Lawmakers Introduce CVA Bill in Congress
Washington reports Rep Mitchell and Rep Jackson of Washington introduced a bill creating a Columbia Valley Administration as a federal Northwest based corporation with three directors, six year terms, and a mandate to involve regional governments and residents. The president's message vows water rights protection and continuation of state laws and Reclamation provisions.
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Washington
Columbia Valley
Pacific Northwest
Mitchell
Jackson
Democrats
Northwest
CVA
Police Hold Vag for Identification
Ernest Looney twenty six, homeless, was arrested at 200 Pocatello avenue by Chief Detective Nelson and Det Perkins on vagrancy charges. After jail, Justice Hyde found no complaint filed, and Looney was held for further investigation.
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Ernest Looney
Pocatello Avenue
Guy Nelson
John Perkins
Justice of the Peace
Charles W. Hyde
Looney
Former Pocatellan Praises Four-Way Test At Rotary Meet
Rilea W. Doe former Pocatellan and ex-director of Rotary International addressed Rotarians from 12 southern Idaho groups at the Bannock hotel. He praised the Four-Way Test and highlighted its link to business success and community service. Doe urged attendance at the 1949 Rotary convention in New York City from June 12 to 16 and planned a Denver stop to discuss a vocational guidance project for students.
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Riley Doe
Idaho
Utah
Rae Stratford
Gordon Baxter
Ogden
Rotary
Doe
E. E. Moberly
Mal Deaton
Pocatello Rotary Club
Safeway
Rilea W. Doe
Rotary International
Rotary Inter-City
Bannock Hotel
Io the
Rotarians
New York City
Pocatellan
Denver
Pre-Easter Services Set Tonight in Pocatello churches
Pocatello Protestant churches hold the eleventh annual union Maundy Thursday services tonight. East side churches gather at 8 p m at the Assembly of God on Twelfth and East Lander with Rev. Simpson and Rev. Steller officiating. Involvement includes prayers, communion meditation, and the Lord's Supper sacrament under church leaders. West side services begin at 7 30 p m at First Congregational with Rev. Walker and Rev. Warford presiding.
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Pocatello
J. Willis Hamblin
Ministerial Association
East Side
Assembly of God
Twelfth
East Lander
N. R. Simpson
Central Christian Church
L. A. Steller
Harry O. Snook
Mount Olive Church of God
Mark Felder
Nazarene Church
Otto Stadler
Simpson
Steller
First Presbyterian Church
Esther Delzer
Dale Partner
West Side
First Congregational Church
LeRoy Walker
The
Methodist Church
O. R. Warford
Congregational Church
Woman Arrested For Taxi Ride Without Funds
Eleanor Leddy of Burlington Iowa was arrested after hiring a taxicab from Myrtle's Place and failing to pay. Police officers Akers and Hiltbrandt detained her at 200 South Main and she faced a charge of obtaining services under false pretenses. She was to appear before Justice of the Peace Charles W Hyde later that day.
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Eleanor Leddy
Burlington
Iowa
Akers and
Hiltbrandt
South Main
Myrtle's Place
Justice of the Peace
Charles W. Hyde
Earthquake Jolt Felt in Pullman Washington
A new earthquake was felt in Pullman about 400 miles from yesterday’s Puget Sound quake. Washington State College officials reported mirrors dancing and windows rattling at 11 20 a m PST. No damage reported though the tremor was strong enough to be felt generally, slightly stronger than yesterday’s Seattle area quake.
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Pullman
Wash
Puget Sound
Washington State College
Seattle
Abandoned Baby Case Sparks Legal Fight Over Larry Lee
The mother Mrs Mil dred Odell of Cheyenne Wyoming claims custody of Larry Lee a 17 month old who was found abandoned in a parked car in Pocatello Idaho. Odell plans habeas corpus to challenge adoption orders reportedly issued to Howard Lund son of Probate Judge Willard Lund. Reportedly the boy was taken from Boise orphans home and fitted with new clothes before disappearance.
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Larry Lee
Mildred Odell
Cheyenne
Wyo
Pocatello
Lund
Howard
Oakland
Calif
Odell
Dorothy Clark
Guernsey
Bessie Clay
Kathryn Wolfe
Boise
The
Tribune
Judge Lund
Lunds
the Tribune
O. R. Baum
Twin Falls
Norman Catanzaro
Elizabeth Catanzaro
S. Garfield
Businessmen Scramble to Remove Debts
Washington reports a record weekly drop in business loans as bankers note a rush to cut inventories and pay debts. Officials say cautious borrowing and selling to reduce old obligations drove the $277 million June week decline, part of a larger fall since December.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Fire Destroys Coal Office at Reynolds Co
Fire broke out at Reynolds Coal Co office 1500 N First St at 12:20 p m West Side department responded but no damage report available. Early word says entire office building may have been destroyed.
