Move Delays Cult Case in Utah Polygamy Hearings
Defense moves to disqualify District Judge Ray Van Cott Jr delaying a hearing on a motion to quash charges against 34 men and women linked to a polygamy conspiracy. The state supreme court ordered him to show cause, citing potential bias from his Mormon ties and past county attorney service. The court paused pending further explanation and a separate conviction of 15 men for unlawful cohabitation remains stayed.
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Salt Lake City
Ray van Cott, Jr
Utah
State Supreme Court
van Cott
Mormon Church
High Court
Tris
Sppesa
Trails Association Plans Graves Marking For Western Pioneers
Idaho unit of the American Trails Association seeks national approval to relocate and mark graves between Po catello Creek and Alameda north of the city. Dr Minnie F Howard says the site holds burial sites of pioneers including Old Man Ocean Baptiste Ovary Thomas La Vatta and Joe Wheeler.
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Idaho
American Trails Association
National Association
Pocatello Creek
Alameda
Minnie F Howard
Oregon Trail Memorial Association
Howard
Phillip la Vatta
Fort Hall Indian Reservation
Old Man Ocean
Lewis and Clark
Baptiste Ovary
Nathaniel Wyeth
Boston
Mass
Thomas la Vatta
Joe Wheeler
Chief Pocatello
Pocatellan Serves with Noted Group in 15th Army Air Force
Sergeant Gene E Christensen of Pocatello Idaho serves as a control tower operator with a 15th AAF B 24 Liberator group that earned a presidential citation for the low level attack on Ploesti Romania last August. The unit has flown missions over Libya Tunisia Sicily Italy France Germany and the Balkans and helped rout Rommel in North Africa. Christensen, son of Mr and Mrs John Christensen, joined the service in July 1942 after working for AT&T Co and has been overseas since February 1943.
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Fifteenth Army Air Force
Gene E. Christensen
John Christensen
N. Harrison
Pocatello
Idaho
Ploesti
Romania
Libya
Tunisia
Sicily
Italy
France
Germany
Balkans
Rommel
North Africa
Christensen
A,t & T Co
Two Escapees Captured Near Las Vegas After Breakout
LAS VEGAS Chief Nolan Uts announced James Ear nest Ray and Robert McEatchern, escaped life-term convicts, were captured by city police Saturday along the Santa Fe railway tracks south of Las Vegas. The men fled the New Mexico state penitentiary at Santa Fe Wednesday over a 22-foot wall amid gunfire, surrendered without resistance, and admitted their identities.
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Las Vegas
Nolan Uts
James Earnest Ray
Robert McEatchern
New Mexico State Penitentiary
Santa Fe
Gars
Divorce Decree Sought in Bannock County Court
In Bannock County Idaho Fifth Judicial District L D Weeks sues Ena K Weeks for divorce The notice requires Ena K Weeks to appear and plead within twenty days or a default judgment will be entered Clerk Anna Keepe signs the order with attorney Ben Johnson Preston Idaho dated May 12 1944 Filing marks M 15 23 20 18 12
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District Court
Fifth Judicial District
State of Idaho
Bannock County
L. D. Weeks
Ena K Weeks
Ena K. Weeks
Ben Johnson
Preston
Idaho
Pocatello Officer Missing in Action
Lt. Robert C. Phillips of Pocatello is missing in action over Europe since May 19. A B-24 pilot stationed in England he attended Pocatello schools Idaho Southern university and worked for Union Pacific before joining the air corps in January 1943. His wife and daughter Kathy live at 236 North Johnson.
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Robert C. Phillips
Ross Phillips
Hawthorne
Europe
Phillips
England
Pocatello
Idaho Southern University
Union Pacific
Air Corps
Kathy
North Johnson
Polish Premier Mikolajczyk Arrives in Washington for Talks
Polish prime minister Stanislaw Mikolajczyk arrives in Washington on an official visit. Acting Secretary Stettinius says the trip is by invitation and aims to discuss European and Polish questions with President Roosevelt and other U.S. officials.
