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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1949
Page
3
Secretary Krug says reclamation projects boost jobs food and national wealth as 46 homestead units at Hunt area Minidoka open for veterans. He notes 100 years of interior service and emphasizes hard work land clearing housing and farm construction with veteran support and technical assistance.
National Guard Co. D 188th Infantry passed federal inspection Friday night February 25 at the armory in the Idaho Realty Addition north of Rupert. Colonel Reinold Melberg of Fort Douglas Utah conducted the inspection of officers Captain Grover Newman 1st Lieutenant Clinton M Johnson 2nd Lt Carl Spring 2nd Lt Franklin Mackley and 30 enlisted men. Regular meetings are on Thursdays.
A reflective column argues the city paper must warn travelers about scams and bad stops on the road. It contends reporters should reveal gyp joints and frauds to protect readers and sustain local business without harming the town’s image.
Idaho Representative John Sanborn criticizes federal officials for pressuring Northwest residents to back President Truman's Columbia Valley Authority. He cites a Washington statement by A S Interior official and urges Idaho voters to protest such tactics, noting prior Idaho opposition to the CVA and calling for support from fellow lawmakers.
John W. Carlin, held in Paris County jail after a six month sentence for assault with a deadly weapon, escaped Monday by burrowing to the attic and entering a trap door. He was captured Wednesday at his Montpelier home.
Washington reports Assistant Interior Secretary William E. Warne says diverting Missouri and Mississippi River waters to Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico is feasible within 100 years. He notes few engineering barriers but costs run into billions and mentions possible links to western river systems to aid southern California as its water reserves may dwindle by 1975 amid population growth.
The Rupert City Council on Tuesday March 1 voted to start laying water mains and sewer in East View Addition as soon as weather allows. City Clerk Price Sears said all materials are on hand and only a brief session of routine matters was held.
Federal Judge Michael L. Igoe allowed Tucker Corporation to reorganize under bankruptcy law and barred creditors and certain government agencies from lawsuits. Two trustees will be appointed to administer the process, with potential third trustee debated. Attorneys for possible investors, including Canadian associates linked to K. C. Irving, appeared in court. The injunction also blocks new actions by the War Assets Administration against Tucker and its leases on the plant.
Improved weather in the week ending Feb 26 increased construction, agriculture, and potato shipping jobs in Idaho. The Idaho State Employment Bureau reported 435 job openings on file, largely due to filling openings at the Sears store in Twin Falls, with farm openings rising to 77 and a Pacific coast farm and food processing representatives meeting in San Francisco later this month.
Salt Lake City reports the ceremony joining Joseph Henry Berger 88 and Blanch Cady 66 as Utah’s celebrated newlyweds. The couple wed after a five year courtship with flowers and candy and planned a modest honeymoon roundtrip to their new Salt Lake City apartment.
A regional meeting will formulate the 1949 state employment services for farm labor. Another session at Window Rock Arizona will bring together employment service officials from western states to discuss allocations of Navajo and Hopi laborers.
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