Red Cross to Elect and Hear Director
Bannock county chapter of the American Red Cross will hold its last monthly board meeting of the fiscal year on Monday in the YWCA social rooms. A luncheon will precede the annual election of officers and Hugo Vindal, an overseas club director, will speak about his 14 months in England Scotland and Wales with the Washington club and the English Isles.
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Hugo Vindal
England
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Vidal
National
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Wales
Washington Club
English Isles
States
Vindal
London
Army Air Force Redistribution Station
Santa Monica
Calif
Michigan
Springfield College
Springfield
Mass
University of Southern California
Loyola College
Los Angeles
Western Reserve
Cleveland
Ohio
YMCA
Girl Scouts
New York State
Battle Creek College
Battle Creek
Mich
WPA
President Grants Kidnapper Reprieve
President Harry S. Truman commuted the death sentence of Thomas H. Robinson Jr to life imprisonment in Alcatraz less than 48 hours before he faced the electric chair in Kentucky. Robinson kidnapped Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll in 1934 and held her for $50,000 ransom in Indianapolis.
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Louisville
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Federal
Harry S. Truman
Robinson
Alcatraz
White House
Francis Biddle
Kentucky State Penitentiary
Alice Speed Stoll
Indianapolis
Veterans Return From Europe On Gen. W. P. Richardson
The 20000 ton Gen. W. P. Richardson brings home 1802 soldiers from Europe including many veterans of the African and Italian campaigns. Also aboard are 15 naval men 16 British censors and Rep. Lyle Boren who served six weeks overseas on a special mission for Truman. Most veterans except 16 liberated POWs are slated for reassignment to the Pacific.
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New York
W. P. Richardson
Europe
Lyle Boren
D-Okla
Truman
Pacific
Church Services in Alameda Area Churches and Schedule
Alameda church listings show services across many denominations. Readings include Mount Olive Episcopal Grace Lutheran First Presbyterian Trinity Episcopal First Methodist First Baptist Christian Science Church Church of the Nazarene Seventh-day Adventist and more with Sunday schools, morning worship, and special programs.
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Mount Olive
Washington and
Elm Streets
Alameda
R. Rankin Ely
Grace Lutheran
Custer and
Arthur
R. A. Koch
The
Christian Assembly
First Church of God
Jefferson
Minnie Reddick
Woman Held in Grand Larceny Case in Idaho
Sheriff reports Florence E. French of Elkriver held in Orofino on a $1,000 bond pending a preliminary hearing on charges that she misappropriated $20,700 from partner Charles Henry at a Moscow hotel and barber shop. Hearing likely Monday, sheriff says.
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Moscow
Idaho
Jack Coward
Clearwater County
Florence E. French
Elkriver
Charles Henry
Orofino
Conard
University Embraces War Change While Preserving Traditions
ISU balances wartime needs with campus life as navy and civilian students share activities. Freshman initiations remain, green beanies appear, and events like Christmas formal, football and basketball games proceed. Despite shifts, open houses in residence halls foster a homey atmosphere while women's groups drive events such as Sweetheart format and Women’s Day.
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Colonial
Turner
Navy
Take My Word For It on American English Pronunciation
A reader cites frustration with native Americans adopting British pronunciations and mock-archaic forms. A Chillicothe mother reports a third grade English teacher telling students that English people are...
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America
London
Chillicothe
Malad Man Cited for Meritorious Service in World War II
Private First Class Willam H. Jones of Malad City Idaho is hospitalized in Vancouver Washington after injuries while serving in Luzon. He earned the Purple Heart Distinguished Unit Citation Asiatic Pacific ribbon three battle stars Combat Infantryman Badge Good Conduct Medal. He enlisted at Ft Douglas Utah April 1942 trained at Camp Roberts California served in Leyte Samar Luzon New Guinea. His mother Mrs Mary E Jones resides in Malad City.
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Willam H. Jones
Bannock Street
Malad City
Idaho
Barnes General Hospital
Vancouver
Washington
Luzon
Ft. Douglas
Utah
Camp Roberts
Calif
Leyte
Samar
New Guinea
Mary E. Jones
VA official denies claims of poor care in hospitals
Col. John H. Baird assistant medical director of the Veterans Administration testified before the House Veterans Committee denying "gross distortions" of care in government hospitals. He rebutted statements by Albert Q. Maisel from Cosmopolitan magazine series as vicious falsehoods amid the inquiry sparked by press reports.
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Washington
Col
John H. Baird
Veterans Administration
Baird
House Veterans Committee
Albert Q. Maisel
Cosmopolitan
Maizel
Insurance Leader George Holt Dies in Salt Lake City
George A. Holt 64 president of the Commercial Travelers Insurance Company died at home in Salt Lake City from a kidney ailment. A director of Pacific National Life Insurance, he was a native of Bountiful and had lived in Salt Lake City 25 years.
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Salt Lake City
George A. Holt
Commercial Travelers’ Insurance Comepany
Pacific National Life Insurance Company
Bountiful
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J. Willis Hamblin
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Robert M Argue
Capitol Theatre
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Arthur Avenue
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Center Street
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Fremont
Joseph Baird Gleason
Fred Pauley
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Ira Walling
Pocatello
Full Gospel Church
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East Center
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E. G. Veing
NYPS
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South Third Streets
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Alvin L. Kleinfeldt
Bible School
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