Congressman's Death Delays Bonus Vote in House
Washington June 14 AP The cash bonus bill was postponed until tomorrow as the House adjourned to honor Representative Eslick of Tennessee who collapsed and died during a speech advocating full payment. Eslick died without regaining consciousness after attempts to save him. his wife fainted but recovered. Senate leaders say 55 votes in the chamber oppose the measure, while President Hoover has promised a veto if it reaches the White House.
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House
Representative Eslick
Tenn
Representative Swick
Pennsylvania
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Eslick
House Chamber. Mrs. Eslick
Fort
Lee
Representative Rainey
National League baseball scores and rain delays
Cincinnati and Philadelphia split a doubleheader with 8 2 and 15 3 in the first game and 16 0 7 0 in the second. Other NL games were postponed due to rain with New York and Cleveland tallying late runs and Chicago and St. Louis also scoring in varied innings.
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Philadelphia
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Rhem
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Ogden
Manion
J. Elliott
Davis
Idaho Peach Crop Forecast For This Year
Boise June 14 The peach crop in Idaho is forecast at 183000 bushels this year based on June 1 conditions. Last year the harvest totaled 170000 bushels according to J H Jacobson federal crop statistician.
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Boise
Idaho
J. H. Jacobson
GOP keynote lauds Hoover moves to meet low mood
Senator L. J. Dickinson lauds Herbert Hoover at the Republican national convention for tackling the nation’s low mood. He praises Hoover’s actions to prevent a financial panic, defend the farm program, and keep tariffs protective, while urging reelection as a steady path to normal conditions.
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L. J. Dickinson
Iowa
Herbert Hoover
Dickinson
Hoover
Polish flier rescued after drift on Atlantic
Captain James Wilson of the Circe Shell recounts finding a Polish flyer stranded on a wrecked airplane in the Atlantic. The ship’s crew lowered a lifeboat, plucked the man from the drifting craft, and brought him aboard as darkness closed in. The flier spoke briefly, then collapsed, with the crew noting rough seas and the patient’s improving condition.
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Circe Shell
SB Stanley Hausner
Idaho GOP to Press Borah Stand at Convention
Idaho’s Republican delegation, loyal to Senator Borah, plans to oppose a prohibition referendum plank at the convention’s resolutions committee. Hart, chair, signals solid Borah support. Easton joins the resolutions panel to back the stance. Eight lines report caucus actions and committee appointments, including Mrs. Keel’s delegation seat and Miss Florence Bush’s secretary role.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Borah
Idaho
Resolutions Committee
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Menon
Stanley A. Easton
Kellogg
Gem State
Thomas Heath
Preston
L. D. McFarland
Sandpoint
A. E. Stanger
Idaho Falls
Florence Bush
Boise
Miss Bush
James Stanley Keel
Twin Falls
Ezra P. Whitla
Coeur d'Alene
H. W. Clouchek
Keel
I. E. Rockwell
Bellevue
Easton
Bids Called for Highway Oiling Projects in Idaho
The Bureau of Highways advertised bids for two oiling projects in Idaho. One covers 21 miles on the Clarks Fork highway from Priest River to Sandpoint, the other 18 miles on the north and south highway from Culdesac to Winchester. Bids to be opened in Boise on June 24.
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Bureau of Highways
Priest River
Sandpoint
Clarks Fork
Culdesac
Winchester
Game Department Opens Little Lost River Fishing
The Idaho State Game Department announced fishing on the Little Lost River will be permitted in July and August. The stream was previously thought to open May 30 but has been closed since 1929 for the first month of the regular season.
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Little Lost River
State Game Department
Game Department
Missing German Pilot’s Plane Found Near Wyndham
The airplane of Captain Hans Bertrem, a German flier missing since May 17 after leaving Japano Timor Island for Darwin, was found today near the Drysdale mission close to Wyndham, Australia.
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Australia
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Drysdale Mission
Mead and Thomas to Inspect Idaho Reservoir Project
Dr Elwood Mead federal reclamation commissioner will personally visit proposed storage and flood control reservoirs on Henrys fork and the South fork of Snake river in Idaho. He will attend the American Society of Civil Engineers meeting in Yellowstone Park on July 6 and then inspect the upper Snake river valley project, with Idaho Senator John Thomas accompanying him if Congress is adjourned.
