Veterans Convene as Idaho Legion Opens Large Pocatello Event
Delegates begin the fourteenth annual Idaho American Legion convention and fifth for the United Spanish-American War Veterans in Pocatello. The three day program includes a Days of Old Fort Hall celebration with 500 visitors, a joint public patriotic meeting, a parade, prizefight, banquet, and pageant, plus Legion and Veterans events and church service.
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Idaho Department of the American Legion
United
University of Idaho
American Legion
Chamber of Commerce
Bannock Hotel
Legion
Municipal Course
Trinity Episcopal Church
I. Q. Wood
Rancher James Ricks Cleared of Murder Charge
James B. Ricks, 77, a rancher and former peace officer from Gillette, Wyoming, was acquitted of first degree murder in the slaying of ranch hand Charles Mudge after 23 hours of jury deliberation. His son Lawrence faces a separate murder hearing and likely next week trial.
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Gillette
Wyo
James B. Ricks
Ricks
Chas
Mudge
Lawrence
Parade highlights Days of Old Fort Hall with largest Idaho July 4 event
The Fourth of July parade organized by the American Legion in Fort Hall will be the state’s largest, with about 80 floats across four divisions. The route runs from Sixth to Twelfth Avenues to Lander and Bonneville, ending at the Memorial Building.
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American Legion
Idaho
E. J. Thorkildsen
Sixth and
Twelfth
Lander Street
Bonneville Street
East Center
Twelfth Avenue
Memorial Building
North Johnson Street
Grand Army of the Republic
United Spanish War Veterans
Days of
Henry C. Dworshak
Burley
Dworshak
Idaho Department
Smith and Borah Stir Uneasy Minds in 1932 Campaign
Chicago dispatch reports Democrats and Republicans anxious over the retirement of Alfred E. Smith and William E. Borah from the 1928 fight. Smith withdraws from the Democratic convention while Borah rejects the 1932 Republican platform and Hoover’s cause. Both men stand apart from their party leaders, delaying any clear cross party unity.
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Chicago
Alfred B. Smith
William E. Borah
Smith
Roosevelt
Borah
Women Protest Camp Platforms in Indianapolis Convention
Mrs Henry W Peabody of Berry Mass chairs a protest convention against prohibition platforms to be held in Indianapolis July 2 3 with 12 000 000 women invited to address a luncheon Monday Leaders include Jessie Nicholson of Chevy Chase Md William Darby of Washington Dc Morris Leibert of New York and Clayton V Eulette of Chicago representing major women’s groups.
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Indianapolis
Henry W. Peabody
Berry
Mass
Peabody
Jessie Nicholson
Chevy Chase
Women's
National Democratic Law Enforcement League
William Darby
Washington, D. C
National Council of Federated Church Women
Morris Leibert
New York
International King's Daughters
Clayton V. Eulette
Chicago
Federation of Women's Boards of Foreign Missions
Prohibition Party Seeks Borah Presidential Bid
D Leigh Colvin national chairman of the Prohibition party heads to Washington to press Idaho Senator William Borah to run for president. Colvin and other party leaders plan a national convention in Indianapolis and urge Borah to enter the race amid criticism of both major parties on prohibition. Borah says he will confer with Colvin but offers no firm comment on candidacy or support.
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Indianapolis
D. Leigh Colvin
Prohibition Party
Washington
William E. Borah
Idaho
Borah
Hoover
Republican Party
Colvin
Veterans Meet After 30 Years at State Convention
Two sailors from the U S S Brooklyn, George Seeles of Pocatello and Samuel Shoves of Salmon, reunited after thirty years during a Spanish War veterans session in Pocatello. They sailed aboard the Brooklyn which carried the body of Lord Poncefoot, British ambassador to America, back to England in 1902.
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U.S
Brooklyn
Lord Poncefoot
America
England
Pocatello
George Seeles
Samuel Shoves
Seelos
Shoves
Admiral Shrives
U .S. 2. S. Brooklyn
San Diego
Warden to extradite for Lyda Southard case
Warden R E Thomas sails to Denver with extradition papers to return David Minton for questioning on aiding the escape of Lyda Southard. Minton, a former Idaho convict, allegedly drove the getaway car as Southard, the Twin Falls wife killer, fled from the women’s ward May 4, 1931. Police in Denver say Minton offered to help locate the fugitive.
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Boise
R. E Thomas
Denver
David Minton
Idaho
Lyda Southard
Twin Falls
Minton
Partly cloudy Sunday and Monday unsettled north
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies Sunday and Monday with unsettled northern areas. Temperatures are expected to run normal for the period.
Borah Refuses Comment on Nominations
Washington July 2 Republican independents in the Senate led by George W Norris swing toward Roosevelt as third party talks fade. Nebraska's veteran independent bolts his party to back the Democratic nominee while several colleagues take guarded steps. Senator Borah Idaho says he will not support President Hoover.
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Washington
Senate
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Borah
Idaho
Hoover
National convention backs third-party fusion platform
A national political convention adopted a platform calling for soldiers' bonus payments and the creation of government banks. Other items include university endowment funding vested with the State Department of Investments, and Germany facing opposition to a five-power reparations and US war debt plan. The unemployment relief bill faced storm clouds but supporters expected passage.
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Kansas City
United States
BOISE
State Department of Public Investments
Board of Regents of
University
Fred J. Babcock
Lausanne
Switzerland
Germany
Washington
Utah Weather Forecast Says Generally Fair Next Two Days
The Utah forecast calls for generally fair conditions Sunday and Monday with little temperature change. No strong storms are expected and skies should stay mostly clear across most regions.
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Utah
Roosevelt Accepts Democratic Nomination at Chicago Convention
Governor Franklin D Roosevelt declared his plan for an economic campaign and urged Republicans to join the fight against the Hoover administration. He pledged to repeal Prohibition and to pursue policies to ease distress, boost farm purchasing power, cut government spending, and adjust tariffs, while the convention unanimously nominated John N Garner for vice president. Roosevelt arrived amid huge crowds at the stadium and walked with his son James to the speakers’ stand.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
John Nance Garner
House of Representatives
Chicago
Chicago Stadium
Franklin R. Roosevelt
Jate
Albany
Loover
John N. Garner
Roosevelt
al Smith
James
Federal raids push liquor cleanup in Pocatello drive
Federal agents under W A McGill pressed a two day operation in Pocatello yielding 17 Injulty list arrests after seven more were taken Friday night and Saturday. About 100 gallons of liquor were seized while most whiskey confiscations were in pint bottles. Bobbie Roberts and Mildred Hopkins bound over to October federal court on $750 bonds each. Matilda Orion’s case moved to state court with a 30 day jail term and $100 fine.
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W. A. McGill
Pocatello
F. E. Tydeman
U. 8S
Bobbie Roberts
Mildred Hopkins
West Fremont
Matilda Orion
Lava
E. G. Houde
Shops to Reopen Tuesday Morning
Local Union Pacific shops will resume operations on a 15 day schedule starting Tuesday, affecting about 450 men. The plant had operated 15 days last month, five more than the prior month.
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Union Pacific
CANDIDATE MAKES BRAVE FIGHT
Franklin D Roosevelt rises in the Democratic ranks after 22 years in politics. From Dutch patroons to New York State Senate to governor, he campaigns by automobile and clashes with Tammany foe William Sheehan. He backs Wilsonian reforms and supports Woodrow Wilson at Baltimore in 1912.
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Chicago
Franklin
Senate
James Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Albany
William F
Blue Eyed Bill" Sheehan
Tammany Hall
United States
Sheehan
Tammany
Woodrow Wilson
Baltimore
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