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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1947
Page
2
Boise liquor officials report denying renewals for about 15 bartenders due to prior misdemeanor liquor law convictions. Commissioners say renewals are now checked, with two clubs refused and four to five others under investigation. Liquor licenses have been issued to 295 clubs and 933 bartenders overall.
Idaho Governor C A Robins urged residents to boost contributions to the Pacific Northwest Christmas Ship. He emphasized making the state's relief effort a worthy one with a deadline of midnight January 10.
H E Bates pleaded guilty to intoxication and was fined 50 dollars. William E Cason age 60 pleaded guilty and was fined 15 dollars with 5 dollars suspended. George R Richards age 24 pleaded guilty and was fined 25 dollars. Louis B Corbett age 47 failed to observe a stop sign at Sixth and Halliday and was fined 2.50 with 2.50 suspended. Wesley B Leach age 17 charged with running a stop sign at Center and Pocatello, bond of 2.50 forfeited.
Mrs. H L Sticer of 1451 North Arthur says her daughter was bitten on the right leg by a dog and requested the poundmaster be notified. The bulletin mentions Gilbert Gudmunson at 434 West as a related entry.
Boise Idaho pioneer and longtime attorney M Reese Hattabaugh 71 died in a Boise hospital Tuesday aged to have been born Jan 17. He came to Idaho in 1878, attended the University of Idaho and George Washington law college, served 12 years on the Idaho Public Utilities Commission and held federal and state attorney general roles before retirement. He is survived by his son M Reese Hattabaugh Jr of Boise. Services will be held in Boise Friday afternoon.
A hearing on the protested application of Taylor Brothers of Burley to divert water from Raft River for irrigation was postponed until March 3.
Bonneville was arrested Monday following an accident after police say he ran a stop sign. Anthony Jones, the other driver, was taken to General Hospital where his right hand and knee were treated. The Gudmanson vehicle traveled east on Infirmary road while Jones traveled north on Pole Line road when the crash happened.
Glen H. Williams, 25, of Pocatello, and Audrey Hussey, 20, of Wells, Nevada, receive a marriage license.
The Moose Lodge in Gate City will host its annual New Year’s Eve membership dance on Wednesday evening starting at 9 p.m. with music by Joe Ortega and his Rhythm Aires. Miss Marilyn Worth of Oaks Park Illinois, a University of Colorado Boulder senior, is visiting the Aes M Weese home at 222 South Ave. An Alpha Omicron Pi sorority sister of Mrs John.
Cafe Society sends New Year greetings to Idaho Falls bars, cafes, and clubs and to their regular patrons.notes extend to Johnny Gross at Wagon Wheel and to Bud George at Maverick, with wishes for prosperity, laughter, and fewer headaches in 1948.
Former vice president Henry Wallace seeks a 1948 third party bid with support from Wallace allies while Idaho Democrat Taylor mulls joining. Republicans cheer the move, Morgenthau rejects any alliance, and talk centers on Marshall plan criticisms and electoral impact.
Twin Falls Idaho city council on Monday night rejected a petition from church leaders to outlaw slot machines. Rev Albert Parrott of the Twin Falls Ministerial Association urged action while Mitchell Hunt Jr former LDS bishop pressed for ridding the city of this evil. Mayor Lauterbach noted the petitioners should have appeared earlier and the council will keep the current tax ordinance on machines at 50 percent of gross revenue until fiscal year end or a Idaho Supreme Court ruling on the 1947 law.
Vermon t skiers sweep the cross country race at Galena summit to grab the first four places. Middlebury College rises to the top of the four school meet, moving ahead of Washington and other rivals after the slalom event.
The Agricultural Department published 3,131 wheat traders in its fourth list as Congressional investigators prepare to probe grain speculation involving Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham, President Truman's close associate and physician. The list mainly covered small traders in the Chicago wheat market last February.
Philip Deane of Middlebury edged Joseph H Bailey Jack Valentine and Don Henderson in a 6 mile cross country event at Middlebury with a 24 minutes 16 seconds finish. Bailey was second in 24 58 with Valentine at 25 05 and Henderson at 25 10.
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