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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1948
Page
3
President Truman ends a planned home vacation early to return to Washington. White House spokesman says Berlin dispute not driving the decision. he plans to vote in the Missouri primary and resume duties after casting his ballot.
Hamburg Germany The first German women captured by the Russians during World War II were released from Siberia to Germany Sunday. About 370 middle aged women, sent to coal mines in 1945, report starvation wages and brutal conditions. They arrived in the British zone in torn clothing with burlap wrapped legs and feet, and many suffer malnutrition and exhaustion. The women contend each labored to produce four and a half tons of coal daily, with over half dying from hunger and exhaustion while in the mines.
Milwaukee Mrs. Marjorie Schmoldt files for divorce alleging husband forced her to eat his leftovers for a month as her meals. The case cites persistent improper feeding and asks for dissolution of marriage.
Governor Thomas E. Dewey’s aide James C. Hagerty dismissed as rubbish the Democratic charge that Dewey described teacher salary protests as propaganda. Maw of Utah and others cited a Cleveland teachers’ lobby clash. Hagerty and Dewey denied the remarks.
Vivien Kellems, Westport industrialist, says she has not withheld employee taxes for the second quarter. In letters to President Truman and Treasury Secretary Snyder she vows to continue breaking the law to test its constitutionality. She notes taxes were paid but asserts no collection by her.
The Idaho Cattlemen's Association will sponsor its first Idaho Beef tour August 20 starting with a breakfast in Idaho Falls. The trip visits Rexburg Ashton Island Park Salmon Challis Stanley Ketchum Sun Valley Copper Basin and ends with a dispersal. The tour aims to show business men and cattlemen Idaho beef industry operations and research at Dubois and other sites with sponsors including the Forest Service Extension Service and Union Pacific.
Bill Child state public assistance director told the Idaho Progressive Society of the Blind that Idaho's medical care program has improved or restored sight for 124 blind persons in the last two years. He spoke at the society banquet amid its three day convention ending with Sunday’s picnic near Boise.
The Boise report shows Idaho income tax payments rising from 1932 to 1947. In 1932 only 8,854 individuals paid, averaging $4.27 per return. By 1947, 142,847 taxpayers paid an average of $36.99, totaling $5,283,713.77, per tax commissioner E. F. Haworth.
A letter from E F George Jr of das Americas Lida Sao Paulo Brazil to the Idaho State Chamber of Commerce requests quotations and specs for exporting Idaho potatoes. The Brazilian contact notes a preferred size around 2 1/2 by 4 1/2 inches and indicates no need for extremely large potatoes. The Idaho Advertising Commission was informed by the state chamber.
Idaho chambers of commerce across towns respond to a proposal to analyze local school problems. Earl W. Murphy notes good participation with some chambers asking for more information. Each local chamber will assess needs and whether federal aid to schools is necessary or desired.
Three more victims died in Birmingham hospital bringing the death toll from the Edgewater mine explosion to eleven. Federal and state investigators and Tennessee Coal and Iron company men entered the pit to determine the cause of the blast, blamed on a gas pocket.
Earle T. Edwards a shoe worker has created an electric eye device that automatically dims the headlights of an approaching car. The system attaches to the headlight and operates on the same principle as doors that use an electric eye for sensing.
A stretch of road in Unionville Missouri blew up after a sunlit spell ended with a sudden shower. No injuries reported as investigators reviewed the pavement collapse and road closure.
Dr. Jaroslav Stransky minister of education in the pre Communist government arrived in Germany after escaping a Prague refugee camp. He is the fifth pre Communist cabinet member to flee Czechoslovakia with two others arrested attempting to leave by plane. Stransky led the Czech National Socialist party and was deputy prime minister in the first postwar cabinet. his son Jan, an MP, escaped to England in April.
Mrs Catherine Russo and her married daughter spent about two weeks painting their three story Matapan home during their spare hours.
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