Oregon Shore Line Christmas Tree Aid Program
The Oregon Short Line shop workers plan a second annual Christmas program Friday morning in Pocatelto back shops inviting employees families and city children. A forty five foot spruce will be decorated by the electric force using a locomotive crane. a large stage will be built and three engines moved from pits. The day includes a band concert singing address and talent segments plus a 20 pound turkey prize for the largest family present and toy and candy distribution aided by local businesses.
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Oregon Shore Line
Pocatelto
Short Line
the & E. A
Wallace's Successor Named Salt Lake City
Dr. C. Kirkwood of Livingston Ontario selected as state epidemiologist succeeding Dr. James Wallace who resigns after two years to become assistant state health commissioner of Iowa. Kirkwood, Jefferson Medical College graduate, served ten years in army and public health, stationed at the Philippine Islands and Fort Bayard New Mexico.
Maytag Manager Wins In Contest At Pocatello
O I Avery manager of The Maytag Shop at Pocatello is among the winners in a regional sales contest. He ranks fifth by selling 125 percent of his quota and earns an all expenses paid trip to the National Sales Convention at the Newton factory in Iowa December 28 29 and 30. Attendance is expected to exceed 500 from across the country.
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O. I. Avery
Pocatello
Mr. Avery
Newton
Iowa
Maytag Intermountain Compiny
Salt Lake
Denver
Bill Hart Stars in New Western Epic at Capitol Theatre
The Capitol Theatre hosted the local premiere of Bill Hart's latest film, a powerful western drama about homesteaders in 1889 on the Cherokee Land Strip. Hart plays a rugged cowboy who wins love amid cattle barons and land rushes to claim virgin prairie between Kansas and Oklahoma.
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Bill Hart
Capitol Theatre
West
Homestead Army
Virgin Prairie
Kansas
Oklahoma
Indian wards restricted from modern transport choices
In Washington on December 22, the commissioner in Indian affairs disallowed a Kansas City to Oklahoma reservation transport plan for two youths. They first traveled by train at $8.02 each for medical care. Four days later one used an airplane at $150 and the other a taxi at $114 with a loan and two hours of local rides.
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Washington
Sau
Braver
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Union Pacific Seeks New Line From Peter Wyoming
The Union Pacific railroad asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to approve ten miles of new track running south from Peter Wyoming to serve sugar beet ands. The request aims to expand service and boost regional agricultural shipments.
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Washington
Union Pacific Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Peter Wyo
Helena lawyer Rankin endorsed for U S district attorney
The Great Falls Tribune reports Wellington J. Rankin of Helena, former Montana attorney general, endorsed by Congressman Scott Leavitt for appointment as United States district attorney in Montana.
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Great Falls
Mont
Great Falls Tribune
Wellington JD. Rankin
Helena
Montana
Scott Leavitt
United States
Ford Plan for Nonstop Pole Flight Under Consideration
Reports in New York indicate a polar flight from Point Barrow to Spitzbergen may be pursued with Henry Ford backing or at least interest. McCook field officials confirm Army fliers were invited to pilot a polar route. Polar mission linked to Vilhjalmur Stefansson with George H. Wilkins and Isiah Boweman involved. Believed to depart next spring.
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New York
North Pole
Henry Ford
McCook
Dayton
Ohio
Point Barrow
Alaska
Spitzbergen
Ford
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
George H. Wilkins
Stefansson
Isiah Boweman
American Geographical Society
Malcolm Alexander Smith
Wilkins
Smith
Detroit
Mr. Ford
John A. Macready
James H. Doolittle
Afe Cockfield
Pole
Gidde
Episcopalians Defeat Blackfoot in 37 16 Basketball Win
The Episcopalian young men's team from the Y defeated Blackfoot high team 37 to 16 on the Y floor. Early leads were tight as Grove City and Episcopalians traded fouls and turnovers before the half ended 18 to 11. The winners dominated the second half with improved passing and defense.
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Blackfoot
Episcopalians
Lawrence
Webb Dean
Jack Trimming
Houde
Horrocks
Clarke
Barker
Grove City
Shumaker
Vanderwood
Taylor
Invaders
Bark
Government savings nix taxi and plane travel for Indian wards
Wire dispatches report Uncle Sam rejects payment of 140 for a Kansas City to Osage reservation flight and 114 for a taxi to a hospital, citing cheaper options as the train fare in the reverse direction was 8.02.
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Washington
Sam
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Bird coal price set at 8.25 per ton by Western Coal Co
Western Coal Co announces a Bird coal price of 8.25 dollars per ton for immediate sale. The notice lists the company as the pricing authority and states the rate applies to bulk purchases.
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Bird Coal
Western Coal Co
Ali Abdicates Hedjaz Throne as Rival Riyadh Forces Advance
King Ali of Hedjaz has abdicated and a provisional government prepares to hand Jedda to Ibn Saoud, sultan of Nejd. British official sources say Nejd troops may enter Jedda on Wednesday as tensions with Wahabi tribes persist since 1919.
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Hedjaz
Ibn Saoud
London
Ali
Jedda
Nedj
House of Commons
Oliver Locker-Lampson
Austen Chamberlin
Port Sudan
Egypt
Red Sea
Arabia
Italy
Mecca
Hussein
Sultanate of
Nejd
Blackfoot High to Play Presbyterians and Methodists at Y
The Blackfoot high school basketball squad will face the Presbyterians at the Y M C A gym on New Year’s Eve and then meet the Methodists at 7 30 New Year’s evening. Also scheduled is a clash between First Ward LD8 boys and the Christian Science team of the Y’s intermediate league at 11 New Year’s morning. The American Legion volleyball contest with the OSL Athletic Club is set for 4 PM New Year’s afternoon.
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Horrocks
Johnson
Ahlstrom
Smith
Long
Blackfoot
Blackfoot High School
Presbyterians
Methodists
L. D
Christian Science
American Legion
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Charleston
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Thatcher Stewart
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Spain
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Germany
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Brussels
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Idaho
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