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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1948
Page
2
Grace-Mrs Louise Medford a Gem Valley teacher says she made 135 quilts after passing age 70. She can craft pieced applique or plain quilts from old overalls or new fabric and knows many patterns. Since moving to the valley in 1897 she taught and sewed, with retirement sparking talks of national competition.
Ray Christersen reports a fender skirt was stolen from his 1946 Lincoln sedan parked near a Shell service station Friday evening. The item is valued at $20.
Portland Police Chief John Mulkern becomes a grandfather for the third time in one day as the wives of two sons give birth to three children, one set of twins, in Portland Maine.
Preston Franklin district scouts meet at 2 p m in the Franklin stake house to hear reports of the past year and elect new officers. Nominating committee members P H Edgley W H Peete W A Nash William A Davis Woodrow Rasmussen will present candidates. Dr L V Merrill has chaired since organization a year ago. Scoutmasters senior scouts and committee men discuss new advancement requirements from the national Boy Scouts council.
Veteran outfielder Roger Doc Cramer was released by the Detroit Tigers after serving as player coach last season and coach this year. He becomes the third Tigers coach to seek a new baseball position, following Bill Sweeney and Arthur Mills who asked for their releases to pursue jobs on the West Coast.
A youth street football game in Warren New York led to a fire department response when a football struck an electric wire causing a short circuit. Officials reported no injuries and noted the incident caused a brief power disruption in the area.
Idaho State College announces field service courses for teachers to earn college credit. Headed by Prof. Bluford F. Minor, the education department holds an organization meeting Monday at 4 15 in the Pocatello high school study hall for Art education. A second session is scheduled Wednesday at 4 15 with broader courses in elementary and secondary education psychology music speech and sociology.
Fire crews damaged a general store in Lebanon Oregon. Investigators reported the charred ruins but found a solitary case of wooden matches undamaged, along with most stock destroyed.
A federal grand jury indicted General Electric Co. Westinghouse Electric Corp. and four smaller firms for monopolizing the ten million dollar per year street lighting sector. The charges include conspiracy to restrain trade and monopolize, plus actual monopolization, involving Line Material Co. Union Metal Manufacturing Co. Pacific Union Metal Co. and Holophane Co. Also named were American Concrete Corp. and the Taper Tube Co. as lesser co conspirators.
Baseball Commissioner A B Chandler's office said three major league teams the Boston Braves the St Louis Browns and the Washington Senators will ask the leagues next month to raise the number of night games on next season's schedules. Walter Mallery said the proposal aims to loosen the current rule limiting night games and expand opportunities for prime time play nationwide.
The Interior Department announced that leases for all federal grazing lands will be processed by over 75 field offices. Previously, leases for 12,210,000 acres outside grazing districts came from the central Bureau of Land Management office.
Hollywood of the Pacific Coast League may link with the Cleveland Indians after a meeting among Hank Greenberg Victor Ford Collins and Fred Haney. A further discussion could follow as Hollywood seeks a major league affiliation to boost its roster.
Chicago reports the lowest autumn hog prices in three years with top at 22.85 and average at 21.90 for November. Indiana Farm Bureau delegates push for a veterinary style law to cap daily livestock price swings at 25 cents per hundredweight.
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