Nineteen Gem Towns to Represent in Music Festival
Representatives from at least nineteen southeastern Idaho towns gather at Idaho State College for a major district music festival. Some 17 bands, two orchestras, 27 choral groups, 55 small ensembles and 176 soloists compete as about 1500 students participate. A Saturday parade in downtown Pocatello caps the events, with trophies for top Class B and C bands.
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Idaho
Idaho State College
R. F. Goranson
College
Ss Felonve
Aberdeen
Irshal Davis
American Falls
Werner Erickson
Sylvia Hornbacker
Arimo
Vernon Watkins
Blackfoot
Robert Rupperle
John Barnett
Downey
Glenn Sanders
Firth
N. K. Whitney
Grace
Oleen Anderson
Georgetown
Gene Hilland
Malad
A. Senne
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
ISC
State WCTU Head Betsel Day to Visit Pocatello
State president of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union Mrs Bethel B Day of Gooding will visit Pocatello today to attend the Sixth District convention session. Representatives from Idaho Falls Firth Blackfoot Aberdeen American Falls and Pocatello are expected. Meetings run 0 am to 4 pm at 115 South Garfield with noon luncheon and special music by Mrs Rex Eaton.
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Women's Christian Temperance Union
Bethel B. Day of
Two Utah Boys Injured In Separate Accidents
John Price, 16, suffered broken ribs a fractured wrist head cuts and possible frost bite after a landslide struck during a moonlight hike in Little Cottonwood canyon. He was aided by companions who used their clothes to wrap him and reduce exposure. Vernon Fenlon, 3, bruised from a fall through a second story window after being urged to the ledge by an older playmate. a nearby tree broke the fall.
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Salt Lake City
John Price
Little Cottonwood Canyon
Price
Vernon Fenlon
Vernon
Auction Aids Bannock County Fund
County commissioners report more than 5,000 dollars raised at a public auction of road equipment and other surplus items. Nearly 60 bidders attended at the courthouse on Saturday with entrants from Burley. top bid 2,000 dollars for a worn road patrol grader sold to a Burley bidder. The second-highest bid, 660 dollars, was for a 1946 Mercury sedan replaced by a new Sheriff’s department vehicle. A damaged 1942 Hudson brought 90 dollars.
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Bannock
Court House
Burley
Adams Road Patrol
Sheriff's Department
Hudson
Sanborn opposes Columbia Valley Authority plan in Idaho
Rep. Sanborn, Idaho's lone Republican, said the proposed Columbia Valley Administration would deprive the area of power potential and create a super government from Washington. He spoke after meetings with Gov. Robins and local political allies in Boise.
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Boise
Idaho
Jéske
Rep
Sanborn
Congress
Columbia Valley Administration
Washington
City Adds Slot Money To Budget In Pocatello
City clerk Bert Reese said Pocatello collected 126 791.76 from slot machine stamps to add to the budget for the coming year. The total stamps sold were 179 966.16 with 26 587.20 allocated to the state and county for their share of slot licenses.
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Bert Reese
Pocatello
Economic uncertainty grips Truman advisers in April report
The Council of Economic Advisers cautioned President Truman that the economy could move in any direction amid ambivalence in the price picture. Automobiles ramp up post retooling, rail freight climbs, FHA home loan applications set records, and wholesale prices ease from March peaks as bank lending declines.
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Washington
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
Leon Keyserling
Council
Federal Housing Administration
Federal Reserve
Pocatello Labor Council Hints at Strong 1950 Election Move
A V Johnson of Pocatello predicts an effective labor blow in the 1950 Idaho elections. At Lewiston the state joint labor legislative council drafted by laws and endorsed a Columbia Valley Authority. Johnson noted broad inclusion of AF of L CIO Railway Brotherhoods and crafts in the council. Representatives from Pocatello included Bonnie McCullough and Tom Norris, with George Warren elected to the council.
