bill with stricter standards while debate over local economic considerations, a 40 hour week, and a 40 cent minimum wage unfolds. Opposition blends sectional lines as the senate wrangles crop control amid Roosevelt program aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Erno
House
Norton
Labor Committee
Justice Department
Federal Trade Commission
Dockweler
D. Calif
American Federation of Labor
Snell
New York
Congress
Sirovich
N. Y
Senate
Roosevelt
Barkley
Kentucky
Vandenberg
Mich
Ski Champion Alf Engen Visits Pocatello
Alf Engen national ski champion aided the lay out of jumps and runs in Pocatello's new winter sports area on Mink Creek forest reserve He plans to participate in Bun Valley events January 15-16 and the Alpette club hopes to arrange a program after the Sun Valley show to mark the opening of the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alf Engen
Pocatello
Mink Creek
Engen
Bun Valley
Alpette Winner Sports Club
Sun Valley
Utah Senators Criticize Japan Policy After Gunboat Sinking
In Washington on December 15 Senator King of Utah denounced Japan as pursuing a brutal and devastating war in China and violating treaties after a Japanese bombing attack sank an American gunboat. Senator Thomas D. Utah called Japan's policy unfortunate but not new and favored diplomacy to achieve imperial aims.
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Washington
King
Utah
Japan
China
Thomas D
Panay incident spurs debate on American rights in China
United States protests Japan over the Panay sinking and seeks guarantees of no further unlawful interference in American rights in China. President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull await Japan's formal reply. a broader showdown over U S rights may follow. London considers sending more warships as the China situation unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Hull
Panay
Japan
United States
AlKes
Joseph C. Grew
Koki Hirota
Tokyo
London
Far East
China
Senior Judge Sets Court Terms for Fifth District
J. % Downing, senior judge for the fifth judicial district, fixes 1938 court terms across counties. Terms begin at 10 a.m. in Bannock January 3, March 7, May 2, July 5, September 6, November 7. Power February 7, June 6, November 7. Oneida May 2, September 6. Franklin March 17, May 9, September 19. Bear Lake February 14, July 11, November 7. Caribou March 7, July 18, October 3. Weather mentions tonic and Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downing
Fifth Judicial District
Bannock Infty
Power
Oneida
Franklin
Bear Lake
Caribou
Mir
Memorandum on Japan protest to ambassador
A White House memorandum to the Secretary of State dated December 13, 1937 directs informing the Japanese Ambassador at one o’clock. The note accompanies the presidents protest to Japan submitted at Washington headquarters.
Japanese Embassy Says Americans Safe At Nanking
Shanghai dispatch reports the Japanese embassy in Nanking said 27 foreigners including 18 Americans remained in the city and were safe. Among the non Americans were six Germans two Russians and a Briton who stayed rather than evacuate. The note notes 156000 Chinese in the safety zone and no foreign diplomats remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Nanking
Panay
Yangtze
Punchen
Iwane Matsui
Kai-Shek
Man Loses Lunch Basket Teeth Still Missing
In Bloomington Indiana on December 15 a man misplaced his lunch basket on a downtown street. Police said his false teeth were wrapped with the lunch and could not be recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
Accident Leads To Damage Suit
E A Palmer files suit in district court seeking 25000 general damages and 225 for lost wages against Shell Oil Morgan Inc Orvis Christensen and National Laundry after a July 1 1937 crash two miles west of Pebble. Palmer alleges Christensen drove over the center line without clear lights causing a head on collision that left him unconscious with brain concussion facial lacerations arm wound and swollen eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Palmer
Shell Oil Company
Morgan’, Inc
Orvis Christensen
National Laundry
Morgan's Inc. and
Shell Company
Christensen
Palmer
Charee
Pocatello Meet Plans to Save Wildlife With Federal Funds
Dr. Ira N. Gabrielson chief of the U S biological survey is due in town to attend Idaho Wildlife Federation sessions this week. The two day conference will discuss a 520000 federal appropriation for wildlife conservation and propagation in Idaho. Funds available July 1 1938. Also attending are R G Cole T B Murray and William R McIntyre. Gabrielson will speak to the Pocatello Rotary club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira N. Gabrielson
U. S. Biological Survey
Idaho Wildlife Federation
Gabrielson
R. G. Cole
Boise
Federation
T. B. Murray
Idaho
Biological Survey
William R
Panay Survivors Recount U S Ship Fire in Bombing
Three American survivors arrived in Shanghai reporting the Panay and accompanying vessels were clearly marked with American flags. They described Japanese planes dropping 12 bombs, the Panay sinking after the force garrison was abandoned, and injuries among crew and passengers. The dead listed include Charles Ensminger, C H Carlson, and Sandro Sandri, with others unconfirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
F. Heyden Vines
Roanoke
John L. Hodge
Panay
United States
O'Donnell
Oahu
Naneking
Shanghai
Wuhu
Yangtze River
Standard Oil Company
Hohsven
Oil Company
Sandro Sandri
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Overnment
U.S
The
White House
Yangtse
Cordell Hull
AP Telemat
Chiang Kai-Shek
Twin Falls
R. E. Shepherd
Jerome
F. E. Sayre
Bliss
American Falls Reservoir
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Jim Marshall
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