Rumor and political talk in Buzz of the Burg column
The column speculates Ben Peterson may seek the Republican county attorney nomination, notes his Idaho lineage, and cites other local chatter. It laments election timing, urges fiscal restraint, and reports on Austin Jones joining a USO post in Honolulu. It closes with a poem urging calm wartime effort.
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Ben Peterson
Idaho
Joseph H. Peterson
Halliwell Park
Rampion Barlow
Readers
S. E. Brady
Joe Ruffner
Alameda
Pocatello
Pocallo
Alaméda
What You Say With WAH BONDS
The Garand rifle is described as superior to the Springfield and could be bought by every American worker. It costs $85, with manufacturing at one per minute and sixty shells fired per minute.
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Wah
U.S
County Drives Savings With Ten Percent Paycheck Rule
Local guidelines urge residents to invest at least ten percent of each paycheck in bonds to meet county quotas. The policy targets consistent savings and municipal funding through regular contributions.
Judge Lee Enters Election Race
Idaho jurist T Bailey Lee announces reelection bid for the eleventh judicial district in the August primary. Born 1837 in Mocksville North Carolina, he served on district and supreme courts, practiced in Montana, moved to Burley in 1907, and was Cassia county prosecutor from 1908 to 1912.
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Burley
Cassia County
Idahoans to Avenge Raid on Harbor
In Boise a group of Idahoans will enlist in the navy Sunday at 12:25 p m to mark six months since Pearl Harbor. The ceremony at the state house includes the oaths, with brief addresses by Jess Hawley Ada county civilian defense chairman Governor Clark Mayor Austin A Walker and Lt Gordon Hebert. Volunteers and recruiters will march from city hall to the state house as the municipal band plays.
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Boise
Hawaii
Navy
State House
Pearl Harbor
Statehouse
Governor Suggests Rides for Soldiers
Idaho governor Clark urges residents to give soldiers on brief leaves rides. Regulations prevent men in uniform from hitchhiking, but civilians may offer lifts to service members en route home. He says Idahoans just need to be informed of the situation.
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Boise
Sutphen Announces Reelection Bid in August Primary
Doren H Sutphen judge of the fourth judicial district announces his candidacy for reelection in the August primary. Born in Hand County South Dakota July 22 1885 he graduated from the University of South Dakota law school and Yale law department in 1908. He has lived in Gooding since 1908 and served as state senator from Gooding county in 1923. In April 1929 Governor Baldridge appointed him to succeed the late Judge H F Ensign and he has served since.
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Gooding
Doren H. Sutphen
Fourth Judicial District
Sutphen
Hand County
S. D
University of South Dakota Law School
Yale University
Gooding County
Baldridge
H. F. Ensign
The Fleet's In at Chief Theater with Lamour Holden
The Fleet's In a bright new comedy with music opens Wednesday at the Chief theater featuring Dorothy Lamour William Holden Eddie Bracken and a top entertainment cast including Betty Hutton Jimmy Dorsey Leif Ericson and Betty Rhodes. The second feature is Mr Bug Goes to Town a modern Technicolor cartoon about insect neighbors with Hoagy Carmichael songs accompaniment.
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Wiliam Holden
Dorothy Lamour
Eddie Bracken
Chief Theater
Betty Hutton
Jimmy Dorsey
Leif Ericson
Betty 'Ne Rhodes
William Holden
Mr. Bug
Broadway
Hoagy Carmichael
Theatres Schedule At The Chiefs And Orpheum
The Chiefs present Abbott and Costello in Rio Rita with John Carroll and Kathryn Grayson and The Man Who Wouldnt Die. Also The Fleet Is In with Lamour Holden and Bracken, Mr Bug Goes to Town, Nostradamus prophecies, Superman and Don Winslow serial. Orpheum features The Ghost of Frankenstein with a Hopalong Cassidy segment Riders of the Timberline and No Greater Sin plus Mr District Attorney Carter Case then Drums of the Congo and Lawless Plainsman with Song of the Islands and Sundown Jim and Sea Raiders serials plus news and a U.S.O matinee cadence.
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Abbott & Costello
Rio Rita
John Carroll
Kathryn Grayson
Lloyd Nolan
Marjorie Weaver
Movietone News
Dorothy Lamour
William Holden
Eddie Bracken
the Fleet
Jimmy Dorsey
Betty Hutton
Mr. Bug
Nostradamus
Cash Club
Don Winslow
The
Navy
U.S.O
Buddy Candy
Joe E. Brown
Orpheum
Ghost of Frankenstein
Lon Chaney, Jr
Cedric Hardwicke
Ralph Bellamy
Lionel Atwill
Bela Lugosi
Evelyn Ankers
William Boyd
Hopalong Cassidy
Riders of the Timberline
Leon Ames
Adele Pearce
Mr. District Attorney
Carter Case
James Ellison
Royal Hawaiians
Sundown Jim
John Kimbrough
Virginia Gilmore
Aileen Whelan
Drums of the Congo at the Orpheum and Forest Fire Bags
The Orpheum presents Drums of the Congo directed by an African interior adventure featuring Ona Munson Stuart Erwin Peggy Moran Don Terry Richard Lane and Jules Bledsoe. A companion feature Lawless Plainsman stars Charles Starrett as the action hero. Forest guards distribute red tobacco bags to remind smokers of fire danger.
