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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1949
Page
1
French fashion designers seek government help to settle a strike by 12 000 seamstresses threatening the August 1 fall shows. Industry leaders from Schiaparelli to Dior urge tax relief as midinettes demand wage boosts of five cents an hour and massed outside the Paris Stock Exchange in midday solidarity.
President Truman offered Attorney General Tom C. Clark the vacant Supreme Court seat and Senator J. Howard McGrath the cabinet post. Clark accepted. McGrath weighed the move with his family. Clark would replace the late Justice Frank Murphy. McGrath would leave the Senate if chosen.
Secretary of State Acheson warned Congress that a Russian attack on Western Europe remains real and would rise if the United States does not provide 1.45 billion in arms aid. He said no U.S. troops would be sent abroad except for small advisory missions and that arms shipments may continue for years, depending on the Cold War. The hearing opened a push to prevent cutting the program and to proceed with support under the Atlantic Pact.
Washington report says the $300 million a year federal education aid bill is dead for the current session. House Labor Committee Chairman John Lesinski declares there is no chance to act this year due to time constraints and a bitter religious dispute harming prospects. He plans to name a fall subcommittee to survey the situation and notes some states underutilize their tax powers for school funds.
Four officers and three trustees were elected and installed at a Labor Temple meeting. Francis Sherman is president, with Jack Palmer as vice president T H Norris secretary treasurer and A S Richman sergeant at arms. Norris joins Teamsters Local 983 replacing M C Larsen. New trustees are Claude Criss F J Belisle and James Clezie.
Mayor W. W. Halsey and Fire Chief A. A. Girard travel to Boise with a $40,000 stake to meet the Fire Insurance Underwriters Rating Bureau. They seek to keep Pocatello's current preferred insurance status amid talk of higher rates for residences and business properties due to rapid growth.
In Oberammergau Germany Ly Elyse Boeckmann 28 a dentist offered both eyes for enough money to join her totally disabled fiancé in California before his death Her romance with Charles Eller 27 a former sergeant began three years ago Tears marked her reference to a Fresno California dispatch noting Eller had offered his eyes to anyone who would help bring Ly from Germany
The State Department announced the sale of surplus war material to Nationalist China totaling 12 547 626 dollars for 119 247 dollars or less than one percent of the original cost. Sales were arranged from May last year through last Friday.
N. V. Sharp of Filer, head of Idaho’s Snake River Compact Commission, voiced optimism after a preliminary session with Idaho water users. He said Idaho is ready to reach an understanding and that an accord is very hopeful. A meeting with Wyoming’s bi-state delegation was set for 10 AM at the Hotel Bannock.
Mayor Thomas L. Lemon handed out free lemonade to Bloomington children to keep them off the streets. About 150 gallons were consumed.
Retired Police Chief C B Horrall and four other officers face perjury and bribery charges as the Los Angeles grand jury probes a vice scandal tied to mob associate Mickey Cohen. Edward Herbert, a key aide to Cohen, died after shotgun wounds as the case unfolds.
Leonard Johnston of the AEC outlined Arco reactor plans to Rotarians at Bannock Hotel. He stated the first plant is in drawing board stage and would be small, requiring about 8 000 cubic yards of material.
Pocatello coal dealers warn of possible shortages this winter due to potential production stoppage after August 14 and dwindling stockpiles. S. Leland Freckleton says homeowners must store coal now as storages could run out in days if demand spikes. J. O. Anderson notes current stocks would last only four to five days. prices may rise if operators push terms.
Alameda city engineers completed surveys for a pipeline to carry treated sewage from the Alameda disposal plant past Cuppettville. Construction, costing about 6000 dollars, will begin once pipe from Idaho Concrete Products Co. arrives, with Mountain States Construction Co. handling the project.
CIO President Philip Murray told Truman’s fact finding board that United Steelworkers demand 30 cents an hour in pay raises plus pension and social insurance benefits. He outlined a five part package including life insurance worth a year’s pay, a $1,250 death benefit, $31.50 weekly cash sick and accident benefits, and health coverage for workers and families. He argued the steel industry can afford these demands, citing profits near $1 billion annually after taxes.
Officers for the 1949 50 year of the Pocatello Central Labor Union were installed at a Thursday night meeting in the Labor Temple. Jack Rhondeau was named president. Bonnie McCullough became vice president T H Norris secretary and Joe Lynch guard Norris replaces M C Larsen and is the only new CLA official among the group All were elected at the previous meeting July 14.
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission reports a doubling of phones since 1940. As of June 30, 1946, 118,256 telephones were in operation across three major companies, up from 58,932 in 1940, with Pocatello showing a 101 percent increase to 10,304.
Fair and warmer today and Saturday with highs around 90 and lows near 50 tonight. Thursday's high near 86 signals continued mild conditions ahead.
About 100 Gary housewives, part of a citizens committee, picketed 17 gambling and vice venues. Members from Delphian Circle, AAUW, PEO, Eastern Star, PTAs and sororities stood two hours each, despite heat, with city officials backing the action.
Clarence Balls of 1104 No Main St wins an all expenses trip to the national Moose convention in San Francisco in August. The award, given by the Moose Supreme Lodge at Mooseheart in recognition of outstanding performance, honors one of 1,600 lodges with only a few such trips yearly. Pocatello Moose lodge plans a delegation to join a Montana caravan en route to San Francisco, with many Pocatellans expected to travel.
Two people were injured, one seriously, when a Moorehead Minnesota driver H. E B Olson swerved to avoid a pedestrian Yoho Tendoy of Blackfoot, hitting Tendoy and a northbound car driven by W. H. Koondtz on Route 3 five miles south of Blackfoot. Sheriff Gerald Johnson identified the scene.
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