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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1949
Page
1
In Springfield Massachusetts a Westover field soldier and his wife seek a home for themselves and three children. The landlord asks about children and they reveal all are in the cemetery. They secure the apartment, then collect the children from the cemetery and move in.
Little Larry Lee Clark, 17 months old, becomes embroiled in a legal tangle after his mother Betsy Jane Clark left him in a car in Pocatello November 12, 1948. Relatives travel to reunite mother and child amid claims that probate Judge Willard Lund’s adoption order for the child’s presumed adoptive father is void. Authorities say the child’s whereabouts were unclear, but Boise sources indicate he may have been taken from the orphanage by Judge Lund. Three relatives Mildred Odell Dorothy Burnham and Bessie Clay seek to regain custody and press for the mother and child to be together again.
Walter Fagan of 1116 No Hayes Street was taken to General Hospital after his clothing caught in a lathe at the UP shops. He suffered serious bruises and was placed under care of Dr. H. H. Hughart. condition was not stable at press time.
Three Wyoming relatives of Larry Lee arrived in Pocatello to seek custody from Judge Willard Lund, who denied their request, noting the mother’s abandonment and the two month limit on claiming the child had expired while Howard Lee sought adoption papers.
Pocatello's Jaycees will name a new slate of officers after a 7:30 breakfast at Hotel Whitman. The 12 member board will select the officers, with six directors recently named to the governing body. Outgoing President Harold Read will not seek re election.
Sheriff Alma Marley and deputies say they break the law daily due to overcrowding in Bannock county jail. A federal inspector denounced the facility with no redeeming features and urged fixes to crowding sanitation food and segregation.
The Pocatello Chamber of Commerce reports that a Tuesday membership drive continued to add names late yesterday. Executive Secretary J L Craig Jr praised the effort, predicting 250 new members by week’s end after 127 business firms and 36 individuals joined. Idaho Chamber Secretary Earl Murphy congratulated the drive and urged a state chamber day observance.
Ex governor Charles Gossett told United Press he plans to be active in the next primary campaign but declined to say if he will run for the Democratic nomination. He accused Sen. Glen H. Taylor of risking party responsibilities and recalled Taylor’s recent moves with the Progressive ticket and his stance on the Democratic Party’s fate.
Nineteen of Hitler's henchmen were found guilty of war crimes in the final Nuremberg trial. Two defendants were acquitted. Convicted individuals include diplomats bankers and businessmen accused of planning wars of conquest and SS membership. Sentencing set for today. Dissenter Powers criticized the majority ruling in a 125 page opinion.
Caldwell Idaho secures a 1948 national safety council award for zero traffic deaths last year. Police reports show 313 accidents, 33 injuries, but no fatalities. The town touts its safety record as a standout in the state.
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph won a first court round as Idaho's motion to dismiss its injunction was denied in Boise. Judge Winstead kept the case on the record and asked for detailed memoranda by Friday. The dispute centers on a large rate increase denied by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission and a claim of due process violation. The judge noted possible temporary restraining order actions and impounded funds in two Boise banks.
A powerful Pacific Northwest earthquake killed at least six people and injured hundreds across western Oregon Washington and British Columbia. Seattle suffered the heaviest damage with numerous buildings and infrastructure hit while emergency crews set up shelters and treated dozens.
President Truman asked Congress to create a Columbia Valley administration modeled after the TVA to coordinate federal power irrigation reclamation and flood control in the Pacific Northwest. He argued for closer government to the people, with costs not yet estimated but planning and construction already advancing. Senators Magnuson and Kefauver endorsed the idea, while fight over committee jurisdiction blocked quick action.
Weather forecast notes little change in temperature with partly cloudy skies and reduced wind. Tomorrow should be warmer with highs near 60 and a low around 30 bringing general frost. a trace of precipitation was reported.
Warden T J Squier reported two houses adrift between McNeil Island and Steilacoom after an earthquake struck the Puget Sound area. A prison boat found no occupants aboard. Seismologist Dr E Vesanen called the temblor the most severe in Pacific Northwest history with intensity measured at eight on the scale.
Pocatello Junior Chamber of Commerce outlines a week of cleanup starting Sunday April 24. Harold Read says the jaycees aim for a thorough city wash including Center Street subway alleys yards and house painting with city trucks aiding collection and shrub trimming around the Gate City Welcome sign on Highway 191.
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