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Idaho
Poccatello
S A. V. Johnson
State Railway Labor Legislative Group
Johnson
Pocatello
Lewiston
State Joint Labor Legislative Council
AF of L
CIO
Labor Council
North Idaho
Columbia Valley Authority
CVA
Johnso
Bonnie McCullough
Pocatello Central Labor Union
Tom Norris
Railway Clerks
George Warren
Montpelier
Warren
State Labor Railway Legislative Association
Librarian Edna Gillespie Dies At 65 In Blackfoot
Blackfoot head librarian Edna Gillespie died Sunday after weeks of illness. A 35 year library veteran, she taught Latin at the high school previously and aided businesspeople and clubs in civic projects. Born in Haysvill New York, she moved to Idaho as a child. Funeral plans await arrival of her brother Ernest Gillespie of California. Sandberg Funeral Home directing.
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Blackfoot
Edna Gillespie
Haysvill
N. Y
Idaho
Ernest Gillespie
California
Sandberg Funeral Home
Thieves Enter Store In Alameda
Alameda police chief G W Chatterton reports $182 stolen from a Port neuf Co Op store safe after thieves pried open a back window. The burglary scattered contents of the safe and other parts of the building.
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Alameda
G W. Chatterton
Portneuf Co-Op
Chatterton
Death Takes Former Pocatellan Burley Resident William Thompson
William Thompson 74 a former railroad worker at Pocatello died Sunday at his daughter’s home in Oakley after a short illness He was born January 15 1875 in Bingham Canyon Utah and lived in Pocatello most of his life He retired from the Union Pacific four years ago and moved to Oakley Survivors include two daughters Parley G Clark and E K Bateman one son R H Thompson six grandchildren and four sisters Funeral will be Tuesday at 1 a.m. at the Burley Elk’s lodge with burial at Henderson funeral home Pocatello in charge grave services at 2:30 p.m. Pallbearers named managers and friends will meet at the funeral home at 2 p.m.
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Brotherhood of
Parley G. Clark
Oakley
E. K. Bateman
Burley
R. H. Thompson
Boise
Mary
Johnson
Blackfeet
J. A. Martin
Blackfoot
Maybel Priest
Gertrude Strausbaugh
Denvere
DeVere
A.anan Thompson Ackfoo
Burley Elk’s
Henderson
Pocatello
E. B. Gan
E. B. Gan LM ‘ Tt. Burton, M. R. Hatfield, B. R. Sutton, S. H. Cheney
Drunken Driving Law Ruled Valid in Idaho Case
Fifth District Judge Isaac McDougall ruled Pocatello city drunken driving ordinances valid and will try Forrest Poynter on charges of operating a vehicle under the influence. Poynter involved in a December accident and was arrested on intoxication charges.
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Fifth District
Isaac McDougall
Pocatello
McDougall
Forrest Poynter
Poynter
City Maps Street Plan Adopted for Pocatello Streets
The Pocatello street department announced a new daily sweeping and trash collection plan for Main and Arthur streets within two blocks of Center Street and from Garfield Avenue to Fifth Avenue on Center Street. The schedule followed a meeting of Chamber of Commerce members and retail merchants bureau with city staff.
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Main
Arthur Streets
Center St
Garfield Ave
Fifth Ave
Center Street
Chamber of Commerce
Retail Merchants Bureau
City Street Department
Supreme Court narrows quickie out of state divorces
The five to four ruling says a one sided fast divorce can be illegal if the other spouse is not served or represented in the divorce proceed. Justice Jackson dissented, warning the decision adds confusion to divorce law and may spark wider battles over property rights.
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Court
LaGrange Daily News Lost and Found Quip About Ads
The LaGrange Daily News humorously notes on its classified page that its lost and found ads have "found everything but the Lost Chord and the Missing Link." The remark appears in LaGrange, Georgia, reported by United Press.
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LA Grange, Ga
LaGrange
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