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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1949
Page
2
Missouri Pacific cancels all trains at 12 45 a m local time with 5000 workers ready to strike at 2 pm CST. Layoffs planned for 25000 others if action proceeds. Dispute centers on grievances. St Louis Chamber of Commerce urges presidential intervention as Truman warns government is near limits.
The United States granted Yugoslavia a 20 million dollar loan through the Export-Import Bank, the first credit to a Soviet orbit nation in Annieen Annen. The funds will buy mining equipment in the United States to rebuild Yugoslavia's mines, with the U.S. receiving metals for its stockpile of war materials.
The two day North Bannock Fair begins at 11 a.m. with exhibits and events across the Bannock county fair grounds. Prizes totalling about 2400 dollars will be awarded for first to third place across many divisions run by 4 H and Future Farmers of America with site sponsors from Pocatello senior high school and county departments. Glen Kunkel leads the arrangements with Herbert Glindeman assisting and Jed Ashton directing the dairy department.
A blaze at Tassajara Hot Springs in the Santa Lucia mountains trapped an undetermined number of vacationers, possibly 100, as flames spread around the resort and cut communications. The fire burned over 1,000 acres near Los Padres National Forest, 20 miles west of King City, California.
Boise reports Idaho liquor sales in July fell from 1948 levels. State dispenser head Seth Harper noted cash receipts reached 835 458 dollars, down from 872 359 dollars last July. Battle sales were 273 570 dollars versus 284 366 dollars a year earlier.
The Commerce Department reports 59,947,000 people employed in August, a yearly record, with jobless total at 3,689,000 the lowest since May. Secretary Charles Sawyer calls the downturn leveled off and the economy sound for advancing. Dr. Edwin G. Nourse says the outlook is encouraging, but strikes in coal and steel could disrupt recovery. A separate Commerce note shows July income down 2.00.
In Bogota a gun battle on the floor of the Colombian House of Representatives during a stormy debate over a presidential veto left Representative Gustavo Jiminez dead and four others wounded as more than 50 shots rang out in minutes.
In Bridlington England the Trades Union Congress representing 8 million workers voted strongly to back the government against wage increases amid the financial crisis. The tally was 6 448 000 to 1 048 000 or more than six to one under the delegation voting system.
The St. Anthony center admitted a six year old girl on Thursday, bringing Bannock county polio victims to 14 in the treatment ward. W Lyon Healy, polio chairman, noted rapid increases required expanding the ward to 18 beds, signaling the outbreak still climbs.
Chyral Jones models a glen plaid Hughes suit in a Hyde Park look with a drum skirt. Accessories include a black purse and hat and Roll nicks black suede shoes completing the ensemble.
Pocatello downtown windows light up at 7 p m to reveal new fall fashions spanning apparel furniture shoes and more. The Fall Opening by the Chamber of Commerce merchants bureau leads to an 8 p m Talent Parade and Style Show at the high school auditorium with contestants from nearby communities vying for radio exposure and Intermountain prizes. Three will be chosen tonight.
President Truman indicated support for former Gov. Herbert Lehman in New York’s fall Senate race and said he will be a front line figure in the 1950 congressional campaign. He opened the new campaign with Labor Day speeches in Pittsburgh and Des Moines attacking special interests.
Niagara Falls New York police clash with Bell Aircraft workers as strikers attack buses with nonstrikers aboard. Warrant issued for most UAW CIO leaders. CIO demands Truman action to cut subsidies if Bell refuses to bargain. Plant quiet Thursday after violent confrontations injuring at least 15 people, none seriously.
A two day clinical conference opens this morning at the Banmak hotel with five nationally prominent physicians. Speakers include Dr. E. V. Allen Mayo Clinic and others from Colorado Michigan Oregon and New York. Idaho Montana Utah and Nevada doctors plan to attend.
Bermuda faced 40 to 50 mph winds on Thursday as a hurricane predicted to reach 140 mph veered northeast. The storm was about 65 miles east southeast of Bermuda with officials noting the close approach likely over.
A Winnipeg newspaper printed a want ad by a 38 year old farmer seeking a woman about 30 who owns a tractor. The notice asks for a photo of the tractor and states the object is matrimony.
Sufferin New York ad executive Lee Graves 39 was shot by a policeman after a berserk cafe rampage. Graves struck four men with a sugar bowl a catsup bottle a chair and thrown dishes and a cash register before death. His rampage followed a psychiatrist's recommendation to commit him to a mental hospital. Graves headed Graves Advertising Inc of New York City and lived with his wife and two children.
British Chancellor Sir Stafford Cripps proposed a five to six point plan for U S tariff concessions and economic aid that would not need Congressional approval. Cripps pressed for a reinterpretation of article 9 to allow Britain to spend dollars on European goods instead of U S purchases and urged prompt consideration of other dollar earning proposals as the Anglo American Canadian dollar crisis talks opened in Washington.
Federal Judge Chase A. Clark set September 14 for trial of the Interior Department suit to enjoin Idaho Power Co from building its Boise American Falls transmission line on public lands. The Interior Department accuses the company of willful trespass. Rep. John Lane denounces the action as persecution and warns of broader political overtones from a Columbia Valley administration.
Warren F. Stuessi, 46, of Salt Lake City, is hospitalized with a fractured pelvis after his car plunged into a canal beside High 91 at Tyhee following a collision with a car driven by Eugene H. Lister, 42, of Rt. 2 North. Lister suffered minor lacerations. Clark P. Edwards, 32, and Gerald Edwards, (Howell) escaped injury. R. E. B. Jones, 31, of Twin Falls, a passenger in Stuessi’s car, had lacerations and a possible elbow fracture.
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