Businessmen's Views Expressed On One-Way Traffic Plan Here
A poke Idaho town faces a one-way traffic proposal on Main Street and Arthur Avenue. Local businessmen including R D Gallafent Hill Jr E Lehman Stan Day George Pugmire and Viola Sorenson voiced support for relief of congestion while warning of potential loss to business. The council paused action for more discussion.
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Main St
Arthur Ave
Post
Main Street
Pocatello
Hill Bros. Auto Co
S. Arthur Ave
Bill Hill, Jr
Garfield Avenue
E. Lehman
Paris Co
S. Main St
Stan Day
Montgomery Ward & Co
North Main Street
George Pugmire
Laab’s Motor Court
N. Main St
Pacific Northwest
Viola Sorenson
Hughes Ladies Apparel
SS. Main St
J. J. Newberry Co
R. E. Marshall
Giant jaguar slain by Costa Rican hunters near San Jose
In Costa Rica near San Jose two hunters killed a seven foot jaguar that had raided farms. The beast took five bullets before skull was crushed with a final shot. The animal had killed 20 cattle and at least seven hunting dogs in the past month.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
San Joe
Union Pacific Chairman Visits Pocatello Amid Forrestal Death Reflections
Union Pacific chairman E. Roland Harriman visited Pocatello en route to New York and commented on Jim Forrestal's death, calling him a great public official who sacrificed himself. Harriman noted the nation’s shock and recalled Forrestal’s war and postwar service. He also spoke briefly about Idaho weather and showed reporters a new camera at the depot.
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Jim Forrestal
E. Roland Harriman
Union Pacific Railroad
Pocatello Post
Harriman
Idaho
Island Park
North Fork
Snake River
Ford Issue Still Pends as Night Session Opens
DETROIT UP An eleventh hour night session to settle the Ford Motor Company strike was called as the federal government tries to end the walkout before the CIO United Auto Workers union boycott escalates.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
CIO
United Auto Workers’ Union
Forrestal Commits Death By Own Action In Leap From Hospital
President Truman and Washington officials were stunned by the suicide of former Secretary of Defense James Forrestal. The secretary, once a trusted public servant, reportedly suffered a nervous breakdown under wartime strain.
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Forrestal
Leap
Truman
Secretary of Defense
Truman Proclaims National Mourning For James Forrestal
President Truman declares a national period of mourning after former Defense Secretary James Forrestal died by suicide. Flags to fly at half staff on public buildings, naval stations, ships, and military installations until Forrestal's funeral. Defense Secretary Louis Johnson and Acting Army Secretary Gordon Gray laud Forrestal's work toward unifying the armed forces. Congressional leaders express shock and grief, calling Forrestal a great man and capable official.
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Washington
Truman
Defense
James Forrestal
Forrestal
Mr. Truman
Louis Johnson
U. S
Gordon Gray
Gray
Johnson
Mrs. Forrestal
Paris
Michael
United Press
Carl Vinson
Independence
Gardner Receives Post Tip Award For Fire Death
Mrs. L. J. Gardner of 225 West Bridger Street won the Post’s weekly five dollar tip prize by calling in promptly after hearing a man died in a fire. She reported to the editorial department by dialing 3530.
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Pocatello
POST
L. J. Gardner
W. Bridger Street
High School Students Get Aviation Study First Hand
Fourteen McCammon high students toured Wilson's Flying Service for a hands on aeronautics lesson. Glenn Anderson explained the visual education class had finished regular work and now studied aeronautics with field trips and plane rides. Conn Housley and Melvin Dunn helped arrange visits including the CAA radio test plane and tower control room. Participants included Dean Denton Bert Murphy Byron Cammack Sharon Jenkins Rommell Katherine Smith Vid Treasurer Robert Larsen Duane Harris Carolyn Carlile Geraldine Lish Joan Davis Joan Orgill Myrtle Crossley.
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McCammon High School
Pocatello Municipal Airport
Glenn Anderson
Conn Housley
Wilson’s Flying Service
Dean Denton
Bert Murphy
Byron Cammack
Sharon Jenkins
Lois Rommell
Katherin Smith
David Treasurer
Robert Larsen
Duane Harris
Geraldine Lish
Melvin Dunn
CAA
Wilson's
McCammon
E Rommell
Katherine Smith
Vid
Carolyn Carlile
Joan Davis
Joan Orgill
Myrtle Crossley
Tornado Toll Rises Across Four Midwestern States
The toll from weekend tornadoes in Missouri Iowa Illinois and Indiana climbs with at least 44 dead and about 400 injured. Cape Girardeau and Shelburn endure multiple fatalities as Red Cross allocates 750000 for relief across four states.
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Chicago
TTP
Missouri
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Cape Girardeau, Mo
Washington
American Red Cross
Kansas
Basil O'Conner
Texas
Oklahoma
Byrd warns on 1950 spending cuts and tax rise risk
Senator Byrd predicts little chance for a 1949 spending cut push despite his push for economy. He says 1950 will bring a threefold test: elections, deficit spending, and tax increases, with spending likely to fall only if taxes rise or the deficit is avoided.
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Washington
Harry F. Byrd
Senate
Congress
House
Crash Kills Hot Rodders In California Timings Course
Three youths died and one injured when a red hot rod crashed into a coupe on the El Mirage timing course in the Mojave desert. Driver Rubo McGregor and passengers Jackson Pendleton and Robert Fadave were killed. a fourth rider named Cuthbert was wounded and hospitalized in Los Angeles.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Mojave Desert
Rubo McGregor
Jackson Pendleton
Robert Fadave
Cuthbert
Los Angeles Hospital
California Highway Patrol
McGregor
el Mirage Dry Lake
Hotrod
Hamke
Solon Asks Lilienthal Resignation Over Atomic AEC
Rourke B. Hickenlooper demanded President Truman fire David E. Lilienthal as chairman of the atomic energy commission. Lilienthal defended his record noting a growing stockpile of weapons and new safeguards while denying mismanagement.
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Washington
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Truman
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Lilienthal
Hickenlooper
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Commission
Joint Committee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Atomic Energy Committee
Chicago
Youth Keeps On Sneezing
Leicester story notes 14 year old London student Michael Hippisley sneezed through a chilling cold in a storage room at Leicester Pure Tee. After exposure to below zero temperatures he stopped sneezing and shivered briefly before returning to springlike weather and renewed sneezing.
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Leicester
England
Michael Hippisley
London
Michael
Leicester Pure Tee Company
Britain
Navy Secretary Forrestal Dies by Own Action at Bethesda
Former defense secretary James Forrestal, 57, reportedly jumped from a hospital window in Bethesda Maryland after weeks of treatment for a psychoneurotic condition. President Truman ordered national mourning and half staff. Forrestal’s family rushed to join him as details of his decline and previous suicide attempts emerged.
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Forrestal
the Naval Hospital
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Ford
Act
Shelburn
Ind
Sullivan, Ind
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Solon
Wate
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Bethesda
Naval Hospital
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