Xmas business up 18 percent in U S stores
National Retail Dry Goods Association reports an 18 percent year over year rise in Christmas trade for the first half of December across major department stores. Chicago notes holiday demand the strongest since 1929 while Atlanta bankers cite a 46.7 percent jump in clearings for the second week of December.
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U. S
New York
National Retail Dry Goods Association
Federal Reserve System
Chicago
Atlanta
Southeast
Bread Dealer Shot To Death In New York Store
Giuseppe Minardi a 47 year old bread dealer was shot to death after opening his East 14th street shop police suspect bread racketeers. His wife Mary witnessed two men enter the store question him then a gunfight followed with Minardi fatally shot and the pair fleeing.
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New York
Giuseppe Minardi
East 14Th Street
Mary
Minardi
Admiral Friedrich Von Ingenohl Dies at 76 in Berlin
Admiral Friedrich Von Ingenohl former head of Germanys high seas fleet and commander at Heligoland Bight died today aged 76 in Berlin. His wartime service included leading a squadron in the battle of Heligoland Bight.
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Berlin
Friedrich von Ingenohl
Germany
Heligoland Bight
Marriage License Granted in Salt Lake City
Gien Stone 25 and Della Jones 18 both of Sugar City Idaho obtained a marriage license in Salt Lake City yesterday.
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Salt Lake City
Gien Stone
Della Jones
Sugar City
Idaho
Birth of Daughter Breaks Up Dinner
Hollywood dispatch reports Walt Disney leaving a banquet honoring his service to childhood after receiving news that his wife Lillian Bounds had given birth to their daughter Dianne Marie, eight pounds two ounces. The 75 guests stood surprised as Disney hurried away.
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Hollywood
Walt Disney
Mickey Mouse
Disney
Lillian Bounds
Lewiston
Idaho
Dianne Marie
U.S. Weighs Direct Government Loans to Industry
Washington reports growing support for direct federal loans to industry to boost payrolls and activity amid scarce private financing. Proposals differ on scale and purpose, with advocates framing loans as an artificial accelerant or a targeted normal-need aid. Private corporate financing fell to 3 million in October from 48 million last year.
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Washington
Will Rogers Wires The Tribune About Banks
Beverly Hills Calif Dec 19 Will Rogers comments on Jesse Jones and the Redistribu tion Finance Corporation planning to loan to industries to shame banks. He mockingly suggests banks will end up borrowing from Jesse’s fund, noting that bankers are hard to shame.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Jesse Jones
R.F.C
Redistribution Finance Corporation
Jesse
Will
Boy Struck by Car in Front of Truck
Eight year old Murray Sorenson ran in front of a Jackson Hole driver Ben Gee Jr. and was hit. He suffered two severe scalp wounds and was taken to Beck hospital where doctors reported his condition as satisfactory Monday night. The accident occurred in view of the boy’s father.
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Boy Blackfoot
Murray Sorenson
Ben Gee, Jr
Jackson Hole
Beck Hospital
France seeks backing for plan to resist German rearmament
Paris reports the French government plans a vote of confidence before the new year to unite the country behind its refusal to accept German armament demands. War chiefs council will review the Franco German situation with Daladier Sarraut Cot and Chautemps while Boncour pushes for Geneva supervision.
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Paris
Hitler
Germany
League of Nations
Council of National Defense
Edouard Daladier
Albert Sarraut
Pierre Cot
Air
Camille Chautemps
John Simon
Joseph Paul Boncour
Geneva
Domestic gold price held at Monday figure
The government kept the domestic price at 34.06 dollars an ounce for the second day. In London, bar gold stood at 32.67 dollars per ounce as the RFC price move followed a five cent lift yesterday. Morgenthau praised price responses and left Washington to discuss next year’s budget. speculation on new monetary powers was called purely speculative.
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Washington
RFC
Morgenthau
London
Bar
Capitol
Treasury
Department
Roosevelt
Congress
Herbert E. Gaston
United State
Hollywood Secret: Miriam Jordan Revealed Marital Past
Los Angeles reports confirm Miriam Jordan, the actress known as a lifelong single, was actually married for seven years. The English born star, using Miriam Ruby Davis as her legal name, filed for divorce from Joseph Davis alleging laziness and profligacy. The suit states they wed in London on April 14, 1926, and that she separated four years ago.
