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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1929
Page
1
Jubilant Catholics in Mexico celebrate a pact allowing clergy to return to churches closed for three years. Crowds flood streets to honor President Portes Gil and plans unfold to restore church buildings and reassign 4,009 priests nationwide over weeks.
Boise reports John Reese 64, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, visiting his daughter in the city with Mrs. Reese from Broken Bow Nebraska. He aims to reach Montana next week and asks for a fast flight option from Boise to Billings, with a young man potential passenger. Reese has attended Idaho and Oregon G A R encampments.
Lee Schoenhair, attempting a Los Angeles to New York non stop record, was forced to land at Cleveland airport after an oil-starved engine smoked. He reported 13 hours 20 minutes aloft before descent. fog in New York prompted return. He visited Major John Berry before final night stay at a hotel.
San Francisco June 22 A heat wave in California caused the death of Benjamin L. Sampson a Santa Rosa rancher who collapsed in a field and died after being rushed to a hospital An unidentified man was removed from a San Persona trolley car and treated for heat stroke doctors called heat stroke in the unidentified case.
The American Farm Bureau Federation urged higher farm product tariffs matching those for industry, detailing 75 products from live cattle to alfalfa seed and dairy items. Chester Gray argued the bill's rates fall short and highlighted disparities between agriculture and industrial protection. Senator Brookhart criticized the Norris rider for possible farm board export certificates.
Boise witnesses the Idaho National Guard finish a two week camp with seven hundred officers and men. Training focused on handling equipment and horses, with few injuries and limited artillery fire due to ammunition shortages. Engineers trained in road building, bomb proofing and bridges, while cavalry refined quick maneuvers. Next year officials seek cement floors, showers and mess halls to improve facilities.
Houston police report Detective Oscar Hope of the vice squad was killed tonight during an arrest attempt on a man identified as Mimon Beyou street. Officer Detective La Nix exchanged fire and fatally wounded the suspect.
Weather brief notes fair conditions for Sunday and Monday. Temperatures are mild with light winds and no precipitation indicated. Local forecasts suggest comfortable daytime highs and cool nights.
WW Sherwood of Ogden elected vice president and assistant to Roy Bishop at Sperry Flour, with duties to assume in San Francisco. Iverson, manager of Sperry Flour, to run both Sperry and Royal mills in Ogden, both units of General Mills Incorporated.
In Blackfoot on June 22, Bert Sibbetts world champion broncho rider won the final professional bucking contest earning 175 dollars. Jock Casey of Miles City won the bull dogging final with Lloyd Saunders second and Mark Rook third. Calf roping went to E Pardee of Phoenix for 100 dollars with Marty Hart second and Clay Carr third. The three day rodeo ended with record entrants and no accidents.
The District of Columbia supreme court allowed two concurrent sentences for Jerry F. Sinclair in the jury shadowing and Senate contempt cases. Sinclair will serve about six months with time off for good behavior, ending around November 22. H. Mason Day received four months. Sherman Burns fined $1000. Wilhelm J. Burns had prior sentence reduced at the U S Supreme Court. The Teapot Dome case details include Sinclair’s acquittal in the shadowing matter last April and Fall’s retrial set for next September.
Seals catcher James, released weeks ago, signs with Denver club in the Western league. He is regarded as the outstanding receiver in the league last season and will help the new team in the upcoming schedule.
Best Foods of New York files suit in federal court to block Idaho oleomargarine law. Complaint cites Indiana licensing fees and interstate commerce impact. seeks temporary restraining order and eventual injunction against Governor Bald ridge and state officials. Hawley and Manley of Boise represent the company.
Cleveland hosts an August 24 to September 2 national air races and aeronautical exposition featuring nine major derbies twenty three closed course events and five special contests with a total cash prize of one hundred thousand dollars. The schedule includes women pilots Santa Monica to Cleveland an all Ohio derby for light planes and Montreal to Cleveland races among others plus a civilian open cockpit race and a navy pursuit race with strict timing rules.
In Long Beach California on June 22 Jack Keller shot and killed his wife after a quarrel and critically wounded neighbor Edward Finch and Detective J M Bullard during an attempted arrest. Keller fled after firing on officers on the porch.
Henry Ford formally received from General Electric the wooden shed where Thomas A Edison blew his first electric light bulb. Edison witnessed the ceremony and accepted the shed key, marking plans to add the structure and equipment to Ford's Dearborn museum collection after it was moved from Menlo Park.
The Union Pacific Old Timers club capped its first reunion with about 10 000 attendees as trains departed Salt Lake City. Next year’s site to be chosen in spring after invitations from several cities. The event featured rail veteran nostalgia, sightseeing trips for nearly 7000 participants, and performances by the Los Angeles Portland and Denver bands at the lake resort.
Andrew Chi moni, a Zuni Indian from New Mexico, led the 1390 mile race early but a cramp in his leg forced a stop for a massage. He started at 6 32 am and held a ten mile lead over the horse General before his setback on Juneteenth.
Salt Lake City reports the death of Mildred Summons a 10 year old girl after a fork tine pierced her eye while playing on her father's farm. Her 2 year old brother Melvin also injured as hay was tossed. both were rushed to a local hospital for treatment after the accident Thursday evening.
New York Prohibition Administrator Mace Campbell told the National Governors' Club that prohibitions saved the American people billions. He cited estimates of avoided alcohol spending totaling about 35.9 billion over years, reducing impact on national earnings and expenditures in the 1914 to 1928 period.
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