Union halts strike at Jones & Laughlin mills plan
The Jones & Laughlin Steel strike ends in a tentative peace with 27 000 workers to return to work. An election will decide exclusive bargaining rights by May 20 under National Labor Relations Board supervision. The agreement, first with organized labor in over 30 years, sets terms for future bargaining.
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Pittsburgh
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
John L. Lewis Steel
Philip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Murray
National Labor Relations Board
Labor Board
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Lewis
Jones and Laughlin
Carnegie-Ilinois
Blankets Out As Mercury Climbs To 62 Degrees
Thermometer readings peaked at 62 degrees at 5 a m with the warm spell the highest since August 1936. Observers note the mean deviation from normal reached 2 23 degrees as temperatures rose to 71 by noon.
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Pocatello
U. S
British launch inquiry into destroyer explosion killing eight
The British admiralty opened an investigation at Almeria Spain into the destroyer Hunter disaster. Eight killed and 14 injured as a mine or torpedo possibly from a German submarine is suspected. Spanish reports favor the submarine theory while insurgents deny blame.
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Associated Press
Almeria
Spain
Hunter
Bilbao
Soitube
University City
Madrid
St Louis and Pittsburgh Play By Play Show Rain-Delayed Doubleheader
Scoring details show St Louis 4 1 2 in nine frames and Pittsburgh 14 in ten innings with rain causing postponements. Batteries listed include J Dean Ryba Andrews Chambers Ogrodowski Owen Lucas Brown Todd. Brooklyn-Boston and Philadelphia-New York doubleheaders postponed.
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R. H. E. St. Louis
Pittsburgh
J. Dean
Ryba
Andrews
Chambers
Ogrodowski
Owen
Lucas
Brown
Todd
Brooklyn
Boston
West Grounds
Philadelphia
New York
Detroit and St. Louis Batter Up in Limited Schedule
At St Louis and Detroit the teams faced off with limited post games. Bridges Coch rane Caldwell Blake and Huff man Gatees were listed for Chicago as the post season schedule shows only two games.
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St. Louis
Detroit
Bridges
Cochrane
Caldwell
Blake and
Huffman
Gatees
Chicago
Eckener Arrives to Inspect Ruins of Hindenburg
Dr Hugo Eckener arrived to review the wreckage of the Hindenburg as German and American investigators pause sessions to hear testimonies. The six member German panel and American investigators seek clues on hydrogen use and the crash.
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Eckener
Hugo Eck
Comte
Commerce Department
Vienna
Ecea
Roosevelt Returns Home After fishing Trip to Texas
President Roosevelt, refreshed by a southwest fishing cruise, returns to Washington to push his economic program. He is greeted at the station by Mrs Roosevelt Vice President Garner and most cabinet members. A cabinet meeting and talks with congressional leaders are on his schedule as rain falls on his arrival.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Texas
Garner
White House
Blackfoot High School Graduates Largest Class
In Blackfoot on May 14 the largest class in the town’s history graduated at the L D S tabernacle. Jack Guyn, Iane Plesner, Marg J. Tomlinson, and Wrigh Pewty were honored as speakers on progress in science industry leisure and society. Diplomas were presented to 124 seniors by K. Smith, chairman of the school.
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Blackfoot
L.D.S. Tabernacle
Blackfoot High School
Jack Guyn
Iane Plesner
Marg J. Tomlinson
Wrigh. Pewty
K. Smith
Schoo
Government Wins Duke Scrap Ranking of Wallis
Sources say Britain fixed Wallis Warfield’s rank after marriage by moving the Duke of Windsor’s Order of the Garter banner behind his brothers. The future Duchess of Windsor would be eighth in line, ranked below Queen Elizabeth and other royals, with the banner moved from its premier position in Windsor.
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London
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
Duchess of Windsor
Elizabeth
Mary
Margaret Rose
Princess Royal
Duchess of Gloucester
Windsor
Duchess of Kent
St. George's Chapel
Duke New
George VI
Duke of Gloucester
Duke of Kent
Idaho Laundry Owners Meet Opens 21st Convention
L. L. Gray of Nampa re will preside at a Bannock hotel dinner and entertainment marking the 21st anniversary of the Southern Idaho Laundry Owners association. Fifty registrants greeted the opening session with Mayor R. M. Terrell of Pocatello and Stanley Brock of the national association delivering welcomes and remarks.
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L. L. Gray
Nampa
Southern Idaho Laundry Owners Association
Bannock Hotel
R. M. Terrell
Pocatello
Stanley Brock
National Association
Brock
S.N.A
Gray
Walter J Brunger
Boise
Idaho
Harry J Allen
Larry White
Edison V.cation School
Seattle
Wash
Stane
A. J. Johnston
Pette
Mov
Gene Albright
L.N.A
Pupils Return to Class After Temple City Strike
Temple City pupils return to classrooms after a one day protest against the discharge of six teachers. Students paraded through the streets yesterday carrying signs.
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Temple City
Calif
Former North Dakota Governor and Justice John Burke Dies
John Burke age 71, former U.S. treasurer and three term North Dakota governor, and longtime state supreme court justice, died in a Rochester hospital after an operation.
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Rochester Minn
Rochester
John Burke
United States
North Dakota
Supreme Court
WPA Plans To Reduce Relief In Next Year
The Works Progress administration moves to cut at least 525000 relief recipients next year and shift more relief costs to communities. Hopkins says layoffs depend on private hiring and improved business, with Congress weighing a 1.0 to 1.5 billion relief package and Senate cuts to soil conservation funds celebrated by economy advocates.
