Bulletin Blasts Rural Upgrades and City Plans
Washington and Boise report progress on state and city projects across Idaho towns. Pocatello lists 1948 street resurfacing, bridges, subways, sewer expansion, a city courthouse, tax cuts, and diet for police. Union Pacific pledges $2,000,000 to Lava Hot Springs as Sun Valley is sold.
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Pocatello
George R. Phillips
Portneuf
Lava Hot Springs
United States
Union Pacific Railroad
Sun Valley
Heat wave hits Pocatello with 110 degree forecast
Weather reports an unexpected heat spike for Pocatello with temperatures possibly reaching 110 degrees in the shade. Officials offer no explanation, while forecasts later call for a cloudy day with scattered showers and cooler temperatures tonight.
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Pocatello
Botter Transfer Co. Permit Cancelled by Idaho PUC
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission cancelled the operating permit of Botter Transfer Co. of Lewiston because the firm failed to secure required public liability insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BOISE
Botter Transfer Co
Lewiston
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Cooperation With Public Urged At Electrical Meet
William A. Cyr of Electric West told 63 delegates from 20 Idaho towns that cooperation with the public is essential as criticism of high building costs grows. The meeting in Pocatello included talks on the National Electric Code, licensing laws, and approved wiring methods, with officials from Boise, Salt Lake City, and Chicago presenting.
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Idaho
International Association of Electrical Inspectors
H. C. Hensen
Idaho Falls
Carl Baldridge
Boise
A. E. Dickey
Twin Falls
Southcentral
W. L. Gaffney
Tacoma
Northwest
William A. Cyr
Electrical West
San Francisco
R. C. Young
Southwest
A. A. Girard
Southeast
Electric West
Cyr
Bannock
Cyr. W. L. Gaffney
Wash
Northwest District
J. Carl Baldridge
Department of Law Enforcement
Les Johnson
Salt Lake City
General Electric
Amos Jackson
Westinghouse
Victor Tousley
Chicago
IAEI
Jackson
Gaffney
General Electric Corp
Sewickley Men Claim Moon Ownership
Robert D. Eaton and Charles W. Honhold, both 24, filed a claim to the moon with the Interior Department. Secretary Krug rejected the request stating the U.S. has no sovereignty over the moon. Eaton and Honhold consider appeals to a world court or the United Nations.
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Sewickley
Robert D. Eaton
Charles W. Honhold
Department of the Interior
J. A. Krug
United States
Department
Eaton
Cianata
World Court
Honhald
United Nations
University of Pittsburgh
Charlie
Secretary of the Interior Krug
Moon
Women Victims Of Slayer In Columbus Hotel Tragedy
Two women were found murdered in Columbus on Wednesday. A red haired woman was discovered beaten and slashed in a hotel room bed. Later Herman Smilack found his wife Marcella Smilack dead at the foot of basement steps, throat cut and arms slashed. Detectives described a sadistic attack with a blood stained kitchen, and a double edged knife left in the home. Police sought the unknown red haired woman and questioned a neighbor about a man with her. The hotel had registered a Mr. and Mrs. Carr from Zanesville, but authorities had no trace of such guests. The case remains under investigation.
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Columbus, C
Herman Smilack
Marcella Smilack
Hoon
Smilack
Mama
Ody
Carr
Zanesville
Glenn C. Hoffman
Ere
Four Gambling Dealers Face Hearing After Batise Raid
A preliminary hearing is set for 10 a.m. Friday for four alleged gambling dealers arrested in a midnight raid on the Last Frontier club in Batise village. Defendants John Reed Fred Zimmerman Ross Shipton and Bill King were taken into custody in the raid led by state liquor commission agent Clarence Saunders.
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American Falls
Frontier Club
Batise Village
Edward Quinlan
B. A. McDevitt
Quinlan
John Reed
Fred Zimmerman
Ross Shipton
Bill King
Clarence Saunders
State Liquor Commission Control
April Fool Pranks Spark City Wide Delays and Confusion
In a Portneuf County tale set during April First, citizens face jokes about a burned courthouse and mistaken meetings. The Portneuf Co operative warns locals not to believe today’s reports while a credit union meeting shifts to Grange hall, with Posting offering help to clarify the mix up.
