Abandoned Baby Found In Car Sparks Maternal Hope
A year old child named Larry Lee was found in a Pocatello car with a note appealing for a mother to contact Pocatello General Hospital or the POST. Police seek a young woman, about 20 to 21, in a tan coat and turban seen carrying a baby near a bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Police
Pocatello General Hospital
Pocatello
Pocatello Post
Norman Catanzaro
South
Garfield Ve
Betty Nelson
Catanzard
Nelson
Miss Nelson
Inland storm ends with ships in distress and landslide cut Portland
A severe inland storm leaves three vessels in distress off the Pacific coast near the Columbia River mouth. The Sea Fox tows a 300 foot naval cargo ship but cannot control the tow as high waves hinder progress. A cutter called Balsam aids the tug. A woman dies after a tree falls in the storm. Portland air traffic and city services are disrupted by a landslide.
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Portland
Ore
Pacific
Sea Fox
Balsam
Columbia River
England Celebrates Birth Of Royal Heir With Salutes
London reports a six ounce heir to Princess Elizabeth with full royal fever. Guns fired 41 salute at naval stations while bells rang and ships dressed with flags. Public houses opened as toast after the birth announcement. some papers and foreign communists ignored the news.
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London
Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Westminster
Abbey
Hyde Park
Tower of London
Commonwealth
Daily Worker
Paris
Humanite
Moscow
Idaho Man Quizzed In Co-Ed Killing
Ogden Utah police recovered blood spattered clothing from a suspect Thaddeus R. Sonleitner 52 of Hailey Idaho as he was questioned in the November 8 killing of Theresa C. Foster 18 Colorado university coed. Police note blood on sleeves coat and shoes and say Sonleitner claims to have been in Laramie Wyoming the night of the Boulder Colorado crime.
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Idaho
Ogden
Utah
Colorado University
Thaddeus R. Sonleitner
Hailey
Ida
Henry G. Allred
Sonleitner
Laramie
Wyo
Boulder
Colo
Allred
Ogden City
W. G. Garner
Theresa C. Foster
Sheriff Comments on Hailey Man in Summer arrest
Blaine county Sheriff L. E. Outts described Sonleitner as a temporary Hailey resident with no local crim inal record, a hard worker who ran a small used car lot in Hailey last summer and left about a month ago. He was unmarried with aging settler parents nearby. The sheriff estimated the man at five feet nine inches, about 170 pounds, light complexion and flat nose.
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Blaine County
L. E. Outts
Truman Plans Real Good Rest
President Truman ended the Florida strategy phase of his visit and began a family vacation. He spent two hours on the beach after bidding farewell to four members of his inner circle who discussed the next Truman administration. The departing guests included Sen. Albert W. Barkley vice president elect, DNC Chairman J. Howard McGrath, Leslie L. Biffle, and William Boyle McGrath's assistant.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Florida
Sen
Albent W. Barkley
Kentucky
J. Howard McGrath
Leslie L. Biffle
Senate
Democratic Policy Committee
William Boyle
McGrath
Floating Zoo Rebelled Aboard Freight Ship
The SS Swarthmore Victory docked in San Francisco after a mid ocean mutiny by elephants, monkeys, snakes and other animals driven by short rations. Navy aid delivered hay and worms as the ship completed its 64 day voyage from Bankok, Siam, with 210 monkeys and 500 tropical birds among the rescued cargo.
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San Francisco
Swarthmore Wi _y
Bankok
Siam
U. S. Navy
Noel Rosefelt
U. S
Ed Flandro Heads Chest For 1949
Ed Flandro, 1948 Community Chest chairman, was chosen 1949 chest president by members at their annual meeting Monday night at the Hotel Bannock. He replaces Paul Scott, city librarian. The 1948 drive reached its $40,000 goal and topped it by about $200 this week, a new all time high.
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C. Ed Flandro
Community Chest
Bannock
Flandro
Paul Scott
Scott
Harold Ory
Stan Day
Jack Terr
Thelma B. Jary
Ruth Fletcher
Ed Cunningham
Flandrory
Day
Terrell
Ralph Comstock
Ory
Ivan Rowland
Directory Board
CO. Parker
Walter E. Brown
W.le Phillips
John Brennan
Nate Black
A. L. Baker
Charles H. Bohrer
Lillian Hodkins
Thelma Roberts
Norman Vaughn
E. R. Gilbert
Myron Porges
UP Action Creates New UP General Agency in Pocatello
Southeastern Idaho rail freight and passenger authority shifts from Boise to a new UP general agency in Pocatello. Lavern C. Johnson is named general agent and plans to establish staff within ten days. Donald W. Brown transfers from Boise to Idaho Falls to cover nearby territory.
