Mink Creek family house burns. five saved in fire
Ephron Frazier and family escaped when their Mink Creek frame home exploded into flames Sunday evening. Steven Frazier led siblings to safety, and dad retrieved young Mike from the blaze. Losses exceed 5000 with 300 insurance. neighbors and church aid the family while wiring and stove fault are blamed. The Fraziers plan to rebuild near the original site.
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Mink Creek
Ephron Frazier
Frazier
Steven
Michael
Mike
Gerald Frazier
Fraziers
Henry West
11Th Ward
LDS Church
Relief Society
Steven Frazier
Connie
Gerald
Rain and Snow Break California Drought Threat
United Press reports that coastal California saw sudden rain and light snow flurries while central valleys remained dry. Storms brought first San Francisco snow in years and subfreezing lows, but officials warned the drought could persist with no assurance of continued moisture to save parched farms and livestock.
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United Press
California
Nevada
San Francisco
Weather Bureau
San Francisco Bay
Golden Gate Park
Groundhog Shadow Predicts Six Weeks More Winter in Pocatello
Pocatello officials say the groundhog saw his shadow and signaled six more weeks of winter. Weather services echoed the sentiment with a cold high of 25 to 30 and a low near 5 as snow flurries and clouds move in.
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Pocatello
W.M
Leaders to Speak at Ricks College Leadership Week
Rexburg officials said Elder Ezra T. Benson of the LDS Council of Twelve and University of Idaho president J. E. Buchanan will headline the 21st annual Ricks College Leadership Week set for February 17 to 19.
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Rexburg
Ezra T. Benson
Council of Twelve
LDS Church
Salt Lake City
University of Idaho
J. E. Buchanan
Ricks College
Idaho buys four ranches on Salmon River for wildlife range
The Idaho Fish and Game Department announced the purchase of four private ranches on the middle fork of the Salmon river to expand winter range for big game and preserve wilderness in the primitive area.
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Boise
Idaho Fish and Game Department
Middle Fork
Salmon River
Protests Over Two New Pocatello Area Villages
Landowners oppose the incorporation of Black Rock south of Pocatello amid petitions filed with Bannock county. In Power county a challenge to Batise's incorporation is before a district court, with residents and clubs named. County officials set a hearing for Black Rock while battles over boundaries and legality unfold.
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Idaho
Pocatello
Black Rock
Bannock County
Power County District Court
Batise
Last Frontier
Shamrock Club
Court House
George Allen
Power County
Ona
Basil
Levi * Walker
Rudolf Rast
Wayne Dutson
Mehlhoff
William Hess
Carl Wrensted
Gregersen
Wellerville
Highway 91
Inkom
Meridell Park
Fred Dolbeer
Dolbeer
Pocatello Postings Highlight Fire Tip and Burglar Clue
Mahlon Rupp provided a Mink Creek fire tip that could earn him a $5 POST award, requesting the prize go to Ephron Frazier and family. Hal Peterson also tipped police cracking a burglary wave. Lion Club head Purrington said about $2000 from the Cavalcade of Mirth and Music will aid the community pool fund.
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Mahlon Rupp
South Fourth St
POST
Frazier
Mink Creek
Ephron Frazier
Hal*Peterson
South Twelfth St
Lion Club
R. W. Purrington
Community Swimming Pool
Robins Declines 1950 Senate Bid in Idaho
Boise Idaho Governor Gary C Robins announced at a Boise stag dinner that he will not seek the Republican Senate nomination in 1950. He will complete his four year term and cannot run for re election. He expressed desire to return home to St Joe after his tenure ends.
