Nineteen Gem Towns To Be Represented In Music Festival
South eastern Idaho music departments will send at least 19 towns to a district music festival on the Idaho State College campus. About 17 bands two orchestras 27 choral groups 55 small ensembles and 176 soloists will participate with a parade ending the event in downtown Pocatello.
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Idaho
Idaho State College
R. F. Goranson
Aberdeen
Irshal Davis
American Falls
Werner Erickson
Sylvia Hernbacker
Arimo
Vernon Watkins
Blackfoot
Robert Rupperle
John Barnett
Downey
Glenn Sanders
Firth
N. K. Whitney
Grace
Oleen Anderson
Georgetown
Gene Hilland
M@lad
A. Sonne
Helen Ossman
McCammon
Wayne Bell
Snake River High
Moreland
Garth Belknap
Montpelier
Wesley Baker
Pocatello
Rampton Barlow
Mendel Lucatsky
Preston
Lyle Shipley
Lynn Bright
Paris
American Legion
Ronald Gregory
University of Utah
Kenneth Hartzler
Boise
Richard Condie
Delores K. McDonald
State Head of WCTU Visits Today
State president of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union Mrs Bethel B Day of Gooding will visit Pocatello today for the Sixth district convention session. Officials from Idaho Falls Firth Blackfoot Aberdeen American Falls and Pocatello expected. Meetings run 10 am to 4 pm at 115 South Garfield with a noon luncheon and special music by Mrs Rex Eaton.
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Women's Christian Temperance Union
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Two Utah Boys Hurt in Separate Incidents
In Salt Lake City two youths were injured on Monday. John Price, 16, suffered broken ribs a fractured wrist head wounds and possible frost-bitten lungs after a landslide during a moonlit hike in Little Cottonwood canyon. A 3-year-old, Vernon Fenlon, bruised after falling from a second story window. a sibling and friend aided his recovery by using clothing to pad his fall.
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Salt Lake City
John Price
Little Cottonwood Canyon
Price
Vernon Fenlon
Vernon
Auction Aids Bannock County Fund Drive
Bannock County held a public auction at the courthouse Saturday morning to raise funds. About 60 bidders attended including rivals from Burley. The top bid was $2,000 for a worn Adams road patrol grader, and a 1946 Mercury sedan sold for $660. A wrecked 1942 Hudson brought $90.
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Court House
Burley
Adams Road Patrol
Sheriff's Department
Hudson
Sanborn Opposes Columbia Valley Authority Plan
Rep. Sanborn of Idaho criticized the proposed Columbia Valley Administration during a Boise visit, arguing it would strip the area of its power potential and impose a Washington backed super government. He met with Gov. Robins and colleagues to discuss the issue.
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Congress
Columbia Valley Administration
Washington
City Adds Slot Money To Budget
Pocatello city clerk Bert Reese announced the city received 126792 dollars from slot machine stamps to boost next year’s budget. A total of 215 stamps were sold with 197 renewals, and both state and county each collected 26587.20 dollars from slot licenses, while total sales reached 179966.16 dollars.
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Bert Reese
Pocatello
Economic advisers cautious on outlook amid mixed signals
President Truman faces an uncertain economy as the Council of Economic Advisers reports ambiguous price trends and a range of encouraging and discouraging signs. Auto production rebounds, rail freight carloads rise 11 percent year over year, FHA housing loans hit record March demand, and wholesale prices fall from March to mid-April while bank lending remains weak.
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Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
Leon Keyserling
Council
Federal Housing Administration
Federal Reserve
Labor council predicts strong blow in Idaho 1950 elections
A. V. Johnson of Pocatello, head of the state railway labor legislative group, said Idaho labor plans a vigorous effort in next year’s elections. He spoke after a Lewiston meeting drafting the state joint labor legislative council bylaws and endorsed a Columbia Valley Authority. Johnson cited a broad educational program and similar movements across states.
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Pocatello
A. V. Johnson
State Railway Labor Legislative Group
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Lewiston
State Joint Labor Legislative Council
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CIO
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Columbia Valley Authority
CVA
Bonnie McClough
Pocatello Central Union
Tom Norris
George Arren
Warren
Aes Montpelier Railway Craft
State Labor Railway Legislative Association
Librarian Edna Gillespie Dies At 65 In Blackfoot
Blackfoot head librarian Edna Gillespie died Sunday after several weeks of illness. A 35 year library veteran, she previously taught Latin at the high school and was active in school matters and local civic projects. Born in Haysvill North Carolina she moved to Idaho with her parents as a child. Funeral services will be arranged when her brother Ernest Gillespie arrives from California under Sandberg Funeral Home supervision.
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Blackfoot
Edna Gillespie
Haysvill
N. C
Idaho
Ernest Gillespie
California
Sandberg Funeral Home
Thieves Enter Store In Alameda
Alameda police Chief G. W. Chatterton reports a break in at the Port Neuf Co-Op store in Alameda. Thieves pried a back window to enter and forced open the safe, taking 182 dollars and scattering other contents around the building.
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Alameda
G. W. Chatterton
Portneuf Co-Op
Chatterton
Death takes former Pocatello resident William Thompson
William Thompson aged 74 former railway trainman in Pocatello died after a short illness at his daughter’s Oakley home. Born January 15 1875 in Bingham Canyon Utah he lived much of his life in Pocatello and retired from the UP railroad four years ago moving to Oakley His wife died in January 1941 He leaves two daughters a son six grandchildren and four sisters Funeral services set for Tuesday at the Dynes Elk’s lodge temple in Pocatello with graveside rites at 2 90 p m conducted by the Order of Railway Trainmen Pallbearers and friends to meet at the funeral home at 1 p m
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Brotherhood of
Parley G. Clark
Oakley
E. K. Bateman
Burley
R. H. Thompson
Boise
Mary A. Johnson
Blackfoot
J. A. Martin
Maybel Priest
Gertrude Strausbapos
Pean
Gordon Thompson
Drunken Driving Law Ruled Valid by Fifth District Judge
Fifth District Judge Isaac McDougall ruled that Pocatello ordinances on drunken driving are valid after a heated argument between lawyers. Forrest Poynter faces charges of operating an automobile under the influence following a December accident and arrest.
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Isaac McDougall
Pocatello
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McDougall
Forrest Poynter
Poynter
Pocatello Street Department Adopts New Cleaning Schedule
The city street department announced a revised street cleaning plan for the busiest routes in Pocatello. The schedule adds daily sweeping and flushing on Rain and Arthur streets, centers near Center Street, and Garfield Avenue to Fifth Avenue. Business district trash collection also commences daily.
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Anay
Flushing
Arthur Streets
Center St
Garfield Ave
Fifth Ave
Center Street
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Retail Merchants Bureau
City Street Department
Supreme Court Limits One Sided Quickie Divorces
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that fast out of state divorces can be declared illegal if the divorced partner was not properly served or informed. Justice Jackson dissented, calling the decision addled and confusing. The court acknowledged varied past rulings and left cases to stand on their merits, risking widespread uncertainty in property rights.
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Supreme Court
High Court
LaGrange News quips lost ads found every item
The LaGrange Daily News joked on its classified page that its lost and found ads have "found everything but the Lost Chord and the Missing Link." The quip appeared in the April 19, 1949 issue of the Pocatello Post.
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