Fifth District Teachers Convene at Idaho Southern
The Fifth district state teachers gather in Pocatello for a two day annual convention at Idaho Southern University starting Thursday. More than 1 000 teachers expected with sessions in multiple union rooms and a key address by Helen Heffernan on educational evaluation.
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Pocatello
Idaho Southern University
Frazier Hall
The
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Frazier Auditorium
R. A. Weston
Aberdeen
Rudolph Goranson
Idaho Southern
Paul de F. Mortimore
Robert F. Terrell
Helen Heffernan
Division of
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Clifford Evans
J. Paul Leonard
Stanford University
Little Theatre
Union
Violet B. Butler
Gladys L. Potter
Division of Elementary Education
Vivian Bergman
Pasadena
Union Building
Leslie Woodward
Secton
L.ds. Institute
John W. Wright
Lillian B. Hill
Bureau of Mental Hygiene
Frank Hurdle
Elmer Hartvigsen
Leo Baisden
Schols
Sacramento
Calif
Train Wreck Kills Two in Millsap Texas
A Texas and Pacific special derailed after an explosion near Millsap killing engineer Leonard J. Perry and conductor N. McNeely of Fort Worth. At least nine injured among 151 aboard. passengers to meet Texas Christian University in Los Angeles were moved to another train. McNeely's body found in baggage car. Perry's hurled 100 yards.
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Texas Christian University
Los Angeles
Perry
McNeely
Legion Demands Armament Support for Million Men
The American Legion urged immediate government action to sustain an army and navy of 1 090 000 for a year. It backed expanding regulars to 280 000 and national guard to 486 000, plus a strengthened defense perimeter, Alaska guard, aeronautical program, helium export ban, and civilian factory safeguards. Robert J Shaw of Iowa led the defense committee. The convention refused to push neutral legislation, favoring a pronouncement on neutrality and preparedness.
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American Legion
National Defense Committee
Panama Canal
CCC
National Guard
Robert J Shaw
Iowa
Legion
Congress
Convention Foreign Relations Committee
International At a Glance Berlin to Bucharest updates
Berlin reports Warsaw defenders offer surrender as German air force claims success against British ships in the North Sea. Churchill denies British ships damaged while coastwise reports of air attacks and casualties. Moscow hosts Ribbentrop diplomacy amid Balkan and Soviet-Italian talks. Estonian and Turkish envoys engage in Moscow. Panama notes discussion by twenty one American republics on status quo.
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Berlin
Germany
Warsaw
North Sea
Bucharest
Moscow
Rumania
Pocatello Pioneer Mrs Watson Dies in Seattle
Mrs. Frank M. Watson Sr died in Seattle after a months long illness at about age 76. Born in Cheyenne she lived in Pocatello from 1892 to 1908 where her husband Frank Watson Sr ran a clothing business. Surviving sons are Frank Watson Jr Pocatello W H Watson Seattle and R E Watson. Funeral 10 am Friday in Seattle with interment beside her husband who died in 1928.
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Frank M. Watson
Seattle
Robert E. Watson
Italy Drives Hoarders From Shops Nationwide
Italy orders a rigorous drive against food hoarders as justice minister Count Dino Grandi announces shop closures across several cities on charges of hoarding.
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Rome
Italy
Dino Grandi
Actress Betty Purness Gives Birth To Daughter
Betty Purness wife of Johnny Green welcomed a six pound girl at Lenox Hill Hospital last night. The event adds a new member to the Green household and the couple's public profile.
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New York
Betty Purness
Johnny Green
Lenox Hill Hospital
Bergdoll on Stand Tells Of Two Visits
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, World War draft dodger, testified at a general court martial about two returns to the United States from Germany and recovering 105000 in gold he hid before arrest. He described his first trip in 1929 under the alias Joseph A Mann and entering at Rouses Point New York. He stayed in Trenton New Jersey then went to Philadelphia and hid at his mother Emma Bergdoll's Wynnefield Avenue home before sailing back to Germany on the Bremen in 1933.
