Legislators See Backfire In Lewis Accusation On Garner
Lawmakers debated wage hour law revisions after John L. Lewis denounced Vice President Garner as a labor baiting, wild accusation sparked political theater. The House and Senate factions considered non controversial amendments while Garner received wide support from many lawmakers and a cheering Texas delegation. Senator Burke predicted Garner would gain millions of votes if he runs in 1940. Garner avoided comment.
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John L. Lewis
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Lewis
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United States
Senate
Burke
Nebraska
Sheppard
Texas
Luther A. Johnson
CIO
John Garner
Washington, D. C
Mobile Camp To House Field Groups In Idaho Falls
Idaho Falls July 28 A Bendixson Bonneville county farm security administration supervisor unveiled plans for a portable labor camp to house seasonal workers families. The movable village will sit on 10 acres two miles north of Idaho Falls on the Ammon highway and move with beet thinning and pea picking crews for four months each year. Construction could start by September 1 with about 50 families housed on site and overseen by George B. Herington. The camp will serve Idaho Falls Driggs Blackfoot and Shelley and will house families only.
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A. Bendixson
Bonneville County
Farm Security Administration
Bendixsen
George B. Herington
Driggs
Blackfoot
Shelley
Proposals Reported For Woman Convicted Of Murder
Velma West serving life for killing her husband with a claw hammer received love letters and two marriage proposals over five weeks while a fugitive from Marysville Ohio reformatory. She and Mary Ellen Richards displayed the letters after fleeing the prison last month, prompting officers to arrest the pair.
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Dallas
Velma West
Marysville
Ohio
West
Mary Ellen Richards
Four year old tricyclist pursues Florence trip
A Warren County child Richard Nettles Jr. left home on a tricycle toward Florence twenty five miles away. A friend told his parents who found him three miles along the highway and asked why he was riding off he replied I was going to Florence to visit auntie.
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Lake City
8. C
Richard Nettles, Jr
Florence
Tobacco Millions Go to Duke Heir on 21st Birthday
Anthony Drexel Duke has reached 21 and inherits tobacco fortunes from Angier Duke. The estate, once $2 million in trust, is rumored to total $5 to 6 million, with a trustee board setting his daily allowance around $89 for maintaining his social position. Duke plans a birthday event at his Southampton home with his mother Mrs. T. Markoe Robertson and a September wedding to Alice Noel Rutgers.
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Anthony Drexel Duke
Worrow
Southampton
T. Markoe Robertson
Alice Noel Rutgers
Angier Buchanan Duke
Local Golfer Wins Medal in Idaho Junior Amateur
In Boise on July 28 two Pocatello youths Lynn Roubidoux and Larry McCormack tied for medalist honors in Idaho's junior amateur golf tournament with Roubidoux winning after a playoff. Qualifying saw Garity of Nampa at 8 8 to reach championship flight. first-round match play began with several pairings across Nampa Twin Falls Pocatello and Boise.
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Pocatello
Lynn Roubidoux
Larry McCormack
Idaho
Roubidoux
Broadmoor
Wallace Garity
Nampa
Pat Wallace
Twin Falls
Garrity
Toolson
McCormack
Reed Faylor
Student May Graduate By Court Act
Judge Thomas E Buckner ruled in Caldwell Idaho that LeRoy Harris a Northwest Nazarene College senior has a cause of action in mandamus to receive his diploma. The court found Harris had completed the course and earned the degree and noted the dispute hinges on a required apology letter before graduation. The judge has not ruled on the merits of the case.
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Idaho
Thomas E. Buckner
District Court
LeRoy Harris
Northwest Nazarene College of
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Buckner
Northwest Nazarene College
Former Idahoan Dies in Salt Lake City Hotel Manager
William C. Gill, 55, longtime hotel executive born in New York and formerly of Idaho Falls, died today in a Salt Lake City hospital from stomach ulcers. Gill moved west as a youth and spent years with hotels in Utah Idaho and California.
