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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1949
Page
3
At Saints Episcopal Church Atlanta the Sunday school lawn event unfolded like an animal fair. Dogs, kittens, ducklings, a turtle, and a doll collection filled the scene as youngsters and pets mingled under an ash tree amid light chaos and church humor.
Dia na L. Hunter 29 admitted to police she is Mary Cruser missing from Orange New Jersey after FBI prints matched. She said she dyed hair blond to escape tough times and fled to Los Angeles where she worked briefly for jeweler Max Strassberg. Strassberg reported a $2,875 shortfall in his bank account. Arrested in San Francisco, Hunter says the money was lost at a race track.
BLUEFIELD W Va UP The United Mine Workers mark a mine disaster monument dedication for 90 miners killed in the 1940 Pond Creek No 1 pit blast and press for continued and enlarged welfare and retirement funds as contract talks with the Southern Coal Producers Association resume. John Owens International secretary treasurer leads, with Lewis away from Washington and the union seeking higher operator contributions from 20 to 40 cents a ton to fund benefits.
Nationalist military headquarters ordered officers to avoid entertainment houses after reports of many women Communist spies in South China. Reds allegedly dispatched numerous girl spies to cabarets brothels and tea houses to extract secrets incite sabotage and win converts.
On Omaha Beach and at Arromanches two ceremonies honored American war dead on the eve of the fifth anniversary of D Day. French minister Betolaud praised Allied unity with Britain and the United States while Brigadier General O’Hare represented the American ambassador. Wreaths were laid beside a sea front monument. Betoland awarded Croix de Guerre to Vierville and St Laurent.
Beatrice Lillie English comedy star was overcome by smoke from a hotel fire in her Chicago suite. She was hospitalized but not in serious condition and the musical Inside U. S. A. suspended performance. She later left the hospital as medicine limited her ability to perform. The Ambassador East fire was blamed on a burning cigar left in a chair.
Herbert Morrison, Labour leader, accused Winston Churchill of dishonesty and warned that a Tory victory would bring economic chaos. Morrison told a Woodford rally the party faces a crucial conference amid local defeats and a looming economic crisis. He said Churchill’s remarks threatened labor unrest and warned of a boom bust cycle.
Paris dispatch reports French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman predicting a peaceful settlement at the Big Four conference on Germany. He cautioned that the talks will run several weeks with hard work ahead, despite U.S. and British hopes for quick progress.
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