Wets Hope For Repeal Before First Of Year
West Virginia and California joined the growing list of wet states as anti prohibitionists sharpen chances to repeal the eighteenth amendment before 1934. By day’s end sixteen states had voted to remove prohibition and seventeen planned elections this year. Repealists need twenty more states to delete the amendment from the constitution.
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Washington
West Virginia
California
Florida
Missouri
Montana
Utah
Nebraska
South Dakota
Alabama
Arkansas
Virginia
Reno
Flier Mattern Believed Alive Amid Search Boost
In Nome Alaska on June 28, seasoned flyers and Mattern backers in Chicago express renewed optimism that Jimmie Mattern may still be alive weeks after leaving Khabarovsk Siberia. Chicago officials say Frank Hawks cannot assist the search at this time. Local aviators in Seattle share hope as New York dispatch notes.
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Nome
Alaska
Jimmie Mattern
North
Frank Hawks
Seattle
Mattern
Chicago
Texas
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Siberian
S. J. Hackett
Jimmie
New York
Telegraph Today
Speed Filer
Operator Knows Just What to Do
In Ferndale Michigan on June 28 an alarm from a telephone switchboard revealed a distress call. Police and homicide squad responded but found Dr W G Beattie asleep, overturning a bedside phone and snoring into the transmitter.
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Ferndale
Mich
W. G. Beattie
France Nears Money Crisis May Devalue Franc
Paris June 28 AP Finacial experts say the franc battle is lost and France will devalue or drop gold. Daladier and Bonnet talks suggest Britain cannot stabilize Europe. A devalorization would likely cut the franc by a fourth to a fifth to meet dollar competition.
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France
Paris
Daladier
Bonnet
London
Great Britain
Europe
Scores and lineups from today's baseball games
Report lists results for Pittsburgh New York Philadelphia Cincinnati Brooklyn St Louis Boston and others with final scores and key players such as Swetonic Picinich Malone Nelson Hartnett Liska Moore Todd Derringer Hemsley, Mangan and more. Second games feature multiple pitchers including French Finney Mancuso and Rixey Thurston Mungo Lopez Warneke Hartnett and Mahaffey.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Swetonic
Chicago
Philadelphia
Malone
Nelson
Grimes and Hartnett
Jackson
Liska
Moore
Todd
French
Finney
Parmalee
Mancuso
Idaho Supreme Court Upholds Bank Verdict Rejected
The Idaho Supreme Court denied the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco’s appeal to place a $26,335 claim against the defunct Citizens Bank and Trust Co of Pocatello on a preferred payment status. The court ruled the 1931 act’s title insufficient to state its subject, upholding the district court’s ruling and noting a dissent by Justice Budge.
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Boise
State Supreme Court
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Citizens Bank and Trust Company of Pocatello
Justice Givens
Pocatello District Court
Justice Budge
Citizens Bank
Federal Reserve Bank
Salt Lake City
Pocatello Bank
Federal Reserve
Salt Lake
Commissioner of Finance
Service Clubs Pick Offic ers
Boston June 28 AP John Nelson a former Canadian newspaper editor was unanimously elected president of Rotary International He is a founder of the Institute of Pacific Relations and honorary secretary of the Canadian Institute of International affairs He will succeed Clinton P Anderson of Albuquerque Rufus B Chapin of Chicago was re elected secretary Also Los Angeles June 28 AP Joshua L Johns of Appleton Wisconsin an attorney was chosen president of Kiwanis International for 1933 34 at a nominating conference with representatives from clubs across the continent It was viewed as a formal election.
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Boston
John Nelson
Rotary International
Nelson
Institute of Pacific Relations
Canadian Institute of International Affairs
Rotary Club
Vancouver
B. C
Montreal
Clinton P. Anderson
Albuquerque
N. M
Rufus 8. Chapin
Chicago
Chapin
Los Angeles
Joshua L. Johns
Appleton
Wis
Kiwanis International
Will Rogers Meets German Ace Udet in Beverly Hills
Will Rogers recalls lunch with Udet, Germany’s top ace with 63 planes, and Falconi. He notes parachute debates in World War II and laments lost lives and saved possibilities, contrasting past fears with future shows by the war pilots.
