Rentless housing crisis hits ex RAF base in Pocatello
In Pocatello Idaho 12 veteran families face eviction from former RAF base housing after ISC lease ended and city options falter. Housing manager George Wood appeals for immediate action and possible rental arrangements with the Public Housing Authority as residents scramble for homes.
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George Wood
Idaho State College
POST
Wood
ISC
Corps of Army Engineers
McIntosh
George Phillips
Phillips
Pocatello
Fire Hazard Drops as Rain Arrives in Idaho
Higher humidity and rain ease fire danger in Idaho forests, with Boise and Payette National Forests reporting better than average rainfall. Officials warn the fire season is not over and clearer skies are expected statewide, except southeast Idaho where rain remains possible.
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Boise
Idaho
Weather Bureau
Payette
Desperadoes Caught After Breaking Jail In Chicago
Two of three desperadoes who escaped Cook county jail were recaptured in Fuller park on Sunday. Alfonso Majera and George Miller, both suspects, were identified after police questioned them. Edward Vicek remains at large, having vanished into brush as officers closed in. Warden Sain suspended three jail staff pending investigation.
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Chicago
Cook County
Alfonso Majera
George Miller
Edward Vicek
Fuller Park
Frank Sain
Elmer M. Walsh
William Green
Arthur Schoberg
Walter Wade
Minor Wave Of Motor Thefts Here
Local lawmen report a small surge of vehicle thefts during the weekend with five autos and trucks stolen across the area. Two stolen vehicles were recovered, including a Ford sedan from Lamont Knudson and an International truck near Fort Hall. others include a Studebaker truck and several classic Fords with listed licenses and owners in Chubbuck Fort Hall Blackfoot and Fort Hall.
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Lamont Knudson
Tyhee
Gibson
Fort Hall
Edward DeKay
Studebaker
Chubbuck
E. D. Brown
L. D. Bronson
Blackfoot
Engagement Ring Lost Downtown
Mrs. Pete Peay of 715 North Arthur Ave reports losing a $500 engagement ring with one large diamond and twelve small stones somewhere between the Chief theater and the O. P. Skaggs store last night. She plans to offer a sizable reward and can be reached at 1047-R.
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Pete Peay
North Arthur Ave
O. P. Skaggs
Room Meetings Start Today for Pocatello Students
Pocatello junior and senior high students begin with home room meetings at 6 8 40 this morning per PHS principal E Rip Gledhill. The Post mis-stated 9 a m in Sunday issue.
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Pocatello
Lochmonar Aground Off Cayman as Hurricane Pounds Vessel
The British freighter Lochmonar, a 9000 ton Royal Mail Lines ship with 67 crew and six passengers, was aground on reefs near Little Cayman as a tropical hurricane battered the Caribbean. A navy mine layer was ordered to assist while a Kingston Jamaica tug headed there, and a hurricane reconnaissance plane reported the stern sunken and bow on reefs about 500 yards off the island. The storm, 115 mph winds, was 55 miles west-northwest of Grand Cayman and moving northwest at six mph.
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Miami
Fla
Little Cayman Island
West Indies
Lochmonar
Curb
Kingston
Jamaica
Miami Coast Guard
Royal Mail Lines
London
Caribbean
Plan Rites For Count Bernadotte Funeral Set In Swedish Ceremony
The funeral for Count Folke Bernadotte will be held at Gustav Vasa church in Stockholm next Sunday with a simple service read by Rev. Arvid Lind, followed by cremation. A Bromma airport ceremony will take place next Tuesday when the UN plane bearing the body arrives. The Swedish European Relief committee will launch a worldwide collection in his memory to aid peace and humanitarian efforts.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Folke Bernadotte
Gustav Vasa
Bernadotte
Arvid Lind
Bromma
United Nations
European Relief Committee
Toll Increases In Bomber Crash Toll Increases In Bomber Crash
A 21 year old woman died at Margate hospital raising the toll to 12 from the Mo squito bomber crash on the Margate highway Saturday. The aircraft from Mansion Airdrome struck a line of cars killing the crew of two, seven motorists outright, with two more dying in hospital. Three burn victims remain in danger.
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Margate
England
Royal Air Force
Moscow Talks Fail as Berlin Parley Seems to Stall
London papers report the Moscow talks on Berlin have failed as the British foreign office hedges on a possible follow up meeting. The Communist Daily Worker headlines Moscow Talks Failed in a three paragraph note.
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London
Moscow
Berlin
British
Foreign Office
Communist
Daily Worker
Truman Opens Midwest Campaign in Dexter Speech
President Truman began his midwest farm campaign in Dexter Iowa with a sharp attack on his Republican opponents labeling them gluttons of privilege.