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WPA
Washington
Works Progress Administration
Congress
Woodrum
D-Va
House Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
House
Senate
Idaho Music Students Win at Regional Festival
Idaho students excel at a regional high school music festival against competitors from Utah Wyoming and Colorado. Results announced include Raymond Rogers Pocatello first in Saxophone class A, Russel Severn Montpelier first, Reid Larson Preston second, Pilly Elliot McCammon first in Saxophone class C, Melvin Dunn Pocatello first in Cornets class A, Paul Quinn Montpelier first in Cornets class B, Marion Chausse Pocatello first in Piano, Preston second in Saxophone quartet, Preston second in Trumpet quartet, Inkom second in Brass quartet and Montpelier second in Woodwind trio.
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Marion Chausse
Pocatello
Preston
Inkom
Montpelier
Recreation Center Opens for Children in Pocatello
Pocatello opens a new recreation center on 810 East Clark inviting preschool children and their parents. Recreational leaders supervise games and crafts from 9 to 12 for preschoolers and 5 to 7 for adults, with school age program starting soon after school ends. Leaders Margaret Woodworth Mary Barnett and Thelma Bowles oversee the center.
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Pocatello
Clark
Margaret Woodworth
Mary Barnett
Thelma Bowles
Young hurler Bob Feller tops scholastic grades
Young pitcher Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians completed his high school studies at Van Meter High School with report card scores: Physics 79 Psychology 79 English 74 History 70. A passing grade is 70.
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van Meter
Iowa
Bob Feller
Cleveland American League Baseball Club
Cleveland
Young convict admits killing three on crime tour
Pielester Brockelhurst, 23, paroled convict and former Sunday school teacher, sat in a Dutchess County jail cell as state police reported he confessed to killing three men on a six weeks crime tour through the Midwest and South. Victims named include Albin Theander in Rockford Illinois Jack Griffith of Fort Worth Texas and Victor Gates of Little Rock Arkansas. Bernice Felton of Rockford, who accompanied Brockelhurst, was jailed separately but told police she had no role in the slayings.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Pielester Brockelhurst
Dutchess County
H. A. Gay
Jack Griffith
Fort Worth
Texas
Victor Gates
Little Rock
Ark
Bernice Felton
Rockford
Brockelhurst
Middle West
Brocklehurst
Joliet Penitentiary
Illinois
Chicago
Brewster Brockelhurst
Galesburg
Felton
Gay
Theander
Salt Lake City
Dallas
Griffith
Desperado
Memphis
Gates
Harold Nugent
State Police
Pocatello Woman Stages Sit-Down Protest at Union Pacific
A Pocatello woman identified as Mrs. William Groth is arrested after a sit-down in front of the Utah division office of Union Pacific. Police charge disturbance of the peace as officers and a special agent remove her. her husband is a switchman and officials offer no reason for denying her pass.
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Pocatello
William Groth
West Clark
Union Pacific
R. E Titus
Utah
William Grotts
Mrs F Dietrich to Visit Son in Rochester
Mrs F Dietrich of Boise is to pass through Poca tello this evening en route to Rochester Minnesota to visit her son Dr Frank Dietrich who is on the iaaat of the Maye clinics there.
Western Weather Boom: Boise Records 87 Degrees
Boise set a new high for the year at 87 degrees yesterday according to the official weather bureau thermometer. The reading marked the warmest day of the season so far for the city.
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Boise
Weather Bureau
Merrill and Lambie complete first commercial transatlantic flight
Dick Merrill and Jack Lambie landed at Floyd Bennett Field New York at 3 35 p m EST completing a 24 hour round trip from Southport England Their 22 minute pause at Squantum and brief checks at Boston marked the first commercial round trip by airplane Their engines performed well and they carried photographs of the Hindenburg disaster and King George VI's coronation
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Floyd Bennett Field
New York
Dick Merrill
Jack Lambie
Southport
England
Squantum Naval Air Station
Massachusetts
Squantum
George VI
Merrill
Atlantic
Boston
Newfoundland
Hopper’s Sanity Hearing Delayed in Boise
A Boise probate court sanity hearing for Johnny Hopper was postponed to June 18 from the original May date. Judge John Jackson set the delay at the request of Hopper’s attorneys. Hopper, an ex convict, once financed a Hollywood nightlife lifestyle with money stolen by his mother, now an inmate in state prison.
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Boise
Johnny Hopper
Hollywood
John Jackson
Latter Day Saints Leaders to Speak at Dearborn Conference
President Heber J. Grant and Dr. John A. Widtsoe will address the third annual Dearborn conference on agriculture industry and science in Dearborn Michigan on May 26. Grant will discuss character education through self help and Widtsoe will explain what chemurgy means to the West.
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Salt Lake City
Heber J. Grant
Latter Day Saints Church
John A. Widtsoe
Council of Twelve Apostles
Dearborn
Mich
Grant
Widtsoe
Farm Leaders Aim for Permanent Federal Farm Plan
Farm organization leaders backed by President Roosevelt and Secretary Wallace announce plans to enact a permanent federal farm program this session. Edward A. O’Neal of the American Farm Bureau Federation leads discussions with national and state leaders, seeking a long term plan incorporating benefits of the AAA and the Ever-Normal Granary. The proposal would extend soil conservation act payments to include storage of major crops through government loans to stabilize prices.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
Congress
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
O'Neal
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