Young Cyclone Slams Bingham Wrecking Trees and Barns
A midwest cyclone five miles west of Bingham lashed the area tearing up trees barns and outbuildings. Fifteen trees were uprooted on one farm one tree crashed through a house roof and fire followed when power lines fell. Earl Malm and family escaped unharmed as the barn was torn from its foundations. A nearby fire was quickly controlled with minor damage. Humidity rose to 34 percent as temperatures hovered at 85 at 2 pm amid a heat wave in Pocatello.
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Blackfoot
Earl Malm
Malm
Farmers and Light Company
Pocatello
British approve suspending sanctions on Italy in Commons
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin's government wins support to suspend war penalties on Italy in the House of Commons by a wide margin. The Labor motion to censure fails as Baldwin says the League of Nations has faced a setback but can still pursue collective security.
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London
Great Britain
Procession of Nations
Italy
Stanley Baldwin
House of Commons
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Baldwin
League
Widowed Mother Is Given Reward
Mrs. Elizabeth Schultz widow of two found 3500 in folded bills and hid it. Three days later she told Bishop Jesse M. Drury who notified police. Painter Fred Schourte was found by police while Schultz received 175 as a reward to put toward a livable home.
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Salt Lake City
Elizabeth Schultz
Jesse M. Drury
Latter Day Saints Church
Fred Schourte
Bishop Drury
Schourte
Schultz
Woman Breaks Ankle After Firecracker Fall
Margaret Faler of 946 West Lewis Street slipped and fractured her ankle when startled by a firecracker explosion. She is confined to her home today, nursing the injury as officials warn against celebratory explosives during daily limits.
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Margaret Faler
West
Lewis Street
Aily Limita
Democratic National Convention Philadelphia Program
The schedule outlines platform committee hearings at 10 a.m and routine appointments when the convention opens at noon with Senator Barkley as temporary chairman. The rules committee discusses the two thirds rule, with a night session at 8 p.m. and a speech by permanent chairman Joseph T. Robinson at 10 p.m. tomorrow Robinson presides over the rules report.
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Philadelphia
Pocatello
Senator Barkley
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Robinson
Joseph Robinson
James Farley
S. Davis Wilson
Court action called off for Rep Marion Zioncheck
Washington congressman Marion Zioncheck begins treatment at a private Towson Maryland hospital after a DC sanity hearing was canceled. Zioncheck’s transfer followed district officials labeling him a dangerous person and a petition for commitment.
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Washington
Marion A. Zioncheck
Washington State
Towson
Louldly
Zioncheck
Gallinger Hospital
Sheppard
Enoch Pratt
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Rubye Louise Nix
DiMaggio ties NL home run in a inning in 10 run Yankee spree
Joe DiMaggio belts two home runs in the fifth inning as the New York Yankees run over the Chicago White Sox 10 to 3. The rookie accounts for five runs in the frame with homers off Babe Phelps and Red Evans amid a rain-affected doubleheader wrap.
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Chicago
Joe DiMaggio
New York Yankees
Yanks
White Sox
Babe Phelps
Red Evans
Utah Idaho Central Railroad seeks relief from railway acts
Utah Idaho Central Railroad files two federal suits to avoid complying with the Railway Labor Act and pension funding laws. The complaints seek injunctions and a declaratory judgment exempting the interurban railroad as not a carrier under federal statute. улы
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Salt Lake City
Utah Idaho Central Railroad Company
Salts
Dan B. Shields
United States District Attorney
Shields
Ira N. Hinckley
U. S. Collector of Internal Revenue
Utah
Rail Pension Plan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Utah Idaho Central Railroad
Lucas Faces Possible Prosecution Over Capone Attack
Federal officials awaited an official report from Alcatraz on whether Jam es C. Lucas the Texas bank robber will face trial for stabbing Al Capone in the prison attack Capone sustained a superficial wound. United States Attorney H H McPike said no immediate plans to bring Lucas to trial exist. Capone described as a model prisoner remained in prison hospital under care.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz Island
James C. Lucas
Texas
al Capone
United States
H. H. McPike
Lucas
Chicago
Capone
Beets Price Offer Made Beets Price Offer Made
Thirty people representing student unemployed and socialist groups marched in rain in Philadelphia denouncing President Roosevelt and Senator Robinson for apathy toward the Southern Tenant Farmers Union. Led by George Edwards the marchers paraded near Robinsons hotel and sang Is It True What They Say About Dixie.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Joseph T. Robinson
Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union
George Edwards
American Student Union
Southern Methodist University
Robinson
Dixie
Mr. Roosevelt
Arkansas
Wife of Dizzy Dean Attacked at Demo Convention
Mrs. Dizzy Dean of the St. Louis Cardinals reacted to the Democratic national convention in Philadelphia. She urged delegates to seek divine guidance rather than political theater during the demonstration after Senator Barkley's keynote. The Deans sat with the Missouri delegation amid the crowd.
