Pocatello Hosts District Debate Events and State Tourney
Pocatello will host the fifth district high school debate tournament on April 10, the southern Idaho declamation festival on April 15 to 17, and the state debate tourney on April 23 to 24. W R Stolworthy announced the schedule, after local teams won five of six debates at Burley, with McDevitt and Gill on the affirmative and McDevitt and Varley on the negative. The United Press lists dates for other districts including Spirit Lake and Coeur d Alene, Parma, Preston, Rexburg, with debate and declamation events in late March and April. The central question: should the federal government require arbitration of labor disputes in all basic American industries.
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Pocatello
Pat McDevitt
Jim Varley
Idaho
United Press
Spirit Lake
Coeur D’alene
Parma
Boise
Burley
Filler
Preston
Rexburg
Five Idaho FFA speech winners named ahead of March state meet
Idaho district FFA public speaking winners were announced by Voc Ag supervisor Stanley S Richardson. The state contest will be held March 25 in Boise as part of the FFA State convention. Recipients include Everett Headrick representing north Idaho Doyle Nelson representing southwest Idaho David Craner representing south central Idaho A C Waldron representing southeast Idaho and Gene Kelley representing the south upper Snake River area. The north upper Snake district event will be held Friday at gby.
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Boise
Idaho
Future Farmer
Stanley S. Richardson
FFA
Everett Headrick
Troy
North
Doyle Nelson
Nampa
David Craner
Burley
Southcentral
Idaho Polio Campaign Surges With Gifts From State
Idaho residents donate toward the 1948 March of Dimes effort with receipts estimated at 216 142 dollars. L Dee Belveal notes per capita support around 42 cents and Idaho may rank high nationwide. The National Foundation adds 100 000 dollars to Idaho polio relief, raising total contributions to 487 000 dollars.
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Boise
L. Dee Bélveal
Idaho
National Foundation For
National Foundation For Infantile Parlysis
Robins Endorsed for Republican National Convention Delegate
Twin Falls County Republican Central Committee endorses Gov. C. A. Robins as an at large delegate to the Philadelphia national convention. The action signals unified party support in the county for Robins ahead of the GOP gathering.
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Twin Falls
C. A. Robins
Philadelphia
Twin Falls County
Republican Central Committee
Gate City Welcomes Twin Girls Born at St Anthony’s
The Randall family welcomed twins Leanne and her sister at 12 55 am and 1 01 pm Tuesday at St Anthony’s hospital in Gate City. Leanne weighed five pounds seven ounces and her sister five pounds eleven ounces. Dr. R B Hegsted delivered the babies, the fourth set born in 1948. Mr. Glenn Randall and Mrs. Randall of 605 North 13th Street celebrate despite a boy’s absence, with son Bob attending Washington school.
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Pocatello
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Glenn Randall
North Thirteenth St
Leanne
Deanne
St. Anthony’s
North 13Th St
R. B. Hegsted
Blackfoot Pioneer Hannah Paul Dies at 67
Mrs. Hannah Sarah Paul 67 a Pingree area pioneer died at her home after a year long illness. Born May 9 1880 in Portage she lived in Pingree since 1906 after marriages to LeRoy Howell and later W T Paul. She helped the Pingree Ward Relief Society for over 25 years and is survived by seven children a brother and a sister. Funeral services are expected Saturday at Pingree with burial at Portage and arrangements at Saltberg Funeral Home Blackfoot.
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Blackfoot
Hannah Sarah Paul
Pingree
Portage
LeRoy Howell
Idaho
Howell
W. T. Paul
Paul
Pingree Ward
Salt Lake City
R. A
Tyhee
Pingi
Saltberg
U S Women Outlive Men by Notable Margin
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company reports women have a 15 percent higher chance of living to age 65 than men. White male infants born in 1900 had 40 in 100 odds then and 60 in 100 now. female infants rose from 45 in 100 to 75 in 100.
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New York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Salary of Chief Justice of the United States
The article states the Supreme Court chief justice earns twenty thousand five hundred dollars annually. This figure reflects the official annual salary.
