Tragic Smoking Death at Rainbow Court in Pocatello
Robert Hensley a 54 year old Pocatello resident died from smoke suffocation after a mattress fire in his Rainbow Court cabin near Halliwell baseball park. Firemen found the body and the blaze was confined to bedding. Coroner Hall says death occurred before the fire reached him. Hensley worked for Idaho Refining Co and had lived in the area 30 years. Survivors include wife, mother in Kentucky, three sons, two daughters and several siblings. Rainbow Courts are city owned and leased to C S Bosquet.
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Robert Hensley
Pocatellan
Rainbow Court
Halliwell Baseball Park
North Fifth Avenue
Hensley
G. E. Arnold
Arthur Hall
Charles Carringer
Ringer
The
Idaho Refining Co
Pocatello
Moses Mills
Kentucky
James
Mary Sowards Hensley
Mary Gunter
Logan
Petersburg
Raymond
Dale
William
Pendleton
Ore
Lena Hall
Alberta Hensley
Verner
Salt Lake City
Omer
Thenton
Elmer
Wells
Dayton
Ohio
Rena*Hall
Irma Davis
Rainbow Courts
City of
C. S. Bosquet
Pocatello Postings and Language Tangles
A light local item notes a reader’s glasses found and turned into the news editor at 729 South Arthur Ave. The column then farcically debates usage of whose versus who’s with Webster’s backing. It recounts a miss on a theater lead in Alameda, Idaho, as editors chase ownership and naming with colorful confusion.
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T. B. Smith
South
Arthur Ave
Mary Blank
Twin Falls Bruins Edge Pocatello Indians 36 31
Twin Falls defeats Pocatello 36 to 31 in a tightly contested game. Bruins surge in the fourth quarter after a flat third, with Hendricks scoring 13 for Twin Falls and Satterfield tying Cooper for Pocatello with nine each. Jensen and Long excel on rebounding.
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Twin Falls
Bruin
Pocatello
Bruins
Jensen
Long
Hendricks
Satterfield
Cooper
FGFT
Twin Falls Bruins
Long Neilson
Kirkland Kleinkoff Sa Sawaiene Pocatello Indians
Susstone Cecers Reteuss
Seeest Cotant Eongrees
Fenwick
Kissane Jansen
Sovegs
Paxman
Erent Lintelmann
Sato Aenne
AFL Backs President's Control Plan in Economy Push
The AFL executive council meeting in Miami urged Congress to grant President Truman authority to impose rationing and price controls on essentials. They called for an excess profits tax, a broad price investigation, rent control expansion, and said immediate action is needed to curb the rising cost of living and wage demands.
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Miami
Fla
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Truman
AFL
William Green
Federation
The
Army to Transfer German Military Government to State Dept
Secretary Royall said the army will turn over control of the military government in Germany to the State Department on or about July 1 after talks with Secretary Marshall and General Lucius Clay.
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Washington
Kenneth C. Royall
Germany
State Department
Royall
George C. Marshall
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Truman Forces Rail Strike Delay
President Truman on Tuesday ordered a 60 day postponement of a planned nationwide railroad strike by creating an emergency three member fact finding board. The move delays action while unions seek wage increases and other concessions, with hearings to start within 30 days and a further 30 day wait before any strike.
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Washington
Truman
Brotherhoods of
Locomotive Engineers
Switchmen’s Union
AFL
Railway Labor Act
Nampa Edges Caldwell 32 31 In Close Idaho Clash
Nampa rallied in the second half to beat Caldwell 32 to 31 in Caldwell. The Cougars trailed 15 to 9 at halftime and surged to the win behind a stronger second half effort.
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Caldwell
Ida
Nampa
Cougars
Distinguished Service Award Presented to Har old Ory
The Junior Chamber of Commerce banquet honored Harold Ory of Purina Mills Pocatello with the Distinguished Service Award for leadership of the Red Cross drive hospital drive and community efforts. Ory, in three years as a Pocatellan, praised the town and noted the challenge of securing donations while thanking supporters. New members announced include Larsen Jones Tolmie Schwiebart Latimer Bistline Tobson Serean Jordan Vance and others.
