Niece Confesses To Set Fires At Willey Farm
A 13 year old niece of Charlie Willey admitted starting the mysterious fires that destroyed his house and barns at MACOM Illinois. Authorities said she grew upset over parental separation and used matches to start fires inside the first home and hay in the barns. Fire investigators had pursued arson after unexplained flames and from the wallpaper to the barns drew crowds to the site.
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Macom
Ill
Charlie Willey
Willey
Keith Scott
Harold McNeil
Wanet
John Burgard
New Farm
Burgard
Scott
Bloomington
Til
Chicago
Pocatello Chamber Plans ISC Talk and Student Welcome
The Pocatello Chamber of Commerce retail bureau meets Wednesday at 12 10 PM in the Hotel Whitman with Idaho State College president Carl McIntosh as guest speaker on ISC ties to local merchants. Plans to welcome ISC students September 16 17 18 will be discussed.
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The
Pocatello Chamber of Commerce
Whitman
Idaho State College
Carl McIntosh
ISC
Pocatello
Bureau
Axis Sally Loses Her Attorney in Treason Case
Richard W. Tomkins moved to throw out his request to free Nazi radio figure Mildred Gillars from treason charges, claiming no authority to represent her. Gillars, flown from Germany, faces trial as DC jail officials prepare for a Sept. 9 hearing on possible release while defense and government spar over representation and motives.
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Washington
Federal District Court
Richard W. Tomkins
Richmond B. Keech
Mildred Elizabeth Gillars
Germany
Miss Gillars
United States
Tomkins
Holzworth
Miss Gillar
New York
District of Columbia
Keech
John M. Holzworth
Tom €. Clark
Portland
Edna Mae Herrick
Ohio
Frank Green
S. A. Warren
Dublin
McNamara
Leland
Miss
Burley News Of Interest Highlights Local Movements and Divorces
Burley notes list county officials health update in Salt Lake City and births in Missoula Montana. It covers several divorce filings including Nelson, Coppedge, Turner, Shamberg, Church Praegitzer and Stone with custody and support details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burley — Ivin Hoggan
Cassia County
Salt Lake City
Annie Laurie Coppedge
William Bruice Coppedge
Elks City
Oklo
Plantiff
Charles L. Turner
Dona Rae Turner
Elko
Marion A. Shamberg
Orley E. Shamburg
Sidney A. Church
Raymond J. Praegitzer
Blanche V. Praegitzer
Burley
Thelma L. John E. Stone
Mar- Stone
Tiny Twister Destroys Mail Boxes in City Intersection
A small tornado lifted four mailbox structures from their moorings at North 15th Ave and Fremont St then dropped them on the opposite corner. Neighbors watched as a quilt was lifted from a porch and hurled onto a fence. The J Dalton family at 453 North 15th St witnessed the event and feared for possessions as the wind raged.
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Joann
Kay Dalton
North
Fifteenth Ave
Fifteenth and
Fremont
North 15Th Ave
Fremont St
J. Dalton
North 15Th St
Radio to Guide Snow Plows in 16 Pennsylvania Counties
Pennsylvania will equip 16 counties with radios for snow plowing operations this winter. The system will assign trucks and plows to drifted roads and provide real time weather and progress reports to operators and supervisors.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Range of electric motor speeds from 120000 rpm to stall
The article notes electric motors operate across a wide speed spectrum from 120000 revolutions per minute to as low as one rpm or stall, illustrating the broad performance range and potential operating states.
Truman Campaign Tour Finds Support for President
Leslie Biffle reported after a two week grass roots tour that voters favor President Truman in the clash with the 80th Congress. He traveled incognito through multiple states, noting concerns about war risk and prices, and predicted Truman will win in November. Biffle also forecast Senate control returning to Democrats.
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Washington
Leslie Biffle
Truman
80Th Congress
Biffle
Senate
Democratic Policy Committee
West Virginia
North Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Idaho
Montana
North Dakota
Minnesota
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Kentucky
Ohio
J. Howard McGrath
Obituary for Selma Christina Sanders
Funeral services for Mrs. Selma Christina Sanders aged 69 are planned for 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Bancroft LDS tabernacle with the Lund LDS bishopric in charge. She died Friday. Burial will follow in Lund cemetery. Friends may visit Hall mortuary until 9 a.m. Tuesday and at the family home in Lund until services.
