Idaho Legion Marks 30th Anniversary Across State
About 14 000 Idaho American Legion members in 103 posts take part in the 30th anniversary events of the Paris founding in 1919. Commander Jack McQuade notes Boise Twin Falls and other Idahoans have held national roles including two national chaplains and several directors.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
American Legion
Legion
Paris
France
Jack McQuade
National Legion
McQuade
William S. Hall
Boise
Charles F. Petersen
Moscow
Alfred W. Shepherd
J. Ted Davis
Stamps and Luck from a WWII Roadside Find
A GI in Austria found an envelope with blocks of stamps overprinted for the Nazi occupation and later started a Veterans' Stamp Co using the proceeds. A second tale recalls a soldier who bought a bottle of cologne and used a map to locate the same shop a year later, successfully obtaining the fragrance.
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Joey
Herb Caen
G. I. Joe
Sudeten
Formanek
Austria
Veterans’ Stamp Co
Nion
GM reports record 1948 sales and high demand
General Motors announces 1948 sales and net income far above wartime 1944 levels as production remained limited by material shortages. Net income totaled 440,447,724 dollars, 9.72 per share, while sales peaked at 4,701,770,340 dollars, up 866,611,177 from the prior year.
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New York
General Motors Corporation
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Charles E. Wilson
Sloan and Wilson
Idaho Potatoes Taste Test Won't Travel to Massachusetts
Idaho Commissioner D A Stubblefield notes potatoes can be grown in Massachusetts but lack the lava ash soil that gives Idaho potatoes their distinctive flavor. He cites an West Groton plan to plant 60 pounds of Idaho spuds this year and says Strachan will be told where to obtain seed.
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Boise
Idaho
Massachusetts
D. A. Stubblefield
West Groton
Mass
J. G. Strachan
Agriculture Department
Stubblefield
Strachan
Services Held For Ex Railman Trout
Funeral services were held in Omaha for Glen H. Trout a retired assistant chief engineer of the Union Pacific who died Friday. Trout began work with Union Pacific in 1903 and earlier served as assistant engineer of the Idaho division and of the Oregon Short Line.
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Omaha
Neb
Glen H. Trout
Union Pacific Railroad
Trout
Union Pacific
Idaho
Three Motorists Found Dead Near Harlowton Montana
Coroner reports three motorists found asphyxiated and frozen to death in an automobile about ten miles north of Harlowton. Identified victims are Ed Schoenfeld 31 of Lewistown and Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Stout both about 37 of Ballantine Yellowstone County.
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Harlowton
Montay
Here
R. G. Johnson
Ex-Convict Breaks From Indiana Jail In Spectacular Escape
Ex-convict William D. Messamore locked Sheriff Walter Baxley and Deputy Clarence Klee in a Harrison county jail cell, grabbed a key, dodged them, and leaped 40 feet from a second floor window to a concrete alley. He escaped uninjured as bullets sprayed the bars.
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Corydon
Ind
Walter L. Baxley
William D. Messamore
Messamore
Baxley
Clarence Klee
Harrison County
Klee
Bax
Lions consider book projector for Rupert patients
Rupert Lions Club discussed buying a film book projector to aid bedfast readers. Dr A F Dalley to survey usage. machine would be kept at the library and lent like other materials. Lions nationwide are urged to sponsor such a projector if feasible. Henry Breazeal update on municipal park and pool construction.
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Rupert
Rupert Lions Club
A. F. Dalley
Lions Clubs
U. S
Henry Breazeal
Indians and the rise of the corporate model in tribal funding
Curtis Jackson traces the shift from pioneer individualism to Indian chartered corporations. Federal policy redirected pooled tribal funds into individual payments, delaying communal wealth. As funds dwindled, tribes formed corporations borrowing from Indian credit to spur member stockholders' economic health, with future growth hinging on policy freedom.
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Curtis Jackson Post
Indian Affairs
U. S. Treasury
United States
Bannock and
Sheepeaters
Fort Hall
Lemhi
Indian Chartered Corporation
Reno Salted Snowstorm of 1946 Stuns Spring Nevada
Reno Nevada endured a spring snowstorm in 1946 with salt added to the flakes. The salt-laden storm drifted in from the Pacific over the Sierras aided by a 100 mile per hour wind.
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Reno
Nev
Sierras
Pacific
Twin Falls Mayor Backs Curtailed Slot Machine Plan
Twin Falls mayor H G Lauterbach endorses a modified slot machine platform to raise city revenue while cutting taxes by 10 mills, saving about 170000 to taxpayers in two years. The plan limits machines, profits to charity, and preserves city operator splits, with April 5 election looming.
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Twin Falls
H. G. Lauterbach
Pension for Mule Asked of John L Lewis
Colorado Springs junior chamber appeals to John L Lewis to grant Kate the 29 year old mine mule a miner’s pension. The letter notes she worked in the mines long and faithfully until aging. owner Frank Fink can no longer support her. It proposes Kate receive benefits from the United Mine Workers pension plan.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Junior Chamber of Commerce
John L. Lewis
Kate
Junior Chamber
Lewis
Frank Fink
United Mine Workers
GE Price Cuts Cut Up To Twenty Dollars On Appliances
General Electric announced price reductions up to 20 dollars on select refrigerators freezers and electric stoves with further cuts planned on many models replacing older ones. President Charles E Wilson estimated total retail savings for 1949 would exceed 40 million dollars based on current volume. The firm also introduced a 239 dollar table television set and a clothes washer 70 dollars cheaper than the model it replaces.
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New York
General Electric
Charles E. Wilson
Better Mechanics License Time and Experience Gap
The article notes mechanics need longer to obtain an airplane mechanic license than a pilot license. It states mechanics must have at least two years of shop experience, while transport pilots require only 200 hours of flight time.
Massachusetts Births Among Declaration Signers
A historical note identifies ten of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence as born in Massachusetts. The fact highlights the colony’s prominent early role in the founding document and its contribution to the signers’ ranks.
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Massachusetts
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