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Los Angeles
Miriam Jordan
Hollywood
Miriam Ruby Davis
Joseph Davis
London
New York
Davis
Christmas Elk Meat For Eastern Idaho Needy
Idaho fish and game department distributes more than a thousand pounds of elk meat for Christmas baskets. The Goodfellows club, aided by Pocatello Elks lodge, adds cuts to 200 plus baskets with four and a half animals released. Carcasses sent to American Falls and Malad for distribution after elk shoot at the focal game preserve on Sept 25 to Oct 5. F A Plastino chaired the effort via Amos Eckert the state game warden.
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Idaho
Idaho State Fish and Game Department
Goodfellows Club
Pocatello Elks Lodge
American Falls
Focal Game
F. A. Plastino
Champer of Commerce Wildlife Committee
Amos Eckert
Elephants Die After All Night Feast in Indian Field
Seventeen elephants were found dead in a corn field in the Cumbum valley Madras after an all night feast. Authorities are unsure if poisoning or curiosity over ripening grain caused the deaths as the herd reportedly ate themselves to death.
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Madrura
Madras
Cumbum
Candidates Take Postmaster Test
The civil service commission announced it would accept applications through January 5 for competitive postmaster examinations in several states. It lists towns in Idaho with salaries ranging from 1100 to 2100 dollars, including Ashton Bovill Glenns Ferry Kooskin Mullen Rathdrum Victor Wendell and others.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Idaho
Ashton
Bovill
Glenns Ferry
Kooskin
Mullen
Rathdrum
Victor
Wendell
Sin clair Lewis Walks Out On Nobel Banquet
Sinclair Lewis, famed American novelist, walked out of a Nobel banquet in New York honoring Alfred Nobel. He briefly left over photo taking, then returned after discussions with Estelle Sternberger and others. He explained he disliked being photographed during dinner.
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Sinclair Lewis
New York
Sauk Center
Minn
Alfred Bernhard Nobel
Lewis
Albert Einstein
Irving Langmuir
Frank B Kellogg
Casto
Estelle M. Sternberger
World Peaceways
Elmer Gentry
Babbitt
Idaho Teachers Pay Scale Reveals Wide Gap
Boise December survey by state superintendent John W. Condie shows about two thirds of Idaho public school teachers earn under 1000 dollars annually. Only 15 percent make 2000 dollars or more, with 4118 teachers statewide.
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Boise
Idaho
John W. Condie
L. H. Roberts 28 Dies After Long Illness
Livingston H. Roberts 28 died this morning at his brother Wallace W. Roberts’s home 320 Warren Avenue after a long illness. Born December 9 1905 in Blackfoot he is survived only by his brother. Funeral services set for 2 p m Thursday at Hall mortuary with Bishop James Quinn of the L D S Fifth Ward presiding.
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Livingston H. Roberts
Wallace W. Roberts
Warren Avenue
Blackfoot
James Quinn
L. D
Fifth Ward
Weather outlook shows fair tonight and Wednesday
Generally fair conditions with unsettled weather in the extreme north tonight and in the northern edge of the region. Warmer temperatures are noted in the northwest portion tonight and into Wednesday.
Wives of Idaho Governor Aid Women Employment Drive
Mrs. C. Ben Ross travels from Boise to Pocatello and Idaho Falls to recruit work for unemployed women. Quotas for Ada Bannock Bingham Bear Lake Bonneville Caribou Oneida Power Franklin total 1000 positions at pay 30 to 55 cents an hour for a 30 hour week. Local Red Cross chapters supply sewing and mattress materials for distribution to the needy.
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Boise
C. Ben Ross
Pocatello
Payette
Washington
Canyon
Idaho
Civil Works
Ada
Bannock
Bingham
Bear Lake
Bonneville
Caribou
Oneida
Power
Franklin
Local hold up at 144 North Arthur tied to store owner
Ed Steinkamp, operator of a second hand shop at 144 North Arthur, reports a man held up customers with a gun until police arrived at 9 30. Donald Le Mere, 18, was taken to the station on a disturbing the peace charge after the incident. Le Mere said he slept in the basement with Steinkamp and other workers, claimed the gun was in a suitcase, and that he was from Warsaw Wisconsin with a reformatory past.
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Ed Steinkamp
North Arthur
Ace Nelson
Donald le Mere
Steinkamp
J. L. Balderston
Marie Desorta
Warsaw
Wis
Shorty
la Mere
General O'Duffy Seeks Freedom In Habeas Corpus Action
General Eoin O'Triffy, co leader of United Ireland, is due to be produced in court tomorrow for a habeas corpus hearing. A strong military guard patrols the Westport police station in Mayo where he is held after a Sunday arrest. Authorities prepared to seek the writ amid preparations for a Sunday demonstration.
