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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1940
Page
2
The June issue of World Convention Dates reports 8 511 coming events including conventions conferences and expositions up 509 from last year. The notice also notes a patriotic column on political speculation and a continued series on Asia by Elvin Dulaney.
The Pocatello public library announces summer hours starting June 3 with Sunday closure. Main library hours are 9 30 a m to 5 p m and 7 p m to 9 p m with the children's room 9 30 a m to 5 p m. Bonneville library keeps regular June hours 12 30 to 5 30 p m weekdays and 1 to 5 p m Saturdays.
The Montgomery Ward store in Pocatello will sponsor a picnic for about 125 employees and their spouses at Tenday Scout Camp with events starting at 10 a m. and a chicken dinner in the afternoon. The party honors prize money won during Ward's week in April.
The social security board announced that 130 Idaho residents receive monthly benefit checks under its insurance programs. Total monthly Idaho payments amount to 2248 dollars distributed among 75 retired workers 1493 dollars 7 aged wives of retired workers 74 dollars 34 children 400 dollars one aged widow 18 dollars and 13 widows with dependent young children 264 dollars.
Harvey Schwendiman of Newdale received the W. M. Jeffers Union Pacific silver trophy at the annual growers meeting. He was Idaho’s only producer to meet the standard of 600 bushels of U S No 1 potatoes per measured acre, with 640 bushels on 39 acres and 93 percent No 1 grade.
First meeting of the newly appointed county welfare board was held this week at the county welfare office. Members include Mrs. Mary Farrell Mrs. Hazel Loofbourrow Thos Davie Allen Peterson and C C Thornhill. Davie chosen as chairman and W A Novotny will act as secretary. H Spencer Lewis state representative outlined the program and duties of the department.
The Idaho supreme court reversed a $25,000 damage verdict against the city of Idaho Falls and ordered a new trial. Justice Givens cited improper jury argument and lack of proven contributory negligence regarding Mrs. Stewart's Oct 24, 1935 fall over a three inch street projection.
Minidoka in Minidoka county falls from 1930 level of 193 to 174 this year per district census office. Carey in Blaine county rises to 275 residents and was not enumerated separately in 1930.
Ann Sheridan stars as the Oomph Girl opposite John Garfield and Pat O’Brien in Castle on the Hudson at the Orpheum. The dramatic police racketeer tale from Lewis E. Lawes’s book features Burgess Meredith and Jerome Cowan in a strong supporting cast. The Saint Takes Over and Information Please short featurette accompany the bill.
Edison the Man featuring Spencer Tracy comes to the Chief theatre for a four day engagement starting next Wednesday. The drama showcases thrilling episodes from Thomas Edison's life, adding another standout real life role for Tracy after his acclaimed turns in Stanley and Livingstone, Boys Town and Northwest Passage.
The program presents Edison the Man with actor playing Edison barefaced except prologue and epilogue at age two. It follows his rise from 22 through courtship family life and invention of the talking machine and electric light in a rags to riches arc. Lucille Ball and James Ellison star in You Cant Fool Your Wife a gay romantic comedy on the companion feature.
President Walter J. Brunger of Boise announced the Idaho Laundry men and Dry Cleaners association will hold its annual convention in Boise on June 14 and 15. Speakers include Walter A. Reinhard of Joliet Illinois, manager of the American Institute of Launderine's engineering and field service department, and Larry A White of Seattle, Edison vocational school instructor.
Peter Lorre Ro chelle Hudson and Robert Wilcox star in The Island of Doomed Men a daring expose of a modern slave racket. The drama plays at the Orpheum next Friday and Saturday as the headline bill with Bullets for Rustlers and The Sons of the Pioneers.
A compilation lists answers for screen test questions. It names roles like head electrician and lighting tweaks, mentions Knute Rockne’s wife, Pat O’Brien, and Notre Dame, cites Muriel Angelus with three summer projects, references The Boys From Syracuse and Dick Powell, and lists Waterloo Bridge with Robert Taylor and Romeo and Juliet as items.
A set of trivia questions asks to identify a film about a famous football coach died in a plane crash and the actor playing the lead, plus the school location. It also covers a rejected Fokine dancer turned Broadway star, a singing-star Musicals question, and Vivien Leigh's return to Broadway with Olivier along with related roles and projects. The scoring awards 20 points per correct answer, with 60, 80, and 90-plus values noted.
Theatres CHIEF ORPHEUM and Cash club showcase a slate of films through Sunday to Saturday. Highlights include Deanna Durbin in Its a Date and King of the Lumberjacks with Kay Francis and Walter Pidgeon. Other titles feature Edison the Man You Cant Fool Your Wife Castle on the Hudson Judge Priest The Farmer's Daughter The Island of Doomed Men Bullets for Rustlers and Dick Tracy's G Men in chapter 8.
Too busy and practical talk leads Jan to vow to fix Captain Tupple’s life with chores and a job. Lance jokes about her imagining him as a pirate king. The scene ends with Jan determined to help him tomorrow.
The four state highway association will convene in Salmon on September 15 and 16 to push completion of U S Highway 93 from the Canadian to the Mexican borders. The group aims to coordinate efforts across states to advance the project.
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