Equipment Still Under Official Gun
Bannock and Caribou counties clash over ownership of road equipment now in Caribou sheds under a district judge restraining order. Officials blame each other for delays as court action to resolve ownership looms next year.
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Bannock
Caribou
Bannock County
Caribou County
L. E. Glennon
Aaron L. Ozburn
Ozburn
Seceded
John Aljets
Glennon
Aljets
Pocatello Retailers Back Robins Slot Machine Battle
Idaho governor's anti slot machine push gains local support as the Retail Merchants bureau votes to back his plan to remove one armed bandits. Pro slots advocate cite local revenue and projects like pools, while opponents warn of illegal gambling, yet merchants urge keeping machines lawful for state gains.
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C. A. Robins
Pocatello
Retail Merchants Bureau
Idaho
Bureau
Whitman Hotel
W. W. Campbell
Idaho Retail Liquor Dealers Association
Campbell
Legislative Committee
Idaho Slashes Auto License Tag Costs for 1949
Idaho will issue small metal tags stamped with the year 49D to cover the 48 plate year. Costs drop about five percent from 1948. Replacement plates at half price available for battered plates. 1949 licenses go on sale January 2 and continue for several months, likely ending in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
California
Pocatello
Former mental patient kills wife with ax in Sudden Frenzy
In Antonito Colorado a former mental patient in a sudden frenzy killed his wife with an ax before their six children. Coroner Earl Haynie reported the details on Wednesday.
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Antonito
Colo
Earl Haynie
Commissions Offered to 300 Dental Students
War Department offers 300 dental students reserve commissions in the army medical corps. Upon graduation a two year hitch as a second lieutenant is required. For information and forms contact Capt. Lee R. Sumpter Jr Room 19 Post Office Building Pocatello.
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Army Medical Corps
War Department
Lee R. Sumpter, Jr
Post Office
Pocatello
Fire Kills Four In Farm Home Near Cherokee
Four children under five died in a farm house fire near Cherokee Iowa. The Devall children Michael Robert Linda and Sharon perished in the blaze. It followed another Ottumwa fire that killed four White children the day before.
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Cherokee
Michael
Robert
Linda
Sharon Devall
Charles Devall
Iowa
Carl J. White
Ottumwa
Supersonic Speeds Recorded in Captured-Wind Tunnels
The navy reports an air speed of 3960 miles per hour achieved in captured-wind tunnels used to test supersonic aircraft and parts. This marks a rise from the previous tunnel record of about four times the speed of sound set by German researchers on the V-2 program.
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Washington
Navy
Director Raymond McCarey Found Dead in Hollywood
Hollywood police say 44 year old director Raymond McCarey, brother of Leo McCarey, was found dead at his apartment in what police call a death by own action. No further details were released.
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Hollywood
Raymond McCarey
Leo McCarey
School Heads Plan For Coming Year
Pocatello officials urge parents with children turning six by December 1 1949 to register for September 1949 at the high school auditorium offices. Registration runs December 1 to January 1 1948 to help secure books desks and other first grade materials amid nationwide enrollment pressures.
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Pocatello
George N. Green
Garfield
National Education Association
American Association of School Administrators
America
Mme Chiang Hits Capitol
Mme Chiang Kai-Shek arrived in Washington to seek U.S. help for Nationalist China. She landed at National airport after an 11,000 mile three day flight from Shanghai and left with Mrs. George C. Marshall for quarters at the Marshall home in Leesburg Virginia. A crowd greeted her as Marshall was at Walter Reed hospital for a checkup.
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Washington
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Shanghai
National Airport
George C. Marshall
Leesburg
Marshall
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Jury selection in Miller case stalls in Colorado Springs
In Colorado Springs, jury selection for 79 year old Miller, charged with the slaying of 43 year old Eugene B. Chance, continues after defense efforts to seat a 12 man jury and one alternate faltered. The ranch hand is accused of shooting Chance over a dispute about Miller's handlebar mustache.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Ess Miller
Eugene B. Chance
Irl Foard
William Bryans
Denver
Miller
Chance
Downey Says He Will Not Run for California Governor
Senator Sheridan Downey of California announces he will not seek the state's governorship in 1950. The Democratic lawyer and incumbent senator clarifies his political plans as speculation ends.