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United States
Supreme Court
Increased Vet Subsistence Benefits Announced for Idaho Veterans
Idaho veterans enrolled full time at state college will receive automatic subsistence increases effective April 1 under the G I Bill. Individuals with no dependents gain 75 dollars monthly, one dependent 105, and two or more dependents 120, though the latter require VA proof of dependency by July 1, 1948. Part time training remains ineligible.
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Idaho State College
John P. Gray
Pocatello
Gray
Congress
College Plans March 20 Showing of Five Little Peppers
Idaho State College drama department will stage The Five Little Peppers at Frazier hall auditorium on March 20 at 2 30 p.m. Dr Vic Mae Powell leads ISC students and Pocatello children in a three act production with cast including Maurene Jones Mary Ruth Knowlton and Em ery Skinner along with Dianne Jones Bob Steele Bob Vickrey and others.
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Idaho State College
Frazier Hall
Vic Mae Powell
ISC
Pocatello
Dr. Powell
Maurene
Jones
Mary Ruth Knowlton
Emery Skinner
Idaho Falls
Read for Fun, Professor Urges Read for Pleasure
Evanston, Ill. Jean H Hagstrum assistant professor of English at Northwestern University argues more people should read for pleasure rather than practical purposes. He notes a 10 to 15 percent rise in overall reading in 1947 but a decline in leisure reading and warns the art of reading for enjoyment may fade if trends continue.
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Evanston
Ill
Jean H. Hagstrum
Northwestern University
Hagstrum
America
Officer Notes Safer Doors Advised After Box Entry
Patrolman Donald Nelson found a workers suggestion box at a Mane company office and urged that doors be locked at night. His timely remark came as he observed the office open during rounds.
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Page Trolman
Donald Nelson
Nelson
Blackfoot Legion Magazine Planned
The second edition of the monthly American Legion publication Legion Speaks began Monday with a publications committee meeting at the Legion home. The issue aims to spur Legion interest among members, following February’s first copy featuring Post Commander Sandy Morrell, local news, a member biography, and Legion and Auxiliary event notices.
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Blackfoot
American Legion
Legion Speaks
Legion
Burdetter Pixton
Sandy Morrell
Blackfoot and
Former Pocatello Resident Arthur Edgley Dies at 71
Arthur Edgley 71 of Shelton Washington a former Pocatello resident died at home Monday after a lingering illness Born March 29 1876 in Lofidon England he came to the United States in 1888 and worked as a boilermaker for the Union Pacific later Idaho Falls and a sugar company He was an LDS Church high priest and branch president at Shelton Survivors include his wife a son three daughters and numerous grandchildren Funeral services will be held in Shelton and the body shipped to Pocatello for burial Funeral arrangements are by Arthur W Hall Mortuary
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Arthur Edgley
Shelton
Wash
Pocatello
Lofidon
England
Joseph and
Mary Ann Spillman Edgley
United States
Union Pacific Railroad
Idaho Falls
Edgley
LDS Church
Northwestern States
Janie Stanger
Naoma Davis
Glen Edgley
Mary Lewis
Alice Cooper
Sweet Home, Ore
Leland Hanson
Iowa
Ida
William H. Edgley
Nampa
Edwin
Leo H. Edgley
Annie Edgley
Salt Lake Ity
Arthur W. Hall Mortuary
Car Crashes Show Decline In Pocatello Week
Police Captain Frank McKinnon reports a slight decline in weekend auto accidents for the period ending March 6 versus 1947. Twelve accidents were investigated this year with 25 drivers ticketed, and total drunken driving and speeding arrests fell from 139 to 87. No traffic fatalities were recorded in either period.
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Pocatello
Frank McKinnon
McKinnon
Minor Injuries Reported After Plant Entrance Crash
The accident occurred at 4 30 p m Monday at the Naval Ordnance plant entrance. G A Parsons Jr 19 of North received minor injuries when his 1929 sedan was sideswiped by a semi trailer driven by Glen Jensen 39 of Salt Lake City Utah. The collision happened as Parsons tried to turn into the ordnance plant from highway 91. The truck skidded about 80 feet before hitting the Parsons car. Damages were about 200 to the sedan and 100 to the truck.
