Airlines Eyes New Pocatello Calgary Route Plans
Western Airlines executives from Los Angeles met with Pocatello manager Charles Fisher to discuss extending routes through Pocatello to Calgary and Edmonton Canada. The visit aimed to orient Alsup and gauge Canadian government approval, with summer travel plans, advertising, aircraft testing, and improved communications on the agenda. The group planned a future stop in Idaho Falls to inspect the airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Airlines
Charles Fisher
Pocatello
Airways
Calgary
Edmonton
Canada
Los Angeles
Richard Dick
Kenneth Allen
Roy Backman
Charles Alsup
Buchanan
Alsup
Fisher
Idaho Falls
Watchful waiting policy on stock and commodity drop
Dr. Edwin G. Nourse announced the presidents council of economic advisers will adopt a watchful waiting approach after a market nosedive. The group expects the break may signal inflation containment and plans no new policy until March when confidential recommendations are prepared. Secretary Anderson questioned the market's rapid decline while Rep Hope predicted a rebound and continued wheat demand. The agriculture report cites livestock slaughter and high grain prices as a factor, plus optimism about world wheat supplies. In Rexburg Idaho, the Madison county fish and game association will hold its annual meeting Wednesday, per secretary Frank Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington (Lp
Edwin G. Nourse
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Nourse
Truman
Clinton P. Anderson
Capitol Hill
Clifford R. Hope
Kans
Department
Chamber Retail Bureau meeting set for Feb 11 in Bannock
A gathering of all Chamber of Commerce Retail Bureau members is scheduled for Wednesday February 11 at 12 10 p m in the Bannock hotel to discuss a holiday schedule and retail listing cards. The Portneuf Cooperative Association plans its Tenth Annual Meeting on February 18 at the LDS Seventh Ward Chapel in Tyhee at 8 p m to elect two directors and conduct business. Free supper will be provided by Seventh Ward ladies at 7 p m. A hot lunch for Irving junior high students will be served by the PTA on Wednesday noon to benefit the music department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce Retail Bureau
Bannock Hotel
Portneuf Cooperative Association, Inc
Seventh Ward
Irving Junior High School
PTA
Pocatello Hosts First Atomic Age National Security Week
Robert V. Steele announces Pocatello Chapter of the Reserve Officers Association will hold National Security Week Feb 12 to 22. The event adapts aims for the Atomic Age with Lt. Col. E. E. Moberly named general chairman for detailed plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello
Robert V. Steele
Reserve Officer’s Association
Steele
E. E. Moberly
CE Res
Polio Strikes Fourth Pocatello Child of 1948
Four year old Christian Wolff son of Mr and Mrs Chris C Wolff Jr of 354 South Eleventh Ave will be taken to Boise tonight for treatment of infantile paralysis. The Bannock County Infantile Paralysis foundation chair B A McDevitt said the child had been ill since last November and his case is the third polio case in 1948 confirmed recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Wolff
Chris C. Wolff Jr
South Eleventh Ave
Boise
B. A. McDevitt
Bannock County Infantile Paralysis Foundation
McDevitt
New Assistant Manager Joins Pocatello Montgomery Ward
Johnny Strow arrives as assistant manager at the Gate City store after moving from Kalispell Montana. He previously worked under Stan Day in Missoula in 1939 and looks forward to pheasant hunting season while enjoying Idaho’s growth and the Pocatello store.
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Johnny Strow
Pocatello
Montgomery Ward
Johnny
Strom
Missoula
Mont
Kalispell
Gate City
Stan Day
Montgomery-Ward
John S. Strom
Montana
Mielarek urges focus on courting after marriage in Media
Joseph Mielarek of the county domestic relations department says fewer marital mixups occur if men remember courting remains important after marriage as well as before.
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Media
Joseph Mielarek
County Domestic Relations Department
Students At ISC To Pick Leaders
Freshman students at Idaho State College will elect new class officers Tuesday. Candidates for president include Wally Farnes Jerry Bellow and Bob Sargent. Nominations for secretary and treasurer feature Norma Collyer Phyllis Earle Donna Hansen among others.
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Idaho State College
Wally Farnes
Pocatello
Jerry Bellow
Nyssa
Ore
Bob Sargent
Blackfoot
Norman Olsen
Rupert
Ferrel Price
Clayton Just
Firth
Ruth Bilyeu
Fred Chase
Norma Collyer
Gem Valley Farm and Home Institute Set at Grace
Grace hosts the annual Gem Valley Farm and Home Institute with state experts discussing disease control in livestock noxious weed eradication and soil improvement. Speakers include A P Schneider Boise state veterinarian and Drue W Dunn plus University of Idaho staff and local extension specialists.
