Chest Drive Head Praises Railway Move
Chest officials announce a cooperative Community Chest drive with railway brotherhoods and shop unions. The tentative agreement, first of its kind, aims to cut expenses on banquets and operations while boosting city philanthropy. Total advance gifts reach $20,077 from 436 subscriptions, far above last year.
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Gate City Railway
C. Ed Flandro
Flandro
Pocatello
Community Chest
Red Feather Way
J. C. Penney Company
Montgomery Ward
Blair Fry Motor
Chamber of Commerce
Idaho Farm Mutual Company
Montgomery Wards
Idaho Farm Mutual
Idaho Job Deadlines Set for Nov 2
Idaho office and social service positions must be applied for by Nov 2, says state merit system counselor Thomas H. Charrey of Boise. Open vacancies include public health nursing, public assistance child welfare and case workers, plus stenographic and typing classifications. applications available at the Pocatello Employment Service branch or at the Merit System Office in Boise.
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Idaho
Thomas H. Charrey
Boise
Merit System
Pocatello
The
Employment Service
Inquest Planned in Reno Over Denverite Wolff Death
Coroner says Mrs. Gyn Steinbeck former wife of John Steinbeck likely last to see Leonard H Wolff alive. Wolff found dead in his wrecked auto near Mt Rose after gambling losses. Inquest to probe possible motive and links to gambling, with Steinbeck testifying Thursday.
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Plan
Reno
Denverite
Gyn Conger Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
Denver
Leonard Harold Wolff
Laurence Layman
Steinbeck
Colorado
Wolff
Desert
Jacob Wolffs
Mt. Rose
West Indies
Junior Romeo Surrenders to Coast Police in Los Angeles
Roy Lothario Ellsworth Wise carver known as Sonny Wise, 19, turned himself in to Los Angeles authorities after two years dodging the law. He had been sent to a California youth authority camp in 1946 for escapades with married women and fled to Nevada. He cited desire for freedom as his motive and reconciled with his 17 year old bride Betty Zoe Weber in Las Vegas before surrendering.
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Los Angeles
Roy Lothario Ellsworth
Sonny) Wisecarver
California
California Youth Authority
Nevada
Wisecarver
Betty Zoe Weber
Las Vegas
Nev
Betty Zoe
Boise RAF May Reopen Mounts Home Air Base
Boise chamber of commerce received a letter from Capt Forest W Tippen written from Warren Field in the British West Indies indicating early reactivation of Mountain Home air base. The 91st Long Range Photo Reconnaisance Squadron adjutant reported orders for a move and asked about local housing. Air Force HQ had announced reactivation before year end but gave no date.
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BOISE
Boise Chamber of Commerce Today
Mountain Home Air Base
Forest W. Tippen
Warren Field
British West Indies
91St Long Range Photo Reconnaisance Squadron
Tippen
Mountain Home Base
Air Force Headquarters
Mountain Home
Stolen revolver ad spotted in old Idaho World issue
A vintage Idaho World print shows Editor Jud Boyakin offering a back issue reward for a stolen revolver with return guaranteed and no questions asked. The note reflects rugged old West journalism style from Ida City.
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Idaho City
Ida
Idaho World
West
Jud Boyakin
Stray Bullet Wounds Boy Near Sugar Creek Sawmill
A 16 year old Morgan Buttars was struck by a stray bullet while walking with his brothers and cousins through pines east of the Sugar Creek sawmill Cub River canyon. The bullet hit his leg and he was carried down the mountain on a makeshift stretcher then taken by jeep to Preston hospital in good condition.
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Preston
Morgan Buttars
Charles
Stewart
Alton
Keith Buttars
Sugar Creek
Cub River Canyon
Ben Buttars
Ruben Buttars
Navy celebrates 173rd birthday with open houses coast to coast
The U S Navy marks its 173rd birthday with open house in ports worldwide including Pocatello Idaho where tours run 9 a m to 3 p m at the naval ordnance plant. Marines perform drills at 10 a m 10 45 a m and 2 p m with Navy Day films at 11 a m. A veterans stag party closes the day at 8 30 p m. Flowers for war dead are sent from Portland to be scattered at sea.
