Soviet Airmen Aim for Nonstop North Pole Flight
Three Soviet aviators Valeri Chkalov George Baidukov and navigator Beliakov fly from Moscow toward San Francisco in a single nonstop leg. Authorities in Edmonton and Oakland prepared weather and arrival data as the Ant-25 craft, weighing about 12 tons with 13 760 pounds of fuel, aims to cover 6003 miles with a 100 hour endurance.
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San Francisco
North Pole
Gregory I. Gokhman
Moscow
Oakland
Calif
Edmonton
Alta
J. E. Gennet
Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
Genet
M.S. T
Patterson
Dominion Meteorological Bureau
Toronto
Seattle
Wash
William F. Gilmore
Valeri Chkalov
George Baiducov
Beliakov
Mackenzie River Valley
Spokane
Northwest Territories
Dominion Meteorological Service
Arctic
Yukon
British Columbia
Alberta
Drivers Warned To Get Licenses
Boise report says Commissioner John L Balderston warned drivers they must have operators licenses by July 1. After that date state traffic officers sheriffs and police chiefs will enforce the two year license permit costing 50 cents. Balderston notes few drivers in large centers have obtained permits.
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Boise
John L. Balderston
Balderston
West Yellowstone Marks Third Anniversary of Air Service
On Saturday June 19 National Parks airways joins with the People of West Yellowstone to commemorate three years of direct air passenger air mail and air express service to West Yellowstone.
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National Parks Airways
West Yellowstone
West Yel
C I O Urges To Carry On As Non-Strikers Wish To Work
The C I O urged steel workers to carry on the strike while nonstrikers want to return to work. At Johnstown Pennsylvania hundreds pledged to continue the walkout for weeks to obtain a signed contract. A three man mediation board was named by Secretary of Labor Perkins to meet in Cleveland tomorrow.
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C.I
Associated Press
Cleveland
Johnstown
Bethlehem
Chicago
Owever
Perkins
Charles P. Taft II
Lloyd K. Garrison
University of Wisconsin
Edward F. McGrady
Labor Department
C.I.0
Taft Republican
Taft
Yakima Indians Strike Over Wages At Pioneer Days
The Yakima Indian tribe began a wage protest offering 2 a day, free hamburgers and tobacco with a 10 percent cut on souvenir postcard sales during Yakima's Pioneer Days July 3 to 5. They threatened to sit down at the potlatch with chiefs Thunder Clap and Kicking Horse leading a delegation. Ray Clark noted 1000 Pendleton Indians could fill glad to take the wage, mocking the Yaki as college educated with English radio tone and lacking proper attire.
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Yakima
Wash
Yakimas
Washington
Seattle
Thunder Clap
Kicking Horse
Ray Clark
Pendleton
Ore
Clark
Debutante Alyse Hunneman Dies After Horse Fall
Alyse Matthews Hunneman a 20 year old debutante expected to be bridesmaid at Ethel du Pont and Franklin D Roosevelt Jr wedding died in a Baltimore hospital after a fall from a horse at a show near Malvery Pennsylvania. She had been injured a month earlier and underwent surgery recently.
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Philadelphia
Alyse Matthews Hunneman
Ethel du Pont
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Baltimore
Malvery
Amelia Earhart halted by weather over Bay of Bengal
Amelia Earhart began a leg of her world flight from Calcutta to Bangkok but heavy weather forced a return to Akyab after a 400 mile Bay of Bengal crossing. She landed at 12 34 p.m. in a twin motor monoplane and attempted departure again, hoping for favorable conditions Saturday.
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Akyab
Burma
Amelia Earhart
Calcutta
Bay of Bengal
Bangkok
Siam
Woman Sentenced For Child Killing in Suffolk County
Blonde Mrs. Helen Tiernan pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree for the death of her seven year old daughter in Riverhead New York. She faces a prison term from 20 years to life with possible parole after 13 years and four months and will be sentenced Monday.
