Pocatello Mayor Calls For Chamber Support And Unity
In a guest editorial the mayor of Pocatello defends the chamber of commerce as a city partner. He argues the organization aims to develop Pocatello and Idaho through roads, reclamation, education, tourism, and agriculture while maintaining ties with Blackfoot and other nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Blackfoot
Pocatello
Thers
Wealin
American Falls
Aberdeen
Idaho Falls
Pocatello Chamber of Commerce
Four-way Berlin talks stall as foreign envoys press Molotov
American, French, and British ambassadors met with Molotov and Smirnov in Moscow to break the Berlin deadlock over Big Four Germany talks. They reported a cautiously hopeful mood after a three hour session and prepared to report to their governments for another meeting likely Friday.
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Moscow
Viacheslav Molotov
Germany
Prestiade
Sec Ore Rus
Berlin
Molotov
Josef Stalin
Kremlin
Walter Bedell Smith
Yves Chatgeau
Frank Roberts
Smirnov
Gen. Smith
Andrei Smirnov
Klan backs Herman Talmadge for Georgia governor
Grand Dragon Samuel Green announced the Ku Klux Klan will support Herman Talmadge in the Georgia gubernatorial race. He told about 50 robed supporters at Milledgeville courthouse square that Talmadge upholds white supremacy, though Green noted he is not a Klansman. Green accused Governor M E Thompson and advisers Rivers and Arnall of Klansman membership.
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Milledgeville
Samuel Green
Ku Klux Klan
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Green
Courthouse Square
Eugene Talmadge
Talmadge
M. E. Thompson
E. D. Rivers
Ellis Arnall
Time Catches Up With Jap Butcher
The Butcher of the Bay, former Japanese Army Capt. Chushiro Kudo, was hanged early Thursday in Bilbid Prison after the Philippine War Crimes Commission found him guilty of mass murder of more than 100 Filipinos on February 9, 1945, as U S Army troops closed on Manila.
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Manila
Bay
Chushiro Kudo
New Bilbid
Philippine War Crimes Commission
Death on Trail Leaves San Francisco Man Dead on Train
Police and private channels search for relatives of Caspar Christiansen about 47 San Francisco who died on a train arriving in Pocatello Wednesday morning. Hall mortuary says no ID beyond a San Francisco hotel address. Mrs. C N Christiansen checked out of a California hotel the day before, with no forwarding address. He was en route to Los Angeles from West Yellowstone Montana.
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Caspar Christiansen
San Francisco
Pocatello
Hall Mortuary
C. N. Christiansen
California
Christiansen
Los Angeles
182 Jaycees Face Court
Fort Myers prepares to prosecute 182 Junior Chamber of Commerce members for moving a house to set up an information booth at the northwest gateway. Building inspector Pinkston issues warrants, with Judge Shearer among the defendants as the trial is moved to the city park.
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Fort Meyers
Fla
Fort Myers
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycee
Jacksonville
Sarasota
Brandenton
Page Army Airfield
Bert Pinkston
George Withehurst
Jack Shearer
Jaycees
Judge Shearer
Babe Ruth Shows Signs Of Life In Critical Condition
In New York Babe Ruth rallied in his fight for life. Dr. Hayes Martin reported the Sultan of Swat had a pulse and general improvement but his condition remained critical. Ruth's wife Claire stayed at his bedside most of the day and said he is feeling much better.
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New York
Babe Ruth
Hayes Martin
Sultan of Swat
Ruth
Claire
Southeastern Idaho State Fair Set to Break Records
The Southeastern Idaho State Fair at Blackfoot is expected to be the biggest and best yet in 1948 with new barns, an expanded grandstand, doubled agricultural machinery displays, and a midway extending to city park. The fair, annually run since 1921 with two wartime gaps, now features four new sheep breeds and quarter horses and Arabians in the horse division, while night shows by Barnes Carruthers continue since 1938.
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Southeastern Idaho
Blackfoot
Southeastern Idaho Fair Association
Farm Bureau
Bingham County Farm Bureau
Bingham County
Idaho
Northwest
Columbia
Romney
Lincoln
Cotswold
Bannock
Bingham
Bonneville
Direc
Three Rail Unions Sign Pact for Back Pay Deal
Washington reports the railroads and three operating rail unions signed a wage contract awarding 150,000 workers 52.5 million in back pay by August 31. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Firemen and Enginemen, Switchmen's Union of North America, and others are covered. A nationwide strike was blocked by Judge Goldsborough on May 11, with appeals ongoing. The unions begin a third round wage movement and plan Chicago talks with 16 non operating unions and carriers for national bargaining.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
Goldsborough
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Chicago
Catters
Mother Kills Babe Admits I Did Not Like Him
St Paul police report a 19 year old mother, Margaret Hartmann, admitted choking her two month old baby boy with her bare hands saying she did it because she didn’t like him. The father, Levon Hartmann, was being questioned as the investigation continues.
