University term begins as Idaho Southern crowds return
About 550 freshmen plus 1,200 total students gather at Idaho Southern University for the 1938 39 term. Freshman guidance days feature assemblies conferences and a mixer ahead of Friday registration and a campus pep band tryout.
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Idaho Southern University
Student Union
University
Swanson Hall
Allen Barrows
Weiser
John R. Nichols
Dorothy Requa
Nichols
Gravely
U. P. to Lay New Rails
Union Pacific plans a rail repair program for 1940 using 100000 tons of rails to cover 400 miles of track. President W M Jeffers notes current year activity includes 600 miles of track laid and a rise in traffic driven by higher prices for farm goods and sugar.
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New York
Union Pacific Railroad
W. M. Jeffers
Jeffers
Union Pacific
Competing Governors Meet Here for Preliminaries
Gov Barrows of Maine and Gov Bottolfsen of Idaho prepared for the national gubernatorial tuber toss title preliminaries at Blackfoot. Barrows claimed a 10 point edge and joked about cucumber practice, provoking Idahoan reactions as the contest nears this week.
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Walter R. Bottcher
Associated Press
Lewis O. Barrows
Maine
Augusta
C. A. Bottolfseni
Idaho
Blackfoot
Barrows
Big Western Air Express
Bottolfsen
Baseball Scores From American League and National League Games
Scores listed from fixtures in New York Boston Philadelphia Washington Chicago St. Louis Cincinnati and Pittsburgh. Highlights include 5 2 6 7 runs by New York Boston Detroit Philadelphia and Cincinnati with multiple pitchers named. Other line scores show scores and outs with players Dietrich Brown Tresh Russo Dickey and several others contributing.
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American League
New York
R. H. E. Chicago
Dietrich
Brown
Tresh
Russo
Dickey
German Forces Press East as Russians Fall Back
Seventy years ago report notes Von Hindenburg's German troops advancing in the east while Russian lines retreat. French forces capture Noyon and Germans seize Les Eparges. Turkey pledges to halt neutrality breaches.
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von Hindenburg
Noyon
Les Eparges
Turkey
State Begins War On Drunk Drivers
Boise reports a clash between a defense attorney and state police as the push to convict intoxicated drivers intensifies. The state adopts standardized Motor Vehicle Intoxication Reports to guide chemical tests and strengthen prosecutions in drunk driving cases.
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Boise
Harry M. Rayner
Courts of Justice
Miners Reject New Contract in Butte Vote
Butte Montana officials report the local miners rejected the Anaconda Copper Mining proposal by 1447 to 2229 and authorized a strike if no acceptable terms arrive by October. The wage increase of 75 cents a day was approved by smeltermen at Anaconda and Great Falls with votes of 1066 to 201 and 743 to 251 respectively.
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Butte. Mont
Butte Miners’ Union
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Octo
Anaconda
Great Falls
U P Claims Shortage In Skilled Artisans
SALT LAKE CITY Sept 21 Union Pacific railroad officials said there is a shortage of skilled artisans available for reconditioning railroad freight cars. They noted anticipated record hauls of Utah and Idaho crops including sugar beets and potatoes make it essential that cars are kept in running condition.
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Salt Lake City
Union Pacific Railroad
Utah
Idaho
Maine Governor Visits Idaho For Potato Picking Contest
Governor Lewis O. Barrows of Maine and his wife arrived in Pocatello for the annual potato picking contest at the Eastern Idaho State fair. Myron Porges, chamber of commerce president, introduced Governor Bottolfsen as the host. 100 attended the breakfast with remarks from Mayor Terrell and Barzilla Clark.
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Lewis O. Barrows
Maine
Idaho
Myron Porges
Chamber of Commerce
C. A. Bottolfsen
Barrows
R. M. Terrell
Pocatello
Barzilla Clark
Idaho Falls
A. S. Moore
Shippers & Growers Association of
Local Youth Found In Las Vegas After Months Missing
Dale Bair of Pocatello, 24, was found in Las Vegas Nevada working in a bakery. He had been missing for months after his car was found abandoned near Ross Park. County officers and CCC enrollees had searched surrounding hills and Port Neuf valley before the report confirmed his location.