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South Fork
Snake River
Elwood Mead
Federal
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Idaho
Dr. Mead
Congress
Washington
Ross to Talk on Dairying at Downey Event
Governor C Ben Ross visited Pocatello on the way to the ninth annual Black and White day program at Downey where he will address eastern Idaho farmers. He notes Idaho dairy has halved to a 30 million dollar industry and urges each family to drink an extra pint of milk daily to curb butter oversupply.
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C. Ben Ross
Pocatello
Downey
Idaho
T. C. Coffin
R. T. Davis
Weiser
Idaho Holstein Breeders’ Association
H. A. Mathieson
Holstein-Friesian Association
Ross
Northwest
Mark Manley
B. M. Almond
Chamber of Commerce
C. W. Daigh
Bannock County
Price Of Gasoline At Boise Jumps
Gasoline in Boise rose four cents a gallon to 24 cents including a five cent state tax. The price had previously fallen several weeks earlier.
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Boise
Dawes followers plan stampede for GOP vice president
Late wire reports from Chicago declare Dawes supporters plotted to back him secretly for the Republican vice presidency. Idaho appoints Ezra Whitla as national committeeman and Mrs H W Cloudiek as committeewoman in Salt Lake City. Counterfeit arrests blot Salt Lake headlines, Violet Sharpe death certificate filed in Englewood, and Idaho delegation backs Easton on a minority report opposing resubmission of prohibition.
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Charles G. Dawes
Chicago
Ezra P. Whitla
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Gem
H. W. Cloudiek
Twin Falls
James Stanley Kee
Englewood
N. J
Violet Sharpe
Dwight W. Morrow
Stanly E Easton
Resolutions Committee
Wheel system advocated to kill crickets in Idaho district
Volunteers in the district between Fort Hall and Lincoln Creek await a shipment of poison to resume a drive against millions of crickets confined to the sand hills. A ton of arsenate was ordered, with the first consignment due soon, as trenching barriers and a water powered wheel were used in 1902 34 to crush swarms.
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Lincoln Creek
New Jersey
Express
Fort Hall Canal
St. Anthony
Paul Fletcher
Fletcher
Camas
Roberts and
Dubois
The
Tribune
Charlie Mackett
Arimo Man Held on Statutory Charge
Lawrence Eames, 29, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Tom Smith two miles south of Arimo about 5 p.m. Monday and is held in Bannock county jail under $1,000 bond on a charge alleging assault with attempt to commit rape. He was arraigned this afternoon before Judge E. G. Houde in Justice court. Eames is alleged to have assaulted Freda Avery, 5, daughter of Earl Avery, near Arimo. He said he had been drinking and was not in his right mind.
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Tom Smith
Arimo
Bannock County
Eames
E. G. Houde
Justice Court
Freda Avery
Earl Avery
Opening Day Tension Weighs on GOP Gathering in Chicago
Liberal dry Republicans privately push for resubmission of prohibition while wet members seek a convention showdown. Delegates remain preoccupied with party strategy as Dawes and Hoover’s names surface amid formal opening sessions and somber bicentennial tributes.
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Resolutions Committee
Bingham
Connecticut
Byron Price
Associated Press
Chicago Stadium
Dickinson
Iowa
Gaston Means Convicted In Lindbergh Kidnapping Swindle
Gaston B. Means was found guilty by a District of Columbia jury on two counts of larceny in a scheme tied to the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. He faced up to ten years as prosecutors outlined a $104000 ransom and expenses he collected from Mrs. Edward B. McLean, Washington socialite.
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Gaston B. Means
Lindbergh
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Means
Edward B. McLean
Alexandria
Virginia
Pioneer Day Proclamation Urges Idaho Celebration
Governor C Ben Ross calls Idaho residents to observe Pioneer Day as a Western holiday. Mayor Thomas C Coffin of Boise endorses the unaffiliated observance urging all citizens to honor pioneers who built the Union Pacific system and settled the West.
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West
Pocatello
Boise
C. Ben Ross
Will Rogers on Republican convention politics and vice presidential picks
The narrator lampoons a Republican convention push to replace Charley Curtis for electoral gains. He jokes about nominating anyone who can swing votes, mentions John D. Rockefeller Jr and Charley Dawes, and notes lobbyists and wets at the event with Salvation Army observers.
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Charley Curtis
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Charlie
Charley Chaplin
Amelia Earhart
Charley
John D. Rockefeller
Salvation Army
Charley Dawes
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