Downey Community Notes Highlight Reunions and Events
Downey families hosted relatives from Freedom Wyoming and Arkansas Kenedy while the W C Myers clan held a Mink Creek reunion with sixty eight attendees. Downey schools started a hat and lunch program and a free cartoon matinee for children was sponsored by the Downey Chamber of Commerce. D J Larsen bought the local cold storage locker system.
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W. C. Myers
Downey
Mink Creek
Mrs.Keneddy
Arkansas
Downey Chamber of Commerce
Downey Theater
Rupert Lions Map Polio Aid
Rupert Lions plan polio drive at regular luncheon meeting and assign west of F street as the service section. The club coordinates with local groups to raise funds and awareness for polio vaccination efforts.
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Rupert Lions
Polio Aid
Rupert
The
Lion's Club
F. Street
Scouters Win Honors at Malta LDS Church
Court of Honor and Recognition Night honored Clarence Barrett for seven years of service as retiring scoutmaster of Troop 28. Eagle badge awarded to Jay Cottle, son of Albert and Mrs. Cottle, with Albert Cottle receiving the emblem via his mother.
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Rupert
Malta
LDS Church
Clarence Barrett
Raft River
Jay Cottle
Albert Cottle
Barrett
Earl Udy
Charles Warner
Lee Pratt
Glen Golman
Snake River Council
Tolman
Arthur A. Schuck
Albert
Order of the Arrow
Snake
Road Work Near Boise And Other Idaho News
Road bids opened for Roosevelt school road surfacing and 457 miles of Weston Fairview road in Franklin county. A Caldwell fire destroyed Rummy House Idaho cafe and Co Shoe and Repair shop. Winds delay threshing in Magic Valley with gusts up to 35 mph. Airport improvements discussed for Sun Valley area with city levy approved. Lincoln PTA members attend district conference. Mrs. Bair elected president. Sage hen hunters warned as range fires rise. many fires man caused. Herschel Cobb pleads innocent of involuntary manslaughter. Idaho model airplane endurance contest and team racing set for Jaycee airport. Lincoln PTA meeting date announced for September 20.
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Boise
State Highway Bureau
Roosevelt School
Weston- Fairview
Franklin County
Caldwell
Idaho Cafe and Co
Lionel C. Krail
Magic Valley
Jack Keith
Keith
Twin Falls
Idaho
Jaycee Model Airport
Ray Bush
Jerome
Here
Bush
Why the Missouri Pacific Railroad Strike Declared
The leaders of several unions on the Missouri Pacific Railroad refuse peaceful dispute resolution under the Railway Labor Act. They have halted operations, affecting about 5,000 conductors engineers and trainmen and 22,500 other workers and inconveniencing the public, with President Truman’s board urging compliance and outlining five settlement avenues.
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Brotherhood of + Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Order of Railway Conductors
Brotherhood of
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific
Wabash
National Railroad Adjustment Board
System Adjustment Board
Otheir
Best conserved farm or ranch competition set for Idaho counties
Judges will be selected Monday to pick the best conserved farm or ranch in Latah Clearwater Lewis Nez Perce and Idaho counties. Farms will be chosen in October and enter a statewide contest. At Gray's Lake Idaho ducks carry identification bands when they migrate. Elwood Bizeau of the University of Idaho forestry project banded them to report hunters’ kill locations to the U S Fish and Wildlife Service in Washington.
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BEST
Lewiston
Latah
Clearwater
Lewis
Nez Perce
Idaho
Moscow
Gray’s Lake
Elwood Bizeau
University of Idaho School of Forestry
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Washington
Idaho fruit crops show modest gains in August
The Bureau of Agriculture Economics reports Idaho fruit crops developed well in August with apple peach and pear production up while prune output held steady. Apples size well though heat limited coloring. Overall production is about five percent higher than last year but near 83 percent of the ten year average.
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Boise
Bureau of Agriculture Economics
Idaho
BAE
Market Trends Report From United Press
Stocks firm in moderately active trading with bonds irregular. U S governments did not trade. London stocks closed lower and grains showed mixed shifts with corn up 2 and oats up 14. Hogs and cattle steady, sheep steady, soybeans up modestly.
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United Press
U. S
London
Market Gains Narrow After Morning Lows On New York Stock Exchange
Stocks rose fractionally in moderate New York trading as demand for specialty issues revived near noon. Utilities and railroad shares gained while autos boom with Ward's estimating weekly output at 154,330 units, up 30,524 from last week. Alleghany proposed stockholder exchanges boosted preferreds. major leaders included International Salt and International Paper, with Dow averages up modestly across industrials, rails, and utilities.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Ward's
Automotive Reports
Alleghany
Standard Gas & Electric
Dow Jones
Wheat futures hit new seasonal highs on strong cash buying
Chicago grain traders pushed December March and May wheat to fresh seasonal highs as cash and export buyers moved contracts higher. The rally reflected large cash wheat purchases by the Commodity Credit Corporation, followed by profit taking and a late sell-off after Minneapolis futures fell more than three cents. Corn opened soft but few September positions stayed weak as traders expected new crop deliveries next week. Receipts stood around 126 cars as cash basis eased from an early steady tone.
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Chicago
Board of
Chicago Produce Prices and Market Report
Chicago market report shows live poultry trucks, hens and turkeys in flux, and varied dairy and produce prices. Butter at 62 cents to 65 cents a pound, cheese ranges listed, eggs at 8,054 cases, potatoes arrivals 140 with total U.S. shipment 777, onions steady with moderate supply and demand, and track sales for Idaho sweet Spanish at around 2.05.
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Chicago
U. S
Idaho
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Wayne Penrose
Penrose
Charles Weber
Ardyth
Myrna
Herman Salverson
Jim. McKay
Mackay
Downey Schools
Anna Day
Nellie Stones
Lula Anderson
Ivy Denny
Alvin Hancock
Howard Vanderwood
Fred Penrose
Willis Brim
Thelma Gambles
Swan Lake
Donald Nelson
Pocatello
D. J. Larsen
Larsen Market
Stanley Evans
Gem State
Minidoka County
Bill Priest
Gooding
Airways Wear Germen
Port Hailey
Chet Moulton
J. K. Glidden
CAA
Sun Valley
Blaine
PTA
Lincoln Pta
Buhl
Vaughn Bair
Reed Hansen
Robert Reed
Emil Deck
W. O. Hunter
Bair
Sam Danner
Herschel R. Cobb
Ty Cobb
Glenn A. Linzy
Cobb
Linzy
Congress of the
United States
Exist Ing
Truman
Ted
International Paper
Minnesota Mining
Alleghany Corp
Preferred
tJe
U. S. Steel
Santa Fe
Northern Pacific
Union Pacific
Eresesen
Kraft Cheese Food
Velveeta
Sarc
Peg
A Bea
Libby
Sunny Dawn
Cas
del Monte Tomato
Safeway
Safeway Fresh Produce
K. 5
Green Peppers
DU Merle
PLTYS
Boston Butts
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