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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1948
Page
1
Bank examiner pleads guilty to a bank at grace case with a plea entered in court. Details indicate a formal confession linked to alleged financial misconduct and court proceedings proceeding toward sentencing. Local authorities and the defense may present motions as hearings continue.
Rudolph B. DePach a 37 year old Salt Lake City bank examiner pleaded guilty to the armed robbery at the First National Bank in Grace. He was brought before U S commissioner George Burgi in Preston then returned to Franklin county jail. DePach had $700 on his person and $3 160 in the getaway car.
Sam Hanson reports from Sun Valley on President Truman's Idaho swing as Steve Hannegan staged a publicity coup. The day featured ski lift rides, fly casting attempts, skeet shooting, dog kennels, sleigh dogs, and horse stables visits, all captured by photographers.
The Blackfoot chamber rushes to prepare as reports say President Truman will speak for five minutes in Blackfoot at 11 a.m. before touring Craters of the Moon and departing for Sun Valley after a stop in Idaho Falls.
A light pickup driven by Eva Hogan 36 of Lava Hot Springs was crowded off the road seven miles east of Lava, overturning and injuring three including Judy Jones 6 of Pocatello who suffered both legs broken. Bertha McQuistan 56 of Salt Lake City and Dennis Hogan 5 of Lava were treated for shock. Damages were about 500 to the 1941 Ford pickup.
President Truman backed reclamation funding during a western swing while Montana and Nebraska party leaders protested treatment as they were barred from the Presidential train. In Sun Valley and Omaha the visits drew demands for inclusion and criticism of access to the President. The stop in Butte, Montana was planned for tonight.
Mayor George R. Phillips contends he was puzzled by protocol during President Truman's non political visit. Five residents were selected to accompany the president and his family as local decorum sparked confusion. Two Pocatello high school students, John Roberts and Harold Paige, were named councilmen in the six day Boy State program at Boise. Governor Robins greeted the students in Boise. Pocatellans heard brief remarks from Stassen Dewey Wallace and Truman as national figures visited. Junius Eisenhower trip plans teased.
Claude D. Bistline 58, president of Bistline Lumber and Hardware, died at his home last night after a heart attack. He led local civic groups as former Chamber of Commerce president and Rotary club secretary. Survivors include wife Jean McHan, son Pete, daughter Carole Hall, brother Jean of Denver, and sister Ida Bistline of Los Angeles.
Folke Bernadotte delivered a 48 hour ultimatum to Arab and Jewish leaders in Cairo and Tel Aviv for a four week Palestine truce. The plan calls for a cease fire order within a few days and a formal truce possibly taking effect this weekend.
President Truman spent time greeting supporters in Pocatello as Theo Turner a lifelong Republican and former state senator challenged him near the rail platform. Truman responded with a quip promising to convert him to a Democrat.
Weather summary notes hot and sultry conditions in Pocatello. For Tuesday forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with scattered thunder showers over the mountains. Temperatures near 90 to 95 high, around 45 low. Monday’s high 90 and low 45 with 0.02 inches precipitation.
Prague reports Eduard Benes resigns Monday amid defiance of the communist regime. He cites political and health reasons and had opposed the new constitution and May elections. Tears and stunned silence followed as friends described his disgust with Soviet modeled changes.
In Pocatello Idaho Democrats report the Truman tour was not a political gesture though some critics in Nebraska and Montana raised concerns about arrangements. Mayor Phillips and other party members praised the visit, while noting improvement opportunities and public reception.
President Truman spoke to about 1000 Pocatellans from his special train in Gate City praising reclamation bureau work in the northwest. He criticized congressional opposition, touted the Columbia Basin projects, and noted floods avoided by the program. He introduced his family and planned onward travel to Sun Valley and Idaho Falls.
Sheriff and Cassia and Minidoka counties’ officers searched the Snake River at Burley for 10 year old Dean Tracy after witnesses say he rode his bicycle on the Minidoka bank near a railroad bridge then fell into the water. The high river and swift currents hindered efforts as two unidentified boys jumped in to help.
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