Caribou Forest Reaches Record Recreation Attendance
Caribou National Forest logged 129500 visitors in 1947, the highest year on record, led by Scout Mountain Cherry Springs Montpelier canyon and Falls canyon. Most come May to October with 82500 developed camps and picnic areas and 62300 picnics. Fishing drew 21100 anglers on 185 miles of streams. Salt River McCoy Creek Fall Creek Topocence Creek and Snake’s south fork were top spots. Camping and hunting followed with 11500 campers and 8000 hunters. Two new summer home sites and camp facilities were planned while federal recreation development funds have lagged since the war.
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John Averill
Caribou National Forest
J. H. Peterson
Scout Mountain
Cherry Springs
Montpelier Canyon
Falls Canyon
WIC Anual
Caribou
Caribou Forest
Peterson
Salt River
McCoy Creek
Fall Creek
Topocence Creek
South Fork
Snake
Forest Engineers
Girl Scouts
Campfire Girls
Talent Quest Stars of Tomorrow Hits Chief Stage
The coast to coast Talent Quest program begins February 23 at the Chief Theater, five weekly shows. Sponsored by the POST KSEIL and L E Wood Co entrants may win cash prizes merchandise and a trip to Ogden and Hollywood with a final in Hollywood. Entry blanks are at L E Wood Co and details follow in the POST.
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Stars of Tomorrow
the Post
KSEIL
L. E. Wood Company
Ogden
Hollywood
California
John Denman
L. E. Wood Co
Denman
Brightest cadmium mercury lamp for motion picture studios
The 10,000 watt cadmium mercury vapor lamp dubbed a cantaloupe is described as the brightest lamp yet made in America for spotlight and floodlight duties in motion picture studios.
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America
Motion Pictre Studios
Copper Mine Reopens Amid Snowbound Strike Fallout
Utah division of Kennecott Copper Corp resumes work after a 104 day strike by railroad workers. Blizzard blocks ore haulage and slows restart. 175 at pits and 200 at mills return. Company hopes to resume full output by Monday, though a month may pass for all 4300 workers to return. Talks with the Mine Mill and Smelter Workers on contract follow earlier anti Communist statement issues.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Kennecott Copper Corp
Railroad Brotherhood
Bingham Pit
Magna
Arthur Mills
Salt Lake County
Louis Buckman
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
CSO
Realty Firms Form Bureau For Listings
Five Pocatello realty firms have joined to form a new multiple listing bureau. Wendell Marshall of the Bistline agency will head the bureau which will serve the Bistline agency Turner and Turner Bryan and Company the Real Estate and Insurance Exchange and the Western Real Estate Company. Other officers include Perry Nelson as vice president and Zeke Hubbard as secretary treasurer.
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Pocatello Realty
Pocatello and
Wendell Marshall
Bistline Agency
Turner and Turner, Bryan and Company
The
Real Estate and Insurance Exchange
Western Real Estate Company
Marshall
Perry Nelson
Zeke Hubbard
Franco Row May Upset UN Conclave
The United States seeks to sidestep a new debate on Franco Spain at the UN General Assembly. Officials say revival of the Spanish question would hurt the system, and while repeal of Spain’s UN membership ban is unlikely, Latin American pressure could push for reconsideration of the 1946 condemnation.
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General Assembly
Francisco Franco
Assembly
Madrid
Spain
Franco
Hutchings Named Top Insurance Writer in 1948 for Beneficial Life
M Price Hutchings of 321 N Buchanan Ave was cited as a top policy writer for Beneficial Life Insurance Co of Salt Lake City. Hutchings placed 16th among 255 field representatives, with 240 policies written in 1948. He is the Pocatello agent and has served the firm 12 years.
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M. Price
CIO Reaches New Demand For Pay Hike
CIO Research Director Stanley Ruttenberg says the CIO union will demand a fourth postwar wage increase this year, with AFL economists urging at least five percent. Unemployment nears three million as government figures show 2,664,000 in January and Tobin notes eight year record nonseasonal layoffs.
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Washington
CIO
Stanley Ruttenberg
Ruttenberg
AFL
Commerce Department
Robert C. Goodwin
United States Employment Service
Maurice J. Tobin
Tobin
Goodwin
Edwin G. Nourse
Council of Economic Advisers
Utah Refunds Totals Surpass One Million Dollars
Salt Lake City reports that over 1.265 million dollars in income tax refunds have been issued this year to more than 21 000 Utah taxpayers. The refunds stem from mid year tax reductions that lowered withholding rates.
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Salt Lake City
Internal Revenue
Utah
William J. Korth
Car theft racket steals Volkswagens then returns them
A new twist in car theft rings targets small German Volkswagens. Cars are taken and later returned with a much older engine installed, signaling a deliberate swap to hinder identification and resale. The scheme expands beyond simple theft, introducing mechanical alterations as a signature of the crime.
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Berlin
Pharaohs Lost Head Recovered In Export Preparations
Cairo reports the missing head of a Ramses statue has been found just as it was being crated for export. An antique dealer sought permission to ship it abroad without recognizing its identity. Experts identified it as the missing portion of the pink granite Pharaoh statue unearthed in 1900.
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Cairo
Rameses
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Illiamson
NKLER
Big Sto
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Inkom
Pocatello
Caribou National Forest Service
Mink Creek
M. Price Hutchings
Pocatello East Side
Whebson
North 11Th
Ethel M. Nelson
Sherwood School of Music
Chicago
Pasadena
Nelson School of Music
Nelson
Vickey
Iowa
San Francisco Naval Shipyard
Raymond Vancour
Good Housekeeping
U. S
Washington, D. C
Field Manufacturers, Inc
North Main
Come i
Southeast Idaho Furniture CO
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