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The Pocatello Post

Location

Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 1948

Page

2

Local Couple Lose Battle Of Red Tape

Mr and Mrs The ma Mann of 249 Jefferson Ave faced a decade long tax dispute with the Bureau of Internal Revenue over adopting a relative child requiring constant medical care. The IRS claimed $95 plus interest for unfiled adoption papers dating back twelve years, prompting hurried filings but leaving the infant listed as a dependent only after two years at the specified amount.

Thema Mann Jefferson Ave Bureau of Internal Revenue Manns

Princess Margaret Said To Stay Up Late In Weeklong Spree

The Sunday Pictorial in London reports Princess Margaret, 18, kept late hours four nights last week. It cites a TV concert, theater, ball, and clubbing as causes, notes a rumored friendship with the Marquess of Blandford, and says the royal parents are concerned about her health and gaiety.

London Sunday Pictorial Princess Margaret The Pictorial Margaret Blandford Four Hundred King George Queen Elizabeth

Pocatello Trade Area Sees Small Retail Slump

Local merchants in Pocatello report only a modest buyers strike compared with eastern retailers. The four weeks ending Nov 27 1948 show a one percent drop from last year while Idaho and Utah average five percent. National decline stands at seven percent.

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Idaho Utah

Former Bingham Resident Bertha Powers Dies

Mrs Bertha Early Powers wife of the late Perley W Powers died at her son Johns home in Oak Park Illinois She is survived by John and another son Paul both Bell Telephone Blackfoot residents recall the Powers as early Blackfoot settlers Mr Powers worked with Idaho Irrigation Lands Co and later started Powers Pharmacy John studied at Idaho Tech in Pocatello

Blackfoot Bertha Early Powers Perley W. Powers John Pocatello Idaho Tech

Trends In The Nations Markets

Markets show irregular moves in moderately active trading. U S government bonds not traded. Silver in New York at 70 cents per fine ounce. Wheat futures down 0.50 to up 0.5 cent, corn up 0.25 to 1.25 cent, oats down 0.04 to up 0.04 cent. Cattle and hogs steady, sheep about 50 cents lower.

United Press U. S York

Market Rise on Atlas Barnsdall News and Dividends

Stocks advanced with stronger sentiment after Atlas Corp sought more Barnsdall Oil shares, Floyd Odlum predicting higher Barnsdall earnings and a 50 cent dividend rise. Montgomery Ward approved a $1 extra dividend, Admiral Corp also issuing cash and stock boosts.

Atlas Corporation Barnsdall Oil Co Floyd Odlum Atlas Barnsdall Montgomery Ward Admiral Corporation American Iron & Steel Institute Ba All Atlas Corp Skelly Oil Allied Chemical American Tobacco Standard Oil of California Norfolk & Western Union Pacific U. Steel General Electric Texas General Foods Southern Pacific Montgomery Wards

Grain futures rise on Board of Trade activity

Chicago grain markets showed modest gains as corn and soybeans led the advance on Monday. Wheat finished higher by fractions to a cent, corn up 4 to 14 cents, oats up fractions, rye modestly higher, with soybeans also edging forward amid the day’s action.

Comon Houses Sen. Thomas Oklahoma Commodity Credit Corp CCC Kansas City Minneapolis Winnipeg Chicago Board of Trade

Livestock Market Report Outlines Mixed Results Across Species

Ogden and Billings livestock markets show varied demand. Cattle mostly steady with weak spots, steers and heifers priced in the 18 to 21.50 range, cows weaker. Hogs steady with several weight classes quoted from 19 to 23. Lambs trade softer with Idaho loads around 23.00 and smaller lots near 21.75 to 22.35.

Omaha Ogden Idaho Billings Mont

New York and Los Angeles Dairy and Poultry Prices Circulate

Market notes show quiet potato and live poultry trading in New York with Russets at 4.50 to 4.65 per 100 pounds and fowls and chickens in narrow ranges. California celery and butter show steady to improved tones while Los Angeles dairy lists wholesale and consumer egg prices across multiple grades with cartons and retail figures.

New York Idaho California Los Angeles

Oil Push Planned Next Year

Harold Byrd of Byrd-Frost Inc announced extensive oil drilling plans across Colorado New Mexico Utah and Arizona for next year aiming to drill at least 15 wells and build a natural gas pipeline to Salt Lake City and San Francisco The Driscoll No 1 discovery well near Cortez Colo is flowing 21.9 barrels per hour with six million cubic feet of gas and 68 gravity oil priced at 3 per barrel with potential to rise to 5 Byrd said pipelines will be laid later and the oil is trucked to a refinery in Prue NM The McConnell Drilling Co will handle the offset drilling next week Colo townsmen planned a party but Byrd declined saying it is too near Christmas.

Dallas Tex Colorado New Mexico Utah Arizona Harold Byrd Byrd-Frost (Oil) Inc Byrd Salt Lake City San Francisco Driscoll No. 1 Cortez Colo McConnell Drilling Co Discovery The Petroleum Products Co Pruett N. M

Beet Production Drop Predicted in Idaho

Arvil Millar president of the Idaho Beet Growers Association predicts a drop in beet cultivation. He spoke en route to a Department of Agriculture hearing in Denver and warned that the 1949 acreage could fall below 85,000 acres unless prices rise to cover high costs.

Idaho Arvil Millar Shelley Idaho Beet Growers Association Millar Department of Agriculture Denver

Across the Room a Dying Man Clings to a Chair

A bedridden man crawls toward a distant chair as his health fails. His lover-turned caregiver returns with a mock kindness and refuses outside help until death nears, leaving a mystery about her role as a doctor and the door left ajar. The scene ends with a grim hint of impending revelations.

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