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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1927
Page
1
Baton Rouge reports vast flood refugee flow returning to ruined homesteads. Families trek from camps by boat and truck, aided by Red Cross aid, to rebuild amid mud, rotted crops, and debris. Men and boys clear land, repair houses, and plant to grow food.
In Twin Falls on June 18 a petition was filed to move the case from district court to the U S district court. Secretary of the Interior Hubert Work and others are named in a suit by Falls Canal Company over waters entering the Snake River near American Falls Milner and concerns the county and the canal’s role in supplying Twin Falls with water.
The giant three motor airplane America rests at Roosevelt Field awaiting favorable Atlantic conditions to depart for Paris. Commander Byrd, Bert Acosta, and Lt George Neville are aboard with a possible fourth member rumored as Lt Berndt Raichen, a trusted friend and experienced navigator.
In Jerusalem on June 18 AP reports that fragments of the Sinai inscriptions were found on Mount Serabet by Harvard professors Kiiseph Lake and Robert Blake as part of the Harvard Michigan expedition. They faced a difficult 11 day camel journey into Sinai to reach the site and brought the artifacts to Cairo for study. Dr Butin of the American School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem also works on deciphering the inscriptions, seeking a bridge between hieroglyphs and the alphabet to explain the Moses inscription.
Yerkes observatory observers at the University of Chicago announced that the Pons-Winnecke comet is rapidly brightening from magnitude beyond fifth to nearly fourth magnitude and will be plainly visible to the naked eye within a week. It now appears as a hazy splotch about the size of the moon.
Gus Wilson, guard for Jack Dempsey, left Chicago for New York to select a training camp as preparation for the July 21 title clash with Jack Sharkey.
The Commerce Department reports in 1926 across 28 states births fell to 1,597,903 and the birth rate dropped to 11.0 per 1,000 while the death rate rose to 12.1. Florida had the highest birth rate and death rate while Montana posted the lowest birth and Portland, Ore., the best city rate. Infant mortality rose in 21 of 26 states with Delaware toping infant deaths and Richmond, Va., recording the highest city rate.
Atlanta reports four southern aviators in three planes preparing for a San Francisco to Honolulu race. Lieutenants Jess Windham and Ben Stern of Memphis spearhead the entry, aiming July 3 from San Francisco toward Manila, financed by Memphis capital.
Geneva June 18 delegates from nations gather to map limits on cruiser destroyer and submarine tonnage plus a detailed technical plan. Britain questions agenda while America pins focus on treaty limits and a 1931 second Washington parley for potential changes. The Japanese stay silent as talks proceed with Britons and French observers in play.
Bogota reports indicate about one hundred workers buried when a textile plant at Rosellon near Medellin collapsed. Many killed or injured. relief trains carry the injured to Medellin as authorities assess the scene and coordinate救援 efforts.
Mrs Lena Darnutter Shoup aged 83 widow of Idaho pioneer George L Shoup former territorial and state governor and first U S senator from Idaho died after long illness in Salmon Idaho June 18 News from Spokane confirms her death as the widow of the early political figure who served as territory governor and later senator for ten years. Surviving are six children.
Athletic clubs from 21 cities have registered for the national A A U track and field championships to be held at Nebraska Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on July 1 2 and 4. Daniel Terris secretary of the national organization announced today.
San Pedro California June 18 federal agents seized 860000 worth of machine guns rifles pistols ammunition and medical supplies intended for shipment toward a southern country. Four Mexican men were questioned but not arrested as Coast Guard and Justice Department crews monitored a dockside loading vessel.
Major J P Cotton, pilot of the Jeanne D Arc search monoplane, leaves Placentia to search the area between Placentia and Port Blanford. He plans further sweeps in the next few days to cover the Belleor region.
St Louis welcomed Charles A Lindbergh home with an enormous public ovation after his Paris landing. The crowd lined an eight mile route and Sportsman's Park overflowed as Rogers Hornsby raised the world series pennant for the Cardinals, amid confetti and cheering.
In San Francisco on June 18 Rev. Henry Lewis of Ann Arbor Mich denied advocating trial marriages. He said his remarks at the Episcopal national congress were about discerning science and psychology in morals for human development, not promoting such unions.
Mr and Mrs H A Hards celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary in Tacoma Washington with a ceremonial cutting of a great fruit cake baked fifty years ago for their wedding in Grand Rapids Michigan.
In Colorado Springs, the 27th annual Trans-Mississippi golf tournament began with leading players from Oklahoma, Colorado and Texas registered for the event. The qualifying round starts Monday morning as more than 300 golf enthusiasts tee off.
San Antonio reports that Lieutenants Maitland and Hegenberger of Bolling Field will attempt a three motor Fokker monoplane flight from San Francisco to Hawaii before July 15. Confirmation came from Washington. They planned to depart Kelly Field at 7 o clock Sunday after arriving at 5 50 yesterday, with stops at El Paso and Tucson.
The June 18 decree by President Caillcs barring the Mexican government from buying American goods directly in the United States took effect today as published in the Diario Oficial.
Professor Edmund De La Barre of Brown University reports bones found at Assonet Neck Mass buried under peat and water. The remains include skull and leg bones with possible cremation notes. De La Barre also cites hieroglyphics on Dignten Rock in Assomet Cove linking to Miguel Cortereal and pre Columbian Portuguese discovery theories.
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