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ST. Paul
Margaret Hartmann
Levon H. Hartmann
Pocatello Beats Twin Falls 7-2 Halts Cowboys Home Streak
Pocatello defeats Twin Falls 7-2 at the Cowboys home ground as Bob Mahoney yields seven hits for two runs. Dominic Barczewski hits a two on homer in the second and a three on homer in the third, Jesson adds a solo shot in the third. LeBlanc catches for Pocatello. team sits one game behind league leading Twin Falls. Box score on Page 8.
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Pocatello
Twin Falls
Cowboys
Bob Mahoney
Rolly LeBlanc
Dominic Barczewski
Jesson
Twin Falls Cowboys
Pocatello Post
Dworshak Discusses Primary Strength With Idaho Governor
Senator Henry C. Dworshak of Idaho spoke with Governor C. A. Robins about Tuesday’s primary results. They noted strong Republican support for unopposed congressional candidates as Dworshak travels from a federal session to the American Legion convention in Coeur d'Alene and plans to attend an Army Engineers hearing in Kamiah on August 19.
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Boise
Henry C. Dworshak
Idaho
C. A. Robins
Dworshak
American Legion
Coeur d’Alene
Army Engineers
Kamiah
State Barber Exams Set for Next Week in Idaho
Gate City apprentices will seek journeyman wages as state barber exams start Monday in Idaho. Walter Burrell says written and practical tests will be held in Pocatello Boise and Coeur d Alene with a postponement in Coeur d Alene until August 23 due to the American Legion convention. Shaving shampooing and light trimming will be demonstrated by the state thinning shear experts.
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Gate City
Walter Burrell
Southwestern Idaho District Examining Board
Burrell
Pocatello
Boise
Coeur d'Alene
American Legion
Coeur d’Alene
Progressive Support For Brigham Minwegen in Idaho Primary
Boise Idaho progressives rally after Tuesday primary results with Glen Taylor announcing liberals Brigham and Minwegen were defeated. He says the party will back Dill and Wood in November while warning of poll intimidation and planning a Chicago appearance for Progressive Party day at the Illinois State Fair.
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Boise
Glen Taylor
Progressive Party
Idaho
Taylor
Henry Wallace
Burnis B. Brigham
Genesee Farmer
Compton I. White
Lewiston
C. D. Dill, Jr
Tom Wood
Coeur d'Alene
Chicago
Springfield
Gallup
FBI
State Hospital Advance Seen Need Outlined
State Hospital South faces growth yet suffers staff, equipment, and building shortages. The report cites 649 patients with 319 women and 330 men, and notes ongoing diagnostic and therapeutic efforts, volunteers, Gray Ladies aid, and plans for expanded outpatient work pending funds.
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State Hospital
Blackfoot
Charitable Institutions Commission
State Hospital South
J. D. Cromwell
3. H. Brown
Cromwell
S. A. Prins
Brown
Cromwel
E. A. Martin
Martin
G. A. Moore
Scott McCune
Commission
Gray Ladies Organization
The
American Red Cross
Flora Donahue
Russian teacher leaps from Soviet consulate in New York
Mrs. Oksana Kosenkina, a Russian schoolteacher slated for forced repatriation, escapes by leaping from a third floor window at the Soviet consulate into a flagstone courtyard. She remains in critical condition at Roosevelt Hospital and pleads with police not to admit consular officials.
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New York
Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina
Roosevelt Hospital
Edward J. Mullins
Mullins
Mrs. Kosenkina
Chepurnykh
Postman Bound Over On Mail Abandonment Charge
Portland postal worker John Oscar Vaux 32 appeared before U S commissioner Judge John R Mears and was bound over to the grand jury on a charge of abandoning mail. Inspectors said he admitted discarding part of his mail on July 1 the day he became a regular postman claiming fatigue and route confusion led to the act.
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Portland
Ore
John Oscar Vaux
Grand
John R. Mears
U. S
Vaux
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George R. Phillips
Mawns
Cacatalla
Guimars & Livillp
Smith
Chataigneau
Roberts
Paris
London
Klan
Jap Butcher
S. E. Idaho Fair
Nual
Gem State
Police
Frank G. DeKay
Emil C. Johnson
E. R. Buehler
I. H. Wharthhow
Ruth C. Hartkopf
Willard S. Bowen
Jack Moir
Gene Hansen
N. W. Olsen
Jerry Hendricks
Owen Sessions
Forest Larson
Agriculture
Babe
Brigham, Minwegen
BY Bob Sarles
Post
Mile Means
U.S
Gray Ladies
Donahue
N.Y
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