No Lunatic' Engineer Replies To Gov Dewey
Evansville Indiana engineer Lee Tindle 54 backed Dewey’s campaign train into a crowd then apologized saying the governor’s remark was unfair He said it would not influence his vote in November The incident near Beaucoup Illinois involved about 1000 people and prompted Dewey to call the engineer a lunatic then rescind the remark while noting no one was hurt
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Evansville
Ind
Lee Tindle
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Tindle
Beaucoup
Ill
Louisville
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Christmas Arrives Early in Pocatello Toy Boom
Old Man Weather says no snow soon but merchants plan a big Christmas. Stores report early toy shipments in 1948 styles including mechanicals and plastic toys. Firemen and Elks coordinate toys for needy kids while decorations and a light shortage loom.
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Pocatello
Junior
Little Mary
Rita Hayworth
Carmen
West Side
East Side
Elks Club
Santa Claus
Hollywood
Frank Sinatra
Bing Crosby
Shmoos Take Off For Overseas Help Flight
One hundred shmoos departed LaGuardia for Berlin on Operation Do Good to become food drops for Germans. Al Capp and Li'l Abner helped prepare 12 inch plastic Shmoos for the CARE charity drops to Berlin, with supply routed via the 17th military air transport squadron in Frankfurt.
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New York
Berlin
LaGuardia Field
al Capp 4 Lucor
Li'l Abner
American Overseas Airlines
17Th Military Air Transport Squadron
Frankfurt
James Haun
Airlift Outfit
Rein Main
Idaho sales tax oppose stance voiced by Perry Swisher
Perry Swisher, candidate for state senator, urged immediate opposition to Idaho’s sales tax at a Young Republican session in Hotel Bannock. He argued the family shopping bill is already high and opposed new taxes, noting Idaho previously rejected a Penny For Benny. The tax would replace slot machine revenue if legalized again.
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Idaho
Perry Swisher
Bannock
Swisher
Idaho Municipal League
Union
C. Ben Ross
Benny
Alaska Votes Democratic Sweep in Territorial Election
Incomplete returns from Anchorage Fairbanks Ketchikan Kodiak and Juneau show Democratic candidates winning decisively for delegate to congress and major territorial offices. E L Bartlett leads R H Stock 5442 to 1639 for delegate. Abolition of fish trap favored 6744 to 956. Juneau set a territorial turnout record with 1799 votes.
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Juneau
Alaska
Congress
Anchorage
Fairbanks
Ketchikan
Kodiak
E. L. Bartlett
R. H. Stock
Bartlett
Stock
Want A Job Here It Is In Idaho Potato Harvest
The potato harvest shuts down other activity as schools close in Blackfoot Rexburg Idaho Falls Salmon and nearby areas. The unemployment figure falls to a postwar low with 1323 jobs listed including 726 women and 301 veterans. Bingham County reports 1500 openings amid 35 000 acres of unharvested spuds.
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Idaho
American Falls
Blackfoot
Rexburg
Idaho Falls
Salmon
Bingham County
Nickel No Good He Wants None
A boy named Billy walked into a Farm City drug store and offered a nickel for ice cream. The clerk said cones cost eight cents and gum six cents. He paid nothing, left the nickel on the counter, and told the clerk to keep it as it would not buy anything.
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ITV
Ill
Billy Sy
Farm City
Billy
Weather Outlook With Scattered Showers Nearby
Partly cloudy Thursday and Friday with little temperature change. Scattered showers over nearby mountains. Highs 75 to 65, lows around 40. Wednesday reached 76 with a low of 35.
Bannock County Pre-Induction Exam List Released
The first 13 men named for pre-induction examinations in Bannock County are listed led by Jimmy W. Hughes YMCA 25. Others include Alberto Ramirez 25 Rt. 2 North Herman J. Naegele 25 408 South Fourth Ave Yoshi R. Yokota 25 720 North Sixth Ave and more. Examinations set for October 22 at the MacKenzie building may lead to deferment or draft call depending on results.
