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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1920
Page
6
Friday June 18 Daily Tribune reports Herbert Hoover stressing a firm party stand to unite conservatives and progressives within the Republican Party. He says two dominant parties threaten legislative harmony and urges independents to support the Republican platform and reorganization for national service.
An American Legion banquet at Bannock hotel on July 1 promises a lively mix of music, speeches, and humor. F E Tydemann will sing 418 verses of Hinky Dink Parles-ven, Manley o Cultrag will speak on the graveyard platform, HM McDougall will demo tail spins, and Justice Morgan will give the principal oration. Comrades O'Dowd and McKay attend, with plans to invite William Jennings Bryan to discuss grape juice versus vin blanc.
Des Moines June 18 AP A resolution to establish a national club house in Washington for the general federations of womens clubs was submitted to the biennial convention. A bid to place Jennie Lune Croley on a hall of fame tablet was also offered. The federation approved retaining the national headquarters in Washington and rejected several governance changes.
Three railroad coaches carry 159 Mexican laborers to sugar beet farms in Colorado Wyoming and Kansas as part of a 400 immigrant group arriving from central Mexico. The workers were sent to northern beet fields after arriving in Jawres late last night.
In Mexico hunger and labor shortages push families toward the United States for sugar beet work at five dollars fifty cents a day for adults. Officials say import costs run fifty dollars per head including tax and travel. Mexican officials fear loss of local labor as American employers hire railroad workers and others, with plans in Mexico City to curb the emigration noted by Gilberto Valenzuela.
American steamer Westjester rescued seventy passengers from the Japanese steamer Kiyo Maru after a fire broke out at sea near Yokohama. Crews launched lifeboats and ferried women and children to safety despite heavy seas. a Westjester lifeboat burned while assisting the blaze. The Kiyo Maru had departed Valparaiso for San Francisco with nitrate and miscellaneous cargo.
Galveston Texas officials at federal, state, county, and city levels fight the plague scare after the death of a 17 year old boy diagnosed by doctors M F Boyd M D Levy and Henry Sartman as probably bubonic plague.
Mexico reports that three hundred women attached to government forces were killed by orders of Francisco Villa. El Democrata cites Jacinto Trucha claiming Villa forced review of the women and had them shot. Trueba’s account mentions the event but lacks sources.
A Bannock county young voters club formed in the Chamber of Commerce rooms aims to educate and involve youth in politics. Norman B. Adkison elected president despite summer plans, with H. K. Ray as secretary and Robert Earley as treasurer. executive and general committees named to broaden participation.
Mike O Dowd of St Paul middleweight king toured Pocatello en route to Portland for a June 26 bout with Kid Ortega. He disputed Pug Wilson's claimed title and said Wilson was ineligible for the middleweight division. O Dowd will attend a Bannock hotel American Legion banquet July 1 with Gordon McKay and plans to return June 27 or 28 to finish training.
Walter P. Fulkerson, a St Joseph banker, builds rental houses for families with children and for newly married couples. If a family has no children after one year, they must vacate. When a child is born in a unit, that month’s rent is refunded. The houses are in a top residential district of St Joseph.
YMCA investigators uncovered over 100000 American parcel post packages stored in French ports. About 40000 were at Le Havre with most of the rest in original sacks. Brest Bordeaux St Nazaire and Cherbourg also hold packages. French handling treats US parcels as freight due to no parcel post system. One percent addressed to service members, 20 percent to American civilians, and the rest to French recipients.
Clifford Thorne of Chicago for the National Farmers Grain Dealers association urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to use government owned transports on the Great Lakes to ease the car shortage and move grain to New York via Buffalo. He warned any freight rate increase must be carefully kept within overall traffic costs because the consumer bears the immediate burden.
Louis reports Wensel A Krejci a pictorial artist claiming Prague University ties was sentenced by a jury in circuit court to life imprisonment for stealing motion picture instruments from a local Catholic church. He had previously been convicted of burglary in a separate case.
John D. Martin, president of the Southern Association, called a special meeting in Memphis to consider the situation after five of eight clubs refused to play the Little Rock club with Casey Smith in the lineup.
Ithaca New York June 18 The inter collegiate regatta the great American rowing classic with crews from Cornell Columbia Pennsylvania and Syracuse will be rowed late tomorrow afternoon London June 18 William T Tilden of Philadelphia beat Zenzo Shimidgu of Japan 6 1 6 1 and William M Johnson of San Francisco United States singles champion defeated Major Dudley 6 8 6 3 in semifinals of the London Lawn Tennis championship tournament America has already won the slate championship.
George W. Perkins financier died at 8 16 this morning in Stamford Connecticut amid illness linked to influenza and pneumonia contracted during World War I service. He had suffered a recent nervous breakdown and was brought to Stamford for rest before his death at his office. Burial planned private at Riverside Presbyterian Church Bront. J Pierpont Morgan and Senator Harding issued condolences.
A regular meeting of the lodge will be held this evening with a large class of candidates to be initiated. After the ceremony, a social program and entertainment will follow, featuring special attractions arranged by the social committee.
The fragment mentions Bryan opposing wet candidates with unclear context and no verifiable details. No identifiable organizations, dates, or outcomes are present to anchor a fuller summary.
Mr. Bryan said he would bring a dry plank and a prison term for profiteers plank to the San Francisco convention. He urged Republicans to adopt a strong prohibition plank and a strong anti-profiteering plank or remove both issues from politics.
Tonight and Saturday look warm with improving conditions. forecaster notes warmer temperatures especially in the north and southwest areas.
Samuel Gompers secured a decisive reelection as president of the American Federation of Labor amid cheers. James Bearan of Seattle cast the lone negative vote as officers including Duncan Valen tine Duffy and Green were reelected. The meeting designated the fourth Sunday in May as Labor Memorial Day and pledged continued steel worker organizing from Pittsburgh. A proposed expansion of the executive council failed, limiting new vice presidential seats.
J. J. Gilchrest of Standard Sugar was sentenced to pay a 10000 dollar fine in U S district court for profiteering in sugar. The case noted 116000 pounds bought at 17 cents per pound and sold to dealers at 27 to 30 cents per pound through associates.
Governor Milliken ordered a statewide vote on the act granting women the right to vote for presidential electors. The referendum will be held at the state election on Sept 13 after petitions exceeding 10 000 signatures.
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