Bearden Shines as Indians Clinch Pennant Over Red Sox
In Fenway, Cleveland beats Boston 8 to 3 to win the pennant and set a World Series meeting with the Braves. Pitcher Gene Bearden earns win with a seventh straight victory, while Lou Boudreau pries open the game with two homers and a run scoring single.
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Boston
Cleveland Indians
Boston Red Sox
Indians
Red Sox
Fenway Park
Boston Braves
Purple Heart
Gene Bearden
Boudreau
Bearden
Cleveland
Denny Gatehouse
Ellis Kinder
Detroit Tigers
Ken Keltner
Joe Gordon
Gatehouse
Kinder
Larry Doby
Bobo Kennedy
Jim Hegan
Ted Williams
Vern Stephens
Bobby Doerr
Uncle Sam
Bill Veeck
Lou Boudreau
Town Meeting on the Air Tonight in Pocatello
America’s Town Meeting of the Air airs Tuesday at 8 30 on KEIO Pocatello with discussion on How War With Russia May Be Avoided. The Pocatello POST sponsors and the Rhyming Reporter will deliver the paper’s message to listeners.
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America
KEIO
Pocatello
Pocatello Post
Russia
Pocatellans
POST
The
Pocatella Post
KEO T Pocatella
Auto Victim Goes Home After Fatal Crash
Clara Jaynes aged 22 recovered and returned to her Salt Lake City home Monday after a severe accident on Pocatello’s death curve that killed her brother and another passenger. Ilene Morrison, 19, another Salt Lake crash victim, is improving but will stay in hospital about a week.
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Clara Jaynes
Salt Lake City
Jack Henderson
Pocatello
Ilene Morrison
Salt Lake
Food Prices Decline Across Major Midwest Markets
Hogs and wholesale meat prices plunged Monday as increased shipments pressured markets. Hog prices fell up to 2.25 dollars at several markets with drops of 1 to 2 dollars elsewhere. dressed beef wholesale prices eased six cents per pound over recent weeks. Lambs and hams also declined, while officials linked the drop to seasonal shipment gains and faster slaughter capacity.
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Chicago
American Meat Institute
Institute
Department of Agriculture
Sparks Cause Basement Fire at Hayes Street Home
Fire started by furnace sparks caused slight damage to the basement of the house at 355 North Hayes Street. The residence is owned and occupied by E. R. Kearsley and the incident occurred at about 8 o clock Monday morning.
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North Hayes St
E. R. Kearsley
Flowers Handy For Good Samaritan
Rev. Ray H. Montgomery planned to deliver flowers to sick church members. A wedding reception basket was left at the church and he decided to give it away. On leaving the pulpit steps he tripped and fractured his hip, requiring hospital treatment.
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Vincennes
Ind
Ray H. Montgomery
Montgomery
Polar bear sex mystery on voyage to New York and Chicago
A freighter from Norway carried 21 passengers including nine cubs of polar bears. Officers faced a sex determination puzzle for five males bound for Chicago and four females for private dealers in New York. Bronx Zoo director Dr. Leonard Goss resolved the issue. Blondy proved male after a test.
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Lyngenfjord
Norway
Chicago
Brookflied Zoo
New York
Leonard Goss
Bronx Zoo
Edward Welle
Spitzbergen
Pocatello Recreation Dept Praised For Up To Date Programs
Pocatello's recreation activities rank high nationally as the city recreation commission notes at its meeting. Arts and crafts director Orlean Hronek reported at Omaha that Pocatello has modern methods and plans to add tot lots and square dancing, with praise from National Recreation Association officials.
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Pocatello
Community Recreation Commission
National Recreation Commission
Omaha
Neb
Orlean Hronek
Commission
Recreation Commission
Edna Service
Hronek
Idaho
Bill Schum
Long Judge Guy Stevens Dies at 62 in Idaho
Blackfoot attorney and district judge Guy Stevens, 62, died of heart disease in a local hospital. Born in Kentucky, he moved to Idaho to practice law and served on the state judiciary. Funeral plans will be announced. arrangements handled by Peck and Packham.
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Guy Stevens
Blackfoot
R. T. Howard
Pocatello
Judge Stevens
Kentucky
Idaho
Peck
Packham
Stevens
Blackfoot Post
Bannock County
Bannock County Hospital
Isaac McDougall
L. E. Glennon
Warning Issued for Minidoka Deer Hunt Fire Risk
State conservation officers warned Minidoka National Forest hunters to follow all regulations to prevent forest fires as the first hunt begins Friday. They stressed the high fire danger and urged carrying firefighting tools and water buckets.
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Twin Falls
Minidoka National Forest
Minidoka
Thunderjets Back Washington as Grounding Order Lifted
The Air Force on Monday night lifted the grounding order on its F-84 Thunderjets after an investigation into several crashes, ending a weeklong suspension of the fighters.