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Riverhead
N. Y
Helen Tiernan
Suffolk County
Defenders of Bilbao Retire to New Posts
Basque defenders retreat to western rear-guard positions as Franco forces tighten around Bilbao. Government factions reportedly move to Basque territory while insurgents press to seal the capital’s escape routes and complete the encirclement.
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Bilbao
Francisco Franco
Great Britain
Brotherhood Seeks Speedy Showdown in Wage Dispute
Pittsburgh June 18 A speedy showdown in the wage dispute affecting 250000 railway workers was forecast by J A Phillips president of the Order of Railway Conductors He said the unions felt railroads were delaying action on demands for wage increases and would confer with four other brotherhood leaders in Chicago Monday The unions had in February requested general 20 percent raises for all workers.
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Pittsburgh
J. A. Phillips
The
Order of Railway Conductors
Phillips
Chicago
Utah Weather: Generally Fair Tonight and Saturday
The forecast calls for generally fair skies in Utah tonight and Saturday with warmer temperatures in the western portions tonight. Most areas will see light winds and dry conditions through the period.
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Utah
West
Braddock Louis World Title Bout Radio Beat From Pocatello
The Pocatello Tribune and Idaho State Journal announce blow by blow coverage of the Braddock Louis world heavyweight title fight at the White Sox ballpark in Chicago next Tuesday around 7 p m Pocatello time. Preliminary bouts and crowd notes start about 30 minutes before the main event with Haight Radio Service ensuring clear reception for southeastern Idaho listeners.
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The
Pocatello Tribune
Idaho State Journal
James J. Braddock
Joe Louis
White Sox
Chicago
Pocatello
Boise Office Takes Over Social Security Numbers
Beginning July 1 the Boise field office will handle applications and assign social security account numbers for Idaho. For the remaining June days local postmasters issue numbers. Boise will receive filled SS-5 forms, except within Boise city.
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Boise
Social Security Board
Idaho
Norton to chair House Labor Committee after Connery death
Representative Mary T. Norton of New Jersey announced after a conference with Speaker Bankhead that she would assume the chairmanship of the House Labor Committee, a position made vacant by the death of Representative William P. Connery of Massachusetts.
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Washington
Mary T. Norton
N. J
Bankhead
House Labor Committee
William P. Connery
Massachusetts
rosy future for u s airways seen by country s officials
Boise June 18 Representatives of America's aviation interests outlined a bright decade ahead with private planes filling skies within 10 years and mass production of inexpensive planes expected. Call for more airports and long-range planning stressed to store growth.
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U. S. Airways
Boise
America
Idaho to shift leadership of three state mental hospitals
Dr. Charles R. Lowe will move from Blackfoot to head the Idaho State School and Colony for feeble minded in Nampa. Dr. d Orr Poynter, longtime Nampa superintendent, is expected to resign after 18 years. Architects will draw plans for new buildings as bonds totaling about 500000 were approved by the 1937 legislature. Dr. Poynter and Mrs. Poynter receive no stated future plans.
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Arthur Dudley
Sacramento
Calif
National Aeronautic Association
Charles L. Smith
Boise
Idaho
Nampa
Blackfoot
Orofino
Lewis Wiliams
Charles R. Lowe
Poynter
d’Orr Poynter
Williams
Lowe
d'Orr Poynter
Kraft Employee Taken by Death
Albert R. Glessing 59 a Kraft Phenix cheese maintenance worker died of a heart attack this morning on duty at the plant north of the city. Survived by widow Luella two sons Alfred Gus and John Raymond a daughter Barbara DeLano three grandchildren one son J Hans Peterson a sister Dorothy Gash and two sisters Emma Glessing and Barbara Glessing. Body at McHanks.
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Albert R. Glessine
Jefferson Avenue
Kraft-Phenix
Glessing
Illinois
Luella Glessing
Alfred Gus
John Raymond
Barbara DeLano
Los Angeles
Gas Truck Upset In Auto Crash At Pocatello Intersection
Lawrence Smith, 25, drove the Idaho Fuel and Supply Co truck that overturned at the Pocatello and Fifth Avenue crossing after being struck by a car driven by Thomas Blackburn, 79, of Springfield. Blackburn, who has heart issues, was arrested for failing to stop at the sign. one bystander car also collided in the melee. the truck was demolished and only Blackburn’s minor hand cut was recorded.
