Record Storm Roars Across East With Heavy Snow
The blizzard of 1888-like storm pounded the eastern seaboard from Virginia to Maine, delivering up to 16 inches of snow and sleet, causing at least six deaths and widespread transportation disruption. In New York City 12 to 16 inches fell, a sanitation worker drowned in the East River, and a pedestrian was killed by a car. Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, and upstate New York also reported fatalities. Forecasts predicted ongoing snow and sleet today with a warmer, fair Monday.
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Virginia
Maine
New York City
Manhattan
la Guardia
Department of Sanitation
East River
Connecticut
Maryland
New Jersey
New York
Course Opens At Pocatello Golf With Temporary Greens
Play allowed today at the Pocatello golf course where Manager Chicak Carrico says the course is in excellent early-season condition. Temporary greens are in use and a reduced fee applies during this period of readiness for play.
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Pocatello Golf Course
Chicak Carrico
Widows Not Entitled to Welfare After Remarriage Divorce
Idaho Attorney General Bert H. Miller ruled that a widow who remarries and later divorces is not a dependent of a deceased veteran under state law and therefore not eligible for assistance from the Idaho veterans welfare commission.
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Boise
Idaho
State
Veterans Welfare Commission
Bert H. Miller
Idaho Legislature Ends 6 Day Session With Tax and Building Approvals
The Idaho legislature wrapped a six day session approving a 1941-42 ad valorem tax levy of 4.3 million dollars and authorizing 659,100 dollars in state bonds for new buildings at the University of Idaho and other institutions. It also adopted a 20 percent wholesale liquor tax and set aside 100,000 dollars to start a statewide food stamp revolving fund. The Lava Hot Springs infantile paralysis hospital project was defeated after late intense lobbying.
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Boise
Mar
Idaho
Finis
6Lday Assembly
University of Idaho
Senate
Lava Hot Springs
Gooding College
Heath
Franklin
Hall
Oneida
Senate Finance Committee
State Stays Close to Budget Amid Revenue Adjustments
Boise March 8 Idaho Senate Majority Leader Baird announced the legislature left a virtually balanced budget after final checks. Expenditures totaled 13,466,202 while revenue is projected at 13,450,114. The near balance rests on higher excise and liquor tax receipts, plus reduced ad valorem levies, with admin savings and income boosts offsetting a small red figure.
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Boise
Mar
Senate
Baird
Ada
Idaho
Sinc de
Clark
Hearings Set For Six In Fatal Crash and Fraud Cases
Ben P Kutch and Lloyd G Transtrum released on 1000 bond each as preliminary involuntary manslaughter hearings are set for March 18 and 20 before Justices Hyde and Ryan for the Malad death. Robert Callis faces prelim hearings on embezzlement and peculation charges. additional hearings include Perry Summers grand larceny and Oscar Keller grand larceny with Lyle Aland embezzlement set for March 14.
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Ben P. Kutch
Fort Hall
Lloyd G. Transtrum
Blackfoot
Marjorie Leigh
East Center
Fifth Avenue
Charles W. Hyde
William J. Ryan
Robert 8. Callis
Bandock County
Lyle Aland
Pocketbook Figures Rise in February Money Circulation
Washington reports February 28 money in circulation at 8.7808 billion dollars, up 1.38 dollars per person to 66.28. January 31 total was 8.5928 billion and 64.90 per capita. The gain reflects the average man’s pocketbook swelling by 1.38 in the month.
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Washington
The
Treasury
British Mum On Losses In Naval War
Berlin reports of wartime sea victories are dismissed as exaggerations by London while British merchant tonnage losses appear serious. Hitler boasted 215,000 tons sunk in two days, a figure not confirmed. American aid to Britain grows in Congress as London notes fluctuating official losses and hides few naval casualties. The admiralty suspects German reports may be attempts to reveal fleet dispositions. Utah weather pairs Sunday and Monday show little temperature change.
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Berlin
London
Hitler
Congress
Germany
Admiralty
Nazis Return to London With Massed Air Attack
Idaho trout season opens May 25 and closes Nov 1 under state fish and game rules. The commission abolishes six inch length limit, requires keeping and counting fish toward bag, with 15 pounds and one fish or 25 fish daily limits. Spawning concerns cited by Idaho fisheries director. Memorial Day objections influenced shifting opening from May 30.
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Walter Fiscus
Potlatch
Commission
Allen Howell
Idaho Falls
David Maclay
Idaho
American Legionnaires
Idaho DAR elects new state regent at Lewiston conference
Mrs Henry Ashcroft of Payette succeeds Mrs T F Warner of Twin Falls as Idaho state regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was elected and installed by national president Mrs Henry M Robert Jr of Annapolis after the 28th annual state conference. Remaining officers include Miss Mabel Gupton Nampa vice regent Mrs Thayer L Hill Boise recording secretary and others.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Henry Ashcroft of
Payette
T. F. Warner
Twin Falls
Daughters of the American Revolution
Ashcroft
Henry M Robert, Jr
Annapolis
Society
Mabel Gupton
Nampa
Thayer L. Hill
Boise
C. L Ball
R. R. Spafford
J. P. Halliwell
Pocatello
Paul Case
Caldwell
Gertrude Rowlands Receives Cap at Pocatello Hospital
In American Falls on March 8, Gertrude Rowlands daughter of Mr and Mrs E R Rowlands earned a nurse cap during capping services at General Hospital Pocatello. Attending were Mr and Mrs E R Rowlands Leland Rowlands and Mrs Herbert Ruff.
