Rail progress highlighted during Railroad Week celebration
E C Manson of the Oregon Short Line Railroad discusses the West’s advance from wilderness to modern civilization during Railroad Week June 10 to 15. He notes faster travel times, top safety, air conditioned equipment on main trains, new coaches sleeping cars diners and lounges, automatic signals, heavier rails, and improved meal service at reasonable prices.
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Iron Horse
E. C. Manson
Oregon Short Line Railroad Company
Sikorski
New York
Europe
Asia
Antipodes
John Gilbert pays alimony and settlement in divorce case
Actor John Gilbert settles the alimony phase of his divorce from Virginia Bruce by paying 42500, with a lump sum property settlement. The order provides 150 monthly support for Bruce and their daughter Susan Ann Gilbert, now 21 months old, until she reaches adulthood, as final decree signed by Superior Judge Dudley 8. Valentine.
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Los Angeles
Virginia Bruce
John Gilbert
Dudley
Valentine
Gilbert
Susan Ann Gilbert
Foreclosure Sale Notice in Bannock County Idaho Land
Public auction to satisfy Utah Mortgage Loan Corporation debt on June 12 1935 at 10 am. Sale covers Lots 1 2 8 and surrounding 240 acre tracts in Section 4 Township 12 South Range 38 East plus water rights and a spring. Property subject to a $2500 first mortgage. sale at Bannock County Courthouse front door in Pocatello Idaho. Dated May 18 1935.
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District Court
Fifth Judicial District
Idaho
Bannock
County
Utah
Mortgage Loan Corporation
John L. Burrup
Elva L. Burrup
Mary E. Fox
Raymond Fox
Estle Burrup
Bertha Burrup
Sarah E. Waddoups
John I. Waddoups
Cora I. Waddoups
William L. Waddoups
Mnock
Boise Meridian
Boise
Marsh Creek
Edward Larson
Bannock County
Bannnock County
Utah Mortgage Loan Corporation
Pocatello
United States
M. J. Rossiter
J. B. Gallett
Normandie Sets New Transatlantic Speed Record
The French liner Normandie arrived at Ambrose lightship after a record fastest crossing from Southampton and a new daily distance mark. She averaged 29.68 knots to beat Rex’s 28.92 knot record, with a 107 hour 33 minute northern lane run and 148 miles in 25 hours. Crowds cheered as it neared Gotham’s docks amid whistles and fog horns.
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Southhampton
Ambrose
Rex
Gibraltar
Ambrose Light
Gotham
Hudson Dock
Southampton
Bremen
Normandie
Parting shot on politics and rail travel trends
ACOLUMNer riffs on political campaigns and postwar rail progress praising air conditioning in trains, rail investment, and lasting lower fares. Mentions Farley McGuire dog licenses and Sikorski plans for 50 ton planes with trans Atlantic reach in 24 hours.
Jack-in-the-box Snake Surprises Beaufort Woman
Mrs. Leslie Springle found a live rattlesnake pop from a sewing machine drawer in Beaufort North Carolina on June 3. Her husband killed the snake but the source of its appearance remains a mystery.
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Beaufort
N. C
Leslie Springle
Long race granger UtahJune 3
M W Shields an Alaska University instructor rushed during a long race at Granger Utah on June 3 in an event noted by local reporters.
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Long Race Granger
Utah
M. W. Shields
University of Alaska
Cattle Chief Sees Brighter Outlook for Cowmen
Boise June 3 Harry Petrie head of the agricultural adjustment administration sheep and cattle section says drought relief and a large cattle removal program have improved western herds. He is en route to Pocatello to address Idaho cattle group and notes upcoming hearings on licensing wool and mohair dealers.
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Boise
Harry Petrie
Washington, D. C
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Pocatello
Idaho Cattle and Horse Growers’ Association
Petrie
Idaho
AAA
Arrival by boat and train beats stork for birth
A man traveling from Fairbanks by boat and train reached the delivery just ten minutes before his wife gave birth to a son. The timing captured a rapid journey and a happy arrival as the stork was outrun by the couple.
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Fairbanks
Seven men rob Green Line Bus garage for $9000 in New York
Seven men held up the Green Line Bus company garage in New York on June 3 and escaped with about $9000 from the office safe. They fled in an automobile later found abandoned by authorities.
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New York
Green Line Bus Company
Twins' absent church Sunday hits Wheaton attendance
Pairs Chicago reports that if the twins miss a Sunday at Trinity Episcopal church in Wheaton Illinois there will be a noticeable drop in attendance.
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Chicago
Trinity Episcopal Church
Wheaton, Ill
War Declared on Idaho Rattlers
In Shoshone Idaho on June 8 a snake drive killed about 500 rattlesnakes in lava country near Richfield. Charles Sluder and Monte Smith found a den on the McIntyre place flooding rocks with gasoline and igniting a blaze to flush reptiles from crevices.
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Shoshone
Idaho
Charles Sluder
Monte Smith
McIntyre Place
Richfield
Slader
Smith
Sunday school enrollment notes twin students
The Sunday school records 100 attendees with ten percent twins, totaling five twin sets. The oldest twins are 16 years old and the youngest are six months.
Lost Fat Fooled Gossipers Ad Promotes Kruschen Salts
Mrs. J. R. McCausland of Pittsburgh claims she lost 8 lbs in two weeks with Kruschen and urges others to try the remedy. The ad touts Kruschen Salts as a health treatment costing little, sold by Whitllesey Drug and other drug stores.
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J. R. McCausland
Pittsburgh
Whit_tlesey Drug
Adv
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Marshall N. Dana
Pacific Northwest Regional Planning Commission
The
Oregon Journal
University
Idaho Rattlers
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PRO
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Qntinen
Chicago Symphonic String Quartett
Adelaide Anderson School of Music
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