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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1925
Page
1
Grass Valley California June 13 AP rescue workers report communication with Robert Hill trapped in the Baltic tunnel at Alta Consolidation mine. He is in good physical condition but cold and hungry and has asked his wife for balogna and plenty of it.
In New York Citys theater district an aerial exhibition featuring fourteen planes drew crowds as four defense aircraft repelled a five-plane enemy squadron. Rome air corps reporters and motion photographers covered the event broadcast by radio. The split air net opened and each unit raced at high speed while smoke screens and bombs were used to heighten the display.
Fifty United Mine Workers members were sworn in as special constables to aid local police during a strike at British Empire Steel in New Waterford. Five thousand miners attended the funeral of William Davis, killed by a steel plant police officer during Thursday’s riot. Militia and provincial police remained at the Sydney plant.
Washington June 13 AP Charles J Brand marketing specialist in the department of agriculture resigns along with another adviser of the late Secretary Wallace as Secretary Jardine reconstitutes the department. The resignation was telegraphed to the secretary who is on an inspection tour of the west. Brand was understood to know in advance his resignation would be accepted.
Dr Stephen B Lt Penrose resigns after 31 years as president of Whitman College to allow choice among three solutions for handling external relations due to impaired vision. He proposes options including a new external president while he remains as internal administrator and philosophy instructor.
Premier Painleve, in June dispatches from Morocco, reports a very busy period, inspecting the Ouergha front and consulting Moroccan notables at Fez. He emphasizes strong ties with natives and warns of growing weariness among the Niele.
Secretary of Agriculture Jardine said there is no disagreement with Charles J. Brand over his departure from the department. Brand plans to become executive secretary of the national fertilizer association. Jardine expects his resignation to be accepted.
John Clark Mitchell, president of the Denver National Bank, died tonight at his home in Denver after a brief illness. He was 65 and widely known in the Rocky Mountain district as a banker and financier.
Colorado Rotarians take a refrigerator car of snow from the Rocky Mountains to Cleveland for shipment to the international Rotary convention. A group leaves Denver for the trip to join in the event next Tuesday.
Portland Maine reports the seventh annual convention of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs will bring delegates from 47 states and Hawaii July 12 18. A massive Maine clambake with 2500 lobsters and 65 barrels of clams headlines seaside events. Distinguished speakers include Ohio Supreme Court Justice Florence E Allen among other noted women.
The Forest Service will ask Secretary Jardine to approve a tentative program to enlarge recreational use of national forests. It would equip 1650 forests covering 157 million acres with utilities to protect public health and property while continuing plans for camps, sanitaria, schools, and hotels and promoting simple mass recreation.
The navy asks radio amateurs to listen in on final tests of the 40 meter short wave set aboard planes with the MacMillan Arctic expedition. Tests occur tomorrow at Squantum Mass from 11 am to 1 pm EST under call Nadir. Reports go to the Bureau of Engineering or Lt Cmdr Richard Byrd at Squantum. Planes will be dismantled Monday for shipment to Etah Greenland.
Maria Walker, 20, a Negro woman, was awarded 11,000 damages in a civil action against Armour & Co. The jury found she had been deaf, blind and insane since being struck two years ago by a company truck.
The Wendover cutoff of the Victory highway was officially opened in Wendover Utah with ceremony. Governor J G Crugham of Nevada and George H Dern of Utah assisted as Jardine unveiled a salt barrier. The route crosses the ancient Lake Bonneville bed and includes six miles of salt.
Washington reports officials remain unsure about the new postal rates impact on aggregate receipts. May receipts from fifty cities fell about 1.5 million below March, the last month under old rates, though officials say fall data from September and October will yield more reliable results and there is no current sign of revenue decline.
In Chicago on June 13 AP reports the Shepherd murder trial consumed two hours as the defense lost key rulings. Witness testimony, cross examination plans, and a contested will memorandum from Billy McClintock’s era dominated the session.
Federal officers returned from Salmon river country to seize illegal moonshine operations. They found John Hale and accomplices siphoning finished product from a still, confiscated five gallons of moon, destroyed 70 gallons of mash, and recovered additional gear hidden in a barn and alfalfa field. Local residents described the scene as humorous and dramatic.
John H. Kane, sports editor of the Pocatello Tribune, is appointed to the state athletic commission for southeastern Idaho by Governor Moore. Kane succeeds the late Thomas Rickard, joining Thomas J. Sherlock of Boise and George McKeown of Wallace with a Boise meeting anticipated.
Otto Fye, 40, is charged by warrant with slaying his sister Lillian Fye, 31, whose body was found among the ashes of the Montrose cabin fire. Coroner’s inquest says death from a head blow before cremation. unknown person believed to have struck the blow. Fye remains at large. sister believed to live in Moline, Illinois.
Experiments by New York banks test telegraphing checks via photography to transfer images between towns. The Bank of Manhattan has sent checks from New York to Chicago, with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York observing. Transmission takes seven minutes plus four hours for processing. the system promises faster clearance for intercity checks.
New York June 13 AP Justice Russell Benedict refused to approve the certificate of incorporation for a proposed progressive society. He said the name Werchnodneprowsker was un-American and did not show the incorporators’ native ties to the place.
In Chicago a 60 mile per hour pursuit ended in a blazing gunfight leaving two officers and gangster Michael Genna dead. Patrolman William Sweeney captured two suspects single handed after killing Genna and wounding the others. Police launched a citywide drive to round up Genna associates as 6,000 officers pursue arrests following the staged ambush and basement pursuit.
Detroit reports four men linked to a bank branch robbery are captured after a pursuit. Patrolman Casimir Kaliazewski is fatally shot and another officer is wounded as authorities recover the loot. Suspects identified include Arthur ene, Stanley Wykowski, and Stanley Podulaki of Detroit, with details unclear.
A brief statewide weather note reports generally fair skies and warm daytime temperatures. Forecasters expect warmer conditions in the southwest with light winds and no significant storms on the horizon.
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