06 Jun 1929
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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1929
Page
1
Mount Vesuvius ejects lava and ash over Naples and surrounding towns. Residents flee with belongings as trains halt at limited routes. Churches and prayer processions mark the retreat while authorities report lava flows threatening Pagani and Terzigno.
John Porter, former county grand jury foreman, won the Los Angeles mayoralty over William G Bonelli in yesterday's election. Bonelli, president of the Los Angeles City Council for two years, challenged the retiring incumbent George Oryer, who left the race before the primaries.
A blaze of undetermined origin damaged the Port Collins Express Co. plant, the citys only daily. The heat collapsed the building, sending the huge press into the basement where the job department was located. Publication was to continue using Creeley, Chi Tribune Republican equipment 24 miles away.
In Washington on June 5 the tariff bill faces renewed Senate scrutiny as critics attack credit use in stock market speculation. Senators Courens and Glass spar over rediscount rates and a proposed 5 percent tax on short term stock trades, while President Hoover and Coolidge draw fire for their roles in the market surge.
Washington dispatch quotes Senators Courens and Glass criticizing William C Durant's view on stock market credit. Durant replies that sarcastic statements won't deter business leaders from opposing federal reserve board action. He pledges no axe to grind and supports strict law enforcement by President Roosevelt’s administration.
Aderholdt, acting warden at Atlanta federal prison, is named to succeed John Snook of Idaho who resigned. The promotion follows Attorney General Mitchell policy to advance career staff. Aderholdt has 22 years in prison administration and was deputy warden at Atlanta before Snook’s resignation.
Generally fair tonight with little temperature change and light winds shaping a calm evening and cooler overnight period.
AP reports reparations talks near adjournment after a four month conference. A follow up international meeting within two to three months will study how the plan may be implemented. Governments expect to receive the conference report but publication is not planned until later.
Police report a mysterious triangle murder involving William Tallman, radio operator, and the body of Virginia Patty, 28, found hanged in a Union Street apartment closet. Patty's husband Frank E. Patty flew from Portland after his wife vanished. Tallman, aboard the Admiral Benson, is expected to be returned to Los Angeles to face murder charges.
Ramsay Macdonald met King George at Windsor Castle and accepted the invitation to form a government after the Labour victory. Sir Stanley Baldwin resigned after visiting the king, marking Macdonald’s second rise to lead the government in a career born of poverty and hardship. The cabinet formation was expected to be completed quickly, with Whitehall work possible by week’s end.
Weather fog halted all mail planes both east and westbound. Westbound flights paused at Pine Bluff while eastbound mail was trucked into Cheyenne from Laramie due to fog blanketing Sherman Hill on the continental divide.
Avin June and Johnny Sale dominated the Taner N. J. event. Sale completed the 61 mile course from Rupeior Arc to Mesa in 6 hours 34 minutes 35 seconds, extending his lead in the Ck Pye bunion derby.
Baseball scores from a rain delayed day with, among others, Boston at Pittsburgh postponed. New York at St Louis and Chicago at Philadelphia finished with high run totals. Key pitchers listed include Mays O'Farrell Mitchell and Wilson for Brooklyn and McWeeny Picinich Horne and Grace for Chicago. Other games feature Willoughby Green Davis Lucas Sukeforth Crowder Coffman Marion Fer rer Walberg Cochrane and Shaute Milius Heimach Sewett Moyt Grabowsk Dickey.
A June report from Yokohama stated the Japanese steamer Ugamaru was a total loss after a May 23 fire off Kamchatka. The vessel carried 700 people, mostly Russians, with 380 women and a crew of 43. Vladivostok authorities feared the news could hinder fishing fleet recruitment.
Joseph P. Catton of New York was confirmed today by the Senate to be under-secretary of state. He will succeed Ruben J. Clerk of Utah.
Police reported a case involving a love affair, with details unclear from the damaged text. The item references Idaho, Ogden, and a June 5 AP report mentioning Beecher Mubberad and an event tied to a youth.
Nawley very ill Toie and Josue with JP report former Gov Mawiey is holding his own after several weeks of illness.
The Osservatore Romano prints an open letter from the pope to Cardinal Gasparri denouncing Mussolini's lateran accord rhetoric. The pope defends Catholic universality and warns against modernist claims while contrasting Rome's role with the ancient church. Washington reports a farm relief bill conference agreement eliminating the debenture plan. The measure, dubbed the agricultural marketing act, plans funding and dual roles for stabilization and marketing functions.
Dr. C H Holeman an American missionary was captured by Communists at Lungyen chow Southern Fukien May 23 and escaped after four days. He eluded about 3000 guards and began walking toward Swatow amid hopes of reaching Amoy and safety with his wife and children.
The northern part of Cranberry Portage was wiped out by fires today, leaving about half the town’s 1,000 residents homeless. Flames destroyed the north end and threatened fragile south-end buildings. Property losses run into hundreds of thousands. no deaths reported.
June 5 report from Tauriano near Spilimbergo states eleven workers died and thirteen were injured in a warehouse filled with war stocks. Cause unknown. six of the injured are in serious condition.
In Maine on June 5, adverse winds and low visibility extended to a weather trough from New Poundland to Bermuda, delaying the French Yellow Bird for Paris and the Green Flash for Rome. Conditions remained stormy and not suitable to start the long flights.
Postmen in Paris returned to work after a 24 hour strike in solidarity with colleagues suspended for a month over uniforms and pay. Severe penalties have been threatened against the strikers.
Eva Rabien, a Texas bride, admitted in Sonora California court to passing poison coffee to her deaf husband Carroll Rabien to kill him in a pact. The plan, dated April 26, unfolded as he sat in a car outside a Standard dance hall, but she could not finish the deed due to the music.
Washington June 5 AP Senator Simmons of North Carolina calls for ousting Roy Raskob as Democrats seek harmony after Jouett House’s dinner appointment. Simmons accuses Raskob and Alfred Smith of backing liquor and the Eighteenth Amendment, arguing the party should avoid a Republican-leaning leader.
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