No Drought in Idaho Proved by Farm Income Figures
Idaho farmers posted cash income of 34,444,001 for the first half of 1936, up from 31,109,000 in 1935 and 25,311,000 in 1934, as bumper crops and favorable weather boost prospects. Officials cite heavy snowfall, abundant irrigation water, and robust yields in wheat, beets, beans, and other crops, with many farmers clearing debts.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Idaho
Richard C. Ross
Ieee
Masons Name New Officers At Idaho Grand Lodge
The Idaho Masonic Grand Lodge adjourned its 70th annual session as officers were announced. Appointments include Chaplain Wm Westwood Sandpoint Grand Orator A C Stevenson Wallace Marshall Lee Carlock St Maries Senior Deacon Asa Vealey Montpelier and others with district deputies named for ten districts. County school chief Scott D Lowe reported bonds totaling 35000 to refund several district bonds at Chesterfield Onyx Alamo Swan Lake Cleveland Perry Lago and Central, lowering interest from six to four per cent.
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Idaho Masonic Grand Lodge
Wm. Westwood
Sandpoint
A. C. Stevenson
Wallace
Marshall
Lee Carlock
St. Maries
Asa Vealey
Montpelier
Wm. D. Farnum
Payette
Albert W. Stone
Gooding
Gilford Mayes
Kellogg
Geo. W. Johnson
Pocatello
Grand Persuivant
J. W. Trabert
Meridian
Tyler
H. H. Rhoades
Howard T. Monks
Bonners Ferry
Noel M. Leavett
Genessee
A. M. Prince
Boise
John W. Updegraff
Wendell
Ray F. D. Sluyter
Twin Falls
Lowell H. Merriam
Grace
T—vacant
Glenn W. Waltman
Kelloge
Marcus J. Ware
Lewiston
Glenn Varvell
Emmett
Scott D. Lowe
Chesterfield
Onyx
Alamo
Swan Lake
Cleveland
Perry
Lago
Central
Tax officers visit Pocatello from Utah firms
William Beatty of Utah Power and Light and FP A Clark of the Union Pacific arrive in Pocatello as visiting tax experts to discuss state taxes and methods with local officials.
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William Beatty
Utah Power and Light Company
FP. A. Clark
Union Pacific
Pocatello
Soviet Airborne Assault Captures Enemy Airfield in War Games
In a daring demonstration during war games, 1 200 parachute troops and a regiment joined by a fleet of warplanes landed simultaneously to seize an enemy airfield. The force, armed with machine guns and ammunition, reinforced with field pieces, established a base deep inside hostile territory amid gasps from foreign observers.
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Minsk
U. S
Joe Young Visits Local Area During Oakland Trip
J. T. Young former secretary of Idaho Wholesale Grocery and Western States company businessman, arrived in town from Oakland for a surprise visit and planned to return to Oakland this evening by the night plane. He is a brother of Dr. J. R. Young.
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Joe Young
J. T. Young
Old Idaho Wholesale Grocery Company
Western States Company
Oakland
Mr. Young
J. R. Young
United States Warships Withdraw From Spain After Attacks
Exchange Telegraph reports from Gibraltar say the US warship Oklahoma joined a rescue of a merchant ship fired on by a Spanish submarine. Washington orders withdrawal of four US vessels from Spanish waters as Hull notes Americans leave the danger zone. Mutinies spread in Portugal with Lisbon bombarded by warships.
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London
Exchange Telegraph
Gibraltar
United States
Oklahoma
Washington
Hull
State Department
Spain
U. S
Hampton Roads
Portugal
Lisbon
Scores From Today's American League Baseball Games
Multiple games listed with team scores and batter names including Archer Gumpert Hayes Newsom Hogan Bridges Hayworth and Bronca Dickey Gee. Batters noted for each matchup, with results showing St Louis Boston Pittsburgh Brooklyn Cincinnati New York Chicago Philadelphia and Cleveland matchups.
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Philadelphia
St. Louis
Archer
Gumpert
Hayes
Jakubi
van Atta
Liebhardt
Kimberlin
Hemsley
Washington
Detroit
Newsom
Hogan
Bridges and Hayworth
New York
Cleveland
Bronca
Dickey
Allen and George
Boston
Chicago
Johnson
Haynes
Heusser
J. Dean
Ogrodowski
Ryba
Chaplin and Lopez
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Swift
Todd
Frankhouse
Jeffcoat
Winston
Phelps
Cincinnati
Derringer
Lombardi
Gabler
Coffman and Mancuso
Lee and Hartnett
Walters
Grace
Fireside Chats Scored on Coast
In Los Angeles Harrison Holloway of KFI and KECA said Roosevelt fireside chats cannot be aired unless paid for by the Democratic National Committee. He called the talks cam jee a wont and unfit for free broadcast.
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Los Angeles
Roosevelt
KFI
KECA
Harrison Holloway
Holloway
Democratic National Committee
Notable visitors greet WPA administrator Hopkins
In Boise today O K Hine WPA finance chief Al Springer Pocatello WPA engineer Roy Lane and Dean Miller assistant finance director L R Scott Boise district finance head met WPA administrator Harry Hopkins. At a Rotary luncheon honoring Hopkins were Henry Plumhot Union Pacific official and Col S H Hayes of Boise.
