FDR Affixes Name To Bill On Soil Conservation
The bill provides for continuation of the present soil conservation program through 1942. The Agriculture Department would pay benefits to farmers who follow the program under a new appropriation of 500 million dollars for 1938. The act originally had the government grant funds to states rather than direct payments to farmers. the White House signature is aimed at ensuring states implement programs.
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Agriculture Department
Man Arrested for Slayings in New York
William G. Serviss, 45, jailed on a first degree murder charge after two elderly sisters were found dead with heads hacked open in Amsterdam. A former Utica mental hygiene patient, he was arrested by Sergeant Jeremiah Roberts following a neighbor report after the women were found by a pool of blood.
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N. Y
State Hospital of Mental Hygiene
Utica
James B. Conant
William G. Serviss
Montgomery County
Mary B. Enders
Jennie V. Serviss Conant
Jeremiah Roberts
Amsterdam
Mary Enders
Plans Drawn on Buildings by NYC Survey Committee
A New York City survey committee outlines plans drawn on building façades to study urban spaces. The effort aims to map access routes, visibility, and public use of streets and structures across multiple boroughs.
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New York City
Bids on Hindenburg wreck remnant range set at four to twelve thousand
The fragment of the airship Hindenburg drew bids from four thousand to twelve thousand dollars. The rest of its original four million cost seems to vanish in smoke, blamed on neglect. The piece hints at value beyond money and urges preservation.
State faces funding limits on road projects from elector plan
Williams notes that while the plan should proceed, funds are insufficient to complete all proposed construction. The 1937 legislature approved bond issues totaling 270000 for Blackfoot 125000 for Nampa and 107000 for Orofino with the state department of finance handling purchases. Architects Clinton Sunberg Pocatello Curtis Richardson Lewiston and the Boise firm of Wyland and Fennell oversee plans in Orofino Blackfoot and Nampa.
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Williams
Blackfoot
Nampa
Orofino
State Department of Finance
Clinton Sunberg
Pocatello
Curtis Richardson
Lewiston
Slayer May Be In Idaho
A child spotted a tall man at a filling station early today prompting a wide search for the suspect in the brutal murders of Marie Everett nine Madeline Everett seven and Jeanette Marjorie Stephens eight. Their bodies were found late yesterday in Baldwin Hills gulch near Ingle.
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Pr Oor
Marie Everett
Madeline Everett
Jeanette Marjorie Stephens
Baldwin Hills Gulch
Ingle
Nevada Divorces Declared Void By Appellate Court
The appellate court ruled Reno divorces obtained by non residents of Nevada are null and void even if the six weeks residency rules are met. The decision in Mrs. Dorothy Jardine’s annulment case upholds a lower court ruling that such quick divorces are abhorrent to law and society.
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Chicago
Nevada
Dorothy Jardine
Judge rules on Bartholomew earnings division
A superior judge ruled the year old agreement between Freddie Bartholomew's aunt Millicent and his parents over how film earnings are divided is valid. The decision confirms the terms set out by the guardians regarding future income from the actor's work.
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Los Angeles
Freddie Bartholomew
Millicent
Death of Idaho man studied near Glenns Ferry
Dan Rollins a 46 year old Glenns Ferry laborer was found battered to death 20 miles north of Glenns Ferry. His widow reported him missing after dinner. Police and a coroner will hold an inquest to determine cause with indications pointing to a possible dynamite explosion. Rollins was a World War veteran of 20 years in the area.
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Glenns Ferry
Elmore
Dan Rollins
Here
Babcock
P. F. Greene
Hunt Fails to Shake Rafters in Defense Testimony
Los Angeles June 29 John Wuest Hunt after promising to shake rafters did not do so on the witness stand in his Mann act trial. He claimed vibrational ecstasy while testifying as he defended himself and identified as chairman of a Father Divine movement department and a registered voter in New York City as John the Revelator.
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Los Angeles
John Wuest Hunt
Mann
Hunt
Chamber of Commerce
Father Divine Movement
New York City
John the
Bethlehem Steel offers $10,000 reward for arrest
Bethlehem Steel corporation announced a ten thousand dollar reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible, issued from Warren Ohio on June 29.
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Warren
Ohio
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Secretary Wallace to Keynote Caldwell Dairymen Picnic
Secretary Henry A. Wallace, United States Secretary of Agriculture, will be the principal speaker at the twelfth annual picnic of the Dairymen's Cooperative Creamery of the Boise Valley on August 4. J. R. Brown, the creamery manager, announced Wallace's acceptance and the event drawing thousands of farm families to Memorial Park in Caldwell.