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Washington
ULP
Sheridan Downey
Calif
California
Decorating Of Homes Can Spark Yule Spirit
The Pocatello POST and Pocatello Junior Chamber sponsor a Christmas home decorating contest to brighten the city. Lights and simple displays can win prizes of 25, 15, 5 and five 1 dollar awards. decorations must be lit by December 18 and judges will visit between December 18 and 25.
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Pocatello Post
Pocatello Junior Chamber of Commerce
Junior Chamber
Pocatello City Stumbles Over Slot License Plan
City officials and slot machine operators faced a legal snag as the Idaho Attorney General ruled a three month license plan illegal. Mayor Phillips and councilmen argued for a grace period revenue, noting state law and treasury knowledge. Tonight the council meets to discuss next steps and contact with the AG's office.
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Pocatello
Idaho
United Press
Idaho Attorney General's
Boise
Phillips
Treasury Department
Pocatello City Co
Jack Halliwell
Attorney General
Council
Attorney General’s Office
Pocatello POST Gains Audit Bureau Of Circulation Status
The Pocatello POST announces its acceptance as a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation. Membership confirms authentic, bureau-checked circulation figures, proving the POST reaches its stated subscriber total. This assures advertisers and readers of reliable distribution figures.
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Pocatello Post
Audit Bureau of Circulation
The
POST
Reds Battle In Berlin Over Socialist Rally
In Berlin the police clashed with communists trying to disrupt a Socialist party rally in the U S sector near Herman Platz. Several communists were arrested police said. One worker was reported badly beaten by the Russian ADN agency. The communists regrouped twice but were expelled each time. The crowd then heard the Red anthem Internationale.
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Berlin
Socialist Party
United States
ADN
SED
Herman Platz
U. S
Idaho Spud Growers Warned on Commodity Loans
Idaho farmers were advised that applications for commodity credit loans on potatoes must be filed by Monday December 9. Loans offer immediate financing, with terms of 3 percent interest and on demand maturity by April 30, 1949, at $1.40 per hundred pounds for U S No 1 and $.45 for No 1 B and No 2 S.
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Boise
Idaho
Harry C. Brandt
Idaho Production and Marketing Administration Committee
County Agricult Conservationg Association Ofees
Brandt
U. S
Brafidt
CCC
ACA
Driver School Held Each Week on Garfield Street
The Pocatello high driver training course is held on the 300 block of North Garfield Street from Monday through Friday between 9 and 11 a.m. In prior sessions heavy traffic hindered the school, says instructor George Wood. He urged drivers to cooperate during training hours.
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Pocatello High
North Garfield Street
George Wood
Hoover says he will retire to fishing after reform commission
Former President Herbert Hoover told reporters that his final public duty as chairman of the government reorganization commission will end with the task completed, and then he intends to go fishing. He emphasized the scope of the work ahead for the panel.
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Hoover
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Commission On
Bataan Vets Protest Crime Trials
Bataan Veterans organization denounces Japanese war crimes trials as outrageous miscarriages of justice. Dick Malone and Harry Steen, former POWs, accuse authorities of failing to arrest the worst offenders and awarding light sentences for bayoneting and cruelty toward prisoners.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Bataan Veterans Organization
Dick Malone
BVO
Harry Steen
Steen
Suit Halis- Red Charges Halt Cole Case
Screen writer Lester Cole’s bid to recover a $1350 weekly movie job was paused by federal Judge Leon Yankwich for one week. Cole was dismissed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer after refusing to answer whether he was a communist. Attorneys questioned the contract morality clause used to suspend him.
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Los Angeles
Lester Cole
Leon Yankwich
Cole
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Congressional Committee
Reverend Turns Tithes Into Tide of Funds At Stockton
The Rev. Curtis Nims of First Baptist distributed 400 crisp ten dollar bills to his congregation ten weeks ago to fund a new church. The plan returned the original 4000 dollars plus 5200 dollars in gains as members circulated the notes. He expects at least 3000 more from the effort.
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Stockton
Cal
Curtis Nims
First Baptist Church
Nims
Justice Righted New Orleans War Bride Seiferle News
The State Department informed Mrs. Walter Seiferle that her husband, detained in Singapore after a four year term for a wartime pistol, is coming home. Seiferle cried upon learning of the development after her appeal to President Truman for intervention.
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Justice Righted
New Orleans
State Department
Walter Seiferle
Italy
Singapore
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