Air Pilot Course at Idaho Southern Draws 312 Applicants
The Idaho Southern civil aeronautics authority has not yet given final approval for the new pilot training program, yet 312 prospective and returning students intend to enroll. The course will cap at 60 students with 20 to 30 likely in practice. flying training costs total 270 dollars per student, plus 20 dollars ground school. Ground instruction runs four hours weekly. flying sessions run 1.5 to 2 hours, beginning after October 1 for ground school and November 1 for flight.
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Civil Aeronautics Authority
Idaho Southern
John R. Nichols
Nichols
State Board of Education
Aeronautics Authority
Earl Hansen
Dean Nichols
State Highway Department
WPA
Lone Sailor Seeks Solo Colorado River Descent
Charles F. Mann aged 29 from York Pennsylvania leaves Green River Wyoming in a 35 pound canvas kayak aiming to be the first to travel solo by canoe down the 1200 mile Colorado River to Lake Mead. He expects Jensen Utah in nine days to two weeks. He joins eight Pennsylvania taxidermists attempting the historic run.
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Green River
Wyo
Wynken
Blynken
Nod
Pennsylvania
Colorado River
Grand Canyon
Charles F. Mann
York
Lake Mead
Boulder Dam
Buzz Holmstrom
Coquille, Ore
Mann
Jensen
Utah
Floods Wash Out Bridges and Tracks Near Kingman
Flood waters destroyed five railroad bridges and 25 miles of roadbed west of Kingman Arizona, halting rail and motor traffic for a second time in a week. Weather dumped 1.15 inches and mountains saw heavier rain. four buses were stranded and cars washed away with no injuries reported. Southern Pacific trains between Yuma and Tucson were several hours late due to washouts.
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Kingman
Ariz
Arizona
Here
Southern Pacific
Yuma
There
Tucson
Fall injures Boise window washer at capitol ledge
Percy May a Boise man about 55 fell from a second story ledge while washing windows at the capitol this morning. He sustained possible back and broken foot injuries and was taken to St. Alphonsus hospital.
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Boise
Percy May
Capitol
May
St. Alphonsus Hospital
Job for Firemen in Kansas City Beans Incident
Officers Lacy and Laundy turned off the current for Dorothy Meagher, a Wichita airline hostess, who wired from 4100 Wood avenue that an electric cooker left on to heat beans needed electricity shut off. Police received the message and acted to prevent danger.
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Kansas City
Wood Avenue
W. W. Lacy
Edward Laundy
Dorothy Meagher
Wichita
Kas
Idaho Yellowstone Gateway Gets Association Boost
The Eastern Idaho Association of Civic Clubs pushed a regional highway plan to attract more tourism. Proposals include Sugar City to Jackson via Teton pass, an Idaho entrance to Yellowstone via Bechler river, and year round access to West Yellowstone.
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Rigby
Idaho
Chamber of Commerce
Eastern Idaho Association of Civic Clubs
Sugar City
Jackson
Teton Pass
Yellowstone
Bechler River
War Bulletins From Across Fronts and Seas
Reports from Budapest Lwow and Berlin describe German positions in retreat or entrenchment as Allied and German forces clash across Europe. Submarine amid blockade talks and contraband trade feature among global wartime tensions. Weather notes close with Utah unsettled.
Canada to use pay as you go policy for war costs
Ottawa Sept 12 Canada will follow a pay as you go policy for funding war costs. Revenue Minister J L Ilsley told the house that the government expects every citizen to share in the cost and will insist on equality of sacrifice based on ability to pay.
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Ottawa
Canadian Press
Canada
J. L. Ilsley
House of Commons
Sabath predicts October special session after White House meeting
Chairman Sabath of the House Rules Committee said following a White House conference that Congress would be called to meet in a special session around October.
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Washington
Sabath
D., Ill
House Rules Committee
White House
Congress
Sugar Price Set To Fall As Quota Sparks Change
H A Benning of Ogden projects lower domestic sugar prices following the sugar marketing quota suspension. Import and marketing quotas are removed, aligning U S prices with world levels plus Cuban sugar tariff. Beet growers could gain 3 to 5 million dollars from marketing their 1939 crop while processors may release about 425000 bags of 1938 sugar held in warehouses. Benning doubts 1938 price gains beyond recent levels.
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Ogden
H. A. Benning
United States Beet Sugar Association
Benning
Utah Territory
News Censor Under Fire Editorial Critique of Censorship
The Yorkshire Post denounces contemporary censorship as chaotic and limiting. It argues uniformity and imagination are needed while noting unintended harm to neutral countries and delayed or truncated reporting from foreign outlets.
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London
Yorkshire Post
Wet grounds cancel Ogden game. doubleheader Wednesday
Ogden Reds Boise Pilots Pioneer league game postponed due to wet grounds. A doubleheader will be played Wednesday night. Lewiston faces Pocatello Cardinals at Halliwell Field at 8 pm in the first of three to close the local season. Knot Hole gang admitted free.
