Long Island Rail Road Declares Bankruptcy and Receivership
The 115 year old Long Island Rail Road, New York’s largest commuter line with about 200000 daily riders, filed for bankruptcy and was placed in receivership. Judge Harold Kennedy set March 11 for trustees to be appointed to continue operation.
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NEW York
Long Island
Pennsylvania Railroad
U. S
Harold Kennedy
Montauk
New York City
Boston
Long Island Sound
Greenport
Stonington
Death in Farm Cellar Collapse Claims Rigby Man
Glen J. Lund 30 of Rigby died Tuesday morning after a cellar cave in at a farm near Idaho Falls. He was clearing snow in a cellar with a plow for the late highway department when the structure collapsed. Lund, born February 1 1918 in Black Pine Idaho, was a former ISC football player and a three year highway patrolman at Pocatello. He served as a captain in the Army Air Force in the Pacific and Japan. Survived by widow Lucille two sons Bradford and Craig his mother Mrs Ella Lund two brothers and four sisters. Funeral set for Friday at 1 pm in Rigby under Flamm and Eckersell funeral home.
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Glen J. Lund
Rigby
Idaho Falls
Lund
Highway Department
Jefferson County
Mr. Lund
Black Pine
Idaho
ISC
Pocatello
Army Air Force
Pacific
Japan
Lucille
Bradford
Craig
Ella Lund
South Fifth
Lee Lund
Harold Lund
Ella Guild
Evanston
Wyo
Wiona Armstrong
Robin
Dorothy See Fall
June Rounds
Lewiston
Flamm and Eckersell Funeral Home
World Day Of Prayer Set Friday
In observance of the World Day of Prayer Pocatellans will meet Friday at Central Christian church at Eighth and Center. Themed The Lord Is Thy Keeper the event begins with a 10 30 a m retreat followed by a noon luncheon hosted by Central Christian women. Mrs Homer C Davis president will lead a 1 p m business meeting Speakers include R F Grinnell Fort Hall Mrs Guy Knowlton and Mrs F R Barber Music by Mrs J C Gardner at the organ Afternoon services wrap at 3 p m All Pocatello churches participate and the public is invited to attend.
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Central Christian Church
Eighth and Center
Pocatellans
J. H. Schofield
Homer C. Davis
Irrigation Progress Highlighted On 100th Interior Anniversary
Regional reclamation director R. J. Newell marked the Interior Department centennial by noting ongoing irrigation and multipurpose work totaling near 70 million dollars. He urged Congress to approve about 39 million dollars for the next fiscal year to keep schedules orderly. Upon completion, about 2 million more acres would gain irrigation and water supplies, with boosts in hydroelectric capacity, navigation, and flood control, and a sixfold return on land served versus construction cost.
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BOISE
Neural Reclamation
R. J. Newell
Interior Department
Newell
Reclamation Bureau
Congress
Budget Bureau
Northwest
Bureau
Wegener names committees to guide Idaho sportsmen through 1949
Theodore H. Wegener president of the Idaho Wildlife federation appoints committees for 1949. R. E. Adamson and George E. Scholer co chair legislation while Clyde Ormond heads the big game panel. Roy Stockham leads the fish committee with Howard Transue and others. Upland birds, migratory waterfowl, and additional specialists are named with multiple Idaho towns represented.
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Boise
Theodore H. Wegener
Idaho Wildlife Federation
Idaho
R. E. Adamson
Carey
George E. Scholer
Twin Falls
Mark Lutz
Tetonia
Eddie Pedersen
Idaho Falls
Clyde Schoonover
Pocatello
Homer Martin
Frank Ryan
Weiser
W. R. Jacobs
Lewiston
John Asker
Grangeville
Kenneth Hungerford
Moscow
L. E. Pietsch
Sandpoint
I. R. Jensen
Plummer
Harold T. Jones
G. W. Michaelson
Montpelier
Burtt Trueblood
Wilder
Clyde Ormond
Rigby
Roy May
McCall
Bert Parris
Burley
Jack O’connor
Roy Stockham
Howard Transue
Caldwell
Lud Drexler
A. L. Trada
Coeur D'Alene
Heber Smith
Grace
Ben Wherry
New Plymouth
Russell Harris
Jerome
E. M. Wygant
Potlatch
Fourth Thomas
Princeton
Campus Wives Meet Tonight at Idaho State College
The Campus Wives group convenes tonight at 8 in the women's lounge of the student union building. Mrs. Carle Sorensen, publicity chair, announced a decorating talk by Harry Peterson of Peterson Furniture Co. Mrs. Pearl Orton leads the program, with Mrs. Zola McClain overseeing refreshments.
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Idaho State College Student Union
Carle Sorensen
Harry Peterson
Peterson Furniture Co
Sorensen
Pearl Orton
Zola McClain
De Soto Show At City Motor Co In DeSoto Plymouth
City Motor Co at 510 South Main Desoto Plymouth prepares a public showing of the all new De Soto cars with workmen redecorating the showroom for the Saturday March 5 event. Dealers E C Dissault and G H Gregoire invite townspeople to view the modern car lineup.
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de Soto
Pocatellans
City Motor Co
Leon Haws
Creed Law
Mendy
DeSoto-Plymouth
510 South Main
DeSoto
E. C. Dissault
G. H. Gregoire
Identity Of Body Sought In Spokane Woman Case
In Sand Point Idaho a body believed to be Mrs Loretta Margaret H Schoen of Spokane was found floating in the Pend Oreille river eight miles from town. Coroner L G Moon expected positive ID today and said the body would go to Spokane for her son William H Schoen to identify.
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Sand Point
Ida
Loretta Margaret H. Schoen
Spokane
L. G. Moon
Pend Oreille River
Schoen
Moon
William H. Schoen
Local Man Dies After Despondency and Stabbing Attempt
Mrs Katzenberger told police her husband quarrelled over divorce and taxes. He attempted self harm with multiple knives after failing to secure a divorce and losing money. He was found bleeding in the kitchen. police recovered a blood stained knife and broken teeth. He had lived in Pocatello and worked for a local plumbing firm, born in Golden New York. Survived by his widow Marie Dial. Funeral Friday at Downard chapel with Rev. McGowan officiating. Burial Mountain View cemetery.
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Katzenberger
Television Sets 2 Million As 1949 Goal
Cincinnati based Avco Manufacturing chief John W. Craig predicts the television industry will produce about 2,000,000 sets in 1949. He notes rapid growth from 6,000 in 1946 to 175,000 in 1947 and 850,000 in 1948 and cites price declines with higher output. Avco Crosley plant can produce 1,000 sets daily if tubes are available. current rate is 500 daily.
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Cincinnati
United States
John W. Craig
Avco Manufacturing Co
Crosley
Craig
Avco
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Long Island Rails
World Day of Prayer
Eddy
Merritt Barnes
Rupert
Migratory Waterfowl Committee
James Baughman
E. M. Boughton
Farragut
Vernon Speers
Hollywood
Alfred Charles Nogo
Park
Dawn Mylerburg
Hawthorne
David Young
S. Garfield
David Egbert
Maplewood
Paul Buhler
S. Mains
Bendix
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