Young Woman Fires On Man In Broadway Shooting
At dawn in the Broadway theater district a 29 year old man named Albert Pearson was shot in the head and left on the sidewalk. A nightclub hostess named Marquita Lopez boarded a taxi and fled before confessing at a nearby police station.
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New York
Albert Pearson
Pearson
Marquita Lopez
Auto accidents in Boise claim two women
Two women died in Idaho traffic incidents near Boise. Mrs. Patrick Doherty, 28, died when her car left the highway and rolled repeatedly. her husband, also injured, was hospitalized in critical condition. Mrs. Agnes Fisher, 43, of Twin Falls, died on Mountain Home highway after losing control following a bump with a Spokane driver’s car. her 12 year old son Eldon and passenger Violet Shores survived with minor injuries.
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Boise
Patrick Doherty
Agnes Fisher
Twin Falls
Mountain Home
Doherty
Cotton Industry Bans Child Labor Under New Code
The cotton textile industry agrees to tighten the proposed minimum wage and maximum work week code by banning child labor as it moves toward approval under the industrial recovery act. T. M. Marchant, president of the Cotton Manufacturers' Association, announced the decision amid applause in the commerce department auditorium.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
T. M. Marchant
Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Settlers Dynamite Irrigation Works in Lost River Dispute
In Mackay Idaho on June 28 four men armed with a gun halted watchman Morris Lowary and dynamited a dam section on the Lost river diversion dam feeding the Carey act project. A prior blast occurred June 21 at Mackay cham. The clash stems from a long running fight between valley settlers and the Carey act project now owned by Utah Construction. About 30,000 acres are farmed in the valley with water shortages fueling tensions.
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Mackay
Idaho
Lost River
Morris Lowary
Francis Treadwait
Treathwait
Mackay Cham
Diversion Canal
Utah Construction Company
Ogden
Dollar Wheat Reverses Upward Swing In Midwest Markets
An eight cent reversal in wheat quotations occurred as cereal marts across the Midwest acted. The price climb that started in Pocatello seven days earlier pushed Turkey Red from 75c to 1.05 per hundredweight, with local mills listing 97c at Pocatello Mill and Elevator, 85c at Dicklow, and 82c at Federation. Chicago July deliveries eased from 95.5c to 89.8c.
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Midwest
Pocatello
Dicklow
Federation
Chicago
Stoddards Welcome Daughter at Beck Hospital
Mr and Mrs Verner Stoddard announce the birth of a daughter at Beck hospital on Monday June 26. Stoddard is an official in the Teton national park service.
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Blackfoot
Verner Stoddard
the Beck Hospital
Netherlands Bank Hikes Discount Rate in June Move
The Amsterdam based Netherlands bank lifted its discount rate from 3 1 2 percent to 4 1 2 percent in today’s policy action.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Netherlands Bank
Young prisoners break jail steal beer case in Bannock county
In a rare jailbreak at Bannock county jail at 1 30 a m Henry Coffin and Duane Richmond 19 with five others escaped from the second floor cell by pushing bars tearing a window screen and lowering a makeshift rope They seized one case of beer stored in the former jail basement and were captured by Deputy Sheriff Dave McNichols who returned them to their cell The beer had been seized earlier and was to be sent to Malad Idaho Falls men were transporting it when the sheriff intercepted the shipment.
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Bannock County
Court House
Henry Coffin
Duane Richmond
Dave McNichols
M. J. Rossiter
Coffin
Richmond
Idaho
Idaho Falls
Beer Depository
McNichols Arriv
Tribune Plans Round by Round Coverage of Sharkey Carnera Fight
The Tribune-Journal invites fight fans to a Thursday evening event at the Tribune building for live round by round results of the Sharkey Carnera heavyweight bout. The main event begins around 8:30 p.m. Pocatello time with leased wire reports from ringside in New York City and brief crowd notes read aloud. No broadcast will be made and Madison Square Garden officials are not involved.
