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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1932
Page
7
On the eve of the national convention Republicans debate the dry law fate. GOP leaders weigh nominating Hoover or Curtis with a running mate as factions clash over platform. Frustration grows among drys and wets as a revised compromise version is sought.
The column recounts Pizarro’s early campaign near defeat halted by a horse falling with its rider. It notes his later conquest of the Inca, the silver horseshoes, and his death in 1541. Also mentions W. R. Selkirk’s 2176-pound shark caught in 1928 at Hermanus, South Africa, and a prompt to readers to request more details with a stamped return envelope.
Delegates debate a resubmission plank on prohibition with Hoover’s influence shaping the process. Demonstrations in Chicago stage opposition to the Washington plan amid calls for unity as Dickinson outlines platform timing and Curtis gains momentum while Mills and Dawes fade from contention.
The New York delegation unanimously adopts a repeal resolution and plans to push it to the floor if defeated in committee. Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler calls the resubmission a fraud while James R. Garfield prepares for platform duties amid pro prohibition tensions. Senator Bingham criticizes the proposal as mere submission and urges a full repeal stance. Dawes declines to discuss potential Republican vice presidential candidacy, saying he will respond if contacted by the Illinois delegation.
A flier recovered weeks after a voyage over the Atlantic remained aboard a drifting plane left near 42.41.18 N and 20:04 W. Darkness hindered recovery as the craft drifted south at about one knot per hour. Hausner urged any vessel in range to assist at sea.
New York stocks moved little in the lightest session of the month as investors awaited Washington action on relief and economy measures. Auburn rose about 2 points amid wide swings, while Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit gained around 3 and American Tobacco class B rose over 2. Some leaders like Western Union and International Shoe reached new lows on declines. Newark reports a rescued transatlantic flyer expected to reach home in about two weeks, amid anxious but hopeful family reaction.
Pots and metals prices drift with nationwide shipments and commodity notes. Wisconsin Hound Whites and Idaho Howets price levels sit amid moderate supplies while copper tin zinc and silver show steady or dull activity across New York Salt Lake City and London markets.
In Spokane on June 13, hardware dealers reported gold pans exhausted across east Washington and north Idaho. The rush follows a placer mining school for the unemployed drawing about 3,000 students who will hunt gold in Montana, Idaho, Washington and British Columbia.
Gustav Weston 69 a retired army sergeant who served as a personal guide to President Roosevelt on a Yellowstone park trip died of a heart attack in Medford Oregon.
Chicago and western markets report hogs at 3.20 to 3.70 for various weights with tops around 3.70. Cattle openings slow but improve with steady to higher prices, best yearlings around 7.65, cows weaker on lower grades. Sheep steady to strong with good lambs around 6.25 to 6.75 and feeders firm. Reports from Omaha North Salt Lake and Ogden show similar trends with hogs mostly steady to higher and cattle and sheep mixed as noted.
Wheat prices hovered around season’s bottom with July contracts dipping under 50 cents a bushel. Declining demand rather than selling drove the nervy close, as corn and oats moved modestly and provisions varied from seven cent declines to five cent rises.
Wheat No 2 red 14. Corn No 2 mixed 31, No 1 yellow 31, No 2 yellow 3114, No 1 white 814. Oats No mixed 18, No 2 white 21.4, No 3 white 20 214. Rye no soles. Barley 34 45. Timothy seed 62.75 3.00, Clover seed 60.950 14.25, Last 3.80, Ribs 4.37, Bellies 4.25.
Chief of engineers war department. B flat in altissimo. He was born in 1923. Andrew W Mellon Texas. American writer. Flower or blossom. Frankfort. Gravitational attraction by the moon and the sun.
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