Production Report Shows Industrial Output at Three Year Low
The Federal Reserve Board reported May industrial production at a three year low with declines in iron and steel machinery and non ferrous metals. Officials expect the May drop to repeat in June while the economy adviser group submits a mid year review to Truman.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
General Motors
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
Congress
White House
Passing Attempt Leads to Forgery Arrest in Pocatello
Pocatello detectives filed forgery charges against ex convict Thomas Julian Westbury after he tried to pass a forged $100 check at a dry goods store. He waived preliminary hearing and remains jailed on $1500 bond. Westbury faces additional forgery charges from Montana after authorities found a file of prior convictions and prison records in his possession.
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Pocatello
Thomas Julian Westbury
Justice of the
Charles W. Hyde
John Perkins
Westbury
Carson City
Nev
Perkins
Montana
Police Court and Police Bulletins From Pocatello
Oliver Middleton 36 pleads guilty to vagrancy and is fined 100 dollars with his fine suspended if he leaves town. Juan Perez Martinez 38 pleads guilty to vagrancy. Waldo Anderson 19 forfeits 50 dollar bond for reckless driving. Pinsky forfeits 10 dollar bond for ess driving. Winston Lester Kelker of Seattle Washington forfeits 5 dollar bond for failure to observe stop signal. Lloyd Alfred Norris 42 pleads guilty to operating under the influence and is fined 100 dollars with license revoked for one year. Police seek a 1939 Ford coupe with Idaho plate 4B gray and missing trunk lid. Hubcaps stolen from a Packard valued 24 dollars. Funeral services and obituaries for Henrietta Ford and Audrey Cyr listed with locations, dates and church affiliations.
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Oliver Middleton
Juan Perez Martinez
Waldo Anderson
Pinsky
Winston Lester
Kelker
Seattle
Wath
Lloyd Alfred Norris
South Third Ave
Pocatello
Bingham County
Idaho
William R. Bailey
Whitman Hotel
Four People Named in Local Inquiry
Fred Carlton 21 of Jerome, Jacobsen 18 of Pocatello, B Myler 25 of Los Angeles, and Thelma H Johnson of Pocatello are listed in a local inquiry. Details on their roles or connections are not provided.
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Fred Carlton
Jerome
A Canals Jacobsen
Pocate
Levar B. Myler
Los Angeles
Thelma H. Johnson
Pocatello
Card of Thanks for Bereavement Flowers
We express sincere thanks to friends for kindness after bereavement and for beautiful floral offerings. Mrs. Robert Wilson and family and other relatives thank you for support and tokens of sympathy.
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Robert Wilson
Vern Wilson
Roy Wilson
Prewar U.S. cans offered 257 sizes for food
Before World War II American canned foods came in 257 distinct sizes. The fact notes the diversity of packaging options prior to the wartime standardization.
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United States
County Bans Fireworks Sale
Bannock county commissioners announce a state law requiring a permit to sell fireworks and prohibit sales without a permit. Fire hazards and forest risks drive the ban, with city rules also restricting pyrotechnics though roadside stands outside city limits previously sold them.
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Bannock County
W. H
Pete) Jensen
Commission
New Liquor Store Head Appointed in Idaho
W. J. Conger of 501 No Hayes Ave has been named manager of the Idaho liquor dispensary, succeeding Mrs. Geraldine Anderson who is leaving to be married. Anderson had led the local store since early 1947, while Conger previously ran grocery stores in Pocatello Victor and Annis and managed the Victor liquor store for four years.
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W. J. Conger
No. Hayes Ave
Idaho Liquor Dispensary
Geraldine Anderson
Willard Wilson
Liquor Commission
Wilson
Anderson
Conger
Pocatello
Victor and
Annis
Victor
Police Seek Mackay Missing Girl
State police report a 16 year old girl Katherine Trumain missing from Mackay Idaho since Saturday night. She is five feet tall weighs 16 pounds has blue eyes black hair and was last seen in a red and white striped blouse brown slacks and brown oxfords. She had been hired by a Mackay farmer to work and was escorted to a dance Saturday night. when he returned home she was gone and he waited until Monday to notify police.
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Mackay
Idaho
Katherine Trumain
Highway Meet Sets Plan for Bannock County Relocations
E. H. Bruner of Boise right of way engineer will meet Bannock County Surveyor Percy Havener and state highway officials this Thursday to discuss acquiring right of way for three Bannock county projects. The relocations cover US 91 191 from Downey to Arimo 7.725 miles west of current path US 30N 91 191 at Portneuf hill 1.275 miles to ease curves and grades and US 30N from Pocatello city limits to Power county line relocation to the north. Construction on Federal roads will begin after right of way is secured.
