Clark Starts Term Monday Succeeding Bottolfsen
Idaho prepares for the inauguration of Chase A. Clark as the 18th governor with a 19 gun salute, a statehouse reception, and the inaugural ball as the 26th legislature convenes for a 60 day session in Boise.
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Boise
Idaho
Chase A. Clark
Clark
Supreme Court
James F. Airshie
Alfred Budge
Adjt
M G. McConnel
Ben A. Stroup
193Rd Field Artillery
Bottolfsen
Budge
Public Works Head Proposes Idaho Highway Reforms
Public Works Commissioner J. O. Newcomb unveiled a plan for a three man non salaried highway commission with a full time secretary. He urged a state board of mediation and arbitration to handle labor disputes and prevent strikes. The report also calls to tighten motor fuels tax refunds for non highway use and curb billboard placement near major highway intersections.
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Boise
Idaho
J. O. Newcomb
Newcomb
Bottolfsen
Board of Mediation and Arbitration
Highways Bureau
Department of Public Works
Court Finds Sunshine Mining Suit Premature
A three judge federal court ruled the Sunshine Mining case in Boise premature regarding applying the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act to the Shoshone county silver producer. Judge Cavanah with Healy and Pray returned the case to Cavanah's court pending an injunction action by the company.
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Boise
Sunshine Mining Company
Shoshone County
C. C. Cavanah
William Healy
San Francisco
Charles N. Pray
Great Falls
Pocatellan Named Hostess for LDS Social Center
Mrs. Parley A. Dansie of Pocatello is named hostess for the Lion House social center in Salt Lake City, succeeding Mrs. Martha G. Smith. Announcement came from Mrs. Lucy G. Cannon, president of the LDS Young Women’s Mutual Improvement Association. Dansie, born in Tasmania, has long been active in LDS affairs and was formerly secretary of the Women’s Auxiliary to the National Wool Growers’ Association.
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Salt Lake City
Parley A. Dansie
Lysander C. Pond
Pocatello
Martha G. Smith
Latter Day Saints Church
Lion House
Lucy G. Cannon
L. D. S. Young Women’s Mutual Improvement Association
National
Woolgrowers’ Association
Weather outlook shows warm air and scattered snow showers
A cloudy pattern covers the western states with temperatures above Friday but below normal. A narrow band of snow showers runs from northeastern Washington through northern Idaho and northwestern Montana toward northern Utah and northern Nevada as moist air moves eastward at high levels.
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Washington
Idaho
Montana
Utah
Nevada
U S to Send Mercy Ship to Greece in January
The American Red Cross plans a mercy ship to Greece mid January carrying 1 176 000 in hospital supplies for war wounded and refugees. The cargo includes five field hospitals of 250 beds each and a mobile operating room along with ambulances and hospital trucks.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Greece
Norman H. Davis
New York
Kassandra Louloudis
Athens
Africa
Suez Canal
Red Cross
Miner Dies in Utah Underground Blast
Sheldon Binch was killed and Glen Petty seriously injured in an explosion half a mile underground in the Royal Coal Company's workings near Helper Utah. Leonard E Adams said the blast occurred about 7 p.m. and the source was not yet determined. Petty was hospitalized. Binch and Petty resided in Royal Utah.
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Helper
Utah
Sheldon Binch
Glen Petty
Royal Coal Company
Leonard E. Adams
Petty
Adams
Binch
Royal
Flyers Adopt New Device To Track In Flight Position
United Air Lines announces a safety aid that plots an airliner’s ground position during flight. A Chicago dispatcher could monitor routing with a running chart, noting any deviation from course. The system uses shortwave radio and was developed after four years of research at the UAL communications laboratory in Chicago.
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Chicago
United Air Lines
Cunningham
U.A.L. Communications Laboratory
Court awards Cum mings against Langrosse for estate funds
Federal Judge C C Cavanah grants Judge Will Cummings of Chattanooga a judgment of 125 491.98 dollars plus costs against William H Langrosse Boise executor of the James McDonald Jr will. McDonald heir to an oil fortune was found dead in a Boise garage in July 1936. Cummings sued to recover funds advanced and salaries as trustee of the McDonald estate.
