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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1948
Page
1
A provocative tale from Southeastern Idaho details a woman who grew into a man, wore men's clothes, dated women, and later married another woman in a distant state. The pair lived quietly as a married couple amid mixed local reactions as rumors and moral concerns spread beyond gossip.
A 12 man jury failed to reach a verdict in a $60 000 malpractice suit against Dr. Thomas E Mangum and Judge Charles F Koelsch dismissed the jury. Milo Axelson attorney for Ruth and Richard Brinks said the case would be retried as soon as possible, likely not before fall.
Forecaster despite yesterday's warmth predicts cloudy skies with intermittent rain today. Snow is forecast for higher elevations, while temperatures hold near 50 degrees with a low around 39 degrees.
Charleston reports former secretary of state James F Byrnes warned of a looming world crisis and urged reenactment of selective service and a larger air force. He warned Russians may act in Italy before April 18 elections and criticized Soviet pressure in Greece Turkey Italy and France.
Idaho highway districts may keep the post war construction levy 50 cents per 100 valuation until the legislature abolishes it. The 1947 law authorizes the levy to be matched with federal aid funds. Assistant AG McClenahan says the legislature can lower or abolish the levy, and no cap was set in 1947.
An explosion at the Ohio Ferro-Alloys plant in Tacoma blew out one side of a 40 foot metal building. Police said no one was killed or injured initially. Water reportedly leaked into a vat of molten metal, and one end of the structure near the tideflats was blasted away with no immediate reports of other damage.
Suzanne Carlsen, 22 months, showed normal breathing after a one hour high altitude flight over Vancouver. Dr W R S Gove and nurse L Seidel assisted in the trial which the father arranged after reports of European successes with altitude cures for whooping cough.
U S weather Bureau forecasters predicted moderately heavy rain for northern and central California with one half to one inch in the San Joaquin Valley. Snow above 4000 feet in the Sierras would continue, bringing marked improvement to the power situation as PG and E reported reduced farm pumping and a 20 percent conservation program across 46 counties.
Salt Lake City news reports that organized search for C. J. Ketchum a Salt Lake businessman missing since January 20 has ended except for scattered efforts. His son says they will not reorganize next spring and that only hopes remain for finding him. A $2,000 family reward remains for information leading to discovery.
Anderson Lumber of Ogden Utah announces purchase of Tri-State Lumber yards in Pocatello and Blackfoot Idaho. Ray Merman to stay in charge at Pocatello. nine Idaho yards will join Utah firm totaling 19. Acquisition expected about April 1 with personnel remaining. Terms not announced.
The Senate approved the European Recovery Program 69 to 17 after a late night session, sending the measure to the House. The bill authorizes 5.3 billion dollars in goods and money for 16 western European nations in the first year of a 51 month program, with further appropriations to come.
Premier Mauno Pekkala announced that hopes for global order through the United Nations have collapsed and Finland will send a delegation to Moscow next Saturday to discuss a mutual aid treaty with Russia. Deputy Minister Lennard Haljas called democracy collapsing worldwide.
A big smoke from burning railroad ties earned the week’s best news photo and Mrs. R. A. Moore of 548 West Bonneville wins the $5 award. Readers are urged to tip the POST for hot news items and may claim similar prizes by reporting unusual, spectacular, quixotic, or quaint sightings.
Two reporters and a photographer say about 200 Ku Klux Klansmen detained them after a Pine Mountain meeting near Manchester. They allege forced drinking, injections with a needle, and later were charged with drunkenness before being released on bond. Police said arrests were routine and investigations were requested by state and federal authorities.
Wilfred Quinn, grazier for the Owyhee district, says the outlook is the poorest in at least ten years and a short grass year is expected. He notes moisture is urgently needed as district units plan grazing openings between March 15 and April 15.
The Salt Lake Council will hold its 29th annual powwow at the University of Utah on April 6 7 and 8. Dr I O Horsfall and Melvin Harrison announced the event which will include about 500 boys from first class through Eagle ranks and registered leaders.
Anchorage report states a Northwest Airlines DC 4 charter crashed into Mt Sanford 11,000 feet up, plunging 3,000 feet into a glacier canyon. No survivors expected as search teams report impossible access by helicopter and crew and 30 aboard presumed dead.
The monoplane wreckage was found in a Levan grain field Saturday. Dead are Sevier County Attorney D. C. Winger age 37 and Reed F. Watson age 32, Annabella businessman. They had been missing since departing Richfield to attend a basketball game in Salt Lake City. discovered by Elwood Sherwood, a former state trooper.
A Pocatello style show attracts shoppers while Eddie Montrose, a part time Aberdeen Valley Stages driver, praises the fire department for quickly dousing a bus fire on Pole Line Road at Gould Street. He drove an empty Blackfoot bus entering the city when an electrical fault sparked the engine. He stopped at a service station, alerted firefighters, and the blaze was put out with little damage reported.
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