Callis Asking For Pardon From Idaho Board
Boise June fourteen convicted slayers are among 145 Idaho prison inmates seeking clemency at the state board of pardons July meeting beginning Wednesday. Barry Orchard, 74, assassin of former Gov. Frank Steunenberg, seeks a pardon despite six prior refusals. Also seeking mercy are Mary Crumroy, L A Verbeck, Audie James Robnett, and former Probate Judge Robert B S Callis of Pocatello serving his third month on an embezzlement conviction.
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State Board of Pardons
Barry Orchard
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Orchard
Mary Crumroy
L. A. Verbeck
Audie James Robnett
Robert 8S. Callis
Pocatello
Flashes of Life from Shenandoah and Richmond
In Shenandoah Iowa a bellhop recalls meeting Jack Bryte while Lester Bryte of Los Angeles identifies as a cousin and the two discuss Jack returning to California for work at Lester’s department store. In Richmond Virginia a Black volunteer rejected for flat feet appeals to the medical advisory board as illness pneumonia accompanies the order to report.
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Lester Bryte
Los Angeles
Jack
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Lester
Richmond
Medical Advisory Board
Mixed Local Blotter Snippets From Across States
A June 20 Tucson blotter reports a drunk found in an irrigation ditch at Simpson street and Mission road, later released after concern over vision. Hardin Montana notes Mayor Rankin feeding eight homeless lions 200 pounds daily as Poix hospitalizes, with city lacking a zoo. Bethany Connecticut describes a cab driver preacher juggling sermons between fares. North Manchester Indiana coverage recalls a July 4 bonfire set, and Elkhart Indiana notes a housewife reporting an incident. a family birth cascade in Wabash and Servia is also cited.
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Flower lovers’ favorite woman spared plants for coal
A truck driver delivering coal to a woman’s house removed plants from a basement window, loaded the coal, replaced the plants, and replanted them tenderly. The incident highlights the woman’s devotion to her garden.
Senate Considers last minute legislation before new fiscal year
Senate debates final measures ahead of midnight start to the new fiscal year. Military committee studies war department bill allowing government seizure of property. Judiciary panel considers Attorney General Robert H. Jackson for Supreme Court associate justice. House finishes last minute appropriation bills and votes to extend the president’s monetary powers for two more years.
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Registration day for men 21 since Oct 16 1940
Coming events list a registration day for men reaching 21 years of age since October 16 1940 under the selective service act on July 1. July 3 features a girls club and ladies night at Halliwell Park and July 5 marks the Pocatello Cards open.
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Pocatello
Idaho Potato Market Pact Backed by Majority of Voters
Preliminary results from 32 of 35 Idaho counties show 1,072 in favor and 113 against a proposed potato marketing agreement, a 90.5 percent affirmative rate. J. W. Gannaway notes only the secretary of agriculture can decide. About 13 percent of known potato growers in the area were represented, with Boise Pilots at Halliwell Park.
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Idaho Postal Unit Elects Pocatellan
O E Biggs of Boise is elected president of the Idaho Federation of Post Office Clerks and J A Fanning of Idaho Falls becomes Idaho Letter Carriers chief after a joint convention with Pocatello chosen for next meeting. Clerks Elmo Crill and Clyde Farnham. carriers D B Searles and Lowell B Chapman named to key posts. A separate note describes a canyon charted on the Atlantic floor southeast of New York.
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Boise
Idaho Federation of Post Office Clerks
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Elmo Crill
Nampa
Clyde Farnham
Lewiston
D. B Searles
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Illinois Services Commemorates Borah Birthday
About 3,500 people gathered in Fairfield to honor William E Borah on his 76th birthday with services at his birthplace site. Governor Dwight H Green and Rep Everett Dirksen paid tribute calling him the nation s greatest champion of true Americanism. Borah s living sister Mrs Mattie Rinard attended. Borah s widow sent a message read at the event.
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William E. Borah
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Borah
Dwight H. Green
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Mattie E. Rinard
British Naval Bases Distance From Crete
The British naval bases at Alexandria Egypt and on Cyprus are each 340 miles from the island of Crete.
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Egypt
Cyprus
Crete
Mindanao Deep Seen as Earth’s Deepest Point
Mindanao Deep in the Pacific off the Philippines is believed to be the deepest spot on earth with soundings reaching 35 400 feet or 6 7 miles. The finding underscores new measurements of ocean basins and the extreme depth of the seafloor.
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Philippines
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