Wrong Lung Collapse Shocks Washington Medical Scene
A government hospital report reveals a surgical error at Glenn Dale Sanatorium where doctors partially collapsed the right lung instead of the diseased left lung in a tubercular patient. The left lung’s disease prompted a thoreoplasty mislisted for the right side in an error that prompted expert chest surgeons to be consulted.
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Washington
Guy Masson
Glenn Dale
George Ruhland
Frank Ashburn
Mayo Clinic
Army Medical Corps
Ruhland
Rubland
Mason
Army Captain Charged With Embezzlement
Joe Allen Mason a 28 year old Texas Army captain was arrested in San Francisco on a federal embezzlement count for allegedly stealing at least $10 000 from the First National Bank at Odessa Texas where he was head bookkeeper The reserve artillery officer and war veteran resigned his bank job to go on extended active duty overseas He lives in Cleburne Texas is married and has two children
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San Francisco
Joe Allen Mason
Japan
FBI
Harry M. Kimball
Allen
First National Bank
Odessa
Tex
Mason
Cleburne, Tex
First Baby of 1948 LeRoy Hillman Photographed
LeRoy Hillman born January 1 1948 at 12 06 am at St Anthony hospital is Idaho’s first recorded birth of the year. He is son of Mr and Mrs C P Hillman of 849 North Twelfth Street. Blue Cross hospital service awarded free hospitalization and care for mother and child. His father works as shop foreman at Flandro Motor Company.
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Tiny LeRoy
Cap’ Hillman
LeRoy
C. P. Hillman
North Twelfth Street
St. Anthony Hospital
The
Blue Cross Hospital Service
Flandro Motor Company
Cap” Hillman
Police Chief Roubi Doux Suffers Mild Heart Attack
Police Chief R. J. Roubi Doux was hospitalized at General Hospital last night after a mild heart attack. Authorities described his condition as not serious at present.
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R. J. Roubidoux
General Hospital
Aleen Mullen Named to Post in Courthouse
Aleen Mullen was appointed deputy county treasurer and bookkeeper to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Arnold E. Reddish in an automobile accident. Treasurer Laura announced the appointment, noting Mullen has worked in the treasurer’s office since 1935 and is thoroughly familiar with the duties.
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Aleen Mullen
Arnold E. Reddish
Laura
Mullen
Safety Council predicts New Year traffic deaths
The National Safety Council estimated 170 people will die in traffic accidents during the New Year holiday in Chicago. The figure is lower than the Christmas toll and reflects expected less travel and a sobering effect from the prior fatalities.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Strong Quake Shakes Up Reno Sacremento Area
A sharp earthquake and continuing tremors rattled western Nevada and northern California at 5 54 a m causing phone outages and damaged glassware and walls. Seismologists from the University of Nevada and University of California credited widespread faults beneath Reno with unusual activity and potential for more shocks. No injuries reported though Verdi walls collapsed and a stove flew across a doorway as two coast guard experts prepared to study the tremors.
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Reno
Nev
Nevada
California
Pocatello
Sacramento
Calif
Verdi
Oakland
Marysville
Lodi
San Joaquin Valley
Vincent Gianella
University of Nevada
Gianella
Berkeley
Perry Byerly
University of California
San Francisco
Los Angeles
B Byerly
Reho
Bert Mosconi
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Mathews Death Declared Accidental by Jury
Ernest T. Mathews 67 a retired U P switchman died December 25 from an accidental self inflicted gunshot wound at 435 South Fifth Ave jurors led by foreman Joe Trujillo concluded the death was accidental and not self harm during a personal crisis local jurors listed with full names and addresses in attendance.
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Ernest T. Mathews
U. P
Joe Trujillo
Mathews
South Fifth Ave
Thomas P. West
Edward Curtis
Harrison Ave
Beulah Dickson
South
Second Ave
Blaine Huntsman
Stansbury St
Jessie Finlayson
Lincoln Ave
Ralph Robbins
Arthur Ave
Bessie Atkinson
Hayes Ave
E. S. Campbell
Seventh Ave
Marcelle Forrey
Bonneville St
Arthur Judd
South Third Ave
Joseph Trujillo
Center St
Music instructor resigns due to ill health in Pocatello schools
Ingard Neilson, music instructor in Pocatello schools, resigns because of ill health. He will be succeeded by Mendel Lucatsky, Emerson school music teacher.
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Ingard Neilson
Pocatello
Mendel “Lucatsky
Emerson School
Snowbound Idaho Roads Reported by State Police
At 5 p m Wednesday two large snow slides on Whitebird Hill blocked the north south highway near Lewiston. North Idaho faces a blizzard threat with about half a foot of snow by nightfall. In Twin Falls area U S 30 from Pocatello east to Wyoming remains open with drifting winds. Highway 91 from Utah to Pocatello is drifting, Pocatello to West Yellowstone is slick, and Burley to Pocatello has slick patches.
