Stray Bullet Strikes Rancher. Deputy Traces Rifle Owners
E F Garrett of Nixon acreage ranch was wounded in the back by a .22 bullet as he nailed boards for a shed. Deputies and neighbors reported two youths with a rifle seen nearby this morning as investigators search for the rifle owners. Garrett's condition is not serious, with x ray confirming a two inch wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Garrett
Dave McNichols
Garrett
E. N. Roberts
M. J. Rossi
Roberts
London Puts Statesmen Under Guard
London and Scotland Yard tightened security after yesterday’s five bombings as Parliament adopted tougher anti IRA measures. Prime Minister Chamberlain and cabinet members were placed under special guard while investigators questioned suspects and searched railway stations, the British Museum, and government buildings for a possible IRA plan to wreck industries and water supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Scotland Yard
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Irish Republican Army
Houses of Parliament
British Museum
Kings Cross
I.R.A
Home
Samuel Hoare
Loretta Byers Appointed to State Textbook Commission
J W Condie announces Loretta Byers supervisor of teacher training at Idaho Southern University Pocatello will join the state textbook commission replacing Laura Mae Bourg Albion Normals school whose five year term ends. The state board finished a two day session and will meet again in September to certify county levies for funding Idaho's minimum public school program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
J. W. Condie
Loretta Byers
Idaho Southern University
Pocatello
State Textbook Commission
Laura Mae Bourg
Albion Normals School
State Board of Allen
Idaho
Condie
State Penitentiary
St. Anthony
Smelter Reopens After Short Shutdown in Utah
The United States Smelting Refining and Mining Company announced the reopening of its Midvale smelter near Salt Lake City after a brief shutdown that left 225 workers temporarily unemployed. All workers are expected to return. Meanwhile, housing inspectors Charles Butler and Charles Shaw start a study of sub standard housing in Pocatello to support a future low cost housing program funded by federal funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Midvale
United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Company
Charles Butler
Charles Shaw
Pocatello
Robert M. Terrell
City street crew oils NE streets under Joe Spillman
A street department crew worked today in the northeast city section under Joe Spillman. The oiling covered Second and Third avenues and began on Fourth Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Street Department
Joe Spillman
Second
Third Avenues
Fourth Avenue
Dixie Davis Leaves Cell After Brief Jail Time
New York July 27 shielded by four detectives J Richard Dixie Davis 34 former kid mouthpiece of the Dutch Schultz policy racket will be freed from the Bronx jail shortly after midnight tonight. District Attorney Thomas E Dewe ordered elaborate precautions to safeguard Davis from possible gangland vengeance as he steps into a new life of fear shaded freedom. Prison officials said he would be taken to a secret destination and depart the Manhattan backdrop where his career rose from a law clerk to a crime syndicate heir. Davis longed to go straight after a life of flashy affluence and high priced clothing and offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J. Richard
Dixie) Davis
Dutch Schultz
Bronx
Thomas E. Dewe
Davis
Manhattan
Catskill Mountain
Tannerville
N. Y
Baseball scores from Boston to Pittsburgh and weather notes
Baseball results across multiple AL and NL cities with scores for Boston Washington St. Louis New York Chicago Brooklyn Cincinnati Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Weather outlooks note partly cloudy conditions with showers possible and a warm trend into Friday in Idaho and elsewhere.
