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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1940
Page
2
Washington reports a flood of wartime ideas from U S inventors. Proposals include a bear trap tank defense a map detecting alarm device anti submarine whales armored gear and a water dousing bomber. Patent office labels many plans impractical.
A fragment describes plans to mine important highways with devices that raise nails through pavement to puncture tires of enemy motorcycle riders. The item outlines a defensive measure aimed at interrupting hostile motor mobility.
Governor Bottolfsen declared Idaho’s Republican administration behind President Roosevelt’s defense efforts and sent a telegram endorsing his campaign. In a north Idaho speech he warned against war hysteria and urged Idahoans to confront internal enemies, citing Europe’s tragedies from internal fifth column activity.
Vincent B. Malak, 26, died when his car plunged off a narrow mountain road near Warrens Idaho. Ten men spent four hours lowering his body back up the slope. State police say he became excited after passing another vehicle and lost control. The body was taken to Grangeville.
Kiwanis International announced fourteen Utah and Idaho Kiwanisans appointed to district committees to run a citizenship program for youth during its 24th annual convention in Minneapolis. The five point plan includes instruction, law observance, public forums, safety campaigns, and goodwill efforts with Canada. Named for intermountain work are Dr. Flint, John Adams, Leslie Smith, Dr. Kallusky, and Chase Clark with leaders in Utah and Idaho coordinating youth internships, tests, and scholarship funds. Mark A. Smith of Thomaston, Ga., was named 1940 41 Kiwanis International president.
The U S circuit court of appeals reaffirmed the NLRB order against Sunshine Mining Corp operators of the nation’s largest silver mine. It requires reinstatement with back pay estimated between 338000 and 1288000 and disestablishment of a company union while bargaining with CIO Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Union at the Moscow Idaho site.
Secretary Ickes announced a new federal act protecting bald eagles from possession by hunters and collectors. The law, backed by Senator Walsh and Representative Clason, imposes up to a $500 fine or six months in jail. Idaho officials note lower eagle prevalence than the related golden eagle and recall past enforcement against the latter species.
In Salt Lake City, Harry Guss faces 16 parking summons with a $16 fine and a judge's lecture after pleading. Morris Guss, with 20 summons since March 31 and a $30 total fine, faces similar questions and a court appearance. Traffic Sgt Peirce ordered guards on the cars of both men, leading to their simultaneous arrival at headquarters.
Government circles in Bucharest report large numbers of Russian troops shifting from the Bessarabian frontier with Romania to the German Russian border. Additional units are concentrated on the frontier in Russian Poland opposite Slovakia. German motorized columns are dispatched to East Prussia near the Baltic states amid a broader eastern mobilization.
The Senate considers a 1.777 billion dollar supplemental defense bill. The immigration committee discusses legislation to deport Harry Bridges. The House mulls renewing sugar quotas. Naval hearings feature Rear Admiral Towers on naval air needs.
William Leeper, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Leeper, died 36 hours after contracting meningitis. He fractured the skull at the base of the nose when he struck his head on the natatorium pool floor 10 days earlier. The injury worsened after a Saturday accident and led to the illness's rapid development.
Boise reports $21 020 703 in federal loans and expenditures to Idaho for the last six months of 1939. Repayable loans total $5 712 507 while expenditures reach $15 308 196 in grants and non repayable disbursements for public works and conservation. The Federal Housing Administration insured $2 484 743 in private loans. Agricultural loans were $5 212 978 with $442 829 in the new federal loan agency. Public roads and works disbursements under the FWA were $4 681 423.
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