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Dexter
Truman
Midwest
Rain Delays City Pool Dedication In Muddy Opening
The Gate City Memorial swimming pool is finished and ready but rain blocked access to water and kept dedication ceremonies from happening. Rev Ed Cunningham and Mayor George Phillips postponed the event to next Sunday after a mud filled area prompted a crowd-pleasing change of plan. The pool remains open to swimmers with no admission for the rest of the season.
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Gate City
Ed Cunningham
George Phillips
Cunningham
Phillips
Ross Park
Juveniles siphon gas from truck. owners awaken
Two Gate City youths, siphoning fuel from a truck owned by rancher C. H. Day at 950 North Harrison, fled on foot when discovered. Police traced the car plates to a Pocatello man whose son had borrowed it. The youths faced parental scolding and police questioning before Chief R. J. Robidoux.
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Gate City
C. H. Day
North Harrison
Pocatello
R. J. Robidoux
Car Plunges Into Ditch Near Chubbuck
William O Connor and neighbor John Larkin escaped injuries when a southbound car veered off the road two miles north of Chubbuck after a northbound truck allegedly tried to pass. The vehicle struck a culvert abutment then a phone pole before ending nose down in an irrigation ditch. Both men climbed out unharmed and the car suffered heavy front-end damage.
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Chubbuck
William O’connor
O’connor
John Larkin
Larkin
Car Train Crash Kills Five in Des Moines Area
Five members of two Des Moines families are killed when their car collides with a Burlington passenger train at Avon Lake crossing south of Des Moines. Two other relatives are injured. Victims are Milton Izerman 36 Dorothy 34 Sandra 11 Loraine 29 and David 6. Injured are Tony Kauz larch 29 and Doris Izerman 8.
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Des Moines
Burlington
Here
Milton Izerman
Dorothy
Sandra
Loraine
David
Tony Kauzlarch
Iherman
Doris
Avon Lake
de Moines
Hoover Improves Slightly After Illness
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover, treated for bronchial pneumonia, was reported in slightly improved condition after a restful night and appearing somewhat stronger on Sunday officials said.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Yank Seized By Soviets In Germany
International News Photos photographer Allyn Baum of Chicago was arrested by two Soviet soldiers on a boundary bridge between sectors in Berlin. U S liaison officers sought his release but Soviet authorities did not immediately respond.
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Berlin
Allyn Baum
Chicago
U. S
Baum
M. P
Three Cars In Accident Inkom panel truck damages
A panel truck owned by Jack Holbrook of Inkom slid into two parked cars in the 500 block on North Arthur Sunday. Holbrook said a loose front seat jammed under the steering wheel after he lost control turning from West Hayden. The Oldsmobile sedan owned by C. H. Stafford suffered extensive side damage plus damage to wheels and fender. A Dodge sedan owned by W. H. Nikols had a dented left rear fender and a broken taillight.
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Jack Holbrook
Inkom
North Arthur
Holbrook
Arthur
West Hayden
C. H. Stafford
Stafford
W. H. Nikols
Four British airmen die in German York transport crash
Four British airmen were killed when a four engine York transport crashed and burned near Hannover as it lifted off with eight tons of food for blockaded Berlin. The loss marks the first British fatalities in the Allied airlift now over three months old. Nine American airmen have died in three crashes in the same operation.
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Berlin
Germany
Hannover
Wundsdorf
Socialist Norman Thomas predicts Dewey victory in 1948 race
Norman Thomas told the New Mechanics Educational Society of America in Buffalo that a Dewey win is a near certainty. He urged Labor to unite behind a large Socialist vote if Dewey heads to the White House, calling Dewey an ambitious opportunist and a competent administrator lacking a guiding cause.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Norman Thomas
Thomas E. Dewey
Ncw Mechanics Educational Society of America
Thomas
Dewey
White House
Death Curve claims two in Utah crash and Piney Point robbery fools
Two 21 year old men died when their car hit a heavy road grader on Death Curve near Pocatello Idaho. A passenger and another driver were injured as rescue workers described the high speed crash. Earlier, eight masked robbers attacked a private Piney Point party near Virginia Beach taking about $2500 and fleeing in stolen cars.
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Virginia Beach
Swank Piney Point Club
Piney Club
Princess Ann County
I. V. Mapp
Pocatello
US 91
KSEI
Utah
Heber B. Jaynes
Salt Lake City
William L. Batcher
Murray
Installment Controls Take Effect As Planned
Washington reports new installment buying rules go into effect Monday from the Federal Reserve Board. Purchases of autos require at least a one third down payment and durable goods must have at least 20 percent cash with the remainder due within 15 monthly installments. The controls, a return to wartime limits, expire June 30 unless extended by Congress.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Truman
Dewey Off On Long Trip Sets Westward Campaign Swing
Governor Thomas E. Dewey left Albany to barnstorm the west on a two week 8000 mile tour with nearly 50 speeches. He targeted close senate contests to defend a slim 51 45 Republican edge as he campaigns for the White House.
