Holiday toll climbs as 68 dead nationwide
The last summer holiday weekend draws millions to beaches and parks as at least 68 people die in accidents. Highway crashes lead with 36 deaths, six drownings and 26 other mishaps. Safety groups estimate up to 260 fatalities and the AAA projects as many as 300. Weather is mostly fair with storms in the southeast and expected rain in the Ohio Valley and Midwest. Wild travel rush exists as transportation lines overflow with vacationers.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
American Automobile Association
Association
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Mantz Wins Bendix Race and Trophy Title
Aviation star Paul Mantz won the Bendix trophy race covering 2050 miles from Long Beach to Cleveland in 4 hours 33 minutes 48.7 seconds aboard a grey and green F-51 Mustang at 447.984 mph to claim the $10,000 first prize and permanent possession of the trophy as the event’s first three time champion.
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Cleveland
Paul Mantz
Mantz
Long Beach
Calif
Linton Carney
Houston
Jacqueline Cochran
New York
Miss Cochran
Floyd Odlum
Glenn McCarthy
Tex
McCarthy
Carney
Edmund P. Lunken
Cincinnati
Jimmy Stewart
Elyria
Anthony Capitotti
Philadelphia
Mayor Proclaims Union Label Week in Pocatello
Mayor George R. Phillips announces Union Label Week from September 3 to September 10, 1948. He proclaims the week to honor labor and products manufactured under union conditions in the city.
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George R. Phillips
Pocatello
Pocatello Beats Ogden 4 3 In Pitcher Curley Victory
The Pocatello Cardinals edged Ogden 4 to 3 as Jim Curley earned his 10th win with seven hits allowed and seven strikeouts. Ray Lowins provided power with a 400 foot triple and a 350 foot homer. Sowins drove in all four Cardinal runs.
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Pocatello’ Cardinals
Ogden
Billings
Twin Falls Cowboys
Jim Curley
Ray Lowins
Curley
Lowins
Ernie Schuerman
Sowins
Reds
Lewins
Sport
Pocatello Plans Labor Day Parade with Floats and Prizes
A Labor Day parade led by the Central Labor Union will feature over 24 floats, city and high school bands, and prizes for best float by a craft union, best decorated private car, and best commercial advertising. A noon Caldwell Park program will follow with speakers James Bowns Henry OLeary and W C Wright and Rampton Barlow performing.
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Pocatello High
M. C. Larsen
The
Central Labor Union
Pocatello Central Labor Union
Main
Center
Arthur
Bonneville
Caldwell Park
Fred Dalton
Jack Alvord
King Lindsay
James Bowns
Henry C. O'Leary
W. C. Wright
Electrical Workers’ Union
Rampton’ Barlow
Fires Ravage Rangeland Near Boise Eleven Blazes
A Saturday night fire swept about 12 000 acres of rangeland five miles east of Boise near Highway 30, threatening Slater creek and nearby ranches before firefighters contained it. Thirty to forty men plus two high pressure tankers fought the blaze as officials cited a heavy fire season.
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Boise
Here
Highway 30
Carlyle Smith
Slater Creek
Idaho
Sage Hen Limit Set By Pocatellans In Minutes
Johnny Gross his wife and nephew Dick Grigora hunted sage hens at Pingree south of Pocatello and claimed a record by taking their limit of two each within three minutes of the season opening at noon. They reached the car by 12 05 after the snap opening.
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Johnny Gross
Pocatello
Mrs. Gross
Dick Grigora
Pingree
Gross
Highway Accident Wins News Award
The week’s big local story was the highway accident near Poet Tell o claiming five lives. Mary Carolyn Weller of Wellersville receives the $5 weekly news tip award for prompt action in forming the POST editorial office. Call 530 to submit tips for potential pictures or stories.
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Poettello
POST
Mary Carolyn Weller
Wellersville
Son Enlists in Navy Against Father’s Draft Authority
Samuel Allen Dunn, son of Mr and Mrs S A Dunn of Route 2 No Pocatello, enlisted in the navy for three years this week. He refused to wait for his father's draft board until his number was called and heads to San Diego to begin boot training.
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Samuel Allen Dunn
Navy
S. A. Dunn
Rt. 2 No
Pocatello
San Diego
Young Dunn
Bannock County
Draft Board
Pocatello to Host 1948 Bannock County Fair and Race Meet
The Bannock County fair and race meet runs September 10 to 12 at Pocatello fairgrounds with Cy Price as guest of honor. Events include a 10 mile horse race with a $500 purse, judging of seeds grains and produce, and a new 1949 car giveaway. Jack Oakey will announce races with six–member committees overseeing decorations, agriculture, livestock, and junior divisions.
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Pocatello
North Bannock County
Bannock County Fair
Cy Price
Future
Farmers of America
Bannock County 4-H Club
Pocatello Riding Club
Vocation Department of
Pocatello Senior High School
Bannock County Fair Board
William D. Petty
Bannock County Commissioners
W. H
Pete) Jensen
Bannock County Home Demonstration Department
W. P. Havener
Jerry Hendricks
George Carlson
J. W. Frazier
Ralph Matthews
Quentin Murdock
Herbert L. Glindeman
Dutch Queen Abdicates Throne In Tearful Ceremony
Queen Wilhelmina, 68, abdicated after 50 years on the throne in Amsterdam. Juliana, age 39, succeeded her mother in a simple palace ceremony as tens of thousands cheered and the crowd sang the national anthem.
