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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1949
Page
1
The piece notes Mitzi’s outfit totals 14 pounds while O’Neal’s summer attire weighs 8 pounds 2 ounces. It highlights a striking weight contrast with men carrying heavier clothes in sweltering heat and jokes about starting a movement to ease men’s summer wear.
Eleven firefighters died and two others were trapped in a 3000 acre forest blaze north of Helena Montana as a smokejumper crew faced a wind shift. Three of the 15 crew members escaped and two remained missing and presumed dead. A Helena doctor treated five injured. aircraft ferried crews from Idaho Wyoming and Montana. A second blaze near Jackson Peak Idaho drew 80 more reinforcements joining 270 firefighters.
At the 31st annual Oregon state legion convention in Salem delegates rejected a 25 percent yearly dues hike proposed by the national body. Frank N. Belgrano Jr., former national commander now a Portland banker, condemned the national organization as headed for bankruptcy and accused it of high level racketeering. He argued the old World War I veteran political machine fears younger vets losing power.
Dr. Frank C. Diver of the Veterans Administration hospital said a man suspected of bubonic plague is being treated. He stressed that it has not been established definitely that the man has the black plague.
Herbert Hoover nears his 75th birthday as the ex president declines New York state interim senator offer. Gov Dewey proposed the seat after Wagner illness, but Hoover preferred a longer term and constitutional change for ex presidents. Hoover to speak at Stanford on Think of the Next Generation regarding Truman reforms. The event will be nationwide via the networks.
A Dover swimmer narrates her first week of training for an English Channel attempt. She notes growing confidence with each day, praise from veteran pilot John Burwill, and the challenge of daily photography duties at the hotel. She also mentions enjoying American steaks sent by NEA Service as she files these daily reports.
In St Louis police captain William Washer wades through a mid 90s heat wave as someone steals a large electric fan from his desk at the police station. The incident adds to the day's tense mood as the city swelters.
Esther Williams delivers a blond boy named Benjamin at Santa Monica Hospital. The newborn weighs seven pounds eight ounces and is the first child for Williams and husband Ben Gage who wed November 25, 1945.
Local want ads advertise fast responses via the phone number 3530 for immediate inquiries and listings.
The Communist advance moved unimpeded toward Canton with thousands of Nationalist troops deserting. More than 90,000 Nationalist soldiers reportedly defected in the Changsha area, a blow to the Nationalist government after the U S white paper declared the battle to save China from Communists as lost.
James V. Hunt announces a libel suit against the New York Herald Tribune alleging its reports labeling him a "five per center" damaged his business. Senate hearings on the influence racket open Monday as contractors are questioned for ties to John Maragon. Hunt, a former Army officer, stays in hospital amid probe and linked to Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan through Maragon.
Harry K. Polk of Williston South Carolina told a Chamber of Commerce board that the CVA bill before Congress has no chance of passage this year. Polk, president of the National Reclamation Association, spoke at a Bannock hotel meeting and was on an eight day tour of Montana Washington Oregon and Idaho. He said the CVA is the game of its promoters who write all the rules and that the Hoover commission report opposes such an authority. The association supports continuing the Bureau of Reclamation the corps of engineers and the Department of Agriculture for Columbia basin development.
Washington reports top U.S. diplomatic and military experts debate whether to seize Formosa to block a Communist invasion. Officials say discussions are at a showdown stage with a decision expected soon. Military leaders favor direct action while the State Department cautions against intervening in the Chinese Civil War.
Quito reports 660 dead, 5,000+ injured, and 30,000 homeless after a major quake. Ampato, a city near 30,000 residents, was nearly destroyed with 560 dead and 4,000 injured. four smaller towns wiped out and 15 others severely damaged. An extra 100 dead and 1,000 injured outside Ampata were later listed.
German dentist Ly Else Beckmann 27 arrives in New York to marry disabled Fresno Army sergeant Charles Eller 29. Beckmann plans a Fresno wedding next Saturday but must wait two days to reunite on the CBS We the People show which funded her trip and Eller's travel.
The Agriculture Department said meat prices will fall this fall with pork prices falling much more sharply than others. Hog prices could fall enough to trigger government pork purchases to support price levels. Production boosts will drag down other meat prices too, as farmers market the record high pig crop born last spring, with marketing starting in September and rising in October.
Municipal band presents 18 selections at Ross Park starting 6 30 tonight. Director Guy Gates lists Sousa’s Liberty Bell and Berlin Say It With Music among classics plus novelty pieces and marches including Colonel Bogey, Tico Tico, Zacatecas, Pro cession of the Sardar and Finale from the New World Symphony.
The United States filed an injunction suit against Idaho Power Co in Boise alleging willful trespass on public lands for a 3 million dollar transmission line from Boise to American Falls via Bliss Dam. Interior Secretary Krug said construction began without federal permission and seeks to halt work until proper licenses are obtained.
Beech president of Idaho Power predicts a Department of the Interior injunction to halt two new transmission lines from the Bliss plant may cause a power shortage next winter affecting homes farms stores and industries in Southern Idaho and Eastern Oregon from Pocatello to Boise Huntington and beyond. He states the action is unprecedented and could harm about 250 000 residents while aligning with government ownership goals.
Administration foreign policy chiefs in Congress declared war on forces bent on cutting proposed arms aid. Truman seeks 1.45 billion dollars to defend Atlantic Pact nations and five non Communist states for the coming year. Connally and Kee vowed full support despite GOP opposition proposing cuts.
The Pocatello Optimist Club aims to reach 60 members by charter time. Chairman Harold Reid says growth comes from a two team contest as the charter is granted within a month. The third pre charter meeting is next Thursday at the Whitman hotel.
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