Mars Close-Up Tonight Puts Astronomers on Edge
Mars will be 36,033,000 miles from Earth tonight the nearest approach since 1924. Astronomers hope to glimpse the planet's canals seen as possible evidence of life while debate continues over their very existence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mars
Earth
Best Chance Ever For Photo Astronomers
Mars offers the best opportunity yet for photography based astronomy as film and telescope quality improve. Mars, near Earth in 1924, moved from morning to evening star on July 23 and rises in the east at dusk, setting in the west following the sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars
Earth
Martian canals and visions of life on Mars
The article discusses long straight lines on Mars, 100 to 2000 miles long, seen under special conditions and mapped by 800 sightings. It credits E. C. Slipher of Lowell Observatory with many drawings, notes Schiaparelli’s earlier sighting, and suggests canal networks as a drought response to sustain life on a drying planet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars
Lowell Observatory
Flagstaff
Aziz
Earth
E. C. Slipher
Ariz
Flaxstaff
Schiaparelli
Slipher
Paint Highway Signs On Center Lines In Pocatello
State highway crews start painting center lines along Fifth Avenue Center Street and Main to city limits Friday morning under Robert Lenman with Chief Pugmire directing. Motorists urged to drive carefully to preserve fresh paint. A yellow stripe under the subway will be painted with a white danger stripe. cars may pass on the yellow side but not over the white on hills under a new federal rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello
Robert Lenman
Polite R.M Pugmire
Pugmire
Fifth Avenue
Center Street
Main
Center
Maternal Death Rate Drops 30 Percent in Few Years
An obstetric audit in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows the United States reduced maternal deaths by 30 percent from 7.0 per 1 000 in 1929 to 4.89 in 1937. Dr Scott C Runnels of Cleveland notes regional variation and urges continued improvement. nine states report under four deaths per 1 000 in 1937 while the South exceeds six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Journal of the
American Medical Association
United States
Scott C. Runnels
Cleveland
Ountry
Wyoming
Montana
Utah
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
New Jersey
Maine
South
Diving Stunt Traps Three at Golden Gate Exposition
Three men were trapped for 50 minutes in a diving bell at Treasure Island during a Golden Gate exposition concession. Louis Gilpin and riders Edgar Symmons and William Arthur, all 22, controlled the bell from inside as a power cut left it three feet below the surface. Fire crews pumped 2000 gallons to flood the tank and aid the ascent, with all three escaping unharmed except for eye irritation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Louis Gilpin
Edgar B. Symmons
William R. Arthur
Walnut Creek
Calif
Gilpin
Symmons
Arthur
Treasure Island
Beating death tied to two youths in Ogden and Los Angeles
A coroner's jury held Eugene C Sidwell of Ogden Utah and Victor Betzler a transient for the fatal beating of John Buono a 40 year old bartender. Sidwell was held on suspicion of murder while Betzler remained at large. Detective Lt E J Rev testified the pair struck Buono Saturday during a robbery bid and Buono died Monday after he resisted. Sidwell was captured by a passerby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Eugene C Sidwell
Ogden
Utah
Victor Betzler
John Buono
Sidwell
E. J. Rev
Buono
Revis
Indian man Nevada involved in highway collision near Tyhee
A Nevada man on the wrong side of the highway near Tyhee in the early hours had his car struck by another vehicle and nearly toppled into a ditch filled with water. The car remained perched on the ditch edge as radiator water was drawn from the ditch. Mrs Nevada was in the car at the time. No further damage was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Tyhee
A. Peterson
John L Lewis Attacks Garner as Evil Old Man in Labor Hearing
C I O leader John L. Lewis accused Vice President Garner of leading anti labor attacks in Congress. He called Garner a poker playing whisky drinking evil old man and said he would oppose Garner when he seeks the presidency in 1940. The remarks followed Lewis testimony opposing wage hour law changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
Garner
Congress
Lewis
Senate
House
Democratic
John N. Garner
Labor
Whitman Street Closed During Recreation Center Contest
Police Chief R M Pugmire warns Whitman street will be closed Thursday 2 to 3 p m for the recreation center push mobile contest. An officer and flagman will direct traffic while youngsters coast downhill in homemade autos, as authorities urge motorists to use alternate routes to prevent accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitman Street
Recreation Center
R. M. Pugmire
Pugmire
Prominent Russians Stripped of Decorations by Decree
A Soviet decree published in Moscow on July 27 lists seventy nine Russians, among them high army officers and officials, stripped of decorations for actions unworthy of order bearers. Names include Tairoff, Sergeyeff, Lapin, and others such as Oras, Rappaport, Batis, and Ovchinnikoff. such publication often signals arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Tairoff
Mongolian People's Republic
Sergeyeff
Lapin
Vassily Bluecher
Far East
Shevchenko
Ural
Oras
Washington
Rappaport
Frunze Naval Academy
Batis
Khabarosk
Ovchinnikoff
Soviet Union
Jenkins May Try Again At Bonneville After 638 Mile Mishap
Ab Jenkins, famed for safe driving, plans another attempt at speed records in 10 days at the Bonneville Salt Flats after a cockpit fire during a 24 hour run left him with severe burns to his right arm and leg. His car burned but was not damaged, and he had averaged 171.3 mph over 638 miles before the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Ab Jenkins
Bonneville Salt Flats
Jenkins
Purple top disease may cut Montana potato harvests
