Driver in hit and run identified as Mereusek
Police say Joe Mereusek of 133 South Garfield Avenue came to the station claiming he drove the car that struck Willme Brown a 28 year old boilermaker's helper at Union Pacific shops. Brown was treated at General Hospital for severe cuts and bruises. Mereusek will be charged with leaving the scene in police court.
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Joe Mereusek
South
Garfield Ave
Willme Brown
General Hospital
Brown
Union Pacific
North Fourth Avenue
Mereusek
Puppy Sent to First Family for Christmas
The beige floppy-eared puppy arrived at the White House on Sunday to spend Christmas with President Truman and the first family. The pup flew overnight from Chicago aboard an American Airlines plane and was sent by Mrs. Peter J. Marsden of Galena Illinois, who helped care for the president's aged mother before her death last summer.
Prices From Late Brenton Ledger Echo 50 Years Past
In Bethany Missouri Up reporter notes farm ledger of the late Joseph A Brenton lists prices once paid for poultry era sales 26 cents for a fat hen 79 cents for a hen turkey 15 cents for a duck and 50 cents for a goose reflecting nostalgia for a bygone age.
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Bethany
Joseph A. Brenton
Idaho Cities Crack Down On Slot Tax Debate
Idaho cities move to raise take from legalized slot machines as the first year ends and a Supreme Court ruling nears. Weiser, Rigby, Jerome and others adopt 50 percent gross revenue shares while Boise and Idaho Falls raise license fees. A key suit from Homedale tests legality of operating without a license amid political back and forth over corruption risks.
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United Press
Idaho
Supreme Court
Scott L. Smith
Homedale
Twins
Twin Falls
Weiser
Rigby
Jerome
Doran H
Boise
Emmett
Burley
Idaho Falls
Earl S. Wright
Clark
H. G. Lauterbach
Wright
Dictionary Reading Urged for Junior
CHICAGO. Read junior a page of the dictionary daily or risk becoming a gangster says Max Sherover head of the Linguaphone Institute of America. He links limited vocabularies to exhibitionism and anti social behavior citing Al Capone and Al Smith as examples. He urges daily Webster reading to boost vocabulary in children with low word knowledge.
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Chicago
Max Sherover
Linguaphone Institute of America
Sherover
al Capone
al Smith
Webster
Skier Teams Arrive for Sun Valley Intercollegiate
Skier arrivals mark prep for the seventh annual Sun Valley Intercollegiate Ski Tournament set for December 28 to 31. Thirteen teams entered including Idaho, Montana State, Washington, Stanford, Denver, California, and others, with plans for Baldy mountain runs and a Galena summit cross country if snow is sparse.
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SUN Valley
Baldy
Galena Summit
Rudd Mountain
University of Utah
University of Idaho
Montana State
University of Washington
Stanford
Denver University
University of California
British Columbia
Middlebury
Washington State
Portland University
Dartmouth
San Jose State
Boise Junior College
Ray Miland
Cnst
Larry Remaklus
Jack Robinette
Boise
Jack Numbers
Crusty Harmon
Dave Ulmer
McCall
Hal Crawford
Wallace
Luis Bermocha
Mountain Home
Larry Morrison
New York City
Ghost check honored by General Ice Cream Corp
A 19 year old ghost check for 24.25 dated April 2 1928 to W Yates Schenectady was endorsed by the late John Knickerbocker of Troy and found by his estate. Troy banks acting as executor honored the uncashed instrument.
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Schenectady
General Ice Cream Corp
W. Yates
Scheenectady
John Knickerbocker
Troy
Troy Banks
GI and Japanese join in Messiah performance in Tokyo
In Tokyo and Sendai choirs with over 100 American voices, Allied personnel and kimono-clad Japanese villagers joined in Handel's The Messiah at Hibeya hall under the Supreme Command chaplains. Rev Nagata Oka conducted, continuing a 20 year Christmas tradition. About 2,000 occupation personnel attended the Sunday concert, with a midnight Christmas Eve reprise planned.
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Tokyo
Japan
Hibeya
Supreme Command
Sendai
Nagata Oka
Church Musiciaan
Messiah
O Choir
Fire Will Destroy Needed Wheat
Chicago report cites Dr. David Price predicting 10,000,000 bushels of grain lost to fires in processing and storage plants over 12 months. NFPA farm committee estimates 1947 farm fire losses around $80,000,000, equating to a freight train nearly 10 miles long at $3 a bushel.
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Chicago
David Price
National Fire Protection Association
Farm Protection Committee
NFPA
America
Decatur High Feeds Manes With Peroxide Fad
Decatur Ind. male students at Decatur High School adopt the latest fashion of peroxide blonde hair as a growing trend among boys.
