Rumors Fly on Idaho Special Legislature Session
Boise reports circulate that Governor Ross will issue a proclamation calling a second special session this year. Officials note federal highway funds require city projects, and Koelsch court rulings limit use of federal money in municipalities.
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Idaho
Boise
Ross
Wilsive Avoy Weekens
Associated Press
Statehouse
Charles F. Koelsch
Third District
Koelsch
Nampa
Salt Lake City
Congress Sees Long Delay In New Tax Bill
President Roosevelt aims to rush a wealth tax plan with an August 1 deadline though leaders doubt passage by then. Senate finance chair Harrison announced tax hearings opening next week while discussions on neutrality bills proceed cautiously with expedition urged but study required.
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Diittaine O
Goer
Harrison
D-Miss
Finance Committee
Pittman
D-New
Roosevelt
House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Nee
Pavilion Collapse Injures Hundreds At Croop's Glen
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on June 29 a barn dance pavilion hosting a baby contest collapsed sending nearly 400 people into Hunlock creek. More than 100 were injured with several in grave condition. authorities stated no fatalities were reported.
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Wilkes Barre
Hunlock Creek
Croop's Glen
Barndance
Generally fair Sunday ee cooler east portion Po
Generally fair weather is forecast with cooler temperatures on the east portion. A light breeze is expected and minimal rain chances, with comfortable conditions shaping outdoor plans. East areas may see noticeable cooling compared to other regions.
Brothers Keep Plane in Skies
Meridian Mississippi June 20 4 Weathering tempest and overcoming fire the Key brothers Al and Fred Meridian fliers continued their endurance flight passing 600 hours and setting a new world record an hour later. The sustained flight over Meridian airport entered its 23rd day as they chased Dale Jackson and Forest O'Brien’s 647 hour mark. A battery fire after refueling forced rapid action by Al Key who extinguished the blaze and kept the Ole Miss aloft despite the danger.
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Meridian
Mias
Fred Key
Dale Jackson
Forest O'Brien
Ole Miss
al Key
Bordira and Poulian Target Proposed Sports Fight
Bordira, the French tennis star, and Didier Poulian of Paris clash over a proposed sports dispute. The two figures are set to debate terms and risk minimal public confrontation to resolve the matter.
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Didier Poulian
Paris
Sports Writek
Olages Sentenced to Prison for Fathers Slaying
Francisco Olages received a 10 to 15 year term from Judge T Bailey Lee for second degree murder in the killing of his father Pete Olages on a Burley area farm. The case, tied to a skeleton found on the farm, followed an Ogden arrest after the crime, which occurred about 12 years earlier.
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Barley
Idaho
Francisco Olages
T. Bailey Lee
Pete Olages
Olages
Osages
Burley
Ogden
Four Arrests May Clear Up Detroit Death
Detroit investigators may have the missing pieces in the Dickinson murder case after the arrest of William Lee Ferris and three women at Fort Wayne Indiana. Ferris allegedly drove from a Detroit hotel early Thursday before Howard Carter Dickinson's body was found beside a park road twelve miles away. Police seek a short heavy set man connected to the case.
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Detroit
William Lee Ferris
Fort Wayne
Ind
Dickinson
Ferris
Howard Carter Dickinson
Heinrich A. Pickert
Borah Enters Another Year On Birthday In Washington
Senator William E Borah of Idaho marks his 71st birthday and signals a push to reorganize the Republican party excluding Hoover. He opposes new deaf agencies and AAA amendments while his term expires next year and a re election bid is anticipated.
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Associated Press
Washington
William E. Borah
Idaho
Borah
Republican Party
Theodore Roosevelt
Senate
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Hoover Not Candidate Says New York Times Dispatch
The New York Times reports a Washington dispatch saying former President Hoover will formally announce this summer that he is not a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination. Several Republican senators considered urging a public statement of his position.
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New York
New York Times
Washington
Hoover
Idaho Utah Favored For Frontier Air Base Sites
Congressman Clark of Idaho says southern Idaho and two Utah cities Ogden and Salt Lake City are under consideration for a Rocky Mountain frontier air base with Pocatello likely as Idaho's secondary site. Utah's Salt Lake City favored by Rep Robinson, while Rep Lloyd hints Pacific Northwest base near Puget Sound.
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Senate
Clark
Idaho
Rocky Mountain
Utah
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Pocatello
Robinson
Saltlake City
Army
California
Alaska Frontier
Pacific Northwest
Lloyd
Army Air Corps
Puget Sound
Confession in Slaying of Nine Year Old Helen Glenn
Greene County District Attorney says Alfred Volckmann, 19, Greenville butcher boy, gave a full confession to the thrill killing of nine year old Helen Glenn. He admitted attacking her, taking her to a swamp, throwing her body into a small street, and stabbing her through the breast with a butcher knife from his father's store.
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Greenville
John C. Welch
Greene County
Alfred Volckmann
Helen Glenn
Welch
Volckmann
Strikers clash in tri state lead zinc mine region
Fighting flared in picket lines at lead and zinc mines in northeastern Oklahoma as national guardsmen restored order in the Kansas sector. Oklahoma officers seized 16 loaded rifles and shotguns and four pistols in a pool hall at Hockerville Oklahoma.
