Rebels resist Madrid air attack as government advances
Insurgent raiders were driven off after minor damage to air bases as government forces pressed a westward offensive around Madrid on day eleven. Villafranca del Castillo near the Coruna road faced renewed Franco troops while government artillery blunted counterattacks at Villanueva del Castillo. A column neared Zaragoza and captured hill ranges near Villa Franca de Ebro. In London, the British plan for noninvolvement in Spain was accepted as a basis for discussion with a subcommittee to meet Tuesday for details.
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Madrid
Spain
Jose Miaja
Milicianos
Villafrancs del Castillo
Coruna
Franco
Villafrancs
Majadahonda
Villanueva del Castillo
Aragon Front
Zaragoza
Villa Franca de Ebro
London
Committee of 27 Powers
Charles Corbin
Corbin
Carriers Report Gains and Loss Reduction in Early 5 Months
Major railroads release five month results showing improved net income for Pennsylvania, Atchison Topeka Santa Fe, Erie and Southern Railway systems, with Missouri Pacific remaining at a loss. Improved demand, agricultural outlook, and rising carloadings buoy prospects for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Erie Railroad
Southern Railway
Missouri Pacific
Fees Reply to FDRs Court Bill Challenge
Washington July 16 The president urges Congress to pass judiciary legislation during this session drawing angry defiance from lawmakers. Senators Van Nuys and Burke vow to oppose and claim the president moves to press the issue before Robinsons funeral. Letter to Barkley notes Roosevelt demanded action on court legislation as public attention shifts to political maneuvering.
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Washington
Congress
Robinson
van Nuys
Indiana
Byrnes Declines Senate Democratic Leader Aim
Senator Byrnes of South Carolina withdraws from the race for Democratic leader in the Senate after the funeral of Arkansas Senator Robinson. He states he will not be a candidate and plans to back Senator Harrison of Mississippi, with White House conferences noted.
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South Carolinan
Washington
Byrnes
D-S. C
Senate
Robinson
Arkansas
Harrison
Mississippi
Delayed Market for Idaho Cattle and Sheep Expected
Idaho cattle calves and lambs will enter the market two to three weeks late due to slow spring development. Range sheepmen report more dry ewes and higher losses from spring storms. Conditions improve from a month ago but stay below the 1927 1936 average. June rainfall was above normal statewide, concentrated in the north while the southeast and southwest received less than normal.
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Boise
Idaho
Richard Ross
NYA Conference On Youth Aid In Boise Area
William W. Gartin Boise state NYA director and Vern Hudelson met Bert Weston district director to discuss NYA work. Gartin says NYA furnishes employment for relief families and trains youths for jobs to lift relief rolls. A parallel conference with Dean John R. Nichols examined NYA impact on university students.
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William W. Gartin
Boise State
National Youth Administration
Vern Hudelson
Bert Weston
NYA
Gartin
John R. Nichols
University
Navy search narrows for Amelia Earhart and navigator
Navy airmen near the end of a fruitless hunt for Amelia Earhart and Frederick Noonan around Howland Island. Four massed air patrols from the Lexington have found no clue after covering vast equatorial seas and more than 200000 square miles in search of the missing pair.
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Honolulu
Navy
Amelia
Frederick J Noonan
Lexington
Howland Island
New Guinea
Howland
Pacifist Hunger Strike Proposed at Convention
Seattle delegates to a Christchurch movement pledged a hunger strike if the United States enters any aggressive war. Rev. J Warren Hastines urged uniting Protestants in the pledge. Olympia's Rev. Claude Lorimer was named president and Lewiston Idaho's Rev. O F Mick vice president for the 1938 meeting at Akima.
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Seattle
United States
Washington
Idaho
J. Warren Hastines
Claude Lorimer
Olympia
O. F. Mick
Lewiston
Akima
Threatened Mormon crickets mostly under control in Idaho
Idaho report shows crickets threatening crops largely contained with no serious damage. In Owyhee county some movement toward irrigated land persists, while Fremont and Clark counties report effective control with poison dust and fencing. Alfalfa damage noted before containment by crews.
