Driver Keeps Eye On Road Earns 15 Year Safety Pin
Harreld H. Christensen, longtime National Biscuit Co. driver, achieved a 15 year accident free record. Idaho branch manager Howard A. Messick and Sgt. A. L. Oliver presented the award, noting Christensen now runs his own service station at 225 South Fifth Ave. Christensen credits safe driving rules and control, stressing not driving too fast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harreld H. Christensen
National Biscuit Co
E Road
Christensen
Sgt. A. L. Oliver
Po Police Department
Idaho Peace Offerers Association
South Fifth Ave
Idaho
Howard A
Messick
South Eighth St
National Biscuit Company
Sgt
A. L. Oliver
Pocatello Police
Howard A. Messick
Mark Hellinger Life Too Short A Broadway Obituary
Earl Wilson chronicles Mark Hellinger a life of lavish generosity and hard work, noting his fame in Broadway and Hollywood circles. The piece recalls a late night Sherry-Netherland interview, his financial quirks, notable friends like Toots Shor and Bogart, and the sense he might have paid with his life for a relentless work pace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherry- Netherland
Mark
Hollywood
N. Y
Hellinger
Humphrey Bogart
Hellingers
Wilsons
Slapsie Maxie
America
Gladys
Toots Shor
Truman Signs Measure Without All Provisions
Washington reports the Republican bill limits Truman authority, granting three of his 10 point goals and relying on voluntary methods for others. It extends export controls and transport controls for a year, funds a voluntary food program, and seeks voluntary allocation of scarce commodities with antitrust exemptions pending justice department approval. Taft plans another review of remaining controversial elements early next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Europe
Justice Department
Mr. Truman
Labor Unions Prepare For Voting Drive
AFL and CIO political action committees plan early January meetings to start vote-getting drives. They aim to elect legislators who backed Taft-Hartley and seek to raise about 18 million dollars to influence Congress and the presidency in the year of decision. Spokesmen emphasize complying with Taft-Hartley bans on union dues for politics, using voluntary contributions instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
AFL
CIO
Congress
United Mine Workers, International Association of Machinists
Railroad Brotherhoods
German Concentration Camp Survivor Arrested For Check
Natashа Varonoff, 27, New York, claims to be a partisan fighter from Yugoslavia and exclaims she escaped a German camp. She was held in Chicago after passing a $93.47 bogus check at the Palmer House, with a letter of credit intended for a National City Bank deposit, while displaying five scars and valuable items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Yugoslavia
Natasha Varonoff
New York
Palmer House
National City Bank of New York
Miss Varonoff
John Scherping
Condition Is Serious After Locomotive Water-Tender Fall
Attendants at Memorial hospital American Falls said late Sunday evening that the condition of Richard L Hess Union Pacific fireman injured Friday when he fell from the water tender of a locomotive was serious. Hess a World War II veteran is conscious most of the time but not aware of his condition. He suffered a possible fractured skull in the fall. Hospital attendants said no immediate change in his condition was expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
American Falls
Richard L. Hess
Union Pacific
Hess
Check Up For Radios In Potatello Meeting
Southeastern Idaho highway patrolmen and city police officers gathered in Potatello Saturday as radio technician Ed French of Boise inspected and repaired two way radios for both agencies. The meeting addressed caravan permits weight limits and reciprocity with bordering states on trucking problems. Attending were patrolmen from Montpelier Preston Blackfoot and St James Bedingfield and Carl Muir stationed at Pocatello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Potatello
Ed French
Boise
Pocatello
Montpelier
Preston
Blackfoot
St. James
US street transit and honey tree facts
Street cars trackless trolleys and buses traveled over 3.0 billion miles last year. That figure equals about 18 round trips to the sun. The American linden is the favorite honey tree of America as bees prefer it above all others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
America
William Jenkins Obituary Held in Idaho Ward Service
Services set for 1 p.m. Tuesday for William Jenkins, 74, who died Friday in Arimo Idaho. Pre burial rites occur at Robin LDS Ward chapel with Bishop Lemuel Toler presiding. Burial follows at Robin Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jenkins
Arimo
Idaho
Robin Lds Ward
Lemuel Toler
Robin Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs Effie Odett
Funeral services for Mrs Effie Odett aged 47 who died Wednesday evening will be held at Hall Mortuary Chapel. LDS Second Ward bishopric will officiate. Burial will be in Mountainview Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie Odett
Hall Mortuary
LDS Second Ward
Mountainview Cemetery
Prospecting discovery by Frank Fairfield in Nevada shaft
Frank Fairfield, a Nevada prospector, observed ants bringing perlite particles to the surface. He sunk a shaft at the site and struck a rich perlite deposit, signaling a significant find for the local mining effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Fairfield
Nevada
Construction of China's Great Wall Named Ancient Project
The article states that China began building the Great Wall around 220 B C under Chin Shish, taking ten years to complete, and that the wall was built of brick and stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Great Wall
Chin Shish
Arctic Storm Delays Rescue Of B 29 Crash Victims
Arctic storms delay rescue efforts for a B 29 crash off Nome Alaska as four survivors are feared. Paratroopers reach the wreckage with medical aid after six days of subzero conditions while dogsleds and ski planes suffer mishaps. Radio contact is down but reports suggest up to five may be alive near Serpentine Mountain 100 miles north of Nome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nome
Alaska
Seward Peninsula
Medical Corps
Air Force
Serpentine Mountain
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mark Hellinger
By Earl Wilson
Broadway
Johnny Meyer
Los Angeles
Shor
Joe Vi Maggio
Quentin Reynolds
Mike Romanoff
Paul Douglas
al Horwits
Earl
Eddie Davis
Little Jack Little
Jack Dempsey
B'way
Miami Beach
Tommy Manville
Leon
Eddie
Pat Miles
Our Town
Pola Negri
el Morocco
John Talbot
Turner
Drew Berkowitz
Pat Knight
Bostion
Lena Horne
Marva Louis
Ebony Club
Estelle Loring
Stardust
Hotel St. George
Burgess Meredith
Jinx Falkenberg
Paulette Goddard
Paulette
Ezra Stone
Union
Arizona
Chester Nimitz
James T. Lay Jr
San Diego
Calif
Nimitz
Naval Operations
Abner
Daisy Mae
Scraggs
Dogpatchway
Scraggses
al Capp
ANT Prospectors
Gene Tierney
Rex Harrison
Ghost
Mrs. Muir
John Loder Lenore Aubert
Monte Cristo
Dinah Shore
Technicolor
Donald Duck
Charlie McCarthy
Mortimer Snead
Mickey Mouse
RKO Radio Pictures
Philco
Henriksen
Fargo
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!