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Hopkins
Harry Hopkins
WPA
O. K. Hine
Boise
al Springer
Pocatello
Roy Lane
Dean Miller
L. R. Scott
Rotary
Henry Plumhot
Salt Lake City
Central Division
Union Pacific
Col. S. H. Hayes
Four U S warships ordered withdrawn from Spanish waters
Secretary Hull announced that four American war vessels in Spanish waters have been ordered to withdraw and proceed to nearby ports. The ships were sent in late July to aid the evacuation of Americans from the revolutionary zone and will await possible emergency calls from Spain.
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Washington
Hull
Spanish
Revolutionary Zone
Spain
Killer Asks For Mercy In Washington Execution Case
Leo Bernard Hall waits in a death cell as Gov. Clarence D. Martin denies a stay that would allow an appeal to the U S Supreme Court. The execution is set for 12 10 a m tomorrow following the Erlands Point mass murder linked killings. The killer faced the gallows after his attorney urged a stay.
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Olympia
Wash
Clarence D. Martin
Leo Hall
Supreme Court of the United States
Walla Walla
Leo Bernard Hall
Erlands Point
Site Penitentiary
Hall
Everett O. Bu
Seattle
Clarence D Martin
Eugene Chenevert
Frank Flieder
Magnus Jordan
Freddie Balcom Wer
Bremerto
Idaho WPA funds show New Deal relief impact
The Works Progress Administration reported Idaho expenditures under the 1935 and 1936 relief acts totaled 34,386,311 through July 31, 1936, with Idaho’s share of nationwide relief and work relief funds totaling 6,108,923,116. WPA allocations through July 31 left 8,668,758 in 1935 36 relief funds, while 1936 act allocations reached 893,365. Overall agency allocations and payrolls reflect 18,171 people employed on July 25 across WPA and other programs.
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Washington
Works Progress Administration
Idaho
Congress
New Deal
WPA
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Entomology and
Sixth headless body found in Cleveland on east side
The sixth headless body discovered in Cleveland in a year was found today on the east side. The torso is believed to be of a man aged 25 to 40. Five of the six headless bodies found in the past year were men.
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Cleveland
Sep
Bannock County Track Meet Moves to October
Due to last spring's scarlet fever epidemic the Bannock County school track and field meet was postponed. County Superintendent Scott D Lowe announced preparations are underway to hold the meet early in October. Trophies have been purchased and the definite date will be announced soon.
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Bannock County
Scott D. Lowe
South Fork Dam Favored If Water Allows in Idaho Falls
In Idaho Falls on September 10, John C. Page of the U S Reclamation Service said studies support a South Fork Snake River reservoir. Engineers find enough water to justify the dam and a financing plan via power sales and flood-control funds with federal help. The group urged building the dam to capture water flowing past American Falls to the sea, noting 8 of 36 years saw adequate flow.
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Idaho Falls
Snake River
United States Reclamation Service
John C. Page
Federal
Commissioner of Reclamation
Idaho
Page
War Department
Grand Valley
American Falls
South Fork
Violent Death Takes Heavy Toll of Spies
World war spies fall into two classes, experienced agents and emergency military operatives. Spies were shot by the dozen as British forces faced back to the wall on the Somme in 1918. The piece recalls executions, mass searches, and the notorious Edith Cavell case, with further details promised.
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France
Somme
Edith Cavell
Hitler attacks Bolshevism and Jews at Nurnberg rally
In Nurnberg Hitler and Goebbels denounce Bolshevism and the Soviet government as a dictatorship of Jews. They claim Russia lacks a proletarian dictatorship and describe the Jews as instigators of world revolution. 43,000 youths marched in support as Germany braces for possible fallout with Russia.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Nurnberg
Germany
Obervers
Russia
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Moscow
Goebbels
WPA Administrator outlines varied problems of relief
Harry L. Hopkins, WPA administrator, spoke at a Rotary luncheon in Pocatello Idaho detailing relief issues from grocery orders to rent payments. He cited progress reducing Idaho relief cases from 16 000 to 6 000, defended the work system, and urged work over dole while praising local administration under Leo Hood and noting 4 000 000 on relief efforts nationally.
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Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
Service Club
Harry L. Hopkins
Washingon
D. C
WPA
Bannock
Hopkins
Idaho
Mr. Hopkins
Ogden
Butte
Helena
Seattle
D. Worth Clark
Compton I. White
Tyhee Flat
University Stadium
Leo Hood
Tribune
Clark
Congressman Clark
Arthur Petersen
Dole
America
Pocatello
Morton Milford
Robert J. Hinckley
Utah
Greenwalt
Ogden Standard Examiner
Roland Nielson
T. R. Nielson
I. G. Roddy
German Zephyr flight notes liner 800 miles out
The Zephyr flying boat reports sighting a liner about 800 miles from New York while en route from the Azores to New York. The message was relayed by ship to shore communications and confirms the liner remains at sea ahead of the passenger vessel.
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Zephyr
Azores
New York
Bor
District Attorney John Carver Attends Rotary Luncheon
Boise based United States district attorney John Carver attended a Rotary luncheon honoring WPA administrator Harry Hopkins. Carver, a former Pocatellan, was a guest at the event, held today.
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John Carver
Boise
United States
Pocatellan
Rotary
Harry Hopkins
WPA
Hollywood Turns To Verbal Games In New Party Craze
Hollywood's indoor sportsmen abandon handies and knock-knocks for a game called who was the lady It features lines like That was no lady that was an Aviator and she gave me the air The Marx brothers are accused of starting it but deny it The piece notes many in Hollywood favor reviving knock-knocks or similar lines for entertainment
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Hollywood
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