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Boise
Idaho
Owyhee County
Guy Graham
Works Progress Administration
Keith Evans
Three Creek
Owyhee
Evans
Rosewood
Snake River
Fremont
Little Camas Meadow
Clark County
Payette County
petitions press for early passage of granary bill
Five petitions circulated among congress members urge early enactment of farm legislation including the ever normal granary and crop control. Administration farm leaders join the call as debate on a modified tenancy program and an AAA of 1937 proposal unfolds alongside House scrutiny and potential votes before adjournment.
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Washington
Congress
Pope
Idaho
Jones
Texas
House Agriculture
White House
Baseball scores from New York to Cleveland today
Recap of games across cities with runs hits and errors. Batteries listed for each contest include Blanton Todd Melton Danning Iringer Hallshay Lombardi Hamlin Jeffcoat Frankhouse Phelps Lee Hartnett Fette Lopez St Johnson Owen Walters Jorgens Passea i Kelleher Atwood Haines Mulcahy Grace Thomas Nelson Conroy Cain Sewell Poffenberger Tebbetts Wilson Berg Knott Heath Pearson Makosk Malone Dickey Poffenberger Tebbetts Ferrell Linke R Ferrell Harder Sullivan
Drowning of C. E. Anderson at Payette Lake
Forty year old C. E. Anderson a transient pea picker from California drowned in Payette lake after a heart attack induced by a dive into cold water physicians said his widow survives
Rail Strike Threat Grows as Mediation Seeks Halt
Washington July 16 The national mediation board tried to avert a major railroad strike by summoning railroad representatives and 11 non operating unions to discuss wage demands. Negotiations ended in deadlock with unions seeking a 20 cent per hour rise while railroads offered 2 cents.
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Washington
National Mediation Board
Pastor Newton Admits Killing Woman On River Bridge
In a signed statement Rev C E Newton 51 admits striking his ally Mrs Dennis Kelley 45 with a hammer during a quarrel after she left her husband. State's Attorney Merrill Johnston says Newton plans to plead guilty if indicted for first degree murder and faces possible electric chair. The body was reported found in the Mississippi near Louisiana Missouri after the incident near the Mark Twain Bridge at Paris Illinois-Hannibal area.
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Pittsfield
Til
Dennis Kelley
Merrill Johnston
Pike County
Illinois
C. E. Newton
Gitl
Newton
Paris
Johnston
Kelly
California
Mark Twain
Mississippi
Hannibal
Louisiana
Idaho Boy Enrollments Fill CCC Camps In West
Idaho and Washington CCC camps filled by 714 enrollments including 84 Boise area youths assigned to White Pine and McCall camps and 62 from Pocatello sent to Alexander Plats and French Creek.
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Boise
Idaho
Washington
CCC
Vicinty
White Pine
McCall
Pocatell
Alexander Plats
French Creek
Redmond Utah Marks Debt Payoff With Bond Burn
Redmond Utah celebrates closing its debt by burning bonds worth 100000 dollars at a community bonfire event scheduled for tomorrow night. The deed marks the town completing its last financial obligation and gathering residents for a festive acknowledgement.
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Redmond
Utah
Congress reports vast federal expenditures this year
Washington reports that Congress has appropriated over 7.5 billion dollars for federal spending in the year, with Interior Department estimates around 133.3 million and total regular activities near 4.55 billion. Budget projections exceed prior year totals, while last year’s miscellaneous and wartime authorizations are noted as context.
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Washington
Congress
Interior Department
House
Coneress
Copper Mine Installs Underground Air Conditioning
The Maria Copper Company in Superior Arizona announced a $100000 underground air conditioning system. William Koerner, the general manager, said the system will bring mine working conditions to office-building standards. Workers previously endured 95 to 100 degree heat with high humidity. temperatures will drop to the 70s.
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Superior
Ariz
The
Maria Copper Company
North America
Wiliam Koerner
Magna
Socialized dental plan proposed by American Dental Association
Dr Willard Camalier of Washington president of the American Dental Association said he would announce next October a plan for the dental profession to provide preventive dental care for present generation of children in the United States. The plan would be carried out by state dental societies with state and municipal health departments.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Willard Camalier
Washington
American Dental Association
United States
NYA Supervises Boise Youth Aid Committees for Next School Year
The national youth administration advisory board will oversee three NYA divisions during the next school year: work projects, high school aid, and college aid. John W. Condie, state superintendent of public instruction, will appoint the committees.
