Gate City Building Hitting Record Pace
The Idaho State Employment Office reports rapid construction growth in Pocatello with July peak activity. Projects include a $793 000 Simplot housing complex, a 400 foot addition to a Simplot fertilizer plant, 400 plus low cost homes, and a $4 000 000 Westvaco electric furnace slated to start after July. Labor demand spans carpenters electricians machinists and more while rents remain high.
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Pocatello
Idaho State Employment Office
Highland Park
Pocatello Industrial Housing Inc
Fort Hall
U.P.A.R
Westvaco Corporation
Third Makes Bid For Position In Bannock County Race
George W. Hargraves files for Bannock County prosecuting attorney on the Republican ticket joining incumbent Henry McQuade and ex prosecutor C. M. Jeffery. Grace Demo cart incumbent Mathias W. Lowe also seeks reelection to the state representative post. Other filings include Clegg Raymond for county commissioner, Roy T. Hale for McCammon commissioner, C F W Donitch for justice of the peace in precinct 12, and Raymond R. Dykes for precinct 10 committeeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bannock County
George W. Hargraves
ISC
Air Corps
Hargraves
Henry McQuade
C. M. Jeffery
McQuade
Jeffery
Mathias W. Lowe
Grace Democart
Clegg Raymond
Grace
Roy T. Hale
McCammon
C.F.W. Donitch
Justice of the Peace
Pocatello
Raymond R. Dykes
Radio Program Schedule Highlights On Keio and KEYY
A detailed daytime and evening lineup for KEIO-1450 KC and KEYY-1240 with music, news, and feature shows. Notable items include Zeke Manners, Breakfast Club, Welcome Travelers, Gallant quiz, sports updates, and late-night concerts. Key personalities include Henry Morgan, Ted Malone, Paul Whitman, and Xavier Cugat orchestras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AP News
Zeke Manners
Hollywood
Ted Malone
Bankhage
Nancy Craig
Betty Crocker
Galen Drake
PTA Frontiers
Dick Tracy
Elmer Davis
Dick Liebert
Louis Walcott
Henry Morgan
IMN Farm Journal
Ozark Valley Folks
Intermountain News
Bill Harrington
Tommy Dorsey
Convention News
Superman
Captain Midnight
Tom Mix
Billy Rose
Xavier Cugat Orch
Fulton Lewis Jr
Mutual Reports
Goodnight
Stolen School Bus And Forgery Case In County Court
Police report an $1800 used Ford school bus was stolen from Jolly Rogers used car lot and damaged lightly. A $75 ad day machine was also taken. a $35 theft from Mrs Hess’s home may have occurred June 19–22. Forgery warrants target Don Edwards, Bailey case dated June 21. Divorces and births noted. sheriff sets July 16 auction for Fairview townsite lots to cover costs from a 1947 suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolly Rogers
Carlyle
W. J. Hess
North Johnson
Burley
Pocatello
Don Edwards
Edwards
Bailey
Alma Marley
Fairview
Bannock County
Jerry Williams
25 Little Words Win Texas Gal A Vacation
Mrs. Kathryn Campbell of Kress Texas wins a Mutual Broadcasting contest for a two month cross country vacation with a caravan tour from Hollywood to New York stopping at Grand Canyon Bryce Canyon Zion Yellowstone Chicago the Great Lakes Belmont Manor Bermuda Mountain Top Club Vermont and other gifts. Her husband accompanies her and the trip begins after a Hollywood premiere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello
J. G. Campbell
Kress
Texas
Gate City
Teo
Kathryn Campbell
Texas Panhandle
Campbell
Hollywood
New York
Mutual Broadcasting Company
Yellowstone Park
Grand Canyon
Bryce and Zion National Parks
Yellowstone
Chicago
Great Lakes
Belmont Manor
Bermuda
Mountain Top Club
Chittenden
Vermont
Polio War Meets Are Planned in Idaho Cities
Idaho plans a series of preparedness meetings in July at Pocatello Boise Idaho Falls Lewiston and Coeur d'Alene to teach hot jack procedures and nursing under a local physician. Emergency volunteers may be pressed into service for epidemics and an eight county board will direct a polio treatment center at St Anthony's hospital. Bannock polio foundation officers are named including B A McDevitt Lyon Healy Paul W Scott Neal A Jordan and V D Lyons with Hall and Judge L E Glennon as directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Pocatello
Boise
Idaho Falls
Lewiston
Coeur d'Alene
J. Dee Belveal
National Yy ‘Foundation
Belveal
St. Anthony's Hosital
B. A. McDevitt
Bannock County Polio Foundation
Lyon Healy
Paul W. Scott
Neal A. Jordan
V. D. Lyons
Arthur W. Hall
L. E. Glennon
Estate Listed in McCammon After Whitney Death