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Washington
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Roosevelt
Russia
Poland
Stettinius
British Daft or Crackers But Not Nuts in Small Talk
Hal Boyle surveys English quirks and humor in British small talk with examples from food, phrases, and manners. He notes pork in summer superstition, terms like clippies and cup of tea, and jokes about Sunday in Wales, ending with a fact about the first oil drilling in Pennsylvania in 1859.
Appointment of Lt. Col. LeBailly As Deputy Group Commander
Lt. Col. Eugene B. LeBailly aged 29 of 536 East Benton street is named deputy group commander of a heavy bombardment unit of B 24 Liberators in the Eighth Air Force stationed in England. His wife and daughter live in Pocatello. He attended the University of Idaho and the University of California earning a 1939 B S degree. He earned his wings at Kelly Field Texas and was commissioned in March 1940. Promotion to the present rank came in February this year.
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Eugene B. LeBailly
East
Benton Street
Eighth Aaf
England
LeBailly
Pocatello
University of Idaho
University of California
Kelly Field
Texas
AAF
Four Die in Mountain Home Bomber Crash East of Twin Falls
A twin-engined bomber from Mountain Home army airfield crashed and burned 16 miles east of Twin Falls, killing four men. The dead include Second Lt. William R. Conery of Boise, Second Lt. Richard P. Clements of Boise, Corp. Byron V. Dunn, and Pfc. George De Wees of Dallas and St. Louis residents. Lt. Col. Clarence D. Barnhill listed the victims.
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Mountain Home
Mountain Home Army
Twin Falls
Clarence D. Barnhill
William R. Conery
Norma M. Comery
Boise
Richard P. Clements
Jeanne C. Clements
Byron V. Dunn
Dallas
Tex
George de Wees
St. Louis
Pocatello Boy Promoted to Staff Sergeant
Oscar A. Riley Jr. of Pocatello has been promoted from sergeant to staff sergeant while serving as left waist gunner on an eighth Air Force Flying Fortress. He is the son of Mr and Mrs O A Riley Sr of 1528 North Main Street and a former Pocatello High School student who worked as a railroad timekeeper before the army.
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Oscar A. Riley Jr
Pocatello
AAF
Eighth
England
Riley
O. A. Riley
North Main Street
Pocatello High School
Idaho Soldier Says 63 Days On C Rations
Cpl. Raymond Kreiter of New Plymouth recounts living 63 days on C rations during Guadalcanal combat. He lost some weight but kept fighting stamina, serving over three years with 23 months in the South Pacific, returning to the U S in October 1943 and now at Camp Bland ing Pennsylvania.
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Cpl
Raymond Kreiter
New Plymouth
Manitikan River
Guadalcanal
Kreiter
South Pacific
United States
Camp Blanding
Pla
P. K. Kreiter
Pair of spectacles found at Russian relief HQ
In York Pennsylvania a note attached to a pair of spectacles reads I wore these when I first met my wife and decided they might help some Russian to find a good wife This item was found at a Russian relief headquarters and passed along for possible return or use.
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York
Officials to Speed Return of Vets to Civilian Roles
Army officials propose new centralized separation centers at Pocatello to fast track discharge for officers and enlisted men. Physically disabled veterans stay through army hospitals. Fort Dix will serve as model with 48 hour homeward flow. Vocational counselors assist transitions. job placement handled by the U S Employment Service or Veterans Administration.
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Army
Pocatello Army Air Field
Pocatello Base
Fort Dix
N. J
U.S. Employment Service
Veterans’ Administration
Idaho Pioneer Florilla Post Dies at 81
Funeral services will be held here tomorrow for Florilla E. Post 81 a pioneer woman who died Saturday She and her husband John Post settled in Idaho in 1883 and built Canyon county's fifth house.
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Boise
Florilla E. Post
Church Okays Plan to Union with Several Denominations
The general assembly of the United Presbyterian Church of North America voted unanimously to begin a union with any or all of three denominations: Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church of the South with 20,000 members, Presbyterian Church in the United States with 600,000 members, and Reformed Church in the United States with 160,000 members.
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NEW Concorl
General Assembly
The
United Presbyterian Church of North America
Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church of the South
Presbyterian Church of the
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