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Decatur, Ind
Jean Harlowss
Decatur High School
Births in Pocatello Area Hospitals Sunday
Babies born to Cecil Roosma and wife at North Ninth Avenue are a girl General. Joe Diaz and wife at North Fourth Avenue welcome a girl General. Robert H. Hansen and wife at Harrison Avenue have a boy General. Monty Dick and wife in Arco Idaho welcome a girl St. Anthony's. George J. Keil and wife at East Halliday have a girl St. Anthony's. Dale Bair and wife at South Fourth Avenue have a boy St. Anthony's. Wendell Blair and wife in Inkom have a boy St. Anthony's.
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Pocatello Hospitals
Cecil Roosma
North Ninth Ave
Joe Diaz
North Fourth Ave
Robert H. Hansen
N. Harrison
Monty Dick
Arco
Idaho
St. Anthony’s
George J. Keil
East Hallliday
Hard Way Radio Relay By State Officers Across Distances
DOING IT THE HARD WAY CARLSBAD, N. M. (UP) Bill Lewis state policeman took the roundabout route to radio from his car to Officer C. S. McCasland in another state police vehicle several miles away. A station at Scarboro, Me. 2,000 miles away picked up the message and relayed it when interference blocked direct contact.
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Carlsbad
N. M
Bill Lewis
C. S. McCasland
Scarboro
Siamese Twins Relapse Reported In Indiana
In Indianapolis doctors report relapse for Siamese twins born three weeks ago to a Bedford Indiana couple. The infants, joined by a skull bone, had little chance at surgery and now receive oxygen after a recent decline. They previously thrived on regular air and milk.
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Indianapolis
Bedford
Ind
Postings Continued From Page One
Don Hartman has a little boy and a big dog. The boy rides Patrikca the dog. Walley argues it is a horse. The publisher brags about a borrowed car that malfunctions at night. Lights go out as he drives and returns, creating a near disaster with the gas feed failing at speed.
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Don Hartman
Wally
Patrikca
Don
Walley
Ron
POST
Betsy
Sample list of traders to be issued this week
The Agriculture Department plans a first installment of 500 to 600 traders with large grain market holdings from a sample of days in 1946 and 1947. Senate investigators seek books from Edwin W. Pauley on market operations. Govt aims to reveal who held 200000 bushels in futures on any exchange, with full list due later.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Senate
Edwin W. Pauley
Army
Kenneth C. Royall
Harold E. Stassen
Pauley
J. M. Mehlert
The
Agriculture Be Eerdents “Commodity Exchange Authority
United Press
Betsy Borrowed Car Quietly Returns to Poca Tello
A fragmentish report notes the borrowed car Betsy returned to Poca Tello after a night venture. Garage workers report all seems well but surprise at venturing out again with the vehicle.
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Pocatello
Betsy
Westward trip ends with wild goose for congressman
Congressman Fenton of Mahoney City, Pa., toured the west with a House committee and, after a request from Hu Blonk and Tex Everhart of Boise, received a 10-pound wild goose sent east as a souvenir. Blonk, Information Officer for the Bureau of Reclamation, arranged the gesture in Boise before the return.
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Boise
Ivor . Fenton
Mahoney City
West
House
Chicago
Hu Blonk
Bureau of Reclamation
Tex Everhart
Blonk
Fenton
Everhart
Lucky Break: Baby Survives Train Near Green Bay
In Green Bay, David Arnold, 18 months, fell between railroad tracks as a train passed. The child was unharmed, while his mother sustained a broken knee attempting to rescue him.
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Green Bay, Wis
David Arnold
David
Chennault Marries Anna Chan in Hong Kong Home Ceremony
Maj. Gen Claire L. Chennault, retired Flying Tigers commander, wed Anna Chan at his Hol lyhead residence in Hungjao. The bride, daughter of a former San Francisco consul general, was married by her father Dr W Chan as Col Thomas Gentry served as best man. Guests included Chinese Vice Foreign Minister George Yeh and U S Vice Consul Arthur Rosen. Chennault is now chief of air transport for the China relief agency after arriving in China in 1937 as an air adviser to Chiang Kai-shek.
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Shanghai
Claire L. Chennault
The
Flying Tigers
Anna. Chan
San Francisco
Central News Agency
Hollyhead
Hungjao
Central News
W. Chan
Kuching
Sarawak
Thomas Gentry
Chennault
Cynthia Chan
Canton
Ralph Mortensoh
China Bible House
Unerring Pitching Wins Pro Title For Eagles
Philadelphia Eagles ace Tom Thompson delivered precise passes to Steve Van Buren and Jack Ferrante, boosting a 21 0 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers to clinch the NFL eastern division title. Bosh Pritchard added a 79 yard punt return for a score early in the third, as 35 729 fans witnessed their first division championship and a shot at the league title against the Chicago Cardinals.
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Pittsburgh
Tommy Thompson
judgShnny Thompson
Eider
Philadelphia Eagles
Pittsburg Steelers
Thompson
Steve van Buren
Jack Ferrante
Bosh Pritchard
Eagles
Chicago Cardinals
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Lester
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