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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1949
Page
1
Union Pacific officials estimate about 1400 non operating employees in Pocatello will shift to a Monday through Friday schedule as part of nationwide move from 48 to 40 hours a week. About 1000 workers nationwide are affected and some departments will keep six or seven day weeks where needed.
The Senate passed a wage hour amendment raising the federal minimum from 40 to 75 cents an hour, affecting about 1.5 million workers and costing roughly 300 million dollars annually. A House version awaits a conference committee. The chamber plans a recessed week as it fights over reciprocal trade measures and a farm bill compromise.
A one mile per hour typhoon swept northward from Tokyo toward the sea, leaving millions in destruction and thousands homeless in the Tokyo Yokohama zone. Death toll climbs as Red Cross reports Aioi village washed away by a fire and fourteen ships sunk near Tokyo. No American casualties reported.
Foreign Secretary Bevin and Chancellor Cripps left Southampton aboard the Mauretania for the Washington financial conference. They warned that the future peace of the world depended on the talks outcomes and welcomed President Truman’s aid and a spirit of friendship from the United States.
Appeals from Bannock County Board of Equalization by assessor George Allen and S. M.xon on property valuation will be heard today before State Tax Commissioner J. H. Nettleton. Hearing set for 10 a.m. Allen challenged lowered assessed values for properties owned by M. Bistline during the last board meeting.
Murray Green and Venna Dunk faced a fifth district suit filed Wednesday by Charley Albany over injuries from an May 29 auto pedestrian crash on Pole Line Road near Ebony. Albany seeks about $10,600 for medical bills lost wages and damages.
In Indianapolis six aged Civil War veterans led a twilight parade signaling the 83rd Grand Army of the Republic encampment may be their last due to frailty. In New Orleans a dwindling group of Confederate veterans plans the 59th and final United Confederate Veterans session in Little Rock on Sept 27 with only a handful expected to attend.
In Cannes Frances Merle Oberon witnessed the death of Count Giorgio Cini, killed when his two engine plane crashed into a pine tree moments after he waved to her at Saint Cassien airfield. She kissed him goodbye and then collapsed emotionally, later receiving care at a nearby villa.
Democratic leaders announce a district by district survey of the West led by Rep. Michael J. Kirwan to win more fair deal congressmen in the Eighty-second Congress. Ed Brennan of Idaho and Capt. Victor H. Harding spearhead on the ground work. conference in San Francisco September 18–19 to launch the drive.
Rep. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., 35, married Suzanne Perrin, 28, a former Marine, in New York Wednesday with only close friends and family in attendance.
The Optimists Club of Pocatello received its charter at a Wednesday dinner at Hotel Bannock. Carl C. Donaugh presented the charter, Floyd M. Anderson accepted as first president, and Bernard Bell and Arthur Ames installed officers including W. Lyon Healy as vice president and Harold M. O’Braun as other leaders.
Truman notes labor gains as Gate City gears for Labor Day events. Parade begins 10 a.m. Monday from the high school, routing through Arthur Wyeth Main Center and Caldwell park for a program with prizes totaling 130 dollars. Mayor Halsey to speak. featured speakers include Cy Price Nellie Steenson and Wallis Wright with music by the Pocatello band.
President Truman urged Americans to celebrate Labor Day honoring the living standard and democracy while AFL chief William Green CIO head Philip Murray urged labor to prepare for wage fights and 1950 elections. Growing disputes loom as rubber steel coal and auto wage battles threaten strikes with 4 million jobless reported.
A Senate committee tentatively approved an arms aid plan capping U S shipments to Western Europe at 100 million until North Atlantic Pact defense plans are finalized. The package totals 1 billion as urged by Arthur Vandenberg, contrasting with President Truman's 1.16 billion request and the House’s smaller appropriation.
Washington readers saw a suppresssed reconnaissance photo taken from a Ban shee jet at 48846 feet above the capital. The image was on public display Wednesday in a local restaurant, drawing curious patrons.
Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan testified before five percent investigators admitting FBI looked into rumors of a $10 000 bribe linked to taxing issues. He disclosed receiving 12 000 in Democratic contributions and described favors for friends seeking government help while denying profits from Costello Helis Whitely or Schenley. The panel plans further questioning of James Hunt and David Bennett before adjourning.
Yugoslavia dispatched its UN delegate to New York to be ready if Russia threatens to seek a Security Council meeting. Belgrade announced a pledge by Marshal Tito's elite guard of 30 000 picked men to defend the country against any intruder. Dr Joza Vilfan left for Lake Success with orders from the foreign office. Reports place Russian forces near Hungary and Romania, with an estimated 50 000 troops in five divisions, 500 tanks and warplanes within a day's drive of Belgrade.
A Navy flying boat crashed two miles west of North Island and all ten aboard died. The PBM Martin Mariner caught fire and sank rapidly after the impact. rescue craft found no wreckage or survivors. Names of the dead were not yet released.
Herbert H. Lehman, former New York governor, said he will seek the Democratic nomination to run for the U S Senate in a November special election. He also accepted Liberal Party backing for the seat vacated by Robert F. Wagner’s resignation and temporarily held by John Foster Dulles.
The Dun & Bradstreet index of wholesale food prices dropped 8 cents to 5.78, the sharpest decline in seven months. The figure, though down, remains 12 cents above the February 8 level, and is the lowest in five weeks.
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