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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1949
Page
1
Communist divisions penetrated within eight miles of Shanghai's north gates before being repulsed. The government reported 3,000 Communist casualties including 1,000 killed, while Hankow reportedly fell to the Reds as they pushed south from the coast despite Nationalist defense.
In a unanimous decision, the Idaho supreme court affirmed the Bannock county district court ruling refusing to set aside the sale of 63 percent of Pocatello Lumber Co. stock belonging to the late Clarence Mathers. Marie Willard, administratrix, sued against First Security Bank of Idaho and Charles and Hannah Bohrer. Justice E. M. Holden wrote the opinion.
The UN main political committee adopted the Bevin-Sforza proposals for disposing of the former Italian colonies and sent them with a recommendation to the General Assembly. The 34 to 16 vote with seven abstentions edged past the two thirds needed, aided by Britain and the United States lobbying amid opposition from the Soviet bloc and Arab-Asiatic states.
The Atomic Energy Commission plans a May 18 conference to reveal the headquarters for its Gem State reactor site. Mayors of Idaho Falls and Blackfoot and Gate City officials were invited as potential host cities. Local rumors point to Blackfoot, Idaho Falls, or nearby sites as the chosen location.
In Jefferson City Missouri selects Francis the mule as the Democratic party mascot replacing Marilla. Gov Forrest Smith says Francis embodies good Democrats. Ed Frazier of Drexel sold the mule for 225 dollars who will travel to Washington by air from Kansas City Clouding initial greetings from Missouri’s congressional delegation to Rhode Island's party reps.
Wayne Criddle of the federal soil conservation service warned of dangerous flood potential along the Kootenai and St. Maries rivers in northern Idaho amid warm weather. Bonner's Ferry measured 27.42 feet, up 2.72 feet in seven hours, with 30 feet as the flood threshold. Criddle cautioned against a repeat of last year’s damage while noting less heavy valley rainfall overall.
Leonard E. Johnston says Schoonover firm bid the lowest among six Idaho drillers for a 16 inch cased well at the Arco site work tied to the new reactor testing station. Navy officials issued bids from Pocatello. Captain W. P. McCarty acted as agent.
Boise city airport manager Malcolm Parsons declared necking to be an aviation hazard. He urged couples to relocate their activities away from the runway ends to prevent aircraft damage during landing in balmy evenings.
Federal conciliation director Cyrus S. Ching warned Ford and the United Auto Workers that he may assume control of the strike if progress is not made soon. He said the two sides must consider their public duties and push negotiations, with the mediation service ready to act. Reuther reported Ford would respond to a detailed peace plan by Saturday.
Pocatello police court again faced many vagrants. Judge R Don Bistline sentenced several to city and county work parties or sent them out of town. Only one who was ordered to leave town returned.
After a month long strike stalemate two factions failed to agree on closing Sunday hours and after 6pm on weekdays. A hotel Whitman meeting and round robin proposals failed to yield a settlement. Proposals included a 40 hour week with current pay, time and a half after 6 pm and Sundays closed, and an operator offered 12 1/4 cent premium after 6 pm. The affected stores include Safeway Okay Wyz Way and Petersons with negotiators Steve Later Ernie Nugent Jack Buehler Russell Black.
On page 3, the newspaper reports statements from store operators and union officials amid an ongoing strike. Details on demands, actions, and potential impacts on shoppers are outlined.
Former vice president Henry A. Wallace called on the American people to start a peace offensive instead of pushing the Atlantic pact. He spoke at a Gilmore Stadium mass meeting in Hollywood, a familiar site from his 1948 Progressive campaign.
Idaho Public Utilities Commission approved a rehearing for Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co. on roughly 600000 in requested rate increases after the district court granted a permanent injunction. The PUC set no date yet, to be determined later, and noted the company had filed 27 exceptions to its prior denial.
Charles Witt Stoddard 62 of 240 N Hayes Street Pocatello died Friday morning after a heart attack. A local Republican leader and former candidate for county assessor and mayor, he had worked at J J Heinz Co and Z C M I, later running a grocery and later heading a naval ordnance plant cafeteria. Survived by widow Myrtle Hyde, a son in the Navy, a daughter Rex Christensen, his mother and siblings. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Arthur W Hall.
Bonnie McCullough, newly named Bannock county CVA chairman, announced formation plans for a Bannock County CVA committee and said a county organization meeting will not be held in the next few days.
The Interstate Commerce Commission released a 36 page booklet titled A Table of 105,000 Random Decimal Digits that confounds readers. Experts say the introduction and preface are mystifying and fail to explain the random numbers or their use in statistics.
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