Gate City Concert Series Draws Large Crowds in Pocatello
The municipal band in Pocatello presents Sunday evening concerts at Ross Park led by Guy Gates with Kenneth Harten as announcer. Crowds exceed 2000 as the series enters a three week run sponsored by the American Federation of Musicians funded by a recording tax levy. Wayne Sorensen, noted oboist, will perform the William Tell Overture oboe solo in what is his final local appearance before moving to San Jose, California.
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Park
Pocatello
Ross Park
Guy Gates
Kenneth Harten
American Federation of Musicians
Gates
Wayne Sorensen
Sorensen
Irving Junior High
San Jose
Calif
Franchot Tone Divorced Monday
Santa Monica report states actress Jean Wallace 25 filed a divorce suit against actor Franchot Tone 43 on mental cruelty. The couple, who wed Oct 18 1941 in Yuma Arizona and separated July 27, plan to star together in The Man in the Eiffel Tower in Paris this month. Custody of their children Pascal 5 and Thomas 2 will be submitted to the superior court for approval.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Jéan Wallace
Franchot Tone
Paris
France
Eiffel Tower
Pascal
Thomas
Superior Court
Tone
Joan Crawford
Miss Wallace
Yuma
Ariz
Millions Covered by Health and Welfare Plans Rise
The labor department reports at least 3 million workers, represented by nearly 100 unions, are now covered by health welfare and retirement benefit plans. Coverage rose from 600000 to 1250000 from 1945 to 1947.
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Washington
Labor Department
Million-dollar suit over Amb Atcheson death in plane crash
Mrs Mariquita Atcheson of San Francisco files a 250000 damage suit against the federal government in U S district court. She claims her husband Ambassador George C Atcheson Jr died due to government negligence. Atcheson was chief of the Allied control commission in Japan and one of ten killed when a B 17 crashed off Hawaii on August 16.
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SAN Francisco
George C. Atcheson, Jr
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
U. S
Atcheson
Mariquita Atcheson
Allied Control Commission
Pacific
Honolulu
New Song Honors Gem Idaho Broadcast
Idaho saluted musically Monday evening in a coast to coast KEIO radio broadcast. Meee Mourant introduced a new march with Lillian Lane as guest soloist beside Mark Marnow on the army show Sound Off. The Idaho march extols a land of blue skies and friendly faces and ends with Idaho, lord of the mountains and home of the big horn sheep. Prehistoric man relied on ears for survival, unlike modern listeners.
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Idaho
Keio Meee Mourant
Lillian Lane
Mark Marnow
Missouri
Mountains
Alameda Police Court Petty Fine Report Bridges Speeding
Multiple defendants across Alameda Rexburg Sandy Decanter Idaho Falls Preston and Salt Lake City faced speeding red light and license violations. Bonds forfeited or fines imposed for 25 to 55 mph in 25 mph zones and other traffic offenses. Birth announcement notes a girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Canthron in Salt Lake City area.
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Alameda
Fern Beard
Jacob Fredrick
Kenneth Jeppesen
Rt. 2
Rexburg
M. B. Glover
Brigham City
W. H. Sorensen
Sandy
Utah
Eldon Parish
Decanter
Charles Cordell
Salt Lake City
Lee Moulding
Edward Lee
Idaho Falls
Edward Widdison
Joseph Miles
Blackfoot
Bird Finlayson
M. B. Cunningham
Inkom
Stephen W. Clark
Scott Andrew Wiser
Preston
Geneese Cahoon
South Fourteenth Ave
James C. Justice Jr
East Dillon
Henery W. Harris
Portneuf Park
Robert Geisenberg
Fred B. Middendorf
North Garfield Ave
F. H. Smith
North Eleventh Ave
Summer Term Enrollment Sets New Idaho College Record
Idaho State College summer school enrollment reached 486 this year, up 40 percent from prior highs. Dr. R C Stevenson, summer school director, reported the 1947 figure was 328. Of this year’s total 231 were in liberal arts and 181 in pharmacy.
