Babe Ruth In Critical Condition At Memorial Hospital
The Sultan of Swat, Babe Ruth, grew worse Wednesday and is in critical status at Memorial hospital after a fever and pulmonary complications. His wife Clair and sister were at his bedside as two adopted daughters were expected. Ruth has a long history of illness dating back to 1946 with earlier operations and hospital stays.
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Upper East Side
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War Babies Boost Pocatello School Enrollment Surge
Pocatello plans for a rapid rise in elementary enrollments as war babies enter school this year. Superintendent George N. Green says a new classroom boom is needed with one third of daily births in city hospitals. He notes 20 more classrooms exist this year due to summer remodeling at Jefferson and Washington schools. High school registration opens August 30 for 300 plus seniors, with overall enrollment expected around 1700 and classes starting September 7.
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Cardinals Top Twin Falls 5 to 2 in Pioneer League clash
The Pocatello Cardinals defeated Twin Falls 5 to 2 in a makeup game at Twin Falls. Walkingshaw started for Twin Falls, Chimeli relieved, while Beard pitched for Pocatello. McDougald hit a solo homer in the sixth as both teams played errorless defense.
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Minwegen Concedes Nomination to Asael Lyman in Idaho
Bert Minwegen of Montpelier a high school teacher and candidate in southern Idaho concedes the Second District Democratic nomination to Asael Lyman of Rexburg. He congratulates Lyman and vows a vigorous campaign highlighting John Sanborns poor record aiming for victory in November.
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Bert Minnegen
Faulty Landing Gear Grounds Skymaster Flight at Shannon
Transworld Airlines Skymaster flight with 22 passengers and eight crew circled Shannon airport for 20 minutes Thursday due to a faulty hydraulic system before the pilot could lower the landing gear.
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Idaho Primary Returns Favor Compton White and Lyman
Final Idaho primary results show Compton S. White leading for the first district and Asael Lyman winning the second district Democratic nominations. Dworshak tops the GOP Senate race, with Minnegen and Lyman clinching major party bids and 65,000 Idahoans voting Tuesday.
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Compton I. White
Idaho
Half Million Loot In Raid In Havana Bank Heist
In Havana Cuba masked robbers dressed as police seized about 500000 from the Royal Bank of Canada branch after it closed at 3 pm They herded 30 people into a back room for ten minutes and then escaped armed with pistols and Tommy guns The branch manager Esteban Juncadella said the door was locked but a client exiting was allowed to leave.
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Gas Strike Ends at Laclede Gas Plant in St Louis
AFL workers at the Laclede Gas Light Shrewsbury plant voted to return to work immediately ending a strike. The action assures about 300,000 St Louis County residents uninterrupted gas service, following a mass meeting with union leaders and a state official.
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Seven Sevens Mark Norman Albiston Birth Story
Norman Albiston was born April 17 at 7:00 am weighing 7 pounds 7 ounces in McCammon. He is the 7th grandchild of Mr and Mrs Chester Rommel and the 27th grandchild of Mrs Sarah Albiston, sharing a birthday with his grandfather.
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Earthquake Felt in U.S. Likely Near Mexico City
A damaging quake was recorded Wednesday on seismographs at U.S. colleges. Seismologists estimated the event occurred near Mexico City or somewhere in Mexico, in the direction of the large Mexican capital.
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Tobin Accepts Labor Post Quits Governor Bid
Maurice J. Tobin, Democratic former Massachusetts governor and Boston mayor, accepts President Truman's appointment as secretary of labor. He leaves his gubernatorial campaign, citing obligations to Massachusetts and gratitude for public support. Tobin, 46, succeeds the late Lewis Schwellenbach at $15,000 a year. He was born May 22, 1902, in Roxbury and has three children.
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Judge Blocks Communists From Campaign Travel
Federal district judge Samuel Kaufman refused to allow 10 of 12 indicted Communist leaders to leave his court's jurisdiction to campaign in the presidential election. The defendants, charged with advocating overthrow of the government by force, remain free on bail.
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Samuel Kaufman
Rail Jobs Expected To Open Shortly
Gate City railroad officials say fall openings are likely with more trainee brakemen firemen and switchmen. Seniority rosters must be exhausted before new hires. nine engineers were ordered last week and several workers were called back as harvest season boosts industry.
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Billy Rose Bids to Back Metropolitan Opera Season
Showman Billy Rose offers to operate the Metropolitan Opera next season and guarantee against anticipated losses. He suggests financing a paying season after the Met canceled plans for 1948 49. Rose cites past success with an aquacade and says the Met could return to profitability. George A Sloan to meet Rose and union heads to discuss terms.
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Grant Hess Quits Welfare Position
Boise Gov Robins said he accepted with regret the resignation of Grant Hess from the Veterans Welfare commission. Hess, owner of Ferncroft Lodge, said new responsibilities kept him too busy to give the welfare commission the required attention.
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Heart Attack Proves Fatal To Matron
Olive Eudora Stratford 56, wife of Rae P. Stratford of 1041 North Garfield Ave, Pocatello, died of a heart attack. A Utah native, she moved to Pocatello in 1920 and was active in LDS and community groups. She is survived by husband, a daughter Lora Williamson of Chicago, two sons Rae Paul and Lowell Stratford, a granddaughter Carole Williamson, her mother Minnie Jenson, a sister and a brother. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Hall mortuary.
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Lora) Williamson
Chicago
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Ballot challenge seeks to remove Wallace party in Massachusetts
Massachusetts officials faced a call to strike the Henry A. Wallace Progressive party from the ballot after Patrick J. McDonough accused wholesale fraud in the third party nomination papers and signatures.
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Buyers Strike Cuts Meat Prices Amid Rebellion Reports
UPI reports shoppers boycotting meat as housewives’ protests pressuring stores. Safeway in Los Angeles slashed steaks to 95 cents a pound to move stock while wholesale meat prices largely held firm. Reactions varied by city with some butchers noting slumping sales and others unsure of the impact. Hog prices rose and cattle in Chicago neared an all time high.
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Simplot Inspects New Plant Facility at North Pocatello
Simplot, owner of a local phosphate plant, inspected bagging facility improvements in North Pocatello yesterday. He left for Boise around 6 30 p m en route to San Francisco. Denver technicians Fred Mueller and Walter D Wright of St Regis Paper Co assisted remodeling.
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Jack Simplot
North Pocatello
Canvassing Time For Bannock Primary Elections
Votes cast on Tuesday's primary elections are still arriving at the Bannock county clerk's office. Officials expect complete tabulation and official results by week’s end, possibly Friday. The county board may not canvass or release results before Saturday.
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