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Bannock County
Ellen Donaldson
Selective Service
Jimmy W. Hughes
YMCA
Alberto Ramirez
Rt. 2
North
Herman J. Naegele
South Fourth Ave
Yoshi R. Yokota
North Sixth Ave
William C. Havener
Elzer David Wilson Jr
McCammon
Joe Fernandez
South Third Ave
Don G. Nor- Norton
Inkom
Ray H. Lloyd
Grace
Newell Rex Simons
North Main St
Andrew Kilbridge
L. H. Moss
Thirteenth Ave
Charles R. Alliston
Cahoon Ave
Donaldson
Army
MacKenzie Building
City Welcomes Odd Fellows Rebekahs For Grand Lodge Assembly
Idaho hosts twelve hundred members for a five day Grand Lodge session in Pocatello with Portneuf Lodge No 20 and Ivy Rebekah Lodge No 23 organizing. Activities include decorations at the high school gymnasium and a banquet at the Masonic temple as more than a dozen candidates are initiated.
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Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Big
Grand Lodge Assembly
Idaho
Pocatello
Portneuf Lodge
Ivy Rebekah Lodge
Lewiston
Guy E. Hanson
Grand Lodge
Volney Watts
Margaret Pomeroy
Patriarchs Militant
Lillian Hughes of
Gooding
Rebekah Assembly
Masonic Temple
Ella Self
Department Association of the Ladies Auxiliaries
Ladies Auxiliary
Boise
Elwood Potter
Eagle
Order
Congregational
Shoe Shine Boy Mourned By Many
In Indianapolis Dick Ritter, a well known Negro shoe shine boy who worked in the state capitol hall, became ill and died after daily bulletins began with hopeful notes. The sign over his stand proclaimed humorous services and the final notice read Dead.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana State Capitol
Dick Ritter
Ritter
Capitol Hall
U S Court Continues Crime Case In Idaho Notice
Federal district court will proceed on the case of Robert A Tyler charged with acquiring marijuana without paying tax. First portion heard Wednesday morning. Also set for 10 am today is the Johnson versus Gleason trial seeking 50445 for wrongful death after Mary A Thomas Johnson was killed May 11 1946 in a highway accident involving Lillian Gleason driving and C L Ferney trailer impact.
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Federal District Court
Robert A. Tyler
Mark L. Johnson
Lillian Gleason
Idaho
Johnson
Mary
Directors Chosen By Medical Men In Pocatello
Forrest H. Howard, president of the Pocatello Medical Society, names the board for a proposed medical bureau. The group includes W. R. Hearne Ralph Hegsted W. L. Olson R. P. Howard E. V. Simison and M. M. Graves with Dr Howard as chairman. A final organizing meeting was postponed and a Lewiston bureau manager is due next month to assist formation. The bureau aims to serve industries on payroll deduction with low costs for residents.
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Medical Service Bureau
Pocatello
Forrest H. Howard
Medical Society
Dr. Howard
W. R. Hearne
Ralph Hegsted
W. L. Olson
R. P. Howard
E. V. Simison
M. M. Graves
Howard
Lewiston
Lewiston Medical Service Bureau
Idaho State Faces Colorado State in Spud Bowl Prep
Idaho State arranges a key week of drills and scout reports as they ready for the Colorado State Bears. Quarterback Jay Paris remains out with medical guidance while Jim Bake and Poll Oakey compete for the starting role. Bear coach John Hancock will fly in from Greeley via chartered plane for the Saturday game.
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Idaho State
Bears
Colorado State
Babe Caccia
Ed Willet
Johnny Vesser
Colorado
Wyoming
Jay Paris
Jay
Paris
Jim Bake
Oakey
Art Lepore
John Hancock
ISC
Greeley
Funeral services for Naphlie Campbell
Mrs. Henry Lowe of 315 Park avenue and Mrs. Lawrence Lowe of 221 West Young Street attend funeral rites for their brother Naphlie Campbell 50 found dead in an alley early Wednesday. Death cause undetermined at first.