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Caldwell
Henry A. Wallace
Agricul
Boise Valley
Wallace
Man to Serve 50 Year Term in Colorado Rape Case
Dines Wesley Cox a 61 year old janitor in Colorado Springs pleaded guilty to rape and was sentenced by District Judge Arthur Cornforth to not less than 50 years nor more than life in the state penitentiary. The sentence followed a confession tied to a 25 year old crime linked to Grand Island. A new information replaced two earlier charges alleging lesser morals offenses against two Colorado Springs girls aged 7 and 9.
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Colorado
Cox
Colorado Springs
Three Climbers Scale Devil Tower in First Ascent
In Sundance Wyoming three members of the American Alpine Club of New York Fritz Wiesner Lawrence Coviney and William P House roped together without ladders or devices to reach the top of Devil s Tower a 1200 foot natural obelisk near the Belle Fourche river after nearly five hours of climbing yesterday the feat marks the first ascent of the landmark.
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Sundance
Wyo
American Alpine Club of
New York
National Monument
Here
Fritz Wiesner
Lawrence Coviney
William P. House
Devil's Tower
Belle Fourche River
Baumgartner Dies From Auto Crash Injuries
Flagstaff Arizona June 29 A J Baumgartner of Denver died from injuries after his car was hit head on yesterday east of here by a truck driven by Robert Kelly a Navajo Indian.
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Flagstaff
Arizona
A. J. Baumgartner
Denver
Here
Robert Kelly
Steel Truce Efforts Die at Washington Conference
The federal mediation board told Secretary Perkins that human discussion around the conference table is needed to break the steel strike stalemate. The report, prepared after talks with Taft and Labor Secretary McGrady, urges a conference between steel firm officials and CIO leaders as the path to resolution. Perkins noted government mediation had collapsed but remains open to further steps.
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Washington
Federal Mediation Board
Perkins
Miss Perkins
Charles P. Taft
Edward F. McGrady
Labor
Steel Corporation
Committee For Industrial Organization
Pastor McEwen to Lead Idaho Synod for One Year
Dr L C McEwen, long time Lewiston Presbyterian pastor, assumed leadership of the Idaho synod for one year after being elected last night. He succeeds Rev E P Lawrence. The Rev J A Howard of Salmon was named temporary clerk for church sessions at the College of Idaho, where over 100 members are attending.
Nine Alexis lay brothers sentenced in Bonn morality case
Nine lay brothers of the Order of Alexis were sentenced to 6 to 16 months in prison at Bonn on immorality charges. The prosecutor said similar charges were pending against 53 members of the order.
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Berlin
Order of
Alexis
Bonn
State auditor T. P. Graham confined by paralytic stroke
Boise reports state auditor of automobile vehicle license records T. P. Graham is confined to his home after a paralytic stroke. He was a candidate for Ada county probate judge in the 1936 Democratic primary.
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Boise
T. P. Graham
Ada County
Idaho Power to Build New Plant on Snake River
Idaho Power announces immediate construction of a new 2000 kilowatt plant at Clear Lakes six miles north of Buhl between Buhl and Wendell. The $140,000 project includes powerhouse, generator, turbines, substation and one mile of transmission lines linking to existing grid.
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Twin Falle
Idaho Power Company
Snake River
Eat Clear Lakes
Buhl
Wendell
Buh
Malad River
Hagerman Valley
Clear Lakes
E. A. Wedgewood
Pilot seeks White House aid for Oakland to Moscow flight
Timmy Mattern the flier pressed for U S aid to enable a projected August refueling flight from Oakland to Moscow. He met with Senator Sheppard and Secretary McIntyre while Sheppard warned the aviation bureau opposes pioneer flights as too hazardous.
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Washington
Timmy Mattern
White House
Oakland
Calif
Moscow
Mattern
Senator Sheppard
Marvin H. McIntyre
Sheppard
Commerce Department
Aviation Bureau
SMALL PIG CROP shows decline in annual numbers
Report notes a considerably smaller pig crop this year than last, reflecting reduced farrowings and potential impacts on producers. Data highlights parity with regional figures and signals tighter supply in upcoming quarters.
Pig crop report shakes markets as wartime food lines loom
The federal crop reporting board announced the spring pig crop is 73 percent smaller than last spring, signaling tight meat supply. Officials warned of market uncertainty as the farming sector braces for potential price swings. Authorities noted the report arrives as speculation grows over wartime food distribution and street commerce in the coming days.
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Federal Crop Reporting Board
Large Rainbow Trout Caught Below American Falls
Mrs. Lee Laird of 236 North Eleventh landed a ten pound six ounce rainbow trout this Sunday, among the season’s largest. The catch was made below American Falls and the fish was displayed in the Sorgatz Hardware window Monday afternoon.
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Lee Laird
North Eleventh
American Falls
Sorgatz
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