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Dublin
Back to Farm Move Seen in Ickes Report
Secretary Ickes reports scant odds for unemployed workers to regain old jobs and notes a shift back to farming for food supply. The document highlights rural self sufficiency programs and vocational training as keys to industrial recovery amid low crop prices and widespread economic strain. Sugar beets on federal reclamation projects show promising sign of improvement.
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Washington
Ickes
Roosevelt
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Elwood Mead
Accident Victims Show Improvement at General Hospital
After a Saturday auto crash Carl Ulrich sixteen, with a fractured skull, is truly improved by hospital staff. Henry nine of Rockland with a fracture also improving. Mrs Moss and grandson Owen Cooper three discharged. Lorene Cooper remains for treatment of a broken right shoulder from the same accident.
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Carl Ulrich
General Hospital
Henry 9
Rockland
Henry Moss
Owen Cooper
Lorene Cooper
Moss
Senator Appointed to Fill Kendrick Vacancy in Wyoming
Governor Miller appointed Joseph C. O'Mahoney as U S senator to fill the Kendrick death vacancy. O'Mahoney, previously first assistant postmaster general, was named yesterday in Cheyenne.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
United States
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Miller
John B. Kendrick
O'Mahoney
Storm batter Pacific Coast leaves two dead and floods
Gales and rains lash the Pacific Northwest with two deaths and ship losses reported. Snow reaches Idaho and California frosts appear in the South. Lookout pass and Dobson pass close as snowbound motorists seek safety. rescue plows operate on two routes.
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Pacific Coast
North
Idaho
Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Juneau
Alaska
Brawley
California
Wallace
Lookout Pass
Missoula
Mont
Wallace-Pritchard
Dobson Pass
Lindbergh and wife end long aerial voyage at New York
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh conclude a 25000 mile world tour landing in the East River near College Point Queens at 2 38 p m The iconic flight last leg from Charleston covered 650 miles in under six hours and they salute their infant son at Englewood New Jersey before homecoming amid cheers and aircraft din
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
East River
College Point
Queens
Lindberghs
Charleston
S. C
Europe
Africa
South
Central America
John Morrow
Lava Ey Wins U P Scholarship for 4 H Livestock Work
Ralph Mauchan of Lava Hot Springs, member of the Milky Way Dairy club, wins the Union Pacific 4-H livestock project scholarship for Bannock County. Committee members include Scott Lowe, Warren Barbour, and Paul Nash. The award carries $100 cash and travel reimbursement if the winner attends the state university in agriculture or home economics. Lyle Maughan and Darrel Byington of Lava are current university scholars. Marion Mock is alternates. Leland Waymer is runner up.
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Ralph Mauchan
Lava Hot Springs
Milky Way Dairy Club
Union Pacific
Bannock County
C. R. Tulley
Scott Lowe
Warren Barbour
Paul Nash
Pocatello Chamber of Commerce
Idaho
State University
College of Agriculture
Department of Home Economics
Lyle Maughan
Darrel Byington
Lava Club
Marion Mock
Downey
Leland Waymer
Oxford
Bandit Told to Beat It Delivers Empty-Handed Exit
In San Jose California Bert Looder a filling station attendant faced a bandit who pointed a gun at him and demanded the cash register. Looder warned him to leave and the bandit, after a moment, pocketed the pistol and complied turning away.
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San Jose
Cal
Bert Looder
Looder
Death suit suspect freed as murder motive reopens
In Pasadena detectives released Thomas Bennett after questioning but revived the jealousy or revenge theory in the Dr. Leonard Siever slaying. Bennett, caretaker's son, owned a pistol matching the murder caliber but had a strong alibi. Police also questioned Rose Dinkowitz, sister of Siever, seeking past life clues.
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Pasadena
Cal
Leonard Siever
Thomas Bennett
Bennett
Siever
Rose Dinkowitz
Winters Growing Warmer Across Century Says Weather Bureau
Chief climatologist Joseph B. Vincer notes mild winters predominate since Civil War era cold spells. Data show 18 of 21 recent Washington winters warmer than normal, similar trends in New Haven and St. Louis. Official winter arrives December 22 at 1 58 a m EST, though meteorologists mark December 1 to March 1 as the season.
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Paul Weir
Associated Press
Washington
Joseph B. Vincer
Weather Bureau
Grand-Dad
New Haven
St. Louis
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CWA
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O’duffy
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Losmar
Oregon
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Columbia River
Pacific
Admiral Cole
Charles L. Wheeler, Jr
Columbia
Henry D. Whiton
Longview
Wash
Richard Hillaire
Bellingham
Nicky Fpumar
Port Angeles
Aberdeen
Hoquiam
Grays Harbor
Aberdeen Armory
Lindbergh
Wife
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