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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1932
Page
8
Mackenzie-Firestone Service Store in Pocatello launches a city wide sales drive providing unemployed residents with service coupon books worth 25 cents each. Buyers get a refund on first purchase, funding work for many while aiding motorists with savings on maintenance.
Police identified the body as Mrs. Mabel Swyers, 45, missing since May 19. She was the widow of James Swyers, head of a local aviation company, who died in a winter airplane accident. Her body was found in the Jordan River near Salt Lake City.
The American Legion and Auxiliary thank local business men for funding and support of the Memorial Day dedication on city cemetery plot. Materials from Bistline Gem State Lumber Pocatello Lumber Idaho Portland Cement Theodore J Turner. John Brennan supervised work. EF Smith secured the plot. The monument features a 10 by 18 base with terraces and a tomb shaped 4 by 10 memorial.
Elizabeth A. Doty, age 102, celebrated ten birthdays with house races until a grippe and rheumatism caused her death Sunday in Ontario Oregon. Born in New York, she lived in Minnesota before moving to Oregon to be with her son E. P. Smiley. Married three times, funeral plans delayed by her ill son.
John Foreman, president of the Community Chest board, reports agencies received no May payments and must secure prompt subscriptions due June 1. The chest year runs April 1 to March 31 with June 8 deadlines for May and June reports. A special committee is cleaning up the $22,500 five-agency budget as subscriptions continue.
The Idaho Bureau of Highways let contracts for oiling and surfacing on several routes. William Hoops of Twin Falls won 50 miles of oiling on the Oregon trail segment between American Falls and Burley for 29 791, at 3.20 daily labor pay and 1.20 board. Other bids included Max J Kuney of Spokane for 13 miles of surfacing on the North and South highway Genessee to Thorn Creek for 18 194 and oiling 25 miles of the Idaho Montana highway south from Dubois for 17 160 with same daily and board terms. Bids for remaining segments and openings set for June 10.
The S. S. Kresge company today declared a dividend of 25 cents payable June 39 to stockholders of record June 10. This halves the previous 40 cent quarterly dividend.
Around Town notes St. Joseph high school alumni plan to meet at 7 30 this evening at the school building with all members urged to attend.
The Forest Service reports that 1 872 fires started by dropped matches and burning tobacco ignited national forests across the country during 1931, prompting calls for caution and stricter fire control measures.
University of Idaho Southern Branch hosts Venice Gibby in recital at 8 tonight with accompanist Mrs. Anna Sprongberg Guthrie. Gibby, a four year violin student and education sophomore, performs works by Handel Saint-Saëns Brahms Beriot and Hochstein arrangement, after studies at General Hospital nurses training.
A local column recalls a boy named James Hong who called for Ing and received a picture of George Washington. The piece also notes a morning office debate on gendered editor terms and a joke about nationalities, asking if a Pole from Poland makes a Hole from Holland.
Officials question an overtime parking ticket tied to the governor’s official car bearing the state seal. Details on enforcement and penalties remain unclear.
The piece notes local humor about weather and parking, then highlights Mrs. A T Sahlberg's observation on Memorial Day. It describes three Japanese individuals near the Pocatello area showing varying reverence as the national flag passed, with an old man at attention and two younger men uncovered their hats.
A letter from a Chinese applicant named Wong I to the Federal employment service in Charlotte requests a stenographic position. He offers to drive a typewriter noisily and notes his English is good while mentioning a previous job ended after a large man died. Local news mentions Kiwanis planning a July celebration at the Legion Saloon.
Officials warn residents about a confidence game now active from South America posing as the Spanish Prisoner scam. Letters promise help with a supposed six teen-year-old daughter and a large deposit in two U.S. banks, inviting victims to South America to cover court costs in exchange for one third of $350,000. a coded cabling note is included for interested targets.
The term Ross Blending refers to more than mixing tobaccos. It welds together Bright Burley and Turkish tobaccos, combining several varieties and grades to create varied blends.
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