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C. C. Cavanah
Will Cummings
Chattanooga
Tenn
William H. Langrosse
James McDonald, Jr
McDonald
Cummings
McDonald, Jr
Sheepmen to Meet Here in Idaho Convention
Idaho Wool Growers association plans its annual convention in Pocatello January 13-14 to discuss war effects on the sheep industry. Secretary M. C. Claar notes world wool surplus amid wartime demand for imports and outlines issues on wool market release. Speakers include Chase A. Clark, W. M. Jeffers, H. B. Soulen, and C. N. Woods with state and regional officials attending.
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Boise
Idaho Wool Growers Association
Pocatello
M. C. Claar
F. R. Marshall
Salt Lake City
National Wool Growers Association
Claar
State Association
Chase A. Clark
W. M. Jeffers
Union Pacific Railroad
H. B. Soulen
Weiser
Chaplin declines Critics Award over competition concern
Charles Chaplin refused the New York Film Critics' best actor honor for 1940 arguing that accepting it would imply actors compete with each other. He said such an approach is not inspiring in a telegram to Bosley Crowther, noting his film The Great Dictator failed to excite New York critics. The award had been offered last Sunday and was to be presented at a Critics' party the next day.
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New York
Charles Chaplin
Film Critics
Bosley Crowther
Chaplin
Hay chopper accident kills Caldwell farmhand
Charles Cupp of Wilder was fatally injured when his clothing was caught in hay chopper machinery at the H. P. Peckham ranch near Caldwell Idaho. Witnesses said he suffered a fractured skull and deep lacerations.
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Caldwell
Idaho
Charles Cupp
Wilder
H. P. Peckham Ranch
Here
Fleet Leaving for Patrol After Shelling
Washington reports the closing of the longest session in history as Congress nears a new session dominated by national defense issues. Domestic works in Idaho Oregon Utah and Washington face curtailment yet reclamation projects like Deer Creek Anderson Ranch Bonneville and Grand Coulee seek funding. Idaho hopes to start Anderson Ranch with defense spending constraints shaping priorities.
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Congress
Oregon
Idaho
Utah
Roosevelt
Reclamation Bloc
Deer Creek
Anderson Ranch
Bonneville
Grand Coulee
Car Accident Injures Four Near Mountain Home Idaho
Four people were seriously injured in a snowstorm wreck one and a half miles west of Mountain Home Idaho. Mrs. W T Summers 41 of Nampa suffered a skull fracture and cuts and Mrs Wyndel Barger 22 of Klickitat Wash a fractured pelvis and facial injuries Both in critical condition at a Boise hospital Summers husband 43 broken leg severe cuts and Barger 27 a broken foot and lacerations were also hurt The third car involved had no injuries Elmore County Sheriff Earl Winters assisted in transporting the four to Boise Names of the other occupants were not learned.
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Mountain Home
Idaho
Here
W. T. Summers
Nampa
Wyndel Barger
Klickitat, Wash
Boise
Elmore
Earl Winters
Steel Arch Swanson Bridge Near Pocatello Completed
County engineer W. P. Havener reports the steel arch Swanson bridge over the Portneuf on the Batiste road west of Pocatello is finished. Work on the Ross park bridge is delayed by high water while rock work proceeds.
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W. P. Havener
Swanson
Portneuf
Batiste Road
Pocatello
Ross Park
Havenor
German Forces Pay Heavily For Invasion of Norway
Tor Gijesdal, former Norwegian war correspondent, reports a Norwegian survey showing German losses in Norway invasion totaling 67,000 men and over one third of its fleet. The first night sunk include battleship Gneisenau and cruisers Blucher Emden and Karlsruhe. later sea battles with Britain increased losses to about one third of the fleet in 48 hours.
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San Diego
Tor Gijesdal
Washington
Germany
Gjesdal
Spain
China
Finland
la Jolla
Gneisnau
Blucher
Emden
Karlsruhe
Bottolfsen Issues Warrant for Transfer of Callis
Boise January 4 Governor Bottolfsen issued a fugitive warrant at the request of Bannock County prosecutor CC M Jeffery for Robert S Callis 58 former Bannock county probate judge held in Los Angeles on a complaint charging embezzlement of 1913.64 in court funds. Extradition proceedings before California Governor Culbert L Olson were fixed January 31.
