Famed Alcatraz Prison May Be Abandoned
Federal Prison Director James W. Bennett testifying to Congress says abandoning Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay is being considered due to high costs. He notes $8 per prisoner daily versus $3 elsewhere, with 228 inmates, and cites security psychology and feasibility of moving prisoners if new sites opened.
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Washington
James W. Bennett
Alcatraz
San Francisco Bay
Bennett
House Appropriations Committee
State, Justice and Ecommerce
Navy
Knife Fork Club Elects Four Directors at Bannock Meeting
World traveler and United Nations delegate Miss Ismet Sanli urged the United States to imitate Turkey in opposing Communism. She noted Turkey’s early recognition of Soviet Russia yet firm stance against it. Four new directors were elected from eight candidates: M. K. Deaton, M. P. Goodfellow, Isaac McDougall, and Dale M. Strong. The meeting adjourned until fall.
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Ismet Sanli
United Nations Council
Knife and Fork Club
Bannock Hotel
Miss Sanli
Turhas
Homes Issue Drive Urged by McGrath Bipartisan Call
Senator J Howard McGrath chairman of the Democratic national committee urged Republicans to join Democrats in a bipartisan drive to eliminate the housing shortage. He cited obstructionism to a sound housing program as a political weapon and argued for a decent affordable housing plan to render rent controls unnecessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. Howard McGrath
Democratic National Committee
Rhode Island
Democratic Party
Senate
McGrath
McIntosh to Speak at Idaho State College Commencement
Dr Carl McIntosh president of Idaho State College Pocatello will address commencement at 11 a m Monday May 30 in Albion at Southern Idaho College of Education. Baccalaureate on May 29 at 8 p m features Rev Brooks H Moore of Salem first Methodist Church Salem Ore sermon. Eighty students will receive diplomas an increase of eighteen from last year.
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Carl McIntosh
Idaho State College
Pocatello
Southern Idaho College of Education
Albion
Brooks H. Moore
First Methodist Church
Salem
Jrc
State invites bids for Burley highway shed
The Idaho state department of public works invited bids for a highway bureau maintenance shed at Burley with a deadline of 2 p m April 29. The report also notes the naval pit reserve has 2183 planes of all types.
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Burley
Boise
State Department of Public Works
Highway Bureau
Naval Pit Reserve
Jaycees Schedule Busy April in Pocatello
The Pocatello Junior Chamber of Commerce lists five major April events including a Bosses Night banquet April 7, civic drama April 10, Gale Page concert April 25, baseball banquet April 25, and opening night baseball ceremonies April 26. Mayor George R. Phillips will attend to receive a good government award. Lew Harrison and John Read co chair the event at the Hotel Whitman.
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Pocatello Junior Chamber of Commerce
Civic Drama Guild
Gale Page
Jaycees
Whitman
Iscata
George R. Phillips
Lew Harrison
John Read
Naval Plant Exams Set for Pocatello Area Positions
Open competitive examinations announced for brake man carpenter electroplater chauffeur and coppersmith at the Pocatello naval ordnance plant and related agencies. Applications due by April 19 to the board of U S civil service examiners. Forms available from the board or at first and second class post offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello Naval Ordnance Plant
Board of
USS
Civil Service Examiners
Clara Z. Cox
U. S. Civil Service Examiners
U. S. Naval Ordnance Plant
Pocatello
Station Purchased Lewistown Radio KXLO
Bill Kelly and Victor J. Morgan announced the purchase of radio station KXLO Lewistown from Russell and George Bennett. The sale is subject to FCC approval. Kelly will assume active management immediately while Morgan remains in Kalispell as publisher of the daily Inter Lake.
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Lewiston
Bill Kelly
Victor J. Morgan
Kalispell
KXLO
Lewistown
Russell
George Bennett
Kelly
Morgan
Inter Lake
Isadora Johnson claims early grandmother status in Idaho
Lewiston reports Mrs. Isadora Johnson aged 62 says she became grandmother to her brother’s son in 1905, when she was 18. She notes she married in 1902 at 15 and her brother Lyman Rickman wed his sister in law’s daughter, producing a son.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Isadora Johnson
Johnson
License Tag Thefts Noted
Boise auto dealers and garagemen report widespread theft of license tags. The Idaho Automobile Dealers Association and the state attorney general warn that 1949 tags should be riveted or welded to 1948 plates to prevent theft. Maxwell urges owners to secure new tags despite penalties.
