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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1949
Page
1
President Truman signaled reliance on public opinion to pressure Congress into approving a compromise farm bill. He praised the Brannan plan after directing leaders to craft a final measure in the current session. If enacted it would maintain wartime price supports for another year, easing farmer fears of a price drop before 1950 elections.
Chicago defense teams request a one month delay in Sigmund Engel's swindling trial on charges he bilked widow Mrs. Reseda Corrigan of 8700. Engel, 72, also faces a habeas corpus hearing in federal court seeking bond relief from $30,000.
Senator Wayne Morse, 49, an Oregon Republican, was thrown from his sulky during the Oregon State Fair horse show. He sustained a back injury and a temporary concussion. Hospital X rays showed a good general condition and he expected to be released within a few days.
The body of Supreme Court Justice Wiley B. Rutledge was moved from York Maine to Washington for funeral services planned for Wednesday. He died Saturday night after a heart condition and cerebral hemorrhage ended his Ogunquit vacation, with a U S marshal guarding the coffin on the journey.
Asbury Park reports Frances L. Cloyd 23 of San Diego, winner of Mrs America 1949, challenged Jacque Merce of Phoenix to a two woman beauty contest. Cloyd is mother of three children.
Leslie Jahn, 41, father of Laura Lou Jahn, a 16 year old tennis champion, was booked Sunday on suspicion of family mistreatment. Jahn, a tennis pro, denies the charge as stated by Laura Lou who holds the U S girls indoor singles and doubles titles.
Washington July statement by Secretary Acheson about Nationalist forces surrendering large quantities of American arms to the Communists is branded totally untrue by Senator Millard Tydings. He disputes the accuracy and questions the attribution and context of the remark.
Bonnie Brae Garden club won first prize in the junior group exhibit at the North Bannock Fair. In junior livestock, Bob Hudson, Leo Howard, Shirley and DeLoy Hendricks won blue ribbons for fat steers and heifers, with Hendricks also winning breeding stock prizes. Norman Smith led junior swine with multiple blue ribbons. Bob Hudson swept the junior sheep events. saddle horse titles went to Van Baldwin, Billy Scott, and Billy Allen. Karen Baldwin earned top saddle horse honors in the older group. best matched team was Darr ell and Terry Nelson.
Two Minneapolis salesmen Stephen Dinneen and Marshall Morissette say they were kidnapped by three gunmen on Rush Street after an apparently rapid con. Morissette hid $750 in his car. after release the pair retrieved the money and received 50 cents and a dollar to take a cab.
Charles Johnston, while picking berries in Wheeling, West Virginia, was bitten by a copperhead. He killed the snake without panic and continued his work. His leg is artificial.
Pocatello halted bus service on Sundays and holidays for the first time in six years. The Pocatello Transit Company announced the closure, and Mayor W. W. Halsey said a city overhaul of transportation is likely after reviewing a new report.
Private eye R L Patton says a mystery woman, former wife of a top suspect, will provide key evidence to solve the 1934 Dorothy Ann Distelhurst murder in Nashville. He believes conditions are right for her to talk as he plans to visit soon. Her six year old body was found two months after she vanished from kindergarten.
East Idaho travelers report a white blanket over the Tetons after a Saturday night snowfall, signaling that winter is nearing. The quiet Sunday sighting came from northbound arrivals who noted fresh snow on the peaks.
Italians John Brondello and Camilo Baroglio launched from Lisbon in a single engine 185 horsepower aircraft named Santa Susanna aiming to reach New York in about 34 hours. They carry 262 gallons of fuel and saluted Lisbon before heading west toward La Guardia.
News dispatches report a head on collision on Highway 91 near Cedar City injuring four people. A Pocatello man, Leo Lish, is in critical condition with multiple injuries. Three others from Pocatello, Rodney Clark John Clark and Gene Bigler from Monte Bello California are listed as seriously injured with skull fractures and other injuries.
The hospital school conferred diplomas and pins on a class of new registered nurses. Speaker was Dr. E N Roberts. Board chairman J P Halliwell presented the diplomas. Names read included Mary Evelyn Barry Peggy Dedman Gaffney Barbara Jean Heeren Vesta Myrtle Jones Ardis Nelson Empey Ruby Koeppen Ardyth Stirland and Yvonne Stirland.