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Boise
Gary
C. A. Robins
Idaho
Robins
Washington
St.Joe
U S Denies Soviet Iran Propaganda Claims
The United States on Monday accused the Soviet Union of lying about American activities in Iran and rejected Moscow’s protest over U S naval visits to Italian ports as unfounded. State Department spokesman Michael J. McDermott labeled the Soviet charges as false or distorted while signaling ready countermeasures in the propaganda campaign.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Iran
Russia
U. S
State Department
Michael J. McDermott
McDermott
Morrison Knudsen Wins Cascade Mountain Line Relocation Contract
Great Northern Railway awarded Morrison Knudsen Co Inc of Boise Idaho the bulk of work on a Cascade mountains line relocation project. Estimated cost near 1 million dollars for 4331 feet of new track including a 700 foot tunnel and a 650 foot bridge over Nason creek. Start date depends on weather with two year completion estimate. Location four miles west of Merrit Washington and 46 miles west of Wenatchee Washington per T F Dixon operations vice president.
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ST. Paul
Great Northern Railway
Morrison-Knudsen Co., Inc
Boise
Ida
Cascade Mountains
Nason Creek
Merrit, Wash
Wenatchee, Wash
T. F. Dixon
Blackfoot C of C To Install Heads
The Blackfoot chamber of commerce will install officers at its annual banquet on Wednesday February 4. R L Arnold of Salt Lake City will speak on Responsibilities of Business Management. Episcopal Guild will serve the banquet in St Pauls Parish hall at 7 p.m.
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Blackfoot
Blackfoot Chamber of Commerce
R. L. Arnold
Salt Lake City
Marguerite Neuswanger
Episcopal Guild
St. Paul's Parish
Thugs Rob and Attack Cafe Owner in Los Altos
Three masked gunmen tortured and beat J H Rickey a 45 year old San Francisco restaurant owner before his family early Monday and robbed him of more than 2500 dollars in cash and jewelry. They clubbed him with a pistol kicked him and slashed under his fingernails to learn safe combinations. Rickey persisted four days claiming he did not know the combinations before the robbers fled with a 1948 sedan containing 1000 dollars and 1500 dollars worth of jewelry.
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Los Altos
Cal
J. H. Rickey
San Francisco
Rickey
Senate Fight Over 1948 Tax Cut Divides House
The House approved a Republican plan to cut personal income taxes by 6.5 billion dollars, sending the measure to the Senate where leaders may scale it to 4.5 billion. The vote was 297 to 120 with significant cross-party support. The plan promises broad relief through higher exemptions and varying percentage cuts, while Democrats warn of financial risk and oppose Truman’s alternative.
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Washington
House
P. H. Carl Anderson
Minnesota
Vito Marcantonio
Labor Party
New York
Senate
Robert A. Taft
R.O
GOP
Truman
Harold Knutson
Minn
Ways and Means
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Teens Admit To Store Thefts In Pocatello Burglary Wave
Police rounded up 15 teenage youths after a two week spate of burglaries in Pocatello. Four boys confessed to crimes including a Dodge Second Hand Store break-in and the Modern Shoe Store loot. Separate entries at East Idaho Brewery and Associated Food Stores were also solved. Loot recovered except for a pistol, binoculars, and some ammunition.
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Pocatello
Franklin Junior High
Dodge
North Main St
Sports Center
East Idaho Brewery
Associated Food Stores
South First Avenue
Associated Food Store
Finer Cleaners
East Center St
East Fremont
East Lander Streets
Ninth and Tenth Avenues
Idaho Railway Labor Group Seeks Seven Point Probe
The Idaho Railway Labor legislative association meeting at Bannock hotel condemned the Taft Hartley act as vicious and called for repeal. They mapped a seven point investigation covering high gasoline costs rent control veterans welfare fish and game liquor law enforcement universal military training and concerns about communism and organized labor. A gas cost inquiry to Attorney General Tom Clark was authorized and committees led by I R Pepple A P Peay L B Allison and Walter Fagen were named to study gasoline rent control liquor laws universal military training and the fish and game department.
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Idaho Railway Labor Legislative Association
Bannock Hotel
Idaho
Veterans Welfare
Fish and Game Department
Tom Clark
I. R. Pepple
Campa
A. P. Peay
Pocatello
L. B. Allison
Gienns Ferry
Walter Fagen
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Jack
Benny
Mr. Frazier
Gate City
the Post
U.S
Knudsen
Blackfoot C of C
Railway Labor Group
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