Police hunt for Twin Falls attempted rapist
Authorities issued an all out search for R. R. Lee a 35 year old male accused of attempting to rape a 14 year old girl. Lee allegedly used a baby sitting racket to lure victims and has used aliases James J Mathew George Brown and R B Lee. He is described as 5 ft 9 in 175 pounds with a heavy beard and a tan complexion. Lee is said to have studied employment agencies and hotels in Rupert Pocatello Spokane and Hollister. Police warn parents and agencies to watch for a man seeking baby sitters and to use caution with solicitations.
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Idaho
R. R. Lee
Twin Falls
Lee
Pocatello
Rupert
James Mathew
James J. Mathew
George Brown
Hollister
Mathew
Caledonia
R. B
Spokane
Guy Nelson
Army Officers Involved In Shocking Cases
Washington reports reveal fraud collusion and bribes in wartime government contracts. Lindsay C. Warren cites cases where officers divulged bids to firms, leading to inflated costs and contract termination payments. The findings feed into the Five Percenters inquiry as Justice Department actions await.
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Washington
Congress
Lindsay C. Warren
U. S. Comptroller
Warren
The
Treasury
Justice Department
Department
General Accounting Office
Congressional
Clyde R. Hoey
N.C
Special
Senate Investigating Committee
Push Portneuf Hill Cutoff Plan
Portneuf hill area property owners and Bannock county commissioners discussed plans to purchase right of way for a highway alignment to bypass the treacherous Portneuf hill curve five miles south. Negotiating property owners include T. H. Gathe George Katsilometes George Allen Gordon Stedfeldt G. H. Guyer and Roy Exeter. Commission Chairman Jensen noted the curve’s deadly winter record and District Highway Engineer Kelly said the state will award the contract after right of way is acquired.
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Portneuf Hill
Bannock County
Here
T. H. Gathe
George Katsilometes
George Allen
Gordon Stedfeldt
G. H. Guyer
Roy Exeter
Commission
W. H
Pete) Jensen
C. A. Kelly
Unions Back War Chest Plan For 1950 Elections
Idaho unions pledge a war chest style fundraising drive to defeat labor foes in the 1950 elections. Bonnie McCullough, Idaho State Federation of Labor VP, led delegates at the three day convention in Idaho Falls. The plan urges voluntary contributions from union members though Taft Hartley restricts political fundraising by unions.
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Pocatello
War Chest
Bonnie McCullough
Third District
Idaho State Federation of Labor
Fete
McCullough
Cecatello
Federa
Idaho Falls
National Federation
Cat mayor confusion sparks health concern in Pocatello
City officials recount many calls checking on Mayor after a misprint in The Post linked his name to casualties from a Wednesday barroom brawl. Mayor Halsey quipped that he could easily have been the one hurt.
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Pocatellans
B. D. Reese
Post
Halsey
Delay Gym Start at ISC in Fall Renovation Plan
A 50000 renovation and remodeling program at ISC will finish for the fall term with start Sept 17. College engineer J A Scoville said new gym and liberal arts buildings won’t begin until next spring and prices may be lower then though steel costs could rise. Bursar W J Bartz noted further details on page 2.
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ISC
J. A. Scoville
College of Liberal Arts
Bursar
W. J. Bartz
Vote Kills U S Aid To Spain in Foreign Aid Bill
The Senate voted 55 to 36 to remove 50 million dollars for Spain from the foreign aid program. Vice President Barkley ruled the item as new legislation not suited to the appropriations bill, paving the way for final action on funds tied to the Marshall Plan. The administration earlier blocked an amendment to divert European recovery funds to farm crops.
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Washington
Senate
Spain
Paul G. Hoffman
Alben W. Barkley
Taylor Promises Support to End Wartime Excise Taxes
Sen. Glen H. Taylor pledged support for legislation to end wartime excise taxes, calling them an unfair burden on business and consumers. Mrs. Bonnie McCullough of the Pocatello Culinary Alliance said Taylor telegraphed his views after seeking aid to lift the 20 percent luxury tax on nightclubs where dancing is allowed. Culinary workers oppose the tax because the extra cost leads club operators to cut staff.
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Glen H. Taylor
Bonnie McCullough
Pocatello Culinary Alliance
Taylor
Tokyo Rose treason trial recesses amid illness
The Tokyo Rose treason trial was recessed indefinitely on Thursday as defendant Mrs. Iva Toguri D Aquino was stricken ill with intestinal influenza.
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San Francisco
Iva Toguri D’aquino
Gabrielson elected chair of Republican National Committee
Guy G. Gabrielson a New Jersey lawyer won the RNC chairmanship after a bitter intra party fight. The roll call was 52 for Gabrielson, 47 for Axel J. Beck, and 1 for A. T. Bert Howard, with Beck backed by westerners and Dewey supporters and Gabrielson backed by Taft allies.
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Washington
Guy G. Gabrielson
New Jersey
Republican National Committee
Gabrielson
Axel J. Beck
South Dakota
A. T
Bert) Howard
Nebraska
Beck
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Robins Lands Farm Bureau At Wendell Plant Ceremony
Gov C A Robins praised Idaho Farm Bureau and Gates Bros Inc for a new one million dollar phosphate fertilizer plant near Wendell. About 800 spectators toured the facility built by Wendell contractors with Keystone leaders Harry Steele and Don Clegg driving the project.
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Robins Lands Farm Bureau
Wendell Plant
Wendell—I
Postman In Jail Over Unsent Letters In Spain
INGO Spain police found 4000 undelivered letters in a bar frequented by Martin Garcia Gonzalez. The postman was jailed after a July heat wave during which he did not deliver any mail.
