Landis Act Passes House Aide Reports Aid for Pocatello Schools
G N Green superintendent of Pocatello schools says the House approved Landis act 324 to 48 to provide federal aid to cities with permanent war plants. The telegram notes possible $68 000 for Pocatello and mentions efforts to include funds in a later bill. Green met with Idaho delegation in Washington and cites bipartisan activity in Congress.
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House of Representatives
Henry Dworshak
G. N. Green
Pocatello
United States
Naval Ordnance Plant
Green
House
Senate
Intendent
Gate City
Washington, D. C
Idaho
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Sanborn
Hagerman
Abe Gott
Moscow
Landis
Congress
Two Suits Filed Here
A suit seeks 400 damages and an injunction over creek water rights. A separate auto collision claim totals 401 in damages after a December 4 incident near Main and Eighth Avenue. Defendants named are Armstrong, Eugene Bridges, and owners of the other vehicle Merrill and Merrill attorney for plaintiffs. Creditors claim irrigation ditch use by Nehi Rose and Albert Johnson surpasses prior rights, affecting seven acres since 1941 and possibly a half acre, with damages for lack of notice when water was turned on. C M Jeffery represents plaintiffs.
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Keel
Anne Fe
Mark Gisnenborter
Main
Eighth Ave
Gd Age
Armstrong
Eugene
D. Bridges
Merrill and
Merrill
Tiffs
Joseph
Lillian Palmer
Nehi
Rose
Albert M. Johnson
C. M. Jeffery
Highway Meeting Set to Discuss 91 191 Improvements
A meeting of the U S highway 91 and 191 Association is planned for June 24 in room 214 at the Hotel Bannock, Pocatello chamber secretary said. The group led by Delbert Groom Rigby and H R Flint Pocatello will discuss a $1 highway committee and the Yellowstone route that runs from Idaho Falls to Yellowstone Park.
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U. S
Ida Ho Well Drillers Plan First State Convention
The Ida Ho Well Drillers Association will hold its inaugural state convention in July to discuss mutual problems and plan legislative aims. The assembly aims to coordinate efforts among members and address common issues facing the group.
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N Falls
Idaho Well Drillers Association
Simplot Story Told In Magazine
Idaho millionaire Jack R Simplot is profiled in The Saturday Evening Post as Idaho’s most prominent self made industrialist. The piece notes his wealth and rapid growth from potato shipping to dehydrating plants box factories and timber tracts with holdings expanding into Oregon Nevada Utah and California.
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Idaho
Jack R. Simplot
Saturday Evening Post
Simplot
John Richard Simplot
Jack
Oregon
Nevada
Utah
California
War Department
Flying Club Plans Air Show for Fourth of July
American Falls Flying Club will stage an air show at Spring Hollow on July 4 as part of the opening of the American Falls Lake Boat Club. Tom Davis chairs the committee with August Wetzel Gilbert Breding and Arthur Linscheid assisting. The club, formed two and a half years ago, has 28 members, with Dorothy Hutchins Donald Hutchins and Maynard Craig from Pocatello serving as airport-board advisers.
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American Falls
Police Briefs and Court Actions From Fremont County
Police notes report warrants for E B Emmett on confidence man charges likely en route to Portland. Court actions include Lubeck morals transfer to district court, Haskins held on battery, Cottam guilty of reckless driving, Steed guilty of reckless driving, Pollard traffic signal. Marriage licenses issued to E W Gardner and Edith Nessen. Divorce granted for Elaine Braegger vs Roy Braegger. Probate hearing set June 26 for Philip Buckland estate valued under $7000 with heirs listed. Births include four listed families. Building permit issued for C H Townsend dwelling at Dogwood Street valued $10 500.
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Fremont County
Colorado
E. B. Emmett
Gate City
Portland
Roubioux
Keith
Abram Lubeck
Lyle Donald Haskins
Herman Neil Cottam
Ei Steed
Ee Pollard
Philip
Buckland
Harriet J. Buckland
Willard Lund
Mildred Manning
Boise
Roberta Cooper
Pocatello
Tom Terrell Elected President of Idaho Insurance Group
At a Monday night meeting in Pocatello the Idaho Association of Insurance Agents formed a state wide group of casualty and fire insurers. Tom Terrell was elected president A R Ebel became vice president and Robert Turner secretary treasurer Bert Trask Boise state secretary spoke about organizing similar chapters across Southeastern Idaho and cited recent formations in Lewiston Coeur d Alene Sandpoint and Wallace with upcoming events in Blackfoot St Anthony Idaho Falls Rexburg.
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Tom Terrell
Pocatello
Idaho Association of Insurance Agents
A. R. Ebel
Robert Turner
Bert Trask
Boise
Idaho
Blackfoot
St. Anthony
Idaho Falls
Rexburg
Trask
Lewiston
Soeur d'Alene
Sandpoint
Wallace
Idaho Wildlife Federation to Meet in Boise July 11
The legislative committee of the Idaho Wildlife Federation will convene in Boise on July 11 to discuss proposed laws for the next legislature. Co chairmen are George Scholer of Twin Falls and Theo H Wegenor of Boise serves as federation president.
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Boise
The
Idaho Wildlife Federation
George Scholer
Twin Falls
Federation
Theo. H. Wegenor
Here and There Very Active LDS Travel and News
LDS missions and local residents travel to Salt Lake City and points east with many attending the MIA conference and Dance Festival. Names include Elmira Galloway Miss Nancy Collins Arilla Dunn Marjorie Jones Edna Lundgren Vera Howard Jay Jensen Ruth Adair Roper Kihara and Eileen Williams.