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Reynolds Coal Co
First Street
West Side Fire Department
Tribune
Montana picks Fort Peck bid for atomic test site
Governor Bonner asserted Major General Lewis Pick backs Fort Peck Montana as the atomic reactor testing site and sought testimony before the joint committee on atomic energy. A Detroit firm report favored Arco Idaho citing lower costs at Arco and higher construction expenses at Fort Peck while noting operating costs.
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Washington
John W. Bonner
Montana
Lewis Pick
Army Engineers
Fort Peck
Mont
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Atomic Energy Commission
Arco
Idaho
Bonner
Pick
Detroit
Smith, Hinchman and Grylls, Inc
The
Dates Changed for American Legion Carnival in Pocatello
Pocatello post No 4 of the American Legion announces new carnival dates shifting from April 14-16 to April 21-23. The event, a Gay Nineties theme, will be in the Legion club rooms in the Idaho Power building on North Main with $2500 in merchandise as prizes and a monster street parade on closing day.
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Pocatello Post No. 4
The
American Legion
Legion
Legion Club
Idaho Power Company
North Main
Seattle Earthquake Sev ers Toll and Damage Estimate
Seattle faced its worst quake with eight deaths and potential damages between two and ten million dollars. Gov Langlie cited tentative figures from Red Cross and state agencies as aftershocks rattled Vancouver to Oregon. Bricks fell, roofs collapsed, and two vacant Fox Island houses slid into Puget Sound as Red Cross and officials prepared aid.
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Pacific Northwest
Arthur B. Langlie
Washington
Red Cross
State Patrol
Rhmmeda
Fox Island
Tacoma
Wash
Puget Sound
Vancouver
Victoria
B. C
Oregon
Salem
Railroad Worker Killed In Bus Motorcycle Crash
Irvin F. Capell 21 of 905 North Hayes a Union Pacific shop employee was killed instantly at 7 35 this morning when his motorcycle collided head on with a Pocatello independent school district No 1 bus at Cedar street and Polo Line road The bus driven by Bernard F Bengal 23 of 812 S Eighth a Idaho State college student attempted a left turn Officials say Capell who was living with Voy Mercer and is son of Mrs George Siler of Berryman road died at the scene The crash is the citys first 1949 motor vehicle fatality but details continue on Page Twenty
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Irvin F. Capell
Union Pacific Railroad
M. L. Norlund
Jesse M. Chase Gétepal
Capell
Bernard F. Bengal
Cedar
Pole Line Road
North Hayes
Pole Line
Polo Line
Cedar Street
Pocatello Independent School District
S. Eighth
Idaho State College
Bengal
Frank McKinnon
R. M. Phelps
Police Department
George Siler
Berryman Road
Voy Mercer
Flood Control Dredging of River Begins
Clearing the Portneuf river to prevent floods began yesterday in a $15 000 project. Army engineers and city officials supervise the effort with Barnhart Wheeler Construction Company handling dredging from Fremont street to Wyeth and W Lander areas to W Carson streets lowering the river level about one foot.
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Portneuf
R. G. Garrett
Walla Walla
Wash
Army Engineers
Les Ballis
Samuel D. Clifton
Fremont Street
Garret
Garrett
Barnhart & Wheeler Construction Co
Wyeth
W. Lander
W. Carson Streets
Truman Indicates Government Will Run A Billion In Red This Year
President Truman said in a news conference the federal government's operations will show a deficit near one billion dollars for the current year. He noted a proposed 600 million dollar Veterans Administration appropriation would add to the shortfall.
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Washington
Truman
Veterans’ Administration
P O Inspectors Seek Former Employe for Theft
New York post office inspectors seek former superintendent of mails Thomas F. Gray for embezzling 2300 dollars at the Hollis branch post office in Jamaica N Y. Gray is described as 40, 155 pounds, 6 ft 1 in tall, brown hair partly bald and always wears glasses. He is believed to be in Nevada or Idaho and is a heavy gambler.
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New York Post-Office
Alma Marley
West Powers Ready to Talk Over Lift of Berlin Blockade
The United States says it will receive and consider any Russian proposal to lift the Berlin blockade and restart four power talks on Germany with Britain and France. Acheson reaffirmed that blockade must be lifted unconditionally before renewed talks begin. Moscow radio accused Western plans of dismembering Germany as UN discussions opened. Representative Cannon warned the treaty provides bases for potential atomic strikes on Moscow.
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France
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Western
North Atlantic
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations Assembly
New York
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D-Mo
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