Weather Bureau Predicts Moderate Spring Floods
The Weather Bureau forecasts moderate floods for the Columbia river system with the Snake at Lewiston rising about one and a half feet in 12 hours. Officials warn cooperation issues with lower river districts and note a low chance of 1948-level floods unless April and May turn unusually cold then hot.
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Weather Bureau
Portland
Ore
Columbia River System
Snake River
Lewiston
Idaho
Col
O. E. Walsh
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Columbia River
Elmer Fisher
Counterfeit Coins Used To Sweeten Slot Machines
Four Ogden Utah men and a Baker Oregon man were held by federal authorities for making counterfeit coins used to counterfeit slot machine slugs. They waived a hearing and were remanded to Gem county jail for Boise district court. They admitted passing the coins in Idaho and other cities after showing mold and tools used to mint them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett
Ogden
Utah
Baker
Ore
U. S
Vance Jones
Gem County
Boise Federal District Court
Carl Smith
Frank Smith
Elmer Smith
Smith Boys
Elmer McLand
Ronald Smith
Anderson
Embezzlement Charge Filed Against Pocatello Woman
Bannock county prosecutors say Maxine Gudmanson 22 of Pocatello faces embezzlement charges filed by Montgomery Ward store manager Stan Day and supported by a warrant for arrest. The complaint alleges she embezzled more than $600 between October 1 1948 and February 7 1949 while trusted with funds.
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Bannock County
Henry McQuade
Maxine Gudmanson
Montgomery Ward
Stan Day
Justice of the Peace
Charles W. Hyde
Stork Delivers Triplets En Route To Hospital
In Missouri near Marshall a doctor driving to the hospital aided by a grandmother delivered triplet boys for Chester and Mrs. Koch. The first baby arrived eleven miles from home, followed by the other two twelve minutes later. All three infants and the mother, 21, are reported fine.
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Sedalia
Chester Koch
Near Marshall
Earl C. Macey
Grandma Koch
Macey
Kochs
Chester Rudolph Koch, Jr
Linda Faye
Obituaries from Blackfoot area packed with long careers
Christine Berg Sundquist of Firth died at 83 at home. Ambrose Hahn, 84, retired miner, died in Blackfoot. Sylvia Dayley Fairchild, 71, Oakley resident, died at home. Alice Fern Sharp Cooper, 56, died Thursday. services held in Sancroft. Emma Smith Hughes, 70, Samaria, LDS service noted. Lillie M. Fallert, 75, Howe resident, died in Blackfoot hospital with multiple survivors listed. Funeral arrangements by Sandberg of Blackfoot and Lava Hot Springs burial noted.
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Christine Berg Sundquist
Charles C. Sundquist
Firth
Sundquist
Sweden
U. S
Nebraska
Dado
Eric
Carl Albert
Aaron
Blackfoot
Victor
Shelley
Ernest
Grangeville
Emil
Ida
San Francisco
Calif
Ellen
Great Falls
Mont
Assembly of God Church
Willard Lessy
Ambrose J. Hahn
E. M. Snyder
W. Center St
High Spire
Ambrose J
Leah Smith Hahn
Charles E. Snyder
Snyders
Sandberg Funeral
Ae D. J. Noack
LDS Third Ward
O Solete
Sylvia Dayley Fairchild Burley
Sylvia Ayley Fairchild
Oakley
Grantsville
Utah
James
Caroline
Dayley
LD Church
Hyrum H. Fairchild
Blanche Strother
Ray Garvin
Pocatello
J. N. Dayley
Burley
James Posey
George Jeffs
O. A. Gee
Basin
Oakley Lds Tabernacle
Wilford Sayers
McCulloch
Alice Fern Sharp Cooper
Sharp Cooper
Sancroft Lds Tabernacle
Asa F. Hatch
Kelly-Toponce Ward
Francis M. Whitworth
Maurice Perkins
Herbert Whitworth
Arthur W. Hall
Vernon Moser
Relief Society Chorus
Ann Whitworth
Grant L. Stowell
Ross D. Redford
Mike Hatch
Francis Potter
Rex Hebdon
Hever Gilbert
Muril
Cecil Gummersall
Kelly-Toponce Ward Relief Society
Granville Call
Lava Hot Springs
Arthur W. Hall Mortuary
Emma Smith Hughes
Samaria
Samaria Ward
