Pocatello Increases Speed Limit Signage On Road
Pocatello will install two large white speed limit signs to alert motorists at the north Alameda entrance and south by the cemetery. Police Chief R J Roubidoux cites small signs as a cause of speeding arrests and says wider signs should nudge drivers toward the limit. he notes need for $50 more for a second sign on Highway 30 and promises further city police improvements.
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Pocatello
R. J. Roubidoux
Roubidoux
Alameda
Green Triangle
Truman Sails From Yorktown on Nine Day Cruise
President Truman, on vacation aboard the yacht Williams G, sailed from Yorktown and headed north on the East leg of a nine day cruise. He is due back in the White House Sunday before beginning his campaign with a Labor Day address in Detroit.
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President Truman
Yorktown
Truman
White House
Chesapeake Bay
Potomac River
Detroit
Turkey High For Holidays
The agriculture department warns Thanksgiving turkey prices will rise as production drops about 10 percent from last year to 31,710,000 birds. The year’s smallest crop since 1938 is blamed on low prices in 1946 and higher feed costs, causing farmers to reduce turkey production.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Obituaries for Aldous and Harris Place Services in Idaho Falls Area
Funeral services are planned for Robert Fredrick Aldous 84 at 2 p.m. Friday in the Downey ward chapel with interment in Downey cemetery. Friends may visit at Hall mortuary in Pocatello until 10:30 a.m. Friday and at the Downey chapel from 1 p.m. until the service. William James Harris 81 a longtime Pocatello businessman and railroad worker died in Ogden after a short illness. Born May 6 1867 in Cardiff Wales he moved from Idaho Falls to Pocatello in 1887 to help relocate Union Pacific shops and later ran a cigar store. Survivors include his widow one daughter one son six grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Harris body arrives in Pocatello Friday evening with funeral set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Downard funeral home chapel in Ogden it was announced. Interment will be in Mountain View cemetery in the family plot.
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Robert Fredrick Aldous
Downey Lds Ward
J. Milton Hyde
Downey Cemetery
Hall Mortuary
Pocatello
Downey Ward Chapel
William James Harris
Ogden
Mr. Harris
Union Pacific
Idaho Falls
Railroad
North
Main Street
Cardiff
Wales
United States
Cache Valley
Utah
Eagle Rock
Clara E. Guyor
Elmer Anderson
W. B. Harris
Downard Funeral Home
A. E. Albee
Episcopal Church
Mountain View Cemetery
Project To Be Eyed By Council
College Terrace housing project of Rolland Smith and Wendell Marshall will be the major item before Pocatello city council in an adjourned meeting Saturday morning. The meeting is at 11 am in the mayor's office.
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College Terrace
Rolland Smith
Wendell Marshall
Pocatello City
Smith and Marshall
East Bench
Center Street
First Ave
Target Range
13000 Laid Off In Steel Shortage
Flint Michigan workers face mass layoff as GM announces 13000 jobs cut due to steel shortages. Fisher Body and Buick plants idle 3500 each, Chevrolet parts and other plants also affected.
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Flint, Mich
General Motors Corporation
Fisher Body
Buick
Chevrolet
Record of Court Pleas and Fines for Local Offenses
Several individuals plead guilty to speeding and vagrancy charges with fines ranging from 5 to 100 dollars. Bond forfeitures occur for Sanders Hall and several vagrancy defendants, with suspensions requiring leaving town. Marriage licenses issued in Idaho Falls area include Milkes and Swallow, Stewart and Winther, Balmer and Walker, Maheras and Jones.
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Thomas L. Marley
Russell Dee Sanders
Lloyd B. Hall
George L. Reader
Robert Leatham Terwilliger
Sam Monigan
Paul Murphy
Clarence Clifford Godbey
William Carl Dorow
Marvin Milkes
Los Angeles
Maxine Swallow
Pocatello
Hal Waite
Seattle
Wally Norton
Atlanta
Pool May Be Ready Next Month
Mayor George R. Phillips reports the municipal pool should be ready soon after delays caused by school construction. The $70,000 Memorial pool is nearing completion with final touches by Brennan and Cahoon. no official dedication date has been set, though the swimming pool committee will meet soon.
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George R. Phillips
Brennan and Cahoon
Deep Atlantic depth record set at Romanche depths
The Swedish Albatross deep sea expedition reports the deepest measured point in the Atlantic at about 22,460 feet, located in the Romanche depths near the Equator.
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Albatross
Equator
Local Births and Dwellings Listed in Ridgeview Notices
On August 25 two births reported for Ray Waters at 640 Randolph Ave a boy and Dale Smith at 605 South Arthur Ave a girl. Stolworthy at 211 Taft Ave a girl. August 26 two more births for Milton Crump 315 South Seventh a boy Raleigh Rogers 726 North Eighth a boy Rober Thomas 809 East Clark St a boy and Merlin Gardner 131 Portneuf Park a boy. Dwellings listed include E L Davidson at Foothill Boulevard and Orchard Ave valued at 17000 and Jim Bloom Dogwood St valued at 7000.
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Ray Waters
Randolph Ave
Dale Smith
South Arthur Ave
Rowden Stolworthy
Taft Ave
Milton Crump
South Seventh
Raleigh Rogers
North Eighth
Rober Thomas
East Clark St
Merlin Gardner
Portneuf Park
Housing Sales Boom in Westello Division
The Pocatello Community Housing project advances with model homes selling rapidly. Orders will be taken until the first 25 units are sold as sewer lines are installed and construction starts around September 7.
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Pocatello
Westello
Ledge Craig
Chamber of Commerce
Two County Fairs Backed by 4-H in Idaho County
Aaron York announces two 4-H county fairs ahead of the Eastern Idaho State Fair. Aberdeen hosts September 1 at the high school and Blackfoot on September 4 at the fairgrounds with detailed organizing committees and rules for exhibits and judging. Local sponsors plan a 6:30 p.m. picnic at each site followed by evening events.
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Blackfoot
Aaron York
Bingham County
Idaho
Russell Stark
Aberdeen
M. B. Weston
Lillian E. Hohanessen
Alma Merrill
Thomas
R. C. Rommell
Rockford
Sonia Herrick
Ronald Isaak
Agriculture Department
William Holmes
Vern Parrish
Leonard Coffee
W. C. Sparks
Stanley Lehman
Clifford Voth
Dale Henderson
Edgar Toews
Marvin Parrish
Harold Isaak
Club
Ed Hansen
Cleota Hansen
Virginia Starr
Margaret Stevens
Evelyn Phillips
J. E. Toews
Joan Scoles
Gwen Parrish
Chauncey Taylor
Ira Beck
Judy Alvord
Harlan Steven
Mildred Muir
Albert Scoles
Milton Line
Sterling
Ralph Knight
Delores Comer
Fair Committee
Rommell
David Hansen
Bruce Evans
Donald Sova
Sherwin Broadhead
Joye Nelson
Shelley
J. O. Richardson
Kenneth Johnson
Jess Stander
Robert Park
Jameston
W. D. Park
Wm. L. Park
Gerald van Orden
Pingree
Home Economics
Norma Rommell
Moreland
E. J. Goodwin
Melba Anderson
Canning
Freezing
LaJean VanOrden
York
Chamber of Commerce
Farm Bureau
Bingham County Farm Bureau
Fresco of Virgin and Christ Found in Italian Barracks
In Perugia brick layers converting an old barracks into a civic museum uncovered a nearly intact mid fourteenth century fresco of the Virgin holding the Christ child. The artwork will be cleaned and left on the wall for display in the civic museum.
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Perugia
Italy
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