Bert Reese: Pocatello City Clerk and Treasurer
A profile of Bert Reese who has held the dual posts of city clerk and city treasurer in Pocatello for six years. His quiet efficiency and encyclopedic knowledge of city ordinances make him the familiar face at city hall and a trusted adviser to mayors and council members.
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Bert Reese
Thora Hough
Josephine Ball
Reese
Lincoln
Mendy
Pocatello
City Hall
George R. Phillips
W. W. Halsey
C. D.din
Mdyor
Hearing Set Monday In Norris Death
In American Falls a preliminary hearing is set for Monday at 2 p m in a first degree murder case against C H Norris of Twin Falls. Norris is charged in the death of his wife Naomi after a report that he drugged her and caused her to be struck by a car driven by L P Brown of American Falls. State Police Lt Bedingfield filed the murder complaint and Justice of the Peace Arthur West set the date.
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American Falls
C. H. Norris
Twin Falls
Naomi
F. M. Bistline
Pocatello
Norris
Justice of the Peace
Arthur West
James Bedingfield
W. F. Loofbourrow
Power County
Bedingfield
Alfred Nogo
Pocatelld
L. P. Brown
Brown
Inkom Man Paralyzed by Horse Returns Home Alone
Clifford Wanner, 36, was bucked by a wild horse near Inkom while attempting to break it. Paralyzed from the waist down, he crawled through a rainstorm for a quarter mile to his house, spent the night in pain, then drove a truck to his brother’s home before an ambulance took him to St. Anthony hospital in Pocatello.
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Clifford Wanner
Inkom
Wanner
Warner
St. Anthony Hospital
Pocatello
Pay Hike Bill Approved By House Armed Services
The House Armed Services Committee voted 26 to 1 to approve a compromise pay raise bill for most of the 1,626,000 military personnel at an annual cost of 307 million dollars. Chairman Carl Vinson said it should pass easily when the full House acts next week despite earlier objections to a costlier measure. Defense Secretary Louis Johnson backed the bill as a top priority and urged swift Senate hearings amid defense economy concerns.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Carl Vinson
Army
Navy
Air Force
Vinson
Defense
Louis Johnson
Senate Armed Services Committee
Johnson
Congress
Senate
Taxi Driver Robbed by Trio From Chicago
A Star Cab driver, Jerry Breitweiser, 22, was robbed after being picked up at the Greyhound depot. A front seat man produced a knife, tied and gagged him, then they drove away in his cab. Officers blocked all roads exiting Pocatel lo. the trio fled toward Montpelier. The suspects were two men in their twenties, of medium build about 5 ft 7 in, and a woman about 5 ft 5 in, all from Chicago. Continuous police pursuit followed.
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Pocatello
aMntpelier
Jerry Breitweiser
Campus Drive
Greyhound Bus
Breitweiser
West Fremont
Fremont Heights
Chicago
Comedian Danny Kaye Denounces Report as Hooey
In Gleneagles Scotland Danny Kaye rejects a California legislative committee report naming him a Communist sympathizer calling it a lot of hooey. He disputes the allegation as unfounded and criticizes the probe.
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Gleneagles
Scotland
Danny Kaye
California
Case A seeks public hearing on loyalty charge in atomic energy panel
An atomic energy employee named Case A asked for a public hearing after being accused of insufficient loyalty clearance, as Senate panel leaders spar over naming individuals. The panel behind closed doors debated procedure with no final vote, while President Truman voiced continued support for Lilienthal.
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Washington
Atomic Energy
Brien McMahon
Conn
Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Lilienthal
Commission
Hickenlooper
McMahon
Lewis J. Strauss
Finland
Strauss
Truman
State Board Meets to Discuss Fish and Game Funds
Boise, UP The state board of examiners will meet today to discuss problems of the fish and game commission and the public works department. State auditor N. P. Nielson said the fish and game department would likely request use of money from special funds. Special funds were placed under the board's control by the legislature this winter.
