Newcastle Disease Strikes Two Farms Near Weiser
Acting county agent Leslie Guilford reported Newcastle disease detected on two Weiser area farms. Blood tests by Washington authorities confirmed the illness, believed spread by Missouri shipped chicks. About 3000 chickens at risk as dead birds were found in premises and nearby fields. Symptoms include stiff neck and paralysis.
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Weiser
Leslie Guilford
Guilford
Washington, D. C
Missouri
Europe
Polio Cases Reach Sixty Three in Idaho
Idaho public health officials report 63 polio cases statewide since January 1. L. J. Peterson says 26 were in June and 15 in the first seven days of the current month. county totals list Ada seven, Bannock nine, Washington nine, and other counties with smaller counts.
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Boise
State Public Health Department
Idaho
L. J. Peterson
Department
Ada
Adams
Bannock
Éwah
Bingham
Bonner
Bonneville
Clearwater
Fremont
Gooding
Bus Carrying Navajo Farm Workers Crashes in Utah
A Utah crash near Joseph blamed on a tire blowout left 29 Indian farm workers and two drivers injured. The bus, returning Navajos from Southern Idaho where they had worked for Franklin Sugar, struck a bridge after the tire failed. Both drivers were from Preston. injuries were minor among passengers.
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Richfield
Utah
Seviqo
Idaho
Preston
Franklin Sugar Company
Joseph
Ivan D. Olsen
E. H. Valentine
Sur Ney
Idaho Teachers Join Seattle Airport Dedication Flight
Lewiston Idaho teachers from northern districts travel on a charter plane to Seattle for a city airport dedication. Chet Moulton director of aeronautics notes the trip is part of the air age program sponsored by the state aviation department. He may join if time allows.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Seattle
Chet Moulton
State Aviation Department
Boom Days May Be Near For Tombstone Arizona
Tombstone Arizona may see a revival as two large firms the American Smelting and Refining Company and the Anaconda Copper Company take options on long-dormant mines. A third company plans to begin operations soon.
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Tombstone
Ariz
el Paso
Pacific Coast
American Smelting and Refining Company
Anaconda Copper Company
Malad Center Files Articles of Incorporation
Boise UP Oneida Recreational Center Inc of Malad filed articles of incorporation with the state secretary listing capitalization at 45000 and directors Thomas L Dives Melvin J Hess Nephi R Ipsen Thorp D Evans and J W Thomas.
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BOISE
Oneida Recreational Center, Inc
Malad
Tdal
Thomas L. Dives
Melvin J. Hess
Nephi R. Ipsen
Thorpas D. Evans
J. W. Thomas
Forest Fire Fighters Return as New Mexico Slacks
Eight smoke-jars returning to Mis Goula headquarters after a southwest New Mexico fire season cools while the northern area hits peak. Jumpers have parachuted to 14 fires and delivered six to eight tons of gear. Grover Tyler remains hospitalized at Fort Bayard with a broken leg from last Friday.
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Deming
Uke
New Mexico
Misgoula
Mont
Forest Service
Don Beck
Grover Tyler
Fort Bayard
N. M
Governor Robins Delays Labor Commissioner Pick
Boise Gov. Robins says he has two or three names under consideration for labor commissioner and will not rush to announce. He declined to predict timing or confirm a choice, saying he has not yet selected and is awaiting no acceptance from any candidate.
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Boise
Robins
Statehouse
Boise Musicians Depart For Conclave In Cleveland
Fifty Boise musicians depart by train for Cleveland to perform Idaho’s state song “Idaho” at the national conclave. Boise Elks gleemen and barid will compete with groups from other states and give public concerts during their four day stay. Louis C. Ventrella, Boise pianist and composer, arranged the state song for the troupe.
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Boise
Cleveland
Idaho
Boise Elks Gleeman
Barid
Louis C. Ventrella
First Boston News Letter issue found in old Bible
Cambridge resident Albert J. LeBourdais bought an old Bible for 15 dollars and discovered issue number 1 of The Boston News Letter, printed in 1704. The two page broadside included London dispatches on Papist and Jesuit priests, a possible French troop move to Scotland, Ireland rebellion news, a Parliament speech, and a Rhode Island privateer captain named Toungrello with five prizes and a wound.
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Cambridge
Mass
United States
Albert J. LeBourdais
Boston News-Letter
Siaceuae
John Campbell
News-Letter
London
Scotland
France
Boston
Ireland
Toungrello
Rhode Island
Indian woman rides taxi home from prison in Oregon
Imogene Fisher, a Kla math Indian artist from Klamath Falls, left Oregon State Prison in a taxi after five years for manslaughter in the death of Watkin Davis. She paid $102% to a local cab company to drive her home to her southern Oregon reservation, saying her luggage required the long ride and noting nothing unusual about the trip.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon State Prison
Oregon
Imogene Fisher
Klamath Falls
Watkin Davis
Fisher
Law change eyed to strengthen Idaho potato branding
Agriculture Commissioner Stubblefield and Attorney General Smylie urged a revision of Idaho's potato branding law. They said the weak provisions hinder enforcement and risk further dismissals like those in Twin Falls unless the law is clarified and made operative in a future special session.