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Ingo
Spain
Martin Garcia Gonzalez
Rupert Crash Kills Official
Funeral services were planned for Mrs. Dean Eklund 43 deputy treasurer of Minidoka county who died in a collision at Highway 25 and Heyburn road Wednesday night Her daughter Delores was hospitalized in critical condition The Eklunds were passengers in a car driven by James Friesen 20 fiancé of the deceased He was uninjured The other driver Paul May 17 is hospitalized for injuries
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Rupert
Dean Eklund
Minidoka County
Highway 25
Heyburn Road
Delores
Eklunds
James Friesen
Miss Eklund
Paul May
Rotarians Enjoy Picnic at Ross Park Despite Threatened Rain
About 250 Pocatello Rotarians along with spouses and friends gathered at Ross Park Thursday evening for their annual picnic. The event featured a hearty picnic supper, oldtime and popular music, and various sports activities.
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Pocatello Rotarians
Ross Park
New Paris skirt length pleases Gate City women
Memo to the editor reports mixed reactions to the Paris decree that a woman’s skirt length be one fifth of her height from hem to floor. Married men comment varying views on style guidance with opinions from Mrs. Sarten Miss Shippert Miss Reilly and Mrs. Knox highlighting favor and criticism of the measure.
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New Paris
Gate City
Remale
Post
Paris
E. D. Saras
Utah
Donna Smith
N. Lincoln
Pat Reilly
North Hayes
Virginia Knox
ISC School Forum Discusses Plant Problems at Idaho State College
Teachers and officials praised the Idaho State College conference on school plant problems. Speakers included Milton Hartvigsen D S Bailey Lyla Gillis and Zed Foy. Attendees from Grace Boise Blackfoot shared plans to pass on insights for future school expansion.
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Idaho State College
Milton Hartvigsen
Grace
D. S. Bailey
Idaho Power Co
Lyla Gillis
Zed Foy
Boise Public Schools
Margaret Barlow
Blackfoot
ISC
Senate Committee Rejects Truman Welfare Department Plan
The Senate Expenditures Committee voted to veto Truman’s plan for a new federal Department of Public Welfare and rejected a second reform moving the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation to the Labor Department. The House committee had earlier approved the transfer of unemployment compensation administration.
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Washington
Senate Expenditures Committee
Truman
Department of Public Welfare
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Federal Security Agency
Labor Department
House Executive Expenditures Committee
Mr. Truman
Maeeeriaymens
Ferce
Pound Pups Ponder Ewe At City Pound
The city pound contains two unusual occupants a two year old ewe and a ewe lamb added by Poundmaster Ted Talbot after they wandered into George Chaffee’s yard at 645 N Garfield. Chaffee reported the animals trampled rosebushes and caused nuisances while Talbot quipped about their new cellmates and the fate of wanderers.
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City
Ted Talbot
Whiffenpool Song
George Chaffee
N. Garfield
Chaffee
Talbot
Rural Bannock County Hit Hardest by Polio Cases
Bannock county reports 20 polio cases in 1949 with rural areas most affected. Funds exceed 40 000 for current year, with another 35 000 projected. Hospital and medical expenses covered by the foundation with limited family reimbursement. Convalescent home costs in Boise run 2000 to 2500 monthly, though few county cases go there due to early treatment and rapid home return.
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Bannock County
National Foundation For
Paul W. Scott
Scott
Medcal
Elks’ Convalescent
Boise
Physician Purchases Publishers Home in Pocatello
The sale of the M. Preston Goodfellow home at 638 South Seventh avenue to Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Groom of 453 South Fourth Avenue was reported this week. Col onel Goodfellow, publisher of The Pocatello Tribune, will relocate. the couple plans to move in around September 1.
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M. Preston Goodfellow
South Seventh Avenue
C. E. Groom
South Fourth Avenue
Colonel Goodfellow
Pocatello Tribune
Groom
Ingrid Bergman Seeks Divorce and Retirement from Screen
Ingrid Bergman announced in Rome she would seek a divorce from doctor-husband Peter Lindstrom immediately and retire from acting after completing her current film After the Storm. She wed Lindstrom in 1987 and they have a daughter Pia born in 1939, with Bergman noted for Casablanca and other classics.
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Rome
Ingrid Bergman
Peter Lindstrom
Miss Bergman
Roberto Rossellini
City Council Approves Referendum Plan for Initiative Slots Vote
The council passed an enabling ordinance enabling initiative and referendum for city ordinances including a possible special or general election. It allows enactment by initiative signed by 25 percent at prior mayoral elections and includes annexations of Portneuf Park and Westello subdivision to Pocatello. Salary claims of 49 140.40 for July were approved and zoning amendments given first reading while audit reports from Willard S. Bowen covering May 1 1948 to April 30 1949 were explained.
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Portneuf Park
Westello
Pocatello
Gaye
Willard S. Bowen
Flier Bravely Rescues Boy From Yosemite Peaks
In pre-dawn darkness pilot Ray Danning flew a helicopter through a 10,000 foot peak range to reach Benson Lake in Yosemite National Park. He plucked 12-year-old Terrence Hallinan who had fractured skull from a remote area after being marooned since Sunday.
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Yosemite National Park
Calif
Yosemite
Ray Danning
Terrence
Kaye) Hallinan
Benson Lake
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Shirley May
France
English
Dover
England
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Intermountain
Jack Terrell
Chamber of Commerce Retail Trade Bureau
Postantads
Vote
Rose
Gop
Steele
Harry Alcock
Idaho Chamber of Commerce
J. F. Frederickson
Farm Bureau
W. T. Burns
Omaha
Union Pacific Railways
R. E. Drummey
Joe Jarvis
Robins
Pat Lavery
Mary Louis Shippert
Levi Strauss
Miss Lavery
Mrs. Smith
Shipport
Miss Reilly
ISC School Forum
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