Kidnapped boy recalls seven days in captivity
George Weyerhaeuser recounts mistreatment and fear while in the grip of three captors. He describes being kept in a trunk and closet, wearing shackles at times, and hearing ransom talk as he walked toward Renton and Tacoma. He remembers masks, blinds, food, and eventually seeing his uncle deliver the ransom.
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Aberdeen
George
Roy
Issaquah
Mr. Titcomb
George Weyerhaeuser
Local Notices Highlight Deals, Travel, and Social News
A marriage license was issued to J R Collings and Myrom Howard in American Falls. Rees Clawson arrives in Pocatello to vacation with his mother Mrs Carrie Williams. Dr Chilton leaves for Los Angeles for business. Mrs H T Stoy and children plan a Portland visit. Summer bus rates are in effect. H Bucholz, former Fire Companies manager, in Pocatello then Los Angeles. Car rental ads and Yellow Driver service promote travel. Local families plan trips. community notices follow with lodge installation details.
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J. R. Collings
Myrom Howard
American Falls
Rees Clawson
Portland Dental College
Pocatello
Carrie Williams
North
Grant
H. Bucholz
Fire Companies, Inc
Mr. Bucholz
Los Angeles
Notable Visitors and Events Highlight Evening
Gull and officers including Phil Cox and E. E. Ivory passed through Pocatello at 6 10 p m on a westbound inspection tour. Senator Borah will speak tonight on KSL Salt Lake City. Camp Tenday opening for summer was postponed to June 10 due to rain and cold.
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Carl.r. Gray
Union Pacific System
W. A. Harriman
Kdirectors
Pocatello
William E Borah
Columbia Broadcasting Company
KSL
Salt Lake
Cora Rubin
Tenday
Mink Creek
D. C. Watkins
Five man Davis cup team wraps up training in Haverford
In Haverford Pennsylvania on June 1 the five man Davis cup team concluded intensive training on home soil and prepared to break camp before sailing for England next Wednesday to challenge Great Britain for world tennis supremacy.
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Haverford
Samuel
Great Britain
England
Couple Obtains Marriage Licenses In Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City on June 1 Clifford Donald Hudson 26 of Pocatello and Ethel Josephine Evans 24 of Salt Lake City obtained marriage licenses today.
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Salt Lake City
Clifford Donald Hudson
Pocatello
Ethel Josephine Evans
Woodcutter Spurns Stranger as Kidnapped Boy Returns
Louis Spiers, a Tiger Mountain woodcutter, refused entry to a frightened nine year old George Weyerhaeuser who knocked on his window after the boy was abducted on May 24 and $200 000 paid for his ransom. The boy walked to the George Bonifas home where he was welcomed.
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Issaquah
Wash
Louis Spiers
Tiger Mountain
Hall of Fame
George Weyerhaeuser
George Bonifas
Bonifas
Spiers
Hobart
Budge Cannot Sit On Idaho Uniform Laws Commission
Justice Alfred Budge of the Idaho Supreme Court cannot accept an appointment to the Idaho Uniform Laws Commission. Attorney General Bert H. Miller informed him that statutes bar justices from holding another office of trust or profit while serving on the state bench. Budge was recently appointed to the position by Governor Ross.
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Boise
Alfred Budge
Idaho Supreme Court
Idaho Uniform Laws Commission
Bert H. Miller
Miller
Supreme Court
Justice Budge
Ross
Sugar beet payments mailed to Utah Idaho and Gunnison growers
Checks totaling 112 500 for 1934 sugar beets were mailed to growers selling to Utah Idaho Sugar and Gunnison Sugar. Of this, 100 000 went to Utah Idaho growers. Officials said another payment is expected in October.
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Salt Lake City
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Gunnison Sugar Company
Utah-Idaho
George Davis Killed in Tree Fall at Blackfoot
George Davis age 12 and son of Mr and Mrs George C Davis was killed Friday night when a tree limb broke as he and playmate Dean Stephens climbed 40 feet above ground. His birthday was the next day. funeral plans await arrival of his father from Priest River Idaho.
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Blackfoot
George Davis
George C. Davis
Dean Stephens
George
Priest River
Idaho
Washington State Wins Track Meet In Northern Division
Washington State College scores 50.75 points to win the Pacific Coast Conference track title at Seattle Stadium. Oregon finishes second with 49.75 points, Washington third with 42.50, Oregon State 12.50, Idaho 6.75, and Montana 3.75. Two conference records and one tie occurred during the meet.
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Washington Stadium
Seattle
Washington State College
Oregon
Cougars
Washington
Oregon State
Idaho
Montana
Free fishing and hunting licenses for veterans and seniors
Idaho issues 178 free licenses for fishing and hunting under new state law. Veterans of Spanish war and individuals over 70 receive licenses. figures filed with chief clerk Mrs. Lucille V Bailey show the distribution in Boise.
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Boise
Idaho State Fish and Game Eut
Lucille V. Bailey
Department
Chain Letter Craze Looting Suspect Sentenced
Theo dore Khorselus, 61, accused of stopping chain letter hoax by sending boys to loot mailboxes, was sentenced to six months by Judge Edelman in Chicago.
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Chicago
Theodore Khorselus
Edelman
Man insists on Redfern story in jungles of South America
Tom Roch, a German American adventurer, signed an affidavit claiming he saw Paul Redfern twice in the Amazon jungles. He says Redfern, missing since 1927, lived there in 1932 and 1933, with Roch leaving due to malarial fever.
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Colon
Panama
Tom Roch
Paul Redfern
South America
Roch
Rochester
N. Y
the Amazon
Redfern
Netherlands Guiana
Brazil
Parsonses Welcome Son On Memorial Day
Mr and Mrs Theodore Parsons announce the birth of a son at their home on Memorial day with family celebrating the new arrival.
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Blackfoot
Theodore Parsons
Gard of Thanks for Kind Sympathy and Floral Offerings
The Mallard family thanks friends and neighbors for expressions of sympathy and the beautiful floral offerings at the death of our mother F. C. Mallard and family express appreciation for support and condolences.
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F. C. Mallard & Family
Mine Tax Brings Money To Schools
The 3 percent mine tax passed by the last legislature has brought Idaho $12,573 to be used for public schools. The amount was paid by St Joe Lead Co of Atlanta to Emmitt Prost, commissioner of law enforcement. Tax was due from all mines on June 1 and may be void if challenged in court.
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Boise
St. Joe Lead Company
Atlanta
Colorado executes pair of murderers
Colorado today carried out its first simultaneous double execution. Louis Pacheco, 37, and his brother John, 25, died last night side by side in the gas chamber at Canon City, a quiet end after their murder convictions.
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Canon City
Colo
Society
Colorado
Louis Pacheco
John
Northwest Brewers Association Says No Wage Cuts
The Northwest Brewers Association announced that despite the NRA and the federal alcohol control administration collapsing, the Pacific Northwest industry plans no wage cuts or changes in working conditions.
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Portland
Ore
Northwest Brewers’ Association
Toqay
NRA
Federal Alcohol Control Administration
Pacific Northwest
Barber Shop Change Names and Address in Town
Frank Schaefer takes over the former Bob Early Barber Shop at 237 West Center after leaving Ralph Snow and Sam Riddle. Schaefer now operates the shop in the same location.
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Frank Schaefer
Ralph Snow
Sam Riddle
Bob Early
West Center
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Chicago Symphonic String Quartett
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