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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1949
Page
2
Sen. Walter F. George of Georgia urged shaving 500 million dollars from the Senate military aid bill. He warned high defense spending means higher taxes and challenged administration views on Russia, saying today’s Russia differs little from yesterday in waging war. The Senate planned votes on amendments and the bill after these remarks.
Non union workers were forced from a mine amid a strike started Monday as Southern coal operators rejected John L. Lewis's demand for past welfare fund contributions. Lewis met Northern and Western operators urging a halt while Ford moved toward a welfare package in talks with the UAW. Across industries, rail and rubber strikes idled over 100,000 workers as AFL critics struck Cincinnati papers and 400 St Louis bus drivers struck Missouri Pacific Trailways.
Marion Maude Tubbs died Thursday at age 70. Funeral services were held Monday at 1 p.m. from the Fifth Ward L D 8 chapel with Bishop Melvin H. Walker officiating. The service featured multiple hymns, speakers J. O. Bandison, William Roskelley, Fred Parrish, and William Whitaker, and pallbearers from Odd Fellows. Interment followed at Mountainview Cemetery under Arthur W. Hall mortuary care.
Funeral services for Paul Garvin 53 who died in Nampa Thursday were held at 3 30 p m Monday at the Arthur W Hall mortuary chapel with Rev O R Warford of the First Congregational church officiating. Music included vocal solos by Paul Willecke and Arthur W Hall a vocal duet by T Leland and Mildred Newey and accompaniment by Rose Wolsencroft. Active pallbearers were J W Garvin Lorin Garvin Robert Garvin Ross Bybee Drew Bybee and Lloyd Bybee.
Norman Charles Brown 40 World War II hero of Bataan died in an auto crash near Mc Cammon. Funeral services with full military honors will be in Hobbs New Mexico Saturday. Body accompanied by his brother Howard Arco Idaho was moved Tuesday evening to Hobbs.
Exploratory digging in Aber deen fields reveals potatoes of good size but unripe with loose skins. A hill of ten spuds yields five No 1, three No 2, and two culls. Tom Ballantyne notes shipments unlikely for two weeks. Prices exceed government support. field run potatoes bring $2.10 to $2 per cwt as sorting awaits peak season.
Oral Garth Howell 18 sues Earl Ellis auto dealer seeking 50000 in general damages and 565 in medical expenses for a broken leg from a motorcycle collision near Portneuf Park on Oct 25. Jury of four women and eight men heard two days of testimony. trial resumes at 10 am with witnesses.
Harvey C. Brown chief boiler maker USN and naval recruiting officer for the Pocatello area since June 1947 is reassigned to duty aboard the aircraft carrier Boxer at San Diego. Brown and his wife and two children lived at 538 No. 13th Ave. He previously served on the light cruiser Dayton in the Mediterranean.
The report says spud yields in the middle western states are down this year. Planting in 1949 fell 19 percent from 1948. Maine, as usual, reports a bumper crop.
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