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William C. Gill
Cullen
Idaho Falls
New York
Gill
Utah
Idaho
California
Iron Horse Makes Last Run On Friendly Wendover Line
The 44.8 mile Deep Creek line from Gold Hill to Wendover Utah ends its weekly run as the interstate commerce commission grants abandonment. Mason Moore, the sole manager and crew, recalls community years and a few unscheduled stops for passengers and locals. Tonight the engine heads to its final stall as Gold Hill shifts to trucks for freight and mail.
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Wendover Utah
Mason Moore
Train Derailment Near Grand Canyon Injures 57
A Grand Canyon special train derailed six miles south of Grand Canyon station injuring 57. Thirty seven hospitalized and 20 treated at the scene. five remain in hospital. Engineers Sparks and Parks among the injured as rescuers rush aid from Prescott and neighboring cities.
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Grand Canyon
Ariz
Santa Fe
Here
Alisa White
Kalamazoo
Mich
Minnie Hofemeister
Milwaukee
Wis
G. B. Parker
Scarborough
England
Lillian Aston
Akron
B. H. Sparks
N. E. Parks
Winslow, Ariz
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Parks
Prescott
Winslow
Needles
Calif
Albuquerque
Williams
State Highway Department
Mars Sees No Reply To Earth Radio Signal
New York July 28 Mars gave no response to a radio message and a swing music broadcast sent toward it from Baldwin New York by Press Wireless Inc. The attempt aimed to bridge 36 million miles and hoped for a reply in six minutes and 28 seconds but went unanswered. Meanwhile World’s Fair officials planned a Martian defense blackout in Fountain Lake area as anti aircraft drills threatened lights. Students and scientists globally studied the continuing Martian phenomena as the sphere receded into space.
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Mars
Earth
Mars First & Morse
Press Wireless, Inc
Baldwin, N. Y
Hicksville
N.Y
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Baseball scores and tallies from the American and National Leagues
The chart lists multiple games with teams and line scores. Chicago 14 over New York 28 in a high scoring affair. St. Louis 11 over Boston 6. Philadelphia 7 over Cincinnati postponed by rain. other results include Detroit and Chicago scores, and Pittsburgh and Boston details.
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New York
Smith
Tresh
Hildebrand
Dickey
Wagon from Ogden firm offered for parade use
Mayor R M Terrell received a note from Frank J Stevens of Sidney Stevens Implement Co Ogden about an oldtime Ludlow wagon stored at Fort Hall. The company planned to sell to an Indian but the deal failed and they seek a fair rodeo or pioneer group to buy it for parades or exhibitions.
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Frank J. Stevens
Sidney Stevens Implement Company
Ogden
Fort Hall
Mr. Stevens
Cashier Leaves Bannock Hotel for San Francisco Search
Berniece McGaffin, longtime Bannock Hotel Coffee Show cashier, departed today for San Francisco to seek new employment and establish residence.
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Berniece McGaffin
San Francisco
Gold and Silver Imports Reported in Week Ended July 21
Gold imports totaled 88,398,820 dollars and silver imports 1,421,337 dollars for the week ending July 21, according to the Silver forces' site released today.
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Washington
Hotel Defies Pickets As Mediation Fails
Picketing of the Hotel Ben Lomond by Culinary Alliance local No. 599 continued after a mediation conference collapsed. Hotel president T. E. Thomas said no closed shop agreement. union secretary A. E. Urry noted the union offered a modified closed shop and to remove pickets while abiding by arbitration, but the hotel management rejected both offers.
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Ogden
Ben Lomond
Culinary Alliance
T. E. Thomas
A. E. Urry
Bistline Proposes Legislative Research Bureau
Rep F M Bistline of Bannock Idaho urges creation of a legislative research bureau to study bills with history and legal impact. He says a council could shorten sessions and allow lawmakers to vote on policy rather than form, enabling more lawyers to participate without time loss.
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Bistline
Minor
Legislative Council
Kansas
Dixieland Mouthpiece Freed Amid Vengeance Threats
Richard Davis once known as kid mouthpiece for the Dutch Schultz policy racket was released from Bronx county jail with four detectives guarding him. He was taken by car to an undisclosed hideout amid Langland’s possible retaliation for informers, possibly en route to a rendezvous with his red-haired sweetheart Hope Dave, a Broadway show beauty he plans to wed.
