Bannock Farm Harvest Outlook Bright Despite Hay Shortfall
Bannock County farmers report near perfect weather and an $8 million season as potatoes and sugar beets dig in. Agent Albert Mylrose notes potato yields per acre near Grace reach 335 bags with a standout 427-bag field on Jack Gibson’s land, while beet yields run 17 to around 20 tons per acre. Wheat and barley yields are healthy though hay crops lag, and overall Bannock farming shows stronger output than 1947 though alfalfa shortfalls and weevil damage mark the year.
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Bannock County
Albert Mylrose
Mylrose
Grace
Jack Gibson
Mylrole
A. H. McGuire
Pocatello
Bannock
Gem Valley
Veteran shoots two VA workers over pension dispute
In Buffalo New York disabled veteran Bernard V Lenbits aged 47 used a German Luger to kill two VA rating board chairman Newton A Jacobs about 40 and guard Emmett S Crowe about 60. Lenbits claimed he was denied a pension and said he would shoot those who denied him. He was overpowered by other VA employees.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Veterans Administration
Bernard V. Lenbits
Newton A. Jacobs
VA Rating Board No. 1
Lenbus
Emmett S. Crowe
Lenbits
Air Force
Former Residentis Promoted at Railway Express Agency
Eugene H. Hite has been appointed assistant to the vice president in charge of personnel and labor relations at Railway Express Agency with headquarters in San Francisco. He succeeds W. J. MacGreevey as vice president of Southern Departments. Hite, formerly superintendent of the Southern California Arizona New Mexico division in Los Angeles since 1943, began in Pocatello in 1918 and has held roles in Los Angeles Salt Lake City and Sacramento.
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Eugene H. Hite
Railway Express Agency
Folsom St
San Francisco
Calif
J. R. Marra
W. J. MacGreevey
Southern Departments
Hite
Pocatello
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Sacramento
Kidnapper abducts two during dawn California attacks
In San Jose a tall, young kidnapper in a grey car seized two women in separate dawn attacks. Claudine Swanson, 20, was shot three times and hospitalized with wounds. Pauline Eggebrecht, 24, survived after a brutal pistol whipping and escape from the car. The assailant, described as baby-faced, fled east in a gray Plymouth or DeSoto.
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San Jose
Calif
Claudine Swanson
San Jose State College
O'connor’s Hospital
Pauline Eggebrecht
Brennan Attacks Sanborn Record as Unimpressive
Idaho Democratic chairman Ed Brennan denounces Rep. John Sanborn record as unimpressive, quoting a Washington columnist that the Idaho Republican never spoke in two years in Congress except to follow lobbies. Brennan notes Sanborn has not denied the charge and remains silent in Idaho.
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Boise
Ed. P. Brennan
John Sanborn
Ida
Idaho
Washington
Fire Chief Robinson Dies After Car Crash in Salt Lake City
Christopher A. Robinson, 49, assistant Salt Lake County fire chief, died in a Salt Lake City hospital from injuries from a Monday automobile crash on his way to a fire. He anticipated further legal action against labor unions.
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Salt Lake City
Christopher A. Robinson
Salt Lake County
Police hold wanted man as missing person case unfolds
Sheriff William Hoehnen and State Trooper Carl Muir captured Frank Leppert in Caldwell county while investigating a felony embezzlement warrant. He tied to a missing 72 year old bachelor, Max Streislinger of Aberdeen, who vanished after paying Leppert 5242 in cash for sheep and plans to vacation. search of Streislinger’s cabin yielded no cash or sign of him, with neighbors calling the disappearance unusual. Leppert remains jailed awaiting transfer.
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Power County
William Hoehnen
Carl Muir
Frank Leppert
Caldwell
Ida
Leppert
Max Streislinger
Aberdeen
Streiflinger
Salt Lake City
Hoehnen
Streissinger
Muir
American Falls
Mystery Shot Kills Idahoan
Richard Foreman, 40, was found with a bullet wound in his head at his mother's Idaho home in Rupert. He died soon after. Deputies reported the death as mysterious with a secret investigation planned. Foreman had been despondent over health and domestic troubles.
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Rupert
Ida
Richard Foreman
Fred A. Deno
Allen Goodman
E. H. Brimble
Floyd Stewart
Deno
Foreman
Ilene Foreman
Lawndale
Calif
Utah Strike Averted With Temporary Compromise
An 11th hour deal postponed a Kennecott rail workers strike planned to start at 5 a.m. tomorrow, potentially halting a third of US copper output. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers Local at Bingham agreed to new talks at 10 a.m. Monday with company officers and mediation officials to continue settlement efforts.