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Tribune-Journal Company
Tribune
Sharkey-Carnera
Pocatello
New York City
Madison Square Garden
US bread tax bill set to raise costs for consumers
A presidential order announces a 30 cent per bushel processing tax on wheat ground into flour starting July 8 to fund farmer acreage reductions for 1934 and 1935. Cotton tax to begin August 1, about four cents per pound.
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Roosevelt
R. G. Tugwell
Men Sent to C C C Camps from Bannock County
About 165 men from Bannock County were sent to CCC camps in Idaho. Fifty one were sent by Mr. McDevitt and the rest chosen by the forest service. R F C selections favored dependents, while forest service picks prioritized training and experience. None were assigned to Mink Creek. all county selections went to Gallagher Ranger Station or Osborne Camp near Ashton.
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Bannock County
Idaho
B. A. McDevitt
McDevitt
Forest Service
Electric Power Output Still Up
Electric power output rose 10.9 percent from a year earlier, marking the eighth consecutive upturn since early May. Edison Electric Institute reports production at 1,598,136,000 kilowatt hours for the week, up from 1,578,101,000 the previous week and 1,440,541,000 in late 1932.
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New York
Edison Electric Institute
Heat Wave Grips Central and Southwest States
Heat and record temperatures sweep the nation’s core with Chicago hitting 100.1 degrees, Phoenix reaching 108, and several states reporting heat deaths and crop damage. Rain finally arrives in Kansas and Missouri easing the heat briefly.
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Ilinois
Phoenix
Ariz
Alva
Okla
Kansas
Kansas City
Winona
Minn
Aberdeen
Bismarck
N. D
Lewis to Make Plea Thursday in Murder Case
Indian Doty Lewis indicted by a federal grand jury on the murder of Mabel Sawyer a 13 year old girl. He is arraigned in federal court with plea hearing set for 10 a m Thursday. The grand jury also brought eight counter indictments under the national prohibition act plus one white slavery charge.
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Doty Lewis
Mabel Sawyer
C. C. Cavanah
Clara Courturier
Federal Grand Jury
Lewis
Portneuf
John Cosgrove
Bannock
Blackfoot
Grand
Albert Hendey
Charles Chapman
Vern van Duyn
Ervine Mertz
William A. Burke
Earl Burke
Curley Mertz
Virginia Dean Neilsen
Joan Dean
Joan Burke
Preston
Sacramento
Coffin Couple to Arrive Friday After Washington Trip
A telegram to the chamber of commerce announces Congressman T. C. Coffin and Mrs Coffin will return from Washington on Friday rather than Saturday. The chamber plans a public reception and dinner at the Bannock on Wednesday evening and requests reservations at chamber offices.
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Chamber of Commerce Today
T. C. Coffin
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Bannock
Pecora accuses banker of tax avoidance in 1930s
Senate Banking Committee counsel Ferdinand Pecora said evidence shows Otto H. Kahn of Kuhn Loeb & Co paid no income tax in 1930 1931 or 1932 and that partners at J P Morgan & Co paid little in those years. He also cited profits from a $20 000 000 Chilean bond sale and related firms profiting from market support.
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Nathan Robertson Washington
Ferdinand Pecora
Senate Banking Committee
Otto H. Kahn
The
Kahn, Loeb & Co
Pecora
Partners
J. P. Morgan & Co
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Kuhn
Loeb
Roosevelt and Davis Confer on Geneva Armament Talks
President Roosevelt, delayed by fog, welcomed Norman H. Davis at Roosevelts Lake Maine retreat to discuss the Geneva disarmament conference and European affairs. Davis arrived late due to fog. a cutter rescued him from sea to join the Amberjack. Roosevelt joked with reporters about the weather and a possible wind shift aiding the talks.
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Lakemans Bay
Roque Island
Maine
Roosevelt
Norman H. Davis
Europe
Davis
Ellis
Bernadou
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