21 Jul 1941
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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1941
Page
1
President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to extend the one year active service period for selectees national guardsmen and reservists saying the nation faces greater danger than a year ago and the army would disintegrate without more time and training. He warned of grave national risk and urged maintaining full strength and readiness.
London officials claim Britain is testing occupied peoples readiness to accept leadership from London as a V campaign spreads across German-occupied Europe. N. F. Newsome says more leadership experiments will precede a final push with an underground army to go over the top. Colonel Britton appeals for more V signs as Britain stays with occupied nations.
A coroner jury ruled the death of Hyrm Willis Hannig 30 unavoidable after his bicycle was struck by a car driven by Payne Hendricks on highway 30 two miles northwest of Pocatello last Thursday. Dr. A M Newton testified as did twelve jurors. Hannig died at St Anthony's Mercy hospital the following Saturday from injuries.
Pocatello Kiwanian Willard Bowen emerges as a candidate for district governor as Utah Idaho Kiwanis delegates plan a three day convention in Provo August 3 4 and 5. The event features notable speakers from Kiwanis International and local leaders with social functions and entertainment for Kiwanians and Kiwani Anns.
A weather bulletin reports little temperature change with mainly cloudy skies Monday night and Tuesday. Afternoon cloudiness over mountains and scattered showers are expected in the Uinta and Wasatch ranges during the afternoon.
E J Finch of Pocatello, field supervisor for the Emergency Crop and Feed Loan Office, U S Department of Agriculture, says crop prospects favor large repayments on delinquent loans in Oregon Washington and Idaho. He notes loans are U S obligations not bound by state statutes and Idaho has a repayment rate under 12 percent, with improvements in Oregon and Washington.
Charles Frances Peterman 60 died in a local hospital Sunday evening after a lingering illness. Born March 13 1881 in Liscon North Carolina he married Mary Green August 29 1915 in Fort Benton Montana. The Petermans moved to Pocatello in 1920 where he ran Superior bakery and later served as president and manager of Pocatello Furniture Co. He was a member of BPOE No 674 and the Pocatello Chamber of Commerce.
The 23rd Idaho American Legion convention in Boise August 17 to 20 will feature National Commander Milo J. Warner of Toledo Ohio addressing attendees at 2 30 p m Sunday Other events include drum and bugle corps contests banquet and commander's ball Forts and Eights reunions and auxiliary sessions will also occur with a total Legion membership record of over 6000 and all sessions at the Owyhee hotel
Heintzelman and Lopez led Pittsburgh with sharp defense as the team edged Brooklyn 811 to 3100 in a tight ICC American game. Key players included Kim Ball Tamulis Brown Wicker and Owen in a slow paced contest.
Exhausted Bannock Creek and Buffalo lodge dancers completed a 72 hour sun dance of health and strength. Dancers endured heat and fatigue, fasting on water and barbecued beef later, while bowing to the great spirit for tribal unity and health.
The first of three Bannock County 4-H livestock judging tours will be held Wednesday with North Bannock or Pocatello district members. The day includes fat hog judging at Martin Palmer farm, Holstein heifers at W. P. Havenor farm, Hampshire sheep at F. O. Miller, lunch at J. L. Ashton farm, 4-H Flying Banner demonstration at Ashton, Jersey cows at Ashton, and Siles Shorthorn beef at Theo Tumner farm Ft. Hall.
RAF bombers struck the Italian west coast port of Naples killing 15 and wounding 24 as Allied air actions broadened. British night raids hit Cologne and the Rhineland with factory fires reported while German sorties attacked eastern England and northeastern Scotland.
An unidentified man aged 65 to 70 was found dead Sunday at 4 10 p m under a tree near the east yard office of the Union Pacific railroad yards. Police say death likely natural. coroner Hall will decide on inquest. Fingerprints sent to FBI for identification.
Mrs. L. L. Johnson and three children of 730 West Benton left Saturday for St. Louis Missouri where Mrs. Johnson's mother Mrs. Charles H. Browne underwent an operation today.
Mrs. Fred Wild swore out a complaint in Chas. W. Hyde’s court charging Peter McDonald with obtaining money under false pretenses. McDonald, driving a Buick with Oregon plates, sold a coat alleged to be genuine martin for 75 dollars while it is valued at not more than 10 dollars. Captain A L Oliver warned housewives about itinerant merchants after the Wild case and similar victimizations.
Two youths, 17 and 18, who shot and robbed Lovene Crockett at an Idaho Falls service station last Tuesday remain at large. A 1936 supercharged car abandoned in Ogden along West Seventeenth Street is linked to the suspects through its serial motor number and discarded license plates. The holdup netted Crockett $30 and the youths are believed behind similar crimes in La Grande and Portland, Oregon.
Mrs S S Evans chair of the nursery school advisory committee reports the 1941 42 session began last Monday. The school now occupies the L C Larsen home at 107 South Second East with staff Zelda Draney head teacher Mary H Coburn Louvana Chatterton and Julia Larsen. Salaries come from W P A funds and other costs are shared by Franklin county Preston city and the Preston school district. The advisory committee includes E A Jensen Mrs L A George Mrs C D Booker Mrs Owens Baur and Wayne Evans with Superintendent R F Campbell serving as local supervisor.
The case of Anne Sherburne versus T. B. Smith and others, concerning the distribution of Mink Creek waters, scheduled for today before District Judge I. E. McDougall, was postponed due to the death of litigant J. A. McKinnon.
Services were held Saturday for John Ira Burton 78 a former Montpelier and Soda Springs Idaho resident who moved to Vernal in 1877 and died Thursday.
German spokesmen asserted a large battle east of the Stalin line near Smolensk with claims of destroying a Soviet division at Mogilev and encircling forces. Soviet reports acknowledged fierce defense around Smolensk and heavy Soviet counterattacks while Stalin tightened defense leadership as raids and bombings continued along multiple fronts.
London reports say Germany constructed a fake Berlin outside the capital to lure British bombers. A wood and cardboard replica includes landmarks like Unter den Linden and Kurfürstendamm with fake railway lines and Potsdamer Bahnhof. Air experts doubt its usefulness given modern navigation tools.
Two young army air sergeants were killed by lightning yesterday on a knoll near Denver's municipal airport while thousands watched an air show. Seaman Henry Levin, 19, of Philadelphia, and Dwaine Moore, 19, of Brunswick Nebraska, died after seeking shade under a pine. Corp. Marvin Levin, 19, a brother of one victim, and James Winkler of Denver were injured.
Boise reports 41 year old Lester Bechtel died in Boise hospital from injuries after his clothing was pulled into a whirling blade at the Cascade mill. Survivors include his wife Mrs Belle Bechtel and son Verne Lester.
Fair conditions in Idaho tonight with Tuesday remaining fair. Southeast portion partly cloudy and cooler conditions expected in the north and west areas.
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