New Fiscal Year Begins in American Falls City
City officials led by Mayor Farrell and City Clerk Sparks sworn in for the new year. Public relations chair Philip Peterson named. sewer upgrades planned for district for promotion to B class. Civic building proposal urged by Ray Alexander. Farmers Cooperative to install sprinkler system option for one year. Health and Safety parade led by Lincoln school students scheduled with bike decorating contest and prizes. Parade route from school district to athletic bowl with band performances and tumbling acts.
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American Falls
Farrell
Sparks
St. John
R. Philip Peterson
Andress Watts
Arthur Liese
Philip Peterson
Ford Roberts
David Ruff
American Legion
Ray Alexander
Robert Ewing
Farmers Cooperative Store
Chamber of Commerce
Main Street
Mother and Six Children Die in Fire and Explosion
In Lowville New York a 37 year old mother Mrs Glen Jackson and six of her children died when an explosion and fire leveled their seven room farm home five miles north of the Adirondack village. Jackson and her husband Dale were asleep when the kerosene stove spill and a near empty oil supply caused ignition. Six other Jackson children escaped, two leaping from a second story window as flames trapped siblings in their beds. Sheriff Jerome B Paris said Mrs Jackson died at a hospital. Dale Jackson remained in critical condition with a poor chance of recovery.
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Lowville
N. Y
Adirondack Fountain
Glen Jackson
James
Gerald
Doug
George
Allen
Id Jackson
Lewis County General Stal
Dodors
Donald
Peer
Jackson
Jerome B. Paris
Ogee Jackson
Cnte
Actor Ingram Held On Immoral Flight Case
Rex Ingram, actor known for Green Pastures, faces federal charges for allegedly arranging to fly 15 year old Jeanette Hughes of Salina Kan to New York for immoral purposes and for writing lewd letters. He pleaded not guilty at arraignment and a $2,000 bond was set. The trial was postponed after an operation in Kansas City.
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Rexar
Federal
New York
Arthur J. Mellett
Bend
Kansas City
Federal District Court
Fingran
Kan
Ingram
Green Pastures
Jeanette Ann Hughes
Salina
Divorce Granted to Michele Morgan and William Marshall
Paris court grants divorce on mutual consent grounds. William Marshall awarded custody of the couple’s two children.
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Paris
Michele Morgan
William Marshall
Marshall
Post Named In Lawsuit Over Chatterton Vehicle Injury
Grover T. Chatterton, 13, was injured February 7, 1949, when struck on the Yellow Stone highway while delivering a newspaper. The Fifth District Court suit against Pocatello POST alleges the driver aided by the POST employee failed to warn him and failed to move the car from the roadway to the shoulder, causing permanent leg injuries.
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Grover T. Chatterton
Yellowstone
Pocatello Post
Chatterton
POST
Campus Day features unique TV transmitter exhibit
Campus Day schedule spreads across ISC with student miles awards and a Queen for a Day prize. Visitors tour displays, attend a track meet or a Phi Psi Omega play, and view a one of a kind vocational electronics television built from war surplus by William Shiflett. The event includes a 9 a.m. opening in Frazier hall and free exploration thereafter.
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Pocatello Mercha
Ipha Psi Omega
Frazier Hall
Swanson
United States
William “Bill” Shiflett
Navy
Ike” Gutzman
Masked Gunmen Steal Payroll From Cleveland Bank
A gang of masked gunmen seized a $25,000 payroll from Lincoln Heights Savings & Loan officials in broad daylight in Cleveland. They forced the bank car to stop, shattered windows, and fled in a 1937 Buick sedan after taking seven bags of cash.
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Cleveland
Lincoln Heights Savings & Loan Company
Bankers’ Auto
William G. Ziemba
Anton Birga
Ziemba
Cleveland Trust Co
Road Bids Sought for Ada County U S 30 Work
Idaho highway department called for bids to construct a bituminous surface and crushed gravel shoulder on U S 30 from Oasis to Regina in Ada county. The project covers nearly five miles with bids due by May 13.
