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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1948
Page
10
Fearless Fraley discusses looming warfare between the NFL and the All-America Conference over payrolls. He notes losses on both sides amid high backfield salaries, and predicts possible peace overtures and a joint draft if leagues survive.
Six Vampire jet fighters of the Royal Air Force landed at St. Hubert airport Montreal at 5 40 p m Friday completing the first trans Atlantic jet flight in aviation history.
Six people were injured when a soap box derby racer lost control during the Salt Lake City finals. Driver Brent Mahoney, 12, fractured his right leg. spectators Keith Cannon, 8, and Bill Latimer, 5, suffered broken legs. T A Hamilton, 32, may have a back injury. Joe Cruce, 8, treated for abrasions. Marshall Duefield, 13, possibly fractured ribs. The injured were taken to Holy Cross hospital as the event continued.
Boise officials prepare for the 1948 Idaho soap box derby down Depot Hill with about 60 midget car owners. A Saturday evening parade through the city promotes the event before the Sunday race at 9 a.m. The winner advances to the American Derby in Akron.
The Olympic flame was kindled in Olympia amid armed guards and armored cars protecting the relay. An 18 year old lit the olive branch while children carried the lychos lamp to the altar. Greek destroyer Hastings shelled Pyros hills to deter guerrilla threats and ferrying plans shifted toward Corfu via Katakolon.
ATLANTA Ga. The only person with a checking account at a Federal Reserve Bank is jailed after day of fraud. Nineteen year old Jeanette Roberts of Gainesville admitted cashing ten checks up to 75 dollars by erasing the bank name and signing false names. She reported easy cashing in Atlanta stores.
About 3 500 bees were transported on a Pan American Clipper from New York to London en route to France to improve the local bee stock.
Kathryn Campbell of Kress Texas said Kingston New York crowds acted like savages when her trailer caravan stopped there on a nationwide radio quiz tour. She added most people she met were nice but a hostile mob surrounded the trailer and police escorted her to a hotel for safety.
The Rainey Park fundraiser featured Jim Chenoweth of the undefeated P A C club performing donkey mounting stunts aboard Sharkey. The National League won a 3 2 five inning donkey softball game over the American League. The show closed with plans to return next year.
A column in El Internacional Reynosa lists citizens whose mail is waiting at the local post office marking a snapshot of daily life in the Mexican border city.
The line contrasts born greatness with earned fame and a pun on grate. It plays on views of merit and social impact plus humor about irritation from others.
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey named by President Truman to head the new peacetime draft with an interim appointment. Registration for 18 through 25 will begin with Aug. 16 target and actual drafting slated to start Sept. 22. The plan calls for 225,000 to 250,000 conscripts in the first year. Hershey previously led the World War II draft and now heads the selective service records office.
A murder warrant was filed in Cincinnati against 33 year old Harry Robertson of Richmond Virginia after he allegedly threw eight year old Patricia Jackson to her death from a viaduct and blamed radioactivity for his act. Patricia's father Jack Jackson filed the warrant.
The column portrays a long running dispute between farmers and fishermen over land access near American Falls. It recounts fences, gates, no trespassing signs, and occasional threats including buckshot as tensions rise while urging readers to consider the friction between rural neighbors and warning against posing as a fisherman in the area.
Pioneer League fans packed stadiums with 394,092 spectators in the first half of the season led by Salt Lake City games drawing 75,353. Billings reported 61,702 and Twin Falls 50,463 as major crowds, widening attendance from 1947. President Jack Halliwell noted the gain of 138,448 over the prior year.
Hollywood producer Edward Lasker and actress Jane Greer are sued by contractor Murray Blank who claims $2,525 for idle crew time during Brentwood home remodeling. Blank says Lasker delayed work two hours each morning to avoid waking his wife, who slept late.
F M Ayres head of an investment hires Miss MacArthur to work in his office. She cannot come one morning and sends her cousin Miss Douglas instead.
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