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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1936
Page
5
A body believed to be about 55 years old was found in the Salmon River three weeks after death. Officials recovered the unidentified man, later determined to be without foul play, and held a brief graveside service led by Reverend H C Goldsmith.
Construction progresses on the highway overpass near McCammon with 25 cubic yards of concrete poured for a base to the bridge supporting Union Pacific tracks. Crews build final foundation sections while a 12 mile road network around the overpass takes shape, diverting Old Oregon Trail traffic and maintaining safety night and day.
A student recital will be given this evening at 8 15 in the Anderson Recital Hall featuring pupils from the Summer school. Highlights include a harp solo and a harp and piano ensemble by Fay Smith and Patsey Griffith. Many named students will perform including Grace Merrill Ruth Marie Merrill Vella Smith Hill Evans Almond Block Sarles Lund Gordon Hines Meloy King Rich Hedlund Foreman Hale Olsen Stocker Campbell and White. The public is invited to attend.
Mrs W L Robbins hosted contract dinner at her South Grant home with guests including Mrs Charles Cannon and Mrs Harvey Dice Jr. High score went to Robbins, with Meilstrup drawing the all out and Cannon receiving a guest favor.
In Los Angeles Robert R. Stentz aged 32 an attorney is regarded as perhaps the youngest veteran to draw his bonus. He enlisted in 1918 at fourteen, telling the officer he was eighteen. In Milwaukee Robert C Hotchkiss fifty five a PWA worker faces court scrutiny as his wife sues for divorce and a judge orders the $750 bonus impounded.
The Wills dance revue presented at 8 15 will feature unusual numbers and lavish costumes. Highlights include a Modernistic Musical Comedy with Gaylord Sanford arranging the music, the Bunny Dance, Champagne Waltze, and After Dark. Vocal solos by Alfred Cordon and violin by Clifford Norton accompany a large cast led by Douglas Yeaman.
Mr and Mrs Richard Y Clayton hosted over the weekend Clayton's parents Mr and Mrs I A Clayton and his brother Waldamar Clayton with his wife from Salt Lake City. Mrs George Lowther to host Portneuf Circle No 892 N O W birthday club Thursday evening. Palm Leaf Circle No 19 N O W to meet at 8 in W O W hall tonight.
Lillian Carlson returned from Moscow where she was graduated last week from the University of Idaho with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She has completed her second term toward an LLB degree and is a Pocatello High School and University of Idaho graduate.
Mrs John Francis Reilly and daughter Patricia Ann of New York City are due to arrive Thursday to spend the summer in Pocatello visiting relatives. They will stay with Mrs Reillys aunt and uncle Miss Margaret Gilmore and Mr Thomas D Gilmore at their home on North Hayes avenue.
A string of U S bonus bond stories from New York to Omaha shows veterans cashing bonds amid varied luck. Thomas Hughes dodges jail with a $500 bail while others report lost bonds recovered in cafes and post offices.
During the University of Washington commencement marking its 75th founding anniversary, 1712 diplomas were awarded for 1936. Among graduates were Virginia E. Cruse of Pocatello with a BA in French and Jack B. Davis of Pocatello with a BA in painting.
In New Hartford on June 16, Robert Carpenter of Pine Meadow was struck by a motorist who jumped from a car and spanked him near the hip pockets. Carpenter’s trousers were on fire as matches he carried reportedly ignited in an unexplained way.
The June bond distribution to about 3 million veterans totaled 1.65 billion dollars but many declined cash or posed as donors to veterans groups. Donald A. Hobart of the American Veterans Association reports thousands turned bonds into the group’s treasury to fund relief for wounded soldiers and widows, while high officials like New York Mayor Lazardi and Judge Leon Yankwich avoided benefits. Post office and Treasury officials note most payments will complete soon with minor distribution glitches and a 15,000 bonds mis-shipment list being addressed.
report shows 3,518,000 veterans eligible for bonds with packets shipped near 3,000,000. Bond program totals 900,000,000 in value, with 1,650,000,000 already shipped. 37,000,000 bonds printed. Mail weighs 300 tons, filling over 25 railroad cars. Emergency workers about 8,000. Payments range from 1.59 to 550 with average 550.
An anonymous Tribune reader recalls Bill Whitaker leaving the Democratic party to join the Progressive slate for a 1926 Four Year Tech Club election. The letter notes a 30 member managing committee, evenly split among parties, and Whitaker’s sudden candor for coroner.
Salt Lake City reports renewed search for the Howard Stark missing flier after a December January disappearance en route from Rock Springs to Salt Lake City. The wreckage was found by a sheepherder 75 miles northeast, with rubbers later located five miles from the plane in Lost Creek canyon.
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