Knights Plan Initiation at WOW Hall
Paul F. DeVriend of Pocatello council 892 announces 35 candidates will begin a Knights of Columbus class. All members and candidates will receive Holy Communion at St Anthonys Church at 8 am. A banquet follows at 7 pm in St. Anthonys parish hall with invocations, officer introductions, guest toastmaster John R. Black, and talks by Rev. Father Cosby.
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Paul F. DeVriend
Arand
Pocatello
Knights of Columbus
Noom
St. Ann
St. Anthony
Patrick Phelan
John R. Black
John 8. Cosby
John Taylor
Gaylord Sanford
Jack Sidley
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Mackay to Hold Rodeo and Race Meet
Mackay presents a three day Mackay Rodeo and Race meet June 20 21 22 with horse racing a daily parade and festivities. President R W Frank says accommodations are ready for a record crowd. Rodeo Association of America sponsors. bucking horses from Marion McBride Wellsville Utah. Brahma bulls and steers shipped from Texas. A rodeo queen will be chosen from Butte and Custer county contestants.
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Mackay
R. W. Frank
Mackey Rodeo Association
Frank
Rodeo Association of America
Marion McBride
Wellsville
Utah
Texas
Butte
Custer
Banks May Tighten on Loans to Check Land Price Boom
Government officials urged banks and other lenders to limit loans to 65 percent of the defined normal agricultural value to curb inflated land prices. President Truman warned that buyers using inflated prices may fail to meet loan payments if farm prices fall, citing WWI lessons and the risk to private lending policies.
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Anderson
fed@ra
Truman
Mrs. C. B. Mecham Elected Auxiliary President in 1947
Auxiliary President Mrs. C. B. Mecham of VFW Ladies Auxiliary post 735 was elected to office in March 1947. She joined in 1945 through her World War II veteran husband who served as chief machinist mate with CBMU 532 on Bougainville. The Mechams have two children, Myra Jean and Charles.
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C. B. Mecham
VFW Ladies’ Auxiliary
Post
Seabees
Bougainville Island
Meeham
Obituaries for Larry D McDaniels and James L Edwards
Larry D McDaniels infant son of Floyd W and Mari lyn Jean McDaniels died shortly after birth at a local hospital. Survivors include parents and grandparents of Pocatello with funeral Monday at 2 p.m. in the Downard chapel and Mountainview cemetery interment. James L Edwards aged 53 of 447 East Lanter died Saturday afternoon after a short illness. born December 10, 1893 in Scofield Utah. The Edwards family lived in Bing prospective farm borrowers on the dangers.
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Larry D. McDaniels
Floyd W. McDaniels
Marilyn Jean McDaniels
Walter McDaniels
Lee Bethke
Pocatello
Downard Chapel
Mountainview
James L. Edwards
East Lanter
Mr. Edwards
Kimbal and
Mary Jane Edwards
Scofield
Utah
Bing
Obituary: Pocatello Resident John H Edwards
The obituary notes a man who came to Pocatello in 1919 and married Kose Mary Cape on November 23 1920. They had a daughter Mrs Leslie Livingston and three grandchildren all of Pocatello. Surviving relatives include brother John H Edwards of Midvale Utah and sisters Mrs Priscilla Johnson and Mrs Be Sumnich of Salt Lake City. Funeral services will be announced by Hall mortuary.
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Ham
Mama
Salt Lake City
Pocatello
Kose Mary Cape
Potatello
Leslie Livingston
Mary Deann
Leslie Gene
Nancy Livingston
Aiea Coe
John H. Edwards
Midvale
Utah
Priscilla Johnson
Mis.ter BE. Sumnich
Hall Mortuary
Funeral services for Ethel Edgar held in Port Hall
Funeral services for Ethel Cathrine Edgar wife of Robert B Edgar of Port Hall were held Friday afternoon at Downard chapel with Rev J Willis Hamblin officiating. Ruth chapter No 3 conducted the chapel services with several named members and pallbearers listed. Interment was in Mount Moriah cemetery and out of town relatives attended from Montana Utah and Idaho.