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BOISE
State Board of Examiners
Fish and Game Commission
Public Works Department
N. P. Nielson
Board of Examiners
Fish and Game Department
State Board of Exams
Chambers Names 5 Government Employes Who Filched Secrets
In New York Whitaker Chambers named five government employees who allegedly supplied him with official secrets for a Soviet underground. The list included Hiss Henry Julian Wadleigh William Ward Pigman the late Harry Dexter White and Vincent Reno. He also noted others connected with the Communist underground ring and testified about his own espionage activities and motives.
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Chambers
New York
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Henry Julian Wadleigh
William Ward Pigman
Harry Dexter White
Vincent Reno
U.S
Thomas F. Murphy
Brother Donald
Post
Philip Rosenbleitt
Wadleigh
State Department
Pigman
Chicago
National Bureau of Standards
Washington
Institute of Paper Chemistry
Appleton
Wis
White
Treasury
Communist
House
American Activities Committee
San Francisco Hit by Short Quake at 7:07 PM
A sharp brief temblor struck San Francisco and surrounding areas at about 7:07 p.m. last night. The quake rattled dishes and swayed telephone wires but caused no damage reported.
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San Francisco
Mother and four children die in Michigan fire
In Northville a flash blaze engulfed a small cottage killing 4 of the Neely children and their 35 year old mother Cora Neely. The father Bruce Neely said the eldest youths Amos 14 and Andy 11 raised the alarm and the fire was believed started by a light bulb falling on hay in a chicken brooder. Zeola 5 survived in critical condition.
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Northville
Mich
Cora Neely
Zeola
Shirley
Lindell
Phyllis
Bruce, Jr
University Hospital
Ann Arbor
Bruce
Amos
Andy
Neely
Zeela
Traffic expert Bollong set for Pocatello visit
A. W. Arch Bollong of Seattle arrives Sunday at 4 15 p m by Western Airlines to advise on local parking. Mayor W W Halsey will meet him and Bollong will stay three days from Monday through Wednesday with city officials.
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A. W
Arch’ Bollong
Seattle
Pocatello
Western Airlines
Gate City
W. W. Halsey
Bollong
Berlin Blockade Talks Endure as Vishinsky Agrees to Negotiations
At Paris the Berlin blockade talks nearly collapsed but Russian Foreign Minister Vishinsky shifted to allow separate letters instructing Berlin commanders to negotiate. U S Secretary Acheson rejected a unified currency and pressed for talks to end the blockade. The 16th meeting stretched four hours forty minutes with Austria’s independence on the agenda.
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Paris
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Berlin
Vishinsky
Dean Acheson
Russia
Acheson
United States
Germany
Robert Schuman
Austria
Ring Theft Reported at Hotel Bannock Under Probe
City police investigate the loss of a diamond ring from a woman guest at Hotel Bannock. Bruce Pierce the hotel auditor said the guest reported the theft occurred between 2 and 6 pm Tuesday. Lt Edna Holte navy nurse corps Seattle said she placed belongings in the room at 2 pm and found the ring missing at 6 pm with the door locked.
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Bannock
Bruce Pierce
John D. Perkins
Edna Holte
Navy Nurse Corps
Seattle
Wash
Holte
Lt. Holte
Locke
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Mr. Pocatello
Inkom Man
Okeh
Atom Energy
Lilienthat
State Board
Idaho Public Accountants
Orland Staley
Pete Carlson
Eugene B. Manwaring
Carlson
State Association
William Fitzgerald
Lewiston
Sheridan Gill
Bannock Hotel
Naval Ordnance Plant
Westvaco Plant
Gary
Gary, Ind
Gary Housewives
Betty Fialkowski
Mercy Hospital
Women Citizen's Committee
Fialkowski
Peter Billick
Billick
A. S. Robinson
Women’s Citizens Committee
Samuel H. Kaufman
Quake Rocks
S. F
Ring
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