City Awaits Final Action On Base Deal
Mayor George R. Phillips reports ongoing talks with the Civil Aeronautics Authority and War Assets on Pocatello acquiring the eleven million dollar army air base. Council weighs leasing housing, hangars, and airport use while fearing air traffic hazards from dual airports. Power County eyes purchase while others seek lands for farming and commerce. Phillips says the base would meet eastern Idaho needs for years.
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Army Air Base
George R. Phillips
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Pocatello
CAA
War Assets Authorities
Phillips
Stickler
Army
Pocatello City
Munipal
Power County
Idaho
Roosevelt PTA Meeting Tonight
Sex education will be the discussion topic at this week’s Roosevelt school PTA meeting with Richard A. Lake, ISC professor as speaker. The session is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday with parents visiting until 8 p.m.
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Roosevelt School
PTA
Richard A. Lake
ISC
Epi
Police Chief Seeks Change In Pay Plan
Pocatello police chief R J Roubidoux urges a new three tier patrolman salary system to replace archaic classifications. He cites equal pay for unequal work and outlines starting wages of 215 monthly rising to 230 after 18 months. Civil service commissioners agree to study salary reorganization amid poor exam turnout.
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Pocatello
R. J. Roubidoux
Pocatello Civil Service Commission
Roubidoux
Civil Service
Aror Amundsen
Frank M. Watson
Ezra M. Hawkes
George R. Phillips
Amundsen
Watson
R. M. Pugmire
Tutton
Ted
Smoke Damages Inkom Residence
A fire caused by faulty wiring inflicted heavy smoke damage on the Val Kissel home in Inkom on Tuesday afternoon. Neighbor Norman Hall battled the flames and extinguished them before emergency crews arrived. The Kissels were away, and their dog died from smoke inhalation.
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INKOM
Val Kissel
Norman Hall
Kissels
Russians Hint Talk Is Welcome
The Soviet Union signaled openness to a personal meeting of the Big Four leaders including Truman and Stalin. The note to UN leaders Evatt and Lie urged immediate conversations on the Berlin crisis and peace treaties for Germany Austria and Japan, while placing blame on Western allies for Berlin deadlock. The note stressed personal contact but offered no sign of changing Soviet attitudes and anticipated insistence on continuing the Security Council appeal over Berlin blockade.
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Paris
Russia
United Nations
Truman
Josef Stalin
Herbert V. Evatt
UN General Assembly
Berlin
Germany
Japan
Austria
Evatt
Trygve Lie
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
UN Security Council
CIO Leaders Arrive in Portland for National Convention
Philip Murray president of the CIO arrived from Pittsburgh for the national CIO convention in Portland. Walter Reuther president of the UAW was due Tuesday, and James B. Carey CIO chief arrived earlier as the gathering prepares to open next week.
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Portland
Ore
Philip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organization
Pittsburgh
CIO
Walter Reuther
Detroit
United Auto Workers
James B. Carey
Pees
The
Jaycees Report Huge November Membership Gain
Pocatello Junior Chamber of Commerce reports a November membership drive that increased the club ranks by 126 percent. The surge was led by Miss Lush the mystery girl double act and Bill Hall's continued effort sparked the final push, bringing in new members including Cedric Allen Vince Anselmo Ted Bistline Lionel Bows er Wayne Busby and many others.
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Pocatello Junior Chamber of Commerce
Miss Lush
Bill Hall
Cedric Allen
Vince Anselmo
Ted Bistline
Lionel Bowser
Wayne Busby
David Cotterell
Henry Dahlquist
Len Dick
Dick Dolbeer
Jay Dymock
Clyde Eggleston
Loran Forrester
William Foster
Keith Fraser
Frank Frederickson
Byron Garrison
Robert Grimes
Gordon Hall
Lynn Hall
Trynor Hall
George Harris
Parry Harrison
Lorin Hatch
Donald Houk
Jack Hull
Richard Huldahl
Ray Isham
Leath Robbins
Edwin Roberts
Robert Smith
Ivan Sorensen
Reed Sower
Orland Staley
Edward Taylor
Ed Thomas
William Thompson
Bert Thornock
William Trabant
Alfred Trosper
Lee Walker
LeRoy Ward
Thirteen Idaho Men Accepted for Army Service
Thirteen men from Idaho were approved for military service. Dale E. Green Rexburg Joseph R. Jolley Rexburg Loran R. North Pocatello join the regular army for 21 months with initial training at Fort Ord California. Jerry C Morrison Glen A Marley Bartlett Bloxham Lava Hot Springs and Robert R Powell enlist for three years and join United States Constabulary in Europe after Fort Ord. Neil Miller Rexburg Donald E. Jackson Idaho Falls Vaughn C Nielson Idaho Falls William L Pudil Pocatello Gerald L Baldwin Burley enlist in the air force for three years, training at Sheppard Field Texas. Dee Payne Rexburg to three year army enlistment, Fort Ord training.
