House Plan for D Week Breathing Spell in Congress
Washington dispatch reports House members aim for a 11 week recess starting Aug 25 or Oct 21 while Senate adjournment plans stall. A House resolution to grant a breathing spell to all 435 members is expected today. In the Senate a single objection halted an immediate adjournment bid by Sen. Tobey amid laughter.
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Senate
House
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Ter
Charles W. Tobey
N. H
Tobey
William Langer
N. D
Alben W. Barkley
Langer
Scott’ W. Lucas
Road bid date shifted for Portneuf realignment project
County Surveyor W. P. Havener said bids on the Portneuf hill realignment and resurfacing of U S highways 30N 91 191 from Inkom to Pocatello would not be received before Sept 9. Earlier notices had set bids for Friday.
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W. P. Havener
Portneuf Hill
U. S
Lawmakers Warned on Appropriations Deadline
Legislators discussed the major appropriation bills that passed the House but reached no conclusions. A spokesman said they hope to act before Thanksgiving Day yet will consider the program. The Senate faces a September 15 deadline when an emergency spending resolution expires.
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House
Senate
Photographer Sues The Post For 4500 In Breach Of Contract
Paul Mendy of Waldron Arkansas sues The Pocatello Post for 4526.75 claiming breach after the paper terminated his contract for exclusive photography. He alleges he moved to Pocatello Dec 3 1948, and seeks 3400 in lost earnings plus 626.75 equipment and 500 moving costs.
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Pocatello Post
Fifth District Court
Paul Mendy
Pocatello
Mendy
Phillips and Haight
Waldron
Ark
Post
Arkansas
Reurn
Ready Forms For Gls Here And Veteran Aid Sites
John Gray says National Service Life Insurance dividend forms will be available Monday at the Pocatello VA office the main post office and postal sub stations in Pocatello and Alameda. He warns veterans to avoid errors especially misplacing enlistment date in the service serial number item. A secretary will assist at the desk and forms will be mailed for veterans who turn them in at the office.
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John Gray
Veterans Administration
Pocatello VA
Pocatello
Alameda
Gray
Post Office
Prices Dip at Utah Ram Sale Amid Slump in Bids
North Salt Lake stockyards closed their 34th ram sale with major declines from last year. Suffolk Hamp shire crossbreds averaged 67.48 dollars on 152 head, down from 141.85, while Suffolk averages fell to 187.36 on 473 head. Finch and Sons of Soda Springs Idaho sold a top ram for 1,600 dollars. Mathew Bros. of Ovid Idaho took 575 for a yearling ram. A deputy Bannock county clerk, Mrs. Sarah Devaney, vacationed in Portland Oregon.
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North Salt Lake
Ida
Suffolk
Hampshires
Mathew Bros
Ovid
Post Office Distributes 2800 WWII Veteran Dividend Applications
At Bistline's and 400 Monroe Alameda stations 2800 applications will be distributed while 6000 more go via the contact office at 252 N. Main. Postmaster Jack Trimming orders clerks to refuse any information to veterans about eligibility or filing procedures. Only World War II veterans qualify for the dividend, averaging about 175 dollars per man depending on service length and insurance.
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Bistline’s
Monroe
Alameda
N. Main
Jack Trimming
Post Office Department
Nurses to Convene Next Week in Idaho
The Idaho State Nurses Association holds its 38th annual convention August 29 30 1949 at the Clark House Hayden Lake ten miles north of Coeur d Alene. Mrs Frances T Vassar presides with delegates from eleven districts and over 100 nurses attending. Megs Mary Mescher will speak and lead a workshop on economic security and section organization. The Linda Richards Achievement Award will honor Idaho’s outstanding new RN of the year chosen by state training schools. The program includes talks on the Brown report nursing future and the six national nursing groups unification. Recreation includes a Lake Coeur d Alene boat trip.
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Idaho
Brown
Linda Richards
U.N.A
Lake Coeurs d'Alene
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