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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1949
Page
1
A Southern Pacific switch engine struck a truck trailer in South of Market, tipping the trailer and smashing thousands of beer bottles. About 50 cases vanished before firefighters arrived, leaving the scene with mops.
Unemployment payments in June reached 154.7 million, with total 1949 first half benefits near 800 million as initial weekly claims rose to 341,600. Sumner T. Pike warned Congress that political interference could erode the nation's atomic edge and hinder Arco Idaho reactor projects.
Francis Cardinal Spellman condemned Eleanor Roosevelt for anti Catholicism over her opposition to federal funds for parochial schools. In her My Day column June 23 she argued for church state separation and parental responsibility for private religious school costs.
The body of Supreme Court Justice Frank Murphy was interred near Lake Huron as hundreds gathered for a requiem mass and graveside salute. Officials from Washington, court colleagues, and a Philippine delegation attended, with a mile long procession from church to cemetery recalling Murphy’s humanitarian rulings and favored underdog interests. He died unexpectedly Tuesday at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit after a heart ailment.
Two Mexican laborers were killed and five others injured in a traffic accident near Wilder Idaho about Friday. Authorities identified the victims and noted the crash remained under investigation with details pending.
Two top national postal officials visited Idaho after attending the Wallace convention of the Idaho chapter of the National Association of Postmasters. Postmaster John E. Trimming led a tour through Montana and Wyoming with Walter Myer and Robert Burgess, who called the Teton pass hair raising. The convention named Sun Valley as the 1950 site.
R Joseph Kirkwood, 28, star of the Joe Palooka films, was adjudged the father of twin illegitimate boys and agreed to a cash support settlement. The Worcester case highlighted a high profile paternity dispute with a public settlement.
In San Francisco the CIO Marine Cooks and Stewards Union called for end to gender discrimination in seagoing jobs. Union president Hugh Bryson urged strict enforcement of a contract clause guaranteeing women equal job rights at the closing session of the union convention.
Jack Curley Jackson trainer of Tarzan movie chimp Cheeta was jailed after refusing to remove the animal from Ross Park and using profanity toward city officials. He argued Cheeta could stay with him in jail but officers declined citing animal custody. Jackson to be arraigned before Police Judge R Don Bistline.
Pocatello Culinary Alliance reports progress toward 1949 50 contracts with about half of city restaurants and bars signed. The joint culinary bartender committee seeks wage increases for pantry fry and second cooks from $5.50 to $8, $8 to $10, and $10 to $12 per day, following bartenders earlier gain from $10 to $12 a day.
Senate Public Works Committee approved a bill for $100,000,000 in federal aid to states for a two year shelf of public works projects. House Public Works Committee soon followed with an almost identical measure.
Pioneer week observances by two LDS stakes in Pocatello conclude this afternoon with a children s parade at Alameda city park. The parade forms at 400 Washington at 1 p m and tours to Randolph Park before returning. A park carnival features concessions, a pony ride, sack races, three legged races, and two softball games including a bishops vs bishops matchup.
Indignant David Ambrose sued barber Roscoe Orten after a nap in the chair ended with his beard shaved off. Ambrose claimed he only asked for a haircut and complained the act ruined 30 years of grooming.
Power County commissioners defend their stance against Pocatello annexation of Phillips Field and the old municipal airport. They insist the move is illegal in Power County and note plans to seek a writ of mandamus with special counsel S. T. Lowe. The case could affect regional boundaries and involve the state highway department.
President Truman and his daughter Margaret left Friday evening aboard the presidential yacht Williamsburg for a Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay weekend cruise.
Building and construction trades councils in Pocatello and Idaho Falls remain deadlocked over jurisdiction for Arco area workers. M C Larsen of Gate City says no agreement was reached after late night talks, with more discussions to wait for the state federation convention. Idaho Falls seeks control of Arco area jurisdiction which Pocatello has held since 1942.
A House labor subcommittee approved the Remember Centralia bill to let federal inspectors close unsafe coal mines. It would empower inspectors to order shutdowns until hazards are fixed, with violations carrying fines up to 2000 dollars and potential six month imprisonment.
Chicago Sun-Times reports a diary by lobbyist James V Hunt lists influential contacts including Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan and Brig. Gen. Wallace Graham White House military aides. The diary in Senate five percenters probe is in the hands of a Westerner who viewed it and provided the details.
In Paris thousands of security guards surrounded Parliament as National Assembly opened debates on ratifying the Atlantic Pact. The area was sealed, foreign office protected, and traffic diverted amid Communist protests who urged acts to thwart the pact. The pact’s ratification was anticipated after a two day session, with Communists likely the sole opponents.
Idaho state banks showed a net asset gain of 2,996,262 for the year ended June 30 per State Finance Commissioner E. F. Haworth. The total time deposits reached 25,298,859, with savings accounts driving growth while demand deposits fell 2,275,444 to 68,768,565. Loans and discounts outstanding rose to 33,304,629, up 5,241,889 from a year earlier.
Kansas City officials closed all city sponsored recreational activities for the remainder of the summer after six polio deaths. Health director Hugh L. Dwyer called an emergency meeting and urged drastic action to prevent gatherings of children under ten years old.
The Buffalo Lodge Standing Thrift sun dance at Fort Hall Bannock Shoshone continues into a second day as 31 dancers, including three women and white participant Jack Contor from Mack’s Inn, persevere under July sun. Tourists watch while dust stings feet and forecasts promise more sunshine through Saturday.
Boise AP State Aeronautics Director Chet Moulton said a joint venture with the U S Forest Service to numerically mark all permanent forest lookouts will aid pilots. The cooperative program aims to inventory and label lookout towers across Idaho for safer flights.
London reports detail a new wave of voodoo murders across Swaziland and Nigeria. Police accounts describe carved wooden snakes marking ambushes and ritual killings with organ removal and frenzied dances as witch-doctors lead the rite.
Ogden Utah police hunt for missing silk panties and underskirt in the slaying of 17 year old Shirley Gretzinger a strawberry blonde Sunday school teacher found dead in a field near an LDS church ward chapel. The victim wore only black suede shoes and was strangled with facial tissues. a $40 wrist watch purse and clothing items are missing.
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