City Founding Dates to Coining of Railroad Here
Pocatello grew from tents and box cars in 1882 to a railroad hub as Utah and Northern and Oregon Short Line built depots shops and facilities. By 1890 the town housed 2330 people with banks, a newspaper, schools and churches. Through 1900 to 1920 agriculture and manufacturing broadened a balanced economy around expanding railroad operations.
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Pocatello
Utah and Northern
Oregon Short Line
Robert L. Wrigley, Jr
University of Chicago
Pocatello Junction
Wrigley
Pacific
Portneuf
Union Pacific
Eagle Rock
Oregon
Railroad
A. D. Bean
George St. Marie
South Eighth
Gate City
Center Street
Pacific Hotel
Company Row
Railroad Day Promises Annual Festival Begin in Pocatello
B W Hanson of Salt Lake City Union Pacific Industrial Development Manager lauds Pocatello for Railroad Day observance. He notes railroad pride in community role and potential state benefits though may depart before morning for atomic energy facility talks.
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B. W. Hanson
Salt Lake City
Union Pacific Railroad
Pocatello
Hanson
Atomic Energy
Mad Parson Ends 22 Month Scotland Yard Manhunt
John Edward Allen, 35, known as the “mad parson,” was found outside a London police station reading a wanted notice about himself after a long pursuit. He escaped Broadmoor in a parson’s costume and had hidden for three months near the station.
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London
Scotland Yard
the Yard
John Edward Allen
Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Prison
Allen
Parsons
Court Sets Hearings for Two Pocatello Club Owners
Preliminary hearing dates set for May 31 and June 1 for Dugie and Wanda Abercrombie of Dugies Steak House and Edgar and Helen Blasingame of Green Gables Inn on charges of selling intoxicants without a license. All four are free on a $1,000 property bond. Judge Charles W. Hyde noted delays to allow state liquor officers to finish Boise sessions.
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Pocatello
Justice of the Peace
Charles W. Hyde
Dugie
Wanda Abercrombie
Edgar
Helen Blasingame
Green Gables Inn
Hyde
Boise
Vaudeville Returns To Palace With Four Daily Shows
New York audiences queued outside the Palace theater to watch vaudeville return after 13 years. Eight Big Acts Eight drew a crowd of more than 1,000 as revival cites old routines popular on television. The Palace will stage four shows daily between film features.
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New York
Palace Theater
the Palace
Miller accuses wife in auto theft case
Pocatello man John L. Miller reported his 1941 Chrysler sedan with Idaho plate 4B-831 stolen. He told police the thief was his wife Pauline, saying she took the car.
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Pocatello
John L. Miller
Second Ave
Idaho
Miller
Pauline
Navy Quits Whangpoo River As Shanghai War Tightens
United Press reports U.S. Navy moves out of the Whangpoo mouth as Communist forces threat looms near Shanghai. Fire and shelling disrupt the river, with ships to stay upriver while evacuation efforts continue.
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United States Navy
Whangpoo River
Shanghai
Lunghwa International
Free China
South China
East River
Kwangtung
Canton
Formosa
Chungking
United Press
Peter Kalischer
Adm
Oscar C. Badger
el Dorado
Badger
Whangpoo
U. S
Yangtze
Kalischer
Permit Granted for Freight Haul to Dam Sites
Boise state utilities commission grants Consolidated Freightways temporary authority to haul freight to Lucky Peak and Theska dam construction sites. Authorization covers only the dam project period.
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BOISE
State Public Utilities Commission
Consolidated Freightways, Inc
Lucky Peak
Theska
PUC
Pocatello Boasts One of Finest R R Machine Shops
Pocatello hosts one of the northwest’s finest railroad machine shops at its yards. The roundhouse services engines, with workshops handling boilers, wheels, bearings, and brake systems. Women work alongside men, notably during wartime, and the shops support westward repair needs from Omaha to the Pacific coast.
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Pocatello
R.R
Pocatello Yards
Omaha
Neb
Auto Death Toll Is Down In Idaho
Idaho traffic deaths for January through April 1949 totaled 16, 29 fewer than the same period in 1948, state safety director George E. Vaughn said. He noted last year had 45 deaths in the four months, with a total of 25 for this year so far.
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Boise
Idaho
George E. Vaughn
Vaughn
More Hunters For Missing Uranium
The congressional atomic energy committee has rushed its investigators to verify the loss of a small amount of top secret uranium 235 from Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago. The FBI and the U S atomic energy commission continue separate investigations.
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Washington
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Argonne National Laboratory
Chicago
FBI
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
CIO pushes fourth wage increase and large public works plan
The CIO executive board urged a fourth wage rise for all workers, price reductions, and a nationwide public works program. President Murray won over the Left, setting the stage for a summer campaign as real wages in manufacturing reportedly fell about ten percent since 1945.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
Executive Board
United States
Liechtenstein A Nonmilitary Principality With Limited Police
Liechtenstein, the small principality between Austria and Switzerland covering about 65 square miles, maintains no military force and relies on a small police presence of around 50 officers.
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Liechtenstein
Austria
Switzerland
Price Cutting Trend Rumors Hit U S Cigarette Retail
Reports from New York and other cities describe a nationwide price-cutting trend in cigarette sales led by grocery stores and department stores. Prices vary by retailer with two packs for 35 to 39 cents and cartons from 1.75 to 1.89 dollars, while manufacturers deny changes.
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New York
Chicago
Midwest
A & P Food
San Francisco
Oakland
Bay Area
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
AEC Ordered to Bar Communist Student Fellowships
Senate subcommittee chief Sen. Joseph C. O Mahoney demanded Lilienthal block government funded education for communist students. Lilienthal said the National Research Council will require future fellowship applicants to sign non Communist affidavits after the Freistadt case stirred criticism.
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Washington
David E. Lilienthal
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyo
Senate Appropriations
Commission
Lilienthal
Hans Freistadt
University of North Carolina
O'Mahoney
National Research Council
Freistadt
Detlev W. Bronk
University Receives Two Top Dairy Honors
Moscow Idaho The University of Idaho dairy husbandry department won two national awards. D L Fourt said the awards are the 11th constructive breeders registry certificate from the American Jersey Cattle Club and the 10th progressive breeders registry certificate from the Holstein Freisian Association of America.
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Moscow
University of Idaho
D. L. Fourt
American Jersey Cattle Club
Holstein-Freisian Association of America
Author-Playwright Found Dead in Bathtub in New York
Thomas Heggen 31 author of Mr. Roberts was found dead yesterday in a water filled bathtub in his apartment on 62nd Street east of Fifth Avenue. He shared the flat with Alan Campbell writer and former Dorothy Parker husband who is currently on the west coast.
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New York
Thomas Heggen
Mr. Roberts
Heggen
62Nd Street
Fifth Avenue
Alan Campbell
Dorothy Parker
Campbell
West Coast
Doan's Pills Offer Kidney Relief for Sleep Loss
Tired kidneys disrupt sleep and cause swelling and back pain. Doan's Pills claim to soothe kidney tubes and flush waste, promising quick relief. Used by millions, the product is presented as a stimulant aid to kidney function.
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Doan
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