Leahy Named Puerto Rico Governor Amid Defense Plans
President Roosevelt urged Senate confirmation of Admiral William D. Leahy to govern Puerto Rico as a key Caribbean defense outpost. Leahy would assume Sept. 1, with over 30 million dollars planned for air fields and projects defending approaches to the United States, the Panama Canal, and South America.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
William D. Leahy
Puerto Rico
South America
The
Army
Military Department of the
Caribbean
Easterner Tangles With Mountain Lion Near Las Vegas
Albert Lewallen a Albuquerque surgeon camping with his wife and son in Qallinas canyon seven miles from Las Vegas New Mexico described a face to face encounter with a large female mountain lion. He sustained deep scratches on his hands but escaped by climbing a tree as his son fired two shots at the retreating animal.
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Las Vegas
N. M
Albert Lewallen
Qallinas Canyon
Lewallen
Minning
Dog Wins Award for Guarding Lost Idaho Children
Bingo the Spokane dog will receive a special nameplate from the Spokane Humane Society. The dog stood guard over two lost children found near Lake Coeur d'Alene after an all night search, preventing approach until a relative arrived. E. O. Mitcham family lives on the lake shore in Idaho.
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Spokane
Wash
Bingo
North Idaho
Spokane Humane Society
E. O. Mitcham
Lake Coeur d'Alene
Kootenai County
Idaho
Mitcham
Institute Closes After A Successful School Year
The L D S institute will close Saturday June 10 after a year with about 300 students attending classes socials and religious meetings It will reopen around September 10 The community Bible class drew about 40 registrants with 26 completing the course Next year begins October 10 with a reorganization to study the life and teaching of Jesus through gospel comparison Potential joiners are urged to enroll when the class resumes.
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L. D. S. Institute
Community Bible
Jesus
217 New Oil Fields Discovered in United States in 1938
The year 1938 saw the discovery of 217 oil fields across the United States. Major exploration activity spanned several states with several new fields identified by industry researchers and energy firms.
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United States
Your Child and His Problems
A guide urging self reliance for children from infancy onward. Parents should avoid doing for kids what they can do themselves, teaching independence, responsibility, and steady self-help. Praise effort, guard against overprotection, and seek Angelo Patri’s booklet Annoying Habits for guidance.
Strike Settlement Reached in Briggs Manufacturing Tie Up
Federal mediator James F. Dewey announced that Briggs Manufacturing Co and the C I O United Automobile Workers reached a settlement of a two week strike that idled more than 70 000 workers. Formal terms would be drawn up by the conferees and made public later.
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Detroit
James F. Dewey
C. I. O.united Automobile Workers
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Library Loans 1864 Books and 173 Magazines in May
Blackfoot public library was closed for painting and cleaning in late May. Despite this, 1,864 books and 173 magazines were loaned to 1,736 borrowers during May. Total attendance reached 2,373 with average daily attendance 102 and Sunday 46. Thirty nine items were added, 23 purchased and six gifted.
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Blackfoot
Timid Whitefoot Faces Bold Bear Over Sore Paw
In the Green Forest the timid Whitefoot the Wood Mouse fears predators by day and night. He gathers courage to speak to Buster Bear about his sore paw, hoping a small act can ease his constant fear and reveal that boldness can come from timidity.
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Green Forest
Whitefoot
Wood Mouse
You
Reddy Fox
Old Man Coyote
Hawk
Billy Mink
Shadow the Weasel
Big Buster Bear
Buster Bear
Buster
Buster Bear Miswith a Spear and Whitefoot's Bold Idea
Buster Bear, wounded by a spear left by Prickly Porky, laments the misfortune and blames the other creature. Whitefoot, startled by his own bravery, proposes a daring thought as the tale continues with the timid forest characters seeking a remedy.
Sugar deliveries rise for first four months of year
The Agriculture Department reports sugar deliveries to U S markets under quota totaled 1,983,933 short tons in the first four months, up from 1,801,540 tons a year earlier. Stocks on hand April 29 stood at 1,915,878 tons, raw value, versus 1,760,288 the prior year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Governor Bottolfsen Visits Blackfoot Rotary Club
June 7 Rotary guests at Blackfoot include Gov. C A Bottolfsen Emery Afton of Boise state welfare commissioner Ned Miller of Truckee Calif Attorney General J W Taylor Melvin Stevens state building inspector T C Guyn of San Francisco and Louis Felt. Bottolfsen spoke after lunch. W H Stufflebeam presented a leather briefcase to L R Thomas nominated for district governor.
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Blackfoot
Blackfoot Rotary Club
C. A. Bottolfsen
Emery Afton
Boise
Blackfoot Club
W. H. Stufflebeam
L. R. Thomas
Two Face Charges In Death Of Twin Falls Officer
Daniell Williams and William Hale, ex felons, face murder charges in the death of Twin Falls police officer Craig T. Bracken. An arraignment is planned within a week before Probate Judge C A Bailey after Williams recovered from gunshot wounds and Hale was captured following a May 7 service station robbery.
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Twin Falls
Daniell Williams
William Hale
Craig T. Bracken
Everett M. Sweeley
Sweeley
J. H. Murphy
Williams
Bracken
Kenneth Barclay
C. A. Bailey
Hale
Roosevelt third term favored by labor and farmers says Ickes
Secretary Harold Ickes, in Albuquerque for a university speech and five PWA building dedications, reported that laborers, farmers and others he spoke with on a western trip overwhelmingly supported a third term for President Roosevelt. He warned that opposing a third term would help elect a Republican and return the country to reaction.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Harold Ickes
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Interior
Trial Date Set In Carr Involuntary Manslaughter Case
Trial of Arthur Carr of Nampa on a charge of involuntary manslaughter arising from a fatal auto crash was set for June 19 in district court in Boise. The accident occurred October 20 at the Franklin Caldwell and Nampa Star road intersection injuring F. J. Francis of Caldwell fatally.
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Boise
Arthur Carr
Nampa
Carr
Franklin- Caldwell and
Nampa-Star Road
F. J. Francis
Cakdwell
Race Faces Action on Farm Money
Washington reports that Congress may race to pass a record 1.218 billion farm bill funding the Agriculture Department and allied agencies for the next fiscal year starting July 1. A joint Senate-House committee began work as proponents push higher outlays and parity and surplus removal programs loom large.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Senate
House
Joint Committee
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