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Boise
C. A. Robins
Agriculture
Red
Robert D. A. Stubblefield
Stubblefield
E. Smylie
Agriculture Department
Twin Falls
Indian Paintings Remain Mystery to Scientists
Berkeley researchers report petro glyphs carved on California cliffs and rocks exceed 250 sites, some a millennium old. They note many artworks were created by Pi cassos within tribes, not by contact with whites, though one near Kernville marks a 1863 U S cavalry massacre.
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Berkeley
Calif
California
Californian Archeological Survey
Coyote
Kernville
U. S
Tax Unity Saves Money in Idaho Tax Office
Idaho State Tax Collector P. G. Neill reports savings and efficiency gains from consolidating tax collecting functions into a single agency. Seven employees were cut, bringing staff to 53. Centralized payroll and procurement streamline operations. travel and expense vouchers also follow the new route. Peak licensing runs Dec 15 to Feb 15, income tax season Feb 1 to Mar 15.
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Boise
P. G. Neill
Neill
Cain Attacks CVA Report Over Hoover Commission View
Sen Harry P Cain charged Assistant Secretary of Interior C Girard Davidson misled the Pacific northwest about the Columbia Valley Administration. Cain said Davidson claimed Hoover commission favored valley authority lines, which Cain disputed. Davidson denied misrepresentation as hearings on the CVA continued.
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Washington
Harry P. Cain
Wash
C. Girard Davidson
Pacific Northwest
Columbia Valley Administration
Cain
Davidson
Hoover Commission
Senate Public Works Committee
Army Sergeant Lands King Size Catfish
CAMP HOOD Texas UP Set. Lester B. Love, an Army sergeant, caught a huge blue catfish in Buchanan Lake after diving and underwater wrestling. The Mississippi blue cat tipped the scales at 69 12 pounds.
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Camp Hood
Tex
Lester B. Love
Buchanan Lake
Love
Aerials stolen spark juvenile fishing trend in St Louis
St Louis police report rising calls from drivers complaining aerials on cars have been stolen for use as fishing rods. Officials say juveniles are likely to take up fishing this year, tying thefts to the new trend.
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Watson
ST. Louis
Reminder To Fliers From Mountain Home Air Base
Airmen at Mountain Home Army Air Base Idaho receive a Bible style epistle urging independence of the United States Air Force. Capt. C L McDermott of the 811th air division signs the memo, correcting usage from Army air forces to United States Air Force.
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Mountain Home
Ida
C. L. McDermott
811Th Air Division
Topeka
Kan
Society For the Advancement of Public
Air Force
United States Air Force
Army Air Force
Man Blames Drugs for Bad Cheeks Crime
William D. Allen, 35, told a judge he wrote bad checks while under the influence of whiskey, marijuana, benzedrine and sleeping pills. He said he drank, used drugs, and was doped up, and the judge prescribed six months in the city workhouse.
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ST. Louis
William D. Alen
Allen
Louis Comerford
Fire damages UP Streamliner near Yermo
A UP City of Los Angeles train suffered fire damage to one car and another, near Yermo California. The blaze delayed the Chicago bound train about three hours while crews unhooked cars and passengers were transferred. No injuries reported and cause undetermined.
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Yermo
Cal
Union Pacific
Los Angeles
DDT Dusting Plan Proposed in Washington County
Washington county farm bureau started a push for aerial DDT dusting to curb polio risk. A meeting with Weiser officials was planned to discuss dusting ditches river banks and swamps within city limits funded by the city. The plan cites Ontario Oregon where dusting reduced polio incidents over three years. Six rural polio cases have occurred in the county this year.
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Weiser
Washington County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Ontario, Ore
Printing Delays Push Bean Tax Stamps Back
Boise Idaho printing delays delay issuance of bean tax stamps. Agriculture Commissioner D A Stubblefield said stamps likely not ready for a week or more. Stamps were to take effect July 1 under a law enacted by the last legislature.
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Boise
D. A. Stubblefield
Park Draws Record Crowds at Yellowstone
Yellowstone National Park reports 253,649 visitors by June 30, up 14.1 percent from a year earlier. Gates counted include 89,513 at the west, 66,436 at the east, 42,752 at the north, and 38,888 at the south, with 16,080 via the northeast. June arrivals totaled 194,909, exceeding June 1948 figures.
Pay Raise Averts Truckers Strike In Salt Lake City
A threatened walkout by the Salt Lake local of the International Association of Machinists was averted when Collett Tank Lines and Cantlay and Tanzola signed a new contract minutes before the deadline. About 30 machinists will gain 12 cents per hour starting June 1 and an extra 3 cents on December 1.
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Salt Lake City
Intermountain West
Salt Lake
International Association of Machinists
Collett Tank Lines
Cantlay and Tanzola Company
Berry Crop at Peak in Utah Amid Winter Damage
OREM Utah manager Stanley Earley of the Timpanogos Marketing association reported that Utah raspberries will peak next week after a weather ravaged 1949 crop. He said this year’s harvest is about half of last year’s due to winter vine damage and hail storms.
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Orem
Utah
Stanley Earley
Timpanogos Marketing Association
Earley
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