An estate of about 47 574.86 left by John F. Whitney publisher of the Mc Cammon News since 1916. Whitney died April 27 in a Blackfoot hospital. Widow Kate B. Whitney asks public hearing for claims. Property includes a Mc Cammon printing plant valued at 35 000 and lots at 2000. Other assets 515 checking, 7 884 86 in savings, 1 175 U S bonds. Heirs are widow and Dorothy Whitney Mercer of Pocatello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Whitney
McCammon News
Willard Lund
Whitney
Blackfoot
Kate B. Whitney
U. S
Dorothy Whitney Mercer
Pocatello
Hospital head quits Malad appoints successor
Miss Glenna Peel resigns as superintendent of Oneida Hospital effective July 1. She will be succeeded by Miss Betty Lou Wilde of Mink Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenna Peel
Oneida Hospital
Betty Lou Wilde
Mink Creek
Firemen respond to lamp post fire and house blaze
Early Gate City firemen were dispatched at 1 37 a m to Main and Bonneville to monitor a smoking lamp post. They later fought a 3 p m fire at W L Hardy 620 South Eighth Ave from a faulty fireplace with only minor damage after the power company fixed a wiring short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gate City
Main
Bonneville
W. L. Hardy
South Eighth Ave
Hardy
Birth of daughter to Mr and Mrs Clarence Poulson
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Poulson at Schlitz Memorial Hospital on June 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Clarence Poulson
Schlitz Memorial Hospital
Funeral services for Retta Mc Gie Hansen
Retta Mc Gie Hansen age 80 will be laid to rest today at 2 p m from Arthur W Hall mortuary chapel Elder Lew H Nebeker of the First Ward LDS church bishopric will officiate Interment follows at Mountain View cemetery Friends may call at the Hall mortuary
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retta McGie Hansen
Arthur W. Hall
Lewis H. Nebeker
First Ward
Mountain View
Hall Mortuary
First Union Army Balloon Corps directs artillery fire
The first use of air observation by the Union Army Balloon Corps occurred on September 24 1861 to guide artillery fire in the Civil War.
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Union Army Balloon Corps
Gate City social notes report wide traveler visits
Visitors arrive from Salt Lake City Logan and Salt Lake area for family reunions and weddings. A Sigma Kappa convention attendee from University of Washington and several hosting families in Pocatello and Sun Valley are listed along with local engagements and church program by Northwest Christian College quartet in Eugene Oregon.
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Gate City
McOmber
Winston McOmber
Clarence
Velma McOmber
Teerlink
Salt Lake City
Adrian McOmber
David McOmber
Logan
Utah
Sun Valley
Sigma Kappa Sorority
Lorraine Young
Reade Young
Cypress
University of Washington
Pocatello
Central Christian Church
Northwest Christian College
Eugene
Ore
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Keio
News of Record
John Bailey
G. J. Scardino
O. Hos
Justice Court
Charles W. Hyde
Juanita Meeks
Nancy Arnold
William J. Marlow
Grace L. Marlow
Iscrne McDougall
Fifth District
Anna Keefe
Rolland H .Smith
Wendell P Marshall
Smith and Marshall
Ed. Trujillo
North Garfield Ave
Oscar Marek
South Second Ave
Keith Briscoe
Bay
St. Anthony
John Bergen
South Tenth Ave
Hospital Head
THE
Tomahawk Shop
Philco
Philco Auto Radio
Rea
Ravi
City Motor
Budget Dept
Jack Erickson
MGR
W. H. Cleare
North Hayes
James Bentley
Ruth Cleare
South Pasadena
Calif
Los Angeles
Mrs. Parry Harrison
South
Garfield
Boulder Basin
Jerome Turner
Jack Blair
Art Young
Stacy Smith
Kay Hong
San Francisco
Jimmy Hong
West Yellowstone
James Mause
D. C
Western Air Lines
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Ed Cunningham
First Congregational Church
Cunningham
University of California
Berkeley
Helen Jones
Michael Wheatley
Jack
East Lander St
Wheatley
Paul, Ida
Army Academy
West Point
Kiwanis
C. Ed. Flandro
Ted
R. F. Goransen
Bobby
O. F. Call
Dean
A. E. Albee
Bob Haskins
O. G. Roche
Terry
Roger
George N. Green
C. J. Sorenson
Utah State Agricultural College
Mrs. Sorenson
Green
Robert Ewing
American Falls
Robert I., III
Ewing
U.L.B
Edith Martineau
Sacramento
California
F. C. Terrell
Dair
Ruth
Fin. Jose
Terrell
Iowa
Elma
Mary) Smith
Equitable Assurance Company
Robert Hardins
East
Mr. Hardin
Arthur Hardin
Argénta
Illinois
E. E. Moberly
Milton F. Rose
Great Falls
Montana, Army Air Base
Walter H. Cleave
Louis Klindt
Los Gatos
Hughts
Princess Junior
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