Idaho Man Urges Settlers to Return West
Jerome Idaho June 11 R E Shepherd chairman Spokane Federal Land Bank and Idaho chamber president left for Chicago to push a back to the land movement for unemployed easterners with little capital. He notes the bank holds over a million acres of foreclosed land across Montana Idaho Washington and reports strong sale activity in March and April. He aims to connect eastern jobseekers with western farms facing foreclosure and foster new settlement similar to late 19th and early 20th century movements.
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Jerome
Idaho
R. E. Shepherd
Spokane Federal Land Bank
Idaho State Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
Spokane Bank
Shepherd
Montana
Washington
U. P
Commercial Men Will Meet Here In 1933 Convention
George B. Ericksen of Butte was elected grand counselor of the grand council of the United Commercial Travelers tri state district covering Utah Idaho and Montana. Pocatello Idaho was picked as the 1933 convention site with dates June 9 and 10. Other officers named include L. H. Evans Ogden Utah grand treasurer F C McMillen Salt Lake City grand conductor M H Graham Provo Utah grand sentinel and F J Kopke Boise Idaho on the executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles City
Mont
George B. Ericksen
Butte
United Commercial Travelers
Tri-State
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Pocatello
L. H. Evans
Ogden
F. C. McMillen
Salt Lake City
M. H
Nations sign debt repayment pact ahead of Lausanne talks
France Belgium Romania Latvia pledge to fund 59 million dollars over ten years under the Hoover moratorium, leaving Poland Estonia Austria to sign next week. Total funded reaches 244.19 million with England owing 159.52 million. The meeting at Lausanne will decide on reparations with no U S representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
France
United States
Lewis
Til
Senate
Lausanne
Switzerland
Belgium
Rumania
Latvia
Poland
Esthenia
Austria
England
Inquiry on death of servant fails to establish clue in Lindbergh case
Reports detail shifting testimony as Lindbergh investigators face new alibis. Miss Violet Sharpe's death by poison is linked to a car ride with youths over March 1. Miller disputes, Brinkert remains cleared. Miss Sharpe takes poison amid renewed questioning.
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Alpine
N. J
Morrow
Violet Sharpe
Ernest Brinkert
Lindbergh
Ernest Miller
Catherine Minners
Miss Sharpe
Brinkert
Miller
Harry Walsh
Closter
Ernie
Boy Found Tied to Rail Tracks Near New Brunswick
A 17-year-old youth named Michael Hallelah was found early today tied to Pennsylvania railroad tracks near New Brunswick. He was unconscious from shock with about 20 slashes on his body after three men abducted him from a J. J. Newberry store and lashed him to the rails before dawn. He told investigators he was attacked after arranging stock at the store last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
N. J
Michael Hallelah
J. J. Newberry
Miners Rescued After 30 Hours In Utah Drift
Six miners trapped by a cave-in at the Silver King Western mine near Park City Utah were released after 30 hours. They were fed through a pipe and sat on a single ore car as 12 miners worked in shifts to free them. Rescued workers named are Shift Boss William O'Neil Gilbert Carter Clair Smith Clark Bennett George Potter and Eulogie Ysar grill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park City
Utah
Silver King Western
William O'Neil
Gilbert Carter
Clair Smith
Clark Bennett
George Potter
Eulogie Ysargrill
Horse killed as derrick contacts live line near Hansen
A steel derrick on a highway bridge reconstruction east of Hansen toppled after a cable touched an electric transmission line. A horse harnessed to the derrick was killed instantly and two workmen were knocked down by the shock. The project, led by Twin Falls contractor Dan J. Cavanah, follows a stage collision that brought down the prior bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Falls
Hansen
Dan J. Cavanah
No Funds Available to Fight Crickets in Idaho
Local hopes for immediate federal aid to combat a grasshopper outbreak were dampened when the house defeated a 1 450 000 appropriation. Rep. Addison T. Smith said no funds remain from other agriculture appropriations. A $15,000 local request was recommended by J R Parker but funds are now unlikely.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Addison T. Smith
Department of Agriculture
J. R. Parker
United States Bureau of Entomology
House
Senate
Hyde
Buchanan
Tex
Agriculture Department
Representative Simmons
Coffin Announces Campaign on Prohibition Repeal
Mayor Tom Coffin of Pocatello, aiming for Congress in Idaho's second district, pledges to run his general election campaign on repeal of the eighteenth amendment and federal liquor regulation. He denounces the Weiser Democratic platform for ignoring prohibition and vows an uncompromising stance against illicit liquor traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Coffin
Welser
Democratic Party
Weiser
Idaho Boy Hitches to See Pacific Ocean Finds Shelter
Wayne Bowman, 12, from Shelley Idaho, hitchhiked to Los Angeles to see the Pacific and locate his aunt Genevieve Sorenson. Police shelter him in juvenile quarters while they search for her. directories lack her listing and authorities hope publicity reunites them. He did see the ocean with Deputy Sheriff George Faber guiding him to the beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Calif
Wayne Bowman
Shelley
Idaho
Pacific Ocean
Genevieve Sorenson
George Faber
Survey Adds South Fork Of Snake To Idaho Study
Idaho Falls June 11 Surety of the South Fork of the Snake River for storage flood control and power in cooperation with the Henrys Fork basin survey has been authorized by Dr Elwood Mead federal reclamation commissioner F F Smith senior government engineer said in Denver Instructions were received after talks with Congressman Addison T Smith and Senator John Thomas at the Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce meeting The inclusion is welcomed as vital to future agricultural development of the upper river and comes after a prior Henrys Fork authorization last summer
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Idaho Falls
South Fork
Snake River
Henry's Fork
Elwood Mead
F. F Smith
Smith
Mead
Denver
Addison T. Smith
John Thomas
Democrats Silent on Wet Issue and National Affairs
Idaho Republicans converge on Chicago from north and south to establish convention headquarters and place delegates on national committees. Alternate delegates will vote if Senators Borah and Thomas are unavailable. Defenbach planks gain traction including a state game commission, despite Democrats in Weiser not adopting it citing potential political costs.
