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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1948
Page
1
Chicago reports railroad unions opened a major wage drive with 1,000,000 non-operating members seeking a 40 hour week and 25 cent pay raise. The 16 unions and a 17th dispatchers group begin talks with the railroads. operating brotherhoods to meet later.
Police search for a 17 year old runaway seas the missing clerk and an AWOL U S marine after a party at a roadside tavern. Authorities weigh whether the teens will marry in Montana or Arco while a naval plant commander confirms two marines are AWOL until the pair or quartet are found.
Pocatello group Chew and Chat plans its first dinner on September 28 led by Javern C. Johnson president. Kumar Goshal an Indian authority will discuss India and the World Peace. The club meets 11 30 a m Thursday to set February speaker. Officers listed include Johnson Bohrer Atkin Cunningham Green Brown Anderson Peterson Hoffman and Crowell secretary.
Lynn Knight, Boise national forest fire dispatcher, said a heavy rainfall is needed to end the current high fire potential. The Weather Bureau forecasts fair warm weather and very low humidity for the rest of the week, delaying relief from fire danger. Knight added one strong storm could finish the fire season and allow smooth forest service operation until next summer.
Henry A. Wallace said on Tuesday that people should throw eggs only at food not at him or other politicians. He condemned the egging of Roy Acuff and B. Carroll Reece in Kingsport Tennessee during his southern tour and urged using produce for nourishment.
Pocatello schools superintendent George N. Green and business manager Burnell Hirst warned of extra education burdens if wartime bases in Idaho are returned to military use. Boise educators joined discussions with state and federal officials including Alton B. Jones and Glenn Lathrop on implications and planning.
Wholesale food prices fell to the lowest level since April 27 led by butter lard flour beef cheese sugar and coffee. Dun and Bradstreet says the index at 6.86 signals lower grocery prices may follow though livestock markets stayed steady to higher and Harvester raised farm tractor prices by about nine percent. Meat produced under federal inspection last week totaled 224 million pounds, seven percent below the prior week.
Idaho automobile dealers plan a legislative program for the January session. Hill Bros. Auto Co. president William S. Hill says the group will meet at Sun Valley Sept 19 21 to push tougher driver's license standards, repeal of the caravan tax, stronger dealers license laws, and tax revisions.
The suit of J. E. and Frances McNichols owners of the Last Frontier club against R. C. Lewis state commissioner of law enforcement will be heard at 2 p.m. Friday September 17 at American Falls.
Idaho State college students and faculty will be welcomed back to Pocatello September 16 17 and 18 for a second trade promotion by the Chamber of Commerce retail bureau. Merchants will promote ties with the area and help fill the Spud Bowl for the ISC football game while decorating the city and staging a street dance to boost ISC relations and southern Idaho commerce.
Blackfoot officials consider a proposed recreation ordinance to form a nine member recreation commission with one council member and one school board rep. The plan, drafted by the Chamber of Commerce, was sent to the city attorney for review ahead of the next council meeting.
Mayor George R. Phil lips announced Rocatello will receive its memorial pool this year pending Monday inspection. If all standards are met, water filling and machinery tests will occur then with dedication planned later in the week. Proceeds from a Sept. 25 midnight matinée at the Chief Theater will support the pool fund.
G. Nicholas Ifft, local publisher, won the school trustee race in zone 3 with 170 votes of 173 cast the only official ballot. Write-ins for F E Tydeman Harry Thurston and Grant L Stowell each earned one. Lavern C Johnson chairs the board with Grant L Stowell Clarence Stephenson Edwin DeKay and Ifft as members.
Funeral for 53 year old Mrs. Julia Pullos wife of Nick Pullos of 431 South Sixth Ave. dies after short illness. Service set for Friday at 2 p.m. at the Greek Orthodox church with Rev. D Papacostas officiating. Interment in Mountainview cemetery under Downard mortuary.
Two hunters from Idaho were drawn to hunt moose in Fremont county near Ashton from Sept 26 to 30. Among winners are Edward S. Barrett and Darward Fry of Pocatello, with Thirty of 481 applicants selected in an automatic drawing.
The Canadian cost of living index increased by six-tenths of a point in July, the smallest monthly gain in a year, with the index now at 157.5 as announced by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
Soviet fighter planes jammed Berlin air corridors as the United States and France protested the seizure of 19 west sector policemen. Col. Frank L. Howley and Lt. Gen. Joseph Pierre Koenig delivered sharp protest notes to Soviet and Russian commanders.
Unofficial returns show 322 voters across districts Acequa Rupert Pioneer Hey brun Paul Minidoka. Trustees results include District 1 Bowman 292, District 2 J C Merrell 160 Eller Watson 142 write in, District 3 Herschel Barnes 153 Chester Peterman 71 Clyde Georgy 53, District 4 J J Banenberg 277, District 5 George Sullivan 244 Glen Broadhead 22 Gordon Roland 20.
Final plans for the North Bannock Fair and Race Meet are nearly complete with events set for September 10 11 and 12 at Bannock county fair grounds north of Pocatello The race meet draws large crowds and is led by Bob Hillman of the Pocatello Riding Club Officials expect strong entries from Future Farmers of America and 4 H clubs with a prize sale by FFA as part of fund raising Exhibits judging starts at 11 a m Friday with hay supplied for junior division entries George H Carlsen oversees exhibits and urges placement by 10 a m Friday Women’s division led by Mrs William Butts features needlework canning baking and crafts with crop and dairy judging by county agents
Flour mills in Minneapolis-St Paul and major firms such as Pillsbury and General Mills faced 14 plant walkouts over higher wages. Briggs Manufacturing Detroit auto plants paused work as 25,000 workers refused to cross picket lines. West coast longshoremen and oil workers joined the stoppages, with rail embargoes tightening fuel shipments to coastal areas and a looming petroleum shortage prompted by CIO and Army shipping talks.
Georgia voters move toward a unit majority in the Democratic gubernatorial race as Herman Talmadge leads M. E. Thompson in early returns. With 674 of 1734 precincts reporting, Talmadge has 114,986 votes to Thompson’s 99,122, carrying counties with 258 unit votes to Thompson’s 76, needing 206 for nomination.
A charge of unfair labor practices was filed Wednesday against the New York teamster's union as an eight day strike threatens to cripple the city. The employers labor committee filed suit with the National Labor Relations Board under the Taft-Hartley Act seeking an injunction.
Pocatello Community Chest officials named the executive committee and two implementation teams on Wednesday at Hotel Bannock. Chest Chairman C. Ed Flandro announced a final fundraising goal to be released early next week, with Harold Ory and Stanley M. Day leading the two teams and Day also serving as executive chairman.
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