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Philadelphia
Negro Arouses Senator Smith at Democratic Convention
Philadelphia June 24 Senator Ellison D Smith of South Carolina declared he is through with the Democratic convention after protests by Negro delegates. He argued political equality implies social equality and intermarriage, opposing 14th and 15th amendments and any party backing Negro equality. He warned the South recalls Reconstruction horrors and said he will go home.
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Philadelphia
Ellison D. Sm
South Carolina
Smith
South
America
Confederate States
Roosevelt
Afghan Worker Loses Nose in Knife Attack in California
In Rio Vista California Fawaz Kahn an Afghan immigrant walked from a Sherman Island vegetable ranch carrying the severed nose after a fellow Afghan Haley Gee reportedly slashed it. Dr E C Faulkner and Deputy Sheriff Charles Agle tended the injury as authorities followed a trail from a soup pot and a razor edged knife found nearby.
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Rio Vista
Calif
E. C. Faulkner
Fawaz Kahn
Sherman Island
Faulkner
Charles Agle
Haley Gee
Afghanistan
Ogle
Haleg Gee
Democratic platform committee forms 12 member subcommittee
Philadelphia June 24 story details a hearings session where the resolutions committee selected a 12 member subcommittee led by Senator Ware of New York to draft the Democratic party platform. The piece notes labor leaders push for limits on Supreme Court power and a Townsend pension plan fight near the convention.
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Philadelphia
Resolutions Committee
Democratic
Benator Ware
New York
Senate
Washington State
Townsend
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Organized Labor
Supreme Cour
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Japan Deploys Destroyers to Guard Gulf of Chihli
The Japanese navy dispatches a destroyer squadron from Port Arthur to patrol the Gulf of Chihli amid the Sino Japanese customs crisis. Tokyo hints at demanding withdrawal of Chinese customs vessels unless the situation improves after a Tangku clash left two alleged Japanese smugglers wounded. A war-aimed warning follows the incident as consular officials call it an insult Japan cannot ignore. Geneva conference later adopts a convention on annual pay for all industrial and commercial workers, sending the measure to garment interests for ratification.
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Tientsin
Japan
Port Arthur
Gulf of Chibli
Tokyo
North China
China
Tangku
Geneva
Crop prospects fall as drought fears spread in West Chicago
Western farmers endure hot dry weather as drought fears intensify. Met forecasts call for generally fair conditions with possible showers only in the northern Great Plains. Wheat nears 95 cents in Chicago, butter and hog prices move up, and relief programs under WPA expansion are noted amid figures of crop losses and emergency freight rates for blighted regions.
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Chicago
Great Plains
Indiana
Bulow
South
Roosevelt
Harry
Weather Bureau
South Dakota
Montana
Virginia Delegates Fight Two-Thirds Rule At Democratic Convention
Virginia leaders urged northern and western allies to oppose repeal of the century old two thirds nominating rule as the Democratic rules committee scheduled a vote to abolish it. The 1936 convention showdown loomed with southern states resisting the change and Massachusetts delegation showing support to retain the veto power.