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Selma Christina Sanders
Bancroft
LDS Tabernacle
Lund
LDS
Births at General and St Anthony’s Hospitals
On August 29 births were recorded for Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lords at 471 Randolph Ave a girl. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Orgill at 1135 East Clark St a girl. at St. Anthony’s Hospital on August 29 a girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Dahlke of Virginia. and a boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Moore of 1104 North Eighth Ave. Police Court entries list multiple defendants with speeding and vagrancy charges. fines range from 2.50 to 100 dollars and several bonds were forfeited or suspended with departures.
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Births General Hospital
Edward Lords
Randolph Ave
Robert Orgill
East Clark St
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Wilmer Dahlke
Virginia
Harold Moore
North Eighth Ave
Paul Arnold
South Eighth Ave
John J. Christ
Rupert
Isao Ace Morimoto
Rt. 2
North
Barney T. McCormack
Portneuf Park
Loren Madsen
South Twelfth Ave
William C. Slavin
West Center St
Clarence Godbey
Juan Chrisostomo Baca
James F. Clay
Arthur Evans Cook
Building Plans Move A Busy Month For Permits
A busy month shows August building permit records from the fire department. New residence permits total 24 with a valuation of 159 500 dollars. Remodeling permits for residences 14 valued at 11 870 dollars. New business permits 10 totaling 98 700 dollars with remodeling for established business 950. Six new private garages receive permits valued at 4 050 dollars.
Gold Fueled Early Honduran Colonization Activities
Gold was plentiful during early colonization in Honduras and ranchers used the valuable metal to shoe horses, indicating its practical economic role in frontier ranching and settlement.
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Honduras
Idaho Democrats Eye Convention After GOP Chairman Pick
Idaho politics focus shifts to the Democrats as the GOP names Ezra Hinshaw of Boise state chairman, replacing outgoing Rexburg Jim Smith ally. Democrats set their biennial platform convention in Boise next Saturday with candidates for chair including Robert Dow Priest River Gilbert Larsen Rexburg and Charles Whittaker Rupert. Electors named W J Ea Grangeville Mrs Carlyle Smith Caldwell Mrs Ethel Parker Blackfoot and Frank Stephan Twin Falls with Grant Ambrose reelected secretary and W L Hendrix treasurer. Platform reaffirms labor commissioner reactivation liquor and gambling control strict driver license law and full endorsement of the national GOP platform.
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Boise
Idaho
Ezra Hinshaw
Dan Canvaugh
Twin Falls
Robert Dow
Priest River
Gilbert Larsen
Rexburg
Charles Whittaker
Rupert
Hinshaw
Tom Smith
Milton L. Horsley
Soda Springs
Petty Harmony
W. J. Ea
Grangeville
Carlyle Smith
Caldwell
Ethel Parker
Blackfoot
Frank Stephan
Grant L. Ambrose
W. L. Hendrix
Commissioner of Labor
Five Pacific Unions Agree To Coast Tie-Up
Leaders of five Pacific coast maritime unions in San Francisco reaffirmed an all-for-one policy and will not sign contracts until all five disputes are settled. They indicated a joint walkout could begin at midnight Thursday if any group remains unsettled.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
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Axis
Sally
Vern Levi
Missoula
Levis
I. J. Clark
Panguitch
Utah
Bert Tucker
Fred Laidlaw
Muldoon
Forrest Hibbard
David
Eugene
Oregon
Hibbard
Northwest Christian College
Nadine Paindexter
Ronald Wilson
Idaho Falls
B. F. Wilson
Edward M. Nelson
Ruth Nelson
Chadron, Neb
Jack Holt Shoes
South Main
Tiny Twister
Hollywood
North Main
Sun and Times Co
Hazel
News of Record
Harry E. Hess
Phillips
Philli
First Security Bank
Horsley
House of Representatives
Frigidaire
Hendriksen
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