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Southeastern Idaho
Boise
UP General
Pocatello
Lavern C. Johnson
Johnson
Donald W. Brown
Idaho Falls
Terri
Robins In Praise Of Sen. Mitchell
Boise Gov. C A Robins expressed regret at the death of State Sen Perry Mitchell in Orofino over the weekend. He praised Mitchell for long public service dating back to 1903 and noted few men have the opportunity for service as Mitch ell did.
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Boise
C. A. Robins
Perry Mitchell
Orofino
Mitchell
Plea Entered In New Jersey Kickback Case Against Congressman
Thomas Pleads Not Guilty to four federal counts accusing padding of his payroll and diverting salaries. Indictment stems from FBI probe prompted by Drew Pearson reports. Former secretary Helen Campbell charged on one count. arraignment set. Trial after Jan open of Congress. potential penalties up to 32 years and 40,000 dollars fine.
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J. Parnell Thomas
New Jersey
William Collins
Thomas
Congressional Office
Helen Campbell
William H. Collins
U. S
George Morris Fay
Allendale
N. J
Fay
Clark
FBI
Drew Pearson
Another English Girl Gives Birth To
London reports show a 28 year old cockney mother in a crowded East End hospital birth of a daughter eight pounds eighteen ounces named Eliza Elizabeth. The baby and mother face a frugal future with no doctor and modest arrangements contrasting Princess Elizabeth’s royal birth amid wealth and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
East End
Maud Thilp
Princess Elizabeth
Midwa
Eliza_ Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Brother Seeks Long-Lost Kin in Idaho City
Colorado man Richard Brown hunts his brother Robert Arthur Brown who has been apart since 1921. Robert, about 60, last worked as a janitor in a Pueblo bar and is now in Pocatello. Richard, from Lamar, Colo., appeals for any information and may be reached at the James Hotel or the Coe Post.
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Colorado
Pocatello
Robert Arthur Brown
Gate City
Richard Brown
Lamar
Colo
Pueblo
James Hotel
Coe Post
Brown
Law Upheld Allowing Religious Instruction Time Off
New York state supreme court justice in Kingston upheld a law permitting public schools to grant time off for religious instruction held off school grounds. The ruling confirms the constitutionality of the provision within public education policy.
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Kingston, N. Y
Supreme Court
New York
Idaho to issue 1949 liquor permits with widespread disclosures
Idaho's liquor law enforcement agency mailed nearly 500 five page permit forms outlining financial status ownership and arrest records for all involved in bar operations. The forms require floor plans asset and debt data and warn of penalties for perjury.
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BOISE
Idaho Liquor Law Enforcement Agency
Liquor Law Enforcement Agency
Attorney General's Office
Mts
Department of Liquor Law Enforcement
Idaho
Retirement Plan Backed by Pocatello Leader Speir Proposes Statewide Benefits
William Speir, city water superintendent and Idaho Public Employees Association president, will present a state legislature retirement plan. He mailed copies of the measure to members urging passage and inviting improvements. The act would extend retirement benefits to all state and subdivision employees with exceptions for current retirement programs and very small subdivisions. Normal retirement at 62 with a sliding employee contribution scale based on age at enactment.
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William “Bill
Speir
Idaho Public Employee Association
Union Pacific Leader Promotes Smoke Reduction Policy
George F. Ashby presides at Union Pacific headquarters as he outlines a continuing policy of smoke reduction across the railroad’s 10 000 miles. He stresses progress, public health, and cooperation with city abatement efforts while pledging an internal study to improve efficiency and emissions.
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George F. Ashby
Union Pacific
Mr. Ashby
H. H. Ulrich
Omaha
Union Pacific Organization
Reds widen gains in China flank South of Suchow
Communist forces seized rail towns Lunghuangmiao Chakow and Sichuan about 25 miles south of Suchow. Heavy fighting raged in Suh sien as Reds threaten isolation of the government hub at the Lung Hai and Tientsin Pukow junction.
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Shanghai
Suchow
Lunghai
Tientsin-Pukow
Lunghuangmiao
Chakow
Sichuan
Suhsien
Fort Hall Stockmen's Sale Tops Sixty Thousand Dollars
About 75,000 dollars worth of cattle passed at the Fort Hall Stockmen's association sale led by Lavon Williams of Dillon Montana who bought 76 head for 11619.05 dollars. Fifteen buyers competed for 564 cattle as steer calves averaged 25.70 per hundredweight. Johnson noted a drop in marketable animal volume from the prior sale when 1000 head brought 153,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Hall
Severen Johnson
Stickup Fails At Extra Gang Near Davis Farm
An attempted armed robbery at Virginia at 5 p m Monday triggered a bi state police search for two men and a woman. The men tried to hold up the Union Pacific extra gang timekeeper at the camp near the R E Davis farm. A revolver was shown but the plan collapsed as the would be bandits fled in panic.
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Virginia
Union Pacific
R. E. Davis
George Condie
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Jack Harvey
Larry Lee
England
Ed Flandro
New Jersey Rey Publicdn
Pocatellan
Reds
China
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