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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1925
Page
2
Chicago police launch a city wide manhunt against gangsters and bootleg chiefs. Captain John Stege declares no mercy, with sixty squads to arrest or kill and three elite units to hunt down remaining outlaws.
Washington reports that General Electric engineers will test the horizontal wave on WGY 820.5 meters during November 2 and 3. A half hour of entertainment from 12 to 12: thirty will run with a 15 minute silent period before resuming with vertical antenna broadcasts to compare volume fading and clarity.
John Hall a 21 year old from New York state weighs 138 pounds and undertakes a six mile trek with a bushel of wheat from W H Gibbs ranch to the McCammon flour mills. He completes the journey in two hours without resting and offers to return with the same load but finds no takers.
L W Coates of the Los Angeles chamber of commerce met Idaho Falls chamber members in a special session to discuss market conditions and the chance to establish a permanent Los Angeles and southern California market for southeastern Idaho. He returned from a survey of eastern markets and visited manufacturing plants there. Coates attended the Boise potato growers meeting and delivered an optimistic message.
McCammon Civic club members met at Mrs. Lydia Thornton’s home. A committee led by Mrs. Calvin Cragan will coordinate a supper with Community Development club to cover club debts. They set the first week in November for Home Products week with an exhibit and program, plus a district federation report and a loan scholarship committee appointment.
District Deputy Milton H Fehne leaves for Arco and Mackay to visit Masonic lodges. M L Tillery attends state convention of county agents in Moscow. The Royal Welch Glennen of Perth Britain performs at the I D S tabernacle Friday November 6 with Dr Joseph Bowen directing.
Blackfoot Chapter No. 23, R. A. M., hosted Grand High Priest Mattson of Gooding and Grand Lecturer Starry Linebarger of Boise during a tour of inspection from Salmon via Butte. Despite a short notice special convocation, attendance remained good. no degree work occurred and several instructive tasks were delivered under acting presiding officer J. E. Estensen.
In Niearagua, former president Chammoro seizes a Managua fort and demands President Solorzena quit. Street barricades form as confrontations develop in the capital.
The funeral for the late E. Dinwoodey who died at his home will be held Friday afternoon in the tabernacle of the L D S First ward pending arrival of Dean Dinwoodey from Washington D C The Rotary Fathers and Daughters banquet was postponed due to his death. Dinwoodey was a past governor of Rotarys fifth district.
The author argues prohibition benefits sustainment and law enforcement costs, citing murders in Chicago and burglaries in New York. He questions Judge Davis and urges resignation for those opposing the Volstead act, claiming broader social gains and economic savings. A closing note adds folklore about blackberries in rural England.
The Swedish Fish Dealers association reports seafood consumption in Sweden has tripled over the past twelve years while prices have risen an average of 70 percent.
Captain Johnnnett led an English channel steamer for years and crossed from Dover to Calais more than 30,000 times, marking a remarkable career in Channel service.
Dr C P Groom has moved his office from the Sonnenkalb building to rooms over the Temple. Phone 933.
Mrs. Rolf Bellingmo of Milford Utah visits Idaho Falls to see her mother Mrs. Armour. Mrs. Lloyd Hyde of Los Angeles arrives amid Mayo Clinic trip updates. Mrs. A. G. Changnon returns from six weeks east. Miss Caroline Duncan recovers from knee injury. Florence ere visits Pocatello. Marie Weaver and Florence Ferney join western excursion. Hunters Charles Lord Roy Salisbury and Frank Cole return from Yellow Jacket mine area with good bags. Marriage licenses issued for Doris Clyne Roy Doane and Helen Leonard Daniel Knapp. Idaho Falls lodge initiates forty five members with dinner and goat festivity plans.
Felix Paul, formerly of Arco, died at the War Veterans hospital in Boise after a six month illness. Born August 24, 1887 at Bayhorse, he served in the 216th field signal battalion of the 91st division. Funeral services were held in Arco this afternoon under American Legion auspices, with extensive floral tributes from Boise. He is survived by his father, mother, wife, two brothers, and a sister.
Federal grand jury investigates liquor conditions at the American Legion convention in Omaha with police, Legion officials, prohibition agents and investigators all subpoenaed. Witnesses include Legion leaders, bankers, landlords and a film exhibitor alleged to have supplied movies for a controversial venue.
A Minneapolis bootlegger, who hired a tramp to serve part of his six month jail term, now must serve six more months and an extra 13 months for contempt.
Pittsburg bettors claim they won when the Pirates clinched the title but findings show the winning money was covered by counterfeit certified checks. Reported losses range from fifty to five hundred dollars, with a former boxer and a theater manager among those duped, totaling around one hundred thousand dollars. Police say collecting on winnings is impossible but those who issued the worthless paper may face charges.
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