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Amsterdam
The
Netherlands
Wilhelmina
Juliana
Royal Palace
Three Die? No, Three Seriously Hurt In Ruport Crash
Special to the Post reports a Thursday night automobile crash at Highway 30 crossing with Declo. Injured are Orville Wickel Elba Kelly Ransom Declo and John Scott Portland all in fair condition with fractures and shock. Wickel thrown from car pinned under vehicle Ransom brain concussion Wickel thigh fracture Scott elbow and right arm fracture Mrs Scott knee minor injury two Scott children shaken and later Wickel sent to Salt Lake City bone specialist Ransom improvement noted.
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Rupert
Highway 30
Declo
Orville Wickel
Elba
Kelly Ransom
John Scott
Portland
Scott
Wickel
Ransom
Barrow Pit
Salt Lake City
Elk Hunting Permits For Area Granted
Idaho Fish and Game releases the names of 450 permit winners for the Soldier Mountain special elk hunt running October 15 to 31. Recipients include Von R. Atkinson Preston Allan Arbogast Burley R Hillard Brathwaite Arco M C Baldwin Picabo K C Buel Murtaugh T 4 Brownlee Pocatello and many others across Burley Rupert Pocatello and Declo.
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Boise
Soldier Mountain
Idaho Fish and Game Department
von R. Atkinson
Preston
Allan Arbogast
Burley
R. Hillard Brath- Waite
Arco
M. C. Baldwin
Picabo
Murtaugh
T. 4. Brownlee
Pocatello
Ross Beale
Orville S. Baker
Arley E. Clayton
Ray .P. Connell
Eugene Chatterton
Jennie den
Duncan Morris
Aberdeen
Cleo Daniels
Rupert
W. L. Dick
Norvin Dickson
Gladys Evans
Pauline E. Fingerles
Mike Funkhouser
Challis
Alan Goodman
Verna Gillette
Declo
Charles M. Holley
Erp K. Holley
G. Hull
Harlan B. Jensen
G. A. Lewis
Lee Laird
William Neff
Blackfoot
Eddie Rupard
Claude Richardson
Eva H. Roberts
Jessie Rodgers
A. H. Ransom
Bob Simplot
Ralph Snow
Verl B. Winward
Nolan J. Winward
Paul J. Zillner
Brennan Elected 1948 Democratic State Chairman at Boise Convention
Ed Brennan of Pocatello won the 1948 Democratic state chairman post at the Boise convention. The platform called for highway department reform, juvenile delinquency law revisions, higher workers compensation, expanded public assistance, and higher salaries. Keynoter George Donart attacked Wallace Taylor opposition and lauded New Deal records as Republicans met to certify electors. Emma Simmons Ada County and three others named as November electors.
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Boise
Ed Brennan
Pocatello
la Vera Swope
Grace Post
Nampa
Wallace
Taylor
State Highway Department
Bingham
Butte
Caribou
Clark
Clearwater
Custer
Larah
Lemhi
Oneida
Power
George Donart
Weiser
Congress
Donart
Henry
Stalin
Glen H. Taylor
Senate
William Armstrong
Benewah
Philip Ryan
Shoshone
Ralph Shawver
Jerome County
Emma Simmons
Ada County
Fortune Lost On Pinballs in Salt Lake County Raid
Salt Lake County residents allegedly wagered more on gambling than local government last year. About 300 pinball and marble machines were impounded after raids by the sheriff, city police, and grand jury investigators. Sixteen people were arrested as authorities seized machines across 14 Salt Lake City spots and nearly 100 county locations.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake County
Grand Jury
Harry G. Calton
Salt Lakers
Sheriff's Department
Calton
Johnson Gaining In Texas Race
Dallas Texas UP Lyndon B Johnson leads former Governor Coke Stevenson by 162 votes in the Democratic U S senatorial race with final tabulations still uncertain. Latest returns show 494158 for Johnson and 493 for Stevenson from a mix of official and unofficial results.
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Dallas
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Coke R. Stevenson
U. S
Texas Get Bureau
Stevenson
VFW Post 735 Calls Members to Plan Labor Day Parade
Members of VFW post 735 are asked by Ted McCurdy to assemble at 10 a.m. Sunday in the club to discuss plans for the Labor Day parade.
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VFW
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 735
Ted McCurdy
Unity Child Killed By Car
Five year old Larry Niwerth of Unity was instantly killed at 10 45 am Saturday when struck by a rural mail carrier's car. Sheriff officials said the accident was accidental and driver Clifford Brown of Heyburn would not be blamed. The boy had gone with his father and grandfather to help move a new farm when he wandered across the road to watch mowing. State Policeman Clark Hand and Deputy Floyd Stewart reported the view blocked by sunflowers and weeds. Funeral services will be announced later.
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Rupert
Larry Niwerth
Reuben Niwerth
Unity
Clifford Brown
Heyburn
Young Niwerth
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Slace Taylor
Sions
Ohio River Valley
Middle Atlantic States
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Dakotas
Iowa
Wisconsin
Mantz Mantz
Tenita
F. T. Brown
Oconto
Wis
Bendix
Air Force
Leon W. Gray
Cupid
Joe Sylvain
Marie Pomerleau
Joseph Robert David Sylvain
Marie Jane Pomerleau
Joseph Andre Gerard Sylvain
Marie Anne Lorraine Pomerleau
Joe
Marie
Hartford
Conn
Wyeth
Pocatellans
Dad
Queen Wilhelmina
Brennan
Spike
Bob Wilkes
Jefferson St
J. F. Cullen
North Hayes St
Mike
Ullen
Wilkes
Salt Lake
Johnson
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