Famed Idaho Doctor Dr William Forrest Howard Dies at 80
Dr William Forrest Howard once coroner of Bannock county and pioneer physician of Pocatello died at his home after a long illness. Born July 26 1868 in Portsmouth Ohio he studied in Kansas and Austria before practicing medicine in Pocatello Idaho. Survived by wife Minnie and four sons including Forrest and Richard, with services to be announced.
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William Forrest Howard
Bannock County
Garfield Ave
Portsmouth
Ohio
Nelson Howard
Kansas
Clyde
Howard
Central Normal College
Great Bend
Kan
Santa Fe
N. M
University of Kansas
St. George Hospital
Kansas City
Pocatello
Allgemeine Krankenhaus
Vienna
Pocatello Medical Society
Tri-State Medical Association
American Medical Association
Idaho State Board of Medical Examiners
Medical Corps
116Th
Oregon Trail Memorial Association
Mason Lodge
Cuba Lodge
William Kauffman
Earl Howard
Kana
Ida
Lene McHan-Henderson
Rogers Volunteer for Army Service in 1948
Second Lieutenant George H. Rogers of Pocatello has volunteered for a three year tour of active duty with the U S army. Rogers, operator of The Jolly Rogers used car lot, will report for duty at the station hospital March Air Force Base Riverside California effective November 1 1948 per Captain Lee R Sumpter Jr unit instructor for the organized reserves in Pocatello.
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George H. Rogers
Pocatello
U. S. Army
Lee R. Sumpter, Jr
Organized Reserves
Rogers
March Air Force Bast
Riverside
Calif
Democratic Rally Announced by Bannock Central Committee
Ban nock central committee headquarters announced a Friday night rally with C. Gerrard Davidson first assistant secretary of the interior as the main speaker. County candidates will be introduced and some state candidates are expected to attend. Further arrangements will be announced later in the week.
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Democratic Party
C. Gerrard Davidson
Bannock Central Committee
Postoffice Getting New Look In City
Congestion at railroad stations during the war has faded as the Pocatello post office undergoes a two week makeover. Painters work in the lobby with ladders and canvas in the sales section to protect mailers. Interior coating with white paint improves lighting for staff and patrons. stamp buyers and mailers urged to exercise caution during reconditioning. The all clear will be sounded by week’s end and lobby will resume full operation.
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Pocatello Post Office
1 Dead and 1 Injured In Rupert Collision
Rupert Ida reports Willicard Kuniz 34 Minidoka county agent killed when his car was struck by a Delco teen, Lowell Penrod 17, who ran a stop sign and pushed Kuniz’s vehicle into a tree. Penrod hospitalized in serious condition. county prosecutor Lawrence Duffin preparing charges.
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Rupert
Ida
Willicard Kuniz
Minidoka County
Lowell Penrod
Delco
Here
Ron Hawks
Penrod
Kuniz
Lawrence Duffin
Hawks
Officer Attends Recruiting School at Camp Lee
Maj. Erik Erikson, CO at the Pocatello main recruiting station, attends instructor recruiting school at Camp Lee Virginia. Capt. James D. Hunsaker with 1st Lt. George Claxton will lead the local installation until Erikson completes the course in mid December.
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Camp Lee
Erik Erikson
Pocatello
James D. Hunsaker
George Claxton
Maj
Erikson
Woman Cleared in Court Trial Over 1946 Traffic Mishap
A federal district court jury found Lillian Gleason not guilty of causing damages to Mark L. Johnson and relatives seeking 50 445 dollars for injuries from a May 11 1946 traffic accident. The case opened Wednesday and ended at 4 40 p m Tuesday with a swift verdict. The truck trailer driven by C L Ferney struck Mrs Mary Johnson who died while aiding repair of the Johnson car. Plaintiffs included Oran L Thomas Freeman Thomas Leach Carlsen Adriella Myers and others.
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Federal District Court
Lillian Gleason
Mark L. Johnson
District Court
C. L. Ferney
Mary Johnson
Johnson
Oran L. Thomas
Freeman Thomas
Leach Carlsen
Adriella Myers
Elnora Doran
Emma Bergman
Ronald Borich
Arnold Borich
Carl Borich
Rebekahs Elect Idaho Officials At Grand Lodge Session
Idaho Rebekah lodges opened the second day of grand lodge sessions at the Masonic temple with elections led by nine elected officers. Ethel Comstock of Nampa was named president and Lela Schettes of Nampa treasurer. A memorial service honored deceased members as Emma Smith led tributes and WWI era leaders were recognized.
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Elaine Seaver
Rebekah
Idaho
Masonic Temple
Ethel Comstock
Nampa
Margaret Watts
Twin Falls
Bessie Baker
Wild Rose
New Meadows
Mabel Garland
Lela Schettes
Bertha Belmont
Lillian Hughes
St. Anthony Lodge
Capitola
Emma Smith
Sisters
Edith Florence
ARA
Northwest Odd Fellows Association
George E. Zweifel
Portland
Ore
Syringa No
Jerome
Assembly
la Rue Golden
Home Lodge No
Bruneau
Pauline Lust
Washington
Hazel Nicholl
Utah
Marie Stewart
LaPrele Fields
Nevada
Myrtle Anderson
Idaho Assembly
Arthur Bjorklund
Moscow
Robert P.bryan
Gooding
Guy E. Hanson
Pocatello
Presley F. Horne
Caldwell
Grand Scribe
M. F. Marker
Idaho Falls
Earl Huff
Grangeville
E. E. Neaves
Grand Sentinel
Virgil Harris
Salmon
Grand Outside Sentinel
Calvin Martin
Lewiston
A. H. O'Leary
Weiser
Odd Fellows and Rebekals
Odd Fellows Lodge
Pocatello Hall
Memorial Hall
Grande Lodge
Memorial Building
Ed T. Gilroy
Kobshin
Grand Lodge
Bannock
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Memorial
Rebekah Assembly
Theta Rho
Pocatello Theta Rho
Amos
Odd Fellows and
Patsy Wins Jingle Test for Community Chest
Patsy Bentley of Irving wins the Community Chest jing le written for Tuesday. The verse urges giving one day’s pay to support the YWCA Scouts Campfire Girls and YMCA, noting many others will also receive care through the fund.
