Agencies Plan Project In Basin Region
President Truman directs government agencies to draft legislation for a Columbia Valley Authority. The White House says he will send a special message to Congress as soon as a proposed bill draft is ready. Press secretary Charles G Ross indicated the timing is contingent on agencies’ preparations.
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Washington
Truman
Columbia Valley
White House
Congress
Presidential Presse
Charles G. Ross
Idaho Opposes Columbia Valley Authority Move
Idaho officials and water user groups reveal broad opposition to a Columbia Valley Authority. William Welsh of the Idaho State Reclamation Association says most Idaho organizations oppose it. Mark R. Kulp notes irrigation interests have long opposed a single basin authority.
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Boise
William Welsh
Idaho State Reclamation Association
Idaho
Columbia Valley
Welsh
Idaho Reclamation Association
Mark R. Kulp
Columbia Basin
Portland
Columbia Valley Authority
Draft in Shape Stalled as White House Seeks CVA Plan
The president directs a senior group to draft a proposal, including the creation of CVA, after instructing the officials to work on the plan. He stresses the importance of presenting a strong recommendation to Congress and signals a multiweek timeline.
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Pheeric
Departrg
Agricultur
Economic Advisory Council
Congress
CVA
Con
Snow Flurries and Snowbound Roads Across West Coast and Wyoming
Snow flurries hit Pasadena Alta dena and foothill towns with hail at Glendale and Wilmington near Los Angeles. Heavy mountain snow required tire chains while moderate gains appeared elsewhere. In Wyoming roads blocked by drifts hindered cattle feed delivery as trains halted near Cheyenne and Green River.
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Associated Press
California
Pasadena
Altadena
Glendale
Wilmington
Los Angeles
Pacific Northwest
Oregon
Seattle
Wyoming
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Green River
Casper
Colorado
Chester G Wells Dies at 61 prominent Pocatello businessman
Chester Gordon Wells 61 president of the Fargo-Wilson Wells company of Pocatello died in his sleep at 8 a m Sunday at his home 710 North Garfield from a cerebral hemorrhage. A UW Seattle graduate he arrived in Pocatello in 1910 and actively promoted the city’s growth and development through business and civic efforts.
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Chester G
Chet) Wells
Pocatello
North
Garfield
Fargo-Wilson-Wells Company
Idaho
Chester Gordon Wells
Fargo-Wilson Wells Company
Wells
University of Washington
Seattle
Poca Pioneer Reports Severe Winter In Idaho City
L A Lehrbas of Pocatello arrived in the city from Mink Creek noting his cabin fell to 23 below zero this morning. The former state fish and game officer and chief of police says this winter is the harshest in his 60 years’ residence in Pocatello.
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L. A. Lehrbas
Pocatellan
Mink Creek
Mercury
Lehrbas
State Fish and Game Conservation
Pocatello
State lawmaker asks voters on Pocatello nonpartisan elections
Idaho legislator Rep Henry C O Leary urged Pocatello voters to decide whether to keep the nonpartisan city election system or return to party government. He noted Senate approval and said the House will consider the issue with both sides arguing for and against the current setup. The representative emphasized voter input.
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Idaho
Pocatello
Bannock County
Henry C. O'Leary
the Tribune
Utahns Duel With Pistols
Salt Lake City police report two men wounded in a running pistol duel after nine shots were fired. Neil P. Glad of Salt Lake City and Staff Sgt. Albert A. Wagner of Hill Field were found 10 feet apart in the snow at 3:40 am and treated at a veterans hospital for abdominal and chest injuries. Mrs. Wagner, 28, was detained as a material witness after the shooting began when Glad and Mrs. Wagner returned to her home following a quarrel.
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Salt Lake City
Ferris D. Andrus
Neil P. Glad
Albert A. Wagner
Hill Field Air Base
Vetererans’ Hospital
Wagner
Andrus
Western Industry Faces Crisis From Snow and Cold
Sylvan J. Pauly of Deer Lodge Montana leader of the National Wool Growers Association notes new storms hinder efforts to reach starving sheep and warn the industry faces its worst threat of annihilation. He says the full damage won’t be known until spring while meat spokesmen expect price effects to appear next fall as animals destined for spring marketing are moved to eastern feedlots.