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Henry Lowe
Park Avenue
Lawrence Lowe
West Young Street
Rigby
Naphlie Campbell
Campbell
Idaho to crack down on rent control violators
Boise area rent director J. K. Burns said investigations are stepping up after veterans housing complaints. The veterans preference law covers homes built after 1947 and before 1949, with builders required to sell to veterans at set ceilings. Boise Nampa and Caldwell tenants were refunded 389.50 in September, totaling 1109.28 for the year.
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Boise
Idaho
J. K. Burns
Burns
Nampa
Caldwell
It's A Boy For Cardinal Tom Gordon
The former Povatelio Cards business manager Tom Gordon and his wife Mary Murphy welcomed Thomas Arthur Gordon Jr. on October 7 in Houston Texas. The newborn weighed seven pounds nine ounces and measured eighteen inches. An inventive birth notice likened the child to a baseball card with right handed batting and throwing, power to all fields, and inexperience as a drawback.
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Povatelio
Tom Gordon
Thomas Arthur Gordon Jr
Tom
Diamond Star
Houston
Tex
Gordon
St. Louis Cardinal Farm Club
Mary Murphy
Cardinal
Gordons
Pocatello
Fewer Veterans Enroll at Idaho State College This Semester
Idaho State College reports 791 veterans enrolled this semester, down from 901 last year. Public Law 346 trainees total 719, with 74 in the second group. Public Law 16 disabled veterans total two. Two riders withdrew so far this semester.
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Idaho State College
Thomas P. West
ISC
Mother Pleads For Son Life In Nevada Slaying Case
An 18 year old Lynn youth Richard Boudreau is held in Wells Nevada after allegedly confessing to the pistol slaying of a friend. His mother Mrs Hazel Boudreau says he must have suddenly lost his mind and plans to fly to Nevada to be with him.
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Lynn
Mass
Wells
Nev
Hazel Boudreau
Richard
Nevada
Boudreau
Harry Tom Swap Torrid Personalities
President Truman and Governor Thomas E. Dewey traded sharp charges as they campaigned across Wisconsin Minnesota and Oklahoma. Truman denounced Dewey as using catch phrases and mealy mouthing while Dewey accused the administration of incredible incompetence promising firm government and foreign policy if elected.
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United Press
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Midwest
Wisconsin
Minnesota
St. Paul
Minn
Dewey
White House
New York
Oklahoma
Bannock Sportsmen Plan Evening Meeting
Bannock County sportsmen will meet Friday at 8 in the council chambers of the police department building. Clyde Schoonover, the club president, says this is the first gathering in months and the forest service will show a color sound film Lifeblood of the Land. Schoonover hopes for full attendance and notes many items will be discussed.
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Bannock County Sportsmen
Council
Police Department
Clyde Schoonover
The
Sportsmen
Forest Service
Idaho Falls Men Hurt In Collision Near Blackfoot
Two Idaho Falls men identified as Donald Fetter and Donald Waters, both 28, were injured in a crash with a Carl Nelson Co gravel truck on the Yellowstone Highway south of Blackfoot. Dr. George Cox reported only lacerations and the men are under observation at St. Anthony hospital.
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St. Anthony Hospital
Idaho Falls
Carl Nelson Co
Blackfoot
Yellowstone
Donald Fetter
Donald Waters
George Cox
Senior Class Chooses Twins for Queen, Delights ISC Spud Bowl
In Pocatello Idaho seniors pick twins Jo Ann and Marianne Kihara as senior queen attendants. The coronation happens at halftime of the Pocatello Nampa ISC Spud Bowl football game. Junior and sophomore selections noted. elections held Wednesday afternoon.
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Sue Dell Jensen
Pokey High
Jo Ann
Marriane Kihara
Shirline Mason
Lynn, Tuttle
Beverly Kia
Progressive party takes ballot slot in Georgia
Wallace leads the Progressive party to a ballot position in Atlanta after replacing seven electors who balked at signing non communist affidavits required by state law.
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Wallace
Atlanta
Progressive Party
Georgia
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Uncle Sam
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Shoe Shine
U. S. Court
Colo. State
Cardinal Tom Gordon
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Harry
Bannock Sportsmen
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