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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1937
Page
3
Deaths on Idaho highways climb with 57 automobile fatalities from January to June, more than double last year’s figure. Commissioner Balderston warns losses top $2.85 million as May alone saw 20 fatalities, with Kellogs Idaho Falls Lewiston areas most affected. Officials urge drivers to pause before travel during the holiday period.
The state department of law enforcement leads a safety education campaign under Commissioner J L Balderaton urging drivers to slow down and save lives on Idaho highways. The appeal emphasizes reducing traffic deaths through careful driving during holiday travel.
Mrs. Samuel Dunn hosted a Rock club gathering with prizes to Mrs. Rulon Ellis and Mrs. Rueben Lowe and a guest prize to Mrs. A E Pederson. A large tea followed for many members. Several dances were held, with the Junior Girls organizing events and George Siler’s Heart Breakers providing music. Guests included numerous local club members and relatives across events in the community.
A historical note assigns the discovery of tea to Shen Nong, a legendary emperor said to have ruled around 2737 B C. The claim appears in traditional Chinese lore, linking tea to ancient imperial times.
Ray Stark, 21, Idaho Caldwell dies from burns after a derrick moving near Huron contacts a 6900 volt line. Herman Vogt, 38, injured in the same incident, shows slight improvement but faces a difficult recovery after surgery to remove his left arm. The boom swept into the high tension line, trapping Stark as Vogt aided him.
A massive redwood toppled onto a car 55 miles south of Foreks, Eureka, killing three occupants. Coroner W. Lloyd Wallace ordered an inquest. victims tentatively named as Judge Irving Baxter, 74 Los Angeles. Clinton Baxter. and Vic A. Baxter.
The Idaho Branch of the National League of District Postmasters meets in Rigby on Monday and Tuesday. Orange Lemon of the railway mail service at Pocatello is a principal speaker. A Quartzite Arizona monument marks camel introduction for army use in the southwestern desert. the experiment failed.
Eleven year old Guy Leatham of Rexburg Idaho lies in a hospital recovering from a broken right leg and arm after tumbling from a two story building. He had been on the roof of the old opera house Tuesday to watch a firecracker explode and then slid over too far.
Administration leaders said they had up to 34 votes for a compromise to allow the president to appoint new justices to the Supreme Court at the rate of one a year for each incumbent over 75. Opponents vowed to block any compromise and predicted a tight, uncertain vote with a key test on a motion to postpone or return the bill to committee. Weekend talks with President Roosevelt at Jefferson Island were watched for possible shifts in support ahead of a late next week Senate vote.
Boise dispatch reports searchers recovered the body of Joe Roff a Parma youth aged Y years in an irrigation ditch west of Boise about 400 yards from the last sighting on Sunday. He leaves his parents and a 4 year old sister. A note mentions a curious line about manufacturing a rope 6000 feet long and 14 inches in diameter.
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