Blackfoot Phone Firm Expands Service and Capacity
J A Richards of the Blackfoot office of Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company announces three new units raise capacity to 1500 lines. A 15 foot rear addition and interior remodeling including air conditioning improve working conditions for operators though material shortages delay immediate new applications. The fireproof building and staff rest room with a 15 minute break every two hours are highlighted.
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Blackfoot
J. A. Richards
Untain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Richards
Lava News Jottings Highlights Local Life And Travel
Lava Springs notes recount Raymond Ramsey's July wedding to the Potters and their plan to move to Los Angeles. Out of town guests from Utah Idaho and Wyoming attended the reception. Local clubs held talks on flower arranging and summer camps, Lions Club activities included a social night, and visitors from Kemmerer Montreal and Portland were noted. A mining display in Baker Oregon features an 86 ounce gold slugger valued over three thousand dollars.
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Lava Hot Springs
Raymond Ramsey
Harry Potter
Los Angeles
Lava
Rem
Dick Ockes
Robert
Glen Nelgon
Reva
DePhone
Preston
Ada Mendelkow
Leroy
Ogden
Jocine Ramsenson
Kaysville
Utah
Rulen Jones
Idaho Falls
Idaho aviation breakfast draws record crowd at Sun Valley
Nearly 550 Idaho and northwest flyers in 221 airplans flew to Hailey airport and rode by bus to Sun Valley for a record aviation breakfast. C G Sperry flew from Palo Alto to win longest-distance prize. 65 year old Christopher Scott and 16 year old Marilyn Hoff were noted as oldest and youngest pilots.
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Sun Valley
Ida
Idaho
Hailey Airport
C. G. Sperry
Palo Alto
Cal
K. S. Clark
Fairfield
Idaho Board of Aeronautics
Utah Oil Co
Rex Allan
Nampa
Sperry
United Airlines
Miles
Christopher Scott
Boise
Marilyn Hoff
Idaho Falls
Hailey
Sawtooth Mountains
Chet Moulton
St. Maries
Moulton
Pocatello
Actress Virginia Bruce Reunites With Turk Husband Ali Ipar
Hollywood report says Ali Ipar returned from a yearlong Turkey trip impeded by immigration issues to rejoin his wife actress Virginia Bruce in Hollywood. Bruce, noted for two previous marriages, faced a tumultuous period including his early guardhouse stint and later discharge after their marriage.
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Hollywood
Ali Ipar
Turkey
Virginia Bruce
New York
Miss Bruce
Turk
Army
Ipar
Pvt
Bruce
Missionaries Speak At American Falls Ward Meeting
Speakers at the American Falls Ward Sacrament meeting July 18 included Jack Kelly son of Sidney and Mrs Kelly recently returned from a mission in the eastern states and now a radio announcer at KID Idaho Falls. Also Ruel Neilsen Jr. son of Duel and Mrs Neilsen of the North Idaho Falls Stake a returned missionary from the Hawaiian mission. A Hammond Electric organ recital was presented by the Carnes Music company of Pocatello.
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American Falls
Jack Kelly
Sidney Kelly
KID
Idaho Falls
Ruel Neilsen, Jr
Duel Neilsen
North Idaho Falls
Carnes Music Company
Pocatello
State Railroads Get Rate Raise in Idaho Intrastate Freight
The Idaho public utilities commission on Saturday granted a general 20 percent increase in intrastate freight rates for Idaho railroads on all commodities. Sugar beets molasses call potatoes pumice stone and ores and concentrates are excluded. The rise mirrors an Interstate Commerce Commission decision issued April 13 for interstate traffic.
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ROISE
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Idaho
Interstate Commerce Commission
Missing briefcase and car thefts B blocking South Main area
E J Coleman reports loss of a brown leather briefcase with personal papers in the 100 block of South Main Street with uncertain date. A UP motorcar shop was broken into Friday night with bolt clippers stolen and a hasp on an acetylene cabinet cut.
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E. J. Coleman
Calligan Paint Company
South Main Street
Coleman
Union Pacific
Nebraska Vehicle Ownership Rises from 1944 to 1947
Vehicle ownership in Nebraska climbed from 397 936 in 1944 to 466 847 in 1947, reflecting postwar growth in automobile usage and ownership across the state.
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Nebraska
Mysterious B 17 Bomber Flew to Azores From Halifax
A B 17 bomber with nine crew left Halifax Saturday night under orders to return to New York but crossed the Atlantic landing at Santa Maria in the Azores Sunday. The crew paid a $100 fine for illegal entry into Canada before release. The plane, carrying 2500 gallons of fuel and crates labeled in Hebrew, was impounded at Halifax after an emergency stop. Pilot Irwin Schindler of Miami denied Palestine intentions, claiming a training flight and bad weather.
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Halifax
N. S
United States
Atlantic
Azores
Palestine
New York
Santa Maria
Canada
Boston
Eastern Passage
RCAF
Westchester County
Purchase
N. Y
Here
Irwin R. Schindler
Miami
Holy Land
Schindler
U. S
Letts Daring Open Ocean Voyage To North America
The 60 foot motor launch Capri will depart Falmouth for North America carrying 28 Letts refugees from Latvia who fled Russians in 1945. The group includes 16 men 9 women two four year olds and a six month old baby. Leader Martini Frezins says they hid after relatives were taken to Siberia and describe sailing from Sweden after washing overboard gear in a North Sea storm. They will not reveal their destination in the Americas.
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Falmouth
England
Capri
North American
Gothenburg
Sweden
Martini Frezins
Siberia
Frezins
Russia
Mooney Falls Tops Niagara in Height in Havasu Canyon
Mooney Falls in Havasu Canyon northern Arizona surpasses Niagara Falls in height as part of five falls in the canyon.
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Mooney Falls
Havasu Canyon
Arizona
Niagara Falls
Yugoslavia Seeks Western Oil Amid Soviet Boycott
Diplomatic sources say Yugoslavia seeks oil from the West after a Soviet satellite boycott. Tito’s rift with the Kremlin persists as Belgrade hosts two conferences and US delegates head to Europe led by Ambassador Cavendish Cannon.
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Washington
Yugoslavia
Romania
Albania
Marshal Tito
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Trieste
Russia
Belgrade
Yugoslav Communist Party
Tito
Britain
France
United States
U. S
Cavendish Cannon
Europe
Minnesota’s Cuyuna Range Named for Explorer and Dog
The Cuyuna iron range in Minnesota was named after its discoverer Caylor Adams and his dog Una, marking a historic mapping moment for the area and its iron mining heritage.
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Minnesota
Cuyuna Iron Range
Caylor Adams
Una
Yes They Worked In Ye Olden Days
Altoona notes from 1899 and 1902 show carpenter John P. Horner kept a ledger of wages and hours. He earned five cents an hour as an apprentice in 1899 for ten hours daily six days a week, and in 1902 logged 297 hours in a month on a single job, compared with modern averages of about 160 hours per month.
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Altoona
John P. Horner
Westward move for Iola giant Clifford Thompson
One of Iola Wisconsin’s biggest citizens, Clifford Thompson at eight feet seven inches, plans to relocate to Los Angeles. He will bring a nine-foot bed and an easy chair, intends to practice law after October bar exam, and has dieted from 460 to 380 pounds. He wears a size 22 shoe a 19 1 2 inch collar and a size 9 hat.
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Los Angeles
Iola
Wis
Clifford Thompson
Thompson
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South Fifth Ave
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