Water Use Case Filed With Court
Ada county district court hears an appeal by E C Johnston of a denial to transfer the point of diversion for two cubic feet of Blacks Creek water. He argues the law unconstitutional depriving property without due process. Kulp says the case could shape future water litigation.
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Boise
Ada County
E. C. Johnston
State ‘Reclamation
Mark R.culp
Blacks Creek
Johnson
Johnston
Kulp
Milkman Dies Delivering Milk at Birthplace
Marienette Wisconsin reports Christ Christensen a 50 year milkman collapsed and died on the porch of his former home while making his regular delivery. Florida's largest reptile alligator grows 15 to 20 feet long and weighs about 1,000 pounds.
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Marienette
Wis
Christ’ Christensen
Christensen
Florida
Boise Burglars Take Christmas Presents From Homes
A burglar entered Tom Compton’s home at 2520 Ellis Ave and stole all gifts under the Christmas tree then abandoned Compton’s car. Similar thefts hit J. C. Adams’s residence through a basement window and J. J. Long’s home via a bathroom window, taking a Christmas present and a billfold.
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Tom Compton
Ellis Ave
Compton
J. C.adams
J. J. Long
Thoma Family Drives onto Wisconsin Campus
The Thoma family from Madison is well represented at the University of Wisconsin this year. Elizabeth Thoma, 18, enters the college of letters and science while three brothers study electrical engineering. Richard Thoma is a graduate student in biological chemistry.
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Madison
Wis
Thoma
University of Wisconsin
Elizabeth Thoma
College of Letters and Science
Richard
Savings Groups Increase Assets
Officials of the United States Savings and Loan League report 148 associations in the United States have assets of 10,000,000 dollars or more. This marks an increase of 21 associations in the top bracket since 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States Savings and Loan League
United States
Idaho Potatoes See Saudi Desert Planting Plan
Idaho Russetts will be shipped to Saudi Arabia for planting by an ex extension worker overseeing agriculture for the Arabian American Oil Company and King Saud. About 100 pounds of certified Idaho potatoes will be sent by air from New York to sprout in the desert.
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Boise
Ida
Idaho
Saudi Arabia
Robert D. Pesky
University of Idaho
Arabian American Oil Comipany
San Francisco
Arabia
Pesky
Texas Extension
Oil Company
King Saud
New York
Boise Bank Chief Named Continental State Bank President
William A. Goodall, vice president of Continental National Bank and Trust Co., elected president of Continental State Bank of Boise succeeding C. L. Miller who becomes chairman. Goodall also serves as vice president of Bank of Eastern Idaho and has a banking career begun in Los Angeles after Stanford. He will reside in Boise after assuming duties.
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Salt ‘Lake City
William A. Goodall
Continental National Bank and Trust Co
Continental State Bank of Boise
C. L. Miller
Idaho
Miller
Oregon
Boise Bank
Goodall
Bank of Eastern Idaho
Idaho Falls
Helena
Mont
California
Stanford University
Los Angeles
Continental Bank
Salt Lake
Navy
Boise
Tiny Tot Survives Slim Hope After Tiny Minneapolis Birth
In Minneapolis a 20 ounce newborn girl born Dec. 6 at Fairview Hospital, 11 inches long, gained four ounces yet doctors doubt she will survive. Dr. Melvin P. Baken notes she is among the smallest to live past birth. the child feeds via throat tube in an incubator.
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Minnfapolis
Fairview Hospital
Melvin P. Baken
Truman Family Attends Margaret Truman Christmas Concert
President Truman sat with his wife and relatives in Constitution Hall to hear Margaret Truman sing in her first onstage concert in Washington. Cabinet members filled the audience as the White House family planned Christmas Eve church services and a turkey dinner with gifts under a large tree.
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Washington
Truman
Constitution Hall
Margaret
Mr. Truman
Mrs. Truman
White House
Key West
Detroit
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Trumans
Mary Jane Truman
D. W. Wallace
David Frederick Wallace
David
Marian
Underworld Oscar Take: 1947 Crime Spoofs From Hartford
A collection of odd crimes from 1947 highlights include a 20 ton Gooding bridge theft blamed on highway crews, a Del Mar brick wall cut, and a Palm City pole haul. Other quirks name opportunists, patient thieves, and a Philadelphia safe note.
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Hartford
Conn
Underworld
Gooding
Ida
Highway Crew
del Mar
Cal
Look magazine pool predicts Truman defeat in 1948 race
Washington correspondents foresee Truman losing to a Republican in 1948. Dewey leads GOP nominee picks with Eisenhower and Taft also named. a minority foresee Truman’s re election if Eisenhower does not run. Vandenberg Stassen Bricker favored as possible dark horses for VP. Forrestal favored for Democratic VP. Tax cut support and war likelihood split among writers.
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Washington
Deat Truman
Ian
Look
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Truman
Eisenhower
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Harold E. Stassen
John Bricker
Defense
James Forrestal
Forerstal
George C. Marshall
Wallgren
Mon Wallgren
NAM Action Is Assailed By Kilgore
Senator Harley M. Kilgore accuses the National Association of Manufacturers of a deceitful pro inflation campaign to block Truman administration price controls. He warns NAM ads exploit fears of limiting profits and laments past distortions that undermined price and production controls and helped pass Taft-Hartley.
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NAM
Kilgore
Washington
Harley M. Kilgore
D. W. Va
National Association of Manufacturers
Truman
Golfer Hitting Ninth Hole Causes Squirrel Death
A golfer at a Memphis course struck a squirrel with a drive on the ninth hole. The animal died from the impact, a rare mishap amid a round marked by unusual luck and mishap.
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Memphis
Tenn
Idaho Doctor Treats Victim After Auto Crash
In Gooding Idaho Orville Williams was injured in an evening auto accident. He drove to a doctor's office for his wife’s care, then ran out of gas and stepped into traffic. The physician, who had just treated Williams’ wife, was waiting at Williams’s home and administered aid.
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Ic City Coal Yard
Chicago
Oakland
Cal
Ionia, Mich
Philadelphia
Yeggs
L. C. McWhinney
Cedar Rapids
McWhinney
Williams
Illegal Game Goes to Charity
Boise Idaho game wardens seized hundreds of pounds of deer and elk meat and about 60 pheasants this fall and donated the bounty to charity. The Children's Home and the Elks' Home were among the beneficiaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Game Department
Rate Bill Hearing Due on Western Freight Rates Hope
Sen. Glen H. Taylor of Idaho reports the Senate Commerce Committee named a subcommittee to study his bill to merge the Interstate Commerce Commission into freight rate investigations. He expects hearings soon and argues the current rates are unfair, discriminatory, and hindering western growth, with a similar aim for the South.
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Washington
Glen H. Taylor
Ida
Senate Commerce Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Taylor
Commission
West
South
Massachusetts Court Expands Workmen's Compensation Eligibility
The Massachusetts Supreme Court awarded disability benefits to a factory worker after a fright claim. The ruling declares employees injured by fright through lightning near their work area eligible for workers compensation.
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Lawrence
Mass
Llp
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Supreme Court
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American Medical Association
Minneapolis
Oscar
Idaho Span
United Press
Palm City
Jers Insurance
T. M. Reg
U.S. Pat
RCA Victor Phonograph
RADIO
Athe
RCA Victor
Victrola
Department of Agriculture
Castle Gate
Santa Claus
Pocatello Lumber
Ita
U. S. Pat
Ford Music Co
W. Center
the Children’s Home
The
Elks’ Home
Pocatello
FORD
Just
RCA
Radiola
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