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Boise
Bannock County
CC. M. Jeffery
Bottolfsen
Robert
Callis
Los Angeles
California
Culbert L. Olson
British Invasion Talk Turns to French Coast Defenses
Jan 4 report says British squadrons already staged motorcycle raids in German occupied France and discuss a larger invasion push. Germans reportedly building a defensive line along the English Channel with Maginot guns possibly redeployed to shore defenses.
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France
Amiens
Hitler
London
English Channel
Germany
Pocatello Post Office Receipts Rise in 1940
Pocatello postmaster A H McGuire reports 1940 postal receipts at the Pocatello office reached 138886.18 dollars, up from 133927.90 in 1939. December 1940 receipts totaled 19014.15 dollars versus 18199.92 for December 1939.
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Pocatello
A. H. McGuire
McGuire
New County Officers to Be Sworn In January 13
Newly elected county officers will be sworn in Monday January 13 by Anna Keefe the county clerk and clerk of the district court who was elected two years ago to a four year term Her office is the only four year term county office Sheriff Rossiter was defeated in the Democratic primary and will be succeeded by Dave McNichols a former deputy sheriff
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Anna Keefe
Court House
Mr. Rossiter
Dave McNichols
Weather outlook for Utah and Idaho forecasts snow and clouds
The Utah forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies Sunday and Monday with occasional snow in the north and central regions starting Sunday afternoon and little temperature change. Idaho expects snow Sunday and Monday with slightly warmer conditions overall.
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Utah
Idaho
British flags drive toward final Bardia victory after siege
Allied forces press the assault on Bardia as British air, sea, and land power strike the Italian base. Greek forces push north of Klisura Tepeleni toward Valona while Greek submarine Katsonis sinks an Italian tanker. Italian losses mount with 204 prisoners taken and equipment captured.
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RAF
Albania
Klisura-Tepeleni
Valona
Marine Ministry
Katsonis
Adriatic Sea
Athens
Senate picks former foes to lead Democrats and Republicans
In Washington on January 4, Democratic senators chose Alben Barkley as majority leader and Pat Harrison as president pro tempore after a leadership clash in 1937. Hill of Alabama became whip, while Minton lost reelection. Republicans reelected Charles McNary as minority leader and George Austin as assistant leader.
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Washington
Alben Barkley
Kentucky
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Barkley
Harrison
Roosevelt
Joe Robinson
Senator McNary
Oregon
Senator Austin
Vermont
Lawmaker Calls for Quick Reform of School Election Rules
Idaho Falls January 4 Representative Reed Andrus said immediate legislation is needed to fix a practice allowing school board incumbents to influence votes by closing polls at will. He cited reports of directors bringing in votes and then shuttering polls.
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Idaho Falls
Reed Andrus
Bonneville
Boise
Income Taxes To Raise Needed Funds
Washington lawmakers debated funding gaps with higher taxes. Senators La Follette and George pressed boosting income taxes and surtaxes, while defense costs and an eight billion dollar baseline of ordinary expenditures shaped the Roosevelt budget plan. Budget officials estimated normal expenditures around eight billion and total outlays near seventeen billion for the year.
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la Follete
Finance Committee
la Follette
Congress
Barkley
Roosevelt
Utah to Inaugurate Governor Monday
Preparations were complete tonight for the inauguration of Utahs new official family Monday. At 12 oclock noon Governor Henry H Blood and Governor elect Herbert B Maw will be escorted from the chief executives office to the supreme court chambers to inaugurate the new administration and set the stage for the 1941 legislative session.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Henry H. Blood
Herbert B. Maw
Supreme Court
Grange Meeting Showcased Fair Films in Portneuf
Portneuf grange No. 229 met Friday at the Idaho Power auditorium. Eric Sunquist of Blackfoot, secretary of the Eastern Idaho State fair, presented motion pictures from the 1939 and 1940 fairs. Four-H club youths from the Pocatello district attended as guests. the program was arranged by Mrs. C. P. Criswell, lecturer of Portneuf grange.
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Idaho Power Company
Eric Sunquist
Blackfoot
Idaho
Pocatello
Grange
C. P. Criswell
Portneuf Grange
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