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Sylvan J. Pauly
Deer Lodge
Mont
National Wool Growers Association
Pauly
Court Upholds Conviction Of May And Garssons
The U S Court of Appeals affirmed the bribery and conspiracy convictions of former Rep Andrew J May of Kentucky and Henry and Murray Garsson in a 2 to 1 decision. May and the Garssons were sentenced to eight months to two years and remain free on $2000 bonds pending appeal. The case stemmed from bribery payments tied to May's influence for the Garsson shell making operations.
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Washington P
U. S. Court of Appeals
Andrew J. May
Kentucky
Henry and
Murray Garsson
E. Barrett Prettyman
Henry White Edgerton
Harold M. Stephens
May
House Military Affairs Committee
Garsson Brothers
Garason Brothers
Garsson
Garssons
United States
Cumberland Lumber Co
Pocatellan Sued For Alleged Services Of CPA
In probate court Professional Adjustment Bureau of Idaho sues George J. Olson of Pocatello for unpaid CPA fees totaling 275 dollars for services by N. A. Jordan last on March 10, 1948 and 37.26 dollars for hospitalization at Grand Forks Deaconess Hospital on Feb. 6, 1948. hospital claim assigned to the plaintiff. Judgment sought with 6 percent interest from dates. attorney F. E. Tydeman represents the plaintiff.
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Professional Adjustment Bureau
Idaho
George J. Olson
Pocatello
Olson
Certified Public Accountant
N. A. Jordan
Grand Fork Deaconess Hospital
Grand Forks
Cak
Weather Outlook for Pocatello and Vicinity
Fair and continued cold tonight and Tuesday. Low temperatures 10 to 15 below zero. Tuesday highs near 10 degrees above.
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Pocatello
Idaho House tables bill on slot machine repeal
Legislators aiming to keep slot machines under licensing won an initial victory as the Idaho House tabled bill 67 by 32 to 27. The move to repeal the 1947 law and restore slot machines to anti gambling statutes was not debated, and prospects for advancing the measure remained uncertain after a recess and adjournment attempts. Local leaders and Speaker John Hohnhorst oversaw the session.
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Boise
Idaho
House of Representatives
House
John Hohnhorst
Temperature records fall as 18 below marks cold spell
The thermometer in Pocatello hit 18 below zero at 8 a.m. the coldest on record at the airport in seven years. The day stayed sub zero until noon with a noon reading of zero and a 24 hour high of 13 above. Snow measured 16 inches, a new deep February tally since 1937. Forecasters predict continued deep cold with lows of 10 to 15 below.
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Pocatello
Airport
Pocatellans
Gate City
Alleged Forger Here Faces Life As Habitual Offender
William F. Dreyer of Pocatello is jailed on forgery charges. A new persistent offender complaint under the habitual criminal act elevates potential punishment to five years to life. He allegedly passed a $68.40 check at Hudson Inc misattributed to his brother, H. D. Dreyer, who says the signature was forged. The state cites prior Bonneville county felonies on Dec 23 1938 Dec 4 1942 and June 2 1947. Dreyer also faces a separate local forgery charge from Nov 24 1948.
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William F. Dreyer
Pocatello
Dreyer
Hudson, Inc
H. D. Dreyer
Louis L. Haight
Bonneville County
Army Leaves Area To Chinese Reds
Large scale withdrawal of Nationalist units from Shanghai Nanking and Hangchow areas is under way. Troops described as Chiang Kai-shek personal troops entrain for South China points. Thousands evacuate garrison points jam railroads enroute to Chekiang where Chiang reportedly retires at his birth place Chikow. Civilian trains sidetracked for troop movements as Shen Chang-Huan says Chiang remains president. Acting President Li Tsung-Jen sits in for duties.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Hangchow
Chiang Kai-shek
South China
Chekiang Province
Chikow
Shen Chang - Huan
Chiang
China
Associated Press
Li Tsung-Jen
Shen
Planes Flying Feed To Utahs Flocks
Heavy January storms strand 2,100,000 sheep and cattle in the Rocky Mountain region. Snowbound livestock threaten the industry as hay supply efforts rely on seventeen flying boxcars that loaded hay at Fallon Nevada and travel 210 miles east to the Utah border area.