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New York
Richard
Dixie) Davis
Langland
Davis
Bronx
Hope Dave
Heat Wave Grips Northwest with Record Temps
A scorching heat wave across the Pacific Northwest continues with Lewiston Idaho at 117 degrees and Reith Oregon at 120 unofficially. Seattle records 94 as other cities hit triple digits including Pendleton 110 and Spokane 105. Fires burn thousands of acres in Washington and Oregon as firefighters battle outbreaks.
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Willamette Valley
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Weather Bureau
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Three WPA Offices Close in Idaho
Lewiston July 26 Dean W. Miller state WPA director of employment announces consolidation closes three of six Idaho WPA offices effective August 1. Offices kept are Coeur d Alene Boise and Pocatello. Lewiston Twin Falls and Idaho Falls offices closed. Personnel disposition undecided. current project employment remains unaffected. Miller cites funding limits under the 1939 emergency relief act.
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Dean W. Miller
WPA
Idaho
Coeur d'Alene
Boise
Pocatello
Twin Falls
Idaho Falls
Miller
Allotments Set for Historic Bannock Wheat Farms
Bannock county AAA committee to establish wheat allotments for farms that grew wheat in 1937 38 or 39. Allotments only on written request and no request after the 15 day appeal period per secretary B L Harper.
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Bannock County
B. L. Harper
Senate Votes to Cut Highway Funding in Lending Bill
In a swift turn, the Senate slashed 500 million dollars from the administration’s 2.49 billion lending program for highways by a 42 to 38 vote. Senator Byrd led the move with Democrats and Republicans joining to reduce the highway fund, while Rep Gavagan planned to urge House Democrats to back the administration’s remaining two major bills in a loyalty pledge. The chamber earlier reconsidered a 42 to 39 vote on yesterday’s decision as amendments sought to shield lending, and Wheeler and LaFollette won approval for a refinancing provision for farm mortgages aimed at easing farmer housing costs.
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Wheeler
Montana
LaFollette
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Bredeslland
Hale
Maine
Taft
Ohio
Tobey
New Hampshire
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Delaware
White
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No Justice Comes To Light In Bennett Night Club
In Minneapolis William F. Bennett, once a vociferous repealer, opened a night club and served soft drinks after learning the liquor licenses quota was filled. The incident highlights shifting stance amid temperance era limits.
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Minneapolis
Wlliam F .Bennett
Christmas Comes to Camp Matoaka in July
In a midsummer scene at Camp Matoaka the girls celebrate Christmas with carols a lit tree and gift giving after missing a December gathering. The event brings holiday cheer despite heat humidity and thundery skies.
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Prince Frederick
Camp Matoaka
Third Clinic Founder Dies in Rochester
White-haired Dr. William J Mayo died at 4 a.m. at 78 after an operation for a stomach condition. The Mayo Clinic founder, who trained under his country doctor father, left a widow Hattie Mayo and two daughters Phoebe and Carrie. His brothers Dr. Charlie Mayo and Sister Mary Joseph had died earlier this year.
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Rochester. Minn
William J Mayo
Will
Mayo Clinic
Charles H. Mayo
Mary Joseph
Charlie
Chicago
Hattie Mayo
Phoebe
Carrie
Donald Balfour
Rochester
Pocatello Swelters At 90 Degrees
Pocatello endures a 90 degree high as humidity drives discomfort and conditional instability. Water use hits about five million gallons daily while city crews plan to replace the Second Avenue pipeline to meet growing demand.
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Pocatello
Clarence Raieney
Mr. Rainey
Second Avenue
World War I Anniversary: Peace Despite a Century of Conflict
The World War began 25 years ago today with Austria Hungary declaring war on Serbia on July 28 1914. The assassination at Sarajevo triggered rapid declarations of war as Russia mobilized and Germany acted with France and Britain joining by August. The United States entered the war April 6 1917.
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Utah Weather Forecast Drops Brief cloudy periods
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with scattered thundershowers in the mountains. Temperatures show little change across the region.
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Utah
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