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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1948
Page
3
Opal Schultz guardian of Junior Schultz sues Edward Steed and William Holcomb in Fifth district court over a June 13 collision in the 900 block of North Main street. The boy suffered a fractured skull and clavicle with other injuries. damages requested total $20,000, split as $15,000 against Steed and $5,000 against Holcomb plus costs.
Gate City police arrested G Edward Graham of Sugar City on a charge of failing to yield after a collision with a Terraplane driven by Arda Depp at First street and East Lewis. Benjamin W Fox faced a charge of leaving the scene after a separate minor crash on North Pocatello avenue involving John W Buckendorf’s parked car.
The United States Post Office Department announces a new stamp issue for U S and Canada. Local post office delays mean stamps not yet received as of July 19. The issue highlights Francis Scott Key, New York City Air Mail Golden Anniversary, Will Rogers, and Firemen anniversaries among others. The Post and local offices advise watching the Post calendar for dates and details.
CBS reporter George Polk was found dead in Salonika Bay. Investigators face critique that authorities focus too much on a Communist-plot theory.
London reports 22 year old Marquess of Blandford is a leading suitor for Princess Margaret Rose as she approaches 18. King George VI reportedly seeks delay until after the Australian tour, with potential candidates including Lord Ogilvie and Lord Porchester amid royal family attention.
A 2000 acre brush and grass fire on the Boise River's south side near Arrow Rock Dam continued burning. Boise National Forest dispatcher Glen Smith said 90 more men were sent, bringing forces to 200. Conditions remained unfavorable with gusty winds. Red supplies and firefighting gear were dropped to crews last night.
The article notes that longitude lines are meridians and latitude lines are parallels, both imaginary by definition used to map the Earth.
John J Field of 336 E Bonnevillle St built a full size crib for his daughter Patricia Ann 10 and patented a combination crib playpen with a solid floor and a daytime mattress niche. Field Mfg Co manufactures the Dual Baby Crib and now fulfills contracts to produce 300 cribs monthly for a national mail order company.
Losses reported to Pocatello police by George L Huff detail thefts from two cars in Lava Hot Springs and nearby areas. Clothing items worth about 150 dollars vanished along with a radio likely taken by the same thief.
Senator Glen H. Taylor, Progressive party VP candidate, introduced a resolution urging termination of all government contracts with Boeing Aircraft Co. He said Boeing refused to fund labor conciliators during a strike at its Seattle plant and contracts should end until a settlement is reached.
Stirling Clark pled guilty to resisting arrest with a $100 fine and 30 days in jail. Effie Phillips admitted failing to stop at a traffic sign. Calvin Parr forfeited $10 bond for speeding. Verl Neider pled guilty for failing to stop at a traffic signal with a $5 fine. W C LaBlue guilty of operating a truck without a license. fine $5 suspended if license obtained. Daniel Benson guilty for running a traffic light. $5 fine. Ralph Jones guilty for running a red light. $10 fine with $5 suspended. Phillip Dreher speeding. bond forfeited $25. G B Thomas found guilty for failing to stop at a traffic sign. $10 fine suspended.
Guilty pleas and fines recorded for speeding and running red lights with bond forfeitures listed. Marriage licenses show several couples from Malad Pocatello LaGrange and American Falls. Birth announcement notes a boy born at St Anthony's to Clinton Hill and wife and Richard Johnson family at Fort.
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert accused the CIO of a communist pattern in the 90 day strike at Univision Co and ordered National Guardsmen to protect workers returning to the plant. Southwestern Ohio's 147th Infantry moved in to reopen the plant at 8 am after a Sunday conference.
The 1850 milestone connected Dover England and Calais France marking the first international telegraph cable and enabling instant cross channel communication between the two nations.
Leonard P. Maillet runs an Idaho aviation mechanics program at ISC Vocational with up to 15 students. The curriculum covers aircraft repair using specialized gear including a Magnaflux crack detector and a unique carburetor flow bench. Students work on wings and fuselage, aiming for CAA approval after three semesters of study.
Bannock county 4 H club members will take part in a livestock judging tour August 7 led by county agent Quentin Murdock. The group meets at the courthouse at 9 30 a m and travels to two or three farms near Pocatello to judge beeves sheep and swine with Wade Wells, extension swine specialist from Boise, accompanying the boys from clubs in Bannock county.
Kiwanis members invite service clubs in Pocatello to a lunch meeting at the Hotel Bannock next Tuesday to view the General Motors sponsored film Previews of Progress. Club president O. G. Roche announced the program and guest photographers led a prior showing of The River of Wrath aboard a Colorado river trip with narrator Karl A. Pannier.
C E Brown sues Thomas A Dibble alleging driveway access to a garage is blocked on premises owned by Dibble. Brown claims obstruction occurred June 12 and seeks removal of barriers plus $500 and costs in the court.
In Dallas on Monday, 321 women spread through the city with telephones to urge residents to boycott red meat for one week starting next Monday. The plan, led by 71 year old Mrs. R. D. Vaughn president of the Dallas women s chamber of commerce, aims to pressure butchers who warn of impacts on their families.
A union leader involved in the Unions Lens Co. strike was jailed Tuesday after National Guardsmen used armored equipment and tear gas to disperse a crowd that forced through guard lines to reach the plant gate.
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