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Salt Lake City
Kennecott Corp
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Bingham
Dworshak Defends Eightieth Congress
Senator Dworshak told about 100 people that the Eightieth Congress was not a rubber-stamp body. He noted its reclamation budget as a record and said no congress has done all it should. Perry Swisher and Clegg Raymond spoke as supporters.
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McCammon
Dworshak
Perry Swisher
Clegg Raymond
Congress
Sheriff Departs To Get Prisoner
Bonneville county sheriff Dean Wilkie leaves Idaho Falls for Portland Oregon to extradite murder suspect Zelda Madine Kelly. Kelly confessed to Port land police that she killed Peggy Norris in Idaho Falls after a party in Blackfoot three years ago.
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Idaho Falls
Dean Wilkie
Bonneville County
Portland
Ore
Zelda Madine Kelly
Grand lodge meets in Pocatello amid housing crunch
More than 1200 Odd Fellows and Rebekahs are to gather in Pocatello for a five day grand lodge assembly starting Sunday. Housing remains unsettled with many members needing rooms. local Bert Johns is collecting accommodations. Activities begin Monday with divided sessions for men and women at the Masonic temple and Odd Fellows hall.
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Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Pocatello
Grand Lodge
Bert Johns
Patriarchs Militant
Ladies Auxiliary
Odd Fellows Hall
William Wollen
Masonic Temple
Idaho
Memorial Building
Calvin A. Martin
Rebekah
Rebekah Assembly of Idaho
Lillian Hughes
Marguerite Rebekah
Gooding
Pearl Dundas
P.N.G
Gold Nuggett Rebekah
Pierce
Irene Grant
Noble Grand
Ivy Rebekah Lodge No. 23
Wil
Ed Cunningham
Pep Band Debuts on ISC Campus in White Coveralls
The Idaho State college pep band makes its first local appearance on the ISC campus wearing white coveralls. After two years of effort the group is now organized and ready to perform. Their acclaim rose after the ISC-Wyoming game in Laramie last week. Catamounts shout they look forward to hearing the new addition to the college.
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Idaho State College
ISC
Isc-Wyoming
Laramie
Wyo
Pocatellans
Ickes Attacks Dewey Over Campaign Issues
Former Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes accused Republican nominee Thomas E. Dewey of running a "love, love, love" campaign and failing to state clear positions on major issues.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Thomas E. Dewey
Idaho State College Prepares for Big Homecoming Weekend
ISC alumni from across the nation gather as Homecoming week begins with events at Frazier Hall and Red Hill. The three day celebration includes open houses, coronation of the Homecoming Queen, a pep rally, football game, and a Sunday alumni breakfast and meeting discussing a new field house. Perry Swisher notes the plans aim to be ISC’s greatest homecoming.
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ISC
Idaho State College
United States
Fighting Bengals
Gate City
Frazier Hall
Bengal
Red Hill
Student Union
Perry Swisher
Jalého
Rail worker Albert Cooley dies in Glenns Ferry crash
Albert A. Cooley 19 formerly of Pocatello died early Thursday when his car crashed through a guard rail and into a concrete post west of Glenns Ferry. He was a brakeman for Union Pacific based at Glenns Ferry and was survived by his mother Mrs Grace Gaffner, a Navy veteran and member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Downard funeral home.
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Glenns Ferry
Albert A. Cooley
Pocatello
Grace Gaffner
Nion Pacific Railroad
Young Cooley
United Press
C. E. Bartlett
Cooley
Albert
Grace Hill Cooley
Navy
UNION
Brotherhood of Railroad
Minnie Cooley
Burley
LaRena Bayles
E. Bartlett
Downard Funeral Home
Idaho Power Board Declares 45 Cent Dividend
Boise Idaho power company Idaho Power Co announces a 45 cents per share dividend on 700000 shares of $20 par value common stock.
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BOISE
Idaho Power Co
Governor Robins To Crown ISC Homecoming Queen
Governor C A Robins will crown Idaho State College’s homecoming queen during the 9 30 p m pep rally in the Spud Bowl. The queen will reign over the homecoming game Saturday and attend the dance in the Student Union ballroom. The evening includes lighting the I on Red Hill and fireworks.
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Idaho State College
C. A. Robins
ISC
Red Hill
Idaho Falls Voters to Decide District Consolidation
Idaho Falls residents will vote Friday on a plan to consolidate local school districts into a Class A unit, announced by Kenneth F. Dean, state school reorganization director. A separate proposal for Orofino in Clearwater county will be decided October 29 after Clearwater rejected a two-district option.
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Boise
Idaho Falls
Kenneth F. Dean
Dean
Orofino
Clearwater County
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