Delegates Back Townsend Leadership at National Convention
About 10,000 delegates at Townsend Old Age Pension clubs approve Townsend leadership amid an insurgent challenge led by Harvey Smith. They back plans for a $1,000,000 radio fund and a constitutional amendment to allow a broad old age tax. Townsend is cheered as the movement aims to push pension principles into party platforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Doc Townsend
Townsend Old-Age Pension Clubs
Francis E. Townsend
Harvey Smithe
Covington, Ky
Townsend
California
John Weir
Smith
Robert C
Young Townsend
Organivation
Townsend Trail Blazers
United States Senate
Congress
One Local Subscriber Wins Chief Theatre Ticket
Only one Tribune Journal reader answered the Chief Theatre question correctly. Mrs M L Dick of 224 West Sublette won a free ticket to see Invitation To Happiness and The Girl From Mexico during the Chief Theatre engagement. Ten more winners will be called Monday for correct answers.
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Tribune-Journal
M. L. Dick
West Sublette
Mexico
Your Child and His Problems A Call to Honest Behavior
An editorial warns of loosening youth discipline among college linked groups who steal small items from homes and hotels. It cites cases from antique bronzes to pens and scissors, arguing that theft is theft and must be condemned. It urges parents and society to teach honesty, condemn pilfering, and shame wrongdoing to curb youth dishonesty.
British Aroused 26 Japs Clamp Down
Reports from the border area between Manchoukuo and outer Mongolia indicate new Japanese raids from June 17 to 24 with ongoing fighting likely. In Tientsin the French concession faces food shortages as Britain refuses to release four allowed terrorists, while two British officials describe abusive searches by Japanese authorities.
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Manchoukuo
Outer Mongolia
Manchoukuoan
Tientsin
Cecil Davis
New Zealand
J. A. Whitewright
Tientsin Country Club
Public Auction of Stored Chrysler Coach at Bannock County Fair Grounds
Notice of sale under state law for a storage vehicle held by Bannock County for over 60 days. The One Two-Door Chrysler Coach No C 96378, Model 1926, will be auctioned at 2:00 PM on July 6 1939 at the Bannock County Fair Grounds. Board of County Commissioners W H Jensen Chairman.
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Bannock County Fair Grounds
Bannock County
Board of County Commissioners
W. H. Jensen
Notice to Bidders for Truck Chassis in Idaho 1939
Sealed bids to furnish two truck chassis with steel cab for the Bureau of Highways Equipment Division in Pocatello Idaho will be received by the State Purchasing Agent at the Capitol Building Boise until 2:00 PM July 5 1939. Proposal forms and specs available at the State Purchasing Agent office in Boise. Proposals will be opened and read aloud at the specified time.
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Capitol Building
Boise
Idaho
Bureau of Highways, Equipment Division
Pocatello
Utah Weather Outlook Clouds and Showers Possible
Partly cloudy conditions are expected Sunday and Monday with a chance of local thunderstorms and little temperature change. The forecast highlights potential thunderstorms across the region with temperatures remaining near current levels.
Group Has Reunion At Montpelier
The Solum family reunion took place in Montpelier canyon. Officers elected for next year were H. O. Solum president Jess Hoff vice president and Mrs Earl Haggerty secretary. Present were many Solum family members and spouses from Wallace Paris Cokeville Georgetown Noonan and Teton.
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Montpelier
June
Solum
Montpelier Canyon
H. O. Solum
Jess Hoff
Earl Haggerty
Otto Potts
Arthur Potts
Wallace
B. Solum
Darwin
Marlene
Bill Gaskins
Dickie
Donnell Jensen
Darrell
Terrell
Paris
Lynda
Myrtle
Gene Wilde
Joyce
Merlin Wilde
Georgetown
Evan Williams
Noonan
Romala Hensen
Teton
Grangers Back Trucking in Fight Against State Laws
Ray V. McKaig of Boise told the Western States Motor Carriers conference in Salt Lake City that Idaho agriculture will back trucking against hostile state legislation. He cited trucking pressure lowering freight costs and urged farmers to press lawmakers. Delegates planned three regional meetings a year and an 11 state Salt Lake City convention to coordinate action with Montana forming a new organization.
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Salt Lake City
Idaho Grange
Western States Motor Carriers Conference Today
Idaho
Ray V. McKaig
Boise
The
Grange
Shipley D. Burton
Utah Motor Transport Association
Roy B. Thompson
San Francisco
Truck Owner's Association of California
John Springer
National Highway Users’ Conference
Montana
Harry Fullmer
Billings
Mont
McKaig
Caldwell
Los Angeles
Priest trio joins Salt Lake goodwill trip to Idaho
Joel L. Priest of Boise, Union Pacific special rep in Idaho, sails with the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce goodwill special to Idaho after attending a Rotary International meeting in Cleveland. He is the lone return participant from 1907 and 1925. Also traveling is his son Joel L. Priest Jr., manager of the Union Pacific news bureau in Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
Swenson Ends Five Day Fast in Jail Cell
Moscow Idaho reports Alfred Swenson aged 26 of Deary broke a five day fast at noon by taking toast and water. Sheriff G K Moody said he was feigning illness earlier and doctors decided not to move him to a hospital noting the man showed interest and activity in the jail.
