Spring Storms Sweep Mountain Region
Spring storms hit the intermountain area with rain changing to snow in Pocatello and Idaho Falls, winds up to 30 mph, temperatures dropping to near freezing. Major highways faced mudslides and pavement damage from storms in Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming, and Colorado as rain and snow spread.
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Pocatello
Intermountain
Salt Lake City
Idaho Falls
Federal Weather Bureau
Nevada
Idaho
Utah
Wyoming
Colorado
Blackfoot
Boise
Thistle
Fairview
Spanish Fork Canyon
Cea Ae
Weather Bureau
No Indication of Plans to Force Workers from Factories
Detroit dispatch notes pickets in snow watching for attempts to eject 6000 Chrysler strikers defying a court injunction while UAW and CIO seek conciliatory steps. A Steel contract and other labor actions mark a mixed national scene as clashes, arrests, and local protests unfold.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Michigan
Pickets Watch Sit Downers In Detroit Plants
A fragmented report notes sit downers at Detroit area plants and a global flier record attempt. The text mixes references to Helen Wills Love, Amelia Earhart, and unrelated court and crime details, creating a garbled timeline of events and locations.
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Detroit
Helen Wills Love
Los Angeles
Hull Calls For End To Attack On Hitler
Secretary Hull urged an end to the controversy over La Guardia's anti Hitler remarks. He noted limited U S speech powers but hoped all sides discuss calmer topics. Berlin papers warned Washington to shield leaders as anti American agitation grows.
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Washington
Hull
Fiorello la Guardia
New York
State Department
Hans Luther
la Guardia
Hitler
Germany
Dodd
William F Dodd
United
United States
Berlin
Lokalanzieger
Highways Chief Job In Idaho Stalemate Deepens
Boise March 18 The office of state director of highways remains open as 41 J H Stemmer the incumbent holds the post temporarily after a short lived appointment yesterday Governor Barzilla W Clark and Stemmer both declined comment. Clark first announced a two year term then rescinded the action hours later without explanation.
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Boise
State Director of Highways
J. H. Stemmer
Barzilla W. Clark
Stemmer
C. Ben Ross
J. W
Clark Announce
Idaho
Barvilla W. Clark
Petersen Couple Residing in Hollywood After Health Concern
Mr and Mrs Arthur Petersen have spent the past weeks in Hollywood due to health issues. The Petersens reside at the La Leyends apartments 7137 North Whitley Avenue Hollywood.
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Petersen
Arthur Petersen
Hollywood
Laleyends Apartments
North
Whitley Avenue
General Paris Strike Mobilizes Millions Across City
Paris witnesses a general strike by about 2,000,000 workers protesting fascist killings. Half a day of clashes but no major disorder. traffic halted until 11 am. Factories, shops, and offices closed. demonstrations highlight demand to end fascism in France.
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Paris
France
General Confederation of Workers
Clichy
Arly Yestern
Gehrig Signs One Year Yankee Contract
Lou Gehrig agreed to a one year contract with the New York Yankees for a salary of 26000. Manager Joe McCarthy announced Gehrig would leave New York for the training camp in St Petersburg Florida. Gehrig advised owner Jacob Ruppert of the deal and the club’s camp here.
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ST. Peterburg
Fla
Joe McCarthy
New York Yankees
Lou Gehrig
New York
Gehrig
Col
Jacob Ruppert
Theankees
Assembly at Bancroft Sponsored by National Youth Admin
A fragment reports an event titled Assembly at Bancroft with involvement from the National Youth Administration. Details are incomplete, but the notice indicates a sponsored gathering or program by the N Y A.
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Bancroft
National Youth Administration
Pope Pius XII Calls Employers to Aid in Fight Against Communism
Pope Pius XII urged Christian employers to oppose communism in a March encyclical titled Divini Redemptoris. He argued the doctrine destroys liberty and spiritual values, corrupts family life, elevates state control, and harms the working class through false promises.
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Pope
Vatican City
Pius I
God
Pacific Northwest Circulation Managers meet in Boise
The annual convention will be held in Boise on May 16 and 17. About fifty newspaper publishers editors and business executives from Idaho Oregon and Washington will attend.
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Boise
Pacific Northwest Circulation Managers Association
Idaho
Oregon
Idaho tax collections show rise in 1937
Boise Idaho Mary 18 Tax collections indicate improving prosperity. John R Wiley federal information revenue collector for Idaho says 1937 returns filed mark an 18 percent increase over 1936 and total tax collected may be 100 percent higher than the previous year. Leslie Shellworth deputy state tax commissioner notes 1936 state tax reports likely up about 25 percent from 1935. Exact returns not yet compiled.