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Naval Ordnance Plant
G. A. Parsons, Jr
R.F.D
Parsons
Glen Jensen
Salt Lake City
Utah
Earl Cutler
Ordnance Plant
Cutler
Crash Injuries Fatal to Utah Man
Ogden resident Angelo Grisenti 49 died in a hospital from injuries suffered Saturday when he walked into a car while attempting to cross the highway at Roy south of Ogden. Grisenti, an Austrian native and Southern Pacific railroad employee, had been unconscious since the accident. The car was driven by Leland A. Jones of Malad Idaho.
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Ogden
Angelo Grisenti
Roy
Grisenti
Austria
Southern Pacific Railroad
Leland A. Jones
Malad
Ida
Pastor Leads Self Help Parsonage Project In American Falls
In American Falls Idaho the Assembly of God church builds a parsonage with pastor Homer Welkup and members using hammers and saws. Construction started after April 2 with local funds and is due to be finished in about two months. Local contributors include W F Jasman A W Isaak Harold Isaak William Isaak John Maisch Roland Jasman Arthur Jasman Linfield Crowder Kelley Crowder Clyde Bourquin Howard Isaak and Raymond Isaak. District superintendent O C Arnesen Boise helped pour foundation. Rev H W Christenson Rupert assisted with basement work.
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American Falls
Assembly of God Church
Homer Welkup
Harrison Ave
Schlitz Memorial Hospital
Highway 30
Pocatello
Rev. Welkup
W. F. Jasman
A. W. Isaak
Harold Isaak
Wil
Liam Isaak
John Maisch
Roland Jasman
Arthur Jasman
Linfield Crowder
Kelley Crowder
Clyde Bourquin
Howard Isaak
Raymond Isaak
O. C. Arnesen
Boise
H. W. Christenson
Rupert
Homer Walkup
Idaho Flying Breakfast Eaters Open Season Soon
The Idaho aviation breakfast season opens April 11 under F R MacKenzie of the Chamber of Commerce. First breakfast in Weiser with pilots from across the state, followed by Pocatello May 16 and others through October in Mackay Sun Valley St Maries Twin Falls Lewiston Challis. Chet Moulton cites a two year accident free record and 247600 miles flown in 1947.
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Idaho “Aviation
F. R. MacKenzie
Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
Weiser
Idaho
Pocatello
Mackay
Sun Valley
St. Maries
Twin Falls
Lewiston
Challis
Chet Moulton
Idaho State Department of Aeronautics
ISC Cooperates In Public Poll On World Politics
Idaho State College International Relations Club joins 800 colleges and 20 foreign clubs in a Time magazine poll on world politics. About 200 students from pharmacy, education, dramatics, engineering, business and other departments answer four pages of questions. Final results will be published in Time.
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Idaho State College International Relations Club
United States
L. Harold Buss
Pocatello
Elmer Roper
Time
ISC
Buss
Time Magazine
International Relations Club
Carnegie Endowment For World Peace
North Bannock Fair Dates Set For September in Pocatello
The North Bannock County fair will run September 10 and 11 in Pocatello. Chairman H L Glindemann announced that committees were named and the event aims to promote F F A 4 H and agricultural ventures.
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North Bannock Fair
North Bannock County
Pocatello
H. L. Glindemann
Pocatello High School
Idaho
Blackfoot
Glindemann
Empire Airlines DC-3 Begins Northwest Service
Empire Airlines introduces its DC-3 service to Pocatello marking a northwest first with radar airborne indications and a sky-step door. The 24 passenger plane aims to boost trade and prosperity, with Don Gorder of Empire Lines Boise highlighting terrain indicators and rapid deplaning reducing ground time.
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Pocatello
Empire Airlines
Northwest
Don Gorder
Empire Ai Lines
Boise
Hughes
Gorder
Bear Lake County school consolidation fails in vote
Bear Lake County voters rejected a plan to merge district schools into a county wide unit. The measure lost 726 to 525, per Walter E. Clark, secretary of the Bear Lake county school reorganization committee.
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Montpelier
Bear Lake County
Walter E. Clark
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