Pocatello Library Sees Shift to Intermountain History Reading
Public library data from 113 S. Garfield shows adult fiction fell eight percent in May while non fiction rose 26 percent. Readers favor Intermountain histories and biographies as authors increasingly cover the region. Historic romances and religion also rise in demand.
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Pocatello
Intermountain
S. Garfield
Paul Scott
Scott
Intermountain Region
Tetons
Ex Rooney Wife Bets Wedding With Musician
Hollywood bulletin reports 24 year old Bett y Jane Rase ex wife of Mickey Rooney obtained a license to wed musician Norman Buddy Baker. She said they would marry Saturday at her Van Nuys home. Baker is 31 and a former spouse.
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Hollywood
Betty Jane Rase
Mickey Rooney
Norman
Buddy) Baker
Miss Rase
Sponge fishermen warned of approach by Gulf hurricanes
Gulf of Mexico sponge fishermen receive aerial warnings as hurricanes move toward their fishing areas. Planes alert crews to changing storm paths and potential evacuation plans.
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Gulf of Mexico
U. S. Doing Good Job Praised Over Pacific Trusteeships
U S diplomat Francis B Sayre praised the navy for a middle course in managing Pacific trustee islands. He said the United States is caring well for island peoples under UN trusteeship while en route to Lake Success for a UN trusteeship council meeting after inspecting islands in the Pacific.
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San Francisco
United States
Pacific
Francis B. Sayre
Sayre
Navy
United Nations
Lake Success
New York
United Nations Trusteeship Council
State Sues To Recover Money From Woodworth Estate
The state of Idaho filed in fifth district court to recover 2316 from the estate of Helen K Woodworth who died intestate last August 4. Old age assistance payments from 1943 to 1948 are cited, with a preferred claim by B Childs denied by the administratrix Margaret Hopkins.
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State of Idaho
Commissioner of Public Assistance
Fifth District Court
Helen K Woodworth
Robert E. Smylie
Unique rural homes emerge on Deschutes project
Merle L Tillery of the Bureau of Reclamation describes a new living quarter storage house used by settlers on irrigated farms in the Deschutes project north unit. The dual purpose buildings cut initial housing costs, later converting living space to grain storage or machinery. Agencies plains style homes cost about 2400 dollars on average, with recent builds reaching 3000 dollars due to higher labor and material costs.
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Boise
Deschutes’ Project
Oregon
Merle L. Tillery
Bureau of Reclamation
Tillery
Agency
Utah-Vernal Oil Well Nearing Production At Early Date
Wires from Pocatello indicate crucial days ahead for Utah Vernal oil drilling. Russell D. Dicken notes Ashley Valley No 1 correlation and shallower depth while 2930 feet reveals a gas artesian strike near Vernal. Smith, Stewart and company officials push toward the Weber sand at about 3800 feet, with Caldwell No 1, owned by L Caldwell, awaiting results.
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Pocatello
Joseph Smith
Utah- Vernal Oil Company
Utah
Russell D. Dicken
Intermountain
Ashley Valley
Wiley Stewart
Utah-Vernal Company
Smith
Vernal
Weber
Parley to Clear War's Disappeared
In Geneva a United Nations committee began considering an international convention to resolve the legal status of survivors among over two million people who vanished during the war. The draft would allow death declarations for those missing due to war or persecution who have not reappeared since hostilities ended.
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Geneva
Switzerland
United Nations
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Fountain Spudnut Shop
U. S
E. Center
Neal Kendall
Plumbing
Dick Morrison
Salt Lake City
Austin B. Smith
Salt Lake
John R. Black
L. Caldwell
Dan Currin
Oxford, N.C
Sane
American Tobacco Company
L.S/MET
Iran
RED Jackets
Lee
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