Wrong Lung Collapsed In Operation
A government hospital performed thoreoplasty on a tubercular patient to treat the left lung but the right good lung collapsed. The error arose from an operative schedule listing the right side. Dr Frank Ashburn cited as competent chest surgeon. Condition serious but improving. Hospital officials seek top chest doctors for consultation.
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Washington
Guy Masson
Glenn’ Dale
George Ruhland
Frank Ashburn
Mayo Clinic
Army Medical Corps
Ruhland
Mason
Army Captain Charged With Embezzlement
Joe Allen Mason a 28 year old Texas Army captain was arrested by federal agents for a ten thousand dollar bank embezzlement as he boarded an army transport to Japan. FBI officials said Mason a reserve artillery officer and war veteran stole at least ten thousand from the First National Bank in Odessa Texas where he was head bookkeeper. Mason who lives in Cleburne Texas is married and has two children.
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San Francisco
Joe Allen Mason
Japan
FBI
Harry M. Kiimball
Allen
First National Bank
Odessa
Tex
Mason
Cleburne, Tex
LeRoy Hillman Idaho's First Baby of 1948
LeRoy Hillman born January 1 1948 at 12 06 am in St Anthony hospital is Idaho’s first recorded birth of the new year. The Hillman family 849 North Twelfth Street receives recognition and free hospital care courtesy of Blue Cross. Father works as shop foreman at Flandro Motor Company.
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Tiny LeRoy
Cap’ Hillman
LeRoy
C. P. Hillman
North Twelfth Street
St. Anthony Hospital
The
Blue Cross Hospital Service
Flandro Motor Company
Cap” Hillman
Police Chief R J Roubi Doux Hospitalized After Mild Heart Attack
Police Chief R J Roubi Doux was taken to General Hospital last night with a mild heart attack. Hospital authorities say his condition is not serious at present.
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R. J. Roubidoux
General Hospital
Aleen Mullen Named to Post In Courthouse
Mrs Aleen Mullen was appointed Wednesday to the post of deputy county treasurer and bookkeeper to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Arnold E Reddish. County Treasurer Laura Berg announced the appointment noting Mullen has served in the treasurer s office since 1935 and is familiar with the work.
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Aleen Mullen
Arnold E. Reddish
Laura Berg
Mullen
New Year traffic toll projected by safety council
The National Safety Council estimated 170 deaths from traffic accidents during the New Year holiday, about 100 fewer than the Christmas toll. Officials cited less travel and a sobering Christmas death toll as factors lowering the New Year forecast.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Strong Quake Shakes Up Reno-Sacramento Area
A sharp earthquake rattled western Nevada and northern California at 5 54 a m disrupting telephone lines between Reno and Sacramento. Aftershocks continued eight hours later with windows shattered and a wall toppled in Verdi Nevada. Seismologists warned of ongoing activity on Reno's faulted basin and noted the event could have caused greater damage if near a city.
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Reno
Nev
Nevada
California
Pocatello
Sacramento
Calif
Verdi
Oakland
Marysville
Lodi
San Joaquin Valley
Vincent Gianella
University of Nevada
Gianella
Berkeley
Perry Byerly
University of California
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Byerly
Mathews Death Declared Accidental by Jury
Ernest T. Mathews 67 retired U P switchman died Christmas Eve from self inflicted gunshot wound in a neck. Coroner’s jury reports accidental death at 435 South Fifth Ave home with son in law Thomas P West. Foreman Joe Trujillo leads jurors including Beulah Dickson Blaine Huntsman Jessie Finlayson and others.
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Ernest T. Mathews
U. P. Switchman
Joe Trujillo
Mathews
South Fifth Ave
Thomas P. West
Edward Curtis
Harrison Ave
Beulah Dickson
South
Second Ave
Blaine Huntsman
Stansbury St
Jessie Finlayson
Lincoln Ave
Ralph Robbins
Arthur Ave
Bessie Atkinson
Hayes Ave
E. S. Campbell
Seventh Ave
Marcelle Forrey
Bonneville St
Arthur Judd
South Third Ave
Joseph Trujillo
Center St
Instructor Resigns in Pocatello Schools for Health
Ingard Neilson, long time music instructor in Pocatello, resigns due to ill health. Mendel Lutatsky, Emerson school music teacher, will succeed him.
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Ingard Neilson
Pocatello
Mendel Lutatsky
Emerson School
Snowbound Highways As Blizzard Hits Idaho Roads
Road report from United Press at 5 p.m. Wednesday describes two large snow slides on Whitebird Hill blocking the north and south highway near Lewiston. North Idaho faces a blizzard with about half a foot of snow and drifting on several routes. U.S. 30 from Twin Falls east to Wyoming is open with gusty winds causing drifting. Highway 91 from Utah to Pocatello is drifting and Pocatello to West Yellowstone is open but slick. Burley to Pocatello has slick sections.
