Third Russ Polar Flight Set to Launch From Moscow
Soviet transpolar flight led by Sigmund Levaneffsky, dubbed the Lindbergh of Russia, planned to depart Moscow at 5 p.m. PST with 3 to 5 aboard in a four motor craft. Fairbanks Alaska listed as a fueling stop with a wary secret takeoff time. Weather reported favorable for most of the route and daylight around the clock to near the pole.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Moscow
America
Sigismund Levaneffsky
Lindbergh of
Russia
Ork
Pole
Idahoan Drowns When Car Wrecks Near Boise
Rot Knowlton, 65, of Centerville Idaho died when his automobile left the Boise Idaho City highway ten miles east of Boise and overturned in a Boise river. Sheriff's officers noted the car apparently drifted off the road while Knowlton may have dozed. Passersby found the submerged car with its lights burning and alerted authorities.
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Boise
Rot Knowlton
Centerville
Idaho
Boise- Idaho City
Boisover
Knowlton
Sheriff's Office
Man Held in Connection With McCarthy Death
Boise police hold a man named John Aleck for investigation into the death of Patrick McCarthy. McCarthy’s blood-stained car was found abandoned in Bannock county days after his body was discovered. Sheriff Rossiter says the Boise detainee is not wanted there and would be taken to Cassia county if charged.
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Boise
J. Emer Harris
Patrick McCarthy
Burley
Bannock
Harris
Bannock County
Maurice Rossiter
McCarthy
Cassia County
Robert M. Pugmire
John Aleck
New Fox West Coast Theater Under North Main Constructed
Construction begins on a North Main Street theater costing a quarter million dollars. Bird Finlayson contractors, with 1300-seat capacity and air conditioning, include 40 by 30 foot stage opening and the Mah Miri phon ic sound system. Completion is expected by December 1.
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FOX West Coast
North Main
A. DD. Eichenlaub
North Main Street
Bird Finlayson
Finlayson
Rick Ricketson
Denver
Ex Intermountain Agency Corporation
Eich
Enlaup
Seichenlauch
Eichenlaub
Croteum
Capt
Mia
Idaho Motor Vehicle Registrations Rise in 1937 First Half
Boise July 29 Idaho reports a 232075 increase in motor vehicle registrations for the first six months of 1937 versus 1936. Total registrations reached 2,048,225 with 97,136 passenger cars licensed..distributed funds show 1,788,101 to counties 198,678 to the state highway bureau and 61,446 to the law enforcement department.
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Boise
Idaho
Law Enforcement Department
State Highway Bureau
Barzilla W. Clark
Licenses bid sought for 1988 plates in Boise
Law Enforcement Commissioner J. L. Balderston announced bids for 220000 license sets for 1988. Three color combinations are under consideration for the plates.
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Boise
J. L. Balderston
Peiping Calms After Sudden Chinese Withdrawal
Peace returned to Peiping as Chinese forces withdrew from the Peiping area after three weeks of Sino-Japanese fighting. Japanese bombardment continued near Tientsin, 90 miles east, while Gen. Sung Cheh-yuan departed and a pro-Japanese Chinese general assumed control.
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Peiping
Tientsin
Sung Cheh-yuan
Song
29Th
Paotingfu
United States
Baseball Scores From Boston to Pittsburgh and Beyond
Scores from multiple games led off with Boston versus St. Louis and Chicago versus Washington, listing runs by innings and batteries. The report moves to Philadelphia, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, and Brooklyn with final tallies and players noted. A separate dispatch covers political shifts as General Sung transfers authority to Gen. Chang Tsu chung amid Japa nese influence in Peiping, with Chinese reactions and evacuations noted.
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Boston
R. H. E. St. Louis
Trotter
Bennett
Hemsley
McKain
Wilson
Chicago
Brooklyn
Frankhouse
Phelps
Davis
Shaun
O'Dea
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Mulcahy
Jorgens
Grace
Blanton
Swift
Todd
St. Louis
New York
Cantwell and Danning
Weiland and Owen
Sung
Chang Tsu-chung
Shanghai
Temperature Drops as Heat Eases at Poca Weather Office
Temperature and humidity fell today easing the Poca weather condition. For the first time since July 18 the thermometer dropped below 90 degrees recording 87 at 3 percent humidity. Littles forecast shows no rain in the near term.
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Pocatello
Weather Office
Littles
Idaho Governor orders joint highway safety drive
Governor Barzilla W. Clark directs Public Works and Law Enforcement to mobilize manpower funds and equipment for a unified campaign to reduce highway fatalities. He cites a high toll in 1937 and emphasizes policing in high risk areas and during road construction.
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Public Works
Ira J. Taylor
J. L. Balderston
Department of Public Works
Department of Law Enforcement
Pocatelloan Not In Zone of War
James McLaughlin, retired Tientsin businessman, safe in Pocatello with sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs T L Reddy at 323 West Lovejoy. He has been visiting for 30 days while Sino Japanese crisis unfolds.
