Employment Official Forecast Optimistic Unemployment Trend
Washington D C unemployment chief Robert C Goodwin predicts no sharp rise in jobless totals this year. In a United Press interview he expects September drops as students return to school and says January may be slightly higher but not reach five million. Goodwin heads the Bureau of Employment Security overseeing the U S Employment Service and the federal unemployment compensation office.
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Washington
LLP
Robert C. Goodwin
United Press
Goodwin
Bureau of Employment Security
U. S. Employment Service
Federal Unemployment Compensation Office
Lovre seeks patrol help to locate missing brother
Rep. Harold Lovre of South Dakota asks highway patrols in eight western states to tell his brother Dr. Stanton Lovre that their father has died. The 75 year old Layre died unexpectedly in Watertown South Dakota.
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Washington
Harold Lovre
S. D
Stanton Lovre
Morenci
Ariz
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Utah
Nevada
California
Layre
Watertown
Noted Author Margaret Mitchell In Critical Condition
ATLANTA VP Authoress Margaret Mitchell author of Gone With the Wind was in very critical condition Friday night after an off duty taxi driver struck her. The 43 year old author lay in a coma as doctors awaited a night's turning point and she had received two blood transfusions. The driver faced drunken driving charges and could not be moved for X rays to assess injuries.
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Atlanta
Margaret Mitchell
Miss Mitchell
Church Organist Refuses Bond In Slot Machine Protest
Alice Ramstetter a 68 year old church organist and 38 civic leaders including Mayor Jenkins were jailed for operating slots in local businesses. Ramstetter chose to remain in jail to protest a campaign to shut down the machines she calls vital for the town’s winters.
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Central City
Colo
Alice Ramstetter
Rummage Sale Planned by Tepee Chapter in Pocatello
The National Secretaries Association Tepee chapter will hold a rummage sale at the former USO center in Pocatello one block from Center. Call Clemence Karaboyas at 1700 today to arrange pickup. Sale on August 15 from 4 p.m. through the evening offers many bargains.
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Tepee Chapter
National Secretaries Association
USO
Pocatello
Clemence Karaboyas
Pit Owners Back Down From Coal Shutdown Threat
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS Va UP A threatened complete shutdown of the nations soft coal mines was averted when northern and western producers chose not to challenge John L. Lewis three day work week order They rejected a proposal to close Monday and continued contract talks until Aug 23 signaling no total coal shutdown and recessed discussions.
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White Sulphur Springs
Northern
John L. Lewis
United Mineworkers
Rupert Minidoka County District 331 Commended for Debt Free Status
Warren Vickery of Pocatello presented an audited financial report at the Rupert school board meeting noting the district is debt free. Clerk Lee Merrill conveyed that the district is in good position to proceed with its proposed building plan.
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Rupert — Minidoka County
Warren Vickery
Pocatello
Vickery
Lee Merrill
Australian Seamen’s Union ends coal strike movement
In Sydney Australian Communists lost efforts to extend a seven week coal strike as the Seamen's Union reversed its ban on handling ships carrying coal mined by soldiers. The freighter Dalby moved out of Newcastle Harbor with 1000 tons of coal bound for Tasmania. Miners will return to work Monday after the strike formally ended Thursday.
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Sydney
Australia
Seamen’s Union
Seamen's Union
Dalby
Newcastle Harbor
Tasmania
Chlorinator Installed at Caldwell Pool
Boise report that Caldwell pool now has a new chlorinator installed by city public health engineer A. L. Biladeau. The device replaces a borrowed unit used on a trial basis from the health department this spring.
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Boise
Caldwell
A. L. Biladeau
Public Health Department
Rummage Sale Set by American War Mothers
The American War Mothers of Bannock County sponsor a rummage sale on Saturday August 20 starting at 9 a.m. at the USO center on North First Street.
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The
American War Mothers of
Bannock County
USO Center
North First
Post Best Ball Tourney Opens With 80 Golfers
More than 80 golfers tee off Sunday at the municipal course in Pocatello for the first annual Post Best Ball tournament over 18 holes. Teams in three flights compete for the championship trophy with low net scores and playoff tiebreaks.
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Pocatello Post
Glade Owen
Lee Petty
Bob Carlson
Les Young
Jack Stevens
David H. Jones
Chuck Miller
Allan Egan
Chuck Danny Pullos
A. N. Hayes
Bob Burrell
Mel Morgan
Ernie Lehman
B. R. Schneider
Sam Jenkins
al Lehman
J. F. Pickren
Richard W. West
Ted Toller
Michael J. Gilmore
Bill Hestir
J. L. Wood
Bill Tayman
Doug Neilsen
L. W. Larson
Herman Levinson
George Huth
R. F. Stamp
Lynn Morgan
L. H. Anderson
Joe Loomis
Rex Loomis
H. L. Trabant
Bill Hill
H. I. Peterson
Bill Wade
Lloyd Haight
Robert Barbay
Richard H. Olson
John Stanley
R. W. Dickman
Horace Howell
Bill Scott
Ralph Marshall
Hayden Shaner
Bill Marshall
Chick Carrico
George Young
Kent Blackhurst
Ray Sherwood
May Squires
Jim Chenoweth
D. S. McLaughlin
Web Cox
Bill Griggs
Carl Hensen
C. G. Scott
Clyde Raidy
Roy Morgan
Pickets Demonstrate for Winston Support at Jailing Trial
About 250 pickets, possibly 1000 by organizers, demonstrated before the federal courthouse as 11 Communist leaders faced trial. The Veterans Mobilization to Free Winston joined the protest for Henry Winston. About 40 police kept order while demonstrators delivered a petition to Judge Harold Medina seeking Winston's release.
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NEW York
Federal
Veterans Mobilization
Winston
Henry Winston
Harold Medina
Local Bowling Pairings List With Time Slots
The record shows pairs and times for a bowling event: Clyde Florence with Bill Rice at 9 45, Cliff Whittle with Zeke Hubbard at 9 45, Arnold Peterson with John Johnsmeyer at 9 45, and Jack Phillips with Bill Terrell at 9 50.
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Clyde Florence
Bill Rice
Cliff Whittle
Zeke Hubbard
Arnold Peterson
John Johnsmeyer
Jack Phillips
Bill Terrell
West Sugar Beet Crop Totals Up 150000 Tons
West Coast sugar beet production for the year is forecast at 9.578 million tons, up from 9.422 million in 1948, per the U S Department of Agriculture. Apples are 15 percent above average, peach crops set a record clingstone yield in California, and Pacific pear production reaches 27.423 million bushels.
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San Francisco
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department
California
New Mexico
Pacific
Pocatellan Reports Trends At Coast Furniture Marts
Russell Humpherys of Martin Furniture Co. reports spirited buying at Los Angeles and San Francisco markets with a downward tilt in lower priced furniture while medium and better lines stay steady. He notes practical modern fabrics, improving floor coverings, and higher coast store prices for similar merchandise, with top lines still scarce and long delivery times.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Russell Humpherys
Martin Furniture Co
Gate City
Humphreys
Pocatello
California visit for Mrs Dickman and daughter to Los Angeles
Mrs R W Dickman and her daughter Dionne of 540 So 7th Ave left Pocatello Thursday by Western Air Lines for a visit to Los Angeles.
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California
R. W. Dickman
Dionne
7Th Ave
Pocatello
Western Air Lines
Los Angeles
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