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Moscow
Idaho
G. K. Moody
Alfred Swenson
Deary
Swenson
Condh
Moody
Coletti
Dorothy
de Isotter
Chiseler
Isotta
James
Central
Fifty-ninth Street
Dorothy South
Dottie
Miss South
Utah Cherries Moved as Idaho Potatoes Near Finish
Twenty five cars of Utah cherries were moved in the past week from Provo north to open the cherry harvest. The Idaho potato crop is nearly moved with a few cars left to finish the 1938 harvest.
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Ogden
Utah
Provo
Idaho
Pocatello Beats Ogden Reds In Big Fifth Inning Rally
Pocatello erased a 7 0 deficit with a seven run fifth inning and routed Ogden 15 to 7 in a Pioneer League game. Malone Robello Ballinger led the barrage with homers as Pocatello slugged 7 hits in the inning and added runs late to seal the win before 1500 fans.
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Pocatello
Cardinals
Ogden
Malone
Robello
Ballinger
Bird
West
Tous Idienesee
Davis
Murphy
Burnett
Glasby
Cabral
Rosenlund
Navarro
Adams
Kirke
Hjort
Owens
Ocden
Jackson and Wicks
Ab. Rh
A. Adams
Serpa
Hughes
Goddard
Hebert
A West
C Burnett
Local Survey Progress on Boise River Erosion Plan
(4) Most field work on the Boise river watershed survey will finish by September. Thomas H. Van Meter reports to Reed J. Bailey on the flood control field coordinating committee about erosion control guidance. Van Meter with McKinley Jackson and Keith Walker traveled toward Boise, planning a stop in Pocatello to review flood operations.
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Ogden
Boise River
Thomas H. van Meter
Forest Service
Reed J. Bailey
Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station
Department of Agriculture
van Meter
McKinley Jackson
Soil Conservation Service
Keith Walker
Boise
Pocatello
Guard Returns Home After Idaho Encampment
About 2 000 national guard members and officers from Idaho Colorado Nevada Kansas Iowa and Nebraska traveled home by plane train and auto after two weeks of modern warfare training at the annual Boise encampment. Brig Gen M G McConnel called the camp very successful and noted excellent health and no serious incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
National Guard
M. G. McConnel
Idaho
Colorado
Nevada
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
Utah Baptists Announce Speakers for Summer Assembly
Utah Baptists released the list of speakers for the 11 day summer assembly to begin June 27 at Ogden canyon north fork. Mrs. Rona Anderson of Salt Lake City named Dr. and Mrs. W Holt-Smith of Redland California as coordinators with Rev H E Hinton of Hartford Connecticut and Miss Suzanne Rinck of the Baptist Missionary Training School in Chicago among the participants. Dr. William H. Fowle of Ogden First Baptist Church is also listed as a speaker.
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Salt Lake City
Utah Baptist
Ogden Canyon North Fork
Rona Anderson
Immanuel Baptist Shurch
W. Holt-Smith
Redland
Calif
H. E. Hinton
Hartford
Chicago
William H. Fowle
Ogden First Baptist Church
Senator Voices Respect After Idaho Comptroller Ruling
Senator James B. Newport remarks on Judge Koelchi’s ruling that the 1939 comptroller act is unconstitutional. He argues the act politicizes state auditing and sets it up as a political football for future parties, calling the legislature’s enactment regrettable and distasteful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parma
Idaho
James B. Newport
Canyon
Charlies F Koelxchi
Historic Express Service Remembered in Buzz of the Burg
A page of reminiscence traces the rise of express shipping from the 1829 start with William Herndon to the Pony Express and Butterfield lines. It links Nauvoo’s history to a future park as readers ponder life’s brevity and share quotes from George Elliston.
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United Sates
Wilam Herndon
Poston
New York
Henry Wells
Wiam Fargo
Alvin Adams
Russell Majors and
Waddell
Ben Holladay
Butterfield
Cowboys Win 4-1 in Lewiston Baseball Tilt
Wes Schulmerich led the Twin Falls Cowboys to a 4 to 1 victory over Lewiston. He drove in two triples, the game’s only extra base hits, and sparked the offense with two line drives between left and center. Schubel and DeCarlo for Lewiston and Erickson and Beard pitched.