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Uncle Sam's Navy
United States
Pocatello
Naval Ordnance Plant
W. P. McCarty
Ordnance Plant
H. C. Brown
L. D. Hook
Montgomery Wards
Blocks
Idaho Power Co
Fargo’s
History of the Navy
Veterans of Foreign Wars Club
South Main Street
Portland
Mary Holt
Navy Mothers Club
Pacific
Arnold Warns Moscow Bluff Threatens Berlin Crises
General Hap Arnold says Russia is bluffing and not ready to fight in the Germany deadlock. He urges bold allied action toward Berlin, recalling wartime courage and Patton-like convoy pressure while cautioning Americans not to fear Soviet power.
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Sonoma
Calif
Russia
United States
H. H
Arnold
United Press
Washington
Army Air Forces
Patton
Berlin
George Patton
Germany
Navy Throws 24 C-54s Into Berlin Airlift
Washington reports 24 Navy transport planes joined the Berlin airlift delivering food and fuel to the blockaded city. The C-54s, two squadrons of four engines, were drawn from Pacific bases as the first batch of 66 authorized by President Truman after a White House meeting with General Lucius D. Clay.
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Washington
United States
Berlin
Germany
Pacific
Truman
White House
Lucius D. Clay
Arrest Made In Wisconsin Sex Slayings
Sheriff Lloyd Thompson questioned a 29 year old railroad worker in the brutal slayings of Gertrude Baumann 17 and Raymond Smith 18 in Eau Claire Wisconsin. The suspect linked to a prior window peeping charge and an earlier attack on an eight year old near Merrillan was detained as law enforcement pursued the case. Both victims were shot after a day spent taking photographs at a golf course. The man was jailed in Minneapolis on an indecent exposure charge.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Lloyd Thompson
Minneapolis
Thompson
Merrillan
Gertrude Baumann
Raymond Smith
Eau ‘Claire
Smith
Court awards $5000 to accident victim Bournes vs Union Pacific
After five hours of deliberation the district court jury returned a verdict for Elaine Bourne and W. H. Bourne against Union Pacific railroad for injuries from a December 6 1946 crossing accident near Soda Springs. Approximately $28 000 in damages were sought in the action on Judge L E Glennon's calendar.
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Elaine Bourne
W. H. Bourne
Union Pacific Railroad
Soda Springs
Federal Judge Holds 10 for Civil Contempt in Reds Probe
In Los Angeles Judge Peirson M Hall refused to release ten jailed on civil contempt for refusing to answer a grand jury on communism. A midnight session found six men and four women guilty and ordered immediate imprisonment.
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Los Angeles
Peirson M. Hall
Hall
Postmaster Trimming Attends National Convention
Postmaster Jack Trimming returned to Pocatello from New York City where he attended the annual convention of the national association of postmasters October 17 to 21. Almost 3000 postmasters from the United States, Hawaii and Alaska participated. Postmaster General Jessie M. Donaldson presided, with Washington officials Vincent Burke Joseph Lawler and Walter Myers. Final day banquet at the Hotel As’ featured news commentator Lo Thomas.
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Jack Trimming
Pocatello
New York City
National Association of Postmasters
United States
Hawaii
Alaska
Trimming
Jessie M. Donaldson
Washington, D. C
Vincent C.burke
Joseph Lawler
Walter Myers
Lo Thomas
Blackfoot Motor Firm Opens Doors
The Gibson Leven Motor Co held a grand opening at their new 200 block North Ash location. New Dodge and Plymouth vehicles were on display. The building was designed by Al Gibson of Blackfoot and Joe Leven of Ogden, with construction by Louis Ellsworth and Co.
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Blackfoot
Gibson- Leven Motor Co
North Ash
Dodge
Plymouth
al Gibson
Joe Leven
Ogden
Louis Ellsworth and Co
Weather Historian recalls Alva records of heat and cold
Alva Oklahoma remembers with Steve A Stech 88 who has served the weather bureau since 1911. He cites the record high 120 degrees on July 18 1936 and the coldest day 16 below zero on February 8 1933, recalling hot and cold eras.
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Alva
Okla
Steve A. Stech
Weather Bureau
Three Escape Injuries At Death Bridge
Three escape injuries occurred when a spectacular crash at Death Bridge on Yellowstone Highway Alameda left one vehicle dangling over water. Sarah Rough and the two Marines George Freidenberger and James Welches crawled to safety across a water main. No serious injuries were reported by state officers Carl Muir Alfred Nogo and local policemen Earl Boyce and Harry Carahoff.
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Pocatello
Yellowstone Highway
Alameda
Sarah Rough
Cahoon
George Freidenberger
James Welches
U. S
Ordnance Plant
Freidenberger
Welches
Carl Muir
Alfred Nogo
Earl Boyce
Harry Carahoff
Amber Authoress Announces Divorce From Shaw
Kathleen Winsor Shaw known as Mrs John Grant at a Reno area ranch admitted her identity and said she is divorcing bandleader Artie Shaw after being recognized at a nightclub.
