Halloween Plans Loom Over Pocatello Activities
Local stores showcase eerie masks as Halloween approaches with Wards and youth groups hosting gatherings in Pocatello. The week end features LDS ward carnivals, the Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen ball, YMCA games, and a midnight Chief theatre show. Families anticipate movies, dances, and festive treats across Friday and Saturday nights.
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Hood
Pocatello Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jay-C-Ettes
Pocatellans
Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen of America
John Putman
YMCA
Hallowe’en
Pocatellans Observe Navy Day Open House
More than 500 residents toured the naval ordnance plant in Pocatello on Navy Day. Capt W P McCarty led day long plant tours while the Pocatello high school band performed. A large veterans and ex Marines open house fundraiser followed with films piano music and singing.
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Pocatello
Naval Ordnance Plant
Navy
United States Marines
W. P. McCarty
Veterans of Foreign Wars Club
South Main Street
H. C. Brown
L. D. Hook
Idahoan Assigned To Recruiting
Sgt. first class Merrill Clayton is attached to the organized reserve corps in Pocatello as unit instructor. Capt. Lee Sumpter reports Clayton transferred from Camp Stoneman California after seven years in the army and six months in Europe and 20 months in the southwest Pacific. He replaces Master Sgt. Charles S. Minor Jr who will reenlist for duty in Japan. The Pocatello unit office now includes Capt. Sumpter, Sgt. Clayton and Sgt. Dom Manfredo.
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Merrill Clayton
Organized Reserve Corps
Pocatello
Lee Sumpter
Clayton
Camp Stoneman
Calif
Ucon
Idaho
Southwest Pacific
Charles S. Minor Jr
Japan
Minor
Spokane
Army
Sumpter
Dom Manfredo
One Case On Court Docket In Pocatello
Judge R. Don Bistline handled a single case in police court. Charles H. Goodwin faced charges of operating a vehicle under the influence and was fined 100 dollars and had his license revoked for one year. The judge called the offense serious and warned violators will be punished sternly.
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Pocatello
R. Don Bistline
Charles H. Goodwin
Bistline
Civil Air Officer to Visit Gate City in Pocatello
Captain K Wayne Claybaugh liaison officer of the Civil Air Patrol will visit Pocatello Thursday at 2 p m to confer with local CAP officers on the future of civil flying Major O G Roche CAP announced last night all officers of the Pocatello squadron are urged to attend at the municipal airport for the briefing
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Pocatello
Civil Air Patrol
K. Wayne Claybaugh
AF Cap
O. G. Roche
CAP
Roche
Claybaugh
Gate City
Senate probes fraud as Texas ballots locked
A U S senate elections subcommittee ordered Democratic primary ballots in 13 Texas counties sealed to safeguard records amid fraud charges from Lyndon Johnson and Coke Stevenson. Investigators report destroyed records in two counties and probe eight counties for probable fraud. Separately, probes target alleged campaign irregularities in five other states and Michigan hearings aim to curb contributions from federal employees.
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Tennessee
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California
House
Detroit
Michigan
Navy Veteran on 13 Day Leave From U S Navy
Seaman Bob E. Elbrader son of Mrs Thelma Elbrader 834 North Hayes avenue is on a 13 day leave from the navy He enlisted through the Pocatello recruiting office in August 1947 and after boat training in San Diego was assigned to the U S S Iowa He served six months on the battleship and was transferred to the light cruiser U S S Atlanta which will leave for China next April He also served aboard the U S S Topeka and has visited Tsingtao Tokyo Manila Kwajalein Owa Iwo Jima Guam and Pearl Harbor
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Bob E. Elbrader
Thelma Elbrader
North Hayes Avenue
Navy
Elbrader
Pocatello
San Diego
U.S.S. Iowa
U.S.S. Atlanta
China
U.S.S. Topeka
Tsingtao
Tokyo
Manila
Kwajalein
Owa
Iwo Jima
Guam
Pearl Harbor
Hoosier farmer grows 15 foot corn in Indiana
Harold L. Driver of Fort Wayne Indiana farms corn that stands about 15 feet tall on an acre long plot. He says the crop reaches unusual height without Iowa soil.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Harold L. Driver
Iowa
Driver
Final Election Battle Intensifies As Truman Dewey Clash
In a last campaign blitz six days from election day, President Truman denounced communism in Boston while Dewey charged Truman echoed communist doctrine. Wallace accused Truman of stealing his platform as Dewey predicted a Republican victory and a rebuke of the Democrats.
