Rotary Club Hears Tales Of Atrocity
Merrill Gee, recently back from Germany where he served as prosecutor and judge in a military government court, spoke to Blackfoot Rotarians about war crime precedents. He warned of civilians committing atrocities and stressed the need to educate nations still shaped by barbaric ideas.
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Blackfoot
Merrill Gee
Pocatello
Germany
Blackfoot Rotarians
Ernest Johnson
J. C. Sandberg
Gee
U. S
Boise
Obituary Notes PFC Dante A Comastri Requiem Mass
Requiem Mass for PFC Dante A Comastri scheduled Friday at St. Comanthy with burial in Mountain View Cemetery. Also listed are George W Turpin obituary details mentioning services at Ward Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with survivors including widow and children. infant son of Merle Phillips noted with graveside service in Jerome.
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Dante A. Comastri
Comanthy
Dani
Malmedy
Bel
Elon
Aie
Rae
Mountain View
Cemete
George W Turpin
Bedeni
Turpin
Church of Jesus Christ of
Sarah ‘Acotee
Rt. 2
Fannie Moser
Hunter
Utah
Sarees Turpin
Magna
Earl of Turpin
East Lake City
Blackfoot
RY Philly Bes
Merle Phillips
Jerome
Neitle
Payne Mortuary
Burley Court Fines For Speeding And Traffic Violations
Howard Mitchell was fined 25 dollars in police court for speeding and L N Banking paid 5 dollars for a traffic violation. Henry Schwab Jr faced transfer to probate court on checks without funds. Max Banner injured in a January 24 collision was discharged from hospital. Community notes include visits, hospital stays, a home demonstration project, and a newborn.
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Henry Schwab, Jr
Probate
Max Banner
Truman Banner
Westinghouse Store Opens With Dignitaries In Attendance
The L. E. Wood company Westinghouse showrooms on Center street and Second avenue opened to a crowd of city dignitaries and business leaders. Upstairs features home appliances, downstairs displays furniture, and KEIO aired a half hour radio program. Aaron Aldous and Dawn Toolson won door prizes, with others receiving favors.
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L. E. Wood Company Westinghouse
Center Street
Second Avenue
Aaron Aldous
Dawn Toolson
Westinghouse Aipment
Keio
George R. Phillips
J. Hansen
Westinghouse Appliances
Howard Thompson
Idaho Falls
Bob
Funeral Services Planned for Norma Fetzer
Ida Rupert report says 21 year old Norma Fetzer of American Falls died at a Rupert hospital from injuries in a Tuesday auto crash. She was a passenger in a car driven by Gene Haly when Holy lost control on ice and hit a pit and telephone pole. Others in the crash, Arthur Dassett Hildegard Hibe and Holy, sustained minor injuries. Fetzer’s death marks the second traffic fatality in the Magic Valley this year.
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Rupert
Ida
Norma Fetzer
American Falls
Gene Haly
Ron Hawks
Holy
Arthur Dassett
Hildegard Hibe
Miss Fetzer
Magic Valley
Red Cross Flies 17 Expectant Mothers From Snowbound Nebraska
The American Red Cross evacuated 17 pregnant women from Pierce county Nebraska by skiplane. A University of Nebraska doctor ordered the mission, citing imminent delivery risks and possible death without hospital care. The group was transported to Pierce hospital via Civil Air Patrol and private planes.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Skiplane
Pierce County
Nebraska
Vernon Zimmerman
Red Cross
Lincoln
University of Nebraska
Beca
Pierce
Nebraska) Hospital
Civil Air Trol
Woman and man wed at Refuge ranchland in church role
U S attorney Carl Sackett quoted the wife saying they developed a growing attraction and he claimed it was divine will for them to have relations. She said she feared opposing this perceived divine will.
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U. S
Carl Sackett
Sackett
Magnet Assisted Wall Opener for Canned Lids
A new hand operated opener uses a magnet on an adjustable arm to lift the lid after opening a can. The device secures the lid for easy disposal and avoids contact with sharp edges.
