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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1949
Page
1
Mayoral candidate W. W. Halsey warned that housing atomic workers at Phillips Field could financially hurt Pocatello. He urged caution on lease arrangements, water and sewage duties, and 24 hour pump maintenance costs, suggesting winter use of a few hospital buildings for 300 to 400 people.
Pope Pius marked his golden anniversary as a priest by leading two masses in St. Peter's Basilica. Some 40,000 worshippers filled the basilica while 10,000 voices sang Latin chants. Ten Cardinals knelt in purple robes at the papal altar near St. Peter's tomb.
Turkish UN delegate Miss Ismet Sanli will speak at a 7 pm banquet in the Hotel Bannock during the Knife and Fork club meeting in Pocatello. She supports world peace through understanding among nations and will discuss World Peace Not Whether But How. Four Knife and Fork board directors will be elected, with eight nominees listed.
Pocatello firemen were dispatched yesterday afternoon at 1 58 to extinguish a small roof fire at the home of C G Scott 735 W Lewis. Firemen said the blaze started by falling sparks and damage was limited to a small hole in the roof.
Ford Motor Company announced a price reduction of $12 to $120 across models matching GM cuts, following Kaiser-Frazer and Willys-Overland. Mercury and Lincoln lines saw major drops, with the biggest cut on Mercury convertibles from $2,375 to $2,255. Ford cited production cost reductions and strong demand, while UAW strike threats at Midland Steel could affect output.
Idaho businessmen express belief of similar prosperity in 1949 as in 1948, with caution about long term forecasts. Most expect clarification in the next month or two and feel Idaho can buck a national recession and maintain healthy business activity.
Communists in Shanghai broadcast a statement signed by Mao Zedong pledging China’s unity with the Soviet Union in any war against NATO nations. Peiping talks with Nationalists continue behind closed doors as both sides outline ceasefire and multi party discussions amid denials from officials on agenda.
More than ten thousand Latter-day Saints crowded Temple Square in Salt Lake City for the opening of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 119th annual general conference. Church President George Albert Smith and dignitaries spoke as sessions run through the four day event. Apostle Harold B. Lee urged against universal military training calling it a moral hazard in peacetime.
Local railroad conductors and past presidents of the Order of Railway Conductors division 209 will be honored Saturday night April 23 at the organization’s annual dance. ORC General Chairman H. W. Corbett says the ladies auxiliary Gem of the Mountains No. 185 will co sponsor the event. Alta Young and Jack Kutient are in charge of arrangements.
Anti slotters claimed momentum in the drive to place the slot machine issue before voters on April 26. A Y Satterfield of Alameda said from Salt Lake City that over 5 signatures were gathered and they have enough to ensure 1019 qualified electors for recall.
The North Atlantic Pact will be signed in a government auditorium on Constitution Avenue with 12 foreign ministers and leaders in attendance. President Truman will deliver the main speech after brief ministerial statements as the ceremony unfolds with media coverage across major eastern cities.
Brennan and Cahoon of Pocatello won the contract for completing the Idaho State College heating plant with a low bid of 128 993. Completion is estimated by August 1 with work remaining including a second boiler and brick facing. Funds were appropriated by the state legislature and costs have absorbed most of the original 265 000 grant.
A pair of minor earthquakes shook a 10 mile region last night causing no injuries. State police reported slight damage with dishes knocked from shelves and doors whipped open in parts of the affected area.
Lazarus, a headless rooster, crowed and walked around in Mrs. Martha Green’s kitchen after being beheaded for Sunday dinner. She fed it egg yolk and milk through a neck hole, believes the bird’s survival a sign from God, while veterinarian T G Beard cautions a brain-less chicken could not live.
Government labor experts suggest legalizing an agency shop to require workers to pay their share of union contract costs without forcing union membership. Backers say it satisfies unions on job security while easing employer concerns about forced membership. Congress debates repeal of Taft-Hartley provisions amid party coalitions and procedural fights.
AFL printers on strike against Chicago newspapers for 17 months voted 1 266 to 937 to reject a final contract proposal from publishers. The union said concurrence in the recommendation would be a rebuke of the publishers. Striking since November 1947, the papers continue with substitute processes.
Gate City painters will resume work this morning after a temporary truce with painting contractors. They agreed to the $1.87 hourly rate while negotiations continue for a $2 wage, and Union Secretary Claude Criss expects the higher pay later. About 40 builders halted projects Friday due to the stoppage.
Mrs. Edgar Stillman Kelley of New York a past president of the National Federation of Music Clubs and famed pianist died in her hotel room on the eve of the federation's national convention. Her body was found after she failed to attend a breakfast meeting. age believed in her 80s.
The United States and 11 anti communist powers sign the North Atlantic Defense Treaty to deter Soviet aggression and unite Western Europe. The pact foresees military cooperation, budget costs, and Senate ratification before it becomes operative. President Truman, Dean Acheson, and foreign ministers will outline the plan to reassure Moscow.
On a dark street near the Polo Grounds two men beat a non striking cab applicant with a rubber hose and overturned his taxi. Police report the taxi strike enters its third day with 933 cabs out, about 13 percent of normal Sunday operation, and arrests rising to 45.
Hollywood reports two year old German shepherd Chi Ook secured a film contract paying 500 to 1250 dollars weekly. Owner Dorothy Crider of Hollywood will see Chi Ook star in three Monogram pictures produced by Lindsley based on James Oliver Curwood novels.
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