Public Education Cited As Safety Need In Idaho Meeting
Ned H. Dearborn of the National Safety Council urged a nationwide safety education campaign at the Idaho NSC chapter session. He said accidents can be prevented and Idaho reported a 17 percent drop in traffic fatalities in the first 11 months of 1947, ranking sixth nationwide in reductions. Northwestern University’s F M Kreml urged planning for an efficient highway transportation program as motor vehicles surge to 58 million in 15 years, especially in the West.
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Boise
United Action For Safety
Ned H. Dearborn
Chicago
National Safety Council
Idaho
NSC
Dearborn
West
Sale At Naval Plant Public War Assets Sale In Poca Today
A War Assets Administration sale will be held at the Naval Ordnance Plant in Poca today starting at 1 p.m. Items include three trucks, twist drills, countersinks, conduit fiber and various electrical gear. Veterans with discharge papers have priority. inspections begin at 11 a.m. Details from J. A. Smith at 3380 extension 22.
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War Assets Administration
Naval Ordnance Plant
Pocatello
J. A. Smith
France Plans General Devaluation of the Franc
Paris reports say the government will devalue the franc with an export franc at 240 to the dollar and a general rate near 180 to the dollar. Britain opposes the move fearing a weaker pound. The note mentions a black market for money and large bee populations in Ohio.
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Paris
Tragedy Rides Bus in Montana
A westbound Billings bus carried two month old Rachel Jean Wuest who suffocated while with her twin sister. A Billings doctor, called to the grandparents’ home, said Rachel had been dead for some time and was found wrapped with her sister on a bus seat.
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Billings
Mont
Rachel Jean Wuest
Rachel
Cases Set For Hearings In Fifth District Court
The case Jack Peterson Jr. versus American Gypsum Co. is continued due to a missing plaintiff witness. The fifth district court will hear Cliff A. Ginzel versus L P Cox at 10 am Wednesday. Merrill and Merrill represent the plaintiff, J F Martin and O R Baum for the defendant. Five other civil trials are scheduled: Roche versus Rocky Mountain Gas on Feb 3 at 10 am. Hendricks versus Myrtle R. Robinson on Feb 5. Roholt versus Union Pacific Railroad on Feb 9. Wayne Leffler et al versus Robert N Levin on Feb 11. Farmers Auto Insurance Exchange versus Union Pacific Railroad Co on Feb 11.
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Jack Peterson Jr
American Gypsum Co
L. E. Glennon
Fifth District Court
Cliff A. Ginzel
L. P. Cox
Merrill and Merrill
J. F. Martin and
O. R. Baum
Glennon
Francis V. Roche
Rocky Mountain Gas Co
John Hendricks
Myrtle R. Robinson
James C. Roholt
Union Pacific Railroad
Wayne Leffler
Robert N. Levin
Farmers Auto Intermountain Insurance Exchange
Union Pacific Railroad Co
YMCA Independent league round ends with January schedule
The YMCA Sunday school league finishes Friday night as the Independent league nears end of the first round. Schedule lists January 20 Tuesday games St Joseph Varsity versus Fourteenth LDS Ward Varsity, Hellenics versus Ahepans, Junior Chamber versus Water's Ref. January 21 Wednesday game Idaho Chief versus Aero Club marks close of first round. A New England brief notes Satan's Kingdom in Conn reports 20 below.
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YMCA
St. Joseph Varsity
LDS Ward
Hellenics
Ahepans
Junior Chamber
Water’s
Idaho Chief
Aero Club
SeaBee contractor must pay overtime verdict in Chicago
Federal Judge Michael Igoe awarded 202,607.46 dollars to 240 white collar employees of Hawaiian Dredging Co Ltd for overtime claims, with 60,000 dollars in attorney fees. The ruling reversed the company’s claim that workers were supervisory and not covered by the wage and hours act. The case, heard since May 1946 and argued through December 1947, involved 222 witnesses and a lengthy trial across Chicago and Joliet.
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Chicago
Hawaiian Dredging Co., Ltd
Michael Igoe
Igoe
Cars Break Through Ice on Hauser Lake Near Coeur d Alene
Two cars crossed the ice on Hauser Lake when the vehicles broke through the ice and plunged three men into freezing water. All escaped to safety. Deputies charged drivers with negligent driving. Stanley G. Hill paid a $25 fine and George C. Spracher posted a $100 bond. A third man, Robert Smith, rode with Spracher.
