British and Japanese Hold Talks to Settle Tientsin Crisis
Prime Minister Chamberlain announced simultaneous talks in London and Tokyo to find a basis for settling the Tientsin dispute. Foreign Secretary Halifax met the Japanese ambassador as Sir Robert Craigie works in Tokyo to clarify the situation. Britain seeks a local settlement amid fears over British and international settlements in China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Chamberlain
Tokyo
Tientsin
House of Commons
Lord Halifax
Robert Leslie Craigie
China
Britain
Debate Opens on Currency Powers Extension in Senate
Senator Wagner urged continued emergency monetary powers for two years to aid domestic recovery and stabilize world currency. The bill would extend devaluation authority and the treasury’s $2 billion stabilization fund, with Roosevelt already halving the dollar’s gold weight to 59 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Wagner
D-N.y
Roosevelt
Tin Lizzie Derby Draws Idaho Amateurs For 100 Miles
Local daredevils M. J. Hess and Walter O Connor drive stock model T Fords for Jesse M. Chase in the American Legion 100 mile Tin Lizzie derby set for July 2 afternoon. Prize pool offers 250 to the winner from 500 total. entry rules require bona fide Idaho amateur drivers with stock T Fords.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
M. J. Hess
Walter O'Connor
Jesse M. Chase
Derby
South Arthur
Pin swallowed by Ark girl removed from lung
An open safety pin swallowed by 18 year old Katherine Norwood of Lexa Arkansas nine years ago has been removed from her lung at Temple University Hospital. The medical director said she is doing very nicely. The pin was swallowed in 1930 and first caused no symptoms until recently when an X ray showed it near the heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Katherine Norwood
Lexa
Ark
Temple University Hospital
Mystery Prisoner Visits Embassy in Moscow
Ruth Marie Rubens, a Soviet Russian mystery prisoner, visited the U S embassy in Moscow on business. She was convicted on June 9 for entering the country with a false passport and reportedly freed after an 18 month sentence. Her husband, arrested with her in December 1937 on espionage suspicions, is unaccounted for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Ruth Marie Rubens
United States
King George and Queen Elizabeth Return Aboard Empress of Britain
The royal couple sail home aboard the Empress of Britain on June 19 after a ceremonial visit to Canada and the United States. The liner travels about 800 miles east of Newfoundland at 20 knots with a warm south wind and clear skies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Canada
United States
Newfoundland
Lions club to install new officers at dinner meeting
Mel Deaton will become president at tonight’s Lions Club dinner. Newly elected officers will be installed and Deaton will announce committees for the year. A convention night program will recap last week’s Vernal Utah district convention with attendees from Pocatello including Melvin Deaton Parry Harrison Marvin Christensen O G Roche R R Willecke and Howard Woods and their spouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mel Deaton
Lions Club
Deaton
Vernal
Utah
Pocatello Club
Melvin Deaton
Parry Harrison
Marvin Christensen
O. G. Roche
R. R. Willeck
Pocatello Engineer Dies After Crash at Rigby Crossing
Lester Barnes a 53 year old Pocatello railroad engineer sacrificed his life attempting to brake a train to avoid a collision with a gasoline truck near Rigby Idaho. The truck driver Arthur Hobbs 35 escaped injury while a passenger Blossom Short 22 suffered a bruised arm. The crash ignited 3600 gallons of fuel setting a nearby farm house ablaze. Coroner- railroad and ICC officials continue investigation with testimony taken in Rigby and Pocatello. Funeral services set for Barnes Wednesday at 2 p m at the Third Ward Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rigby
Lester A. Barnes
Pocatello
Barnes
Arthur Hobbs
Bozeman
Montana
Blossom Short
American Palls
Idaho
Interstate Commerce Commission
A. C. Murphy
Portland
Ore
F. D. Standen
Spokane
Washfield
ICC
Murphy
Lester Barnes
Union Pacific
Third Ward
William Gee
Mountainview Cemetery
Girl Hurt in Fairground Ride Accident
Donna Fullmer, 17, daughter of Mr and Mrs H E Fullmer of Blackfoot, was seriously injured at the Eastern Idaho district fairgrounds during a concession ride. She suffered a brain concussion and remained unconscious the next morning. The accident’s cause was not yet determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackfoot
Donna Fullmer
H. E. Fullmer
Idaho District Fairgrounds
Boys Head To Camp Tenday For Two-Week Session
Between sixty and seventy boys depart Monday for Camp Tenday under the Pocatello Child Welfare association. A following two-week outing for girls will be held at the same camp. Forrest Romero serves as camp director for the month with activities in athletics camp craft and related pursuits for ages ten to fourteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenday
Pocatello Child Welfare Association
Forrest Romero
County official confirms staff change in public assistance
Change in personnel at the department of public assistance is confirmed as Ida McCollum, intake clerk, is relieved and a successor has not yet been appointed. Utah weather remains generally fair tonight and Tuesday with warmer temperatures expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Haggerty
Department of Public Assistance
Ida McCollum
Utah
Roosevelt Warns Idaho on Sugar Beet Exports in Letter
President Hoover or Roosevelt warns Idaho's governor that expanding domestic sugar beet production endangers export markets. He cites USDA estimates that each additional beet acre reduces foreign demand for corn, cotton, or wheat, and notes Idaho’s 1938 beet acreage and Sugar Act effects on quotas and payments.
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Roosevelt
Idaho
Department of Agriculture
Wallace
Congress
Baseball scores and postponements from the National League
Brooklyn 1 0 0 0 Chicago 0 2 0 1 0. Postponements: Boston at Cincinnati due to rain. Detroit 0 0 0 1 2 1 2-5 6. New York 5 0 0 1 0 1 1 x 8. First game St Louis 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1-2. Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1-6. Second game Lawson and Glenn. Krakauskas and Early. Chicago at Philadelphia postponed due to wet grounds.
