Woman Confesses Killing Husband And Hiding Body
Ada Hansen, 45, told District Attorney Ed Vilas she poisoned her husband Otto Hansen at his request and buried his body in pieces beside their cabin. She described dismemberment with a boning knife and hatchet three nights after his death, then planted a flower garden over the grave. She remains in jail on suspicion of murder.
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Sonora
Calif
Ed Vilas
Ada Hansen
Vilas
Otto Hansen
Hansen
Peters
Don Wars
Ada Lamb
Platte Center
Nebr
Delta
Colo
Kansas City
Putah
N. M
California
Lancaster
Emmett
Idaho
George Lawson
Pocatello Adopts City Levy For Fiscal 1948 49
City council approves ordinance No. 1103 levying ad valorem taxes for the year ending May 1, 1949 with assessment at $4.70 per $100. Rates cover general fund airport band cemetery fire library street lighting oiling sprinkling police retirement waterworks and sewer bond interest and various principal bond payments totaling multiple specific per $100 valuations across funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello
General
Fire Department
Pal
Perryopolis Millionaire Estate Promises Town Improvements
Perryopolis Pennsylvania, a coal town once famed for Washington land, awaits a multi million dollar legacy from Mrs Mary Puller Frazier of Philadelphia. She died August 6 in New York at 83 leaving most of her estate to the town for public improvements. Estimates range five to ten million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Perryopolis
Commodore Oliver Perry
Mary Puller Frazier
Philadelphia
Puller
Prazier
New York
Pittsburgh
Fatal logging accidents claim two in Kamiak area
One man Elmer Bowles about 32 in Kamiak was crushed by a log from a truck and died. Richard Roby of Kamiah sustained a crushed leg when a log rolled from a logging truck as he removed wrapping chains. the leg was later amputated.
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Kamiah
Elmer Bowles
Richard Roby
Potato price quotes vary across local dealers
Spuds unquoted in Nyssa Caldwell and Caldwell areas on Wednesday with prices listed per hundredweight while buyers report inconsistent quotes from local dealers.
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Twin Falls
Nyssa
Ore
Caldwell
Pact Nearing For Palisades Dam Project
Idaho Falls report states progress toward final settlement of water distribution among upper and lower valley irrigation groups for the Palisades dam at Irwin. Burley and Minidoka districts seek rights to Jackson lake water and sufficient winter flow to assure Minidoka dam power. Details remain to be ironed out with the bureau of reclamation.
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Idaho Falls
Palisades Dam
Lynn Crandall
District Watermaster
Palisades
Irwin
Idaho
Burley
Minidoka
Crandall
Jackson Lake
Minidoka Dam
Bureau of Reclamation
Air Force Nears Recruiting Goal Ahead of June 1949 target
The U S air force is within 53 000 of its 453 000 authorized strength for June 30 1949 with 397 500 men serving and 126 000 overseas Volunteers have surged so recruitment caps are in place and eligibility rules for officer candidate school have tightened Applicants must be 26 4 or younger and hold two years of college or pass equivalents Previously high school graduates were accepted
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Washington
U. S. Air Force
Airforce
Air Force
Court Case Dismissed in Coffin Divorce Action
District Judge L. B. Glenn dismissed a divorce action in the case of Erma Coffin v Jess C Coffin. A second action involving the couple remains pending before another court.
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L. B. Glenn
Erma Coffin
Jess C. Coffin
Utah AFL Elects Ogden Officers for Eighth Consecutive Term
By unanimous vote Pullmer H. Latter of Salt Lake City was re elected president of the Utah AFL for an eighth consecutive term. J. R. Wilson was re elected secretary treasurer. Officers chosen include W L Lowe and Victor H Bohman in Ogden and others in Salt Lake City Provo and Coalville with representatives from Price and Provo.
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Ogden
Pullmer H. Latter
Salt Lake City
AFL
J. R. Wilson
W L. Lowe
Victor H. Bohman
F. W. Hart
R. S. Roberts
Daniel A. Elton
T. R. Brown
C. R. van Winkle
Provo
William Wilde
Coalville
John W. Holden
Price
Alma M. Johnson
Mrs. Garner Dies at 78 in Texas Home
Mariette Elizabeth Theiner Garner known as Ettie, wife of former vice president John Nance Garner, died at 78 in their Sabinal Texas home. She served as his secretary and confidante, marrying him on November 25, 1895, and lived with him after his 1941 retirement from the vice presidency.
