Eagles Install McNeil as Idaho Fraternal Order Leader
A. W. McNeil of Nampa named state president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles at the Idaho 21st annual convention held in June. Delegates approved welfare reform resolutions calling for a $30 minimum monthly relief payment, removal of local directors not social security minded, and hearings on relief roll reductions. The group also listed officers for the coming year, with Charles J. Seymour stepping down as junior past state president.
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Idaho Falls
Order of Eagles
A. W. McNeil
Nampa
Chicago
McNeil
Charles J. Seymour
Coeur d'Alene
Canyon County
Lewiston
Idaho
Jackson Hole
Yellowstone Park
A. L. Clifford
Kellogg
D. L. Carter
Weiser
J. W. Pepisil
Sandpoint
J. B. Allen
Inner Guard
Ira Horn
St. Maries
Outer Guard
Floyd H. Blunt
Caldwell
Thomas Ryan
Wallace
G. Harvey Moore
Seymour
Republicans Sense Hint of Roosevelts Third Term Bid
Washington dispatch notes Republicans and some anti Roosevelt Democrats read into the presidents multi billion dollar lending program a signal he may seek a third term next year. Analysts say the move could aim to quicken recovery and blunt anti New Deal sentiment ahead of 1940. The piece notes Roosevelt has not admitted any plan but cites political logic tied to the 1938 losses and economic slump.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Andrew Jackson
Franklin Roosevelt
Monroe
House Okehs Repayments Plan Backed by Committee
Washington June 24 The house reclamation committee approved the principle of variable repayment to the government for reclamation project construction costs and began drafting a bill to be introduced Monday. The measure follows a White (D Ida) proposal and lets the interior secretary set a sliding repayment scale tied to crop returns with loans lasting up to 40 years. Existing project lands may be reclassified at most every five years.
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Washington
House Reclamation Committee
Government of Reclamation
Representative White
D-Ida
Secretary of the Interior
River Trip Starts Down Salmon River With Explorers Club Flag
Dr. Russell G. Frazier a noted river boatman from Bingham Utah leads seven companions and four boats from Sun Valley toward Bear Valley to run the Salmon river from the middle fork to its mouth at Riggins Idaho The expedition carries Explorers Club affiliation marking the ninety third flag bearing journey Three party members are Explorers Club members Frazier Charles Kelly of Salt Lake and Amos Berg of Portland Berg a National Geographic photographer joins Willis Johnson Hack Miller W J Fahrni and Frank Swain of Bingham Utah The group plans a three week voyage with three wooden boats and one rubber folding craft
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Sun Valley
Russell G. Frazier
Bingham
Utah
Bear Valley
Middle Fork
Salmon River
Explorer Club
Frazier
Charles Kelly
Salt Lake
Amos Berg
Portland
Berg
National Geographic Society
Cape Horn
Arctic
Willis Johnson
Thistle
Hack Miller
W. J. Fahrni
Gilbert Swain
Frank Swain
Ciano to Visit Spain in July Tour
Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano will arrive in Barcelona on July 7 aboard an Italian warship to meet Generalissimo Franco and tour Spanish Civil War battlefields, according to Italian Consul-General Carlos Rossi.
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Ciano
Spain
Barcelona
Carlos Rossi
Galeazzo Ciano
Generalissimo Franco
Mormons Make Pilgrimage To Village of Nauvoo
In Nauvoo Illinois a several hundred strong Mormon pilgrimage marks the 100th anniversary of the Mormon arrival and church founding there. Leaders from Salt Lake City Chicago and other areas attend a pageant and a picnic in City Park as a Carthage memorial is planned for tomorrow at the old jail site.
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Nauvoo
Ill
Mississippi River
Joseph Smith
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Utah
Carthage
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints
City Park
Grove
George Albert Smith
Salt Lake City
Bryant S. Hinckley
Chicago
Northern States Mission
Leo
Group pushes speedier reservoir plan for Snake river storage
Forty members of canal companies grange and water users associations adopted a resolution urging the Reclamation Bureau to complete studies and propose a definite program for storing surplus Snake River waters above Milner dam. The plan aims to curb annual water wastage and expand winter storage. Title signatories include Ed Neal Aberdeen Louis Felt Blackfoot John Lee Rigby W C Loofburrow American Falls and Lynn Crandall Idaho Falls. A July 10 Idaho Falls meeting will extend the campaign with the Pocatello chamber of commerce backing the effort.