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Ogden
Ogden Reds
Boise Pilots
Lewiston
Pocatello Cardinals
Halliwell Field
Knothole Gang
Idaho Senator Forecasts Close Battle Over Arms Embargo
Senator Clark of Idaho expects a tight fight in Congress over President Roosevelt's proposal to repeal the arms embargo. He spoke after returning from Washington and said he would stay until a special session is called. He opposes neutrality modification due to fears of economic involvement and eventual participation in the European conflict. He did not predict a date for the session.
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Boise
Clark
Idaho
Congress
Roosevelt
Washington, D. C
United States
Baseball Suit Opens Here In Pocatello Case
The injunction suit of Adolph Reichert owner of Rainbow cabin camps against the city of Pocatello and the Sacramento baseball club opened Tuesday morning in the county courthouse before Judge C. J. Taylor. Witnesses for the defense included Art Routzong business manager of the Pocatello Cardinals and Jack Halliwell president of the Pioneer league. Reichert testified from the stand, pointing out on a blueprint the cabin camp location and relation to the ball park.
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Adolph Reichert
Rainbow Cabin Camps
Pocatello
Sacramento Baseball Club
Pocatello Cardinals
C. J. Taylor
Idaho Falls
Art Routzong
Jack Halliwell
Pioneer League
Reichert
Browder Sees End Of Hitler Rule
Earl Browder general secretary of the Communist Party in the United States says revolution within Germany will topple Hitler. Speaking at a Madison Square Garden mass meeting he tied the prediction to the Soviet Reich non aggression pact and urged that a democratic German revolution could remove fascism from Europe and the world.
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New York
Earl Browder
Communist Party
United States
Germany
Hitler
Browder
Madison Square Garden
Tokyo
Europe
Two Deaths Reported In Separate Local Accidents
Mrs Effie G Fretz was struck by a car on Washington boulevard Friday evening and died today in a local hospital. John De Hart aged 20 an Ogden CCC enrollee died in Tremonton from a fractured skull after a truck rollover. Two other passengers were treated and released.
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Ogden
Effie G. Montgomery Fretz
Washington Boulevard
Tremonton
John de Hart
CCC
Lucia
de Hart
Stassen Rejects Early Thanksgiving Move in Minnesota
Governor Harold E. Stassen a Republican and the nation s youngest state head today declined to move Thanksgiving a week ahead citing that commercial considerations should not affect the traditional observance He set November 30 for Minnesota s observance and did not follow President Roosevelt s proposed change.
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ST. Paul
Harold E. Stassen
Roosevelt
Minnesota
Stassen
British troops reach France in first war council note
Britain confirms expeditionary force has landed in France and joined French troops on the western front though not yet engaged. Chamberlain and Daladier attend a war council in France while German actions unfold across Poland and reports cite advances near Warsaw and encirclement efforts.
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France
Germany
Associated Press
Chamberlain
Daladier
Britain
Poland
Siegfried
Saarbruecken
Radom
Lodz
Warsaw
Poznan
Warsaw-Ciedlce
Vistula
Maginot
Siegfried Lines
Capital
President Roosevelt to Announce Neutrality Act Session
President Roosevelt said at a press conference there would be an announcement soon about a special session of Congress to revise the neutrality act. He would not reveal a date for the session or the call, and referred to a Sabath prediction that Congress would meet around October 1 as only a guess.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Sabath
Illinois
House Rules Committee
Expert to Speak at Chamber Luncheon in Moscow
The Chamber of Commerce will hold its weekly luncheon at 12 tomorrow. Dean Ralph H. Farmer, head of the school of business administration at Moscow, will give an address. He is accompanied by Dr. William E. Folz, also of Moscow, on a business survey in southern Idaho. Music by the high school girls' sextette. Members of the Pocatello Cardinal baseball team will attend as guests.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ralph H. Farmer
School of Business Administration
Moscow
Farmer
William E. Folz
Idaho
Pocatello Cardinal
Cards Dominate Pioneer League All Star Selections
The first annual Pioneer League all star team places the Pocatello Cards Ogden Reds and Twin Falls Cowboys on three positions each. Salt Lake Bees get two selections, Lewiston Indians one, Boise Pilots none. Rosters include skipper Tommy Robello at first base and notable battles at second base catcher and outfield with multiple players earning votes.
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Pioneer League
Pocatello Cards
Ogden Reds
Twin Falls Cowboys
Salt Lake City Bees
Lewiston Indians
Boise Pilots
Tommy Robello
Pocatello
Walter Lowe
Boise
Ernie Bishop
Twin Falls
Johnny Larrieu
Salt Lake
Gordy Williamson
Lewiston
Andy Harrington
Bishop
Chet Rosenlund
Ogden
Jack Murphy
Eddie Sheehan
Mike Reser
Jud Kirke
Pete Hughes
Reser
Frank Falconi
Bob Price
Salt Lake City
Kirke
Hughes
Joe McNamee
Henry Ballinger
McNamee
Hholes
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