Soviet Plane Lands in Pasture Near San Jacinto
Soviet pilots Mikhail Gromoff Andrei Yumosheff and Sergei Danilin completed a record flight of 6262 miles in 62 hours 5 minutes. They landed 25 miles from San Jacinto after fog and a leaking gas tank forced an emergency descent. They indicated Moscow origin and noted their high altitude crossings and deicer use.
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San Jacinto
Cal
Here
Mikhail Gromoff
Andrei Yumosheff
Gergei Danilin
March Field
San Diego
North Pole
Moscow
Sergei Danilin
G.H.Q. Air Force
San Jacinto Mountains
Gromoff
Rudolph Island
California
Rocky Mountains
Non-Federal PWA Requests Banned
Idaho public works director V. Otter announced Boise that the state will accept no more non federal PWA applications under the Public Works Administration extension act. He noted more than 347 Idaho projects were filed over four years totaling over 30 million dollars in construction costs.
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Boise
P—J. V. Otter
Idaho Public Works
Public Works Administration Extension Act
Public Works Administration
Idaho
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Conclave Awards
Denver dispatch reports 250000 Elks at their 1937 conclave with sessions closed to the public until tomorrow. New grand exalted ruler Charles S. Hart to be installed as delegates decide on 1938 site Atlantic City New Jersey. Awards list Bakersfield second Decorah third Pocatello Idaho fourth with Bellingham Washington and Great Bend tied for fifth.
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Denver
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Charles S. Hart
Grand Lodge
Bakersfield
Calif
Decorah
Iowa
Pocatelo
Idaho
Bellingham
Wash
Great Bend
Illness Fatal to Springfield Man
W H Cushman of Springfield died Tuesday at 9 30 a m in the county hospital after a lengthy heart illness. He had been confined ten days. Survived by daughter in Butte Montana and sons Dan Cushman Los Angeles and Roy Cushman Challis. Wife predeceased him a year. Funeral arrangements awaited family en route to Blackfoot.
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Blackfoot
Idaho
W. H. Cushman
Springfield
National League and American League Scores Reported
Baseball scores from multiple games with teams including Pittsburgh New York Chicago Boston Cincinnati Brooklyn Detroit Philadelphia Chicago Cleveland St Louis and Washington. Notable pitchers and batters listed across matchups with run totals hits and errors as games concluded or ended by rain delays.
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Detroit
New York
Cohen
R. Ferrell
Hudlin
Pytlak
St. Louis
Boston
Chinese Army Victorious In Peiping Fight
Battles near Nanyuan airfield eight miles south of Peiping ended after dawn. The city gates opened and rail service to Tientsin resumed. American travelers and 150 officers rode the first train out. Japanese reinforcements rushed from Tientsin, while a withdrawal near Wanpinghsien signaled a possible settlement. Casualties included at least four Japanese killed and three Chinese wounded.
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Peiping
Nanyuan Airbome
Tientsin
Army
Navy
China
Hich
Manchoukuo
Wanpinghsien
Marco Polo Bridge
Fenattai
Fengtai
Shanhaikwan
Manchoukuoan
WPA Reduction Short of Goal in Works Progress Administration
Washington July 14 The drive to cut WPA work relief rolls to 1.6 million by tomorrow is 150 thousand short. About 1.75 million are on the WPA rolls now. Hopkins aides say the 1.6 million target is flexible to maximize summer reductions while preserving winter relief. WPA earlier reported 124,645 removed from June 12 to 26, total employed 1,821,151 versus 2,249,357 a year earlier.
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Washington
Works Progress Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Extra Legislative Session Is Possible
Boise July 14 State Senator R B Wilson said a meeting of state senators and representatives will be held in the governor s office next week to discuss calling a special session to provide relief funds. He noted ten counties have nearly exhausted their relief funds and will need state aid. Governor Clark declined to comment. Representatives of the public relief department will also attend.
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Boise
R. B. Wilson
Gem
Wilson
Parzila W. Clark
Public Resistance Department
Death of Robinson Upends Roosevelt Court Bill Drive
Washington July 14 The sudden death of Democratic Leader Joe Robinson disrupts the administrations push for a Substitute for the Roosevelt court bill. Robinson directed the drive and authored the substitute, and his death interrupts a week long Senate debate. Wheeler predicts the court controversy may end quickly, while others consider leadership changes and possible withdrawal of the administration’s demand.
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Washington
Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
Roosevelt
Sage Hen Ban Approval Sparks Idaho Sportsmen Support
In Idaho Falls on July 14, leaders from sportsmen groups praised State Game Warden W. Fr. McIntyre for closing sage hen hunting. Russell Freeman and Peder Pederson argued a closed season is essential to prevent extinction and should be adopted nationwide in bird refuges.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
W. FR. McIintyre
Russell A. Freeman
Upper
Snake River
Peder Pederson
Bonnev Jle County Sportmen's Association
Bastille Day Fighting Wounds Six in Marseille
Six persons are wounded by revolver bullets during Bastille Day ceremonies in Marseille as clashes erupt between rightists and leftists. Police cordon off streets as the violence disrupts the national holiday observances.