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Boston
Cincinnati
New York
St. Louis
Washington
Kennedy
Glenn
Leonard
Appleton
Ferrell
Giuliani
Lawson
Krakauskas
Early
Chicago
Philadelphia
Hazardous device blast kills eighteen in Haifa market
In Haifa the explosion of a hazardous device at the Arab marketplace killed eighteen people and wounded twenty four. The blast damaged the Haifa telephone exchange and public booths, with a curfew and military crackdown imposed as troops and police stood to duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Haifa
Market Place
Plan for WPA Projects in Pocatello Tenns and Airport
WPA plans for Pocatello include tennis courts near Raymond park and airport improvements south of the city. Mayor Terrell says tennis courts advance quickly and airport work may begin in summer with landscaping curbing filling and tree planting west of the administration building.
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Pocatello
WPA
Raymond Park
Robert M. Terrell
Irving Junior High School
Terrell
Talks on Rackets Warn of Wide Fraud Schemes
Crime expert A W Dittmore told the retail bureau of the chamber of commerce that about 2200 rackets and schemes to defraud citizens are active nationwide. He urged financing a school on rackets for police instruction and public awareness, but the bureau delayed action because of Pocatello events this week. Dittmore noted many thieves trade in stolen goods and that thousands of men and women operate rackets while traveling to victimize business people and citizens.
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A. W. Dittmore
Chamber of Commerce
Dittmore
Pocatello
Open Canning Plant In WPA Building At Bonneville
The board of county commissions announced the opening of a WPA canning project in the WPA building at 335 East Bonneville. Under the plan all produce and fruit furnished will be canned on a 30 70 basis with materials provided to be canned. relief uses receive 70 cans. The project has been popular in prior years and supplies food for relief rolls.
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Board of County Commissions
WPA
East Bonneville
Judge Downing Sets Docket In District Court
Judge J. L. Downing opened the district court calendar this morning, outlining the day’s schedule and cases to be heard.
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J. L. Downing
District Court
Chinese Bury Aged Fire Victim Interment of Chin Sing Held at Mountainview Cemetery
Chin Sing a 100-year-old Chinese resident died in a house fire at 150 N Second Ave. Interment was held at Mountainview Cemetery this afternoon with burial arranged by local countrymen. Police Chief R M Pugmire and officers investigated the blaze, finding Sing on the floor beside a lamp and stove. Coroner Arthur W Hall ruled the death accidental after determining possible smoke inhalation or heart issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chin Sing
N. Second Avenue
Mountainview Cemetery
R. M. Pugmire
Philip Buckland
William Cavanaugh
Cedric Evans
Sing
Arthur W. Hall
Murderer of Child to Face Charges
Fremont Ohio June 19 Prosecutor A L Hyzer announced filing a first degree murder charge against Velma Baker Fink for killing her ten week old son Haldon Fink. Sheriff Myers said she confessed after which two women were sworn as jail matrons to watch her. The baby’s body was found in Green Creek after she drove from Clyde and threw the child from a bridge.
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Clyde
Ohio
Green Creek
Pink
Hyzer
Myers
Ervin Fink
Electrified barrier seals off foreign concessions in Tientsin
Japanese authorities raised a 1000 volt electric wire barricade around the British and French concessions in Tientsin to halt stealth crossings and food smuggling. The move, described as deadly by officials, aims to block any attempt to pass behind Japanese sentries.
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Tientsin
China
Chinwangtao
Peitaiho
Chinwantao
British Municipal Council
Hai River
Chinese Maritime Customs Service
North
London
Washington
Paris
Sex Expert Misses on Birth of Son
Newark June 19 Beth Israel hospital reported a baby boy born to an unnamed couple. Sidney A. Fortel, a linen supply owner who predicted a June 17 or 18 birth, noted no son for the Fortels and remained hopeful his “secret formula” would yield a boy in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Beth Israel Hospital
Sidney A. Fortel
Fortel
Fire alarm from papers near furnace at Enenbach home
Papers stacked near a furnace in the basement of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Enenbach at 426 S. Garfield triggered a fire alarm at 12 08 p m Sunday. Firemen found only smoke from smouldering papers. B N Hegstron occupies the residence during the Enenbachs' absence in the east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Enenback
S. Garfield
B. N. Hegstron
Enenbach
Tornado Kills Nine Near Minneapolis and Damages Seven Towns
A violent tornado hit Corcoran Maple Grove Champlin Anoka Cedar St Francis and Bethel west of Minneapolis killing nine peoplemost victims in Anoka where 40 to 50 buildings were demolished and four of the dead were in a car. Dozens more were injured and hundreds were left homeless as guardsmen and volunteers searched wreckage.
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Corcoran
Maple Grove
Champlin
Anoka
Cedar
St. Francis
Bethel
Here
Anna Freeman
Minneapolis
Ellen Freeman
James Bradley
H. G. Groat
Leo Kidd
Ernest Syring
Edward Morrisette
Fred Zimmerman
Champ
Bradleys
Zimmerman
Lutheran Mission Church
Pioneer Local Woman Nan Hull Dies in Los Angeles
Nan Carrol Hull, wife of John J. Hull and long prominent Pocatello resident, died Sunday in Los Angeles after recent illness. The Hulls, early Idaho civic figures, moved from Pocatello to Los Angeles in 1921, where Mrs. Hull was active in Catholic circles and civic groups. She is survived by her husband and other family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Nan Carrol Hull
John J. Hull
Pocatellan
Pocatello
Hull
Laramie
Wyo
O.S.L
Hulls
San Marino Avenue
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Brooklyn
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