Top Hit John Loves Mary Comes to Pocatello
One of 1948 Broadway hits John Loves Mary will be staged in Frazier hall on the ISC campus in Pocatello Friday night February 4. Produced by the Civic Drama Guild of New York, it opens a 1949 visit by the Pocatello Junior Chamber of Commerce with another Jaycee production But Not Buddy slated for spring at Gate City. Tickets are $4.80 for adults and $2.70 for students, on sale at Whitman hotel or through Jaycee members.
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John Loves
Mary
Pocatello
Frazier Hall
ISC
Civic Drama Guild of New York
Amber of Commerce
Jaycees
Gate City
Bill Reynolds
Jaycee Play Committee
Drama Guild
Whitman Hotel
Jaycee
Bancroft Pioneer Sarah Grimm Dies After Long Illness
Sarah Jane Grimm 87 a longtime Bancroft resident and practical nurse died at home Sunday after a lingering illness. Born in Manhattan Kansas in 1861 she moved to Bancroft in 1910 with her husband the late Dr Stephen Grimm. Survivors include four sons three daughters twelve grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements by Downard funeral home to be announced.
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Sarah Jane Grimm
Bancroft
Stephen D. Grimm
Kan
Cornelius
Christiana Bitzner Reed
Stephen Grimm
Manhattan
W. E. Grimm
Ogden
Utah
Walter G. Grimm
Melvin Grimm
David Grimm
Mattie McRae
Buhl
Nellie McDaniels
Idahoan Loses Track of Years
Nampa resident Robert Porte cannot confirm whether he is 103 or 105 after a birthday. Family records list 1844 while another source shows 1846. Porte recalls being too young for the Civil War but says he was in Ford's Theatre during Lincoln's assassination on April 14, 1865.
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Nampa
Robert Porte
Porte
Ford
Abraham Lincoln
Gasoline Mixture Compared to Dynamite Weight
A report states that one gallon of gasoline properly mixed with air is equivalent to 83 pounds of dynamite, highlighting a dramatic energy comparison used in a safety or industrial context.
Grasshopper Plague Forecast Hits Crops Nationwide
The U S agriculture department warns of a grasshopper plague this year across many regions, with billions expected to attack crops and grasslands in Michigan Wisconsin Illinois and most states west of the Mississippi except the far northwest. Severe outbreaks are forecast in the major belt from eastern Montana to Texas, though natural controls may aid farmers.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Mississippi
Montana
Texas
Wyoming
Colorado
Ogden Actor William Wright Jr. Dies in Mexico
Funeral services planned in Ogden for William Arthur Wright Jr. former Moroni Olsen stock company actor who worked in Utah before moving to Los Angeles ten years ago Wright died Friday in Ensenada Mexico
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Ogden
Utah
William Arthur Wright, Jr
Hollyw Wright
Encinada
Mexico
Moroni Olsen Stock Company
Los Angeles
Malad Chamber to Host Day as Key Speaker at Meeting
S M Day, chair of the civic affairs committee for the Pocatello Chamber of Commerce, will be the principal speaker at the Malad Chamber of Commerce annual meeting on Thursday January 27, announced J L Craig Jr secretary of the Malad chamber.
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S. M. Day
Pocatello Chamber of Commerce
Malad Chamber of Commerce
J. L. Craig, Jr
Change of Pace in Ashland Police Chief Shift
Ashland Pa Police Chief John Snyder moves from night duty after 24 years to the day shift in a departmental reshuffle.
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PACE
Ashland
John Snyder
Merci Train to Visit Pocatello in Idaho
The Merci Train from France will pass through Pocatello on a date to be announced. Byron B. Downard and Idaho officials announce a reception plan with George A. Foulke Boise named state chairman and Ennis W. Thomas as reception head. Local attendees include Harold C. Hinckley Fred Hilliard and alternates Ray F. Brookhart A. F. Coates.
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Idaho
France
Pocatello
Byron B. Downard
A. Robins
George A. Foulke
Boise
Ennis W. Thomas
Death Takes Mary Beach
Miss Mary Alice Beach 74 died Friday at Shiltz hospital American Falls. Born Missouri August 25 1874 she taught school from age 16 in Firth Shelley Rockland Soda Springs Aberdeen and American Falls. She was Blackfoot county superintendent 1908 1916 and city librarian Aberdeen since 1937. Survived by Eva B. Smith Violet Vetsch and William H. Beach. Funeral tentative at Davis funeral home American Falls.
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Mary Alice Beach
Shiltz
American Falls
Missouri
Martha E. Baker Beach
Charles H. Beach
Miss Beach
Idaho
Firth
Shelley
Rockland
Soda Springs
Aberdeen
Blackfoot
Eva B. Smith
Violet Vetsch
Gooding
William H. Beach
Pocatello
Davis Funeral Home
Transamerica Antitrust Trial Delayed by Counsel Illness
The Federal Reserve board trial against TransAmerica Corp of San Francisco on monopoly charges will restart about a week later. Chief counsel Samuel B. Stewart recently injured his back and cannot appear Thursday, delaying proceedings.