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Calanity Point
Snake River
Bureau of Reclamation
Oe Valley Waterusers
Protective Association
Idaho
Reclamation Bureau
Milner Dam
Ed Neal
Aberdeen
Louis Felt
Blackfoot
John Lee
Rigby
W. C. Loofburrow
American Falls
Lynn Crandall
Idaho Falls
Paul Nash
Pocatello Chamber of Commerce
Elks Readying for Idaho-W Montana Convention
Coeur d Alene braces for the annual Elks convention hosting about 1 000 delegates from Idaho western Montana and eastern Washington. Arthur L Barnes of Lewiston presides. Parade shows Northwest drill teams while banquet dance and various contests unfold at the Elks temple and civic hall by Coeur d Alene lake.
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Coeur D'Alene
Idaho
Montana
Washington
Elks
Arthur L. Barnes
Lewiston
State Elks Association
Clark Buys Gifts For Wife On Anniversary
Washington reports Senator D Worth Clark purchased fine fitted luggage and many flowers for Mrs Clark on their wedding anniversary. The couple’s history includes Mrs Virgil Irwin, a former schoolteacher from Potatello, and Clark’s earlier career as an attorney with Peterson Baum and Clark before entering politics.
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D. Worth Clark
Judges Elect Kelly for Second Term
The state association of probate judges reelected Thomas B. Kelly of Wallace to lead the organization for another term at the fourth annual meeting. Chief Justice James F. Airshie praised the judge while Burley was chosen for the 1940 convention and B. R. Riordan of Nampa and F. W. Davis of Rexburg were elected officers. Wales urged more focus on juvenile problems as Airshie called the probate court the family court and urged citizen access to counsel.
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ST. Anthony
Idaho
State Association of Probate Judges
Thomas B. Kelly
Wallace
James F. Airshie
Idaho Supreme Court
B. R. Riordan
Nampa
F. W. Davis
Rexburg
Ralph G. Wales
San Francisco
National Probation Association
Alcatraz
Airshie
Probate
Family Court
Amnesia Victim Found Near Moscow Station
Police identified a Seattle man Charles A. Mc Devitt, about 52, as a victim of amnesia. He was found near the Union railway station in Moscow and taken to a local hospital for observation, weakened by lack of food.
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Moscow
Idaho
G. N. Sheffield
Charles A. McDevitt
Seattle
Sheffield
McDevitt
Union Railway Station
Water Pump Down City Halts Sprinkling Over Weekend
Clarence Rainey water superintendent of Pocatello asks residents to limit water use to domestic needs today and Monday after two pumps broke Saturday. The city cannot meet normal supply and hopes to resume Tuesday. He warns of fire hazard as supply depletes and bans sprinkling over the weekend.
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Clarence Rainey
Pocatello
Rainey
Utahns Leave On South Idaho Good Will Tour
More than 100 Salt Lake City businessmen depart by an 11 car train at 10 p m for Ashton Idaho Falls and Pocatello on a four day goodwill tour to strengthen economic ties with southern Idaho. The party will banquet in Pocatello and feature speakers Representative F M Bistline and Major R M Terrell while Salt Lake names listed include Ray Hendry E A Murray Horace A Siegel and others.
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Salt Lake City
Idaho
Ashton
Pocatello
Snake River Valley
Idaho Falls
Charles N. Fehr
Salt Lake
Nock Hotel
F. M. Bistline
R. M. Terrell
Nicholas Ifft
Thee Bannock Hotel
Pocatello Tribune
Ray Hendry
E A. Murray
Horace A. Siegel
E. F. Baldwin
Clarence Nelson
J. H. Cranwall
Ernest Toronto
J. V. Glade
F. A Fisher
A. J. Seitz
Douglas F. Sculley
Dilworths
Woolley
Eastman Hatch
John Longden
J. H. Harrop
F. H. Pyke
L. V. Guild
W. H. Guild
S. O. Bennion
Champ M. Nesbitt
Joseph T
Lover Kills Self And Girl Friend
A coroner's jury at Heppner Oregon ruled Arthur Ashinhurst aged 45 killed Arlene Harvey 20 by stabbing and set fire to a Sand Hollow farmhouse before taking his own life. Harvey’s father J L Harvey testified the couple had a four year courtship and she objected after learning Ashinhurst’s true age and divorced status.
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Heppner
Ore
Arthur Ashinhurst
Arlene Harvey
Sand Hollow
J. L. Harvey
Dalles
Ashinhurst
Police Lead in Slaying of Detroit Oil Promoter
In Michigan, the slaying of George G. Hall 50 a Detroit oil promoter is under investigation. A .32 caliber bullet and a scarfaced male description are among clues as Miss Ruby Doty Hall’s companion reports a hitchhiker shot Hall in the back, disposed of his body, and abused her before releasing her in Grand Rapids. Capt. Ira Marmon says Doty’s account appears substantially true.