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Boise
National Youth Administration Advisory Board
NYA
John W. Condie
China asks U S to act in crisis in Far East
Washington July 16 Dr C T Wang Chinese ambassador said he discussed with Secretary Hull China's plea that the United States and nine power treaty signatories take action in the Sino Japanese crisis He said we want the treaty signatories to take action A memorandum outlining China view and plea for aid was presented to Hull and the other fourteen signatories Officials did not state whether the nine power pact was invoked Hull has spoken with the Japanese ambassador and the Chinese envoy during the crisis talks
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T. Wang
United States
Secretary of State
Hall
Washington
C. T. Wang
Chines
Hull
China
Robinson
Wang
State Department
Hiros) Saito
A F of L Reports Member Increase
Washington July 16 The American Federation of Labor says its membership rose by 652000 since John L Lewis led 10 CIO unions were suspended last September The federation reports a total membership of 3091000 and notes a prior loss of about 900000 during the suspensions The figure reflects ongoing postwar union activity and consolidation charges
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Washington
Frank Morrison
Prort of Labor
John L Lewis
Morrison
Lewis Union
Toith
UAH Weather Forecast Highlights Temperature Dip This Weekend
The UA Hweather brief notes a fall in temperatures from Friday into Saturday with a cooler regional outlook. A light breeze and chances of light rain are possible as high and low readings shift slightly, impacting weekend plans.
Nation’s Great Pays Tribute To Dead Leader At State Service
The nation honors Democratic Senate leader Joseph T. Robinson at a state funeral in the empty chair ceremony in the Capitol. President Roosevelt and a large crowd attend as Mrs. Robinson and relatives mourn beside the silver casket and wreaths.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Joseph T. Robinson
Senate
Robinson
Mrs. Robinson
acLess
Anping Battle Report Claims 20 Japs Killed in China
The Associated Press notes clashes between Chinese and Japanese forces in north China. It reports 20 Japanese killed and 60 wounded, with Chinese asserting Japanese troops pushed toward the Peiping area and efforts to isolate Peiping continuing.
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Anping
Associated Press
Peiping
Chile
China
Japan
Huangtsunitt
Fengne-Tientsin
Peip
Tientsin
Se War Office
Breeze Brings Relief As Heat Wave Eases
The Associated Press reports cool westerly winds from a east breeze lessened a heat wave across the Rockies and Great Lakes region, with about 400 deaths in 12 days. Forecasters expect cooler, fair weather in the lower Mississippi Valley and northeast as a rise in temperature returns Saturday in the northern plains. Intermittent showers cooled Chicago, where a 89 degree high marked Europe high. Monroe Michigan suffered outages after a wind and electrical storm. Detroit saw ten passengers hospitalized when lightning struck a street car.
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Rockies
J. R. Lloyd
Chicago Weather Bureau
Mis
Mississippi
Great Lakes
Northern Plains
Chicago
New York
Monroe
Mich
Detroit
Public Schools Receive 223 093 From Income Fund
Boise July 16 Idaho public schools draw 223 093 from the public school income fund. Superintendent John Condie says this is 16 percent of the estimated 1936 37 income. Canyon County leads subdivisions with 15 338. Bannock 15 157. Ada 5 037. Twin Falls 14 755. Other allotments include Bingham 10 257 and Bonneville 11 398.
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Boise
Idaho
John Condie
Canyon County
Bannock County
Ada County
Twin Palls County
Bingham
Bonneville
Taylor and Clark Claim Friendship Amid Logging Tension
Lewiston July 16 Attorney General J W Taylor said he is very friendly with Governor Barzilla W Clark both personally and officially while noting reports of constant loggerheads are untrue He refused to discuss the case of Douglas Van Vinck the triple killer sentenced to hang July 27 saying politics may be involved
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Lewiston
Attoreney
J. W. Taylor
Barzilla W. Clark
Boise
Taylor
Douglas van Vinck
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