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Galena
Kan
Oklahoma
Kansas
Tristate Field
Hockerville
Okla
Idaho Weather Forecast Calls for Warmer Days
Partly cloudy conditions expected Sunday and Monday with rising temperatures. Forecast suggests a gradual warm spell as high pressure moves in.
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Idaho
Jaly
Japs Plan War With Soviets Seen in North China Moves
Foreign observers say Japan aims to prepare for possible war with Soviet Russia by securing demilitarization of Hopei and control of northern communications. Tokyo consolidates influence in Hopei and Chahar while eradicating anti Japanese elements and replacing Chinese officials. A Peiping mutiny failed to derail these aims.
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Associated Press
Titeen
China
North China
Japan
Soviet Russia
Hopei
Mongolia
Chahar Province
Peiping
Kuomintang
National Government Party
Land Bank Reports Strong 1935 Half-Year Real Estate Sales
Spokane Federal Land Bank reports better northwest agricultural conditions and rising demand for real estate as an investment. For the first six months of 1935 sales totaled 1,438,252.75 dollars, up 371,000 dollars from the same period in 1934, according to Ward K. Newcomb.
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Spokane
Wash
Pacific Northwest
Spokane Federal Land Bank
Ward K. Newcomb
Land Department
Paris duel leaves Godin wounded and feud continues
A pistol duel in Paris between Pierre Chiappe president of the municipal council and Pierre Godin his predecessor injures Godin in the thigh. Both men remained angry with each other by nightfall.
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Paris
Pierre Chiappe
Pierre Godin
Godin
Four Golf Teams Compete At Ross Park Today
Ten man teams from Twin Falls Buhl Rupert and Pocatello will play in a team golf event at Ross Park starting at 1 PM. Twin Falls is described as exceptionally strong. Pocatello recently defeated Blackfoot Soda Springs and St. Anthony, and today’s match is expected to challenge the locals. Players should finish rounds early to avoid delays.
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Buhl
Rupert
Pocatello
Ross Park
Blackfoot
Soda Springs
St. Anthony
House to test utility ballot in bitter Congress clash
Washington on June 29 the House adjourned amid a split over President Roosevelt’s demand for a death sentence for utility holding companies. A key tellur amendment from Rep Eicher aims to outlaw holdings in seven years, leaving fate to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Administration pressure looms as Democrats face a showdown before a short Fourth of July recess.
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Roosevelt
Democratic House
Senate
House
Interstate Commerce
Securities Exchange Commission
Eicher
Iowa
Interstate Committee
White House
Gov Moeur proposes western governors conference invitees
In Phoenix on June 29 Gov B B Moeur sent a second letter to Utah Gov Henry H Blood proposing that Dr Elwood Mead commissioner of reclamation and Ebert K Curlew assistant secretary of the interior be asked to attend a proposed conference of western governors.
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Ariz
B. B. Moeur
Henry H. Blood
Utah
Elwood Mead
Reclamation
Ebert K. Curlew
Interior
Western States
PWA
Hood Names Six WPA Aides in Idaho
Leo Hood, Idaho WPA director, announced six assistants to oversee public works spending. R. J. Wood leads drought relief projects, O. K. Hine heads finance and reports, Leila Ely supervises women’s work, J. F. Hughes runs national recovery headquarters, Arthur B. Scott directs personnel, and S. B. Hays serves as a second staff member.
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Boise
Leo Hood
Idaho
Federal Works Progress Administration
WPA
R. J. Wood
Idaho Emergency Relief Administration
O. K. Hine
IEFRA
Leila F. Ely
TERA
J. F. Hughes
National Recovery Act
Arthur B. Scott
Pocatello
Union Pacific Railway
Hood
S. B. Hays
Pocatello Sees Rain as Weather Front Passes
Pacific cold front spreads showers across Idaho and western states while cooler air settles in. Idaho records light sprinkles and rain in Oregon Washington and Montana with Pocatello and Boise reporting rain and clear or partly cloudy conditions elsewhere.
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Continental Divide
Oregon
Washington
Montana
Idaho
Boise
Cheyenne
Chicago
Helena
Kans
City
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Salt Lake
Clay
San Diego
Clay Frisco
Clear
Seattle
Spokane
Cldy
Lewis agrees to pause coal strike at Roosevelt urging
John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers, called off the soft coal strike set for tomorrow at President Roosevelt's request. He agreed with Duncan Kennedy to keep mines running through July if operators accept. Kennedy could not bind operators. Secretary Perkins announced the truce after lengthy talks with Lewis and Kennedy.
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Joseph L. Miller
Associated Press
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
Lewis
Duncan Kennedy
Charleston
W. Va
Kennedy
Perkins
Call
Miss Perking
Dope Fiend Suspect Sought In Illinois Tourists Slaying
Police pursue a likely narcotics influenced suspect in a case unfolding from Texas to New Mexico. Investigators trace a murder trail after an abandoned car linked to Mr and Mrs Lorius and Mr Heberer, with forged checks and a tattooed youth.
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Dallas
Texas
George Lorius
Albert Heberer
el Paso
Illinois
Vaughn
N. M
Socorro
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