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Gem Valley Farm and Home Institute
A. P. Schneider
Boise
Drue W. Dunn
Bannock County
James Boyd
University of Idaho
Idaho
Mr. Dunn
Robert D. Pelkey
Extension Service
Vance Smith
Hugh McKay
Tetonia
Myrta Langenbohn
Holland
Tree Furnished Pipe Finds Fresh Water In New Guinea
U S troops hacked pandan aerial roots to form a natural pipeline. They joined hollow roots to carry water from a mountain spring half a mile away to their camp. The improvised system provided a practical method to transport drinking water in jungle conditions.
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New Guinea
U.S
Damage suit trial opened in fifth district court
The trial of James C. Roholt Jr. against Union Pacific Railroad opened Monday in fifth district court. Roholt seeks 2000 general damages and 792.83 special damages for injuries claimed as a railway mail clerk on train No. 11 at Gooding. Jury was selected that afternoon, with District Judge L. E. Glennon presiding.
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Union Pacific Railroad Company
Fifth District
Gooding
James C. Roholt, Jr
L. E. Glennon
Village Taken Under Advisement in Bannock County
Bannock County commissioners met at the courthouse with 53 residents in attendance to discuss forming Black Rock village south of Poca Tello. Petition signatures total 132, including Shamrock club within the village bounds, as opponents and supporters spoke. Firefighters doused a sack blaze in a potato cellar back runway at Campbell Produce at 7 15 p.m. Monday with little damage reported.
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Bannock County Commissioners
Black Rock
Pocatello
W. H
Pete) Jensen
Court House
Shamrock Club
American Falls
Campbell Produce Company
Missing Person and Stolen Property Report
Missing person from Soda Springs Idaho Theron J Egg 33 last seen February 3 driving a 1946 dark maroon Chrysler Windsor 2 door sedan with 1947 Idaho license 30 572 and two yellow fog lights and spot light Stolen property includes fender skirts for a 1940 Plymouth and an auto lite battery from local vehicles Also listed are multiple intoxication cases with pleas and bond forfeitures summarized for local records.
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Soda Springs
Idaho
Theron J. Egg
M. D. Scrowther
West Sherman
Ray Atkins
North Arthur
Police Court: Neil McCall Pleads Guilty in Fire Hose Incident
Neil McCall of Chubbuck pleaded guilty in police court to charges tied to running over a fire hose. The incident reportedly disrupted firefighting operations and prompted formal charges.
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Neil McCall
Blair Birth Report From St. Anthony Hospital
A daughter was born Wednesday at St. Anthony hospital to Mr and Mrs Dean Blair of Moreland.
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St. Anthony Hospital
Dean Blair
Moreland
Naval Captain John W. Moore Visits Pocatello Friends
Capt. John W. Moore veteran wartime fleet chaplain in the Pacific under Fleet Adm. Nimitz visits Pocatello this week. He stays with Col. and Mrs. M. Preston, district chaplain for the Potomac River ordnance plant in Washington. Moore wears Chilean Order of Merit and the Cloud Banner, has long overseas service, and entered the Navy in 1917 after Yale and Princeton. He coached Annapolis sailing against German cadets in 1937 and served as superintendent of naval education in Samoa from 1932 to 1934.
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Pacific Fleet
John Seventh Ave
Ban- Wn
Pocatello
John W. Moore
Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Moore
M. Preston
South Seventh
Potomac River Ordnance Plant
Washington, D. C
Navy
Yale
Princeton
Annapolis
Samoa
Death of Mrs Marguerite French in Pocatello
Mrs Marguerite French 52 wife of Frank French of 756 East Lander died at home early Monday after a heart attack. Born January 27 1895 in Cheyenne Wyoming she moved to Pocatello 28 years ago and married Frank French in Kemmerer Wyoming in 1916. Survivors include her husband a son Donald E French of Pocatello a sister Mrs Earl D Rowley Cheyenne and a brother James E Long of Pocatello. Requiem Mass Thursday 9 am at St Anthony Church with Rev J J Casby. Rosary Wednesday 8 pm at Downard Chapel. Interment Mountainview Cemetery under Downard's Funeral Home.
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Marguerite French
Frank French
East Lander
Cheyenne
Wyo
J. P
Elizabeth Long French
Pocatello
Kemmerer
Donald E. French
Earl D. Rowley
James E. Long
St. Anthony Church
J. J. Casby
Downard Chapel
Mountainview Cemetery
Downard’s Funeral Home
Demo Candidate Speaks at ISC on Revision of the United Nations
Bert Minne gen, Democratic candidate for Congress, will address Idaho State College students on February 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Little Theater, Student Union building. His topic is Revision of the United Nations Now and Why.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Relations Club
Idaho State College
Bert Minnegen
Condo
ISC
Ida- Little Theater
Minwegen
Montpelier
United Nations
Idaho Butter Production Rises in 1947
Idaho creamery butter output in 1947 rose to about 25.94 million pounds, up from 16.6 million in 1946, according to a Bureau of Agricultural Economics report. Cheese production reached about 24.31 million pounds, roughly four percent higher than 1946.
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Boise
Idaho
Bureau of Articultural Economics
Bureau
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Albert Glenn
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Lewis Jacobson
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