City Marbles Games Open in Pocatello
The city marble tournament begins at 10 a.m. at Bonneville grade school grounds with preliminary rounds until noon and finals at 6 15 p.m. The winner will face Idaho opponents for a state bid to Salt Lake City for the World championship tournament June 3 to 5. Each boy must bring his own marble.
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Pocatello Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Verl Thornock
Thornock
Pocatello
Salt Lake City
Radio Schedule Row Highlights Daytime Lineup
A dense listing of 1240 AM programming from early morning to late evening shows includes interludes such as Intermountain News Pontoon programs, musical segments, talk and variety hours, and performances by Navy and Naval Academy bands, with multiple show titles and host names throughout the day.
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Intermountain Farm Journal
Intermountain News
John Nesbitt
U. S. Navy
Naval Academy
Cedric Foster
Happy Gang
Martin Block
Red Hook
Lean Back
Milt Herth
Two Ton Baker
Time To Shine
Call of the West
Tommy Dorsey
Palton Lewis, Jr
Superman
Captain Midnight
Tom Mix
Tex Benecke
Guy Lombardo
Patton Lewis, Jr
Wayne Grega
Fire devastates six-block livestock yards amid strike restrictions
Union created conditions aiding rapid spread of flames as wooden sheds and stock pens burned. The yards, recently back to full operation after a packinghouse strike, had bedding straw litter and could not remove it while schedules were curtailed.
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Union
Destruction at Vanport as Water Fills Streets
Eyewitness accounts describe a 10 foot wall of water swamping Vanport buildings. A pilot reported narrowly escaping with his plane while a businessman ferried refugees to safety before his car stalled in flood waters. Ken Jordan recalled rescuing a baby before the water overtook the vehicle and hid others from view.
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Vanport
Ken Jordan
Vanport Flood Ravages Oregon Port Area in 1948
Vanport, Oregon’s large housing and industrial area near Portland, was devastated by a record flood. Dikes failed, water breached the railroad fill, canceling rail and air traffic and isolating Portland as crews sandbagged to hold back rising waters.
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Portland
Weather Bureau
Columbia
Vancouver
Calvin Hulbert
Housing Authority
Vanport
Union
Dalles
Arlington
Drunken Driving Charge Filed In Accident Case
William H. Twitchell, 62, of Blackfoot, is charged with driving while intoxicated after his car struck the rear of Harold L. Evington’s convertible at the Balard road and highway 91 191 junction. Evington’s group included Evan Evans and others from Pocatello and Salt Lake City. Twitchell’s companion Detton Stoddard was unhurt. Twitchell denied driving as witnesses claimed the other car crowded them and that a beer bottle was waved. Twitchell was treated and released from St. Anthony hospital.
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William H. Twitchell
Blackfoot
Balard Road
Earl E. Cutler
Bannock County
Twitchell
Harold L. Evington
Salt Lake City
Evington
Ballard Road
Detton Stoddard
Evan Evans
John Kelly
Frank Beckstrom
Osborne Mullins
Pocatello
John Hurley
Stoddard
Blackfoot Auction and Commission Company
St. Anthony Hospital
Sproul urges nation to face grim wartime reality
Sproul warns that war may be preferable to the only alternative and calls for clear American resolve to prepare for any contingency. He notes progress toward world peace but stresses readiness to deter conflict.
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Sproul
U. S
Earth
Russets Sweep Doubleheader Over Cardinals in Idaho Falls
Idaho Falls Russets defeated the Pocatello Cardinals 17-8 in game one and 7-3 in the nightcap to extend their lead in the Pioneer League. The wins stretch their streak to three over the Cardinals as Salt Lake City Bees topple Ogden Reds elsewhere. Series resumes Wednesday with Idaho Falls hosting Oxden.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho Falls Russets
Pocatello Cardinals
Cardinals
Russets
Ogden Reds
Salt Lake City Bees
Salt Lake City
Oxden
Gene Sack
Lawrence Swederski
Dominic Barczewski
Ralph Beard
Ned Sheehan
Ed Mickelson
Barczewski
Domman
Dale Hendricks
Luther Tapp
Irv Schuerman
Lehman
Pocatello
Pocatello AB H OA Schuerman
Sowins Cf
Coum
Mckesen IB Siac
LeBlanc
Tandnos
Swederski
Bar
Crash Leads To $200 Fine In Intoxicated Driving Case
Arnold LaVada of Fort Hall was fined 200 dollars and costs for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after a crash on highway 91 191 north of Pocatello. Bowser of Blackfoot drove the other car. no injuries occurred though four mailboxes were knocked down and vehicle damage occurred. Bowser was traveling about 30 mph and LaVada about 50 mph.
