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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1927
Page
10
George McManus and associates will pick a winning name for the cartoon elephant in Bringing Up Father from more than 50 000 letters and post cards received. The winner earns 50 dollars and will be announced in these columns on or before July 1.
John H. Kane of the Pocatello Tribune and George McKeown of Wallace are named to the state athletic commission by Governor Bald ridge. W. B. Pratt will replace Tom J. Sherlock as Boise’s commissioner, with Kane overseeing boxing and wrestling east of Mountain Home. Pratt will govern from Mountain Home west and Council south, while McKeown keeps north Idaho.
The Salvation Army advisory committee in Pocatello meets at Bannock hotel to plan fundraising with Mrs. Sara Roe Robinson of Denver. A speakers committee and publicity committee are formed. campaign starts Monday with Mrs. Robinson guiding Army services.
In Salt Lake City on June 24 Milton Freed, nine, died in hospital after yesterday’s hillside fall into a gravel pit. He tumbled 75 feet to a rocky ledge suffering a fractured skull and other injuries. Fellow children Carlson seven Lois nine and Lucille Carlson ten were with him.
Visiting friends from Longview Washington Mr Earl Bullock and Mrs Bullock stay with Mr and Mrs Harry Goleeke. Union services Sunday at the Methodist church and a lecture on the stars by Dr A M Harding of the University of Arkansas. The Short Line doubles track between Dietrich and Shoshone opens July 1 reducing road grades. First Congregational church summer service Sunday with special music. no services in July. Miss Dorothy Bucks, University of Idaho student, returns to Pocatello for the summer after attending the Rose festival in Portland. Temperatures today cooler and pleasant with a 72 degree noon reading. yesterday’s high was 89, five degrees below last year. Forecast calls for generally fair and cooler tonight and Saturday.
Peter Crum faced justice of the peace E G Houde this morning over a battery charge against Pete Zohs. Crum, living with his brother Jim on a ranch at the mouth of Pocatello creek, had also filed a complaint against Zohs for disturbing the peace and was released without bail until Monday for a preliminary hearing. The narrative then recalls a sister slipping down a bank to Milton and suffering injuries after a 200 foot fall, while Lucille aided the injured and summoned help.
Frank Rube Milton's musical comedy company brings Nite Club Follies to the Auditorium with Honey Bunch as the opening production. The troupe, noted for clean tabloid shows, recently closed six months in Spokane and four years in Denver. The cast features Bluey Morey and Marion Grey among others with two nightly shows and matinees Saturday and Sunday, plus weekly changes.
Train No 31 runs Pocatello to Melrose marking first post flood service as Lavon bridge repair enables partial line reopening to Butte via Melrose. Crews moved tracks up to 100 feet from right of way where floods once filled the bed of the stream.
The Retail Bureau proposes a new peddlers ordinance, building on the existing measure in Mimneapolis. The draft aims to tighten licensing, fees, and street vending rules to better regulate itinerant traders.
Ringside motion pictures of the Dempsey Tunney world championship bout staged last September in Philadelphia were shown this afternoon at the Auditorium before a large crowd. The film will be shown again tonight for local fans.
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