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Lewiston
Wes Schulmerich
Twin Falls Cowboys
Schulmerich
Cowboys
Twin Falls
Schubel
DeCarlo
Erickson
Beard
Nations Barter Pact Aims at Cotton Rubber Exchange
The United States and Great Britain sign a swap deal exchanging 90 000 bales of American cotton for about 175 million pounds of British rubber to stockpile for a major war emergency. Ambassador Kennedy and Oliver Stanley sign in London. Roosevelt to seek Senate ratification. Byrnes and Bankhead back the plan to reduce cotton surpluses.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
London
Joseph P. Kennedy
Oliver Stanley
British Board of Trade
Roosevelt
Senate
Byrnes
D-S.c
Bankhead ‘Dala
Wallace
Aviation plan sparks inquiry on Boise guard squadron
Paul Nash of the Pocatello chamber of commerce asks Governor Bottolfs to explain why the committee handling Boise aviation expansion consists only of Boise residents. He notes Idaho Southern University facilities and a proposed aviation training center at Pocatello, with a Civil Aeronautics Authority oversight and a National Guard unit to continue student training. The War Department plan would commission officers after 50 hours of flight training plus one year of further instruction.
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Boise
National Guard
Paul Nash
Pocatello Chamber of Commerce
C. A. Bottolfs
Nash
Pocatello
Idaho Southern University
Civil Aeronautics Authority
War Department
Wallace Board Seeks Reduced Public Works Program
The Wallace Idaho board of trade adopts a motion urging the U S Chamber of Commerce to lead a campaign to shrink the national public improvement program to match public income. H J Hull, committee chairman, says a plan is needed to weed out unnecessary works from the necessary.
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Wallace
Idaho
Wallace Board of Trade Today
United States Chamber of Commerce
H. J. Hull
National Legislative Commiittee
Idaho Masons Celebrate Founding of State Lodge in City
Idaho Masons held annual ceremonies in Idaho City to honor the founding of the first Masonic lodge in the state. Services were in the white frame two story building that housed the early grand lodge half a century ago and the adjacent Masonic cemetery remains preserved. As Idaho City faded after the 1860s gold rush the grand lodge charter moved to Boise.
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Idaho City
Idaho
Idaho Masons
Grand Lodge
Boise
Belnap Family Reunion Planned for Franklin Idaho
A reunion of Gilbert Belnap’s family, pioneer of Ogden, is set for Franklin Idaho on July 1 at Franklin Park starting at 1 p m. The event honors Mary B Lowe of Franklin and Augustus W Belnap of Salem, Idaho as the two surviving children. Belnap served as Ogden’s first marshal circa 1853.
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Ogden
Gilbert Belnap
Odgen
Franklin
Idaho
Franklin Park
Mr. Belnap
Mary B. Lowe
Agustus W. Belnap
Salem
Fishing Conditions Stay Favorable Across Southern Idaho
A weekly report shows most streams in southern Idaho remain clear and productive for angling. Notable waters include Portneuf river Pebble and Silver Creek Picabo with good to excellent fishing, while Lost River Mackay runs poor and some areas report variable conditions due to water levels and mosquitos.
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Idaho
Portneuf
Peble Creek
Silver Creek
Picabo
Little Wood River
Fish Creek
Big Wood
Hailey
Malad
Bliss
Springfield Lake
Springfield
Fall River
St. Anthony
Teton River
Tetonia
Bitch Creek
Jackson Lake
Jackson
Hebgen Lake
West Yellowstone
Madison River
Park
Red Rock River
Armstead
Horse Prairie Creek
Lost River
Mackay
Los River
Blackfoot River
Soda Springs
Eight Mile Creek
Ashton
Victor
Snake River
North Fork
South Fork
America
Falls Lake
Mary's
Four Blind Dates (Continued)
Miss South confesses a scheme to blend with the elite while staging a stumble to draw a rich bachelor’s attention. The Chiseler, educated and suave, confirms the plan and asks for the full proposition.
Goat disrupts VFW encampment in Cheyenne hotel
Dr R P Chesney found a goat on his hotel bed during the Wyoming Colorado Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment in Cheyenne. He moved the animal and slept on the clean sheeted edge, joking about the goat causing his tired look. He blamed fellow veterans for the incident.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
R. P. Chesney
Wyoming-Colorado
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Chesney
Heafner Surges in Scranton Open Second Round Lead
Clayton Heafner the 24 year old former candy maker from Charlotte rose to prominence with a 67 in the Scranton Country Club back nine to finish the day tied for second at 138. Henry Picard of Hershey held a four stroke lead at 134 after a 69. Ed Kingsley of Salt Lake City was amateur leader at 146.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Clayton Heafner
Charlotte
N. C
Scranton Country Club
Sammy Snead
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Baby Dies After 14 Hours In Incubator In Somerville
A 33 pound baby girl died today after being left with a Somerville hospital nurse by a well dressed man who fled. The child had spent more than 14 hours in an incubator before death. The man who deposited the infant left the scene immediately.
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Somerville
Mass
Somerville Hospital
Harriet Gardner
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Idaho Coal & Ice Co
Grangers
Joel Priest
Ogden Reds
Bill McCorry
Lucas
Clarence Beers
Beers
Cincinnati Reds
Utah Baptists
Great Basin
Nauvoo
George Elliston
Willard Lund
CCC
Reserve Corps
Officers Reserve Corps
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Corps
Masons
Chisler
Marlowe
Angel Face
Isotta-Frachinis
Utahn
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