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Dewey
Thomas E. Dewey
Albany
N. Y
West
Republican Party
GOP
West Coast
White House
Senate
Christian Pastor Visits Here Today
Clinton P Campbell national director of Mar for the Christian church will be in Pocatello Monday per N R Simpson local minister He will meet attendees at the church Center on Eighth for a short service at 8 p m Sept 21.
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Clinton P. Campbell
Indianapolis
Missionaries For the Christian Church
Pocatello
N. R. Simpson
Mr. Campbell
Church
Eighth
Good Old Days Return for Bavaria Beer Industry
Berlin reports the military government authorizes eight percent beer production again for Bavarian breweries marking a return to normalcy since the war. Previously only 0.4 percent beer was permitted. A record barley harvest prompted officials to earmark 1000 tons for malting.
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Berlin
Germany
Bavaria
First Lady Pin Money Bequest May Go to Courts
Philadelphia reports the estate of Henry G. Freeman Jr. may honor his will granting the president's wife $12,000 a year as pin money from his $2,000,000 estate. Mary C. Freeman, last income recipient, has died, leaving questions about the fund’s operation.
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Philadelphia
LLP
Henry G. Freeman, Jr
Freeman
Mary C. Freeman
Thomas Roland Rusell-Freeman
Henry J. Freeman, Jr
United States
King Gustaf V Suffering Breathing Difficulties
Stockholm bulletin says King Gustaf V, 90, is suffering from difficulty in breathing and general tiredness. Two specialists observed acute bronchial catarrh but report the king's condition is still satisfactory and he need not bed rest, should be out daily if possible.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Gustaf V
Ship Survivors Landed In Canada
Nineteen survivors of the British freighter Leicester, lost in a hurricane 500 miles off Halifax, arrived in Montreal Sunday night aboard the Argentine freighter Trapezo. Chief Officer James H. Bayley praised the Tropero's life boat crew for rescuing the sailors one by one from the cold North Atlantic.
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Montreal
Halifax
N. S
James H. Bayley
Atlantic
Bayley
U S Air Power Growing Daily
General Hoyt S. Vandenberg said the Air Force has a healthy nucleus of a modern air force expanding toward its peacetime strength. He noted that while not enough air power exists yet, what they have is good as the service enters its second year as an independent branch.
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Washington
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
The
Nation
Air Force
USAF
Gen Marshall Heads to Paris for UN Parley
Secretary of State George C. Marshall left for the United Nations meeting in Paris aboard the Independence with a somber warning that the world situation is unusually critical. Western sources say Moscow aims to stall a Berlin blockade decision while weather could curb Western air lift. He would not reveal U S options if Russia persists in the tactic and promised a clear U S position after talks with Britain and France.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
United Nations
Paris
Truman
Marshall
Moscow
Berlin
United States
Russia
UN General Assembly
Security Council
Britain
France
Kiwanis to Honor 4-H Members at Tuesday Meeting
The Kiwanis club will honor about 25 4-H members at its weekly gathering. Downey Beef and Central Sewing clubs will attend, with L. W. Davis directing the program. Speakers include Quentin Murdock and County Agent Albert Mylrose. a convention at Sun Valley is planned for next week with Gate City Kiwanis expected.
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Kiwanis Club
Downey Beef Club
Central Sewing Club
L. W. Davis
Davis
Quentin Murdock
Bannock County
Albert Mylrose
Sun Valley
Gate City
Cinderella and Bride Leave San Juan for Brazil
Francis Hitchcock and his bride Stephany Cinderella left San Juan for Rio de Janeiro after a relaxed day at Condado Beach. They cancelled an early plane, slept in, then had brunch before a quick tour of local sights.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Francis Hitchcock
Stephany
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Condado Beach
Hitchcocks
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Carl McIntosh
Miami Weather Bureau
Grand Cayman Island
Cuba
Yank
Mapp
Piney Point Club
Jimmy Fox
Clara Jaynes
Bob Watts
Salt Lake Veteran's Hospital
Anne Jaynes
Batcher
N. S. Fordyce
Sheriff's Office
Glenn Long
Police Department
Jaynes
Arthur W. Hall
Idaho Falls
Watts
Watt
King III
Canada
Gen. Marshall
Cinderella
Mate
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