Union Man Charges Bias in Fact-Finders Ruling on Extra Engineer
W Blakemore, general chairman of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, accuses the Truman fact finding board of bias after it ruled no extra engineer is needed on multi unit diesels. He says the board ignored the union’s merits and will push for talks with the President. A series of local meetings in Nampa Glenns Ferry and Pocatello are planned to report Chicago decisions and rally LE members.
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Engineer Union
Pocatello Railroad Union
Truman
W. Blakemore
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Chicago
B of LE
Garriers
Union
Blakemore
Nampa
Glenns Ferry B
Pocatello
Wow Hall
Railroads Award Vacation Plan For 300000 Workers
The nation’s railroads agreed to grant improved vacations to 300000 engine men conductors trainmen and switchmen effective July 1 One week paid after one year and two weeks after five years of service up from one week The plan aligns with non operating staffs The five operating unions had sought up to 30 days after negotiations since March 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Scout Circus Draws Crowds Across Southeastern Idaho
Throngs in Pocatello gather for the Tenday Council Circus as Boy Scouts from American Falls to the Wyoming border perform acts in the high school gym. Cubs imitate animals while districts showcase feats from chariot races to wall scaling and camping demonstrations. Proceeds go to the council and troops for leader training films.
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Ee of
Pocatellans
Idaho
Tenday Council
Pocatello High School
American Falls
Wyoming
Utah
Gate City
Reservoir
Star Valley
Bear Lake
Montpelier
Wall
Blackfoot
Portneuf
Bannock
Putnam
Kinport
Pocatello
Caldwell Park
Seventh and Center
Idaho State College
C. R. Balmforth
Missing Man Case Probed by Pocatello Police
Two officers searched the Portneuf river near the Carson street bridge for Ashmer Miller, 56, missing since Thursday from 627 North Grant. Chief Guy Nelson said no clues exist about his fate or whereabouts and neighbors doubt suicide.
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Pocatello
Portneuf
Ashmer Miller
Miller
N. Grant
Carson St. Bridge
Guy Nelson
Nelson
Music Week Observances Begin Sunday Night in Pocatello
National Music Week opens Sunday night at 8 15 at the high school auditorium in Pocatello under the local Ministerial Association. Dr J Willis Hamblin directs the program with Albert M Weese Jr at the organ and Rev LeRoy H Walker giving the invocation. Beatrice Denkers Rose Reid and others form a triple trio for two songs. The LDS east side ward quartet and the First Presbyterian choir contribute as well with solos and violin obligato by Mrs Don Larson and Donna Lee Edgley as accompanist. The event continues with services and hymns led by Ralph Sterrett and Weese at the organ.
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Elaine Seaver
Pocatello
J. Willis Hamblin
Albert M. Weese, Jr
LeRoy H. Walker
Ralph Sterrett
Weese
LDS Church
Beatrice Denkers
Rose Reid
Margaret Holt
Violet Chase
Margaret Farmer
Betty Davis
Elsie Kelly
Naida Goodwin
Tina Tyler
Marion Harrison
Don Bates
Methodist Church
Radcliffe Hall
Teresa del Riego
Don Larson
Donna Lee Edgley
First Presbyterian Church Choir
Hark
Fern Warren Offers Five Dollar News Tip Reward
Each week the Pocatello POST awards five dollars to one reader who calls editorial offices with a news tip. Call 3530 when you see or hear information of news interest to readers, and the best story or photo tip wins the prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello Post
Henee
Fern Warren
The
POST
Shanghai Stalingrad label used by nationalist general
Lt Gen Chen Ta-Ching, commander of the Shanghai-Woosung garrison, says his forces will fight a last-ditch battle to defend Shanghai. He forecasts heavy bombardment but vows to hold the port and airfields, calling Shanghai the Stalingrad of the war. A foreign observer estimates about 500,000 defenders across five armies.
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Frank H. Bartholomew
United Press
Pacific
China
Chen Ta-Ching
Shanghai
Shanghai-Woosung
Stalingrad
Chen
Clark Gable
Volga River
Tornadoes Kill 2 Hurt Many In SW Oklahoma
A spate of tornadoes across Oklahoma caused two deaths and dozens of injuries. The Norman area bore heavy damage with at least 45 hurt and several buildings damaged, while a Tulsa girl died near Meeker. Emergency measures activated in Norman.
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Oklahoma City
Oklasorment
North Central ’ Patrol
Air Norman
Criti
Walter Kraft
Oklahoma University Utilities
Tulsa
Okla
Ann True
Meeker
Fannin County
Dallas
Tex
J. E. Miller
Bonham
Cecil Owens
Bonham Hospital
Norman
Hollywood
Lawtz
Shawnee
Dale
Chickasha
Jackson County
Weird New Arms For Air Force
Washington reports Gen. Joseph T. McNarney outlines ongoing and upcoming Air Force innovations. He predicts a 12 000 pound guided bomb ready for use within a year and notes progress toward faster than sound aircraft, the X-15 goal speeds, jet engine diversification, and several new experimental bombers to replace older models.