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Ethel Catherine Edgar
Robert B. Edgar
Port Hall
Downard Chapel
J. Willis Hamblin
First Presbyterian Church
Ruth Chapter No
Sally Johnson
Mack Howerd
Clifford Miller
Rose Wolsencroft
CBS
Amos Burt
Ralph Worrell
Stark Johnson
Harvey Schwendiman
Jesse Bwafford
al Prahm
Melrose
Mont
A. MecGregor
Haeniiton
Maurice Tate
Jack Edgar
Mary Ann Edgar
Salt Lake
Jesse Swafford
Nampa
Harvey Schwencienan
Macks Inn
Ed Rush
Newdale
R. Johnson
Idaho Falls
Marie and
Anne Mays
Howe
Aberdeen
Vicinity
Twelve Represent Pocatello at Idaho Boys State
Twelve boys from Pocatello travel to Boise for a week at the Gem Boys State civic training conference. G D Garrison chairs the sponsoring American Legion committee. The event mirrors Girl’s State and will simulate legislative sessions with delegates from across Idaho.
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Pocatello
Idaho
Gem
Boise
G. D. Garrison
The
American Legion
Legion
Lewiston
Pocatelis
Porelelio
Jim Kissane
Gary Paxman
Evan Jones
Wesley Skidmore
Charles McDevitt
Byron Jones
Allan Nichols
Wally Parnes
Robert Brooker
Harold Paize
Wiliam Brydon
Thomas Flint
Gowen Field
Norman B. Adkison
Harold C. Finch
Samuel F. Vance
Gem Boys’ State
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club Elks Club
Pocatello Central Labor Union
L.D.8
Murderer Kills Two Infants in Massillon Hospital
In Massillon Ohio a killer entered the fourth floor pediatrics ward of the Morton hospital during a thunderstorm and fatally wounded two newborn girls. Nurse Marian Silleck found the injured babies at 7:45 PM. an earlier nurse had checked the nursery about ten minutes prior.
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Harry E. Morton
Switter
Marian Silleck
Pediatrics
Miss Silleck
Stark County
Deane McLaughlin
Riders urged to join Legion parade in Pocatello
Riders from the Metmakers of the Pocatello Rodeo riding club are asked by president Roy Lindley to participate in the American Legion parade on Monday at 5 pm. Meet at 4:45 pm in the lot opposite the Police building and be ready to ride.
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Pocatello Rodeo
Stalin Doctrine Spreads Across Five European Countries
The report describes Communist influence rising in Italy with armed guerrillas in the north and anti-American protests in Rome, in France where strikes paralyzed railways, and in Bulgaria where opposition leaders lose immunity amid alleged conspiracies. Paris observers call these trends the Stalin Doctrine as Europe debates Greece and Turkey aid and Marshall plans. Hungary faces predicted underground resistance but not removal of its Communist government.
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Detat
Italy
Rome
France
Bulgaria
Paris
Stalin
Truman
Greece
Turkey
U.S
Marshall
Hunnery
Matyas Rakosi
Hungary
Austria
Hospital Investigation Clears Laxity Allegations
Investigation indicated there had been no laxity on the part of the hospital. The report found staff compliance with procedures and no negligence or failures identified in patient care.
Soviets Face Three-Power Occupation In Austria Rumors
Washington dispatches say the United States Britain and France will keep troops in Austria indefinitely to block a Communist takeover. The Balkan federation rumor grows while Italy and France see Communists squeezed from government.
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Austria
Seeminsky
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Washington
Italy
Woman Buys Three Wheel Scooter for Town Errands
Lawton Oklahoma Mrs EF C Swisher who is around seventy admits she has acquired a three wheel motor scooter for her errands about town. She recalls riding a bay horse in earlier days.
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Lawton
Okla
EF. C. Swisher
City Stands by Its Roots Even as Cars Enter Liveable Space
In 1901 the city was established and decided against automobiles. A resident recalled choosing a scooter as her closest link to a car, reflecting a stubborn charm of the community’s past.
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City
Man’s Craft Millennia-Old Trade Traced Across Eras
A concise look at how humans have developed and refined manufacturing skills over roughly four thousand years, highlighting ancient tools, workshops, and evolving techniques that shaped early industry and daily life.
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