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Idaho
United Press
Lewiston
Whitebird Hill
North
Twin Falls
U. S. 30
Pocatello
Wyoming
Utah
West Yellowstone
Burley
State Purchases Fleet of Trucks and Dump Bodies
The State Purchasing Department ordered 20 ton and a half International trucks and 20 steel dump bodies for the Bureau of Highways. Valley Truck and Implement Co. of Nampa won the truck contract for 32,251.40 dollars, while Idaho Steel Products of Boise secured the dump bodies contract for 9,207 dollars.
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BOISE
State Purchasing Department
Bureau of Highways
Valley Truck and Implement Co
Nampa
Idaho Steel Products of
Senate Bourbons Meet in Boise
A dozen Democratic state senators gathered in Boise to discuss policy and plan for the legislature opening next Monday. The meeting was called by State Democratic Chairman Ed P. Brennan. The Democrats hold a 24 to 20 edge in the senate.
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Boise
Ed P. Brennan
Senate
Einstein in hospital after check up at Jewish Hospital
New York report says Dr. Albert Einstein is resting comfortably at Jewish Hospital following a routine check up. No further details were released by the hospital.
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Einstein
New York
Albert Einstein
Jewish Hospital
Pilotless Plane Lands On Minnesota Lake With Four Passengers
A four passenger Stinson Voyager rented from Merrill Aviation landed itself on Roberts Lake Minnesota after the pilot James Degrood faded. the ship coasted 50 feet in snow and struck a bank. Degrood suffered a fractured skull while the other three passengers escaped unharmed.
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Faribault
Minn
James Degrood
Degrood
Roberts Lake
Here
George J. and
Victor Degrood
Louis Slinger
Pipestone
Stinson Voyager
Merrill Aviation Company
George Degrood
James
Victor
Belvedere Basement Fire Damages Garfield Whitman Apartments
A basement fire at Belvedere apartments on Garfield Ave and Whitman St. damaged storage areas Wednesday afternoon. Fire chief A A Girard said the blaze was confined to the basement with the worst damage to stored articles. Firemen used two hose lines and wore smoke masks, staying on scene over two hours. No damage estimate was provided.
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Belvedere Apartments
Garfield Ave
Whitman St
A. A. Girard
U S troops to hold winter maneuvers in Germany
The U S military government says thousands of American troops will participate in routine winter maneuvers in the German states of Hesse and Wuertemberg Baden next month.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
Hesse
Wuertemberg-Baden
Lie Detector Expert Tires Of Red Tape
Berkeley police inspector Al Riedel, a lie detector expert, postponed his Guam flight due to delays and red tape. He will attend the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on New Year’s Day and remains ready to join the navy to help check alibis in the Ruth Farnsworth rape case in San Francisco.
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Berkeley
Calif
al Riedel
Berkeley Police
Navy
Ruth Farnsworth
Guam
Washington
Agere
Riedel
Pasadena
New Year Babies Prize Offered by The POST
The POST announces prizes for the first baby born in Pocatello in 1949. Awards become effective one second after midnight Friday and include useful and decorative gifts per advertising manager C. A. Hanson. Watch The POST for details.
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POST
Pocatello
C. A. Hanson
Feverish Peace Talks Mark Chinese Conflict
The civil war peace offensive in China gains momentum as officials report talks and behind the scenes activity while the United States stays aloof. Huang Shao Liung calls for a peaceful settlement as Chiang Kai-shek convenes all top warlords and advisors in Nanking.
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Shanghai
China
United States
U. S
Nanking
Huang Shao Liung
Legislative Yuan
Li Tsung Jen
Chiang
Truman Homeward Flight Despite Murky Landing
President Truman returned from a Christmas visit to Missouri aboard the Independence, making a radar guided, near fogbound landing after a 950 mile flight from Kansas City. Ground visibility was very poor, but the landing was completed safely with the president smiling for photographers.
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Washington
Truman
Missouri
Mr. Truman
Kansas City
Fairfax Airport
Independence
Williams
Military Air Transport Service
White House
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E. R. Bannoc
J. P. Mehlhbff
Power County
Frank G. DeKay
Emil C. Johnson
Idaho Falls
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Ruth C. Hartkopf
H. Wiliam Furchner
Bannock County
W. H. “Pete” Jensen
Clegg Raymond
Arnfred Christensen
Louis Felt
Walter C. Bithell
Herbert C. Peterson
Jack Parker
C. G. Taylor
J. W. Kintner
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T. H. Foley
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J. Elmer Moss
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Power
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