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al Smith
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Progressive Party
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U. S
Dewey
Senate
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Wallace
South Carolina
National Democratic Party
J. Strom Thurmond
States Rights
Court Verdict Awards Pair Five Thousand Dollars
Cloyd O Bowden and his wife Stella Jean of Preston were awarded 5000 dollars by a federal court jury on Tuesday. They sought 60000 dollars plus 315.64 for car repairs from John H Bourquin of Los Angeles. The Preston couple charged Bourquin with causing the death of an unborn child in a January auto accident. This was the last jury trial on the October calendar of the federal court.
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Cloyd O. Bowden
Stella Jean, Preston
John H. Bourquin
Los Angeles
Pocatello Post
Elain Bourne
W. H. Bourne
Bourquin
Preston
Community Chest Day In Pocatello Schools
Community Chest day is observed in the Pocatello school system. Campaign chairman C Ed Flandro urges students who have not yet donated to return a pledge coupon to their teacher. Pupils delivering coupons receive a red feather button. Coupons will be collected by teachers and Superintendent George N Green will take them to Chest headquarters. Give a Day's Pay The Red Feather Way.
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Pocatello
C. Ed Flandro
George N. Green
Chest
Rail Engine Chief Backs Tomas Dewey
Alvan Ley Johnston grand chief engineer of the Brotherhood of Railroad Engineers endorsed Governor Thomas E. Dewey for president. He called Dewey a strong leader devoted to freedom and said the country needs his assets in the White House during a meeting at Dewey's hotel suite before his Cleveland address. He stressed the endorsement does not bind the union membership.
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White House
National Art Week Exhibits Run At Idaho State College
Two exhibits by Idaho State College art instructors and area residents mark National Art Week. Displays include western town scenes, New York coastlines, sand dunes, and local landscapes across ISC campus corridors and downtown shops with 16 exhibitors.
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Pocatello
ISC
Frazier Hall
Fargo’s
Penney’s
Russell O. Mann
Marcelle J. Mann
New York
Sand Dunes
Wesley Burnside
T. R. Nielson
Merchants Stage Big Treasure Hunt in Pocatello
In the Greater Pocatello Days event, over 400 loot prizes await treasure hunters Friday and Saturday. Handbills with numbers guide seekers to the corresponding store, linking a JC and Retail Merchants bureau sponsorship as shops display windows through Nov. 1.
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Chamber of Commerce
Hill
JC and
Pocatello
Montgomery Ward
Superior Market
Pocatello Drug
J. C. Penney
Pocatello Hardware
Idaho Power
Petersen Furniture
GI Lounge
Watson Brothers
Fargo-Wilson-Wells
Marine Gen Bates Past In Speech
Marine General Holland M. Smith accused army sympathizers of whitewashing the record of the 27th National Guard division and its commander in the Saipan battle. He said Maj. Gen. Ralph Smith was removed for lack of aggressiveness, despite an army board’s alleged findings.
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Holland M
Army
Ralph Smith
Saipan
Holland Smith
Maj. Gen
Smiths
Progressive rally to feature Senator Glen Taylor in Pocatello
Michael Loring joins Senator Glen Taylor for a Progressive party rally in the Pocatello High School auditorium Monday at 8 p.m. Loring is active in politics stage screen and radio productions.
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Glen Taylor
Pocatello
Michael Loring
Progressive Party
Pocatello High School
Warren to Send Idaho Vote Appeal Radio Broadcast
Idaho voters will hear an exclusive radio broadcast Friday night featuring Gov. Earl Warren and local Republicans. Joining Warren are Sen. Dworshak Rep. Abe Goff Rep. John Sanborn and state party chair Ezra Hinshaw. The broadcast will discuss issues of concern to Idaho voters.
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Earl Warren
Lea
Roy F. Miller Jr
California
Hen Dworshak
Abe Goff
John Sanborn
Ezra B. Hinshaw
Warren
North Idaho
Miller
Mother who beat infant cries at death of child
In Los Angeles a 21 year old mother Georgette Brucks sobbed as doctors reported her seven month old son Howart died after a beating. She admitted striking the baby. inquest set, charges to follow. The infant, once at General Hospital, died of complications after a possible skull fracture and pneumonia.
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Los Angeles
Georgette Brucks
Frances Blumfeld
Howart
Mrs. Brucks
General Hospital
John Berar
Brucks
Community chest drive climbs as firms top goal
In Pocatello on Wednesday the YMCA organized 1948 efforts with the slogan A day's pay the Red Feather way. Eight city firms have reached 100 percent with employees contributing a day’s pay. The chest totals $1162.92 from 183 donors, and advance gifts total $21,396.
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Red Feather Way
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