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Reno
Nev
Kathleen
Amber” Winsor Shaw
John Grant
Here
Artie Shaw
Shaw
Dancer Vickie Evans Faces New Legal Trouble
Hollywood reports dancer Vickie Evans linked to marijuana charges with Robert Mitchum and two others. After vagrancy dismissal, a separate trespassing suit by Nanette Bordeaux claims Evans and Lila Leeds used a Laurel Canyon home as a marijuana den. Evans slated to stand trial November 22 with Mitchum Leeds and Robin Ford on drug charges.
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Hollywood
Vickie Evans
Philadelphia
Robert Mitchum
Miss "Vans
Justice of the
Henry H. Draeger
Laurel Canyon
Miss Evans
Lila Leeds
Nanette Bordeaux
Virginia Ann Hyland
Ann Staunton
Miss Bordeaux
Mitchum
Miss Leeds
Robin Ford
Western Allies Near Agreement on North Atlantic Pact
Five Western European nations announced in Paris that they had reached in principle accord to sign a defensive pact with the United States and Canada. The outline includes U S military aid to Western Europe and a step toward forming a long sought Atlantic alliance to deter Soviet aggression. Present at the secret talks were Bevin of Britain Schuman of France Spaak of Belgium Stikker of the Netherlands and Bech of Luxembourg.
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Paris
United States
Canada
U. S
Europe
Washington
Brooke Claxton
Toronto
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
North Atlantic
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Robert Schuman
France
Paul-Henri Spaak
Belgium
D.A. Stikker
Netherlands
Joseph Bech
Luxembourg
Russians repudiated allied safety pact on Berlin air corridors
The Soviet News Bureau said the inter allied safety agreement for Berlin air corridors is invalid and refuses to confirm it. It demands complete flight schedules over the Soviet zone, threatening accountability for accidents if unmet. Maj. Gen. Walter Schreiber reportedly escaped to the western sectors, highlighting German police changes and Russian strain from the blockade.
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Berlin
SNB
Russia
Germany
Walter Schreiber
United States
Britain
Schreiber
Friedrich von Paulus
der Abend
U. S
von Paulus
Stalingrad
Dewey Assails Truman Amid Campaign Slugfest in Chicago
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey denounced President Truman for a new law of mud-slinging and reckless abuse as he spoke in Chicago. He said the Truman administration failed to win the peace and bluster at home, charging the party is split and spreading fearful propaganda.
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Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
Truman
Dewey
White House
Truman rallies through Ohio in bid to swing vote
President Truman campaigned across Ohio claiming Republicans are on the run and Democrats will win despite GOP polling. He spoke en route from Chicago with rallies in South Bend Elkhart and at Civic Auditorium Toledo where he warned communists back a third party to split votes and aid a Republican victory.
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Cleveland
Truman
Ohio
Chicago
South Bend
Elkhart
Ind
Civic Auditorium
Toledo
Teamsters In Hearing On Petition Here
Representatives of the Teamsters union and Wasatch Oil Co appeared Tuesday before NLRB examiner H. J Merritt from Seattle in a petition for representation. Union claims 24 of 30 transportation employees signed. election to cover transportation workers only. Decision expected about 90 days after testimony transcript.
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Teamsters Union
Wasatch Oil Co
H. J Merritt
National Labor Relations Board
Seattle
Clarence Lott
Teamsters Local 983
Clarence M. Beck
Salt Lake City
Transportation Department
Oil Company
Gilbert Moyle
Wilford Moyle Burton
Frank Coppening
Pocatello
Gene Barbie
Local 983
Lester Poole
Idaho Falls
NLRB
Washington, D. C
Merritt
Youth program sparks controversy in Murray Utah
Con tractor Jay Davis says a self-run youth recreation effort overreached amid neighborhood requests for a pool. Children reportedly found six houses under construction with cement basements and used them for swimming, raising safety concerns.
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Murray
Utah
Jay Davis
Davis
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W. T. Jenkins
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G. L. Andrews
C. W. Pool
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H. W. Corbett
C. H. Pizer
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John Minardi
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C. Whitaker
Railroad Signalmen of America
Lavern Johnson
Soviets
Wein
Peoples Council
Council of Foreign Ministers
Potsdamer Platz
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Self
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al Anselmo
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