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Washington
LLP
TransAmerica Corp
San Francisco
Federal Reserve Board
TransAmerica
Samuel B. Stewart
Second annual farmers institute slated for Feb 7
Aberdeen Idaho fluently notes the second annual farmers institute to be held Feb 7 with the university extension service and home demonstration department supplying speakers and instructors. The item also records several local social notes and community happenings around American Falls and Lava.
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Aberdeen
Farmers’ Institute
University Extension Service and Home Demonstration Department
Lava Lions Host Turkey Dinner and Dance at Lava High
Lava Hot Springs reports a Turkey dinner and dance at Lava high school with district officers as special guests. Billy Hill, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Hill, has enlisted in the U S army and will train at Fort Ord, California.
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Percy Burrup
Marsh Valley
Lava
Lava Hot Springs
Lava Lions
Lava High School
Billy Hill
William Hill
U. S. Army
Fort Ord
Calif
Stroke Fatal for Utah Stockman Luther M. Terry
Luther M. Terry, a veteran livestockman from Enterprise Utah, died after a stroke in the snow bound town. Medical aid was unavailable as the town lacks a doctor and a rotary snowplow broke down trying to reach him. Terry had been ill about two days and leaves four children in Cedar City.
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Enterprise
Utah
Luther M. Terry
Terry
Cedareg
Good Year Seen For Local Westinghouse Firm
L E Wood of the L E Wood company in Pocatello reports a record year for Westinghouse electric appliances with over 2 500 000 produced and sold and the lowest appliance inventories in company history. He attended a Salt Lake City dealers meeting highlighting the 1949 line and plans for continued production and employment amid a competitive market.
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Westinghouse Electric
L. E. Wood
L. E. Wood Company
Pocatello Westinghouse
Wood
Salt Lake City
Westinghouse
Weather Trains Postpone U P Safety Party
The Union Pacific safety event for employees, originally set for Wednesday in Pocatello, is postponed indefinitely due to bad weather. Storms nationwide delay rail traffic and prevent top railroad officials from attending.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Monay
Pocatello
Recruiter Anna Hugonin Visits Pocatello for WAC WAF Interviews
Sgt. First Class Anna B. Hugonin WAC arrives in Pocatello for a five day interview period to recruit for WAC and WAF. She will base at the Army and Air Force Recruiting Service office 403 North Main Street and promote women’s service careers in the Intermountain area. Eligibility requires ages 18 to 34. under 21 need parental consent. Women 34 or older who were AUS members after July 1 1943 may enlist up to age 35 plus previous service years.
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Pocatello
Wac-Waf
Anna B. Hugonin
WAC
Intermountain
Salt Lakety
Army and Air Force Recruiting Service
North Main St
Erik H. Erikson
Army
Air Force
Erikson
Idaho
Wacwaf
Women's Corps
AUS
Kiddies Birthday Corner Begins In The Post
The Post will start a daily Kiddies Birthday Corner on February 1. It will print a free studio portrait of children ages one to seven on their birthday, taken at Mendy Photographers. Call 3953 to book an appointment a week or two before the birthday.
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POST
Kiddie
Post Portrait
Mendy
Lee asks Utah legislature to trim near 38 million in requests
Governor J Bracken Lee urged the 28th Utah legislature to cut budget requests to about 43.5 million for the next biennium replacing 81.5 million. He proposed 12.5 million for the general fund and 31 million from earmarked funds, warned against further increases and suggested merging safety and licensing services under a new highway patrol led department.
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Salt Lake City
Lee
Department of Publicity and Industrial Development
Utah
State Road Commission
The
Tax Commission
Highway Patrol
Utah Safety Council
Department of Cetails Drivers’ Licenses and Inspection
Snow Falls Record Depth Across Utah
Snow blanketed the south and east of Utah with record depths in Salt Lake City at 8.8 inches and Fairfield reporting 33 inches on the ground. Ice fog spread across northern and western areas into Nevada and Idaho, while temperatures dipped to minus 36 in Butte Montana and single digits in other towns.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Fairfield
Nevada
Idaho
Intermountain
Butte
Mont
Ogden
Britain to Decide on Israel Recognition Timing
London sources say Britain will recognize a provisional Israeli government and may announce before Israel’s election or delay until Bevin faces a parliamentary debate on Palestine. The recognition is described as certain and close to formal.
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London
Israel
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
Palestine
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Ogden Actor Services Planned
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Portland, Ore
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Glen
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Lava Bridge Club
Alma Schultz
Helen Wilson
Thelma Smith
Ray Miles
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Pep
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Pocatello Mattress Mfg. CO
O. Johnson
U. P. Safety Party
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