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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1939
Page
2
A long letter from W H Anderson discusses income tax due June 15 and tax honesty sparked by Al Capone. It also laments old high board fences in Pocatello and their decline, plus remarks on local governance, law enforcement, and community ideas about education and development.
The next day he observed rugs being cleaned quickly and thoroughly by the National Laundry. The result was harmony as the process proved effective and reliable.
James William Jarboe longtime Union Pacific senior conductor retires after 54 years of service. Born Nashville February 22 1868 he began railroading July 15 1885 at Montpelier and rose from brakeman to conductor in 1899. He held a flawless record with 95 merits and was the railroad’s oldest serving employee at retirement.
Nellie Cline Steenson will serve as commissioner for the Girl Scout council for the rest of the year following T. H. Palmer’s resignation due to illness. Steenson has been vice commissioner this year and will oversee a Ross park day camp opening Tuesday for girls over seven. The June camp runs Tuesdays and Thursdays 9 30 to 3 30 with transportation from courthouse or public library. Marriott Porges handles transport inquiries at 2264. Camp staff includes Marion Chassell as local scout director, with dancing led by Archie Gesas and Stacy Smith, Bernice Lawrie and Helen Dick in charge of older girls, and J W Martin, Paul Ramsey, Lyle Weeks guiding Brownies. Intermediate girls overseen by M C Olley, Robert Plastino, H D Rounds. The program covers dancing, crafts, nature study, and outdoor cookery. The council also advances a Mink Creek permanent camp opening in July, with staff appointed and four weeks of camp planned for scouts.
Three Ahepa delegates were selected at the Thursday meeting to attend the district convention in Price Utah from July 2 to 4. Local picks include George Sakellar, Pocatello club president, Gus Condos, and Paul Matheopal of Blackfoot. District officers will be elected and club issues discussed.
The theatre listings show CHIEF with Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Barthelmess, Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, Gene Krupa in Only Angels Have Wings and Some Like It Hot among others, plus Henry Fonda in Young Mr Lincoln and Sorority House and Disney cartoon. ORPHFUM offers King of the Turf and Rookie Cop with news. CAPITOL features I Am a Criminal, Frontier Scout, The Sunset Murder Case and Boy's Reformatory with other shorts. RIALTO runs Idiots Delight and Double Wedding starring top stars with Mr Moto’s Last Warning and Dawn Patrol in multiple showings.
Idaho artists will display original works at the state exhibit in Coeur d'Alene from July 12 to 22. Awards in six divisions include oils, landscapes, marine, portraits, wildlife, western action and still life with gold and silver palettes. entries due by July 1 to the Bell studio. Franklin Hess of Pocatello is expected to enter several pieces.
Gleaner Girls and graduating Lillian Meadows and junior class members of the Pocatello Y W M I A will attend a stake Gleaner department party today at 2 o'clock at the L D S Institute. The program includes solos, choral selections, a vocal trio, reading The Story of Ruth, and officers to be elected for the coming year.
Refreshments will be served at the event sponsored by Mrs Ione Woodland with assistance from Ethel Johnson.
Pocatello's Capitol Theatre showcases a full week of attractions headlined by Sally Rand in The Sunset Murder Case on Tuesday and Wednesday. The bill also features John Carroll in I Am a Criminal with George Houston as Wild Bill Hickok Front ier Scout, Frankie Darro and Grant Withers in Boys Reformatory, and Robert Kent Ann Naegel in Convict's Code with Russell Gleason in Undercover Agent.
Tererro New Mexico founder town faces closure as American Metals ends mill and mine work. Peak payroll exceeded 1 million dollars with 800 workers, now 75 remain to wind down and dismantle the aerial tramway once reputed as the world’s longest.
Darryl F. Zanuck presents a Cosmopolitan production tracing seven years of Abraham Lincoln s youth from courtship to the murder trial. Henry Fonda stars as Lincoln with Alice Brady and Mary Jorie Weaver in supporting roles.
The Orpheum presents Adolphe Menjou in King of the Turf with Dolores Costello and Roger Daniel in Rookie Cop featuring Ace the Wonder Dog. Virginia Weidler Tim Holt star in Rookie Cop. Also Torchy Gets Her Man and Moto on Danger Island with Peter Lorre. No Man of Her Own returns Friday and Saturday with Roy Rogers in Rough Riders Roundup.
A vivid film romance promises breath taking flying action and comic stunts with a superb cast and a stirring story. The review highlights thrilling aerial scenes and strong emotional arcs that deliver sensational entertainment.
The film produced and directed by Howard Hawks stars Cary Grant and Jean Arthur with Richard Barthelmess Rita Hayworth and Thomas Mitchell. A group of pilots brave the Andes while a stranded American showgirl enters their circle and a renegade pilot’s dark past surfaces.
An announcement states Frank T Merrill former Franklin County sheriff and 12 year city police member is named chief of police succeeding A T Merrill who resigns after four years. Leo Beckstead also named to the force.
The Boulder dam power plant produces about one fifth of all the electrical energy used in southern California.
Canada disbursed 25 million dollars to farmers to stabilize the price of the 1938 wheat crop. The move aimed to shore up farmer income amid market fluctuations and support the agricultural sector.
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