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Idaho
United Press
Lewiston
Whitebird Hill
North
Twin Falls
U. S. 30
Pocatello
Wyoming
Utah
West Yellowstone
Burley
State buys fleet of trucks for highway bureau
The State Purchasing Department ordered 20 ton and a half International trucks and 20 steel dump bodies for the Bureau of Highways. Valley Truck and Implement Co. of Nampa received the truck contract for 32,251 dollars. Idaho Steel Products of Boise won the dump bodies contract for 9,207 dollars.
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BOISE
State Purchasing Department
Bureau of Highways
Valley Truck and Impment Co
Nampa
Idaho Steel Products of
Senate Bourbons Meet in Boise
A dozen Democratic state senators met in Boise to discuss policy and prepare for the legislature opening next Monday. The meeting was called by State Democratic Chairman Ed Brennan. The Democrats hold a 24 to 20 edge in the senate.
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Boise
Ed P. Brennan
Senate
Einstein in Hospital for Checkup at Jewish Hospital
New York reports Dr Albert Einstein is resting comfortably at Jewish Hospital after a routine check up the hospital disclosed.
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Einstein
New York
Albert Einstein
Jewish Hospital
Pilotless Plane Lands on Minnesota Lake with Four Passengers
An unmanned Stinson Voyager landed on an ice covered lake in Faribault after the pilot collapsed mid flight. Four men, including pilots James Degrood and his brothers George and Victor, along with Louis Slinger, escaped serious injury as the plane taxied to a snow bank and crashed.
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Faribault
Minn
James Degrood
Degrood
Roberts Lake
Here
George J. and
Victor Degrood
Louis Slinger
Pipestone
Stinson Voyager
Merrill Aviation Company
George Degrood
James
Victor
Belvedere Basement Fire Damages Garfi eld Ave Apartments
Firefighters battled a basement blaze at Belvedere apartments on Garfield Ave and Whitman St on Wednesday. Chief A A Girard said the fire trapped in storage lockers caused the worst damage, with the fire confined to the basement after more than two hours of effort. No damage estimate was provided.
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Belvedere Apartments
Garfield Ave
Whitman St
A. A. Girard
U S Troops Listed for Routine Winter Maneuvers
The U S military government announced that thousands of American troops will participate in routine winter maneuvers in the German states of Hesse and Wuertemberg Baden next month.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
Hesse
Wuertemberg-Baden
Lie Detector Expert Tired Of Red Tape Delays Guam Flight
Berkeley police inspector Al Riedel, a lie detector expert who offered Navy aid in solving Ruth Farnsworths murder, postpones his Guam flight due to Washington authorization delays. He plans to attend the Rose Bowl on New Years Day if needed. Farnsworth, 27, of San Francisco, was described as the most beautiful on Guam.
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Berkeley
Calif
al Riedel
The
Berkeley Police
Navy
Ruth Farnsworth
Guam
Washington
Riedel
Pasadena
Miss Farnsworth
Sancisco
New Year Babies Gift Draw For Pocatello New Year
The POST announces prizes for the first baby born in Pocatello in 1949. Awards start one second after midnight Friday and include useful and decorative gifts. C. A. Hanson, POST advertising manager, says details will follow in the POST.
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Pocatello
C. A. Hanson
POST
Feverish Peace Talks in China Mark Civil War Efforts
In Shanghai officials report a renewed peace push between nationalists and communists, with the United States declining to broker talks on guarantees. Nanking hosts a rare gathering of top warlords, generals, and politicians as fighting reportedly dwindles and rumors swirl about Chiang Kai-shek's New Year message.
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Shanghai
China
United States
U. S
Nanking
Chiang Kai- Shek
Huang Shao Liung
Legislative Yuan
Li Tsung Jen
Chiang
Truman Returns to Washington After Missouri Holiday Flight
President Truman flew home in foggy murk from Missouri and made his first radar guided landing at Independence. He remained calm and cheerful as reporters and aides greeted him after the 950 mile Kansas City to Washington trip. He said he slept and read during most of the flight.
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Washington
Truman
Missouri
Mr. Truman
Kansas City
Williams
Truman Narrowly Lands Amid Dense Fog in Hazardous Return
President Truman's flight from Kansas City faced 3,500 to 1,600 foot ceilings and near zero visibility as the Independence landed after circling in foul weather. The pilot described the descent as a routine low-visibility procedure, while ground observers watched from the apron.
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Francis W. Williams
Alameda
Cal
Air Force
Williams
Independence
Military Air Transport Service
Truman
White House
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