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Rocky Mountain
Fallon
Nev
Utah
Fire hits Vale Oregon business block destroying several stores
A morning fire in Vale Oregon swept through a main business block causing $150000 to $200000 in damage. The blaze razed Town Tavern Daley's Market Peterson's Furniture Workmen's Variety and seven apartments above Vale Drug store. No injuries reported and most residents saved belongings. The telephone exchange and Dr C C Burrows dental offices were also burned.
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Town Tavern
Daley's Market
Peterson's Furniture Store
Workmen's Variety Store
Pire
Royce Pulleton
Vale Drug Store
Telephone Exchange
C. C. Burrows
Sheriff raids Idaho Falls club on weekend operation
Sheriff Dean Wilkie led a raid on an Idaho Falls club Saturday night. Three men were charged with operating gambling games while 16 players were present in the club.
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Idaho Falls
Dean Wilkie
Wilkie
Four-Unit Apt Fire In Pocatello Damages Basements
Firemen battled a four hour blaze at 113 North Grant in a four unit apartment house owned by Theodore Daniels. The basement and two units were badly burned and the total damage figure was not yet estimated.
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Pocatello
North Grant
Theodore Daniels
Snowstorm Sets Salt Lake City Depth and Ice Cold Record
A weekend blizzard shattered Salt Lake City snow depth records with 23 inches on the ground, surpassing 20.6 inches from 1987. Alta ski area reached 132 inches, drifting highways blocked roads, and interstates faced restricted traffic. Subzero temperatures blanketed Utah and Idaho. A fatal crash occurred near Elliston, Montana amid wind and frost.
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Salt Lake City
Weather Bureau
Alta
Wasatch Mountain
Ogden
Salt Lake
Farmington
Idaho-Utah
Burley
Tremonton
U. 8
Delta
Utah
Desert Sheep Country
Idaho
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Malad City
Moscow
Provo
Montana
Belgrade
Butte
Elliston
Mont
BLE Insists Second Man Work Diesels
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers announces a 25,000 engineer strike against 15 western railroads set for 6 a.m. January 31 over demands for a second engineer on diesel locomotives. J P Shields says arbitration was declined and railroads call extra crews unnecessary.
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Ble
Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Western
Brotherhood
J. P. Shields
The
Association of Western Railways
Alvanley Johnston
Snow Delays Eastern Idaho Traffic Shuts Major Routes
Snowstorms hit Eastern Idaho with bitter cold. multiple highways reported closed including Pocatello to Salt Lake via Malad, Yellowstone Pass between Ashton and West Yellowstone, and Burley to Salt Lake City via Strevel. Oregon Trail route to Burley remained open but rough, chains advised. Preston checkpoint urged for latest conditions.
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Idaho
Pocatello
Pocaetello
Salt Lake City
Malad
Yellowstone Pass
Ashton
West Yellowstone
Beetween
Montpellier
Border
Wye
Burley
Strevel
Snowville
Butte
Spencer
Preston
Joint Emergency Session Called Over Threat of Spring Flood
Bannock Commission and county leaders move to avert possible flood disaster in Pocatello area as Army engineers arrange a Boise meeting for Feb 4. Officials discuss emergency action with Mayor Phillips and planning board members amid increasing flood fears.
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Pocatello
Col
O. A. Lewis
U. S. Army
Spokane
Wash
W. H. “Pete” Jensen
Bannock Commission
Boise
Army
Idaho Reclamation Association
Army Engineers
George R. Phillips
Ed Dufford
PF. M. Bistline
Bannock County
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Senate
O'Leary
Andrew May
CPA
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Great Falls
Idaho Palls
Minneapolis
New York
Omaha
San Francisco
E. A. Snow
Adams
Vale
Ore
Ndah
Utah Capital
National Railway Labor Act
Shields
Tion
Jensen
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