Winter Vacation Clears Skies Over Pocatello
Pocatello enjoys a break from winter with sun peeking through clouds before a milder disturbance. Forecasters warn of mostly cloudy skies and highs around 45 degrees with a 25 degree low. Crews clear melted snow, reopen highways, and Governor Robins seeks funds as snow removal costs strain state finances. Route 30 between Boise and Burley and Route 93 to Arco are reported open.
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Pocatello
Pocatellans
C. A. Robins
Boards of
Highway Bureau
Boise
Burley
Utah
Arco
Blackfoot
Hubby Was Tight Now He's Loose
Hollywood divorce case cites film producer John Stone who earned 1500 dollars weekly but avoided dinner checks. Mrs Hilda Hess Stone, a screenwriter, seeks half community property and joint custody of son Peter as Superior Judge J F Moroney grants the division.
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Hollywood
John Stone
Hilda Hess Stone
Murder Trial Nearing End in Rangel Case
Prosecution and defense rested in the first degree murder trial of Dormingo Rangel for the November killing of Carlos Peru with a beet knife. Defense only called favorable witnesses as police and federal agents testified. Jurors will hear closing arguments and district Judge L E Glennon will give instructions with a verdict expected Friday.
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Dormingo Rangel
Carlos “Bluebeard
Peru
Louis Radine
Rangel
Bannock County
Henry McQuade
Lloyd Haight
FBI
L. E. Glennon
Chiang Kai Shek’s Return Foreshadows Central Role in China
Chiang Kai Shek resurges as China’s central figure amid political turmoil and near total disorganization. The uneasy shift places Chiang at the focal point as the nation struggles to unite forces and stabilize governance.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kai Shek
China
City Council Battles Over Taxi License in Pocatello
A heated Pocatello City Council session centered on taxi licenses with Alameda owner Don ald Cooper pressing for a license to operate. Local cab firms protested an alleged exclusive franchise as council members noted unclear ordinances and planned review by March 3 ahead of Mayor Phillips’s Seattle trip.
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Alameda
Donald Cooper
Pocatello
Pocatello Cab
Cooper
Idaho House OKs Labor Commissioner Bill Amid Flood Plans
The Idaho House passed a labor commissioner bill unanimously after weeks of debate, aiming to reactivate the office. Democrats backed suspension of rules. Senate Republicans blocked similar action, setting up a Senate battle over the measure.
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Boise
Idaho House
Yeweswa We Owen
Senate
Hamer Budge
Ada
Howard Hechtner
Nez Perce
Budge
C. A. Robins
William C. Smith
Idaho
Jesse Vetter
Kootenai
Appropriations Committee
Food Prices Rise Across 31-Item Wholesale Index
The Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food index for the week ended Tuesday rose to 5.76 from 5.66 the prior week, erasing a seven week decline and remaining 14.8 percent below the 1948 week. Of 31 staple foods, 15 rose, seven fell, and nine were unchanged, with gains in flour to butter and declines in beef to milk.
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New York
OPA
Dun & Bradstreet
Oldest Men First To Go In New Draft
Washington announces changes to draft policy with older men aged 19 to 25 placed at the front of calls when the draft resumes possibly in April or May. State quotas no longer dictate order. volunteers may enlist in any armed service during the cancellation period.
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Washington
Selective Service
Army
Lewis B. Hershey
Taxpayers Invited To Examine Budget
Bannock county taxpayers were invited to attend a meeting at the Hotel Bannock to review the 1949 county budget. W C Carnes, acting chairman of a citizens committee, announced the session to acquaint taxpayers with items likely to be discussed at the second public hearing in the county courthouse this afternoon.
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Bannock County
Bannock
W. C. Carnes
Alameda Meet Set By Chamber Of Commerce
The Alameda Chamber of Commerce will meet this evening at the Alameda city offices at 411 Washington. Members are invited to attend the session in the city offices.
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Alameda
Rail lines announce large layoffs as traffic falls
Milwaukee Road Reading and Jersey Central announce layoffs totaling about 14 500 workers this year. Milwaukee Road cuts 1800 workers for three weeks closing major repair shops in several cities. Reading dismisses 409 workers across locomotive and car shops. Jersey Central shuts Elizabethport and Ashley shops through March 5 idling about 775 workers.
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Reading
Jersey Central Lines
Milwaukkee
Minneapolis
Dubuque
Oo. Wash
Terre Haute
The
Philadelphia
St. Clair
Pottsville
New York
Elizabethport
N. J
Ashley
Jersey Central
E. T. Moore
Delaware and Hudson
Lehigh Valley Road
Western
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Southern Paemnee Western Division
Meeting Here Prepares For Future Threat
Southeastern Idaho braces for a probable flood as warm weather melts heavy snow. At a noon hotel meeting officials from the U S. Army Bannock county Red Cross and Pocatello discussed flood plans. They outlined action and urged preparation to avert disaster.
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Idaho
Bannock
U. S. Army
Bannock County
Red Cross
Pocatello
Lost Idaho Plane Feared Wreck Victim
Boise officials mounting a ground search for a wrecked plane near the Idaho Nevada line believed to have killed two Boise men Gale Burgener 26 a local pilot and Edgar Clark 25 of Boise were aboard. Chet Moulton state aeronautics director joined the search after the plane was identified as the likely crash site. The wreckage was first spotted by an air force search plane and described as badly burned.
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Boise
Owyhee County
Idaho-Nevada
Chet Moulton
McDermott
Nev
Gale Burgener
San Francisco
Edgar Clark
Air Force
Royall Back Denies Talk About Japan
Army Secretary Kenneth C. Royall acknowledged he was the unnamed American official at a Tokyo meeting that sparked an international furore but denied suggesting U S troops might be pulled out of Japan in war. He said the gathering was not a formal press conference and that reports misquoted him. He stressed no intent to alter U S forces and readiness to meet all comers in Japan.
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Bannock
W. H
Pete” Jensen
Idaho
U. S
Jensen
Portneuf
Red Cross
al Weese
Pocatello Police Department
R. M. Pugmire
Washington
Army
Kenneth C. Royall
Tokyo
Japan
Royall
Pacific
Cloudy Mild Weather Forecast For Pocatello
Cloudy to mostly cloudy conditions with continued mild temperatures for Pocatello. Rain showers arrive Thursday night as temperatures fall from a high near 45 to a low around 25. Wednesday’s high reached 41 and the overnight low dropped to 30. Page 11 will carry full details.
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Pocatello
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