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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1927
Page
1
New Orleans reports the Red Cross will spend 500000 on health and sanitation work in flood zones. The plan includes typhoid and smallpox immunization, water purification, carcass destruction, malaria mosquito control, and nursing services. 267 workers will serve hardest hit areas, including 45 physicians and 103 nurses.
St Louis readies a grand welcome for Charles A. Lindbergh in the Spirit of St Louis tomorrow afternoon at four o clock. A 300 member committee arranged six public events over a three day celebration following prior receptions in Washington and New York. The homecoming will begin at about 3 30 when the flyer crosses the Mississippi from the east and signals from naval reserves will accompany the momentous return.
London dispatch reports that a chartered plane for Van Leer Black of Baltimore landed in Budapest at 5 30 yesterday afternoon on schedule. Black travels with his valet and two Vetch pilots Scholte and Valendorffe on the Amsterdam to East Indies flight.
A fugitive known as the gorilla man, accused of multiple slayings in the United States and Canada, is recaptured near Kil larney after escaping a Killarney jail. Winnipeg police say he is the suspect in the Patterson and Cowan deaths. A special detective train arrived as confirmation followed.
Atlantic City June 16 AP Miami won the Shriners convention bid for next year, outvoting Cleveland and Minneapolis. The issue of ending national gatherings in favor of regional ones was sent to a committee for study and a report at the next convention.
Frankfort Germany June 16 AP bearing souvenirs and mementoes of their Baden Baden Karlsruhe Friedrichshafen and Frankfort trip the American trans Atlantic fliers Clarence Chamberlin and Charles Levine depart for Hanover then Bremen where their wives join them from New York aboard the liner Berlin. A banquet in their honor is arranged aboard the steamer Bremen at Bremhoven by North German Lloyd.
National League box scores show Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Chicago, New York, and St. Louis with varied offensives. Cincinnati beat Philadelphia 10 to 13 in a 15-inning line, while Pittsburgh bested Boston 6 to 13. Chicago defeated St Louis 7 to 17, and New York edged St Louis 8 to 9 on late runs.
Miss Joanna Sprague of Salt Lake City was elected president of the Northwest Librarians association at its meeting in Gearhart Oregon on June 16.
European ministers in Geneva reconsider a joint warning against Soviet propaganda and alleged terrorism at home. Fear of inflaming Russian nationalism leads Polands and others to oppose a united front, amid tension over Moscow.
Actress Dorothy Mackaye faces trial in Los Angeles for accessory after the fact and complicity in withholding information about the fist fight that led to Ray mond's death. Co defendant Paul Kelly was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to one to ten years. Doctor W J Sulivan also indicted but to stand separate trial.
Boise reports W D Vincent new commissioner of education arrived to confer with retiring Miss Ethel Redfield on the office workload. Vincent formerly supervised Idaho Industrial Training School at St Anthony as he succeeds Redfield July 1.
At a San Francisco Episcopal convention delegates heard Rev. William Guthrie denounce the New Testament as a book by chumps with thick heads while Rev. Henry Lewis An Arbor rector urged a tolerant stance on unmarried unions and companionate marriage. Guthrie rejected foreign missions and urged humility, claiming Protestantism is dead and Christ’s message must be recovered.
Reports from Quebec and Chicoutimi note repeated distress signals and flares near the Saganay and Perribonik rivers and near Lake St John as authorities reconnoiter the districts for the missing French aviators. Observers report flashes and a trapper heard engine noise near the St Marguerite river, suggesting possible northern movement.
Rome reports Commander Francesco de Pinedo arrives at Ostia near Rome after completing a four continent flight. He is greeted by crowds and welcomed by Premier Mussolini and other dignitaries, marking a sensational aviation milestone. The Naples dispatch notes his noble lineage and a history of military service in the family dating back to Spain.
Commander Richard E. Byrd aims for a Friday take-off to France from New York after weather delays. The Weather Bureau reports a trough of bad weather and three storms over the northern Atlantic delaying departure.
S. H. Sharman of Salt Lake City led 80 contestants in a two day trapshooting tournament at Sandusky Ohio. He broke 396 of 400, beating C. A. Young of Springfield Ohio who hit 394 and Mark Erie of Champaign Ill who posted 383.
In Washington Stoner limited the Senators to four hits as Detroit won 6 to 1. Boston rallied for four in the eighth to beat Cleveland 11 to 10. Pittsburgh defeated Boston 6 to 0 behind Lee Meadows. New York Yankees beat the Browns 8 to 1 with Ruth homering for his 22nd and Gehrig his 15th. In Omaha Worried over Pete Casey being beaned, John McGraw left for home. Corey hospitalized with a brain concussion.
A Geneva memorial from Sarre district leaders urges immediate German control of the Sarre valley, arguing to restore it without the 1932 plebiscite to aid economic interests. The text notes the area’s 72% square miles and 770000 population with coal mines.
President Coolidge fished a mountain trout stream near his summer White House in the Black Hills. He returned with seven rainbow trout, five caught by him and the largest weighing 1 pound 7 ounces, as Mrs. Coolidge awaited on the porch. Cecil Gideon guided him, driving from the lodge to the stream for an early start.
Tigers Flowers former middleweight champion Maxie Rosenbloom of New Year has been matched for a 10 round bout at White Sox ballpark on the night of July 4.
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