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Red Cross
St. Anthony
Ory
St. Anthony Hospital
Tucker
Juniors Chamber of Commerce
Pocatello
Raymond Larsen
Ray Jones
Gordon Tolmie
Les Schwiebart
Art Latimer
Arthur Bistline
Ralph Tobson
Frank A. Serean
Nathan Jordan
Bob Thomas
Tom Walker
Roche Bush
Charles Marston
Jay Cutler
Peter A. Peay, Jr
Norriss Warren
Bob Vance
Coldest Spot in Nation Hit 43 Below in Montana
Tuesday morning West Yellowstone Montana recorded 43 degrees below zero while nearby Pocatello Idaho saw five below. The forecast called for fair skies and a warming trend with highs near 39 and overnight lows between zero and five above. Yesterday's high reached 24 and the low was five below.
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Yellowstone
Mont
Pocatello
Pocatellans
Lions Club Cavalcade of Mirth and Music Draws Big Crowd
The Lions Club benefit show Cavalcade of Mirth and Music drew about 2 000 attendees to raise funds for the Benefit Swimming Pool Fund. The same cast with new acts performs again tonight at 8 p.m. Tickets are sold at Fawson Music Co or the high school auditorium box office.
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Lions’ Club
Pocatellans
Fawson Music. Co
Young Slayer Found Guilty in Mojave Slaying Case
Joseph L. Hardy Jr. was found guilty by a superior court jury of the kiss of death slaying of J. W. McLain and sentenced to life imprisonment. The trial occurred in Nevada City where Hardy’s wife Lois was previously sentenced to death. Hardy, a 24 year old veteran from Bridgeport Connecticut, allegedly shot McLain in a forest near Truckee after the vacationing elevator operator lay in Lois’ arms.
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Nevada City
Calif
Joseph L. Hardy, Jr
J. W. McLain
Mountain County
Hardy
Lois
Bridgeport
Bitter Cold Cuts Fuel Delivery Across Five States
The long siege of cold bites fuel supplies, halting industrial work and idling thousands in five states. Gas and oil shortages affect steel, auto, and coal industries, with households freezing and weather deaths rising to 162 from two weeks of icy conditions.
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Chicago
Alabama
California
Earl Warren
U. S. Navy
Midwest
Alaska
United States
Canadian
Yukon
Montana
Michigan
Atlantic
North Central States
East
Detroit Automotive Center
Michigan Consolidated Gas Company
U. S. Weather Bureau
Wright Collapses at Dayton Office Again
Orville Wright, co inventor of the air plane, collapsed at his Dayton office for the second time in four months and was taken to a hospital for treatment.
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Dayton, O
Orville Wright
Contributions Aid Hospital Expansion Drive Gains Support
A flood of contributions and pledges to St. Anthony Mercy Hospital's expansion reached a peak as officials and the Pocatello POST collaborate to hit a $30,000 target. Donations from local residents include Daniel R. Hudgins, $5. Harry Trahant, $100. and others, urging Bannock county to back the drive.
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St. Anthony's Mercy Hospital
Fort Hall Reservation
Loretta Bauman
Dixie
St. Anthony Mercy Hospital
The
POST
North Main
St. Anthony’s Hospital
ST. Anthony's Mercy
Pocatello
St. Anthony's Hospital
Adaho
Wyoming
Montana
Nevada
Colorado
Arizona
New Mexico
American Hospital Association
Sisters of Mercy
Bannock County
Pocatellans
St. Anthony's
Daniel R. Hudgins
BE. E. Marcoe
Mary King
Margaret O’brien
John L. Cullen
John Grossman
Harry Trahant
Jim Cullen
Mrs
Joén Primbs
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Idaho State College
Alameda
Jones
Mr. Jones
T. D
Boise
Pocatello Five
Thriller
To Guide
Rocket Lounge Liquor
Thiros
Rocket Lounge
North Main St
L. E. Glennon
R. C. Lewis
Glennon
Lewis
Across the Bar
Bangs
Truman Acr
Nampa Tips Caldwell
Anthony Mercy Hospital
Betty Mae
Panama
Lillian
F. E. McKenzie
Lions Club
Contributions Aid Hospital
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