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Washington
Air Force
Idaho Unions Rally to Defeat Dworshak in Idaho Falls
Idaho labor groups from the A F L and CIO plus railroad unions and the Idaho labor committee plan an intensive drive to defeat Senator Dworshak. They back Truman Barkley Miller White and Lyman in upcoming elections and aim to mobilize members to vote.
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United Labor Organizations
Idaho
Idaho Falls
Dworshak
A. F. of L
CIO
Railroad Brotherhoods
Idaho Joint Labor Legislative Committee
The
National Farmers Union
Independent Machinists Union
the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union
Wood Workers
Truman-Barkley
Justice Miller
United States Senate
Compton I. White
Asael Lyman
Warren
Child Parade Drives Kick-Off For 1948 Community Chest
Stan Day announces a kids parade Saturday October 23 at 10 a.m. to launch the community chest drive. Mayor George R. Phillips backs the event with full support as Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Camp Fire YMCA YWCA and Salvation Army join in. Prizes for top ideas feature first second and third places. final plans set for 7 30 p.m. at Bannock hotel.
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Stan Day
George R. Phillips
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Camp Fire Girls
YMCA
YWCA
Salvation Army
Bannock Hotel
Girl Escapee Helen Martin to face trial in Midwest
A 17 year old girl known as Helen Martin fled Bannock county jail using a spoon and was recaptured by FBI agents. U S Marshal Dave Nichols took her to American Falls jail and federal authorities will move her to Wichita Kansas or Kansas City Missouri for auto theft charges. Federal takeover may dismiss bad check charges and she likely will not serve a Wyoming sentence. Reporter Jack Harvey intercepted her attempt to escape another room in the Keystone hotel.
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Pocatello
Helen Martin
Wichita
Kansas
Kansas City
U.S
Dave Nichols
Wyoming Reformatory
American Falls
FBI
Nichols
Wyoming
Bannock County
POST
Jack Harvey
Keystone
Railroads, unions reach third wage raise for 175000 workers
The Order of Railway Conductors and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen agreed to a 10 cent hourly raise, effective Oct 16, affecting 175000 conductors, trainmen, yard crews and dining staff. Negotiations continue with engineers and switch crews as strikes loom.
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Chicago
Order of
Brotherhood of
Daniel P. Lomis
Lomis
Loomis
White House
City PTA backs move to form family welfare society
Central Council of Parent Teacher associations in Pocatello endorses establishing a Family Welfare Society to aid needy families and children. Mrs. Beth Orr says PTA will promote and support the plan as a major project with about 2000 members expected to approve at the October 11 meeting. Representatives from all area schools will attend to voice opinions.
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Pocatello
Central Council of Parent-Teacher Association
Beth Orr
Pocatello High School
PTA
Orr
Paul Scott
Community Chest
Council of Social Agencies
Scott
P-Ta Council
Caldwell man kills wife before taking his own life
Arthur Lee Gross, 39, of Caldwell, fatally shot his estranged wife Helen, 39, in a parked car with another man, then killed himself. Charles Williams Jr. of Boise escaped after gunfire as he sped away from the scene.
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Boise
Arthur Lee Gross
Caldwell
Helen
Dee
Anne
Charles Williams, Jr
Lewis Plans Six Hour Day as Mine Demands Rise
Cincinnati bureau reports John L. Lewis announced at the UMW convention opening that the 1949 50 wage and policy agenda will push shorter work weeks and federal mine safety enforcement. A six hour day is among proposed contract goals while unions seek higher president salaries and earlier retirement for pensions. Lewis hints at a presidential stance but declines to discuss retirement rumors. He is expected to signal support for Dewey or oppose Truman as the Taft Hartley law remains a point of contention.
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Lewis
John L. Lewis
President Truman
Dewey
Navy denies Winchell claim atom bomb missing from ship
Washington reports the U.S. Navy refutes Walter Winchell’s claim that an atom bomb vanished from the cruiser Indianapolis after it sank in July 1945. The navy says no divers searched the wreck, noting it lies in an area too deep for diving and the ship went down with its crew.
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Washington
Navy
Walter Winchell
Indianapolis
Pacific
Tinian
Army Air Force
Leyte Gulf
Philippines
Pocatello Chest Drive names publicity co chairs
Ralph Comstock Jr and Jack Terrell were named co chairmen of the publicity committee for the Pocatello Community Chest drive starting Oct 23. Other committee members from all local media were named and plans for an all out campaign were outlined.
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Ralph Comstock, Jr
Jack Terrell
Pocatello
C. Ed Flandro
Chest
Gem
Hotel Bannock
Comstock
Terrell
Pogatello
Ruth Fletcher
Schoonover
Dave Rowe
Calvin Hale
W. T. Cahill
Sam Hanson
Pocatellans
Community Chest
Flandro
The
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Cincinnati
United Mine Workers
Thomas E. Dewey
the Union
U.S. Navy
Press Group
Spark Chest Drive
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