Detroit strike truce talks falter in five minute session
Five minute meeting between General Motors officials and the United Automobile Workers failed to produce a bargaining discussion. GM said no talks until plants are evacuated and UAW president Homer Martin said the conference is off. The stalemate leaves over 115000 workers idle as the union remains firm on not ordering sit down strikers to leave Flint plants.
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Detroit
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Flint
Kidnap Hunt Shifts South in Matteon Case
Harold Nathan, leading the search for the Tacoma 10 year old Mattson kidnap slayings, met federal agents in Los Angeles but gave no statement on a possible breakthrough. Agents checked fingerprints and questioned two men, with one suspect held in Culver City jail and another being interrogated.
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Harold Nathan
Charles Matteon
Los Angeles
Nathan
Tecoma
Wash
Portland
Ore
Tacoma
Federal Bureau
Specte
Mattson
J. H. Hanson
Culver City
Balderston Says Staff Unchanged
Boise report states that State Commissioner of Law Enforcement J. Balderston asserts no changes to staff. The brief item notes the official remarks dated January 18 and references Boise. Further context not provided in available text.
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Boise
Jan
State Commissioner of Law Enforcement
Disturbing the Peace Defendant Sentenced in City Court
Charged on a complaint signed by Officer Barnard, Gordon received six months in jail from Justice Hinckley with a stay of execution for good behavior. Gordon had a prior jail term for persistent disturbance and was pardoned by former Governor Ross.
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F E. L. Barnard
William Hinckley
Gordon
C. Ben Ross
Carl Hronek Transferred by Union Pacific to Los Angeles
Carl S. Hronek of 323 North Eighth is temporarily transferred by Union Pacific to Los Angeles. The move affects the employee's assignment with the railroad.
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Los Angeles
North Eighth
Union Pacific Railroad
Utah Weather Update Snow Tonight and Tuesday
A weather notice reports snow across Utah tonight with varying intensity and a warmer trend in the southern portion. Snow chances persist into Tuesday as cold air remains in place and gusty winds may affect travel.
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Utah
First Townsend pensioner wins $200 in Chelan dance
C C Fleming, 63, the nation’s first Townsend pension recipient to receive $200, spent the money in Chelan within 30 days under his plan. He used $50 for groceries, $20 rent, $11 fuel, $15 lights, $60 medical and dental, $40 clothing, and a $3 dues payment. The event sparked a townwide rush as merchants prepared to accept the new notes and fund further awards.
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Chelan
Wash
Townsend
C. C. Fleming
Clayton Fleming
Fleming
E. D. Smith
Chelan Townsend Club
Isom Lamb
Townsend Club
Legislature Asked to Approve Three Million for Education
Idaho lawmakers were urged to appropriate 3 million dollars for the next biennium to finish the state public school taxation equalization program. Rep J A Handy and S Reed Andrus presented the measure in the house. The bill seeks funding from the general fund to reduce local ad valorem taxes for school purposes.
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Boise
Idaho
House of Representatives
J. A. Handy
Minidoka
S. Reed Andrus
Bonneville
William Gartin
Superintendent of Public Instruction
John W. Condie
House
John L. O’connell
Butte
Idaho Supreme Court Upholds Caravan Tax Law
The Idaho supreme court unanimously upheld the 1935 automobile caravan tax as constitutional. The act, passed by the second extraordinary session of the 23rd legislature, levied a $5 fee on each automobile transported into Idaho for sales purposes, whether self driven or towed. Justice Alfred Budge wrote the opinion.
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Boise
Idaho Supreme Court
Alfred Budge
Hobbs Pleads Not Guilty to Freight Car Seal Break Charge
Hobbs was arraigned today before Justice Hinckley on a charge of breaking the seal on a railroad freight car. The complaint was signed by special agent J. T. Danilson. Hobbs pleaded not guilty and is held on $300 bond awaiting trial.
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Wm. Hinckley
J. T. Danilson
Family Disturbance On South First Leads To Brief Detention
Police respond to a 500 block South First address at 12 26 a m for a domestic dispute. A wife described as under the weather resisted being moved and fled the car, a struggle ensued in two feet of snow, the husband suffered the worse, both were taken to the station to thaw out and released. Names of the couple were not listed in the report.
