Wool Growers Likely to Reelect H B Soulen President
Idaho Wool Growers 48th annual convention nears close with warnings against expanding grazing to meet wartime demand and against bureaucratic moves and price hikes. Officers including H B Soulen of Weiser expected to be reelected amid attacks on the Grazing Service and its Taylor Act administration.
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Idaho Wool Growers’ Association
Idaho
H. B. Soulen
Weiser
Federal Grazing Service
T. H. Gooding
Shoshone
Ephraim Ricks
Sugar City
M. C. Claar
Boise
James D. Little
Howe
J. C. Siddoway
Teton
H. L. Finch
Soda Springs
Congress
Argentina
Nevada
Ireland May Face Nazi Aerial Thrust
Washington experts warned of a potential German invasion of Ireland to seize air bases for a sharper attack on Britain. Analysts noted Ireland's weak defenses and how bases there could allow faster submarine and bomber operations against Allied shipping.
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Washington
Adolf Hitler
Eire
Britain
R.A.F
Ireland
Channel
Norway
England
Ennis Re-elected Chairman of U P Booster League
W T Ennis was re elected chairman of the Union Pacific Employes Booster League for 1941 at a Monday meeting. Arthur Amundsen Eli R Howell and A J Johnson were named officers. The union plans committees to contact firms and form a governors board to set policy while 3185 workers in Pocatello earn 495000 monthly.
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Pocatello
W. M. Jeffers
Union Pacific
Ennis
Children Leave Hongkong for United States Flight
In response to the state department advisory to U.S. citizens abroad, 36 children aged 10 to 17 from a renowned mission school will depart Hongkong on January 19 aboard the liner President Taft bound for San Francisco.
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Hongkong
State Department
United States
China
President Taft
San Francisco
Snowstorm Swamps Utah and Idaho Region
A snowstorm blanketed northern Utah and southeastern Idaho, dropping five inches in Ogden and delaying Salt Lake City as the system moved south. Pocatello saw a rapid rise from 26 to 41 above zero, with Idaho Falls also whitened. Air travel halted at Salt Lake City and Helena area flights.
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Associated Press
Utah
Idaho
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Butte
Mont
Pocatellans
Salt Lake
Helena
Blaze Levels Fuse Plant at Hercules Powder Yard
Fire destroyed a fuse compound building at the Hercules Powder plant in Kenil, New Jersey. Three men were injured, admitted to Dover General Hospital, in a blaze blamed on a flash in the nitrating section. The spokesman said damage was slight. the plant had suffered a catastrophic explosion last September 12 that killed 51 people.
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Kenil, N. J
Hercules Powder Company
Dover General Hospital
Dover
Rail Veteran George Miller Dies After Stroke
NAMPA Idaho January 14 George Miller about 70 a retired railroad man collapsed in front of his home last night and died a few minutes later at the scene.
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Nampa
Idaho
George Miller
Idaho House Pushes Phosphate Industry Investigation
Idaho's 26th Legislature moved to form a joint house senate committee to investigate the phosphate industry. The measure cites Idaho’s dominance in phosphate reserves and presses for data to craft supportive laws. The resolution passed in the house and awaits committee review in the senate.
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House
Idaho
Boise
K. C. Barlow
Cassia
Senate
Barlow
Perry Mitchell Lewis
Mitchell
State Affairs Committee
United States
A. W. Brunt
Bonneville
H. E. Brown
Kootenal
Milton K. Horsley
Caribou
Arnold Williams
Madison
Board Fixes Fire Blame in Hangar Fire
Salt Lake City Jan 10 United Airlines officials held plans for a new hangar to replace the structure destroyed by fire Sunday night in abeyance. The loss, largely insured, was estimated at 215000. Investigators said spilled gasoline fumes ignited by a furnace started the blaze. A 42 passenger hangar previously discussed with city officials was postponed as defense orders delayed larger coal station plans.
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Salt Lake City
United Airlines
Chicago
Indians Seek 20 Million From U S Government
In Seattle on January 14 four Haida and Tilinget Indians demand payment of 20 million dollars from the United States government, asserting that white settlers invaded their hunting and fishing grounds in Alaska.
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Seattle
Alaska
United States
Idahoan Proposes Small Legislature for Idaho
Rep. FE. C. Preston proposes a 44 member House and seven member Senate for Idaho. The plan would set four year Senate terms, pay of 3600 dollars, and continuous sessions except July and August. House would meet February for 30 days and veto overrides require 60 percent. Elections would be midway between presidential polls.
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Preston
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Idaho Advertising Commission Names New Chairman
The Idaho Advertising Commission met in Boise with State Agriculture Commissioner James B. Newport elected chairman succeeding the former agriculture head FE. N. Pettyerove. The group will hear a report on plans for Potato and Onion Week January 17 to 25.
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Boise
Idaho Advertising Commission
James B. Newport
Newport
FE. N. Pettyerove
Snow Tonight and Wednesday Outlook for East
The forecast calls for snow tonight and into Wednesday in the eastern portion, with colder conditions sweeping the southwest tonight. The weather advisory emphasizes light accumulations and brisk winds affecting travel.
