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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1949
Page
3
Bishop Wilbur E. Hammaker of the Methodist temperance board urged President Truman to appoint a special commission to investigate growing lawlessness. He linked brutal murders to alcohol and warned of a calamity unless official action is taken.
The Agriculture Department said Europe will likely harvest less food than in 1948. In Russia the winter bread grain crop is in good condition and spring planting is progressing well. A mid May survey indicates Europe’s harvest will be below 1948 but higher than 1947 drought year.
Berlin commandant Maj. Gen. Geoffrey K. Bourne urged the Soviet controlled railroad administration to settle the nine day Berlin railroad strike. He said strikebreakers cannot run Berlin railroads and pledged solidarity with striking workers demanding payment in western issued currency.
HOT SPRINGS S D officers scoured the southern Black Hills Sunday for Harry Arthur McIntosh 28 of Hudson Wyoming who escaped from the county jail here. He was jailed for forgery and burglary and last seen attempting to hitchhike into Wyoming. Authorities said he escaped Saturday when the jail back door was opened to remove garbage. He pushed past the janitor and fled over a hill behind the jail.
A public meeting June 3 in Box Elder stake tabernacle will address turning the Bushnell General hospital at Brigham City into the nation s largest Indian school. Speakers include Dr John R Nichols federal commissioner of Indian affairs Sen Arthur W Watkins and President George Albert Smith.
Nearly 150 aerial tourists left Portland Maine for home after a goodwill flight from Portland Oregon to Maine. About half of the 52 pilots planned direct returns with others stopping in Washington for luncheon with the Oregon delegation. The west east trip mirrored the Old Oregon Trail in reverse and ended when Ed Parsons of Astoria poured Pacific Ocean water into the Atlantic.
Rep Walter Norblad of Oregon accuses the Economic Cooperation Administration of purchasing seven million one hundred fifty thousand dollars worth of Canadian canned salmon while Pacific Northwest Salmon stocks remain underused. He also cites reports the ECA buys bottom fish in Newfoundland for shipment. He urges Hoffman to rethink foreign purchases and notes lawmakers sought to limit foreign fish imports.
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