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South First
Man reports purse theft from home
A. J. Armstrong of 1440 East Lewis tells police a woman's purse with four dollars in silver a five dollar bill and twenty five cents in change was taken from his residence.
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A. J. Armstrong
East Lewis
Cars Collide In Stormy Morning Intersection
Stormy weather caused a collision at 8 25 a m Sunday at Fifth and Clark between Joe McQuade of 231 North Sixth and O B Norman of 228 North Fifth. A bumper and fender on McQuade’s car and a rear fender and hub cap on Norman’s car were damaged. A second crash occurred at 11 15 p m Sunday at Thurd and Halliday when Seal Larson of Idaho Falls failed to stop for Frank Hatch, a taxi driver, according to the police report.
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Joe Mc-Quade
North Sixth
O. B. Norman
North Fifth
Norman
Seal Larson
Idaho Falls
Thurd and
Halliday
Frank Hatch
Police Department
Roosevelt records show $2 spent per $1 received in first term
Washington dispatch reports that from March 4, 1933 to Jan. 12, 1937 the public debt rose to a peak of 34.467 billion dollars while expenditures reached 28.925 billion and receipts 14.217 billion. For the current year estimates project relief spending and defense costs to shape a balance of income and outgo with a planned debt reduction potential in 1939.
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Roosevelt
Treasury
Uncle Sam
Two Slain by Jealous Man Near Oakwood Cemetery
Police found the bodies behind Oakwood cemetery in Montgomery Alabama. Dora Bullard a teen age textile mill worker had her throat slashed. Leon K Nichols a 30 year old mill worker was identified as the male victim. Coroner M P Kirkpatrick called the deaths the work of a jealous man.
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Ala
Oakwood Cemetery
M. P. Kirkpatrick
Dora Bullard
Leon K. Nichols
Six Held for Crime in Utah
Salt Lake City police report a crime wave led to hundreds of dollars recovered with six men held for investigation and more than 150 questioned. Det Hedman pledged continued double shifts to clear robberies by week’s end. two men denied an attempted Main street robbery and a bank messenger’s empty bag robbery were noted. A 30 year old man linked to several robberies via a car license was arrested near Ogden store burglary. L. E. Glennon leaves for Boise to work on a four year university bill.
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Salt Lake City
E. A. Hedman
Hedman
Main Street
American Foods
Ogden
Prison Riot Freezes Ontario Reformatory Fire Ruins Cells
Police and guards chased 35 missing inmates after a nine hour riot at the Ontario reformatory in Guelph. The uprising caused $200000 in damage as dormitories chapel and hospital were wrecked while 15 prisoners fainted from smoke and over 700 inmates rioted.
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Cana Press
Guelph
Ontario Reformatory
F. Neelands
Neelands
Nixon
Reformatory
Inauguration Day Colors Brighten Washington Crowd
Washington greets President Roosevelt's second term as rain drizzles over a city packed with visitors arriving by train and car. Crowds gather near the Capitol and White House as the inaugural program, led by Admiral Cary T. Grayson, promises Jacksonian simplicity with governors present and the Bible, Corinthians, read if weather allows. Vice President Garner will take the oath outdoors, breaking tradition.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Secon
Rowevelt
Cary T. Grayson
Grayson
Inland Surf Boards Hit Snowy Streets In Hiawatha
Housewives in Hiawatha watch as husbands and sons convert ironing boards into inland surf boards towed by motor cars over snow. Riders say the sport delivers ocean like thrills on the town’s icy streets.
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Hiawatha
Kas
Three Damage Suits Filed in District Court
Three separate suits totaling 105,700 dollars were filed in district court. Anna Ladika and minors sue Yellow Cab, Louis Hammond, Otis Wooters, Lucille Wooters, Ora Ball, and Bannock Loan for Peter Ladika’s December death after a high speed collision on Yellowstone highway near Pocatello. Willis Bullock sues commissioners of Power county highway district No. 3 and others for a 1936 snow plow accident injuring his leg. Leslie Houtz sues Oregon Short Line and Union Pacific claiming seniority rights under clerical contracts dating to 1920 and 1922 and seeks 5,700 dollars.
