Hood Hopes To Complete Idaho WPA Set Up Soon
Leo Hood, Idaho WPA director, states the setup will soon be ready with a staff of about 40 to oversee millions in public works. He notes 16,767 employables among relief rolls and discusses direct relief cases and future funding uncertainty. Counties show varied direct and work relief totals as WPA aims to absorb IERA roles.
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Boise
Leo Hood
Federal Works Progress Administration
Idaho
A. W. Jacomini
Idaho Emergency Relief Administration
Hood
WPA
IERA
Jacomini
Ross
TERA
Pocatello Indians Face String Of SRV Games
The Pocatello Indians schedule three Snake River Valley contests this week. They host the Butte Colored Giants at Overland park at 5 30 this evening, travel to Rupert Sunday for second place showdown, then return Tuesday to meet the Detroit Giants at Overland park with Billy Black to start against Butte. Sterling visits Burley and the Shelley Spuds challenge the league leading Black Sox at Blackfoot.
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Pocatello Indians
Butte Colored Giants
Overland Park
Pocatello
Rupert
Indians
Detroit Giants
Walt Hill
Billy Black
Idaho
Butte
Sterling
Burley
Shelley Spuds
Black Sox
Blackfoot
Lopez Defeats Utah Wrestler in Boise Show
Vincent Lopez of Meridian Idaho and Ira Dern of Salt Lake City won two straight falls each in Boise last night. Pat O Shocker of Salt Lake City, Frank Meeker of Spokane, Floyd Hansen of California, and Tiger Buckley of Indianapolis all fell in two/fall bouts as Dan Savich and Buzz Reynolds also scored wins.
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Boise
Vincent Lopez
Meridian
Ida
Pat O’shocker
Salt Lake City
Ira Dern
Frank Meeker
Spokane
Dan Savich
Floyd Hansen
California
Buzz Reynolds
Tiger Buckley
Indianapolis
Minn
Controversy over birth control at AAUW convention
Open debate over legalizing dissemination of birth control information dominates the American Association of University Women convention led by 18 leaders. Mrs. Glen Levin Swiggett urges physician protections by law to guide patient instruction and curb growing clinics and illegal supply bootlegging. Boise trip noted for Idaho emergency relief nurses leader Katherine McCabe head to Helena for Western Health Association meeting July 1 2 3 4. Williams announce birth of a daughter at General Hospital.
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Los Angeles
American Association of University Women
Congress
Glen Levin Swiggett
Washington, D. C
Boise
Katherine McCabe
Idaho Emergency Relief Administration
Helena
Mont
Western Branch
American Health Association
Thomas F. Williams
West Terry
the General Hospital
Farmers Stop Potato Trucks in Virginia’s Eastern Shore
Aroused farmers blocked roads out of Painter and fired at tires of trucks carrying potatoes to market. Despite tension, dealers and neighboring counties offered cooperation as prices rose. East Shore plan a mass meeting at Painter High School to decide on further actions as loading and shipping halt to reduce surplus.
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Painter
Eastern Shore
Norfolk
Princess Anne
Painter High School
Divorcee Not Widow Under Idaho Tax Exemption Rule
June 28. Clark County assessor A J Leonardson forwarded Idaho Attorney General Bert H Miller an opinion that under state law a divorced woman is not a widow and thus not eligible for the $1,000 widow exemption when calculating property taxes.
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Boise
A. J. Leonardson
Clark County
Dubois
Bert H. Miller
Idaho
Longest word fails to pass Pennsylvania bill
Webster Harrisburg June 28 The word pneumonoultrar microscopic silicovolcanokoniosis did not persuade lawmakers to include it in an occupational disease bill. The term for a dust related illness was debated but the bill was killed in committee.
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Webster
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
CCC Enrollment Underway at Pocatello Camp SCS 6
Officials at district headquarters announced the enrollment of 16 local men for the Pocatello CCC Camp SCS-6 five miles south of the city. Enrollment of LEMs is conducted entirely by IERA after inquiries. The visiting enrolling party has been touring the district, with stops at St. Anthony and Ashton.
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CCC
Pocatello
Lem’s
IERA
St. Anthony
Ashton
Spaghetti for Il Duce: Young Chef Wins Prize
Angelo Sferrazza, a 14 year old from the East Side, won a Naples spaghetti contest with his spaghetti napolitano. He sails for Italy tomorrow with a party of American schoolboys invited by Premier Mussolini.
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New York
Mussolini
Angelo Sferrazza
Rome
Angelo
East Side
Italy
Il Duce
Rooster Sparks Paint Trouble After Car Visit
In Hickory North Carolina on June 28 K Kaine parked his new car at his brother's house and went to thresh wheat. He returned to find a tired rooster and one side of the car scratched by a presumed rooster fight reflection.
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Hickory
N. C
K. Kaine
Missing Pocketbook After Courtesy Help In Kansas City
Mrs. Nell Lisberger thanked a courteous youth who helped start her car. After driving several blocks she found her pocketbook containing $15 had vanished from the front seat.
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Kansas City
Nell Lisberger
President Roosevelt Seeks 1942 Move Against Utility Trusts
Washington reports high administration confidence that Congress will pass legislation to abolish unnecessary public utility holding companies by 1942 as House and Senate move toward restoring the death sentence feature to the Wheeler-Rayburn bill. House leaders say they are gaining ground.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Senate
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Snake expert plans ranch at Grand Coulee Dam
W E Rattle Snake Smith, 68, says he will build a rock den on his farm near Grand Coulee Dam and raise thousands of rattlesnakes instead of catching them. He has handled hundreds of snakes, noting they generally rattle before striking and envision uses for venom and skins.
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Grand Coulee Dam
Wash
Smith
Coulee Dam
Souvenir Neckties Sold Near Major Dam
A vendor promotes fine neckties as souvenirs to visitors at the site of a large dam intended to irrigate the desert region. The item serves as a keepsake linked to the construction project and its expected agricultural impact.
Funeral services for Mrs Helen Brink in Boise
Funeral services will be held Saturday for Mrs Helen Marion Davidson Brink who died yesterday in Boise. She had lived in Boise since 1904 and spent a decade as general manager of the Idaho Turkey Growers' association.
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Boise
Helen Marion Davidson Brink
Brink
Idaho Turkey Growers’ Association
Minnow Braved Dishwater Tale From Omaha
Bradford Cummings, 11, found a soap-covered minnow in the dishwater after a dishwasher from the ice box drain. He put the fish in a goldfish bowl where a cannibal goldfish chewed its fin, yet the minnow remained stubbornly game.
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Omaha
Bradford Cummings
Bradford
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