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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1948
Page
2
United Press reports that the first men called under the new peacetime draft may not wear uniforms until after Nov 1. Registrations begin Aug 30 for 18 to 25 year olds, with older men drafted first and a new five-class system likely, including a veterans group.
Prague dispatch reports Allied embassies in Moscow tightly guarding negotiations with Russia. Walter Cronkite says Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, US ambassador, led a Staff Conference after Stalin talked privately with Premier Stalin. Cronkite notes secrecy surrounds the ongoing talks and questions about what information the Allies have.
In Foggia Italy police officer Batista Martino gave his wife Donata Maria a pistol to use if unhappy. He then left to be with another woman. Donata Maria Martino confronted him at the station and shot him dead. The couple had four children.
U N Thomas veteran Socialist party presidential candidate travels from Ogden Utah to Boise Idaho to address Gem State Socialist Party convention tomorrow night. He told an Ogden rally that government officials’ slowness and reluctance to act pose a great danger to the country.
The nationwide meat boycott spread to metropolitan New York and other cities as Dallas housewives led the drive to curb high prices. In Cincinnati a ten day boycott was started with plans to contact every housewife, while Minneapolis and Madison joined with steps to avoid meat and price hikes. An Oakland man pleaded guilty in a case involving a large heifer.
The first issue of the Eastern Idaho Farmer weekly publication, succeeding the Idaho Commoner, was distributed Saturday. Aden Hyde remains managing editor, with Sen. Henry C. Dworshak as associate publisher and Hal Hall as advertising manager, and W. S. Snyder as office manager.
The article attributes the invention of the first clock to Pope Sylvester II in 996 A D though it notes that clocks did not become common in Europe until the 13th century.
Clifton Cheshire, 24, of Houston, jumped from 22,000 feet at Conroe air field and opened his parachute at 200 feet, beating the prior record by 6,000 feet. He blacked out before deployment but survived, noting he smelled ground and saw treetops as he neared impact.
Graveside services were held for Steven Van Buttane, day old son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd E. Buttcane of Blackfoot. Born August 5, he died August 6 evening at Grove City cemetery with Rev C M Lever officiating. Survived by grandparents William Buttane and E V Brock. funeral by Sandberg. An unrelated note mentions cotton duck used to reinforce inner soles of shoes.
Hailey fire toll reaches twenty thousand dollars after a bolt of lightning during an electric storm destroys a 300 square foot lam nching shed on the R. G. Price ranch near Gannett. The shed, built two years ago, was not insured.
Utah oil potential draws attention as Crescent Junction area, seven and a half miles west of Thompson, is described as rich in mineral deposits. Salt Lake executives Dan H. Vincent and Ivor Sharp report a Mountain States Development Co. well near readiness, awaiting casing and blasting. Driller Gus Ponderatz notes talks with processing firms have begun for future output.
Cassia county sheriff issues a statewide alert for two hitchhikers who stole a 1947 sedan from Robert Hayden of Fremont Ferryville Wise after beating him Saturday. Hayden says he picked up the men near Tremonton Utah and was taken to a country lane near Burley where they tied him and left him in a ditch after taking $65.
United States Lt. Col. Richard Darnell, a 1940 University of Idaho graduate, and British Maj. A W Fielding were wounded by guerrilla mortar fire near Livadia in the Beles area south of the Eleus border. Darnell, 31, ROTC alumnus and Pacific War veteran, is expected to remain in a Salonika hospital about three weeks. Fielding sustained minor injuries. Both serve with the United Nations Balkans Commission.
Washington based National Coal Association reports no soft coal shortage next winter. Executive Secretary John D. Battle notes stocks reached a 27 month peak and first month output under the new wage contract with United Mine Workers outpaced 1947 levels.
Boise man Charles T. Young reported a theft of his motorcycle from a parking space. An hour later the cycle was returned by two youths, one wearing a woman's hat and a skirt. The handlebars were bent and the speedometer broken.
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