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Marseille
France
Idaho veterans select new commanders at joint encampment
A. R. Nichols of Pocatello was chosen commander of the Idaho Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Vern A. Stewart of Idaho Falls was elected commander of the Spanish War Veterans. Nichols succeeds A. M. Rosenlund and Stewart replaces Guy Graham. A joint installation was cancelled with a post-encampment dinner planned.
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A. R. Nichols
Pocatello
Idaho Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Vern A. Stewart
Idaho Falls
Nichols
A. M. Rosenlund
Gibbs
Stewart
Guy Graham
Boise
Coeur d'Alene
Payette
Weiser
Feilden Poirier
Action On Farm Veto Hits Snag
The Senate delayed further action on President Roosevelt's farm loan veto as the House voted 260 to 98 to override. A compromise on the farm tenancy program was accepted, with outlays of 10 million dollars for tenant farming, while a broader “ever normal” granary plan was discussed by Senator Pope. Grasshopper and insect eradication received a 1 million dollar authorization.
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House
Senate
Pope
Idaho
Roosevelt
Saugus Teacher Appeals After Reappointment Rebuff
Isabelle Hallin, 26, English teacher and dramatics coach, asks the supreme court to reinstate her after the Saugus school committee voted 3 to 2 not to reappoint. She faces rumors of hosting a student cocktail party and charges of inefficiency amid a stormy meeting with about 300 townspeople.
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Saugus
Mass
Isabelle Hallin
Supreme Court
Clipper Lands Fox NES Irish Free Stnk
The Pan American Clipper ITI landed here today just before 1 PM completing the first leg of its return flight from Southampton to the United States. It was slated to take off for Botwood Newfoundland the next day.
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FOX Nes
ITI
Southampton
United States
Bot‘wood
Newfoundland
Death of Senate Democratic Leader Joe Robinson
Senator Joe T. Robinson, Democratic leader and New Deal legislative kingpin, died at 64. A state funeral was planned in the senate chamber with President Roosevelt as chief mourner. burial set for Sunday in Little Rock, Ark. His sudden death unsettled Washington and the Roosevelt program.
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Robinson
Senate
Harrison
Mississippi
Byrnes
South Carolina
Barkley
Kentucky
Roosevelt
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Washington
Joe T. Robinson
Little Rock
Ark
Eriefstricken
Supreme Court
Justice van Devanter
Julius L. Meier of Oregon Dies
Julius L. Meier, 62, department store magnate and Oregon’s only governor elected as an independent, died at his Columbia River estate Meridia near Crown Point. He had long suffered heart trouble and passed away surrounded by family, including widow Grace and son Julius L. Meier Jr. Meier had begun his term on January 12, 1931 following a bitter campaign after the death of George W. Joseph.
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Portland
Ore
Julius L. Meier
Oregon
Columbia River
Meridia
Crown Point
Here
Longe
Meier
Meier and Frank
Grace
Julius
Jack) L. Meier, Jr
Jean Ehrman, Jr
Elsa Ganz
San Franisco
Eccles Opposes Idle Gold Use for Public Debt Retirement
Marriner S. Eccles chairman of the federal reserve board testified before the house banking committee he opposes using idle and sterilized gold totaling over 3 billion dollars to retire public debt. He warned such use would return gold to excess reserves and risk credit inflation beyond the fed system control.
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Washington
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
House Banking Committee
Eccles
Federal Reserve System
Mrs Roosevelts Tax Question Defended by Robert Jackson
Robert Jackson told congressional tax investigators that Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt did all she could to ensure taxes on a 1935 broadcasting contract. He said she submitted the proposal to the treasury in 1934 to see if proceeds would be tax free or taxable, noting her role as a charitable benefactor in a benefit performance.
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Washington
Robert Jackson
Congressional
Franklin D. Roosevelt
American Friends Service Committee of
Philadelphia
Doughton
Congressional Tax Committee
Jackson
Internal Revenue Bureau
Roosevelt
The
Treasury
Blind World War Veteran Plans Yellowstone Visit
Jerry J. OConnor, a blind veteran from Rochester New York, visited Pocatello meeting William M Koehler. He travels solo to Yellowstone Park then aims for the Grand Canyon, having toured France Germany and England. He will depart for Yellowstone tomorrow morning.
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Pocatello
Jerry J. O'Connor
William M. Koehler
Valpariso University
Valpariso
Mr. O'Connor
Rochester
N. Y
Yellowstone Park
Salt Lake City
Grand Canyon
France
Germany
England
Yellowstone
Chamber seeks funds for WPA aviation building hangar
The chamber of commerce board met at noon to raise about 10000 dollars for equipping the university aviation mechanics building and hangar now under construction as a WPA project. Tom Watson of Boise and WPA district supervisor William Miller attended the discussion, noting the auto mechanics courses' growing popularity and the building’s completion importance.
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Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Tom Watson
Boise
Vocational Trades
William Miller
WPA
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