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Boise
Idaho
Mary
Lowe
John R. Wiley
Leslie Shellworth
Indian on Trial In Assault Case
Leland Edmo a Fort Hall Indian was on trial in the U S district court for assaulting Indian policeman Milton Quinn during an attempted arrest of another Indian. The case opened Wednesday afternoon. Louise Boise was found guilty of selling intoxicants to Indians and placed on probation for one year to probation officer L W Thrailkill.
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Leland Edmo
Fort Hall
U 8
Milton Quinn
Edmo
Quinn
Louise Boise
L. WW. Thrailkill
Three More Years Of Bad Weather
Phoenix March 18 The earth faces three more years of stormy weather due to sun spots. Retired astronomer George C Blakalee formerly of Yerkes Observatory told a Phoenix audience that the spots are a cyclic disturbance with some spots reaching 40 000 miles in diameter and more numerous than at any prior time.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Becaus
George C. Blakalee
Yerkes Corrivatory
University of Chicago
Aksiee Deace
Vote Again Law Massachusetts March Fifty One
Massachusetts legislature votes on a constitutional measure today in a move tied to federal labor amendments. The action, reported by the com, reflects ongoing political maneuvering in the Boston area.
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Boston
Weather Update for Idaho Region
Weather notes indicate snow in southeast areas with cloudy skies and possible rain. Colder conditions expected in the southeast, with wind and precipitation chances varying by location.
Governor Vetoes Public School Income Fund Measure
Idaho Governor Barvilla W. Clark vetoed a 1.5 million dollar appropriation for the public school income fund as midnight approached after long deliberations. He also approved 3.15 million for aged and needy groups, signed 3 million for a biennial tax levy, and backed measures creating health and social offices and a potato marketing commission.
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Idaho
Ira Masters
WPA Worker Fined For Out of Season Duck Shoot
Herman L. Wilts a WPA worker was fined 25 dollars by Justice Phil Smith after shooting a wild duck out of season during a rabbit hunt in San Diego California. He told the judge I shot at a rabbit and hit a duck.
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San Diego
Calif
Herman L. Wilts
WPA
Phil Smith
Wilts
Harvest Time Poker Hoax Nets $300 Says Hanson
Otto Hanson, of Scranton North Dakota, told South Saint Paul police that two men posing as threshing and harvesting machinery buyers lured him into a poker game and fleeced him of 300 dollars. Hanson said the incident occurred during harvest season when such equipment is in demand.
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South ST. Paul, Minn
Mar
Otto Hanson
Scranton, N. D
Hanson
University Hangar and Shop Poured on WPA Project
Footings poured for the aeronautical department hangar and mechanic shop at the university landing field east of campus on land once a golf course. The 64 by 117 foot rock and wood truss building is under WPA supervision with L. B. Larsen as superintendent and forty workers on site.
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Aeronautical Department
University
L. B. Larsen
Rail Pension Plan Faces Treasury Objections
March 18 report from Washington says a voluntary railroad pension plan drafted at Roosevelt's request faces treasury concerns over taxes. Under the proposal employers payrolls and wages would start at 25 percent, rising to 3.5 percent after 1948, a level treasury officials say may drain general revenues. George M. Himnson and J J Pelley defend the plan arguing actuarial studies show the tax would carry the load.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Roswell Magill
George M. Himnson
Railway Is For Executives Association
J. J. Pelley
American Railroads
Magill
Death Takes Dave Finberg Former Pocatello Tailor
Dave Finberg 56 longtime Pocatello tailor died in a local hospital after pneumonia illness. A former czarist army tailor in Vienna he later settled in New York Washington and finally Pocatello where he ran a tailor shop since 1916. Survived by two sons Harry in South America and Benjamin in New York City. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Dave Finberg
Pocatello
Mr. Finberg
Odd Fellows Judee
Portneuf
America
Vienna
Russia
Idaho Woman Flies Back to Surprise Husband at Crandall Ranch
Mrs. George D. Crandall and Pilot Jack McConnell took off from Salmon airport and reached the Crandall ranch on the Middle Fork after crisscrossing above the 12,000 foot Big Horn and Yellow Jacket range. The trip marked Crandall’s first voyage outside Salmon in 11 years and ended with a a cheerful landing near the ranch despite a prior snowstorm.
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George D. Crandall
Jack McConnell
Salmon
Crandall Ranch
Middle Fork
Crandall
McConnell
Pocatello
Big Horn
Yellow Jacket
Sit-down pie money scheme sparks kitchen tactic
In Browntown Wisconsin on March 18 a wife explains a clever sit-down plan for raisins pie funds. A ladies aid member says her husband wanted a raisin pie so she demanded a dollar, then sat down in the kitchen until he paid.
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Browntown. Wis
Utah Weather Forecast Calls for Snow or Rain and Colder
A Utah weather notice warns of unsettled conditions Friday with snow or rain possible across the state. East portions face colder temperatures as a colder airmass moves in.
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Utah
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