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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1948
Page
6
American Falls volunteers aided by farm hands fought a pasture fire that burned 250 acres owned by J P Mehrhaff along the highway near Massacre Rocks. Fireguards plowed by tractor and disc helped gain control. cause unknown possibly a discarded light.
Los Angeles report says 13 year old Robert Weitzel was committed to Camarillo State Hospital for the insane after he admitted to shooting his father in Glendale on May 20. Prosecutor Elmer L Weitzel stated the boy said he carried out the crime because he wanted to. Foxhole dreams dimming New York veterans centers note rising foxhole business and veterans opening orthodox ventures. Johnny Longden rode five winners at Hollywood Park, becoming the second jockey to achieve the feat in a single day.
Mine operators face another wage dispute with locals of the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers as negotiations collapsed after miners rejected an eight cent an hour raise offer.
Mrs. Donald A. Smith filed for divorce in Fort Wayne Indiana after 23 years of marriage saying the union was strained when her husband asked her to pay their room rent.
Bob Dudley Pocatello high school student sponsored by Kiwanis Club discussed Boys State activities in Boise at a Hotel Bannock club meeting. O G Roche presided as Dudley outlined government procedures taught to delegates. Sam Otto announced the $500 raised for crippled children and the municipal swimming pool. Kiwanis picnic set for Sunday July 18 at City Creek Canyon.
Irgun Zvai Leumi announces reentry into the Israeli army after previously breaking with forces when its gun running ship failed to deliver arms. The move follows Foreign Minister Moshe Shertok urging a united front against the Arabs, prompting thousands to take loyalty oaths.
Louise Uck returned to Boise after serving as assistant to Anne Wheaton Republican national publicity director at the Republican national convention. The National Industrial Conference Board reported record levels of money moving through checking accounts last year.
Craig, secretary of the Pocatello Chamber of Commerce, returned from the Western Institute at the University of Oregon with a call to adopt the Athenian Code of Citizenship. He urged residents to memorize and live by the code to support city drives, laws, leadership and activities. A closing note adds a quip about talking to oneself not indicating insanity.
William H. McCormick was arrested at 4 p.m. for drunken driving, released sober three hours later, and arrested again an hour and a half afterward on the same charge. He remained jailed.
New York centers on a fare raise as the Board of Transportation shifts nickel to dime fares at 523 stations. Transit workers will convert 3,390 turnstiles in hours, with hundreds of thousands of dimes from the mint ready to dispense. Bus fares rise to seven cents, transfers remain two cents, and officials anticipate initial confusion and delays during the transition.
Lawton Oklahoma theaters quickly adapt their schedules to the claim of a man who says he is outlaw Jesse James. One theater screens Jesse James while another shows The Return of Frank James.
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