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Uvalde
Tex
John Nance Garner
Cactus Jack
United States
Ettie
Cactus Jack” Garner
Mariette Elizabeth Theiner
Sabinal
Garner
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Grocers Meet in Pocatello for State Association Banquet
About 20 Idaho grocers and allied tradesmen from Pocatello and southeastern districts gather at Hotel Whitman for a Friday evening banquet and meeting. Frank Wilson of Boise, Idaho Food Dealers Association secretary, discusses legislative plans and candidates. Also noted: national trade matters to be presented to a U.S. House small business committee in Salt Lake City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello
Whitman
Frank Wilson
Boise
Idaho Food Dealers’ Association
Idaho
Wilson
Preston
Malad
American Falls
Aberdeen
Blackfoot
Businss
U.S. House of Representatives
Salt Lake City
Russell Black
Lorin Fowler
Soda Springs
Floyd Dalton
Lava Hot Springs
Virgil Daniel
Gooding
Power Talks To Close In Moscow Four-Way Berlin Dialog Nearing End
Moscow reports indicate the four power talks on the German problem are nearing conclusion. Western envoys may meet Soviet representatives again this week, with no clear sign of final agreements. The envoys have held six talks with Foreign Minister Molotov since July 31, with cautious sentiment at the embassies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Berlin
Germany
United States
Britain
France
Molotov
Colored couple arrested on lewd cohabitation charge
Sam Byrd and Jean Smith, described as colored, were arrested Saturday night at McCammon and held in Bannock county jail on $100 bonds each. They await trial in the justice court per sheriff's office records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Byrd
Jean Smith
McCammon
Bannock County
Sheriff's Office
Couple Reunited After Planned Coast Hitch Hike
OLD ORCHARD BEACH Maine Cpl Tony Purio and his wife Marjorie aged 25 were reunited at the railroad station after she planned to hitchhike to the west coast with their 22 month old son Tony Jr He arrived by train from across the continent after flying freight to convince her to stop and return home Purio to report to his Texas post by Aug 25 and expressed pride in his wife s resolve and relief she stayed behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Orchard Beach
Maine
Tony Purio
Marjorie
West Coast
Tony
Tony, Jr
Texas
Purio
Cpl
Tony J. Furio
San Francisco
Bangor
Furio
Old Orchard
City Levy Rises in Twin Falls for Fiscal Year
Twin Falls officials approve a higher city tax levy for the current fiscal year to cover maintenance and equipment expenses for the fire department. The increase exceeds the 1947-48 levy and funds fire protection needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twinite
Twin Falls
American Reports German Failure
In Berlin the American commander Col. Frank L. Howley said the 55 day Soviet blockade of Western Berlin failed to starve the Democratic city into submission. He criticized Moscow’s propaganda and coal distribution for Berlin tied to ration card registration in the Soviet sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Frank L. Howley
Two Custer County men fined for contempt of court
Fred Shirts and Earl W. Shirts of Custer County were fined $32.50 each by a federal district court for contempt. The penalties followed an order to clear brush along Rapid River Ponter Creek and Lime Creek or pay $200 to the Forest Service cooperative work fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Fred Shirts
Earl W. Shirts
Custer County
Federal District Court
Rapid River
Ponter Creek
Lime Creek
Forest Service Cooperative Work Fund
Butter Prices Fall Sharply On Mercantile Exchange
Butter dropped five cents for the day on the New York Mercantile Exchange, shaving weekly losses to about 5 1/2 cents a pound. Trade recorded Wednesday shows gains of 1 1/2 to 2 cents, driving high grade butter to its lowest since March 11 and pulling lower grades to multi year lows. Grade AA at 76 cents, A at 72 1/2, B 67 1/2 to 68, C at 66.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Mercantile Exchange
Model Starts World Flight From Cambridge
Mrs Richarda Morrow-Tait a 24 year old ex model left her husband with their 18 month old daughter to begin a round the world flight in a single engine plane. She is accompanied by Michael Townsend 25 a Cambridge student and former RAF member who will navigate. The 208 horsepower craft with extra fuel for 1850 miles may take about six weeks to complete with six lucky charms carried for luck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Eng
Richarda Morrow-Tait
Michael Townsend
Royal Air Force
RAF
Swedish Kosenkina Case Parallels New York Teacher Incident
Swedish paper identifies the girl as Lydia Makarova a 19 year old music prodigy who fled Russia in 1944 and plans a January piano recital in Stockholm. The case mirrors Soviet teacher Oksana Kosenkina who leaped from a window in New York. Sweden rejects Soviet requests to send her back and the embassy keeps letters unseen.
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Kosenkina
New York
Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
Lydia Makarova
Russia
Sweden
Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina
Foreign Office
Leningrad
Lydia
Paris
Marshall Says Evidence Does Not Support Charges Made by Soviets
Secretary Marshall said available evidence does not bear out Soviet charges against U S authorities over refugee school teacher cases in New York. He noted one teacher, Mrs Kosenkina, fled from the Soviet consulate and is hospitalized with injuries.