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Philadelphia
Democratic Convention Rules Committee
By.d. Harold OL. i
Associated Press
Avery
Virginia
North
Massachusetts
Aubrey G. Weaver
Front Royal
North Carolina
James A Farley
Barkley Nominee Speech Elevates Constitution Issue at Democratic Nominating Event
Senator Alben W. Barkley’s keynote address at the Democratic convention stoked constitutional questions, praising Roosevelt while denouncing 12 years of Republican rule. He urged a broad federal power via interstate commerce to tackle social and labor problems and hinted at future constitutional amendments if needed.
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Barkley
Roosevelt
Piccard Sends Balloon Aloft In Stratosphere Mission
Prof. Jean Piccard launched an unmanned balloon from Memorial stadium at 6 58 a m. It aims to reach 10 to 14 miles up carrying a 30 foot nonelastic bay with a radio reporter. The setup will auto report altitude every minute and release hydrogen at 10 a m. Drifting 400 to 500 miles, the balloon carries a letter with disposal instructions for the finder.
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Minneapolis
Jean Piccard
Memorial Stadium
Piccard
Idaho Townsend Movement Names Congressional Candidates Progress Report
Boise June 24 The Idaho Townsend movement board of strategy met in executive session to select congressional and senatorial candidates for November. State manager EB C Davis said committees are making progress and no candidates have been announced yet.
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Boise
Idaho Townsend Movement Board of Strategy
EB. C. Davis
New Admiral Takes Fleet In Old-Time Ceremony
Adm. Arthur Japy Hepburn assumed command of the United States fleet at San Pedro in a revival of the 1912 era. Retiring chief Adm. Joseph M. Reeves was rowed ashore, wearing a grey suit, while his staff glided the oars in white attire. Reeves returns to rear admiral rank and heads to Washington for a Navy Board post until retirement.
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San Pedro
Calif
Arthur Japy Hepburn
United States
Adm
Joseph M. Reeves
Reeves
Washington
Navy
All New Deal Platform for Bourbons Seen
Democratic convention at Philadelphia rests in routine session. Committees hear petitions on the constitution and Townsend plan while harmony seeks a new platform. Sparse crowds, vaudeville entertainment, and Eddie Dowling as emcee mark the day as Senator Schwellenbach voices a spark from Washington state.
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Philadelphia
Townsend
Eddie Dowling
Washington
Lewis Schwellenbach
Communists Open Ninth National Convention In Pocatello
Earl Browder opens the ninth national convention with a program urging democracy over fascism and criticizing the London-Hearst-Wall Street ticket. William Z Foster calls for a mighty people's front against reaction and war. Browder condemns Roosevelt as retreating before reaction. July air in Pocatello.
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New York
Communist Party
Earl Browder
Browder
William Z. Foster
People's Front
Farmer-Labor
Roosevelt
Sugar beet payments set for July 1 harvest in Utah Idaho
Amalgamated Sugar will pay 25 cents per ton for beets delivered in the 1935 harvest season in Utah and Idaho, totaling about 80 000 dollars. Benning says about 55 percent of production sold to date and prices may lift total payments 20 to 25 percent above last year.
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Ogden
Amalgamated Sugar Company
Utah
Idaho
H. A. Benning
Benning
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Malone
Dickey
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Phelps
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Tietje
Hemsley
Detroit
W. Ferrell
R. Ferrell
Bridges and Hayworth
Phil’delphia
Cleveland
Kelley
Hayes
Moss
Harder
Sullivan
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Bullock
Hildebrand
Pytlak
Pittsburgh
Blahton
Lickofer
Welch
Padden
Hubbel
Dang
Weaver
Pitasimmons
Mancuso
Utah-Idaho Central Railroad Company
Manitowoc
Wis
Rotary
Atlantic City
N. J
Will Mannler, Jr
Nashville
Senator Smith
Committee TO
Nathan Robertson
Gulf
Alben W. Barkley
Edward J. Duffy
U.S. Comunist
Ira Corey
Ira H. Masters
United States In Land Office
Halley
Withey
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