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Washington
Air Materiel Command
Air Force
Joseph T. McNarny
Air Material Command
Wright Field
Dayton
U.S
McNarny
McNarney
Woodmen's Circle Installs Officers at Idaho Session
Installation of officers for the 1951 Idaho Supreme Forest Woodmen's Circle occurred Saturday at the Moose temple in Pocatello as the 1950 session closed. Bessie Basel of Boise became president, with Florence Jensen of Omaha as national second vice president. The highlight was a 6:30 evening et and drill at the temple, with awards to multiple members and junior certificates. Other officers installed included Lillie Tate, Ilene Murray, Sylvia Higbee, Brink, Alice, Emma Patterson, Margery Jones, Thelma Strope, Ruth Miller, May Gardoski, and Lois Strandbridge, plus the Grove drill team and Tau Phi Lambda participation.
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Idaho
Supreme Forest Woodmen's Circle
Pocatello
Moose Temple
Bessie Basel
Boise
Ersal Cornelison
Florence Jensen
Omaha
Temple
Thelma Strope
Alice Deck
Thelma Didrickson
Fern Freckleton
Dollie Cozad
Sylvia Higbee
Gladys Lewis
Parma Mattice
Alberta Hegstrom
Wyone
Salt Lake City
Margery Jones
Ruth Miller
Blackfoot
May Gardoski
Twin Falls
Lois Strandbridge
Fort Hall
Two Brothers Arrested For Attacking State Patrolman
Two Alameda youths, Robert Howater twenty one and Donald Howater sixteen, were jailed on $1000 bond after attacking State Patrolman Alfred B. Nogo on McKinley avenue. Nogo, who chased the intoxicated pair after a drunken driving incident, was bitten kicked and struck as onlookers aided the officer. The brothers face charges of assaulting an officer and related offenses with a preliminary hearing set for next Saturday.
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Alameda
Bannock County
McKinley Avenue
Robert Howater
Donald
Jefferson Ave
Alfred B. Nogo
Park Ave
Nogo
Howater
Gould Street
Gould
McKinley
Robert
Four children fall into wells and pits. three saved
A string of accidents leaves three children rescued and two dead. In Coventry Connecticut one-year-old Charleen Pierce was saved by her mother after slipping into an open yard well. In Reading Massachusetts twenty one month old Richard Dugan was revived after his mother pulled him from a ten foot pool and firefighters helped. In Framingham Massachusetts five year old Paul Goodhue Junior fell into a well but was pulled to safety by grandparents and firemen. In Auburn Indiana Larry Hogan drowned after falling into a fence post hole.
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Kathy Fiscus
San Marino
Cal
Charleen Pierce
Coventry
Richard
Paulette
Larry Wayne Hogan
Auburn
Ind
Bergman Husband Awaits In Rome Amid Romance Rumors
Swedish brain surgeon Dr Peter Lindstrom arrived in Rome by plane on Friday amid persistent rumors of a romance between his wife Ingrid Bergman and Italian director Roberto Rossellini. The case of the missing details about his whereabouts sparked media attention and speculation.
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Rome
Italy
Peter Lindstrom
Ingrid Bergman
Hollywood
Roberto Rossellini
Challenge Returned By League
Clayton Davidson of CVA challenges opponents to disclose financing for anti CVA groups. William Welsh, soon to join the National Reclamation Association, plans a mass meeting in Boise amid a river authority bill debate.
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Clayton Davidson
Northwest League
CVA
Columbia Valley Administration
William E. Welsh
National Reclamation Association
Columbia River Resource Committee
Portland
Welsh
Mr. Welsh
David Me
BOISE
William Welsh
Boise In Watermaster
Boise River Advisory Committee
Washington
C. Girard Davidson
CVA League
Kefauver Links GOP to CVA Fight in West
Senator Estes Kefauver told a Jefferson Jackson Day audience in Portland that Republicans oppose the Columbia Valley Authority project to preserve a western colonial status. He charged GOP efforts would concentrate river power in big landowners and private trusts. He predicted CVA passage this congressional session with strong southern Democratic support.
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Portland
Ore
Estes Kefauver
Tenn
Columbia Valley
CVA
Kefauver
GOP
Summer Recreation Plans To Be Mapped Wednesday
Gate City outlines for its summer recreation program will be mapped at the Po catello Recreation Advisory association annual meeting Wednesday night May 4 in the city council chambers at the police station. The meeting will consider nominating a new member to replace Jake LaRue on the city recreation commission.
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Gate City
Pocatello Recreation Advisory Association
W. W. Halsey
Jake LaRue
City Retreation Commission
Succes
Sor
LaRue
Commission
Ed Bogert
Rip Gledhill
Arilla Blackhurst
Aston Barrett
Alameda
L. W. Thurston
Pocatello
Playtown USA
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Scout Circus
Hatch Barrett
S. Tenth Ave
Harry G. Sidell
S. Arthur Ave
N. Harrison Ave
W. Sherman St
Fred B. Middendorf
N. Garfield Ave
F. W. Tom
Woodmen’s Circle
Frank Howard
San Diego
Calif
Spotty
Frank
Ingrid
Romance
Davidson
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