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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1949
Page
1
A deadlocked jury could not reach a verdict in the Alger Hiss perjury trial. Judge Kaufman discharged the jurors after three deadlocked ballots, eight to four in favor of guilty, prompting Attorney General Tom C. Clark to vow rapid reindictment and trial.
The United States Steel Corp led a united front with major independents including Jones & Laughlin, Republic, and Bethlehem against CIO President Philip Murray’s wage demands. A nationwide steel strike could begin July 16 unless government intervention occurs, with talks ongoing in Pittsburgh Cleveland and New York and Inland Steel offering pension benefits but no wage increase.
B M Chronic of Moscow Idaho received a $25 award in the 1948 49 engineering undergraduate award and scholarship program of the James F Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation in Cleveland. Chronic is in the University of Idaho civil engineering department. His prize paper was The design of an adjustable mobile mono rail hoist.
The House passed a bill to raise pay for top government officials including the President's cabinet and military secretaries from 15000 to 25000 dollars annually. About 250 officials would gain, costing roughly 1.25 million dollars a year. The measure awaits Senate action as leaders expect quick passage. J Edgar Hoover’s pay was raised to 17500 by amendment.
Firemen extinguished a blaze at the neon sign outside the Phoenix Cafe on First and Center with a booster line. The fire, likely caused by a wiring short, caused damage to the sign but no injuries were reported.
Connie Rollins infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Floyd Rollins Idaho Falls was killed when the car driven by her father overturned on the Shelley New Sweden highway. The mother Sareah Rollins sustained internal injuries and was hospitalized with expected recovery.
Keystone Lodge No 81 A F and A M will hold funeral services for Robert E Train Monday July 11 at 1 15 p m in the William Wallen room of the Masonic temple All Master Masons are invited to attend and floral tributes are requested to be omitted
A coroner's jury recommended bringing South Carolina convict Grover Pulley back to Georgia on murder charges in the slaying of Metropolitan Opera tenor John Garris in Atlanta last April. The inquest linked the pistol found with Pulley to the fatal wound, and a witness noted blood on a ten dollar bill from Pulley’s South Carolina arrest.
A passerby used a milk bottle to aid in catching Barry N. Brin after he robbed Southeast National Bank of 4500 dollars. Thomas Reardon restrained the suspect by striking him with the bottle as Brin fled, and police found all money recovered. Brin faced jail after pleading guilty to a rubber check charge.
Concord California report says 22 year old Robert Niles faces jail time for petty theft delaying his plan to parachute from the Empire State Building or the Statue of Liberty. He had boasted of becoming the first to leap without reservation.
The Soviet News Agency Tass claims farmer Mahammed Eliazov of Soviet Azerbaijan is 140 years old and has a wife aged 118 and a daughter aged 100. It says he performs daily calisthenics and bathes year round in a cold mountain lake and has 118 children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.
Washington reports John Foster Dulles Republican spokesman on foreign affairs was sworn in Friday as junior senator from New York. The ceremony marks Dulles moving from cabinet or parole roles into the Senate.
The Frontier Rodeo Association holds a formal office opening from 1 to 2 PM at the Bannock Hotel Building announced by board member Harry Morgan. Guests include Oklahoma Charley and Bob Hoffard, with five prizes by local merchants for a beard-growing contest. First prize is 75 dollars from Sapphire Lounge, plus rewards from Modern Shoe Co, Mendy Photographers, Miller's Bakery, and Ruth's Cafe. A carnival with rides begins at the fair grounds and runs through rodeo week.
A rumoured move proposes annexing two night clubs near Highway 30 N to American Falls. The clubs lie east of American Falls and near the Power Bannock county line, with city officials set to discuss the plan at a special Tuesday meeting in July.
President Truman backs trimming the House approved 15.9 billion military bill by about 928 million for the next fiscal year. Senator Millard Tydings says the president favors dropping universal military training and saving 128 million from a higher pay bill. Senate leaders debate further reductions as Republicans fault the cut. Unemployment claims show slight improvement but new claims rise.
Clayton Darrah of The Pocatello Post was announced to appear on The Big Story on August 17. The NBC broadcast from New York will feature Darrah, recognized for solving the Phantom Bandit robberies in Boise while with The Idaho Daily Statesman. Darrah, a longtime police reporter, graduated from the University of California Police Institute in 1940.
Pocatello Memorial pool at Ross Park will be closed all day Monday for interior dressing room work and pool filter system repairs. The facility will reopen at 9 a.m. Tuesday.
Bannock county advances toward a 150 bed hospital with a $550000 bond election to fund completion and equipment for the Pocatello and Downey units. Attorney Carl C. Christensen warns petitions from about 4500 taxpayers or 30 percent of last state vote are needed to call the election. A committee will start collecting names, with Petitions to cover McCammon Downey Lava Hot Springs Tyhee Arimo and Pocatello. Christensen leads the Downey chamber petition effort.
Fifteen American fashion teachers after a London visit concluded British women favor longer hair and skirts with less makeup and more conservative dress. They toured Hardy Amies salon and noted his fall collection emphasizes bosom shoulders and neckline for American tastes.
Ellen Nora Mayers Griffiths, 81, longtime Pocatello resident, died Friday at her daughter’s home, 217 North Johnson. Born March 24, 1868 in Dayton Ohio, she lived in Pocatello about 60 years. Widow of George H. Griffiths who died in 1929. Survived by sons John Scott Griffiths of Chicago and Myron R. Griffiths of Iowa, and four grandchildren. Funeral arrangements by Downard mortuary.
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