Last Idaho State Fair Audit Reports Good Year in 1948
Eastern Idaho Fair District board accepts audit for year ending Oct 31 1948 showing a $21195.04 bank balance and gate receipts of $38282.65 down from 1947. Attendance was 66701, up capital improvements include new sheep and swine building costing 18980.78 and a 2000 seat grandstand costing 22246.89. Ruth Hartkopf named secretary manager. I H Warthow resigns after three years. A December 29 budget meeting with county commissioners set for 12 noon at Corner Cafe Blackfoot.
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Idaho
Blackfoot
Blackfoo
Spall
Willard Bowen
I. H. Warthow
Ruth C. Hart
Kopf
Hartkopf
Nebraska Seed Potatoes Rank Third national producer
Nebraska ranks as the third largest producer of seed potatoes in the United States, with Maine and Minnesota ahead of it. The fact highlights Nebraska's significant role in the seed potato industry and situates the state among the top growers nationally.
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Nebraska
United States
Maine
Minnesota
Last Reprieve Gone For Slayer Jake Bird Sentenced
Tacoma judge denies stay of execution for Jake Bird the 47 year old man who confessed to participating in 43 murders across the nation. Bird was sentenced to hang January 14 in Superior Court after a lengthy argument on a new motion for stay of execution.
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Tacoma
Jake Bird
Superior Court
Hugh J. Rosellini
Man dances jig to celebrate 100th birthday in Boise
Boise resident Anoton Gordon turned 100 on Friday and marked the milestone by dancing a jig in the snow in his front yard. He said he never felt better in his century, crediting his diet of fresh fruit and vegetables, regular exercise, and plenty of fresh air.
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Boise
Anoton Gordon
Gordon
Forever Amber Granted Divorce
Kathleen Winsor known as Forever Amber filed a quick Reno divorce from Artie Shaw after a brief court session. The writer and band leader married two years ago and had a publicized custody over property dispute months earlier in New York.
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RENO
Kathleen
Amber” Winsor
Artie Shaw
A. J. Maestretti
Shaw
Lana Turner
Ava Gardner
Betty Kern
Jerome Kern
New York
Miss Winsor
Conviction Upheld for Ex-Baltimore Newsman in Treason Case
The First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday upheld the life sentence of Douglas Chandler, 59, a former Baltimore newsman, who was convicted of treason.
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Boston
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Ups
Douglas Chandler
Baltimore
Whittaker Heads Minidoka Drive Campaign Committee
Charles Whittaker named chairman of the Minidoka county Red Cross campaign for March to fund the fiscal year. He cites flood response, water safety education, accident prevention, and a National Blood program to improve hospital blood supplies nationwide.
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Rupert
Charles Whittaker
Minidoka County
Red Cross
Whittaker
Pacific Northwest
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