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Congo
Orpheum Theater
Ona Munson
Stuart Erwin
Peggy Moran
Don Terry
Richard Lane
Jules Bledsoe
Miss Munson
U. S. Intelligence Department
Orpheum
Charles Starrett
Girls Save Forests In Boise Present 2000 Tag Bags
Boise girl scouts donated 2000 red cloth tag bags to State Forester Franklin Girard to promote forest safety. The bags urge smokers to use the bag and pledge to light up only in safe places within forests.
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Boise
Idaho
Girl Scouts of Boise
Franklin Girard
Inspectors to Meet in Salt Lake City for One Day
Union Pacific inspectors from 13 western states will convene in Salt Lake City on Monday for an eighth annual conference. War restrictions limit attendance to 50 and the program to one day. past sessions drew 125 with longer durations. R V Owens of Omaha will supervise, with speakers including F H Knickerbocker and John W Myers, both from Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
Union Pacific Railroad System
R. V. Owens
Omaha
F. H. Knickerbocker
John W. Myers
South Central
Dis
Chief Contributes To USO With Candy Bar Matinee
On Saturday at 10 a.m. the Chief theater hosts a U.S.O. candy bar matinee to raise 1,000 bars for the Pocatello canteen at the railroad station. Admission is free to candy contributors who drop bars in the U.S.O. box, with Joe E. Brown film So You Won't Talk and cartoons at no charge.
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U.S.O
Pocatello U.S.O
J.S.O
U.S.C
Pocatello
Armed Services
Joe E. Brown
Chief
Orpheum
Cantern
Abbott Costello Open Rio Rita for Laughs at Chief Theater
The Chief theater opened Rio Rita starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello with Kathryn Grayson John Carroll and Eros Volusia. The film blends romance music and dance with light humor as Abbott and Costello mark twelve years as a team in a breezy comedy presented to entertain.
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America
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Kathryn Grayson
John Carroll
Eros Volusia
Brazil
Abbott and Costello
Safety Officials Named in Rules Supervision Case
John Ferron of Los Angeles a safety agent and L. E. Creagan of Omaha a supervisor of rules are referenced in the case as key figures.
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Trict
John Ferron
Los Angeles
L. E. Creagan
Omaha
Song of the Islands at the Orpheum features Grable and Mature
Betty Grable and Vic Mature star in Song of the Islands a Technicolor romance with Jack Oakie George Barbier and Thomas Mitchell at the Orpheum next Saturday. Harry Owens and the Royal Hawaiians provide island music while Hilo Hattie offers comic role. Sundown Jim with Kimball and Whelan is listed as second feature.
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Betty Grable
Vic Mature
Jack Oakie
Orpheum Theater
Thomas Mitchell
George Barbier
Billy Gilbert
Hilo Hattie
Harry Owens
Grable
Mature
Vic
Betty
Mitchell
Barbier
Railroads Tried Sailing Cars for Propulsion in Early Era
In an early experiment, American railroads tested rail cars fitted with sails as a motive power source. The aim was to harness wind energy to move trains, though practicality and control remained challenging.
Ghost of Frankenstein tops horror with Lon Chaney cast
The Ghost of Frankenstein opens at the Orpheum continuing the Son of Frankenstein plot. Lon Chaney portrays the Monster with Bela Lugosi as Ygor and Sir Cedric Hardwicke as the new Dr. Frankenstein. Eve lyn Ankers and Ralph Bellamy appear in key roles alongside a concurrent feature Riders of the Timberline with William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy’s star turn.
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Orpheum Theater
Frankenstein Castle
Ygor
Lon Chaney
Bela Lugosi
Dr. Frankenstein
Cedric Hardwicke
Evelyn Ankers
Frankenstein
Lionel Atwill
Ralph Bellamy
Chaney
The
Orpheum
Riders of the Timberline
William Boyd
Hopalong Cassidy
Coulter Goes East for Western Land Conference
State Land Commissioner Robert Coulter left Boise for Washington D C to join Western state representatives and federal officials in a Tuesday conference on issues from the transfer of state lands to war agencies. Governor Clark authorized the trip at a state lend board meeting.
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Boise
Robert Coulter
Washington, D. C
Clark
Coulter
State Lend Board
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Honolulu
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International Ymca
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L. H. Lindsay
McKinley
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Elbow Lake
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Japan
Grant County
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Myron
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Judge Lee
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New York
Charlie Chaplin
Juarez
Mexico
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