Mystery Witness Fails to Break Spy Case Hearings
Alexander Koral a New York maintenance man refused to answer questions on communism or a spy ring at the House Un American Activities Committee hearing. Victor Perlo and Elizabeth Bentley testified or spoke on constitutional grounds and details of their alleged roles were disputed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Fe.reedy, JR
United Press
Washington
House On American Activities Committee
Alexander Koral
New York
Koral
Corrigan
Boston
Victor Perlo
Red
Ete
Perlo
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Bentley
Elizabeth Bentley
House Committee
Senate
John Abt
Wallace
Soviet Russia
We Missed It Shotgun Wedding Claim Sparks Outburst
A Pocatello woman claimed there was a shotgun wedding during a POST week recap. Sam Hanson reacted with mock fear as a photographer rushed outside. Investigation found no evidence of a new marriage with or without firearms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
POST
Pocatello
Sam Hanson
Local Sailor Attends Audience With Pope Pius XII
Pocatello midshipman Thomas D. Conlin and fellow Idaho sailor Leland E. Bolt visited the Vatican on leave from the cruiser USS Macon. The Rome dispatch notes Conlin is son of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Conlin, formerly of Pocatello, now Boise residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas D. Conlin
Pocatello
Pius XII
Rome
Conlin
T. J. Conlin
Boise
Idaho
Leland E. Bolt
Emmett
Vatican City
Macon
Gang Slaying Sparks Fear of Renewed Gang War in Illinois
In Springfield Illinois a Chicago gambler Leonard Giordano 35 was found shot to death near a roadhouse fueling fears that downstate Illinois is becoming a gangland battleground. Investigators consider links to the Shelton and Smyth slayings and possible Syndicate activity. Giordano’s autopsy shows multiple wounds including a .45 gunshot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Chicago
Illinois
Leonard Giordano
Bernard
Bernie) Shelton
Shelton
Peoria
George
Red) Smyth
Martin Kennelly
Jim Clawson
Giordano
Smyth
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Dewey Seeks Young GOP Backing for Presidential Bid
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey plans to win support of the Young Republicans in his 1952 campaign. He will meet the federation’s 125 leaders in Albany for a closed session with Rep. Hugh Scott and adviser Edwin Jaeckle. A nationwide tour starts in September with final plans to be set next week alongside Warren and Brownell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawling
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Albany
Young Republican National Federation
Hugh Scott
Edwin F. Jaeckle
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Earl Warren
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Dewey - Warren - Brownell
Executive Mansion
Warren
Parents Arrested After Children Found Chained in Colorado
Central City authorities arrest Pauline Blackman and Claude Blackman after four children are found chained by necks in a dark dirty bedroom to support a gambling operation. The Humane Society takes custody of Tommy nine Hazel eight Richard six and Larry five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central City
Colo
State Humane
Leroy Harris
Pauline Blackman
Claude
Fines Given After Saturday Randolph Avenue Brawl
Three men from the 600 block of Randolph Avenue and nearby locations pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace after a Saturday fight at 9 p.m. Alameda police arrested Ed Goutcher Allen Wynacht and Clause Karlson. Wynacht was hospitalized then released. all faced $100 fines with $50 suspended. Goutcher also faced an extra $50 battery fine. Wynacht held on $50 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph Avenue
Ed Goutcher
Randolph
Allen Wynacht
Monroe Hotel
Clause Karlson
Earl Adkins
Alameda
Wynacht
Bannock
Goutcher
Charles W. Hyde
Realtor in Hospital After Eye Cataract Operation
Real estate man E. T. Lillibridge of 211 Belvedere Apartments is in St. Anthony hospital recovering from a cataract operation on his right eye Thursday morning. Attendants report visitors are permitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Lillibridge
Belvedere Apts
St. Anthony Hospital
Deputy Dies In Rescue Of Arizona Boy
Pima County Deputy Sheriff John D. Anderson died early Monday after lowering to aid a 15 year old boy stranded on a cliff ledge above Sabine Canyon near Tucson. The two were pulled up to the top when Anderson slipped and fell 1200 feet to a natural pool below. Dragging crews recovered his body late Monday afternoon at the pool’s bottom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Pima County
John D. Anderson
Catalina Mountains
Guy Rockerfeller
Anderson
Guy L. Rockerfeller
Sabine Canyon
Wooden Leg Stuns Tourist Near Fishing Stream
