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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1948
Page
3
Two women battled on North Main street in Pocatello after a regional basketball game. Officers arrested Nona Rushlow and Betty O Neil, both held on $100 bond with trial set for Monday.
The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Valley of Po catello announces its fortieth annual reunion at Memorial hall March 21 22 23 and 24 with W C Carnes as publicity chairman. Masons observe Maundy Thursday March 25 at 8 p m in IOOF hall with the service of extinguishing the lights led by LeRoy E Jones. A Easter Sunday Complimentary Breakfast is planned for 8 a m in the American Legion club dining rooms.
An Illinois woman was arrested after a shop window was broken. Police say she may have acted after spotting a dress similar to one she owned or wanted, prompting the incident.
Patsy Young, six, and her family report Foots the cat has 24 toes two front paws each with two feet and claws plus a dew claw on each back leg. Foots was born while his mother worked at a warehouse to control mice. The family invites skeptics to visit and count Foots toes.
Lynn Dale Glover 18 of 189 Portneuf Park faces reckless driving charges after a complaint by James Y. Anderson 338 South Fourth Ave about an attempted vehicle push off the road on Alameda at 3 10 am. Anderson gave police a vehicle description and license number. Officer Earl Boyce found the car in front of 189 Portneuf Park with Grover inside. He was jailed then released to his parents.
At the theatres this week Esther Williams and Johnnie Johnston star in THIS TIME FOR KEEPS. ARNELD AFFAIR features John Modiak and George Murphy. GONE WITH THE WIND in Technicolor opens midweek with Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable. GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT with Gregory Peck and Dorothy McGuire opens Sunday. ORPHEUM: THE EXILE with Maria Montez and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. PERI LOUISE WATERS with Don Castle and Audrey Long. WELCOME STRANGER with Bing Crosby shows midweek alongside TALL TIMBER with George O'Brien. SATURDAY the GAY RANCHERO with Roy Rogers and Trigger and THE LAST ROUNDUP with Gene Autry.
Britannica notes an iron ring once marked betrothal in Rome, later replaced by the gold ring in the second century, reflecting a shift in nuptial customs.
Frank Terrell Hix 62 a veteran Union Pacific conductor died at his home after a lingering illness He was born January 12 1886 in Kansas City Missouri and moved to Pocatello in 1910 He retired in 1941 He married Fern Crist in Florence Kansas December 20 1904 Survived by widow two sisters and a brother Funeral services under McHan Henderson Funeral Home guidance.
A moderately strong earthquake 7 000 miles away in an undetermined direction was recorded at 12 17 02 p m Saturday by California Institute of Technology. The rest of the item notes spring cleaning tasks such as heating rugs washing windows tidying up the cellar and burning rubbish with no other fatal implications.
The Firth Lion’s Club presents a modern minstrel show at Firth High School on March 12 with 400 attendees. Directors include Norman K. Whitney Florence H. Dye and Eugene Jorgensen among others. proceeds fund new playground equipment for the city park.
Two Inkom High School students Mary Shaffer and Joann Whitworth, both 16, were treated for deep lacerations and bruises after a 1932 sedan overturned near Inkom on U S Highway. Driver Conley Moser, 17, escaped with minor injuries as the car rolled several times after a tire blew out. The vehicle came to rest 144 feet from the road.
White House release shows steel industry raised prices by five dollars a ton last month with limited regard for public welfare. Justice Department may probe antitrust violations, while the Economic Council cautions on uncertain inflationary impact.
Eight Troop Six Boy Scouts with two leaders hiked to Kinport Peak summit on Saturday. Scoutmaster Zendell Hale reported ice and snow driven by a 50 mile gale and that the group could not locate a register book on the mountain. Others on the hike included James Walker Gale Anderson Eddie Panter Franklin Bagley Joseph Roskelly Wesley Maury Lamar Packer Gary Steed and Duane Bowden.
Idaho Attorney General Robert E. Smylie told Canyon county Republicans the Wallace-Taylor third party could disturb the nation in 1952 unless the GOP shows uncommon leadership. He urged selecting the best possible presidential candidate and backing strong defense to seek domestic tranquility and lasting peace.
In Nescopeck Pennsylvania a fire at the town house trapped nine volunteer firefighters inside. Thick smoke blocked access to the basement and the crew fled before the blaze. The fire plug near the building was frozen forcing responders to call three neighboring Berwick companies to assist.
A Michigan man testified that his wife struck him in the face with eggs during a dispute. He sought divorce, citing the incident as a key factor in the dissolution of their marriage.
In Fremont Michigan a teenage farmhand Walter Kiesel, 18, killed Augusta Ostberg, 75, during a robbery. He sought $95 from the residence of Elmer and Lillian Best, was found with the money and rifle, and confessed after Ostberg’s daughter talked him into it. The body lay in the second floor bedroom and he was arrested at the scene.
Idaho farm labor associations must obtain permission from the state employment service and the U S Immigration and Naturalization Service before sending representatives to Mexico to contract farm labor. The state office will certify labor is needed locally and that domestic workers are unavailable at prevailing wages.
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