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Hughes
Logan
Lewis Hughes
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Day Saints
Mutual Improvement Association
Relief Society
MIA
Stephen James
David Earl Hughes
Eunice Gordon
Samaria Cemetery
Lialad-Puneralome
Lillie M. Fallert
Howe
Little Lost River Country
Waynesburg
Ohio
Emlen
Louisa M. Theetone Grizwald
Casiah Saltsgaver
Ash Grove
Idaho
Little Lost River
William Fallert
San Diego
Victor Saltsaver
Massachusetts
Dixon Altegaver
California
Oates
Groy
Sandberg Funeral Home
Japanese Family Executes Son in Feudal Style Case
Six members of the Ebinuma family were arrested in Tokyo after allegedly executing their son and gambling trouble led to a secret family council. Police say the 28 year old was strangled at his father's home after being tied up while he bathed.
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Tokyo
Tsunezo Ebinuma
Ebinuma
Pocatellan Is Swindled by Four Men
Four men using fast talk swindled Paul Okamura of 5,000 dollars near Pocatello and fled town after claiming a banked security in a bus depot safety box. Okamura identified one man as Joe Montana Joe Nakama. Other would be conspirators were Tom Wong Juan and Reges. Candy filled boxes instead were found in the boxes when checked. Police and state alert issued.
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Pocatello
Guy Nelson
Paul Okamura
Okamura
Joe “Montana
Joe” Nakamura
Tom Wong
Phillipino
Juan
Reges
Union Accepts $2.50 Weekly Raise In Meat Cutters Vote
Members of the Amalga mated Meat Cutters and Butchers union approved a store owners offer of a $2.50 per week raise after a nationwide drive for higher pay. Union official John Isaac said 97 percent of meat stores in Poca tello agreed to prohibit meat chores on Sundays and holidays and to limit shifts to 9 am to 6 pm.
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Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Union
John Isaac
Isaac
Pocatello
Investigation Opens Into Military Post Exchange Profits
The House Armed Services Committee ordered a probe into the multi million dollar business of military post exchanges commissaries and ship stores. Chairman Carl Vinson said the inquiry seeks to determine the stores’ necessity versus abuse after reporting a 635 211 471 dollar business last year.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Vinson
Tribute to Roosevelt Marks UN Moment of Silence
United Nations members paused in a one minute silent tribute to Franklin Delano Roosevelt who died four years earlier. Dr Herbert V Evatt called for dedication in a debate on Cardinal Mindszenty, with Andrei Gromyko and the Russian delegation in respectful stand during the moment.
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Flushing
N. Y
United Nations
General Assembly
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Andrei Gromyko
United States
Masons Plan Observances at Pocatello Temple
The Pocatello Magonic temple hosts two Scottish Rite observances this week. Maundy Thursday at 8 p.m. features the service of extinguishing the lights. Easter Sunday April 17 begins with an 8 a.m. breakfast for Masons and ladies, followed by the service of relighting the lights at 9:30 a.m. All 18th degree Scottish Rite Masons are invited.
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Pocatello
Magonic Temple
Knights Rose Croix
Temple
Revival Meetings Planned at United Pentecostal Church
A series of revival meetings is scheduled this week at the United Pentecostal Church 945 N Main with Evangelist W A Crumpacker as speaker. Five topics are slated for discussion and there will be songs and music. Services begin at 7 45 each evening. Rev H B Fisher is pastor.
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United Pentecostal Church
N. Main
W. A. Crumpacker
H. B. Fisher
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