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Community Chest
Patsy Bentley
Irving
YWCA
Scouts
YMCA
Pilots Aim To Break World Endurance Flight Record
Richard Riedel and Bill Barris launched the Sunkist Lady in Fullerton California to fly six weeks in a four place Aeronca aiming for 1000 hours aloft. They hope to surpass the 726 hour record set by Wes Carroll and Clyde Schliepper in 1939.
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Bert Simmons
Fred Vinmount
Dallas, Tex
Texas Private Flyers’ Association
Fullerton
Cal
California
Richard Riedel
Midway City
Bill Barris
Buena Park
Navy
Aeronca
Riedel
June
Dick Jr
Bobbie
Betty Barris
Patricia
Steven
Barris
American Airlines
Wes Carroll
Long Beach
Clyde Schliepper
Carroll
Schliepper
Teaspoon Jail Breaker Sentenced To Two Years
Helen Martin a 17 year old known as a teas poon escapee was sentenced by a federal district court to two years in jail. She pleaded guilty to transporting a stolen car from Sheridan Wyoming to Power County. She will be confined at the federal reformatory for women Alderson West Virginia once word comes from the U S attorney general.
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Helen Martin
Federal District Court
Sheridan
Wyo
Power County
Federal Reformatory For Women
Alderson
W. Va
U. S
Wall-Spooner
American Falls
West Virginia
Minister and wife travel to India for son’s hospital care
Rev. and Mrs. N. R. Simpson left Pocatello for Indio California to be at the bedside of their son Glenn and his wife who were hospitalized after a automobile crash in Indio Saturday. The Simpsons’ son and his spouse reside in Albuquerque New Mexico. They were en route to Pocatello to visit the couple when the accident occurred.
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Rev
N. R. Simpson
Pocatello
Indio
Calif
Glenn
Young Simpson
Albuquerque
New Mexico
92 Expected To Go Through Examination
Southeastern Idaho begins postwar draft processing in Pocatello with 92 men from 23 counties set for pre induction exams starting Friday. Inductions planned for November with 25 year olds mainly from Bannock and neighboring counties. a female recruiter, Sgt Anna B Hugonin, remains needed to fill a permanent post.
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Idaho
Pocatello
James Hunsaker
Army and Air Forces
Hunsaker
Anna B. Hugonin
Rancher Max Streifling Shot Dead in Aberdeen
A 72 year old Aberdeen rancher was killed by two .22 bullets fired from behind. Frank Leppert, Boise veteran, admitted firing but refuses to sign a confession. Leppert and wife Margaret were taken into custody in Power county as murder charges loom after Streifling’s body was found following a weeklong missing persons search.
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Max Streifling
Aberdeen
Blackfoot
J. O. Hampton
Streifling
Frank Lepper
Boise
Stre
Kerr
Leppert
Hoehnen
Carl Muir
Congress Probes Vote Illegality Ties in New Mexico
A House subcommittee orders a probe into alleged illegal campaigning by federal employees for Senatorial candidate Clinton P. Anderson in New Mexico. The inquiry targets officials including J. A. Krug and aides on a western reclamation tour.
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Washington
New Mexico
Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Senate
House
Forest A. R
Ind
Secretary of the Interior
J. A. Krug
Department
Harness
Krug
Hatch Clean Politics
Calanenntaet
Deming
N.M
Anderson
Patrick J. Hurley
Hoover
Bow
Three Car Thieves Plead Guilty In U S Court
George Francis Desmond admitted transporting a stolen vehicle from Moorhead Minnesota to Idaho Falls around September 2 1948 and received 18 months suspended sentence plus two years probation. Wesley Vernon Glass pleaded guilty to violating the motor vehicle theft act and Phillip Kanyon pleaded guilty to stealing a 1939 Chrysler sedan near an Indian reservation and received one year and one day in jail with probation.
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George Francis Desmond
Moorhead
Minn
Idaho Falls
Federal District Court
Desmond
Wesley Vernon Glass
Glass
Phillip Kanyon
Pocatello Kids Parade to Feature 25 Floats and 1 050 Kids
About 25 floats and 1050 children will take part in the Pocatello community chest Kid's Parade Saturday morning announced Tuesday by co-chairman Stan Day. King and Queen Jingle will head the march with a 1949 Nash courtesy of Hoover Motor Company.
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Pocatello Community Chest
Stan Day
Community Chest
Hoover Motor Company
Garfield and
Clark Avenues
Garfield Avenue
Center Street
Center
Arthur Avenue
Bonneville Street
Main Street
Fremont Street
Camp Fire
YMCA
YWCA
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IOOF
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W. J. Becker
Kellogg
Calvin A. Martin
Becker
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