Ohio Senator Calls to Scrap Roosevelt Lend Lease Plan
Senator Taft of Ohio urged scrapping the Roosevelt lending plan and proposed a cash loan alternative up to 1.0 to 1.59 billion dollars. Senator Clark of Missouri backed testimony for Kennedy and Bullitt to shed light on administration policy while advocating limits on presidential powers. Clark and others argued for defined funding and no Senate filibuster.
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Ohio
Roosevelt
Washington
Britain
Taft
Clark
Missouri
Joseph P. Kennedy
William C. Bullitt
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Great Britain
Bullitt
Kennedy
L Saior
Prine
Commerce Department
United States
Forem Relations Committee
Congress
Ohioan
Wheeler
D-Mont
Hitler Builds Defensive Invasion Line
DeWitt Mackenzie reports Hitler is constructing fortifications along the English Channel, signaling a plan to force a stalemate and defend the continent while aiming to repel Allied invasion. He weighs the risk of attempting England and the impact of a blockade on Germany.
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Hitler
English Channel
Britain
France
Low Countries
Germany
England
Fuehrer
John Bull
Mussolini
Reich
Balkans
Clark Filling More Jobs
Boise January 1 Governor Clark announced multiple state appointments. S E Johnson of Boise named highway district engineer for the fourth district. Mrs J W Hawkins of Coeur d Alene named state historian with assistant Mrs Claudia Ross of Nampa. Tax Commissioner George Wedgewood announced nine appointments including Charles Sheehan Boise deputy and several field auditors. Motor fuels tax division added George P Schoonover investigator Dudley Dillingham field auditor and Marie Weber Boise bookkeeper.
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Boise
Clark
Pocatello
S. E. Johnson
Perry Oxley
J. W. Hawkins
Coeur d'Alene
Claudia Ross
Nampa
Hawkins
M. B. Nash
State Historical Society Board
E. H. Peasley
A. H. Oversmith
Moscow
Byrd Trego
Blackfoot
Charles Sheehan
C. W. Palmer
Lewiston
E. J. Daly
Twin Paris
L. W. Garlock
Gooding
L. A. Wheeler
Jerome
Elizabeth B. Johnson
George P. Schoonover
Dudley Dillingham
Mackay
Marie Weber
Lincoln police classify drunkenness on new forms
Lincoln Nebraska January 14 report notes police deter suspects for driving while drunk now use categories such as dry and decent delighted and devilish dizzy and delirious dazed and dejected and dead drunk to record severity indicating a lighter or harsher assessment.
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Lincoln, Neb
Lincoln
British Med fleet repels Axis attack near Greece
London reports German Italian bombers damaged three Royal Navy ships guarding a convoy to Greece including Illustrious Southampton and Gallant. At least 12 Axis planes were shot down. Separate raids hit Plymouth while RAF bombers struck Lorient and Dunkerque areas.
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Associated Press
London Admiralty
Greece
Admiralty
Illustrious
Southampton
Gallant
Aegean
Plymouth
English
Lorient
Dunkerque
Mussolini
Britain
Mediterranean
Rome
1N Gloriale D'Italia
England
Egypt
Idaho Grange Plans for Better Government Aims
Idaho Grange leaders E. T. Taylor and Ray McKaig opened Grange headquarters in Boise to present aims to legislators. They oppose sales tax and seek adequate funds for the public utilities commission, farm-to-market roads, water conservation, stronger liquor laws, weed control, and dredged lands restoration. They oppose mine license tax repeal and increases to higher education funding and gambling.
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Boise
Idaho Grange
E. T. Taylor
Coeur d'Alene
Ray McKalg
Grange
Taylor
Public Utilities Commission
The
McKaig
Spud Feeding Takes Shape In Idaho Hedge
Senator Clark informs Idaho Potato Growers Assn that SMA may revive a 1937 program paying growers to feed potatoes to livestock. Idaho congressmen meet with Milo Perkins as talks continue. Clark notes Perkins prefers aid via potato purchases for relief rather than livestock program, which would require diverting No 1 potatoes.
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Washington
Clark
Idaho
Idaho Potato Growers Association
Surplus Marketing Administration
Congress
Milo Perkins
S.M.A
C. O. Youngstrom
Agriculture Department
Boise
Perkins
Balinese Observe Mass Cremation For Noble Priest
Balinese crowds in Den Pasar attend a day long funeral for a priest of noble rank marking a mass cremation of 1200 bodies. Relatives disinterred remains to aid spirits on the journey to heaven as the island joins in joyous rites with firecrackers and dancing.
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den Pacar
Bali
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U P Booster League
Sidi Barrani
Beckwith
W. Scott Hall
Oneida
Hall
Mitchill
Hoyt Ray
George Don
Rep
FE. C. Preston
Ad Commission
Erem
Pd-Tdaho
Portsmouth
By DeWitt Mackenzie
George Wedgewood
Sofia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Soviet
Russia
Coastal Command
Air Ministry
Balinese
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