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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1949
Page
2
Members of Pocatello Boy Scout troops performed a Boy Scout Circus Saturday night in the Pocatello high school gymnasium. The event featured Cub Scouts in the parade and a portrayal of L il Abner s Shmoos. Photo credits go to Mendy for the scenes.
Idaho State College plans its spring social season climax on May 21 with an all college ball in the student union. Theme is Story of a Starry Night suggested by Bob Grange and Kenneth Stosich. Gene Burton's orchestra will provide dancing. Howard Arms heads decorations group with a large committee including Bob Detter Rose Marg Aggart and others.
A quake rattled dishes and swayed light fixtures across Southern California at 3 27 a m Pacific time. Felt from Los Angeles to the Mexican border with sharp reports in Indio Banning Riverside and Sun Springs. No damage or injuries reported and California patrols logged only a few calls.
The department announced awards for three projects. Quinn Brothers and Robbins of Payette County will upgrade 8 miles of U S Highway 30 between Plymouth and Gem County. Olmes Construction Co. will recondition 5.223 miles of the McCammon Robin road and 6.033 miles of the Malad Dam road between Elkhorn and Bannock El Ielda counties. Hoops Construction Co. will recondition 60 miles of State Highway 20 between Huston and the I O N highway junction in Canyon and Owyhee counties.
A two-vehicle crash on highway 21 near Wisville injured two drivers. Lorin J. Padbent, 18, Salt Lake City, was listed in seriously condition at LDS Hospital in Logan. Joseph Jessop, 27, Salt Lake City, had minor injuries. Seth Poppleton, 23, Wells, was cited for failing to observe a stop sign and for driving without a license.
Requiem mass was held for Staff Sgt Thomas L Ennis 38 of Pocatello killed in action March 17 1945 at St Anthony church with full military honors in Mountain View cemetery. Graveside services for infant Deane Morris son of Preston H and Wanda Morris were at Mountain View. Funeral services for William Willis Wall 66 who died after a highway 30 crash were in American Falls Methodist church. Funeral arrangements were by Downard Mortuary.
The Pocatello Post announces a 1949-50 Guide Book and Directory for Pocatello and 11 nearby communities. It will cover history commerce industry municipal postal government and statistics with ready reference lists of local businesses and officials. American Falls Aberdeen Blackfoot Burley Downey Lava Hot Springs Malad McCammon Montpelier Rupert and Soda Springs are included. Special phones handle inquiries and there is a nominal charge for business listings.
President Truman described a new farm program aimed at a fair balance between consumer prices and those for farmers and processors. He spoke informally at the White House with radio farm editors and urged cooperation, emphasizing broad prosperity at home and abroad. Separate testimony before a House subcommittee featured A A Smith opposing subsidies while Howard Vaughn supported price supports for wool. Brannan proposed market-anchored meat prices with government payouts to bridge gaps.
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