Youngest U S Killer Lives With Prison Warden
In Canon City a ten year old killer named Jim Melton lives next to the state prison in the warden Best’s mansion. He says he likes it there and helps with chores while the warden defends keeping a juvenile inmate in a home setting.
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Virginia MacPherson
Canon City
Colon
Jimmy Melton
Warden Best
United States
Eher
Colorado
Shales
Hotshot
Jim
Best
Alert Boys Note Theft at Harrison Jewelers
Two Pocatello newsboys alerted police to a smashed display window at Harrison Jewelers 114 South Main Street just before 2 a.m. Sunday. Four watches worth 245 dollars were reported stolen. one watch was recovered in the 100 block North Second Ave. Officers identified suspects as part of the investigation.
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Harrison Jewelers
South Main St
Pocatello
Joe Chandler
Don Sample
North Hayes St
S. M. Cook
Lew Harrison
Second Ave
Leo Anderson
Bill Days
Leo
Days
Sportsmen
Los Angeles
Western Air Lines
Production Plan Urged for Self Sufficient Steel Supplies
Rep Karl Mundt urged the United States to abandon importing Russian manganese and chrome and instead develop home or friendly nation production. He said the US could be self sufficient in manganese and noted chrome is available in Turkey as a alternative. Mundt spoke as Harriman sought powers to curb Russian imports to counter possible retaliation in a trade war over strategic minerals.
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Washington
House
United States
Karl E. Mundt
S. D
Secretary of Commerce
W. Averell Harriman
Congress
Ussr
Mundt
House Foreign Affairs Committee
America
Turkey
Harriman
Russia
U. S
Theft at Electric Service Co. Office on North Main Street
Police report the Electric Service Co. at 333 North Main St. was broken into in the early hours Sunday. A money bag containing about $50 was stolen from a secret hiding place after the premises were thoroughly ransacked, with managers W. Ward and R. H. Albano noting the intruder appeared familiar with the building.
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Electric Service Co
North Main St
W. Ward
R. H. Albano
Suspect Arrested in Marion Hotel Prowl Case
Police report a man giving the name Harry M. Wallace of Butte Montana was arrested as a suspect in prowling rooms at the Marion hotel around 2 am Sunday morning.
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Harry
M. Wallace
Butte, Mont
Marion Hotel
Stolen Property and Cars Reported in Police Bulletins
Stolen property from W. I. Gibbs includes a Chinese red hand painted 1937 Ford wheel mounted with tire valued at 15 dollars. Stolen cars listed are a rust colored 1946 Hudson sedan Idaho license 8B-63 1948 from Idaho Falls and a 1936 blue Ford sedan Idaho 1948 license 20-8146 from Caldwell by a hold up man.
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W. I. Gibbs
North Johnson
Idaho
Idaho Falls
Caldwell
New Engine For Jets Boosts Flying Range
Lockheed announces the XJ-37 turbo jet with 5000 pounds static thrust and up to 8000 horsepower in flight tests. Developed by Nathan C. Price, the engine is to Wright Aeronautical for further testing, aiming to extend jet bomber and fighter range to rival the B 29 and P 51/Mustang era aircraft.
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Washington
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Wright Aeronautical Corp
Air Force
Lockheed
Wright Aeronautical
Curtiss-Wright Corp
The
Nathan C. Price
Menasco Manufacturing Co
Bandit Harts Car Robs Driver Near Bancroft
A man armed with a .45 pistol and a decoy woman used as bait robbed A. R. Hatch of $180 early Sunday near Bancroft north of Provo Utah police said. Hatch described the assailants as driving a 1938 or 1939 Ford and planning to take his government property.
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A. R. Hatch
Provo
Utah
Bancroft
Hatch
Five Firms Penalized for Mimeograph Industry Conspiracy
Five sten cil firms were convicted of violating the Sherman anti trust act and fined 99000 in federal court in Cleveland. The A B Dick Co of Chicago allegedly ran a sabotage school teaching employees how to ruin rival duplicating machines and how to sabotage their own machines if customers used rivals supplies. Evidence pointed to Monsanto Chemical Co of Oak Ridge Tennessee as a company sabotaged.
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Cleveland
A. B. Dick Co
Chicago
Monsanto Chemical Co
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Doctor Outlives Insurance Policy Ends Long Life
Dr. Lewis W. Berry, 95, outlived a 1907 ordinary life policy taken at age 56. He paid $980.85 in premiums over 40 years and received $1 089.49 at maturity, plus dividends from the policy.
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Columbus, D
Lewis W. Berry
Berry
Blackfoot Girl to Wed Pocatello Man
Blackfoot announces the engagement of Wanda Faye George to John W. Palmer of Pocatello. Wanda George is valedictorian of Blackfoot High School and works for Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph. John Palmer, son of C. V. Palmer, will graduate from Pocatello High School and works at Andersen Dairy.
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Pocatellan
Wanda Faye George
John W. George
Blackfoot
John W. Palmer
Pocatello
John Palmer
C. V. Palmer
Blackfoot High School
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Pocatello High School
Andersen Dairy
Arrest Made in Gambling Case at Porters and Waiters Club
Deputy Sheriff Earl Adkins arrested Daniel Birtess Williams aged 65 at the Porters and Waiters club in the 100 block South First Ave and turned him over to Pocatello police on a gambling charge.
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Earl Adkins
Daniel Birtess
Butch) Williams
Porters and Waiters Club
First Ave
Pocatello Police
Not Guilty Verdict in Kansas City Vote Fraud Case
A federal district court jury in Kansas City acquitted eight defendants in the ongoing vote fraud case. The verdict came Saturday after the trial proceedings and marks a significant development in the local political corruption inquiry.
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Kansas. City
Federal
Kana City
Death Takes Lava Resident
Spencer George Godfrey 79 longtime Lava Springs resident and LDS worker died early yesterday. Born in Riverdale Utah in 1868 he married Christine Hanson in the Logan temple in 1902 and moved to Lava in 1915. Survived by widow four daughters and a son.
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Lava Hot Springs
Spencer George Godfrey
L.D.S
Mr. Godfrey
Riverdale
Logan Temple
Christine Hanson
Lava
Godfrey
Indiana
H., . Anderson
Pocatello
J. G. Robinson
Idaho Falls
Fred A. Blauer
Bancroft
James O'Connell
George Godfrey
Train Victim In Fair Shape
Walter Fechner from Wendell was seriously injured when his district highway department grader was struck by Union Pacific's Portland Rose westbound. A snow squall blinded him, causing the machine to be hit. he suffered head and back injuries and possible brain concussion.
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Dietrich
St. Valentine’s Hospital
Wendell
Walter Fechner
District Highway Department
Union Pacific
Portland
Fechner
Brother Won’t Prosecute Brother in Oklahoma slaying case
Purcell Oklahoma report says district judge named Dave Taylor of Cleveland County to prosecute State Rep. Purman Wilson for the shotgun killing of Jake Miller a 37 year old Blanchard used car dealer after local prosecutor recused himself due to familial ties.
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Purcell
Okla
Oklahoma
Justin Hinshaw
Dave Taylor
Cleveland County
Purman Wilson
Jake Miller
Blanchard
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News of Record
Dolores Merrell
C. P. Merrell
Pocatello Stake
Ford
Genuine Ford Parts
Fifth & Lewis
Fred Allen
NBC Network
ED Flandro
Charles Cordry
United Press
Castle Gate
PLES
Pocatello Lumber
2Nd Ave
Pocatello, Idaho
Bandit Harts
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