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BOISE
State Highway Department
U. S. Highway 30
Oasis
Regina
Ada County
Bill on Minimum Wage Is Modified
House Democratic leaders reshaped a key labor bill after defeat on Taft-Hartley repeal. The plan now trims to a single provision to raise the minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour, expanding wage hour act coverage.
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Washington
House
John Lesinski
Mich
House Labor Committee
Mormon Architecture Is New Book on Stands
Weston Publishing Co announces Mormon Architecture a photo engravings book of temples and meeting houses by editor Joseph H. Weston. It features LDS structures in southern Idaho and California and notes the church mortgage on its chapel program elevates its Pacific coast presence.
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Weston Publishing Co
Salt Lake City
Pocatello
Joseph H. Weston
Weston
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Shelley Stake House
Rupert Tabernacle
Montpelier Seminary
Ag Firat
LDS Church
Howard J. McKean
Edward O. Anderson
Pacific Coast
California
Potato Men Nominated for Idaho Potatoes Panel
Fifty eastern Idaho farmers met at Idaho Falls to nominate Harold Nagle of St Anthony A Arnold Lee White of Rexburg and sen Driggs to the state potato administrative committee.
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Boise
Idaho
Idaho Falls
State
Harold Nagle
St. Anthony
A. Arnold
Ae Lee White
Rexburg
Sen, Driggs
Frost Expected Saturday Morning In Local Area
Forecast calls for cloudy skies and light frost overnight with 30 to 35 degree low. Saturday morning frost expected with temperatures around 65 high and a 30s low. Thursday night low reached 38 after a 63 high.
Vacation departure notice for WAL staff member
Miss Thora Erickson of Western Air Lines takes a four week vacation leaving today. She plans visits to Los Angeles Chicago and Chattanooga Tenn. Miss Alutta Prinsen will substitute in the WAL ticket office at 229 South Arthur Street.
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Thora Erickson
Pocatello
Western Air Lines
Los Angels
Chicago
Chattanooga
Tenn
Miss Erickson
WAL
Alutta Prinsen
S. Arthur
Quad's Dad In Hospital After Birth Of Quadruplets
New York reports Charles Collins, father of quadruplets born yesterday to his wife Ethel, checked into Lebanon hospital in a nervous state after the shock of expecting triplets. The mother and four babies are reported well, drawing offers from milk, crib, and layette firms for advertising.
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New York
Charles Collins
Lebanon Hospital
Collins
Ethel
Woodcraft Thimble Club Postpones Next Meeting
Post 155 Thimble club meeting scheduled for next Wednesday is postponed due to a district Woodcraft meeting set for Monday and Tuesday next week. The new date for the Thimble club has not been determined.
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Woodcraft Thimble Club
Woodcraft
Thimble Club
Ex Soda Springs Sheep Grower Dies at 87
Albert Jason Knollin, 87, the era’s leading U S sheep operator, died at his Walla Walla home after a long illness. Born April 21, 1862, in New York, he later farmed in Illinois Texas New Mexico Utah and Idaho before moving to Washington five years ago.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Albert Jason Knollin
United States
Soda Springs
Ida
New York State
Alton
Ill
Knollin
Texas
New Mexico
Utah
Idaho
Backache and Leg Pain Warn of Health Dangers
Readers are urged to consult a druggist about Doan's Pills as a remedy for backache leg pains and related symptoms. The ad claims relief and encourages action to address potential bladder or toxin-related issues.
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Doan
Tibes
Toastmasters Meet Set in Pocatello Dinner Tonight
The new Toastmasters club in Pocatello will hold a 6 15 p m dinner meeting next Monday in the Hotel Whitman dining room. About 20 local business and professional men are interested. Don Bailey was elected temporary chairman and Ed Chally temporary secretary. Reservations close Saturday noon by phoning 3000. The club aims to help members learn public speaking.
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Pocatello
Toastmasters Club
Hotel Whitman
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