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Pocatello
Sheriff's Office
Dale Bair
Las Vegas
Nevada
Bair
Ross Park
CCC
Portneuf Valley
City Officials Assurance On Typhoid Risk In Pocatello
Health officers stated no typhoid danger in Pocatello after a local youth died from para-typhoid contracted out of state. City sanitary inspector Charles Butler and Dr J V Foley noted milk and water supplies are excellent and pose no risk to residents.
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Pocatello
Charles Butler
J. V. Foley
Governor Praises Idaho Southern Growth and Enrollment
Governor C A Bottolfsen voiced pride in Idaho Southern University at Pocatello noting early registration figures for the upcoming semester. He commended the state for growing educational facilities, including two new buildings, which will help accommodate rising enrollment.
Thunderstorm Forecast Impends Over Pocatello Area
Weather report warns of possible thunderstorms for Pocatello tomorrow as temperatures rise above normal. Airport data shows a 86 degree high and 43 degree low logged, matching or exceeding records while west region heats up.
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Pocatello
Norma
Wescott Oil robbed. stamps taken at 935 South Pirst
Police report of a morning burglary at the Rob Oil Office where manager R L Herrick says only postage stamps were stolen. Detective Frank Me was assigned to the case and investigated the scene.
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R. L. Herrick
Wescott Oil Company
South Pirst
Frank Me
Lehrbas Gets Break on Major Event
The Associated Press broke the news of Romania Premier Calinescu's assassination with a swift, hour and a half lead. AP reporters used fast cables from Copenhagen to alert the United States, flashing the first word at 6 01 a m mountain standard time.
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New York
Associated Press
Romania
Calinescu
Europe
Lehr
A. P
United States
Mountain Standard Time
Copenhagen
Three generals take top posts in new Romanian government
War bulletin from Bucharest reports three generals assuming top government posts after Premier Armand Calinescu was assassinated in a plot linked to the pro Nazi Iron Guard. The event follows the broader European crisis as tensions rise.
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Bucharest
Armand Calinescu
Iron Guard
International A Glance: Axis War Updates Across Europe
Reports from Bucharest Berlin Paris Moscow Budapest London and Washington summarize major wartime events. Suspected assassinations and interments mix with battleground advances and diplomatic moves as Germany presses Poland and the Allies weigh neutrality and arms embargo policy.
Highlights of Roosevelts Neutrality Message
President Roosevelt outlines a broad bipartisan neutrality stance. He urges swift actions to prevent U S involvement in any war and calls for renewed traditional neutrality while warning that darker periods may lie ahead. He criticizes the existing neutrality act and proposes measures to cut off support to nations at war.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Europe
Washington
Auto in Reservoir Reveals Tragedy in Cody
An automobile lifted from Shoshone reservoir and a human leg visible from a boat offered a Park County clue to the October 1935 disappearance of Harold Christler of Cody. The car belonged to Christler, and the rest of the body had not yet been recovered.
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Cody
Wyo
Shoshone Reservoir
Park County
Harold Christler
Christler
Foe of Nazis Falls Under Hail of Lead
Premier Armand Calinescu of Romania was shot and killed in Bucharest by gunmen believed to be iron guardists. The assassination sparked fears of a coup as troops were called up and national tensions rose with German and Russian moves near the frontier. Calinescu had promoted Britain and France ties, and his death unsettles Romania amid wartime diplomacy and oil stakes.
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Armand Calinescu
Romania
Germany
France
Britain
Europe
Poland
Berlin
Bucharest
Calinescu
Rumania
Russia
Rumg
Calinescue
Budapest
Iron Guard
Belgrade
Royal Palace
Rains Benefit Idaho Ranges and Crops
Federal statisticians report week of rainfall greatly aided meadows pastures and ranges and soil conditioning for fall seeding while hindering late threshing and haying. H G Carter notes light damage to ripe prunes and down hay with late crops maturing, corn silage, onions harvest, and late potatoes beets apples ripening. ranges improving overall.
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Boise
H. G. Carter
Federal Weather Bureau
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