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Lansing
Mich
George G. Hall
Detroit
Ruby Doty
Hall
Grand Rapids
Ira H. Marmon
Miss Doty
Fourth Day Aloft Over Springfield in Small Plane
Wilbur Parrish and Hunter Moody report a calm fourth day aloft over Springfield Illinois as their monoplane runs at half speed. They have completed over one third of the 218 hours needed to beat the endurance record for light planes. The Decatur flyers began at 1 40 p m last Wednesday and expect to stay up until the aircraft or engine fails.
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Springfield
Wilbur Parrish
Hunter Moody
Decatur
Mother and Children Missing Near Cheyenne
Bannock county authorities and Cheyenne police search for Naomi Ferrens and her three children last seen leaving Cheyenne the previous Sunday. They are believed to travel in a tan 1929 Studebaker with Wyoming plate 2 6569. husband Eldon Ferrens arranged a home at 955 East Center and asked officials to locate them.
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Bannock
Cheyenne
Naomi Ferrens
Eldon Ferrens
Studebaker
Wyoming
Ferrens
Union Pacific
East Center
Doorkeeper Blocks Menchen at Townsend Libs Meeting
Pi H Menchen the Sage of Baltimore was denied admission to the Townsend libs fourth national convention in Indianapolis by a doorkeeper who mistook him for a Kentucky rebel. Menchen, reporting for a Baltimore paper, showed his press ribbon but was refused before friends intervened and he sat at the press table.
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Indianapolis
Pi— H. L. Menchen
Baltimore
The
Townsend
Kentucky
Menchen
Man Evades Trap in Wisconsin Shootout Chase
Ray Olson, a 30-year-old fugitive killer and ex convict, dodged a posse in Hayward Wisconsin as 200 deputies and hounds hunted him through woods and streams. Olson escaped capture after killing two of five sheriff's men during a weekend escape on an automobile theft charge.
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Hayward
Wis
Ray Olson
Olson
Japan Tightens Blockade at Tientsin Amid East Asia Tensions
The Associated Press reports Japan enlarges the Tientsin blockade, adding river-travel restraints to Tangku and detaining British nationals. British anger grows as searches and disrobing incidents rise, with London ministers hinting at retaliation. In Tokyo, Japanese forces claim air victories over Manchoukuo and Soviet planes.
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Associated Press
Japan
Tientsin
Britain
Far East
Europe
Tangku
London
Chamberlain
Carliff
Wales
Germany
Danzig
Community Band Plans Evening Concert in Ross Park
The community band, directed by Guy Gates, schedules a 5 pm concert in Ross Park as part of the summer series. The program includes The Robinson Grand Entry March, Echoes from the Metropolitan Opera House, The American Patrol, Semper Fidelis, Berceuse, Firefly Selections, Belle of Mexico Waltz, The Poet and the Peasant, The U S Field Artillery March, and The Star Spangled Banner.
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Kling
Metropolitan Opera House
Tobani
Meacham
Sousa
Goodard
Charles Smith
Frim
Goio
Suppe
U. S. Field Artillery
Four Bomb Explosions Rock London
Four explosions struck outside banks in London's theater district during a Saturday night, sending crowds into confusion. Hundreds of police and volunteers rushed to the scene. about 20 people were hospitalized with minor injuries. Four men were detained at Vine Street police station for questioning.
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London
Territorial Army
Vine Street
Piccadilly
Rolice
Boise Pilots Rally Past Bees 5-4 in Tight Nightcap
Boise Pilots beat Salt Lake City 5 to 4 to even the Pioneer League series at one game each. Lorenzen hit a homer for Boise as eight hits produced the winner. Salt Lake threatened in the ninth with Don Trower doubling and Whitey Burleson scoring on a three bagger before a game-ending out.
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Boise
Boise Pilots
Salt Lake City
Lorenzen
Pilots
Bees
Don Trower
Whitey Burleson
Bob Price
Burleson
Pocatellan to Wed Salt Lake City Couple Receives License
Levi Smith Bickmore aged 31 of Salt Lake City and Ellen Colleen Mc Minn aged 24 of Pocatello obtained a marriage license in Salt Lake City on June 24.
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Salt Lake City
Levi Smith Bickmore
Ellen Colleen McMinn
Pocatello
Borah Opens Window as Heat Drags on Capitol
An elderly observer notes Senator Borah vents heat by opening a window in his office, flouting rules to let fresh air in. The piece recalls Congress’ long sessions and the era’s cooling challenges amid rising summer heat.
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Washington
Congress
Capitol
Senator Borah
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Spokane Valley
Clark
Kelly
Burley
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Great Britain
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Pocatellan
Borah
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