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Arnold LaVada
Fort Hall
Charles W. Hyde
LaVada
Eugene Paire
Mary A. Bowser
Blackfoot
Pocatello
Fordyce
Bowser
Smuts Defeated as Imperial Unity Coalition Wins
The Smuts party, advocating imperial unity, was swept from power by the Nationalist Afrikaner coalition seeking separation from Britain. Smuts, age 78, failed reelection. Dr Daniel Francois Malan to form a new government, a blow to England noted by London papers.
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Great Britain
Smuts
Daniel Francois Malan
England
London
Lord Beaverbrook
Evening Standard
Empire
Parade Diverted to Entertain Boy in 1946 Fire Incident
David, a boy who stamped out a fire to save others, was burned from waist to feet in April 1946. The parade diverted to entertain him as he faced long recovery with skin grafts, his mother moved by his determination and his Scout friends pledging support for next year.
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David
Escape Narratives From Vanport Flood Wall Break
Eyewitness recounts fleeing as a wall of dark water swept through the Vanport housing project on the western dike. He details kids, mothers, deputies, and neighbors racing to safety as buildings pitched, cars surged, and a child and elder were saved atop the dike before floodwaters slowed into a debris filled lake.
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Vanport
Tanah Buy
Port
Portland
Ore
Denver Avenue
Hub Deep
Pickaninny
Parolee Found Hanged Near Nevada Idaho Border
Dyson Byers, 53, a Nevada penitentiary parolee with prior rape and parole violations, was found hanging from a hayrack near Contact Nevada about 100 miles northeast of Elko. Investigators suspect he bled to death from a stab wound, after an alleged failed suicide and subsequent robbery. His missing wallet is under inquiry.
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Elko
Nev
Nevada
Here
Dyson Byers
Contact
Idaho
Byers
Rhee Wins Assembly Vote as Korea Forgoes U.S. Dictation
Rhee addressed 198 assemblymen after a day of parades and celebrations marking Korea’s move toward a sovereign government. He urged rapid steps to adopt a constitution, form a democratic government, negotiate with Russia, and work with Japan on urgent matters.
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Hodge
Assembly
U. S
Rhee
Russia
Japan
Korea
South Korea
Mansei
Robeson Refuses to Answer Communist Membership Question
The House Committee on Un American Activities questions Paul Robeson about Communist ties. Robeson refuses to answer, calling it an invasion of the right to a secret ballot amid audience reaction. Ferguson presses him for a third time.
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House Committee On
Robeson
Ferguson
James Imbrie
U. S
New Jersey
Henry Wallace
Mundt-Nixon
Attorney General
FBL
Four Killed in Light Plane Crash Near Colby Kansas
A Scott City fishing party lost four members when a single engine plane piloted by A B Tviet crashed and burned ten miles south of Colby after departing Ogallala Nebraska at 6 30 last night. Victims were Tviet 30 his sister Ann Tviet 24 Art Walter 31 and Walter wife 33. The crash occurred while returning from the fishing trip.
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Colby
Kas
Here
Scott City
Warren McDougal
Thomas County
A. B. Tviet
Ann Tviet
Art Walter
Walter
Ogallala
Neb
Tviet
Pioneer League doubleheader results and scores
AP report covers multiple Pioneer League games. Ogden loses 5 15 0 to Salt S C 10 11 3 in first game, second game Salt Lake City wins 9 10 4. Great Falls drops 12 14 to Billings, Boise and Twin Falls split, Pocatello beats Idaho Falls 8 19, Idaho Falls tops Pocatello 59. Individual pitchers and scorers named.
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Great Falls
Klubniken
Sueme
Wilson
Stillwell
Herter
Chuka
King
Faulkenburg
Boise
Twin Falls
Roberts
Noyes
Hamper
Story
Maycock
Triandos
U N Demands Replies by Tuesday Night in Palestine Talks
U N Security Council sets 6 Pp. m. EST Tuesday as the deadline for Arabs and Jews to file replies. Cairo circles say Arabs aim to surround Tel Aviv after leaving Jerusalem before truce talks. An Arab source suggests the Arab League may seek cancellation of the U N partition plan as Beirut debates a four week cease fire proposal and Count Bernadotte meets leaders in Haifa and Tel Aviv.
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U. N. Security Council
Cairo
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Arab League
U. N
Palestine
Beirut
United Nations Security Council
Folke Bernadotte
Sweden
Haifa
Egypt
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