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Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
United States
Germany
Montreal
Joseph A. Mann
Rouses Point
N. Y
Trenton
N. J
Philadelphia
Emma Bergdoll
Wynnefield Avenue
Bremen
Cardinals Pound Reds 4 to 0 Behind McGee Four-Hit Gem
St Louis tops Cincinnati 4 0 as Bill McGee works four hits allowed and extends a pennant chase. Medwick, Moore, Martin and Padgett drive runs while Walters holds early Cardinals at bay before McGee dominates the later innings. Terry Moore adds a 17th homer in the ninth.
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St. Louis Cardinals
Bucky Walters
Cincinnati Reds
Fiddler
Bill McGee
Redbirds
Medwick
Moore
Stu Martin
Lombardi
McGee
St. Louis
Walters
Mize
Padgett
Cardinal
Reds
Martin
Werber
Goodman
Cardinals
Terry Moore
Onning Berger
McCormick
Engineer Saves Passengers By Racing Through Fire
J M Bland of Little Rock hailed as hero after guiding the Sun shine Limited with 200 passengers through a fire on the tracks. A punctured gasoline tank spilled gasoline along the right of way causing a blazing lake as Bland sped to the North Little Rock yards and bravely reached the river bridge before bringing the train to a stop and extinguishing the flames.
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J. M. Bland
Memphis
Missouri Pacific
Sunshine Limited
North Little Rock
Bland
Gas Dangers Warns Of Carbon Monoxide Hazards
Boise bureau cautions carbon monoxide is odorless and deadly as cold mornings approach. Do not run car engines in garages with doors closed. drowsiness can lead to fatal results. Adopt a quick warning signal for sleepiness while driving or idling.
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Boise
Bureau of Safety At
England Raises Income Tax to Seven Shillings Sixpence
London reports Sir John Simon's wartime budget raising standard income tax to seven shillings per pound for 1940-41 with seven shillings, sixpence the next year. Additional levies: higher liquor and tobacco duties, death duties, surtax scales, sugar tax, and alcohol taxes.
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London
John Simon
Britain
Simon
Warsaw Surrenders After 20 Day Siege
Berlin reports total capitulation of Warsaw after a 20 day siege with handing over expected September 29. German communique claims Luftwaffe damaged British ships in the North Sea including a carrier and a battleship. British denial notes no ships were damaged and one plane shot down.
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Warsaw
Johannes von Blaskowitz
Budapest
High Command
North Sea
London
Winston Church
Courageous
California's Storn Toll May Top Hundred
Rescue ships search for 30 plus missing after an unprecedented September storm off California. Fears mount that death toll may exceed 100 with 38 known or believed dead, 24 missing after the Spray capsized near Oxnard. Coast guard cutters and patrol boats scour coves as naval vessels join the effort.
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Los Angles
Oxnard
Charlotte King
Los Angeles
Coast Guard
U. S
Turkeys Abundant for Thanksgiving Says Agriculture Stats
Frank Andrews of the department of agriculture reports national turkey production 31,957,000 birds for Thanksgiving season, up 22 percent from 1938. Utah raises 611,000 birds, Colorado and Nevada also noted in regional totals as celebrations vary by dates.
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Salt Lake City
Frank Andrews
Department of Agriculture Statistician
Utah
Colorado
al Vada
War Conference Aims to Shape Postwar Policy in Kremlin
Moscow reports say German Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop and Soviet Marshal Molotov met in the Kremlin. Stalin may have attended the opening talks as overviews of Soviet policy and alliance posture emerge amid wartime pressure. The scene closes with broader front actions across Europe.
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Moscow
Joachim von Richen
Iép
Presmier - Force
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Kremlin
Joseph Stalin
Scout Admits Killing Girl Scout
Charles Jefferson 29 admitted on the witness stand in his murder trial that he beat Frances Dunn 17 to death near Boca Raton after a quarrel with a hammer and a pistol shot. Jean Bolton, Frances’s schoolmate, testified she watched the attack. The testimony contrasts with Bolton’s prior account.
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Fila
Charles Jefferson
Frances Dunn
Miami
Boca Raton
Jean Bolton
Frances
Jefferson
Miss Bolton
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