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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1948
Page
1
The Idaho Falls gathering on June 16 will discuss amending the by-the-drink law. Dealers seek wholesale buying, population-based licenses, repeal of local option, and tighter enforcement to curb bootlegging and keep prohibition from spreading.
New York physician faces a $100 000 suit in supreme court alleging a sterility operation on a husband caused permanent injuries to his wife Esther Berman. The suit claims the wife’s pregnancy six months later led locals to assume the baby was illegitimate, causing her mental anguish.
The United Nations proclaimed a four week truce in Palestine with Count Folke Bernadotte to fix the cease fire hour after talks with Arab and Jewish leaders. Both sides accepted the truce unconditionally, aiming to end days of fighting and pursue a political solution during the pause. Fighting continued Wednesday as Bernadotte met leaders in Cairo and Amman to set timing.
Nearly four thousand demonstrators from New York and eastern cities gathered on Capitol Hill and at the Washington monument to denounce the Mundt Nixon bill. Police maintained order as two people were arrested for disorderly conduct while leaders urged peaceful action.
The pope called social reforms a cornerstone for peace, stressing housing bread and work for the poor as essential to address wartime ruin and its aftermath, while warning against overreliance on a quick full solution.
An irate citizen in Austin reported car theft to police. Hours later he called back to say the vehicle had been repossessed by the finance company.
The United States Britain France Belgium Netherlands and Luxembourg have reached full agreement on a German self government plan. A constituent assembly is likely in September to draft a federal constitution and establish a government by January under allied supervision of foreign policy defense and finance. Ruhr control by a six nation authority is anticipated.
Middletown Connecticut reports A blonde 34 seeks a husband via radio station WMM-W Swap Shop offering a six room house and wife as part of a marriage request The woman Nelli Wolan says housing shortage motivates her plan and aims to find a husband through the program.
Nebraska to Illinois and Michigan face a prolonged dry spell with 17 days without rain. Forecasters warn rainfall loss slows crops and boosts forest fire risk across Iowa Illinois Indiana Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota. Forest rangers ban burning permits in Oneida county as smoke from Canadian fires drifts southeast.
Princess Barbara Hutton Troubetskoy is seriously ill in Paris and banned from leaving bed for three months. Sources cite convalescence and note her husband stays nearby with their 11 year old son Count ere of Denmark at her side.
Three residents of Knock-'Em-Stiff Ohio narrowly escaped injury when a stalled car driven by Charles Coppach was struck by a train at a railroad crossing. Coppach and two passengers were able to leave the vehicle before impact.
Union leaders from the Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and the Switchmen’s Union walk out of talks with Presidential Assistant John Steelman and draft a petition for a Senate investigation. They say government seizure of railroads fuels the deadlock and urge federal negotiation to avoid a broader strike.
Federal Judge T Alan Goldsborough offered a secret formula to reopen deadlocked soft coal negotiations with John L. Lewis and threatened to order Lewis to resume bargaining if rejected. He met with management and union lawyers for about 40 minutes and recessed hearings to Friday as he weighs injunctive relief. The UMW contract expires June 30 and a strike looms if no agreement is reached.
Pocatello Post No 735 of Veterans of Foreign Wars will provide an honor guard of 28 men to guard President Truman and party during their arrival Monday June 7 at 7 35 am Special Agent Goff of the FBI requested the honor guard at the post meeting at Memorial hall James Chivers John Dudenake T W McCabe and Commander John Putnam named to arrange guard details
George L. Nevis pleaded guilty in justice court to battery after an altercation with Francis Reiss. The charge states Nevis beat and choked Reiss and did not stop until struck on the head with a hammer. The report notes uncertainty about who struck.
Bridget McCluskey Waters, an Irish war bride who killed her Nevada husband in 1946, was deported to England today. She said she was happy to leave the United States and would not disclose her plans. She cited a wish to shield her 3-year-old son Frank Jr. from notoriety as the reason for departure.
A massive SAC demonstration roared over Detroit with an estimated 225 B 29 bombers and 325 escort fighters. Selfridge Field defenses under Lt Col David C Schilling failed to halt the raid as jets attempted interceptions over Monroe Michigan. The fleet aimed to drop 1125 tons of high explosive and rendezvous in Kansas City after striking Selfridges target.
The Balti more and Ohio Railroad introduces a new electrically operated dock that lifts 70 ton coal cars and dumps five tons of coal per minute, with engineers saying it requires only a penny’s worth of current to operate.
Top U S military leaders warned that war with Russia is possible as Congress moved to approve a combined defense package totaling about 13.4 billion dollars for 1949. The measures would fund an army of 790000, a navy of 552000, and a 66 group air force of 444500 with ongoing support from other defense agencies.
Idaho State College marks its first full year as a four year institution with nearly 1 700 students returning home after finals. 68 diplomas will be awarded at today’s commencement including 35 BA and BS degrees and graduates from the college of pharmacy. Community plans include summer preregistration and new courses in visual education and speech correction. A new heating plant valued at $265 000 and an official ISC entry-way are planned for next year.
A renewed surge in the upper Columbia River threatens the Pacific Northwest as runoff from British Columbia Idaho and Washington lifts flood levels. The Columbia’s crest moved downstream toward the Portland area after two weeks of devastation leaving 100000 homeless or displaced and about 30 dead with $100 million in damages.
Rep Hugh D Scott charged that 50 crewmen on the submarine Corp were hospitalized after depth charges from an air force plane during a two month past incident off San Diego during the Russian submarine scare. Admiral Radford called the claim untrue and defense officials said no such incident was known.
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin rejected Labour calls to end Britain’s military subsidy to Trans-Jordan valued at about 9 million dollars annually. He also denied that Abdullah’s forces invaded Palestine, insisting Palestine was invited into a UN designated Arab region.
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