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James McLaughlin
Tientsin
Pocatello
T. L. Reddy
West Lovejoy
McLaughlin
the Tribune
Rayburn predicts Congress to adjourn within three weeks
Majority Leader Rayburn told the House that Congress should adjourn in about three weeks unless the court bill stalls Senate action. He cited progress on wage hour and housing measures and said the housing bill and court bill await Senate action as adjournment looms.
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Washington
Rayburn
House
Congress
Senate
Snell
Roosevelt
House Labor Committee
Bankhead
Warner Housing
Coal Dealer Drowns in Great Salt Lake
A. K. Shurtz, 37, Salt Lake City coal dealer, drowned while swimming at Sunset Beach in rough seas. His body was recovered a mile and a half off shore in 14 feet of water after a storm began. Mrs. Bertha Smith swam nearby, describing a sudden wave and Shurtz disappearing.
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Salt Lake City
A. K. Shurtz
Great St Lake
Sunset Beach
Shurtz
Bertha Smith
Mrs. Smith
Mr. Shurtz
Wage-Hour Bill Attacked As Economic Threat
Senator Austin argues the Black-Connery wage and hour proposal would straitjacket labor and raise agricultural costs by empowering a labor standards board to set wages and hours for grain elevators creameries and processing plants The farmer would pay higher labor costs and receive lower prices for produce Borah notes historical 12-hour days and says he would not defend such practices.
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Washington
Austin
Senate
Ington
Chamber
Labor Standards Board
Senator Borah
Idaho
Steel Mills
Borah
Tientsin Inferno as Japanese Air Raids Rage
Bomb made flames sweep through sections of Tientsin and surrounding villages as Japanese air raids hit the Japanese military headquarters area. Chinese troops held positions amid heavy fighting while Americans and other foreigners faced danger in the foreign concessions.
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Associated Press
Tientsin
China
North
United States
Tienteia
Peiping Mukeden
Nankai University
Asiatic Petroleum
Protests Over Royal Visit to Northern Ireland
London July 29 protesters voiced opposition to official arrangements for King George and Queen Elizabeth's coronation visit to Belfast. Police investigated a warehouse explosion linked to a mine on the royal route but made no arrests. Authorities stated the attack aimed at damaging power facilities rather than the king’s life. Weather forecast: fair tonight and Friday with unsettled southeast conditions and little temperature change.
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London
George
Queen Elizabeth
Northern Ireland
The
Daily Mirror
Belfast
Ulster
Tokyo Warns World Powers to Stay Out of Chinese Trouble
July 29 AP report from London and Tokyo notes Britain signaling not to approve detachment of Chinese provinces, while Japan pledges to reject outside interference. War Minister Sugiyama says Chinese north may escalate, with reinforcements sent. Diet to reconvene as bills pass in lower house.
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Tokyo
London
Great Britain
Japan
China
Eden
Koki Hirota
Diet
War Office
Four CCC Boys Hurt in Idaho Camp Crash
J W Farrell of the regional forest service left Ogden for Caribou Idaho to investigate an accident at a CCC camp. Five enrollees left camp without permission in a CCC truck and reportedly wrecked it near Montpelier. Four boys were treated at the camp first aid station and one was taken to Montpelier hospital. injuries not yet known.
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Ogden
J. W. Farrell
Forest Service
Caribou
Idaho
CCC
John N. Kinney
Montpelier
Kinney
Montler
Japanese Third Fleet Commander Warns of Action in Chinese Hostilities
Vice Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa, commander of the Japanese Third Fleet, said the fleet may be forced to act in Chinese Japanese hostilities if Chinese authorities do not curb unrest. He stated the Third Fleet may carry out its duty to prevent spread of unrest.
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Shanghai
Airal Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Third Fleet
Ninese
Aii
Cruiser Omaha Floated From Bahama Reef After Grounding
The cruiser Omaha, aground at Castle Island light in the Bahamas since July 19, was floated today after salvage operations. No injuries reported and the vessel was towed clear of the danger area.
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Washington
Castle Island Light
Bahamas
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Russ Polar Flight
Lindbergh
Yungting River
Marco ‘Bridge
Kungkiying Tsukowkiao
Papaoshan
Tukowkiao Sta
Paomachang
Fengtai
A . A, Peiping
Japanese Army Headquarters
Kaigan
Kchengkwosze
Nanyuan
L City
Miles
Nanking
Legation
Tribume-Ap Telemat
Plate
Cincinnati
R. H. E. Boston
Turner
Mueller
Derringer
Lombardi
Pocatelloan
Housing Bill Administration
North China City
Chine
Chang Tsze Chung
Kiyoshi Katsuki
Ireland
James A. Mills
France
Germany
Liaotung Peninsula
Shimonoseki
Gen Sugiyama
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