Idaho Highway Push and Gambling Debate Highlight Young Republicans
Truman reports from Boise on highway funding and reform ideas including a non-partisan three member highway commission and merit system. He notes flood damage estimates, upcoming legislative action, and a strong gambling reform stance at the Young Republicans convention. Perry Swisher reacts to wire service coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Department
North
Idaho
Whitehead
James Reed
Pocatello
Perry Swisher
White Swift Compson Winning Pitcher In Hats Victory
Swift and Compson pitched in a low scoring game with winning effort credited to Swift. Hats contributed key plays and Cebbetts added runs as the offense supported the mound work.
15 1 44 514 12 4 3 7 4 2 BY
The line of numbers and letters appears as fragmented OCR and lacks a readable event or names. No clear persons organizations places dates or scores are present to form a factual summary or sourced headline.
Court orders acceptance of bids on posts
Idaho Supreme Court ordered Secretary of State J D Price to accept the declaration of candidacy and petitions for governor candidate Frank J Keenan on the Democratic ticket or show cause by June 15 The ruling followed refusals by Elizabeth Williams to honor Keenan and other candidates and comes amid a challenge to a 1944 constitutional amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BOISE
Supreme Court
Secretary of State
J. D
Cy) Price
Frank J. Keenan
High Court
Price
State of Idaho
Keenan
Idaho
Bose
Elizabeth Williams
James Hawley
Robert Beckwith
Miss Williams
Glen E. Bandelin
Sandpoint
Ruth Moon
Pocatello
Injunction Will Block Dock Strike
The government will ask Monday for a Taft-Hartley injunction to halt a threatened nationwide maritime strike set for midnight Tuesday by 100,000 ship and dock workers on coasts and the Great Lakes. President Truman ordered the Justice Department to file suit to delay the walkout about 80 days while efforts to settle the dispute proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
West
Gulf
Great Lakes
Truman
U.S
Berkeley
Cal
Justice Department
CIO Longshoremen
San Francisco Bay Area
Cleveland
New York
San Francisco
Weather forecast: partly cloudy with showers
The United States Weather Bureau predicts a day of partial clouds with scattered showers today and tomorrow. Highs near 80, lows around 50 tomorrow morning, with yesterday’s high at 85.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Weather Bureau
Divers Check Sunken Ship Near Jutland After Mine Hit
Copenhagen report says about 150 people were trapped in cabins and engine room of the Danish steamer Kjoebenhavh after a magnetic mine struck it off Hals. Navy divers found a 30 yard square bow hole and said saloons and cabins were packed with bodies just beneath the surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Denmark
Kjoebenhavh
Jutland
United Steamship Co
Aalborg
Hals
New Flood Crest Due To Hit Portland Soon
A new Columbia River flood crest swept downstream and was forecast to reach the Portland Vancouver area early next week. The U S weather bureau predicted crests around 30 feet on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday with 29.95 feet recorded June 1 at the peak of spring floods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Columbia River
Portland- Vancouver
Wash
U. S. Weather Bureau
Columbia
Vanport City
U. S. Army
Army
Red Cross
Sheriff's Office
National Guard
Campbell Road
Troutdale
Pocatello Police Erecting 70-Foot Radio Transmitter
Pocatello police toil on Gate City skyline site to install a 70 ft 250 watt FM transmitter for statewide radio coverage. Chief Roubidoux and officers dig, pour, and assemble as foundations go in and power lines loom, with tests already reaching the Snake River valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello
Warren
Lieut. Bedingfield
R. J. Roubidoux
A. L. Oliver
Johnson
Gate City
Chink’s Peak
Boise
Motorola Radio Co
United States
Roubidoux
Snake River Valley
Gete City
Idaho Falls
Twin Falls
Grangeville
Orofino
Coeur d’Alene
Federal Communications Com
Plane Crashes Into Car Killing Four At Fort Knox
A P-80 Shooting Star on takeoff struck a car on Dixie highway near Fort Knox, killing all four occupants. The pilot, Capt William Meyers of Elgin Field Florida, was uninjured. Names withheld pending kin notification. victims reportedly mangled in the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Knox
William Meyers
Elgin Field
Fla
Dixie Highway
Godman
Army
Public Information Office
Sond of Kin
Halliwell Receives Druggist Citation for Community Service