In Helena on July 27, 1939, officials warned that purple top disease caused by psyllids could halve yields in the Billings Carbon county and Miles City Rosebud areas. State horticulturist George L Knight noted the infestation statewide is not as severe as in 1938, but still threatens crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
Billings- Carbon County
Miles City- Rosebud
Montana
George L Knight
Missoula
Pocatellans Pay 91.75 Percent of 1938 Property Taxes
City clerk and treasurer J Ward Green reports 91.75 percent of the 1938 current property taxes collected, turnover totaling 23,386.92 from the county auditor. He compares this with 89.22 percent of the 1937 tax roll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatellans
J. Ward Green
Green
Civil Service Exams Open in Agriculture Marketing Service
The U S Civil Service Commission announces examinations for the Department of Agriculture Marketing Service positions. Applications are due by August 24 at the commissioner's Washington D C office. Open posts include tobacco inspector senior seed technologist and associates. Further information available at the post office or Civil Service examiners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Department of Agriculture
The
Post Office
Civil Service Board of Examiners
Japan Sees Unfriendly Act In Termination Of Treaty
TOKYO July 27 AP The United States ended the 28 year old commerce and navigation treaty with Japan an act described as unfriendly due to its abruptness. The foreign office said the abrogation was unthinkable and warned of possible economic retaliatory steps if discrimination continued after a six month notice period. Officials noted surprise at the swiftness of Washingtons move and awaited an explanation while considering talks on a new treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Tokyo
United States
Foreign Office
America
State Department
Washington
Orient
City Sees 90 Degree Heat With 95 Peak in Pocatello
Yesterday Pocatello endured heat with a 95 degree afternoon high as forecasts indicated continued warmth. The Oyport weather bureau noted highs near 86 by noon and a morning low around 65, with a trace of precipitation at the airport and a forecast of hot conditions through Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello
Seve
Oyport Venti
Iowa Woman Dies At Wilson Home
Mrs. Anna Blazek, 74, Cres ton Iowa, visiting daughter Mrs. Robert Wilson, died at the Wilson home 611 N Hayes at 12 40 a m after brief illness. Born April 8 1865 in Bohemia she came to the United States 62 years ago. Survivors include four daughters and four sons with multiple siblings and in laws. Body to be sent from Downard mortuary to Creston for services and interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Blazek
Creston
Iowa
Robert Wilson
Wilson Home
N. Hayes
Blazek
Bohemia
United States
Frank Blazek
Washington
Pocatello
S. C. Gravett
Corning
R. E. Stoner
Grand Coulee
Wash
Nellie Vicker
Frank
Jess
Earl Blazek
Cromwell
George Blazek
Kent
Theresa Shunk
Los Angeles
William Callow
Marysville
William Hines
Wilsonville
Nebraska
Louis Blazek
Downard
Idaho Ike Charms at San Francisco World’s Fair
Mrs Myrtle P Eaking Idaho state treasurer called Idaho Ike a distinct attraction for the Idaho exhibit at the San Francisco world’s fair on her return from the exposition She praised the working model of Arrow rock dam as highly effective and noted fairgoers credit this feature for drawing many visitors She traveled with Governor Bottolfsen and about a hundred Idahoans for Idaho day observance. the governor will remain away for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Myrtle P. Eaking
Idaho
Arrowrock
Two Prison Women Recount Escape from Marysville Reformatory
Velma West and Mary Ellen Richards tell how they plotted their July escape from the Marysville Ohio women’s reformatory. They were captured Tuesday night and waived extradition. Richards 23 admitted telling a superintendent of the reformatory about the plan, while Velma sought to escape hardship with the plot. Both face solitary confinement and head shaving as punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Velma West
Mary Ellen Richards
Marysville
Ohio
Mary Ellen
Marguerite Reilley
Reformatory
Virginia Brandy
Velma
Thomas Edward West
Lawyers Balk at Proposal to Admit Idaho Grads
J L Eberle of Boise told the Idaho bar that an independent self governed profession safeguards freedom. He warned against allowing diploma graduates from the University of Idaho law school to be admitted without examination. The bar’s three day annual session opened with his keynote address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
United States
J. L. Eberle
Idaho
Eberle
University of Idaho Law School
Census Taker Poses New Marriage and Birth Questions
A Census Bureau official outlined extra questions on marriages, ages at marriage, and number of children as part of a 1940 census test rolling out August 15 in St Joseph and Marshall counties Indiana. The push aims to gauge concerns over the birth rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
St. Joseph
Marshall
Ind
Library building unsafe. bids sought for repairs
Ogden city commissioners rejected a library board plea to close the Carnegie library until braces are installed on two overloaded floors. They voted to call for contractor bids to complete the necessary reinforcements, amid warnings that patrons face danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogden
Carnegie Library Board
George R. Glen
Library Board
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Marcum
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Rich
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Detroit
Trout
Masterson
Carrasquel
Guiliani
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Melton
O'Dea
Owen
R. H. E. Brooklyn
Presswell
Phelps
Lee and Hartnett
R. H
Cincinnati
MacFayden
Errickson
Lopez
Derringer
Lombardi
Fette, Sullivan and
Andrews
Grissom
Hershberger
Pittsburgh
Butcher
Johnson
Harrell
Higbe
Millies
Klinger
Sewell
Swift
Heintzleman
Berres
Mueller
International Health Office
Dr. Runnels
Jury
Wilson
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