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Pocatello Ywmia
Salt Lake
Arilla Dunn
West Pocatello
Marjorie Jones
Edna Lundgren
Vera Howard
Rodeo Queen Contest Set for June 27 at Pioneer Days
The Pioneer Days rodeo queen contest will be held Sunday June 27 with Harry Morgan chairing the event. Judges include Capt William Specht from the Naval Ordnance plant Charles Seda Poeatels and William Petty Swan Lake fair board chairman. Contestants hail from Pocatello Blackfoot Aberdeen Idaho Falls St Anthony and four from Pocatello. The arrangements committee lists Morgan Mrs Janor V Ruggles and Roy Lindey. An earlier wheat production note cites labor hours rising from 373 in 1880 to 108 in 1900 and 47 in 1940.
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Harry Morgan
William Specht
Naval Ordnance Plant
Charles Seda
Poeatels
William Petty
Swan Lake
Bannock County Fair
Missionary Farewell Set for Murray G. Green
Murray G Green will be honored at a missionary farewell party Thursday at 8 p.m. in the LDS Fifth ward chapel at Elm and McKinley. He is the son of Mrs Vivian Green and will enter the New England States mission after training in Salt Lake City. Green plans to leave Pocatello June 21 and has a navy background with two years at ISC after service.
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Pocatello
YWMIA
MIA
Salt Lake City
Pinecrest Inn
Emigration Canyon
June Tolman
Ila Butterfield
Cleora Richins
West Pocatello
Birdie Millington
LDS Seventh Ward
Valene Bowden
LDS Eighth Ward
Pocatello Stake
Grace Lilva
LDS Tenth Ward
West Pocatello Stake
Joyce Benton
Darlene Olsen
Donetta Hutchinson
Elaine Gibson
Kay Highland
Kenneth Kemp
Dale Jensen
Ralph Pierson
Murray G. Green
LDS
Fifth Ward
Elm and
McKinley
Green
Vivian Green
City
New England States Mission
Pocatello High School
Navy
ISC
Elders’ Quorum
LPS
New England
Reckless Driving Fines Police Court in Utah Incident
Herman N. Cottam, 37, Wood Cross, Utah, fined $25 in police court for reckless driving after a collision Monday night with Thomas Earl Williams, 17, at East Center Street. Police say Cottam ran a traffic signal at Fifth and Center. defective brakes blamed for the damage to Williams' car.
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Herman N. Cottam
Wood Cross
Utah
Thomas Earl Williams
North Second Avenue
Williams
East Center St
Cottam
Fifth and Center
Flag Day Theme Highlighted at Kiwanis Luncheon
Mayor welcomed six visiting Kiwanis members from Kentucky and North Carolina at the Po Catello luncheon. George R. Phillips spoke on the flag’s value to American citizens, with plans announced for a father and song day and a meeting headlined by Judge Willard Lund. Louisville, Kentucky Lt. Gov. H. Bentley led the welcome, praising western travel impressions. Keith Riley led ticket sales for a Kiwanis baseball drive, while Clifford Miller performed patriotic songs and Mary Lund accompanied with Debussy. A donation plan to the Salvation Army for Pacific Northwest flood victims was noted.
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George R. Phillips
Phillips
O. G. Roche
Willard Lund
Pocatello
Kentucky
North Carolina
H. Bentley
West
U. S
South
A. C. Chamberlain
R. R. Church
Wee Barber
Wilkesboro
North
Carolina
Bentley
H. H. Lawson
Coy Goforth
Loyall
R. F. Goransen
Mary Lund
Miss Lund
Charles Debussy
Salvation Army
Pacific North West
Idahoan Dies After 30 Foot Fall At Swan Lake Elevator
Preston dispatch reports John Edward Viehweg age 54 of Cluttoh Idaho died Tuesday afternoon in a 30 foot fall from a grain elevator under construction at Swan Lake. Viehweg was superintendent of construction.
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Preston
John Edward Viehweg
Swan Lake
Viehwek
Cluttoh
Idaho
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Glen Walker
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Santaguin
Edith Nessen
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Roy G. Braegger
Isaac MeeDougall
District Court
Wayne Turner
South Third Ave
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Howe
Ferdie L. Duncan
Inkom
Chester Sams
South Fifth Ave
Harold Donaldson
Cypress St
C. H. Townsend
Dogwood St
Insurance
Bair
Landscape Service
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LDS Church
Elmira Galloway
Matilda Galloway
Nancy Collins
Press
C. D. Roche
Joyce Prescott
Collins
Richard Ashby
Fargo Apartments
Massachusetts
Wellesley College
Ruth
Adair Roper
C. H. Roper
Pocatello Naval Ordnance Plant
Los Angeles
E. E. Mulica
Carrol Peterson
M. B. Cherry
Roy Banguley
Seattle
Harold R. West
Sue
Katherine
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Gordon Jensen
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Jay Jensen
Brigham Young University
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T. Kihara
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Western Airlines
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Larsen
Jean Pugmire
University of Colorado At Boulder
Colo
Simplot Company
Kaye Hong
Hongs
San Francisco
Kaye
Idaho State College
PHS
Eileen Williams
Caribou Forest
Keith John
Malad
Orage
E. Center
Kiwanis Club
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Sater
Dayton
Ultipara
Pocatello Tire Sales
South Main
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