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American Falls
Gertrude Rowlands
E. R. Rowlands
General Hospital
Pocatello
Leland Rowlands
Herbert Ruff
Son Born to Mr and Mrs H L Robbins
A son was born Saturday to Mr and Mrs H L Robbins of 317 South Garfield at General Hospital.
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H. L. Robbins
South Garfield
The
General Hospital
Varied Idaho Bills Fail to Pass in 61 Day Session
Idaho lawmakers ended a 61 day session with Governor Clark achieving his anti commission aims but failing to advance key taxes and license hikes. Proposals to tax dividends at 3 percent and raise auto values faced defeat while relief funds were not expanded. Abolition moves for welfare, insurance, liquor, and tax offices succeeded. Three advertising commission bills died without passage. Relief appropriation stood at 4,475,250 dollars, about 1.1 million less than prior.
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Boise
Mar
Idaho
Clark
Public Welfare Board
Department
State Insurance Commission
Liquor Commission
Noxious Weed Commission
Office of Tax Commissioner
Idaho Advertising Commission
Commission
Bannock County Commissioner Hale survives highway crash
Bannock County Commissioner R T Hale of McCammon narrowly escaped serious injury when his returning pickup was crowded by an oncoming truck near Oakaloosa Iowa. He sustained only bruises and shock and plans to return to McCammon Sunday. This is Hale’s second out of state accident, following a 1939 near Brig ham City Utah incident with county officers returning from Ogden.
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Bannock County
R. T. Hale
McCammon
Priday
Oakaloosa
Iowa
Hale
Flint
Mich
Farmers Hold Observance in Bancroft for National Farm Day
Bancroft observers gathered at Bancroft high school for the first annual National Farm Day observance. Bannock County farms hallmarked the event with remarks by Milford J Vaught state A A A chairman and Ward Holbrook Utah Farm Bureau president. The program included a Roosevelt radio speech broadcast and music from Grace Bancroft and McCammon communities.
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Bancroft
Bannock County
Bancroft High School
Roosevelt
F. M. Cooper
Grace
Gem Valley Farm Bureau
Milford J. Vaught
Ward Holbrook
Utah State Farm Bureau
Henry A. Wallace
Wickard
McCammon
A. A. A. Committee
County Farm Bureau
Sportsmen Obtain Trees for Birds in Idaho
Extension Forester R K Pierson of the University of Idaho said 4 000 young Russian olive trees were shipped this week to the Bannock County Sportsmen s association to supply wildlife winter feed and shelter. Cooperating farmers will plant the trees in gullies and land parcels and may receive government conservation payments if they follow federal silviculture practices.
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Moscow
Idaho
R. K. Pierson
University of Idaho
Bannock County Sportsmen's Association
Pierson
Army Gathers on Border Threatening Peace and Security
German bombers raid London injuring and killing civilians as mass air attacks resume. Greece reports 1,200 captives after a two day push into Italian lines with Greek forces and Turkish defense prep work ongoing. Axis aims press Balkan diplomacy as Japan and Berlin coordinate, while battles widen in East Africa and naval losses mount for Britain.
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Associated Press
London
Albania
Athens
Son to Bowmans Born in St Anthony Hospital
A son was born Saturday to Mr and Mrs Gene Bowman of Blackfoot at St Anthony hospital.
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Gene Bowman
Blackfoot
St. Anthony Hospital
Church Plans Building In Pocatello
Catholic church at Seventh and Wreth streets in Pocatello will have a new 50 bed 10& font brick Gothic structure with terra cotta front and bronze fleche spire. Cost about 50000 dollars to be raised by church activities. Full basement parish kitchen and stage. Committees named for fund raising include building chairman B A Mc Levitt and secretary treasurer J M Myers along with advisory and youth groups.
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Seventh and Wreth Streets
Pocatello
J. A. Jentges
B. A. Mc Levitt
Anthony Colaianni
J. M. Myers
Rose Busco
T. J. Conlin
P. Gravline
T. B LeBailey
James Pender
Bomber Dies In Prison At San Quentin
James B. McNamara, 59, who pled guilty to murder in the Los Angeles Times bombing case, died at San Quentin. He had served 25 years there and five at Pelican Bay, returning last Feb. 13 as a cell tender and laundry worker after two major operations. His brother John J. McNamara had been released after nine years.
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San Quentin
Calif
James B. McNamara
Los Angeles Times
McNamara
John J
Times
James
Charles J. Haggerty
John
Llewellyn Iron Works
Los Angeles
Clarence Darrow
McNamara Defense Staff
Polsomrison
Clinton Duffy
Herbert Resner
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San Francisco
Tahiti
California
Zelda Reed
Reno, Ney
Southern U. Kills Lava Springs
University of Idaho Southern
Industrial Training School
St. Anthony
Gooding State School For Deaf and Blind
State Penitentiary
Moscow School
C. J Hugo
House
Hugo
Jedger
By Kirke L. Simpson
Utah
State Fish and Game Commission
DAR
Robbins
Greece
Bulgaria
Belgrade
Turkey
Yugoslavia
Alesander Cincar-Markovic
Berchtesgaden
Berli
Rome
Italy
United States State Department
Stephen Early
Poland
Adolf Hitler
Balkan
Yosuke Matsuoka
Tokyo
Japan
Ajor
Eugene Ott
Russia
England
High Command
East Africa
Ethiopia
Cairo
Addis Ababa
Jibati
Gulf of Aden
Bowmans
J. Edgar Reed
A. Carron
Joe LePac
Henry Belisle
J. P. Tustin
L. D. Yates
Harry Vosse
Peter McDermott
Art Hardin
Frank Bozzi, Jr
Geldo Carron
Carmi Zaccardi
Joe Montesano
Tim Kinney
Bill McLaughlin
William
Bomber
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