Car License Sales Boom in Blackfoot as 1948 Figures Rise
County assessor Harrison Ison reports licenses sold in 1948 rose across classes except one, with totals of 5216 passenger cars, 1558 farmers, 423 private trucks, 145 commercial trucks, 627 motorcycles, and 1045 trailers. 1947 revenues were 71212. 1948 60912, up 10300 for the gas fund. New tags for 1949 imminent. red tab will bear 49 replacing current black.
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Blackfoot
Harrison Ison
Aempany
Fson
Ison
Blackfoot Scouts Week Observances Outline Plan
Blackfoot district of Tenday Council marks Scout Week February 6 to 12 with services at 13 sponsoring institutions including 12 LDS Wards, MIA and Blackfoot Elks Club. A cub pack is forming. District committeemen are listed by ward and area.
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Blackfoot
Tenday Council
LDS
Blackfoot Elks Club
Sunda
Orson Packham
Fourth
Ray Eskelsen
Cluff Johnson
Groveland
Douglas Parkinson
Moreland
Alfred Hahn
Pingree
Berthel Bergesen
Marlin Bingham
Rose
Ellis Oram
Riverside
Ensign Call
Ae Holly Manwaring
Thomas
Clarence Pack
James Clark
Wapels
Warren Holt
E. E. Bingin
Potato Growers Forming Organization To Send Committee
County representatives from District 3 gathered in Shelley to complete Idaho Potato Growers Association plans and prepare for a Washington hearing on February 23. Arvil Miller heads a committee to draft by laws for submission at the Idaho Falls meeting February 5.
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Washington
The
Shelley
Idaho
D. C
Congress
Bingham
Bannock
Power
Oneida
Butte
Caribou
Franklin
Idaho Potato Growers Association
Miller
Arvil Miller
Bingham County
Idaho Falls
Ben Johnson
Preston
Franklin County
Harold Clark
Bonneville
Edwin DeKay
Raymond Parker
Fremont
A. W. Clinger
Magic Valley
Twin Falls
Boise Valley
Madison
Teton
Bonneville and
Clark
Blackfoot
Shelley Men Fined for Drunkenness and DUI near Shelley
Three Shelley men L. J. McMurtrey Martin Jensen and Dewayne Jensen were fined 365 dollars and costs in Jack Gaasch's justice court for drunkenness in public and driving while intoxicated. They were arrested 2 30 a m Wednesday January 26 by State Patrolman C P Roberts a mile south of Shelley after complaints of erratic driving. McMurtrey paid 15 dollars, Jensen 50 dollars, and Dewayne Jensen 300 dollars. They were remanded to the county jail if fines are not paid at 2 dollars a day.
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Shelley
Blackfoot
Justice Court
Jack Gaasch Wisday
L. J. McMurtrey
Martin Jensen
Dewayne Jensen
C. P. Roberts
McMurtrey
DeWarne Jensen
California dairy cuts milking time with automatic machines
A California dairy uses 12 automatic milking machines linked to an electric conveyer system to milk 218 cows in two and a half hours. The setup requires only four workers, reducing milking time to under a minute per cow.
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California
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Washington, D. C
Senora
Argentina
Juan Peron
Ralph E. Wanters
Children’s Aid Society
Diana Stevens
Bobby Wright
State Department
Burley
Stella Maggart
Carol Anne Maggart
Blue Triangle Guild
Marion Hansen
J L. Yelton
Cottage Hospital
Arthur Ramsey
J. M. Reynolds
H. C. van Engelen
Wayne van Engelen
New York
Go. Lombardo
KSEI
Utah Oil Refining CO
Utoco
Cheyenne
Wyo
Michael the Archangel
Grand L. Wilmoth
Norma M. Johnson
Refuge of Israel
Wilson
Wilmoth
T. Blake Kennedy
Miss Johnson
General Motors
Bannock Motor CO
N. Main
Dewey Wargiaceni
Oakland
Calif
Harry P. Jensen
Restaurant Owners Association
Jensen
Bargicchi
Union
NEA Telephoto
Sumas
Magazine OF Western Living
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