Elks Ritual Contest At Lewiston Features Pocatello Team
Pocatello Elks and Wallace lodge clash as southern and northern Idaho champs in the state ritualistic contest at Lewiston during the Elks convention opening Thursday. Elwin Corbridge of Malad competes in the state oratory contest. banquet and trophy presentations set for Lewis Clarke hotel with a grand ball to close the event.
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Wallace Lodge
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Harold C. Hinckley
J. P. Halliwell
Your Child and His Problems
A reflective reminiscence recalls early promotion day rituals and the ache of watching a classmate Louie sob during a move to a new grade. The narrator contrasts past stern discipline with later understanding of shared distress among students and teachers.
Model Bakery Fear and Promotion Day Reflected in School
An account recalls a fear filled promotion day in which students hear names called for clothing and belongings. The piece argues for humane, individualized promotion practices and fluid class corrections rather than shocks or left backs on promotion day. It notes ongoing efforts to adjust courses and counseling for student growth and invites readers to contact Mr Patri for guidance.
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Roosevelt Sen to Visit England
It was reliably reported in London that Capt James Roosevelt and Maj Gerald Thomas of the United States Marines would arrive in England Monday. The two officers, who spent three weeks as special observers with Britain's forces in the Middle East, left Cairo Sunday and are headed home to submit a report on Britain’s needs for war materials in the region and on expeditious delivery methods.
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England
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Gerald Thomas
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Cairo
Egypt
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Middle East
Far East
Congress in session debates military and tax bills
In Congress today the Senate in recess saw the military committee discuss a bill to authorize federal requisitioning of property. The House debated a $10 billion army supply measure while Ways and Means pressed a new tax bill. Foreign affairs considered wartime visitor restrictions. yesterday the Senate passed minor measures and the House approved a bill authorizing interstate oil pipeline construction.
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Prices Rise Sharply in Farm and Food Costs
Prices for farm commodities and consumer foods soar to new highs, surpassing government parity levels. Since early this year wages and market costs have climbed 6 to 56 percent from a year ago, with food prices farmers receive near 1937 peaks and parity rising across commodity services.
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Chicago
France
Farm parity prices rise for over half of key products
The article notes parity prices defined as the purchasing power of the 1909-14 base period. Of 27 major farm products, more than half have reached or exceeded parity, with butter cheese eggs and hogs rising fastest due to strong domestic demand and outbound shipments.
Seamen Return After Year Afloat From German Raider
Twelve Finnish seamen from the Killoran reached home after a year aboard the German raider that sank their bark and held 150 prisoners. Capt Lehman and crew endured 41 days on the raider, then transported through prison camps in France and Germany before landing in occupied France. The Killoran, 1817 tons, sailed from Rio de Janeiro with grain to England and was famed for the Australia to England grain race before the war.
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Killoran
Rio de Janeiro
England
South Atlantic
France
Germany
Finland
Lehman
Gustav Erikson
Mariehamn
Australia
Young Idaho Solon joins Air Corps
Perry A. Nelson of Rockland at 24 reportedly the youngest state senator has begun his career as an army air corps flying cadet with a 30 day furlough. Initially set to report May 7 for eight months and a reserve commission, he now must report July 7 for an air corps assignment likely on the west coast.
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Washington
Perry A. Nelson
Rockland
Army Air Corps
Tulsa
Okla
Leutenant
Air Corps
Idaho Retail Sales Rise in April 1941
Idaho independent retailers reported a seven percent increase in April sales from a year earlier. Department stores rose 14 percent, with women’s wear up 18 percent and gains across all city sizes. Boise stores up 16 percent, Pocatello up 21 percent, towns under 2,500 population down five percent. For year to date Boise leads with a 13 percent gain. The data cover 293 stores across 32 business types.
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Washington
Idaho
Census
J. C. Capt
Boise
Pocatello
Les
American Falls Man Among 48 for Yankton College Degree
John Becker of American Falls is among 48 candidates to receive bachelor of arts degrees at Yankton College during its 59th annual commencement in Forbes Hall Auditorium on June 7.
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American Falls
John Becker
Yankton College
Forbes Hall
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