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E. H. Bruner
Boise
Bannock County
Percy Havener
Downey
Arimo
Portneuf Hill
Pocatello City Limits
Power County
Quiet Lifestyles Linked to Longer Averages for Women
An observation notes that women tend to outlive men on average due to quieter living and fewer risks. It cites lifestyle differences as a key factor in longevity without asserting definitive causation.
Railroads Challenge Bannock County Tax Assessments
Attorneys for Oregon Short Line and Union Pacific protested Bannock county assessments against their Pocatello properties totaling 40 750. They contend only the state tax commission can levy such taxes and hearings are not yet scheduled. Lawyers include Bryan P. Leverich from Salt Lake City and L H Anderson and E H Casterlin from Pocatello.
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Oregon Short Line
Union Pacific Railroad
Bannock County
Board of Equalization
Pocatello
George Allen
State Tax Commission
Railroads
Bryan P. Leverich
Salt Lake City
L. H. Anderson
E. H. Casterlin
Berlin Pact Parley Set
Western allies invite Soviet deputy Mihail I. Dratvin to begin negotiations on a live-and-let-live plan for divided Germany. Meeting to start at 2:30 p.m. in the American sector as Berlin rail freight aims to resume after a strike.
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Berlin
Germany
United States
Great Britain
France
Paris
Mihail I. Dratvin
Allied Control Authority
Catholic Party Wins In Belgium Election
Final returns show the Catholic Social Christian party with an absolute Senate majority and near one in the Chamber of Deputies. Catholics gain 12 seats in the lower house to 104 while Socialists drop to 66 Liberals 30 and Communists 12. Senators tally 54 for Social Christians 33 for Socialists 14 Liberals five for Communists and provincial councils to elect 46 more senators ahead of July reconvening.
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Brussels
Belgium
Social Christian Party
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Leopold
Europe
Social Christians
Socialists
Liberals
Family seeks help after two cocker spaniel dogs go missing
Mrs. Anna Streepers reports to Pocatello police the theft of her two pet cocker spaniels from their home at 111 Campus Drive. One is brown and white male, the other black and white female. Call police or inform the Streeper family with information.
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Anna Streepers
Campus Drive
Pocatello
Streeper
Death Blame Placed On Woman in Notorious Case
In New York, attorney Herbert E. Rosenberg opened the defense for the so called long y hearts killers by placing full blame on Martha Beck 29 described as a sex tormented woman Fernandez 34 her lover and four time married man confessed to slaying Mrs Janet Fay wife of Albany New York while admitting to another murder in Grand Rapids Michigan Becks mother watched from the front row as Rosenberg detailed a troubled life from age ten through abandoned marriages The defense contends Beck and Fernandez acted as a pair in a folie a deux and that he did not report the crime due to their sexual entanglement Beck also implicated in a drowning of a child Flanked by prosecutors the jury heard of the Fay case and the Downing death.
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New York
Herbert E. Rosenberg
Martha Beck
Rosenberg
Fernandez
Lothario
Fay
Michigan
Rainfall Record Cited at Mount Waialeale Hawaii
Mount Waialeale in Hawaii holds the world’s greatest annual rainfall record at about 38 13 feet, per Encyclopedia Britannica.
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Mount Waialeale
Hawaii
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Dave Dover
Bannock Creek
Ross Park Crossing
Dover
St. Anthony Mercy Hospital
News OF Record
Henrietta Ford
Arthur W. Ford
North Eighth
Downard Chapel
R. C. Christensen
Sixth Ward
LDS Church
Mountainview
Downard
Audrey Cyr
East Hayden St
Nampa
R. M. Weaver
Butte, Mont
Franklin Junior High School
Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints
Gertrude Bloom
Livingston, Mont
Marion L. Coleman
LDS Fourth Ward
Mountainview Cemetery
McHan-Henderson Funeral Home
Fowler
Searie
Frank Blazek
William Blazek
Melrose
Aeraaa
LROSE
Gap
Cucinose and Company, Inc
Baltimore
Overdrive
Ty Uy
Elias
Ford
Happy
Dwayne LeRoy Davis
N. Main
James Kay Hill
W. Halliday
Catholic
Ford Dealer
Fashion Academy
Lewis
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