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Boise
L. C. Maxwell
Idaho Automobile Dealers Association
State Attorney General’s Office
Maxwell
Ogden Ends Rent Control in Junction City
Utah Governor J Bracken Lee approves Ogden city commissioners request to lift rent controls in the Junction City area. He urges public notice that privileges should not be abused as controls end in Ogden the second largest city in the state with war industries.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
J. Bracken Lee
Harmon W. Peery
Ogden
Junction City
Idaho Home Economics District Convention Set For Saturday
The Idaho Home Economics association holds its Southeast district meeting at Idaho State College on Saturday April 9 with lectures by Verna Hitchcock Bland Sutton Harriet Brigham and Merrill Gee on Women in Democracy New Trends in Home Lighting and Nutrition and Dental Hygiene Luncheon at Gravely Hall ceremony for ISC seniors joins a smorgasbord dinner at Hotel Bannock and a play ticket block for delegates Gen chair Esther Stalker leads ISC committee with Norman Krasna comedy John Loves Mary as fundraising event. Officers include President Hazel Freeman Moscow VP Letha Christensen Moscow Secretary Mrs Alice Dunn Moscow State Councilor Martha Sonsville and district councilor Miss Stalker.
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Idaho Home Economics Association
Idaho State College
Verna Hitchcock
Wyoming
Bland W. Sutton
Pocatello
Harriet Brigham
Merrill Gee
Hitchcock
American Home Economics Association
Gee
Germany
Frazier Hall
Norman Krasna
John
Mary
Esther Stalker
ISC
Norma Barnes
Isaac McDougall
Elfreda_ Edwards
Marion Johnson
Dorothy Merce
Ruth Dana
The
Hazel Freeman
Moscow
Letha Christensen
Alice Dunn
Martha Sonsville
Southeastern
Miss Stalker
Lillian Johannesen
Blackfoot
Army Day Plans Ready for Gate City Event
Plans for Army Day on Saturday April 9 in Gate City were approved by the Pocatello military manpower committee. An exhibit near Bannock hotel will display captured and U S army weapons Arctic clothing and a recruiting booth open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. The event is sponsored by the national guard organized reserve corps and army and air force recruiting services. Two combat films Fight for the Sky and Air War in the Pacific were shown at the meeting. Attendees included Perry Nelson Mrs Beverly Smith James Schoonover Rudolph Wheeler and Capt J D Hunsaker.
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Gate City
Pocatello Military Manpower Committee
Bannock Hotel
J. D. Hunsaker
Army Recruiting Station
U. S. Army
National Guard
Organized Reserve Corps
Army and
Air Force
Pacific
Perry Nelson
Beverly Smith
James Schoonover
Rudolph Willecke
Capt
Hunsaker
Tax collections up nine months despite lower per payee average
Boise tax deputy P. G. Neill reported nine month income tax take totals 6 553 811 a gain of 921 402 from the prior year. Individual taxes yield 3 478 720 while corporate taxes are 2 892 and fiduciaries 4 278 with delinquent collections 368 682. He notes more returns but uneven remittances and extensions delay final tallies.
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Boise
P. G. Neill
C. A. Robins
Neill
E. F. Haworth
Northwest Electric Light and Power conference in Boise
About 150 representatives of electric utilities from nine western states and British Columbia gather in Boise for the Northwest Electric Light and Power association annual conference. Idaho, Washington, Montana, northern California, Utah, western Wyoming, and British Columbia are represented. Topics include equipment, power utilization, transmission and distribution, purchasing trends, house heating research and electrical codes. Attendees tour Idaho Power installations at Boise and Hager man valley.
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Boise
British Columbia
Northwest Electric Light and Power Association
Idaho
Washington
Montana
California
Utah
Wyoming
Idaho Power Company
Hagerman Valley
American Independent Oil Company Formed in Mexico Aid
Ralph K. Davies announced the formation of the American Independent Oil Company De Mexico S A, an American controlled firm to aid development of Mexico's petroleum resources, at San Francisco.
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San Francisco
American Independent Oil Company de Mexico, S.A
Mexico
Ralph K. Davies
Farm Aid Funds Sought By House Committee
The House Appropriations Committee urged Congress to provide 701 million for agriculture next year including a large increase for school lunches. The bill omits 139 million in continuing allotments and 12 million for admin costs in the farm price support system. the panel cites budget savings of about 25.8 million, while critics say the figure is larger than stated.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Agriculture Department
Department
Truman
John Taber
N.Y
Farmers Home Administration
Treasury
Anti-Trust Ruling Targets Unions in Picketing Case
The U S Supreme Court unanimously ruled unions may be prosecuted under state anti trust laws. The decision concerns a picketing injunction against union ice peddlers operating solely inside Kansas City Missouri. The text notes the first naval air rescue unit was formed in 1923.
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Washington
U. S. Supreme Court
Kansas City
Naval Air Rescue Unit
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Judy Queen
Billings
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Jody Miller
Home Economics
Pocatello High School
Alberta Hill
Vassily I. Chuikov
Stalingrad
Vassily Sokolovsky
Sokolovsky
Farm Aid Fund
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LEVIS
Lee
Adam
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Ashton
St. Anthony
Steelheads
Harry Morgan
Montague
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Phillipson
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