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Dale E. Green
Rexburg
Joseph R. Jolley
Loran R. North
Pocatello
Regular Army
Fort Ord
Calif
Jerry C. Morrison
Glen A. Marley
Bartlett Bloxham
Lava Hot Springs
Robert R. Powell
United States Constabulary
Europe
Neil Miller
Donald E. Jackson
Idaho Falls
Vaughn C. Nielson
William L. Pudil
Gerald L. Baldwin
Burley
Air Force
Little Gate City Girl Seeks Adoption for Kitten
Norma Draper of 510 Washington Ave offers to adopt Chief Red Fox or another orphaned kitten named Macoco or Tigress. She pledges to feed the kitten three times daily and provide a safe sleeping place after news of the mother cat being harmed by turpentine.
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Red Fox
Inkom
Norma Draper
Washington Ave
Macoco
Tigress
Marjory Cline
Pocatello Firemen and Elks Aid Christmas Toys
Firemen at the west side station and the Pocatello Elks club run a toy workshop to prepare gifts for needy families. Toys are painted and repaired for children like Junior Mary Betty, with food baskets arranged. An investigating committee will verify family needs, and delivery with transport trucks is planned for December 24.
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West Side
Pocatello
Pocatello Elks Club
Junior
Mary
Betty
Elks Club
Santa Claus
Elks
Harold Hinckley
Joseph Printles
Welfare Bureau
Harry Shafer
Elks Christmas Committee
Clarence Garrett
Hinckley
Rotary Leader To Visit Pocatello Group
Gordon A. Baxter, governor of Rotary district 110, will address Pocatello Rotarians at noon Thursday. He visits to advise President Mal T. Deaton and Secretary Rae P. Stratford on club administration matters.
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Rotary Club
Gordon A. Baxter
Pocatello Rotarians
Baxter
Pocatello
Mal T. Deaton
Rae P. Stratford
Induction Exams Conclude Pre-Induction List Growth
The Pocatello Joint Examining and Pre-Induction station completed a November quota of 129 men after October's 83 examined. Lt. George Claxton notes higher November approval rates due to relaxed medical standards. Idaho to begin first inductions on November 29 30 with 19 20 men. statewide 40 called in final two days.
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Pocatello
George Claxton
Washington, D. C
Idaho
Uncle Sam
Riots in Calcutta Leave Five Dead and 83 Injured
Five people were killed and 83 injured in Calcutta as Hindu Muslim clashes flared on Saturday night marking the first major riot in 12 months.
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Calcutta
India
Truman rules out Berlin talks until blockade ends
President Truman, at Key West, rejects direct negotiations with the Soviet Union on Berlin while the blockade persists. He signals a cabinet shakeup and plans to address the state of the union with Congress in January, citing no personal peace talks with Stalin. He may consider personnel changes as he returns to Washington.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Berlin
Josef Stalin
Congress
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chinna
Washington
White House
Key West Naval Base
Margaret
United States
Russia
George C. Marshall
Marshall
W. Averell Harriman
State Department
Defense
James Forrestal
Europe
Officials Alarmed Over China Crisis Moves
Washington officials and lawmakers voiced alarm over the Chinese crisis. Truman at Key West said the U S is in communication with Chiang Kai Shek and Marshall will review the international situation on November 22. The report covers Lavett Franks Stuart Wiley Chennault and oil aid to the nationalist government.
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Washington
Truman
China
Key West
Fla
United States
Chiang Kai-Shek
George C. Marshall
Paris
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Marshall
Theabinet
Robert A. Lovett
Oliver Franks
Franks
Flying Tiger
State Department
U. S
Shanghai- Nanking
Department
Hong Kong
Formosa
Economic Cooperation Administration
Overseas clothing drive expands to three days
The Seventh National Children’s Clothing Crusade will be held on Nov 19 22 and 23 with drives at Pocatello Alameda and Tyhee. Local schools collect clothing to ship to Greece France Italy Holland Finland Austria and needy U.S. children.
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al Port
Pocatello
Alameda
Tyhee
George N. Green
Dan Martin
Greece
France
Italy
Holland
Finland
Austria
United States
The
Crusade Office
Death Case Trial Opens In Porters and Waiters Club Stabbing
The murder trial of Sadie Fisher opened before Judge Issac McDougal. Fisher, a Negro woman, is charged with first degree murder for the stabbing death of Benjamin Fox, 43, during an August argument at the Porters and Waiters club. Prosecutors and defense attorneys presented cautious opening statements as proceedings began.
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Sadie Fisher
Benjamin Fox
Fifth District
Issac McDougal
Wet and windy in southeast Idaho forecast
The weather bureau reports mostly cloudy skies with intermittent showers and gusty winds across southeast Idaho. Temperatures hover around highs of 45 to 50 degrees and lows of 30 to 35, with yesterday’s Tuesday reading at 49/33 and 0.16 inches of rain.
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Jaycees
Inter Army
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Little Gate City
Rotary
J. Leighton Stuart
Stuart
Federal Council of Churches
Cincinnati
Alexander Wiley
Wis
Senate
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Wiley
Claire Chennault
Nanking
Suchow
Here
Nienchuang
Suhsien
Suchow-Nanking
Sanpu
National Committee of
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Port
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