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Marshall
Washington
State Department
United States
New York
U.S
Russia
Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina
Michael Lamarine
New York City
Alexander S. Panyushkin
Panyushkin
Molotov
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Moscow
Jacob M Lomakin
Weather Forecast for Pocatello and SE Idaho
Partly cloudy with scattered thunder showers in southeast Idaho including Pocatello. Lows 55 to 60 degrees, highs Thursday 85 to 95. Sunrise 5 40, sunset 7 28.
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Pocatello
Idaho
The Tortures Boy County Seeks Comic Ban
Floyd county officials asked a ban on comic book sales after three boys tortured a fourth. A seven year old testified in circuit court describing ropes, burns, and near fatal hanging with matches pressed to his body. Physicians said he narrowly escaped death as investigators piece the tale together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Albany
Ind
Floyd County
Frank Kelley
Sweeley Seeks Post as Judge in 11th Judicial District
Everett M. Sweeley, Twin Falls prosecuting attorney, seeks the position as judge of the 11th judicial district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Falls
Everett M. Sweeley
11Th Judicial District
Republican platform convention to elect leaders in Boise
Senator Arthur V. Watkins will be keynote at the Boise convention on August 28. The gathering will also elect a new state chairman and state vice chairman, as announced by State Chairman Tom W. Smith.
William Bendix to Act As Honorary Pallbearer
Hollywood actor William Bendix plans to fly Wednesday night to Ruth funeral to serve as an honorary pallbearer. Bendix portrayed Babe Ruth in the film about the baseball legend and will attend the services in a ceremonial role.
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New York
Babe Ruth
Yankee Stadium
Memorial Hospital
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Fifth Avenue
Gate of Heaven Cemetery
Westchester County
N. Y
Thomas FE
Dewey
Ruth
William Bendix
Hollywood
Papa Faints Twice as Bangor Couple Welcomes Baby
A Bangor couple welcomed a daughter after the husband fainted twice as police arranged an ambulance. Patrolman Clifton E. Sloan reported the fainting episodes during the delivery event and on the way to the hospital. All three family members were reported doing nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton E. Sloan
Sloan
Court Orders Fees and Support in McCarthy Divorce
District Judge L. E. Glenn on Tuesday ordered defendant Daniel Mc Carthy to pay $100 in attorney fees and temporary support money in the divorce action filed by Ann Mc Carthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Glenn
Ann McCarthy
Daniel McCarthy
Poca City Council Sets Regular Meeting
The Poca city council will hold a regular meeting in the city council chambers at the police station at 8 p.m. Thursday. Bert Reese, city clerk, announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello City
Bert Reese
Spy Probers Tie Hiss to Chambers in 1934 Link
Congressional spy probes linked Alger Hiss and Whitaker Chambers to a 1934-35 connection. Hiss admitted knowing Chambers as "George Crosley" years ago. Chambers and Hiss testified under oath about the prewar red underground. Hiss, head of the Carnegie Foundation, denied being a communist.
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Washington
Alger Hiss
State Department
Whitetaker Chambers
Hiss
Chambers
George Crosley
New York
House the American Activities Committee
Red
Whittaker Chambers
Thon
Pate
Hiss Hiss
Carenegie Foundation For International Peace
Time Magazine
Rams Sell At New High At 33rd National Ram Sale
The 33rd national ram sale in Salt Lake City grossed a record $242,000 for 1,600 prize animals with buyers from across the United States and Canada. Wool-type rams and mutton-type animals fetched similar totals, signaling a revival in the U S wool industry. Top bids included $1,050 for a tambouillet ram from Mount Pleasant Utah and $1,000 for a Columbia ram from Monte Vista Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
United States
Canada
America
J. Melvon Jones
National Wool Growers Association
Don Cameron
Cunningham Sheep Company
Pendleton
Ore
John K. Madsen
Mount Pleasant
Utah
Hugh Clark
Nathrop
Colo
C. W. Dorney
Monte Vista
Army to Recall 471 Reserve Officers by September
Secretary of the Army Royal authorized the army signal corps to recall 471 reserve officers before September to meet the training requirements of the demanding force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army Royal
Army Signal Corps
Union Pacific seeks to discontinue two trains between Malad and Ogden
A public hearing will be held September 21 in Malad on Union Pacific request to discontinue trains 559 and 860 between Malad and Ogden. The public utilities commission announced the hearing and noted the two trains involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Malad
Union Pacific Railroad
Ogden
Public Utilities Commission
Montana Woman Sues Idaho Driver For Damages
Anna Hull of Montana sues R. A. Birch of Idaho seeking 325 damages for injuries from a Nov 18 auto collision between Ashton and West Yellowstone. Hull alleges Birch was negligent when his car struck the vehicle she rode in.
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Boise
Montana
Idaho
Anna Hull
R. A. Birch
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