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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1949
Page
2
In Hollywood a jury acquitted dancer Vickie Evans of conspiracy to possess marijuana after a short deliberation. The trial involved four arrested at the Hillside home shared with starlet Lila Leeds. co-defendants included film star Robert Mitchum and a real estate salesman who were convicted on drug charges.
Eastern Idaho high school students will view state government problems and procedure at the annual pre legislative session. The Idaho YMCA youth and government program at Idaho State College opens at 10 a.m. in the student union. Professor H P Sturm chairs the morning session with Prof C F Carlyle leading the afternoon. Speakers include Dr Carl McIntosh and others, with Pocatello Hi Y representatives listed among participants.
At St Anthony's Hospital a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Allie Wildher of Arco on March 11 and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Alvin Hall of 653 North Arthur on March 11.
Retiring Premier Sun Fo said Communist domination of China is likely despite talks or war. He warned a Communist China would align with Soviet Russia in a broader east west conflict, pinning blame on Chiang Kai-shek for failing to make peace and on the U S cold war policies.
Funeral services for Maude M Clark Burley a church and civic leader were conducted Tuesday at Oakley with Bishop Forrest J Severe presiding. Organist readings and musical numbers accompanied prayers and a choir as the service honored her public work and faith. Burial followed at Oakley cemetery. Pallbearers included Kenneth Curtis Claude Wells Andrew Butler and others. John Dils 79 dies with services moved to 3 p m at Hall mortuary and burial in Mountain View cemetery.
Edgar Maxwell, a church member, filed in superior court alleging Rev. J Whitcomb Brougher Jr used church funds to support a mistress and illegitimate son. The complaint cites hotel registrations under aliases J W Black and Burry with both married and unmarried women members of the congregation.
The census bureau estimates the U S population at 147,946,000 on January 1 this year, up 12.4 percent since 1940 and 2,512,000 more than January 1, 1948. A complete census is planned for next year.
FBI agents with Cleveland police and Los Angeles investigators recovered about 25000 dollars worth of unset gems hidden by Graham Dennis the Million Dollar Jewel Thief. The cache was believed stolen from two California residences after the jewel thief was questioned in New York last week.
Pocatello High School hosts an invitational debate today from 9 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. with about 25 students from six southern Idaho schools. The topic pits U N versus world government as the resolution. Participating schools include Pocatello Rexburg St Anthony Sugar City Lava ng Springs Blackfoot and Burley.
The First Congregational church outlines a Lent schedule led by Rev. O R Warford with sermons from March 6 to April 17 on The Lord's Prayer. Palm Sunday vesper, Maundy Thursday The Crucifixion, Good Friday union service at the Presbyterian church, and Easter activities including Sunday school pictures.
The seventh annual Pocatello Frontier Rodeo will be held July 15 through 17 in Gannett Idaho. Roy Lindley notes an enhanced show with Ken Boen, wild stallions, Wilbur Plaugher the clown, and top world cowboys while seating expands by 1000 and new lights are installed.
H. W. Corbett general chairman of the Order of Railway Conductors travels from 549 West Center to Glenns Ferry for a two day general service meeting of the ORC.
Blakemore, general chairman of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, leaves for Chicago to attend hearings of the presidential fact finding board on the demand for an extra engineer on diesel units. The board must decide within 30 days after hearings. He will meet B of LE Grand Chief Engineer Alvaney Johnston, then stop in Omaha to meet Union Pacific President A. E. Stoddard about matters affecting UP employees.
Idaho tax officials extend hours to Saturday noon to speed filings before the March 15 deadline. W J Fryer district tax superintendent for southern Idaho and office manager D Albert Banks advise taxpayers to precompute deductions on paper to speed service at the Pocatello offices.
The Civil Aeronautics Administration reports 841 licensed private planes in Idaho on January 1, up 123 from January 1, 1948.
Three ISC School of Pharmacy faculty members E. E. Roscoe Ivan Rowland and Laurence McArthur attend the National Boards of Pharmacy and American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy district meeting hosted by the University of Montana in Missoula Montana. The district includes boards and colleges in Idaho Wyoming Montana Oregon and Washington.
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