Refuge Area Expansion and CCC Work At Waterfowl Refuges
The Refuge area grows nationwide with 2.1 million acres under or developing as refuges, up from 700,000 two years ago. CCC camps and 4,480 workers restore feeding grounds along Atlantic, Mississippi, central, and Pacific flyways. They build islands and dams, plant aquatic seeds, and establish upland food for waterfowl and game birds.
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Pocatello
United States
Bureau of Beological Survey
Atlantic
Mississippi
Central
Pacific
CCC
Bureau
Newsmen and Officers Urged to Cooperate National Newsmen Meeting
Ira H. Masters, ex-newspaperman and District Land office figure, urged Idaho journalists and the Idaho Peace Officers association to meet next year in Hailey. He spoke on the journalist’s role with peace officers and urged greater reporter cooperation in apprehending suspects.
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Newspapermen of
Idaho
Idaho Press Association
Idaho Peace Officers Association
Ira H. Masters
District Land Office
Hailey
Masters
Robert Pugmire
Pocatello
State Journal of Pocatello
County Educators Are Good Students in Idaho
Thirty three county superintendents completed the sixth short course at the University of Idaho from June 15 to 25 earning university credit in school administration. They attended the National Education Association meeting in Portland and a four northwest state conference. They discussed a legislative financial program to lower county school levies and a statewide consolidation plan based on a recent survey. Ella Probst led lectures praised as sanely progressive.
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Moscow
University of Idaho
Idaho
National Education Association
Portland
Ore
Northwest States
Ella Probst
Minneapolis
Landon Shops for Groceries on Colorado Vacation
Governor Alf Landon of Kansas, likely GOP presidential nominee, shopped with his daughter Peggy Anne at a village market near Estes Park, buying lamb chops beef ribs peas milk and butter from a Landon prepared list. He spent the weekend relaxing while studying Democratic platform and Roosevelt speech for his July 23 acceptance address.
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Ruth Cowan
Associated Press
Estes Park
Colo
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Peggy Anne
Landon
Topeka
Roosevelt
Basler to Visit M'Cammon and Idaho tour stop
Loren H Basler Boise state recreation director will meet with local recreational leaders 10:30 a m Tuesday at the high school. Assisting are Willis M Smith and Luisle Darkenwald both of Boise. After a conference with Clyde and Fielding Harris and Helen Thomas playgrounds will be examined and supervision instruction given. This stop is the 24th on a southern Idaho tour. A conference of recreational committeemen leaders supervisors and N Y A assistants will be held at 8 p m Monday at Frazier hall Pocatello for brief reports on local work.
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Frazier Hall
Pocatello
Milwaukee Man Wins High Speed Beer Drinking Crown
Ray Du Val of Green Bay Wis dethroned Floyd Verette the 1935 titleholder in the annual high speed beer drinking contest by finishing a half gallon in 19 seconds. Verette protested alleging distraction by Du Val’s manager during the gulp.
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Milwaukee
Ray du Val
Green Bay
Wis
Floyd Verette
Verette
United Artists to spend 2.5 million on ads
United Artists plans a 12 month advertising push totaling 2,500,000 across newspapers, announced by sales chief George J. Schaefer. The funding covers a broad slate of campaigns to boost film releases and studio profile.
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Hollywood
United Artists Studio
George J. Schaefer
Andrea Turns Pro After College Filmmaking Beginnings
Entering Hollywood Andrea, a college amateur movie actress, transitions to a professional career marking a key step in her evolving status within the film industry.
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Pictures
Hollywood
Andrea
Student from Butte Lands Role in New Film Come and Get It
Leeds, a USC co-ed from Butte Montana, began work on the new picture Come and Get It. The notice highlights her as a member of the campus talent entering the production.
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Leeds
University of Southern California
Butte, Mont
Idaho’s Largest-Ever Summer Road Building Program
Six hundred men are employed in eastern Idaho’s largest ever summer road building effort. Twenty two projects include new overpasses at Soda Springs McCammon Red Rock and Igo plus bridges over the Snake River at Blackfoot and Lorenzo. Federal works support and state gasoline tax fund the program with work centered near Soda Springs McCammon Downey Preston Igo American Falls Aberdeen Blackfoot Lorenzo Malad Driggs Tetonia Monida and Rexburg.
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Idaho
Soda Springs
McCammon
Red Rock
Igo
Snake River
Blackfoot
Lorenzo
District No. 1
American Falls
Downey
Pocatello
Preston
Aberdeen
Malad
Driggs
Tetonia
Monida
Rexburg
Business Block Razed by Blaze in Glasgow
A six-building business block in Glasgow Montana burned after a spectacular overnight fire. One man was injured, Andrew Neilsen aided firefighters and suffered cuts from falling debris. The post office city jail theater dance hall hotel and two stores were destroyed with losses in the thousands.
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Glasgow
Mont
Andrew Neilsen
Budge Keeps American Hope Alive In Wimbledon
Donald Budge the Oakland star remains the lone American in the Wimbledon semifinals after defeating Adrian Quist 6-2 6-4 6-4. Fréd Perry and H W Bunny Austin defeated Bryan Grant and Wilmer Allison to reach the semis. Budge had previously beaten Quist in the North American Davis Cup final in Philadelphia last month.
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Wimbledon
Eng
Donald Budge
Oakland
Calif
Bryan M
Bitsy
Sun
Allison
Budge
Adrian Quist
Australia
Quist
Philadelphia
Police Pursuit Report From Tampa Corner
Tampa dispatch notes a police car rushing to a street corner in an incident on a June day. Details remain fragmentary as investigators begin processing the scene and interview nearby witnesses.
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Tampa
Fla
Woman confronts purse snatchers in bold defense
A woman answering a call for help identified two attackers and described tearing a shirt sleeve from one assailant and kicking the other on the shins so he could hardly run, insisting her purse was not taken.
Coal accident injures jail cook at Knox county
In Knoxville on June 20 William Long, a Knox county jail cook, was shot in the arm by a .44 caliber slug that came from a bucket of coal just after he filled the stove. Authorities cannot explain how the cartridge mixed with the coal and the slug was removed at the hospital.
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Knoxville
Tenn
William Long
Knox County
Long
Nine killed as shell explodes in Gorizia field
In Gorizia Italy nine people were killed when a heavy shell unearthed in a field exploded. The incident occurred during excavation work and fatalities were reported.
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Gorizia
Italy
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Democratic Party
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Ewing
Loren Basler
M’cammon
Albert Walter
Boston
Angela Walter
Albert Walter, Jr
Blanche Cousins
Idaho Falls
San Francisco
Young Walter
Gruen
Raz AS
Gruen Amelia
Lily Pons
Lilypons
Clarence C. C. Thomas
Associated Preas
Ain
Billmeyer
George
Billmeyer’s
Chilton
A. L. Chilton
West Center
Daily Pocatello Tribune
World
Tribune
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