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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1941
Page
2
A Pocatello observer notes unusual sunset lighting over the city as heavy clouds hinted at a coming storm that did not arrive. The writer comments on war policy, Senator D Worth Clark, and local civic pride while urging support for home-grown photographers and businesses.
A fragment ties a poem by Nick Aaron Ford to a local note about Harry Wade, once Pociiello’s baker and early city car owner, with a fleeting mention of his status. The text hints at a report about Wade but ends abruptly.
The Parson of the Panamint opens next Saturday at the Orpheum theatre. Based on the Western tale by Peer B. Kyne, the story follows a rugged, two fisted hero whose fame began in a novel and popular magazine serials. Charley Ruggles stars in the new film adaptation.
Whitish text highlights "Chuckawalla Bill" Panamint mayor and first gold discovery in the hills. Ellen Drew Phillip Terry Joseph Schildkraut Porter Hall Henry Kolker Janet Beecher Paul Hurst fill the cast as 1890s frontier characters. Phillip Terry plays the Frisco parson leading a crusade for brotherly love. Jane Withers returns as A Very Young Lady with Nancy Kelly John Sutton and Richard Clayton also featured.
James Cagney and Pat O’Brien lead Devil Dogs of the Air at the Orpheum with Margaret Lindsay and Frank McHugh. The film, shot partly at a U S Marine base, follows a recruit who learns service meaning after a dramatic climax.
The film Billy the Kid features Robert Taylor in the title role with Brian Donlevy and Mary Howard in supporting parts. Action includes cattle wars and gunplay as the killer hero rescues a musician from jail, starting a vivid western adventure. Local run begins next Saturday with The Bride Wore Crutches and other offerings.
James W. Siddoway of Teton and Margaret Ann Ward of Boise wed yesterday in Boise, officiated by Supreme Court Chief Justice Alfred Budge. Siddoway is the son of a former state senator from Teton County, while a swordfish displays its identification mark nearby.
Preston Sturges delivers a sparkling new comedy The Lady Eve with Henry Fonda and Barbara Stanwyck. The plot follows a wealthy snake expert who falls for a cardsharp leader, causing clever schemes and laughter. Opens at Chief theatre next Wednesday for three days, with The Getaway and shorts on the bill.
Mary Astor returns in a challenging role in The Great Lie at the Chief Theatre where Bette Davis shines as a modern woman who lies to protect loved ones. The second bill features Robert Sterling and Marsha Hunt in I'll Wait for You a nightclub romance with a gangster and country girl.
Martinsville Indiana reports Winston Churchill memorabilia follower, 21, will register for selective service after July 1. The man, who believes he may be related to the British premier, notes his January birthday. In other notes, skunks are described as beneficial, feeding on crop pests.
The program shows Bette Davis in The Great Lie with George Brent and others, plus I'll Wait for You. The Lady Eve, The Getaway, Abdul the Bul Bull Ameer cartoon. Robert Taylor in Billy the Kid in Technicolor, The Bride Wore Crutches, Pluto's Playmates, Junior G-Men. Orpheum lists Cagney and O'Brien Devil Dogs of the Air, They Met in Argentina, Anzacs in Action, Waikiki Wedding, The Texans, Emergency Landing, Sheriff of Tombstone, The Tip-Off, Parson of Panamint, A Very Young Lady, Landing of the Pilgrims, Sky Raiders.
A film titled Emergency Landing opens next Thursday at the Orpheum theatre with Jerry Barton as the test pilot and Carol Hughes as the society girl. For rest Tucker plays a pilot with a robot control invention amid espionage and a dramatic crash. Sheriff of Tombstone with Roy Rogers and George is the companion feature on the program.
Gabby Hayes stars in a new western adventure installment. The familiar character embarks on a fresh quest filled with frontier action and rugged exploits.
In Hood River Oregon on June 21 76 year old rancher S Kusachi was saved when his ram charged a 350 pound boar that attacked him. The ram leaped fences and battered the boar into submission allowing Kusachi to crawl to safety. Chicago enacted the first compulsory milk pasteurization law.
The Pocatello selective service board announces July 1 registration for youths aged 21 since first registration under the 1941 act. All male citizens and eligible aliens who were 21 by July 1941 must register, with city-wide polling in Dietrich building Room 205 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Margaret Blake will oversee registration, aided by American Legion auxiliary volunteers. The city area includes east to limits, south to Ross park, west to limits, and north to Alameda. A tank truck was first used to ship milk in 1914.
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