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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1948
Page
1
The Netherlands announces Queen Wilhelmina will abdicate on September 4. Crown Princess Juliana will assume the throne and be sworn in September 6, the fiftieth anniversary of Wilhelmina’s ascent. Juliana currently serves as regent due to her mother’s ill health.
Idaho anglers faced a slim opening day as high water kept many from reaching limits. Despite forecasts of poor early season trout fishing, crowds fished on from Arrowrock to lakes, with bait and worm methods favored and a Bolsean landing six trout before lunch.
Early Idaho season reports feature Springfield lake in Bingham County with anglers returning before noon Friday and describing the lake as the best in years. Rainbow trout weigh two to three pounds, while Blackfoot river angling shows high water and fair catches. Lost river area reports are also fair. Snake river backwaters yield clearer water and better spring catches.
In Nanking a U.S. official cautions China about student demonstrations against American policy in Japan. Ambassador J Leighton Stuart says agitation harms Sino American ties and may lead to consequences, urging mutual trust to avoid endangered peace. He also argues taxpayers should not fund Japan indefinitely and calls for restoring Japan’s economic life.
In game one Billings beat Boise 2 to 3 after a late Boise rally, with Wallerstein and Jelencich credited for Billings and Story involved on Boise’s side. In game two Billings lost 5 to 7 to Boise as Panneman Wilson and Falkenburgh contributed for Billings while Del Dotto and Story added for Boise. Different teams played Idaho Falls at Ball and Ogden at M. Wat ers and Tapp, plus other pitchers noted, with Twin Falls 24 over Great Falls 4 and local scores listed.
The city treasurer reports May finances with cash on hand at 390 234 77 and receipts 163 880 32. Revenue sources include golf fees 2292 65 rental income 1358 92 and fines 3191 00. Major item is 130 960 from sale of new interceptor sewer bonds to Blyth and Company.
Partly cloudy with local afternoon thundershowers over mountains in Pocatello and vicinity. Little temperature change. Highs 70 to 75. Idaho region partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Highs 70 to 76. Lows 50 to 55. Sunset 8 05 Sunrise 4 52.
General coming for Truman visit Maj Gen Walter M Robertson two star army general from San Francisco will be on hand to greet the president on arrival Monday morning. He is expected to arrive Sunday afternoon to greet the president on behalf of the Ninth Corps area district.
The Columbia River is rising to new highs with forecasts calling for a crest half a foot above last Tuesday’s level in Portland and Vancouver. Dikes are under critical strain across the Northwest as vanport remains submerged and farms, towns, and rail lines face extensive flood damage.
Buckingham Palace announced Princess Elizabeth will undertake no engagements after June end. The notice signals a pregnancy, with likely childbirth in October.
Roy Adams 14 was indicted on a murder charge for the slaying of eight year old Nancy Schuler. The grand jury returned the indictment presented in the criminal court of Chief Justice Cornelius J Harrington. Adams, who resides at 1164 West Grand avenue, allegedly smothered Schuler last Thursday after she came to borrow comic books.
Senator Dworshak declares he will insist on appropriating money for the Palisades irrigation project in Idaho as the Senate Appropriations Committee reviews the 1949 interior bill. Kenneth Markwell testifies that no Palisades funds are included. Dworshak criticizes other projects as wasteful and vows action. Senator Watkins proposes raising Provo river funding from 1.8 to 2.2 million.
President Truman told a Chicago stadium audience that Congress can curb communism by delivering an abundance through laws ensuring homes schooling security jobs and fair wages. He pressed for a draft law universal military training and blamed Congress for high living costs.
New York. The threat of a nationwide strike by long distance telephone workers ended as AT and T and the C10 American Union of Telephone Workers signed a 21 month contract with federal mediation. Wage gains are limited but fringe benefits improve with higher maximum rates in some locations, night differentials, overtime for holidays, a dues clause under Taft Hartley, and an arbitration provision for suspensions. The deal covers about 100 sites with 25 000 members in 42 states and must be ratified within about 60 days. expiration is March 2 1950.
AP columnist DeWitt MacKenzie argues a four week armistice in the Arab Jewish war would reduce the danger of a new world war. He notes why even a brief ceasefire matters for sacred relics, UN dignity, and possible Jewish Arab bargains amid Israel’s faits accompli.
Alfred Gerald Hanlon, son of Mr and Mrs R H Todd of 426 W Gould and son in law of Mr and Mrs G Z Goza of 252 N Ninth, graduated magna cum laude from Woodbury College Los Angeles May 14 with a BBA major in foreign trade. He is a former student at Idaho State College and University of Idaho. Todd Manton joined the Trial Indemnity Company of Los Angeles, a large private workers compensation carrier in California.
Five baby minks orphaned when their mother died after birth find a foster mother in a neighbor’s cat. Joseph Zona, of Chicago Heights, placed the five with the cat after obtaining permission from Mario Caruso, and the cat already had three newborn kittens.
In Salt Lake City Officer T A Diamond three times confronted a stork case. He first helped deliver at home and later rushed a mother to hospital with seconds to spare. In the third case he secured the birth by several minutes.
Washington Senator Connally clashed with Claudius Murchison president of the Cot ton Textile Institute during a Senate Finance Committee hearing over extending the reciprocal trade law for three years. The panel planned to finish hearings and prepare the bill for a potential Senate vote next week.
Pocatello Cardinals erupted for five runs in the tenth inning to beat the Salt Lake City Bees 8-6 in Pioneer League action. The Bees tied the game in the ninth on an infield single by manager Tommy Thompson and a late error, but Pocatello stacked scoring in the final frame as Ray Lewins hit a 400 foot homer to spark the rally.
George Albert Smith, president of the Latter-Day Saints Church, was awarded the Distinguished Citizen Medal of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. National commander Ray Brannaman cited four years as a national scouting leader and member of the Executive board of the Scouts of America, plus leadership of the church’s Mutual Improvement association.
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