Alameda Opens New Post Office On Yellowstone Highway
Alameda unveiled a new post office Saturday in the Hale Appliance store on the Yellowstone highway. Pocatello Postmaster Jack Trimming attended the ceremony and assisted supervising clerk Mrs J D Smith at 328 East Maple St. The facility will handle regular mail air mail money orders and parcel post and is expected to ease Christmas mail congestion.
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Alameda
Pocatello
Jack Trimming
J. D. Smith
Maple St
Hale
Yellowstone Highway
East Maple St
Bistline
East Center Street
Molony of Max Factor Visits Pocatello on Vacation
Mike Molony originally from Colon California now publicity director for Max Factor in Hollywood arrived in Pocatello with his wife for a brief vacation. He helped arrange the Graf Zeppelin flight under Captain Eckener and later publicized Factor brands. Molony will stay only a few days before returning to Hollywood.
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Mike Molony
Colon
Calif
Max Factor Cosmetic
Hollywood
Pocatello
Molony
Kurt Eckener
Los Angeles
Twentieth-Century Fox
Idaho Democrats Plan Regional Reorganization Meet
State Democratic Chairman Ed P Brennan said Idaho’s four top leaders will join national chairman Howard McGrath in Salt Lake City for a regional reorganiz ation conference. Attending are Brennan and Boise vice chairman Vera Swope along with Dan Cavanagh of Twin Falls and Dionne Seedel of Idaho Falls.
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Boise
Ed P. Brennan
Idaho
Salt Lake City
Brennan
Howard McGrath
L Vera Swope
Dan J. Cavanagh
Twin Falls
Dionne Seedel
Idaho Alls
Knife incident sends Black man to hospital in Idaho
In Pocatello a 44 year old Black man, William Coles, was stabbed during a dispute near the Porters and Waiters club. He then left General Hospital to tour the city, later returning after police found him at Center and Second, reporting the fight began after a friend’s robbery claim.
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William Coles
Porters and Waiters Club
Coles
Center
Second Avenue
Spy Hunters Level Claims on Roosevelt Truman in Atomic Espionage Case
A reliable informant says the House Un American Activities committee will charge that Roosevelt and Truman knew specific facts of Soviet atomic espionage and took no action. The panel plans to publish a report next week exposing the administration to the full implications of the case.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Truman
House UN- American Activities Committee
Chairmen Named To Unify Elections
Boise Idaho state Republican Chairman Ezra B. Hinshaw appointed six district chairmen to act as liaisons for the general election campaign. The appointees will coordinate campaign efforts in their districts and strengthen party organization.
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Boise
Ezra B. Hinshaw
Hinshaw
Five Men Saved From Manitoba Wilderness After 13 Days
Five men stranded in northern Manitoba for 13 days were rescued and flown to civilization aboard a Royal Canadian Air Force Canso flying boat. They were found after the largest aerial search in Canadian history, with relief crews sighting them yesterday.
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Manitoba
Royal Canadian Air Force
Bengals Edge Mines 13-12 In Hair-Raiser At Golden
Idaho State Bengals defeated Colorado School of Mines 13-12 as Mines threatened at the end. Dick Yarborough scored Mines' late touchdown and a pass for two was blocked to seal ISC's narrow victory before about 3000 fans.
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Richardson
ISC Crew
Harvey Kingry
Bengal
Larry Gale
ISC
Yarborough
Kingry
Dewey Blames Truman for Inflation in San Francisco Speech
Governor Thomas E. Dewey accused the Truman administration of hindering production and pushing price rises. He spoke in San Francisco after a Oakland stop praising Warren, calling wartime and postwar policies responsible for high prices and economic woes.
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San Francisco
Thomas E. Dewey
San Francisco Municipal Stadium
Oakland
Alameda County
Earl Warren
Dewey
San Francisco Bay Bridge
Truman
America
Los Angeles
Central Valley
California
Pronghorn Lads Bag Their Game
More than 90 percent of Idaho antelope hunters bagged their game this year, with 448 hunters in seven eastern Idaho units killing 413 antelope. Data from checking stations show 52 permit holders either did not hunt or failed to complete reports.
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ARCO
Idaho
Fish and Game Department
P. J. McDermott, Jr
Jerome
O. R. Christenson
Idaho Falls
District Conservation Supervisors
Girl In Critical Condition After Weekend Accident
Clamstiques, 22, of Salt Lake City, remains in fair condition at General Hospital. She is partially conscious and unaware of the accident last Sunday that killed her brother and another Murray boy, while she suffers severe head injuries.
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Clamstiques
Salt Lake City
General Hospital
Murray
Utah
Population rises in Boise area fuels rent decontrol talk
Boise rent advisory board estimates population in Boise and within a three mile radius has grown 64 percent over eight years. Chairman Frank Sekins announced a population figure of 56,253 as the board gathers data to assess the need for rent decontrol in the area.
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Boise
Boise Rent Advisory Board
Frank Sekins
Motorcycle Crash at Halliday and South Second
Wayne Sensenig, 14, of East Lewis Street, rode a motorcycle east on Halliday street when it collided with Lucille Kuhre, 45, of Riverside Drive, driving south on South Second avenue. The impact damaged Sensenig’s bike, causing a broken front wheel and bent fender braces, while Kuhre’s car remained undamaged.