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Anna Ladika
Peter Ladika
CCC
Stephan
Mary
Andrew
Veronica
Nick
Margaretta
Melba Trimming
Yellow Cab Company
Louis Hammond
Otis Wooters
Lucille Wooters
Ora Ball
Bannock Loan Company
Yellowstone
Pocatello
Hammond
Willis Bullock
Luther Estep
J.H Bullock
John Anderson
Power Country
Power County
Ray Burge
Roy H. Lindley
Leslie Houtz
Oregon Short Line
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Western weather notes from Boise Chicago Pocatello Portland
Boise shows light snow as 0.22 inches of precipitation and a low of 21 with a high of 22. Chicago reports cloudy skies with a high of 38 and no precipitation. Pocatello records 0.04 inches of precipitation and a high of 24. Portland sees rain with a high of 44 and 0.20 inches of precipitation.
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Boise
Chicago
Pocatello
Portland
Pope Pius Suffers Painful Night at Vatican
Damp neuralgic weather worsened Pope Pius XVI condition. He lay propped in bed to ease shortness of breath after a painful night, as Vatican officials reported today.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Pius
Mrs Esther Benbrook Carried to General Hospital in Night Ambulance
At 12 30 a m Mrs Esther Benbrook of 523 North Main was taken to General hospital by ambulance on orders of county physician H H Hughart. Police booked the case as maternity.
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North Main
General Hospital
H. H. Hughart
Rivers Rise in East Threatening Flood Damage
Rivers surged in the east and central west as rains fed floods. Cincinnati reported its first flood in 54 years with the Ohio River rising rapidly, forecast six to seven feet above flood stage by midweek if rain persists. Nearby Pittsburgh suburbs warned streams could top banks with continued rainfall.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Roosevelt in good shape after four White House years
President Roosevelt remains physically strong despite age gain, says naval physician Captain McIntire after a year of sailing and sun exposure. Regular exercises, morning regimen, pool dips, and rubdowns keep him in trim and in good spirits.
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Jan
White House
Roosevelt
McIntire
Fraternal Order of Eagles Leader Visits Idaho Lodges
Dr. H. B. Mehrmann national president travels from Oakland to Nampa to inspect Idaho Eagles lodges and address members from Nampa Caldwell Weiser Emmett Mountain Home Idaho Falls Ontario Nyssa Ore He plans talks in Pocatello and Idaho Falls and urges vigilant administration of social security laws to aid 30 000 000 in need and uphold family security.
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H. B. Mehrmann
Oakland
Calif
Order of Eagles
Nampa
Idaho Eagles
Caldwell
Weiser
Emmett
Mountain Home
Idaho Falls
Ontario
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Ore
Pocatello
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Army Air Corps Aim to Make Independent Within War Dept
Rep. Wilcox of Florida proposes quadrupling the army air corps and elevating it from a ground forces stepchild. He would create an independent air service with a chief of aviation equal in rank to the chief of staff and remove it from general staff dominance.
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Washington
Army Air Corps
Wilcox
D. Fla
War Department
General Staff
Idaho Weather Shifts Weather Across Regions Tonight
The forecast shows cooler air moving in from the north and west. Stronger cold in the southwest area by Tuesday, impacting the northern and southern portions tonight and into Tuesday.
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Idaho
Winter Blizzard Strikes Moscow Area Burying Roads
Snow piled to 25 inches with 8 more inches falling as Moscow and vicinity dig out from the blizzard. Strong winds whipped snow across rural telegraph lines, crippling communication while Lewiston reports new snow but main highways remain open.
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Moscow
Vicinity
Lewiston
Idaho Sheepman Receives Honorary Life Presidency
AMERICAN FALLS Idaho Jan 18 W H Philbrick returned to his sheep ranch with an honorary life presidency of the Idaho Woolgrowers Association He was honored at the annual convention in Pocatello Three years ago he became an honorary life member and has attended every session since woolgrowers organized about 40 years ago
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American Falls
Idaho
W. H. Philbrick
Idaho Woolgrowers’ Asociation
Philbrick
Association
Pocatello
Pocatello Schedules Sports Feed System Plan
Pocatello officials discuss creating a unified feed system to supply local sports results to outlets. The plan outlines data standards, delivery timelines, and coordination with schools and leagues to ensure timely coverage.
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