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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1948
Page
9
Blackfoot announces a Sunday 10 a.m. caravan departure for the Craters of the Moon with warnings of bringing own lunch. The event follows a chamber meeting with multiple committee reports and new member introductions.
Idaho Attorney General Robert E. Smylie ruled that the 1947 punchboard law licenses only orthodox punchboards chance spindles and chance prize games and does not legalize casino type gambling. He said the legislature intended revenue under the law not open gambling and noted the anti gambling statute lists faro monte roulette and other games separately from punchboards and chance devices. Smylie emphasized the law targets devise revenue schemes and points out no local option for punchboards unlike liquor and slot machines despite the tax revenue exceeding $535 000 to date.
The U S state department said Lebanon was warned in advance to avoid action against 41 Americans removed from a Palestine ship at Beirut. Lowell C Pinkerton, the U S minister in Beirut, advised against any move that could target American citizens aboard the vessel and reported a ship search by Lebanese authorities.
Red Skelton and his wife announced the birth of their son Seenen Skelton last night at St Johns Hospital in Santa Monica. The couple also has a daughter aged one year.
AP report notes Herman Bobbe of the National Library Bindery Co. sees a picture of an ancestor for the first time. The image relates to a Sadee street figure burned at the stake in the 17th century for knowledge deemed dangerous.
Western Auto Supply western division Gamble-Skogmo reports 1947 sales of 145,167,911 dollars, up 14 percent from 1946. Net earnings fell from 6,778,850 to 2,245,558 dollars, per Milton Klaudt at Pocatello Western Auto store.
Carol Josephine Cline testifies in Twin Falls district court that her ex-husband DeLawrence Cline is the father of Elizabeth Deann Palat, born six months after their divorce. He seeks a court order declaring no parent-child relation and to restrain Mrs. Cline from further action. He alleges they had not lived together for a year and a half before the birth.
The South Central Idaho Jersey Cattle Club announced the first annual spring show of purebred Jersey cattle to be held May 27 at the Twin Falls county fairgrounds in Filer. Five classes will be judged: one year and under year heifers over one year cows two years and older bull calves and bulls one year and older.
Preparations are completed for the first district court jury trials in Jerome county in several years. Two criminal cases and six civil cases are on the calendar, according to clerk Robert Otto.
Eugene Hickman an 18 year old second class seaman from Columbus Ohio says Japanese Hawaiian women are more understanding than mainland girls. He notes his mother Mrs Samuel Hickman asks the Navy to transfer him over engagement to Betty Namihara a Japanese American waitress. Hickman says the Navy views the romance as personal and his wish is to marry Betty after a visit home.
Fort Hall Indian Reservation superintendent resigns effective June 1 to accept a position in Arizona. The 24 year veteran is to be replaced by a successor to Carl W. Beck, with announcement coming from the U S Interior Department. Beck had announced his resignation this week. He is a member of BPO Elks No 1416 Blackfoot Portneuf Lodge No 18 AF and AM Pocatello. The article notes the current U S livestock count is the lowest in eight years.
In Montpelier on Saturday Democratic candidate Bert Minnegen criticized the State Department for refusing to consider Stalin's conference proposal with the United States. He said the stance harms U S diplomacy and could push allies away and embolden enemies. Minnegen, a Montpelier school teacher, seeks the Idaho second district seat now held by Republican Rep. John Sanborn.
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