Pocatello honors J. P. Halliwell as No.1 local baseball enthusiast and civic druggist with the American Druggist Citation for Outstanding Community Service. Nominees include W. C. Carnes J. L. Craig Jr. and C. G. Scott for Halliwell’s service in Idaho politics, city government, Masonic and Elk orders, hospital board, Rotary, Chamber of Commerce, Pioneer League presidency, and state pharmaceutical leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer Baseball League
American ‘Druggist
W. C. Carnes
J. L. Craig Jr
C. G. Scott
Druggists’ Magazine
Halliwell
Idaho
Masonic and Elk Fraternal
Rotary and
Chamber of Commerce
Pioneer League
Idaho State Pharmaceutical Association
Idaho State Board of Pharmacy
Post announces weekly news tip prizes
The Weekly nose for news contest rewards top tips with a $5 first prize to Barbara Swisher for a hitchhiking equipment tip about Dr. Roger L. Slocum. $1 special awards go to Bert Minnegen for Grace bank holdup, E. D. Jones for a pig with two tails, and Lyle Bissegger for a cow giving birth to triplets. A new contest starts today. readers urged to submit tips by calling 3530.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Swisher
Route 1
South
Roger L. Slocum
Bert Minnegen
Montpelier
POST
Grace Bank
E. D. Jones
Monroe Ave
Lyle _Bissegger
Truman Uses Berkeley Speech to Warn on Soviet Obstruction
President Truman told a 50,000 strong UC graduation crowd that Soviet obstruction and aggression create the era's bitter disappointment and urged honest negotiations toward a lasting world settlement while pledging action to avert looming West Coast maritime strikes. He criticized Russia for delaying international cooperation, vetoing UN actions, and pressuring eastern Europe, and announced DOJ injunctions against six unions to prevent a June 15 strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Calif
President Truman
University of California
Russia
Mr. Truman
Truman
California Memorial Stadium
Robert Gordon Sproul
California
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Soviet Union
United Nations
Department of Justice
Custer Street Bridge Fails in Pocatello Crackdown
Pocatello faces a bridge crisis as the Custer Street span collapses and is condemned. City officials cite overloaded trucks and steel shortages delaying repairs at Carson Lewis and Carter streets amid rising toll on Portneuf crossings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello
Custer Street
Ralph Bair
Pocatello Street
Bair
Carson Street
Lewis Street
Portneuf
Carter Street
Truce Break Is Checked in Tel Aviv and Jordan Valley
U S troops and UN observers entered Tel Aviv streets for first time since the war and began reviewing Arab claims of truce violations at two points in the Jordan Valley and Lydda area. Israeli and Arab reports described ongoing fighting and renewed shelling near Kefar Szold and other fronts as peace hopes hung in the balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tel-Aviv
Israel
U. S
Tel Aviv
U. N
Haifa
Jordan Valley
Lydda
Moshe Shertok
Kefar Szold
Palestine
Holy Land
Akhbar el Yom
Pocatellan Heads Group
Tom Sahlberg of Pocatello was elected state chairman of the Young Republican League of Idaho at the biennial meeting. Dean Kloepfer of Burley became election national committeeman. New officers include Vern Jensen Idaho Falls as 1st vice president Appie Baurer as 2nd vice president Betty Fields St Maries as secretary A B Jonasson Boise as assistant secretary Walch Kellogg as treasurer Rachel Woodie Hanes Gooding as assistant treasurer and Mrs Harold Brown Nampa as national committeewoman. Two new offices were created and named Tom Steward Twin Falls public relations officer and Betty Atkinson Boise senior ad-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Tom Sahlberg
Pocatello
Young Republican League of Idaho
Sahlberg
Dean Kloepfer
Burley
Vern Jensen
Idaho Falls
Appie Baurer
Betty Fields
St. Maries
A. B. Jonasson
Walch
Kellogg
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robins
North Idaho
League
Swisher
By Sam Hanson
Cebbetts
Government Atomic Energy Plant
Richland
Pasco
Okanogan
Washington State Department of Health
Bonners Ferry
Kootenai
Kootenai Valley
Skidmore Slough
South Bend
Pocatello Police
State Highway Patrol
L. Frank McKinnon
Blackfoot
Preston
Shoshone
Jerome
Buhl
Gooding
Caldwell
Emmett
Lewiston
Moscow
J. P
Jack) Halliwell
Draft Board
the Post
News of
Wilson McCuan
North Main St
Russell MccCuan
Wilson McC
Russell
McCueans
Jimmie Hong
Shanghai Cafe
Jimmie
William Smith
Manson Park
Rumick
G. O. Cameron
Willard Ave
Alda Overdorf
Custer
Pocatellan Heads Group
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!