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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1948
Page
3
Idaho Attorney General Robert E. Smylie said the primary duty to enforce laws lies with county prosecutors and sheriffs. He warned against a misconception about the AG’s stance on gambling laws and urged local officers to uphold enforcement with state support when needed.
Two crashes on Pocatello streets after a light snowfall occurred Tuesday morning with no injuries. At East Bridger Street and North Eighth Avenue Augie Benditti 26 collided with Edwin Anderson 28. both vehicles damaged. At East Fremont Street and North Seventh Avenue Evelyn B. McNally 5 Portneuf Park collided with George W. Crowshaw 47. property damage described as slight.
A list of 2178 servicemen and seven servicewomen being returned to the United States aboard the Cardinal O Connell includes two Ban nock county residents. Twenty one Idahoans died in the Pacific during World War II. On the funeral ship docking in San Francisco are Corporal John Clifford Cornwell U S Marine Corps and next of kin Lavern Cornwell Inkom and Seaman First Class George Royter U S Navy with next of kin Charles Albert Royter Downey.
Early American matches ignited at about 212 degrees Fahrenheit while modern matches require a temperature over 350 degrees. The shift highlights changes in material chemistry and safety standards.
State campaign chairman Ben Johnson reports 25 of Idaho’s 44 counties contributed 104,900 to the March of Dimes, topping last year’s 71,853.75. Ada County leads with an estimated 13,000, while other counties such as Bonneville, Gem, and Jefferson list sizable totals as final statewide figures await full reporting.
Floyd Jones, 25, appeared in police court facing charges of driving with an expired license. He forfeited a $5 bond.
Sheriff’s office at Malad seeks two men for questioning in a first degree burglary. One is described as dark complexioned and wearing a cap. the other as 36 years old, slender, in a black coat. They fled in a brown car with California plates 63 A 502.
John Hayden Patterson age 26 of Phoenix Arizona marries Dorothy Rae Swanson age 23 of Pocatello Idaho per marriage license records.
William E. Stephens, 38, of Soda Springs, received a 90 day suspended sentence and a $100 fine for reckless driving. Raymond Vezina was fined $10 with $3 costs for operating a motor vehicle with expired foreign plates.
Mr and Mrs William Meeser Rt 2 North welcomed a son Monday at General hospital. Mr and Mrs Randall Herbst Blackfoot welcomed a son Monday at St Ant hony s hospital. Mr and Mrs David Herrare Rt 2 North welcomed a son Tuesday at St Ant.
Officers of the Alameda Chamber of Commerce will meet Wednesday evening to decide on a date for the election of new officers. The gathering aims to set a timeline and confirm candidates for the upcoming leadership positions.
Portneuf Co-op announces its tenth annual meeting to elect new officers. The February 18 gathering at 7 p.m. in the L D S Seventh Ward chapel Tyhee will feature a dinner, program items including community singing, films There Were Three Men and The Power of Neighbors, reports from president Claude Ashton and manager L C McDermott, a collection of dividend checks totaling 683 59 with individual amounts from 2 cents to 16 67, and a canneries display from Scottsbluff Neb.
Bannock county forms two new 4-H clubs to study tractor operation and upkeep. The Downey Gear Greasers include nine members aged 13 to 16 under Quentin Murdock supervision. The Exhaust Pipe Wranglers have sixteen members ages 9 to 17 directed by Clinton Smith in Arimo.
Mel Shubert announced the production crew for ISC's upcoming Joan of Lorraine. Jay Davis leads the crew with Maxine Petterberg as assistant. The play runs two nights starting February 20 with lighting by Donald Asbee and a team including Rhea Cottle Bill Ash Lila Kurtz Wendell Gene Larsen.
Idaho Falls: T. B. Murray, director of the state fish and game department, will be a guest at the annual Bonneville County Sportsmen's Jamboree Friday, with activities and talks planned for local sportsmen.
Top hog prices fell from 26.50 to 20.20 per hundredweight at the Idaho Livestock Commission sale. Manager Claude Orison announced the drop on Tuesday. Local retailers reported six cent per pound declines in lard and pork products. Cattle in the ring were steady to weak with some lots down a dollar per hundredweight.
ISC seniors will meet Feb 17 to name a successor for Harvey Whithire the class treasurer who graduated in January Dick Martin Namipa class president said yesterday a committee for the May senior banquet will be appointed at the meeting Martin said. The seniors will select a gift for the college at that time he acted. The class is considering clocks for the pharmacy building the president said.
The Pocatello Knife and Fork club announced Archduke Otto of Austria will address the club on March 22. Club president George N. Green said this Tuesday.
Idaho State College plans an early spring journalism day inviting Idaho high school students. Sponsored by the college press club, the meeting will feature Caxton Printing Company and Los Angeles Engraving Company representatives. Wallace Garets heads the journalism department with committees led by Mary Day and Kenneth Spieker man of Pocatello and other students from Twin Falls and Pocatello.
Monica Torres 49 wife of Tony Torres died Sunday at a local hospital. Requiem Mass Thursday at 10 30 a.m. at St Anthony Church with Rev J J Casby. Rosary Wednesday at 9 p.m. at 706 North Eighth Ave home of Carlos Martinez. Body to Mountainview Cemetery under Downard's Funeral Home direction.
Idaho attorney general's office rules a justice court may recommend suspension of a driver's license upon reckless driving conviction, with final action by the commissioner of law enforcement after a hearing. Assistant Atty Gen Don J. McClenahan prepared the opinion for Commissioner R. C. Lewis.
Idaho State College postpones the elections for freshman class officers from Tuesday to Thursday. Class president Gordon Paxon said candidates need more campaign time to allow students to get acquainted, and the delay was announced yesterday.
The Journal Publishing Co of Nampa filed articles of incorporation with the Secretary of State. Authorized capital is 10000 dollars. Incorporators are Edward Emerine of Nampa, and Mary Lou Emerine and Gail Porritt of Boise.
A saying notes that those who wed for true affection tend to avoid remarriage. It highlights a cautious view of lifelong devotion and the durability of first marriages.
Pocatello announces World Day of Prayer events at Trinity Episcopal church with morning meditation by Mrs. Parvin Witte and a noon lunch served by St. Margaret's Guild. Organist Rudolph Goranson performs, and a 1:15 p.m. business meeting follows with soloists Kathleen Brennan and June Leonard. Representatives from city churches participate.
Idaho farm price index rose eight points to 311 for the period ended Jan 15, up five percent from the prior 1921 peak. Prices paid by farmers jumped 23 percent year over year, with wheat steady, other grains higher, potatoes up ten cents a bushel, dry peas up 1.50 per hundred, hay up 1.40 to 18.10 a ton, beef cattle up 2.10 a hundred, eggs down from 65 to 51 cents a dozen, and butter and sugar edging higher. Wool for 1947 fell from 1946 levels.
Bengal Debaters from Pocatello will compete in a two day invitational at Carbon College Price Utah Instructors Carl Isaacson says four ISC debaters Isaac McDougall Pompelia Johnson John Squires and Gene Goranson form two teams Richard Savage Aberdeen will judge The group will argue for and against federal world government and also enter extemporaneous speaking
Federal irrigation engineer Marr reports January snow packs indicate serious water shortages in southwestern Idaho southeastern Oregon and the Methow drainage in Washington with 30 to 50 percent of normal. He notes near normal runoff elsewhere in the Columbia basin and potential flood risk in Montana's upper Clark Fork, while stressing outlook may shift in the coming two months.
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