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Halliday Street
South Second Avenue
Wayne Sensenig
East Lewis St
Lucille Kuhre
Riverside Drive
Kuhre
Halliday
Sensenig
Pocatellan Reclaims Car and Loot Stolen in Idaho
A. Pocatellan recovered August 28 theft loot after state troopers found his car and items near Smithfield Utah. The 1941 Chevrolet sedan was taken from Earl Ellis used car lot in Pocatello and tied to burglary at Ellis home. Troopers tracked license plates. car abandoned at storage September 4. Ellis employees suspected of the burglary.
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A. Pocatellan
Smithfield
Utah
Earl Ellis
North Harrison
Ellis
Pocatello
Truman Attacks Republican Power Policy in El Paso Speech
President Truman told about 12,000 people in El Paso that Republicans want to hand public power to private utilities at high prices. He attacked Rep. John Taber and Rep. George Dondero over reclamation and power project funding and transmission-line policy amid his West Texas stop en route to the capital.
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Truman
Southwest
el Paso
Tex
Arizona
Texas
John Taber
N. Y
Appropriations Committee
House
George A. Dondero
Mich
Public Works Committee
Taber
Dondero
Sierra Blanca
Valentine
Marfa
Alpine
West Says Soviet Reply Clears Path to Berlin Talks
The United States Britain and France prepared for a triad meeting after the Soviet Union delivered its Berlin crisis reply to Foreign Ministers Schuman Bevin and Marshall. The notes were handed to Schuman in Paris and to Bevin in London with Washington receiving the message later. Western officials expect a conference to shape currency control and coal and industrial shipments for Berlin amid four power talks.
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Paris
Russia
Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Robert Schuman
Alexander E. Bogomolov
London
Georgi N. Zarubin
Ivone Kirkpatrick
Alexander
Panyushkin
U. S. State Department
Washington
United Nations General Assembly
U. S
Schuman
George C. Marshall
Jefferson Caffery
Ernest Bevin
Moscow
Josef Stalin
V. M. Molotov
Ruhr
Diamond Tooth Lil Sends Greeting to Boise
In a Boise tribute, Diamond Tooth Lil known as Evelyn Hildegard sends greetings from Los Angeles. The famed gambler and singer recounts her Old West notoriety and a Las Vegas reunion with Diamond Jack Davis after mistaken deaths.
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Boise
Diamond Tooth Lil
Los Angeles
Lil
Evelyn Hildegar
Diamond Field
Jack Davis
Davis
Diamond Jack
Las Vegas
Nev
Tex Rickard
Goldfield
Auto theft steals Navajo blanket and beaded bag
Frank Randall of Fort Hall reported to Pocatello police Saturday that a genuine Navajo blanket and a beaded bag were stolen from his property. The blanket is mottled and valued at $50 while the bag is lined with buckskin and beaded on the outside.
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Frank Randall
Fort Hall
Pocatello
Randall
Gasoline Taxes Also Urged on '49 Legislature
The Idaho Municipal League urged a two percent sales tax with half to cities and villages, plus a share of gasoline tax and higher vehicle fees. A $42,000 two year public affairs research bureau at the University of Idaho was proposed. Howard elected first vice president. Smith continues as secretary treasurer. The group endorsed a public employer retirement system bill for the next legislature.
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BOISE
LLP
Idaho Municipal League
League
Idaho
Bureau of Public Affairs Research
University of Idaho
Public Affairs Research Bureau
Howard
Potter P. Howard
Weiser
Robertson W. Smith
Smith
Lewiston
Leo J. Jorgan
George R. Phillips
Pocatello
Idaho Public Erggloves Association
Reds Charge Aggression Against U S
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky told the United Nations that the United States plans atomic war against Russia and accuses Washington of preparing for war with Western Europe. He urged a one-year one-third arms reduction and an international atom control body, naming several American officials as war advocates. He cited Allied chiefs’ secret activities against peace and listed U S military leaders and British officers implicated.
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PARIS
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
United Nations Assembly
United States
Russia
U. S
U.S
Great Britain
France
China
Security Council
Vishinsky
Moscow
Leningrad
Kiev
Kharkov
Odessa
Adm
William D. Leahy
Truman
Omar N. Bradley
Louis E. Enfeld
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Army
Cardinal Game Gets Rained Out
Rain soaked Saturday night as the Cards postponed a game while Utes routed Indiana in Salt Lake City. Pocatello logged .27 inches of rain from 4:45 to 9:45 p.m. with forecasts calling for more scattered showers and a potential light frost as temperatures dip near freezing.
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Idaho
Salt Lake City
Utes
Pocatello
Bureau
Aircraft Industry Seeks More Rosie the Riveter Workers
Washington report from the U S Employment Service states the aircraft industry again needs female wartime laborers including Rosie the Riveter and her colleagues.
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Washington
U. S. Employment Service
Rosie the Riveter
Stolen Chevrolet Coupe Reported in Pocatello
Pocatello police were notified a blue 1946 Chevrolet coupe with Utah plate H 1036 and gold 71 decals on the doors was stolen from Paul Eggertz of the Whitman hotel in Pocatello. Eggertz provided the car’s blue color and the identifying numbers on each door.
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Pocatello
Utah
Paul Eggertz
Eggertz
Whitman Hotel
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Municipal League
Pronghorn Lads
Girl
Boise Area
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mary Anastos
Boston
White House
Pocatellan
Reds
Defense
James Forerstal
Kenneth C. Royall
Styles Bridges
N.H
Senate Appropriations Committee
George C. Kenny
Strategic Air Force
Henry Moore
Sir William D. Morgan
Charles Medhurst
Chevrolet
Pocatello Post
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