Riverside Drive to Get Rebuilt Street in West Pocatello
West Pocatello residents on Riverside Drive will see a complete rebuild after delays. Mayor W. W. Halsey cites sewer line work and weather as causing the setback and says repair cost sharing with the contractor is under negotiation. A patrol will monitor bad spots until construction starts.
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Riverside Drive
W. W. Halsey
Halsey
Riverside
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Cottonwood and
Post
Shanghai Falls to Communists After City Battle
Shanghai neared collapse ten days after the attack as forces under Gen Cheng Ta-Cheng forced back nationalist defenders to the southwest gate. Martial law, hotel seizures, and executions marked the crackdown on the Bund. Foreign quarters emptied as refugees fled toward the Yangtze and sea amid a swelling population and a 1948 US trade figure of 360.6 million dollars.
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Shanghai
Cheng Ta-Cheng
Wangpoo
Wangpao
Yangtze
United States
Man Arrested On Parole Violation
A Fort Hall Indian man was arrested by U S marshals in Pocatello on parole violation. Preston Honena age 28 paroled after nine months of a 16 month burglary sentence at McNeil Island federal prison for burglary on an Indian reservation. He allegedly failed to report to approved employment or cooperate in supervision plans, was found riding in a stolen car, admitted stealing gasoline and was with bad associates.
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Fort Hall
U. S
Pocatello
Preston Honena
McNeil Island Federal Prison
Funeral set for Sgt. Marcel B. Cook in Idaho
Funeral services for Sgt. Marcel B. Cook 25 who died of wounds received in action in Germany December 22 1944 will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Hall mortuary chapel Bishop Henry C West of the Eleventh LDS ward will officiate. Cook born January 19 1919 at Oakley Idaho came to Pocatello with his parents and graduated from the local high school He worked for the Idaho Egg association and Hawkes transfer company He enlisted in 1942 trained at Camp Campbell Breckenridge Miami Beach Concord College and Camp Pickett He was overseas from October 1944 wounded December 17 and died five days later in a German prison camp Survivors include his mother three brothers and three sisters all of Pocatello Caldwell and one sister in Caldwell
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Germany
Hall
Henry C. West
LDS
Pocatello
Sergeant Cook
Oakley
Idaho
Samuel
Irene Brim Cook
Idaho Egg Association
Hawkes Transfer Company
Camp Campbell
Camp Breckenridge
Miami Beach
Fla
Concord College
Camp Pickett
W. Va
Cook
LDS Church
Irene Cook
Franklin S
Herman S
Carl W. Cook
Mildred West
Ellen Spillman
Pearl Brockman
Caldwell
Giant Bridge Plan Opens Across New York Harbor
The army approved plans for a world’s longest suspension bridge from Staten Island to Brooklyn via the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority. The 4,620 foot span aims to ease travel from Long Island and New England to the south and west, despite navigation hazards and wartime destruction concerns. A tunnel was dismissed as too costly.
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New York Harbor
Staten Island
Brooklyn
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Gordon Gray
Lewis A. Pick
Army Engineers
Long Island
New England
Manhattan
Navy
Air Force
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Eisler Case Delayed in British Extradition Hearing
A London judge granted a four day delay in the extradition trial of Gerhart Eisler and ordered him held without bail. Eisler to return to Bow Street Court to answer the U S demand for extradition. He will be returned to Brixton Prison for the next appearance. Police guarded a small protest outside as the session opened after a delay caused by unrelated charges.
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London
Gerhart Eisler
John F. Eastwood
Eisler
Bow Street
U. S
Brixton Prison
Danish Prince Marries Commoner Sparks Succession Renunciation
Prince Flemming, 27, son of Prince Axel, wed Ruth Nielsen, 24, a non-royal, at a private ceremony in Copenhagen. He gave up his right to succeed to the throne, and the king created the couple Count and Countess of Rosenborg.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Prince Flemming
Axel
Ruth Nielsen
Rosenborg
McCaffery Funeral Set for Della McCaffery
Funeral services for Mrs. Della McCaffery 54 of 630 N Sixth will be held at 10 am Thursday in the Downard chapel. She died at home Tuesday after a short illness. Born in Nebraska Feb 16 1897 she moved to Hardin Montana in 1916 and married Charles McCaffery. They later moved to Pocatello where they resided. Survived by husband one stepson H H McCaffery four stepdaughters all of Butte and nephew Richard Farmer of Chicago. Burial at Mountain View.
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Della McCaffery
Downard Chapel
McCaffery
Mrs. McCaffery
Nebraska
Richard
Elizabeth Farmer
Hardin
Mont
Charles McCaffery
Pocatello
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Trail Blazers
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