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Boise
Idaho
Chicago
William E. Borah
John Thomas
Borah
Byron Defenbach
State Game Commission
Weiser
A. L. Freehofer
Payette
Franklin R. Roosevelt
New York
George H. Dern
Utah
Roosevelt
Oregon Trail Park
Washington
Idaho Delegation Foreshadows Trip to National Convention
Idaho GOP delegates and alternates head east toward Chicago for the Republican national convention. Several party officials and supporters join in, including Mr and Mrs Rockwell Mrs Florence Bush Thomas Heath and A E Stranger. Others already en route include John Hart Ezra Whitla Stanley Easton and C W Beale with some attending related gatherings in Chicago.
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Idaho
Gem State
Chicago
Irvin E. Rockwell
Bellevue
Florence Bush
Boise
James F. Allshie, Jr
R. F
Shepherd
Jerome
Idaho State Chamber of Commerce
L. S. Parsons
State Chamber
Ailshies
Ailshie
Washington
Parsons
John W. Hart
Menan
Ezra R. Whitla
Couer d' Alene
W. A. Heiss
Stanley A. Easton
Kellogg
C. W. Beale
Wallaae
J. F. Airshie
Coeur d'Alene
Judge Airshie
Hausner Found Safe After Sea Rescue Report
A cryptic ship message reported Polish American aviator Stanislaus Felix Hausner, once believed lost on a trans Atlantic attempt, is alive. He signaled his aircraft remained in good condition and urged a vessel to pick it up. Previous rescues include Lou Reichers on May 13 near the President Roosevelt liner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stanislaus Felix Hausner
Atlantic
Lou Reichers
Hausner
New Jersey
George Fried
U. S
President Roosevelt
Reichers
Flood seepage threatens 6000 acres of grain region in Oregon
Morning bulletins report rising Rule lake sump flood waters seeping through the barrier protecting nearly 6000 acres of prime grain land in Klamath Falls Oregon. Alfred P Sloan Jr of General Motors declares repeal of the 18th amendment will advance temperance. Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton remains in serious condition in Los Angeles. Akron dirigible flies at 80 mph back to Lakehurst Arizona. Boise hosts the largest National Guard encampment in over a decade at Camp Russell O Robinson. Chicago reports preconvention clash over prohibition and a possible Republican plank.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
Rule Lake
New York
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
General Motors Corporation
Los Angeles
Angelus Temple
Riverside
Aimee Semple McPherson-Hutton
Boise
National Guard
Camp
Russell O. Robinson
Bandits Rob Drug Store in Yellowstone Hotel
Two armed men robbed the Yellowstone Drug Company in the Yellowstone hotel building about 11 o clock Saturday evening. They relieved the cashier of about forty dollars and cigarettes. One man was well dressed, the other wore overalls. Jerry O'Neil is suspected of the robbery and possibly linked to a Friday night Idaho Falls heist.
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Yellowstone Drug Company
Yellowstone Hotel
Jerry O'Neil
O'Neil
Idaho Falls
Bannock County
Idaho Democrats Back Roosevelt and Dern at State Convention
At Weiser Idaho the Democratic state convention adopted a platform backing Roosevelt for president and Dern for vice president while endorsing government operation of Muscle Shoals and Boulder Dam. It condemned Hoover's administration and favored national relief through silver remonetization and a public works program.
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James P. Pope
Boise
United States
Muscle Shoals
Boulder Dam
Hoover
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Idaho
M I A Meeting in Salt Lake Pays Tribute to Washington
In Salt Lake City on June 11 AP report shows Young Men and Young Ladies Mutual Improvement associations of the Latter Day Saints honoring George Washington with a tree planting near the temple square. The program featured a band, flag exercises by Boy Scouts and Beehive Girls, and final contests in M I A activities.
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Salt Lake City
Young Men's and
Young Ladies Mutual Improvement Associations
Latter Day Saints Church
George Washington
Church Temple Square
Evelyn Garfield
Tremonton
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Ross
C. Ben Ross
Agriculture Appropriations
Department of Indian Affairs
F. A. Gross
Fort Hall
Bingham County
Blackfoot
Aberdeen
Gibson Sand Hills
Fort Hall Canal
Gibson
Lincoln Creek
A. H. MacGuire
Morrow Butler
Silver King Cave
Congress
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Pocatellan
Bryan Defenbach
GOP
Joseph B. Ely
Massachusetts
Alfred E. Smith
Liner
Leviathan
Phoenix
Ariz
Akron
Arizona
Lakehurst
Walsh
M.I.A
Salt Lake
Association
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