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Pocatello
Fifth Avenue
Idaho Fuel & Supply Co
Thomas Blackburn
Springfield
John C. McWilliams
Blackburn
Lawrence Smith
War Debts Could Fund Relief Costs Senator Borah Says
Idaho Senator William E Borah told the Senate that US war debts totaling 1 53 billion dollars could cover next year's relief costs estimated around 600 million dollars. He noted the national and personal debts would offset relief expenses as Congress debated economic measures.
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Washington
Idaho
William E. Borah
Senate
United States
Workers hack at snow pile near Wasatch crash site
June 18. Salt Lake City workers with shovels and picks chip away ice at the Western Air Express plane wreck on a 1000-foot Wasatch cliff, hoping to recover seven victims from the December crash. Lifters haul sacks from the cliff top as search crews expect more bodies to be found in the hard packed snow.
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Salt Lake City
Western Air Express
Iuner
Wasatch Mountains
Frank Eastman
Eastman
National League Scores From Tuesday Baseball Across Cities
In Pittsburgh Brooklyn won 6 to 1 as Mungo and Phelps pitched and Bauers Brown and Todd contributed. Cincinnati defeated New York with 5 runs to 2 as Hubbell Gumbert and W Davis held the line. Chicago and St Louis battled to a scoreless draw while Cleveland and Boston posted 9 to 4 and 5 to 9 results respectively. Washington and St Louis played to a 2 to 0 result with varied battery lines. Chicago and New York game postponed due to wet grounds.
Roberts and Nash Visit in Pocatello with Ames Family
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Roberts of San Francisco arrived for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ames. Mrs. Phil Nash, formerly PoCatellan, traveled with the group to Pocatello and visits sister Mrs. H. A. McDaniels of North Ninth Avenue.
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Ralph Roberts
San Francisco
Ed Ames
Phil Nash
Pocatellan
Pocatello
Roberts
H. A. McDaniels
North Ninth Avenue
Treasury says earnings were sent through British holding firm
Treasury tax investigator Elmer L Ivey told congressional investigators Charles Laughton arranged to pay him a 20000 salary in 1935 and handed over all American movie earnings totaling 190280 to a British holding company. He named other capitalists who used foreign firms to evade U S taxes.
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Washington
Elmer L. Ivey
Treasury
Charles Laughton
Trey
Laughton
England
Salt Lake Temple Organist Dies After Forty Years Service
Mrs. Louisa Walsh Davies age 61, longtime Salt Lake temple organist, died early today from heart disease. Born February 10, 1876 in Wolverton England, she moved to Salt Lake City in 1881 as a Mormon convert.
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Salt Lake City
Latter Day Saints Church
Louisa Walsh Davies
Salt Lake Temple
Wolverton
Staffordshire
England
L. Salt Lake Temple
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Brotherhood
Speedy
Tribune - Journal
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Gene Tunney
Haight Radio Service
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Region XI
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Wyoming
Federal
Old-Age Benefits Bureau Record Office
Dudley
Ircraft
Love
Kraft
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Congressional
Joint Committee
Tribune - AP
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Brooklyn
Mungo and
Phelps
Bauers, Brown and Todd
Cincinnati
New York
Hubbell, Gumbert and
W. Davis
Johnson and Atwood
Lee, Parmelee
Harrnet
St. Louis
R. H. E Boston
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Boston
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Allen
Andrews
R.H.E St. Louis
Hildebrand
Huffman
DeShong
R. Ferrer
Roswell Magill
Tg trAsuny
George Westinehouse, Jr
Bahamas
Westinghouse
Newfoundland
Jamaica
Magill
Harrison
D-Miss
Doughton
D-N.c
House Appropriations Committee
Dmiss
Nrew
Irey
Philip Deronde
Jules S. Bache
Jacob Schick
Canada
Percy K. Hudson
New York Stock Exchange
Schick
Wallace Groves
Bache
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