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Idaho State College
R. C. Stevenson
Double Trouble Hits Snowball Sport Shop
Snowball softball team lost to Mike's Paint and Glass in the semi final playoff. A burglary at Snowball's Sport Shop involved two slot machines stolen to the basement, about $400. Skylight entry suspected. Chief Kunz investigates as Thane MacAllister was away fishing near Salmon.
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Blackfoot
Thane
Mac
MacAllister
Mike
F. S. Kunz
Mack
Wyoming
Death Takes Rose Farmer
Lamond Chaffin 85 longtime Rose area farmer died at LDS hospital in Falls. Born September 6, 1862 in Circleville Utah he moved to Idaho in 1901 living in Ammon Woodville Rose and then Blackfoot. Survived by widow Lenna and three daughters Leona Salisbury Jean Kofoed Mildred Thiemann five grandchildren and several siblings. Funeral set for August 11 at 2 p.m. Roseward LDS church with Bishop Marvin R Harper presiding.
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Lamond Chaffin
Idaho
Rose
LDS
Care Falls
Circleville
Utah
Henry A. Chaffin
Ammon
Idaho Falls
Woodvilles
Lenna Rider
Salt Lake
Bingham County
John W. Chaffin
Shelley
Henry L. Chaffin
Meridan
Edwin R. Chaffin
Boise
Florence Clifford
Kimball
Myrtle Gull
Roseward
LDS Church
Marvin R. Harper
Sandberg
Weather Outlook and Funeral Details Briefly Noted
Utah will see mostly clear conditions on Tuesday with some southeast patchy clouds and scattered mountain showers. Highs reach 85 to 95, near 97 in Dixie, lows 52 to 62. Southern Idaho eases with partly cloudy skies and afternoon thundershowers, highs 80 to 90, lows 45 to 56. Burial for a local family will be held Wednesday at Fielding Memorial Park Idaho Falls after a service at the family home.
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D. H
Andersen
Battle Mountain
Nev
American Falls
St. John's Lutheran Church
Rockland Cemetery
Utah
Dixie
Idaho
Chicago
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Fielding Memorial Park
Idaho Falls
Science Show at Blackfoot Wednesday
Previews of Progress, a General Motors sponsored science show, comes to Blackfoot high school auditorium August 11 at 8 p.m. Aaron York 4-H agent leads. Admission free for 4-H members, parents, and the public. Demonstrations include jet propulsion replicas, Edison lamp history, fluorescent lighting, water cooled mercury lamp, a hair-thin wire recorder, and a stove egg trick.
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Blackfoot
General Motors
Blackfoot High School
Aaron York
Bingham County
Jaycees Picnic Behind Thunder Threat At Pocatello Park
Caravans of Idaho Falls and Blackfoot Jaycees and Jay-C-Ettes joined the Pocatello Junior Chamber for a pot luck at Girl Scout camp Nodding Pine in Justice Park. After lunch they played softball with Pocatello winning 10 6.
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Idaho Falls
Pocatello
Nodding Pine
Justice Park
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Teew-Lewin, Inc
Guy de Maupassant
I UC
Bel Ami
Sterling Shnders
Lansbury Dvorak
Flore
THE
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph CO
NEA Service, Inc
U. 8
News of Record
Robert Canthron
South Fifth Ave
R. J. Neider
Frank J. Espitallier
Frank John Espitallier
Pocatello Hospital
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
F. R. Lobell
Mountain View Cemetery
Dowaard Mortuary
H. Andersen
Dita
Mamne
Walgreen's Drug Store
Col. Main and Center
Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Death
Rose Farmer
United Press
the Son of Frankenstein
Will
Jack Payton
Atelo
Irving Fied
Orpheum
Charles Chaplin
Monsieur Verdoux
Martha Raye
Isobel Elsom
Robert Lewis
Marilyn Nash
Charlie Chan
Fred's Cafe
144 North Main
Dude’s Confectionery
South Main
Montgomery Ward
Savoy Cafe
West Center
Green Lantern
Farr
West Bridger
Shanghai Cafe
Highway
Wennegren
Arthur
Charlies Lunch
North 7Th Avenue
Last Frontier
Timberline Club
Foot OF the Tetons
D, Hansen
R. Blodgett
Victor, Idaho
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