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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1932
Page
1
Re enforcements moved toward Washington to press a two billion dollar veterans bonus appeal. A 2000 strong expeditionary force from Los Angeles joined the parade day in the capital as police reported a communist plot to attack officers. Rev James R Cox led unemployed workers toward Washington to press for pay owed for 14 years.
John D. Rockefeller Jr., a life long teetotaler, announces in a letter that the 18th amendment should be repealed. He notes his and his father’s anti-saloon league contributions, but says public opinion has not supported prohibition and urges major parties to adopt repeal planks.
Brooklyn today released Waite Hoyt, a veteran right hander, after he went 1-3 with three losses for the Dodgers. He had been with Brooklyn for part of the season and now is unattached.
June 7 Boise The four major party officers one chair man and two national committeemen will be chosen at state conventions next Friday. R P Parry Twin Falls Republican chair man is expected to stay on. T A Walters Caldwell Democratic chair man may win re election after 1930 success. Ezra Whitla Republican national committeeman and Asher B Wilson Democratic counterpart have served multiple terms.
The House approved the drastic rule 205 to 189 to speed the Garner relief bill past quick debate. The measure allocates 1.1 billion direct relief, 11 billion for the reconstruction finance corporation, and a 1 billion construction program. Supporters cite swift aid to unemployed while critics doubt passage into law.
The House Lands committee favors measures to expand federal forests. The Borah bill would add about 60,000 acres to the Idaho National Forest in Idaho. The Taylor bill proposes ~260,000 acres to Gunnison National Forest in Colorado. The Hawley bill would authorize McMinnville Oregon to buy 981 acres of public lands at 2.50 an acre for a watershed. The French bill would add 250,000 acres to Boise National Forest.
The Senate rejected President Hoover's furlough plan 41 to 36. It would have furloughed annual-salaried workers for one month and put daily workers on a five day week with reduced pay. The economy bill keeps a 10 percent pay cut on salaries over 1000.
In Iowa on June 7 AP reports Field holds early lead in Republican senatorial primary over Brookhart as returns from 1,561 of 2,435 precincts show Field 122,906 and Brookhart 91,352. Haynes Cosson Cook Eickelberg trail, while Murphy leads Democratic gubernatorial race in Dubuque with 32,970 and Turner nears renomination with 175,000 votes posted.
Morris B. Levy of Yonkers New York filed a receivership suit in chancery court against White Sewing Machine corporation based in New York alleging insolvency in the bill.
An explosion and fire gutted the six story Ellington hotel in downtown Cleveland. Firemen from 25 companies searched the ruins for twelve missing as nearly two dozen residents were burned or injured and investigators probed the blast origin.
Washington June 7 AP reported Senator Wheeler of Montana accuses Jouett Shouse of using his national committee office with the Democrats to aid the Stop Roosevelt movement. Charlotte June 7 AP notes Robert Reynolds leads North Carolina's Democratic U S Senate primary with Morrison's prestige fading as results trickle in.
In Las Vegas on June 7 AP reports state officials threaten to seize Hoover Dam area federal property amid a rights dispute. In San Francisco also June 7 AP notes Frank J. Egan surrendered to face a murder charge after Bean’s disappearance and indictments of two employees in the murder of Jessie Scott Hughes.
In Washington the senate removed provisions aiming to save 48 million dollars by cutting veteran allowances from the economy bill. In Santiago Chile the fate of Consach the American controlled nitrate combine worth 375 million is debated by the provisional government amid religious questions and revolt rumors. In Washington Pelham D Glassford police superintendent faces potential dismissal over sheltering bonus marchers. Also Postmaster General Brown backs resubmission of prohibition plank in the Republican platform.
The American gunboat Oahu fired on Chinese soldiers who attacked two British steamboats Wanliu and Kiawo on the Yangtze river near Shanghai. Oahu gunners drove off the assault with numerous casualties reported.
In Washington on June 7 AP reports Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois, a Spanish-American War veteran, confronted by a group of bonus marchers who berated him for a speech urging them to leave. He warned he would block veteran legislation while they stay in Washington. The exchange drew several other senators as onlookers.
Idaho Republicans led in the primary with several write in shifts to rival candidates. Secretary Lukens reports Kessler and Coffin each alongside Pope and Stratton receiving two votes, Chapman eight, and Melvin Traylor listed for president. Republican contenders include Masters Coffin Rich White and Peckham.
Moscow Idaho June 7 Budgets for Idaho educational institutions will be set at 18 percent below appropriations by the last legislature Clancy St Clair Idaho Falls chairman of the Idaho Board of Education said at a board meeting Also 8 percent less than current operating costs after a 10 percent prior cut The board will adopt the budget at the August Boise meeting $10 000 for Miller hall remodel at Albion Normal will be returned to the general fund A faculty committee will study a war dead tablet funded by Gold Star mothers of the state.
Chicago Great Western president Patrick H Joyce says a month on the Pacific coast shows strong business outlook with potential bumper crops. He cites Montana and Dakotas wheat near record yields, around 60 million bushels, and a superb apple crop in the Northwest.
Beverly Hills diary notes that both parties plan to revive old campaign pledges to address unemployment. The piece mocks Democratic and Republican leaders as they propose new versions of long forgotten promises.
Boise report of the Idaho primary canvass shows Byron Defenbach, Republican governor candidate, ahead of Democrat Governor Ben Ross by 3,443 votes. The board of canvassers, including the governor and four top state officials, tallyes totals for all races and notes further counts for senate and congress.
Charles G. Dawes will quit the Reconstruction Finance Corporation next week to return to Chicago and his Central Trust bank. He submitted his resignation to President Hoover to coincide with the budget balancing tax bill and said the turning point toward prosperity had been reached. The president accepted with high praise and noted Dawes’s cooperation and accomplishments in major governmental matters. Dawes had previously left the London ambassadorship to return to private life and the Central Trust, then rejoined the government to lead the reconstruction unit.
U S Department of Agriculture entomologist R J Parker and University of Idaho’s Claude Wakeland oversee the cricket control program between Pocatello and Blackfoot Idaho. Volunteers on the Gibson section work to drive crickets to sand hills while a 15 mile fence is built to block movement. Washington will receive Parker’s recommendations after inspection.
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