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Portneuf Co-operative
Driver Loses Permit After Hit and Run Charge
Ned Johnson age 25 from Box 28 Pacific Fruit Express was fined 100 and had his license suspended for three months after a Po catello police court found him guilty of leaving the scene of an accident. Officer G Earl Boyce arrested him following a midnight crash on Pocatello avenue near Rainbow cabin courts involving Marjorie Ewing.
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Ned Johnson
Pacific Fruit Express
Pocatello
G. Earl Boyce
Marjorie Ewing
South
Arthur Ave
Pocatello Avenue
Rainbow Cabin Courts
Johnson
Miss Ewing
Steelman Talks With Lewis and Mine Operators on Settlement
Washington reports say John R. Steelman discussed a settlement with John L. Lewis and captive coal mine operators amid the 17 day strike. No comment from Steelman or Lewis. talks linked to possible delay of a federal injunction and a new approach to end the walkout.
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Steelman
Lewis
Washington
John R. Steelman
Truman
John L. Lewis
Mr. Truman
American Falls approves school reorganization plan
Voters approve consolidating Power county and part of Cassia county into one class A district. In eight districts 27 ballots opposed the plan while totals across districts show wide support. Unreported Cassia district could not alter the outcome.
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American Falls
Power County
Cassia County
Violet D. Butler
Raft River
Butler
American
Mt. Hope
Prosperity
Ringe
Lake Channel
Pleasant Valley
Fairview
U S Plans to Send Planes and Submarines to Turkey
The navy says three shiploads of former U S Air Force planes will be ferried to Turkey on 12 000 ton escort carriers over three months as part of the Greek Turkish aid program. Four fleet submarines will depart early in April to join the Turkish navy under the same aid pact along with a tanker repair ship eight minesweepers and one net laying vessel. The plan excludes heavy bombers and an aircraft carrier.
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Washington
Navy
Turkey
Air Force
Ankara
U. S
U.S
U. S. Air Force
Dardanelles Straits
House Approves $6.205 Billion World Aid Bill Through Senate Tentative
The House passed a $6.205 billion foreign aid package to aid China and Western Europe, with a 329 to 74 vote. The bill funds ERP at $5.3 billion for Western Europe and $570 million for a 15 month China program, plus aid for Greece and Turkey and UNICEF. Conferees named to resolve differences with the Senate, with first meeting set for today.
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Washington
House
China
Europe
Senate
Truman
Trieste
Germany
Spain
Greece
Turkey
United Nations Children’s Relief Fund
France
Italy
Austria
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Calif
Vito Marcantonio
A.L.P
N. Y
United Nations
Marcantonio
Leo Isaacson
New York
Charles A. Eaton
N. J
John M. Vorys
Karl E. Mundt
S. D
Sol Bloom
Russia Tightens Travel Rules Around Berlin Block
Berlin reports that Moscow ordered strict enforcement of travel inspections on all road and rail links between Soviet–encircled Berlin and western Germany. U.S., British and French officials protested as Soviet troops were barred from boarding American trains for inspections. Military guards at Berlin stations doubled security on the night train to Frankfurt, with some carrying carbines and submarine guns.
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Berlin
Russia
Germany
U. S
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Frankfurt
Rock-Throwers Force Red To Abandon Home
A Columbus area mob of about 30 rock-throwing youths attacked the Franklin County Communist leader’s home. The house was looted and damaged estimated at 2000 dollars as authorities feared further mob violence. Hashmall fled, and Sheriff Paul considered declaring him a public menace to remove the threat.
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Red
Columbus
Franklin County
Ralph J. Paul
Frank Hashmall
Communist Party
East Side
Paul
Ralph Bartlett
Hashmall
Charles Berry
Ohio
Hamshall
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Bulletins
Tpelier
Montpelier
Alameda
Batise
Bancroft
East Bannock
Bannock County
Sam Hanson
Sman
Baldridge
George Phillips
A. D. Wooley
Bannock County Court House
Gate City
Lewis and Clark
Far East
George A. Humphries
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
Humphries
Benjamin J. Fairless
U.S. Steel Corp
Robert R. Young
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Cyrus Eaton
Cleveland
White House
Charles G. Ross
Eleventh Avenue
John L. Branson
North
Tenth Ave
Branson
P. S
Glen D. Johnson
Okla
Foreign Affairs Committee
Allied Control Council
Bremerhaven
Helmstedt
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