Bonn dispatch reports a tense race for Germanys first postwar president with rival leaders failing to unite. Theodor Huess, leader of the Free Democrats, leads a fields contested by a possible neutral candidate amid Christian Democratic and German Party backing.
United States may assume some of Britain's Far Eastern military obligations to relieve Britain's dollar crisis. Talks among United States Britain and Canada discussed the step but no decisions due to time limits and wide consequences. Acheson and Bevin to revisit the matter as they assess the Cold War context with India seen as key to Asia peace.
Major steel firms agreed to an 11 day truce urged by President Truman amid a threatened strike set to start Wednesday at 12 04 a m The United Steelworkers were expected to follow with similar action Inland Steel began shutdowns arguing union delay could risk damage to equipment 17000 Inland workers were told their East Chicago plant would idle progressively as plants eased into a stoppage
A Sunday snapshot shows wildly divergent U.S. weather with six inches of snow near Helena, Montana while the Rio Grande Valley hits 99 degrees. Lightning outages cripple power lines from Oregon to Idaho and trigger over two hundred forest fires. Spokane hospitals report iron lung use.
Four rail road brotherhoods promised Sunday to permit Cotton Belt Line trains to run while warning of a long siege against the strikebound Missouri Pacific. The three day old walkout already restricted transportation in 11 Southwest states and pinched industry.
Doctors at New York Hospital said Henry Morgenthau Jr the former secretary of the treasury is improving from pneumonia and in good condition.
Atlantic City AP Miss America 1949 Jacque Mercer 18 says she is stage driven and once ran her father's tractor for 75 cents an hour to save for a play. She minding a movie offer while dreaming of dramatic acting, named Jacqueline Joy but known as Jacque. She dropped her loving cup and it shattered. committee promised a replacement.
Senate Democratic Leader Scott W Lucas of Illinois said he will not set a date to adjourn, fearing a Republican filibuster against his must program. He said President Truman's fair deal has been slowed by Republican delaying tactics.
Washington reporters note Democrats and Republicans appoint new national chairmen for the 1950 elections. Guy Gabrielson, a 58 year old New Jersey businessman banker and lawyer, leads the GOP. William M Boyle Jr of Kansas City, a longtime Truman ally, heads the Democratic effort and signals strong patronage influence. Boyle rose from Kansas City party work to police directorship and served as special counsel to the War Investigating Committee and as Truman’s senatorial secretary.
Secretary of Defense Louis A. Johnson said he has had no disagreements with on the question of U S aid to Yugoslavia. He denied reports of a split with Acheson over Yugoslav aid and a U S steel mill shipment to Marshal Tito. In Moscow, Russian papers accused the West of brinkmanship with atomic weapons as Tank Day marked a claim of Soviet military superiority.
The 11,000 ton British motorship Pacific Enterprise ran aground on rocks near Point Arena California in dense fog. Forty crew members left the vessel and five passengers were taken ashore as Captain E M Gogle ordered abandonment after the ship struck a submerged rock.
The Moscow newspaper Pravda on Sunday used a new headline design labeling Premier Josef Stalin as Commander in Chief of Genius, a phrase cited by Moscow Radio to reflect official praise and propaganda.
Australian explorers reporting in London said they rediscovered Australia while seeking uranium and observed unusual sights. They described a glowing city, an egg laying emu, a hidden river under ground, orange groves, and fish that climb trees near Alice Springs and the Lloyd river.
Cincinnati psychiatrist Dr. Milton Rosenbaum calls for a broad community program to improve emotional health. He urges recreation cultural opportunities housing vocational education fair employment legislation and parent child education from infancy onward. The article emphasizes community effort to reduce mental illness by addressing social forces behind distress.
Hailey Idaho Mrs Melissa Sontag cried as Probate Judge George A McLeod ruled she will stand trial in district court on a second degree murder charge in the fatal shooting of her husband Dee Thomas Sontag The judge overruled a defense motion and raised bail from 3000 to 10000 binding her over for trial
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