An unidentified woman tourist near Lowman Idaho spotted a man’s wooden leg protruding from bushes by a fishing stream. The leg was found abandoned with no clues about the amputee or his fate, and investigators could not solve the mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowman
Ida
Government May Take On Indian Cares Policy Proposal
Rep. Richard Harless says President Truman favors congress establishing a federal policy to assume welfare and education for American Indians for 25 years until self-sustaining. He notes Arizona cannot bear 80,000 Indians and cites support for water resource development on the Colorado River and salt water desalination ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Richard Harless
D., Ariz
Truman
Congress
Harless
Arizona
Colorado River
Conferences Draw Large Attendance at Idaho State College
Summer session conferences in forestry education and athletics at Idaho State College drew enthusiastic, well attended participation. Directors Ralph H. Wilson E. Lundberg James W. Merritt Vaughn Hall led conferences on conservation public relations health and recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho State College
Robert C. Stevenson
Ralph H. Wilson
E. E. Lundberg
Cornell Universty
James W. Merritt
Harvard University
Cards Top Electrics 4-3 Behind LeBlanc's Two Homers
Nat LeBlanc powered the Redbirds to a 4 3 victory over the Electrics with two homers, including a long shot in the eighth. Dom Barczewski added a second inning blast as Frank Higgins and Adolph Torres went the distance, Torres with eight hits and Higgins one more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatelo Cardinals
Great Falls
Nat LeBlanc
Electrics
Cindher
LeBlanc
Frank Higgins
Dom Barczewski
Redbird
Higgins
Adolpho Torres
Torres
Pocatello
Ernie Schuerman
Ray Lewins
Ed Mickelson
Dick Briskey
Schuerman
Neil
Dick Guselman
Briskey
Bob White
Barcewski
The
Redbirds
Sport
Local Firms Win Idaho Highway Contracts
The Idaho state public works department awarded highway projects totaling about 185000 dollars. Western Construction Co. of Pocatello received 77419.15 for gravel and bituminous surface on 6.536 miles of Highway 37 from Holbrook Summit to Buist Junction in Oneida County. Barnhart & Wheeler of Pocatello earned 87666.60 to recondition existing road gravel shoulders and oil on 9 miles of the Teton Highway between Ashton and Drummond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BOISE
State Public Works Department
Western Construction Co
Pocatello
Holbrook Summit
Buist Junction
Oneida County
Barnhart & Wheeler
Teton Highway
Ashton
Drummond
Soviet Accuses U S of Abducting Two Teachers
Soviet Ambassador Panyushkin charged the United States with breaking the Litvinov pact by abetting the abduction of two Russian teachers in New York. He demanded the surrender of one teacher and claimed FBI involvement, a protest Lovett rejected as based on garbled press reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alexander S. Pareyushkin
United States
New York
Robert A. Lovett
FBI
State Department
Lovett
Panyushkin
Mikhail Samarin
Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina
Samarin
Kosenkina
New York City
House un-American Activities Committee
Karl Mundt
House Committee
Idaho primary voters pick candidates as polls open
Idaho citizens head to polls from noon to 8 p m for the first primary without state offices on the ballot. About 60 000 to 70 000 voters are expected as contenders include Bert Minnegen Asael Lyman Bert Miller Abe Goff and others across districts. Incumbents seek renomination while Gov Robins watches from the sidelines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
George Donart
Charles Gossett
Bert Minnegen
Montpelier
Asael Lyman
Rexburg
Compton I. White
Clark Fork
Burnis B. Brigham
Genessee
Bert Miller
Supreme Court
U.S
State Bar Association
Henry C. Dworshak
Burley
Senate
John Thomas
Donart
Weiser
Glen Taylor-blessed
Abe Goff
Moscow
White
Sanborn
John Sanborn
Hagerman Farmer
Pete Leguineche
Boise
Raymond L. Given
James W. Porter
Twin Falls
Alfred M. Budge
C. A. Robins
Hungry Thief Takes Six Hams and Bacon
Boyd Ellison of Ida ho Provision Co reports a weekend burglary of his warehouse. Six prize hams and six sides of bacon were stolen. A bystander suggests watching egg sales to spot the culprit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Ellison
Idaho Provision Company
94 Year-Old Battler Released By City Judge
A 94 year old woman, Alice King, appeared before Municipal Judge William J. Daly after a theater disturbance. She refused to confirm starting a fight, ate a plum during questioning, and Daly released her, saying he would consider her housing status before any further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Alice King
Daly
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mystery Man
Dad
Burpurg
S. M. Cook
St. Anthony’s Hospital
the Humane Society
Tommy
Hazel
Richard
Larry
Harris
Mrs. Blackman
Fr. Stembel
Grand Forks
N. D
Henry Henson
Hero Home
Audrie Murphy
America
Wanda Hendrix
Hollywood
France
U. S
Hams
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!