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Coeur D'Alene
Ida
Hauser Lake
Here
Stanley G. Hill
George C. Spracher
Spokane
Robert
Smith
Omak
Wash
Spracher
Hill
Majority of Nation Favors Military Training
George Gallup reports public opinion leaning toward peacetime military training but shows a decline from six months earlier. An unofficial referendum finds about two thirds favor UMT now, with veterans more supportive and opposition centered on personal sacrifice and war concerns.
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George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
N. J
Truman
Congress
Institute
ING Ormired ID
Descossa-Conesci
Westerner urges Congress to support farmers by leaving them alone
Frank Long of Fresno County Calif relocates to the House agriculture panel to critique farm aid. He says farmers fear government meddling more than support and urges a simple approach if a farm law is needed, recounting New Deal uproar and Wallaces influence. He condemns former programs as corrupt and counterproductive.
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Washington
California
House Agriculture Committee
Congress
Frank Long
Fresno County
Calif
Chamber of Commerce
Hank Piggy Wallace
Fellas
Long
New Deal
Wallace
Chester H. Cross
Episcopal quintet clinches YMCA Sunday league title
The Episcopal team finished undefeated by beating LDS Fourth Ward 35-21 in the final playoff. Earlier they beat Fourth Ward 35-33 in overtime. in a prior contest Fourth Ward had fallen 21-19. Whitten led with 16 points, Wilson top-scored for Fourth Ward with 7. Vitamin C note included.
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YMCA
Episcopal
LDS Fourth Ward
Fourth
Death Claims Mystery Man in Walworth Squalid Home
Hospital attendants disclosed the death of Albert Wareham about 70 found with his wife in a freezing squalid Walworth cottage. They were starved and sick while $27,000 sewn into clothing linings and hidden in the house. Mrs Wareham remained in serious condition.
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Walworth
Wis
Albert Wareham
Youths Share In Meter Fund In Twin Falls
Five teenagers were arrested in Twin Falls Idaho on suspicion of stealing cash from city parking meters over several months. Police recovered about 100 keys some altered to open meters and expect more arrests as the thefts are investigated. The city's meter take last month totaled 3207 dollars and 6 cents.
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Twin Falls
Ida
Foresters Go To Ogden For Three Day Meeting
Two Pocatello men L A Dremolski and M K Hurd supervise Caribou national forest and will attend a three day regional park workers meeting in Ogden with representatives from 20 intermountain parks. The session at the regional forest offices will focus on road maintenance problems.
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Pocatello
L. A. Dremolski
M. K. Hurd
Caribou National Forest
Ogden
National Park
Intermountain
House hearing on Petrillo flare up in labor dispute
In Washington the House labor committee clashed as ranking Democrat Rep. Lesinski accused hearings on James C. Petrillo and the AFL musicians ban of intimidatory aim amid broadcaster union contract talks. Chairman Hartley pushed back while radio network officials testified on the canned music ban ahead of Petrillo's Wednesday testimony.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
James C. Petrillo
AFL
John Lesinki
Mich
Fred A. Hart~ley, Jr
N.J
Petrillo
Lesinski
Boxers to Clash With Idaho Falls Tigers
Pocatello mittmen travel to Idaho Falls for a leather slingin slugfest Saturday night the second match of the year for the Indians. First home match for Pocatello will be with Malad boxers at 8 p.m. January 29 with Blackfoot winning most prior bouts.
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Pocatello Mittmen
Idaho Falls
Tigers
Indians
Pocatello
Blackfoot
New Moon Crater Theory Proposes Ancient Sea Surface
A new theory suggests lunar craters arose not from meteor or volcanic impact but from an ancient sea on the moon. Crater formations resemble coral atolls shaped by tropical sea processes on Earth.
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Moon
Earth
Where Rain Goes in the Hydrological Cycle
A brief explanation notes that about 1500 cubic miles of water fall to earth each year. Approximately half evaporates back into the atmosphere, one third runs off into surface streams, and the remainder seeps underground to be drawn up later.
Mrs Thomas E Walker Heads to Salt Lake City
Mrs Thomas E Walker of 306 South Seventh Ave will travel to Salt Lake City today via Western Airlines and plans to return this evening.
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Salt Lake
South Seventh Ave
Salt Lake City
Western Airlines
Night Driving Fatalities Surpass Daylight Share
Despite night driving accounting for just one fifth of total traffic, over half of all fatal crashes occur from dusk till dawn. This pattern highlights higher risk during low visibility and after-dark hours.
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Morrison-Knudsen—Co
Delaware
J. W. Pomeroy Co
W. A. Bechtel Co
San Francisco
Utah Construction Co
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Byrne Organization
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Bannock
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Nea-Acme
Albert Blasetti
Gem Lake
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