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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1948
Page
13
Idaho State College anticipates large summer term enrollment near 450 to 500 students as pre registration climbs. About 400 students had registered by Tuesday under registrar Anna Capellen. Summer programs run six and nine weeks starting June 10 with July 4 holiday and August 11 closing.
In Spokane a chef aboard President Truman’s special train ran out of butter. He hired cab driver Cal Hire to rush 90 miles to Ephrata to replenish stock before the president boarded at Grand Coulee Dam site visit.
An American consulate in Jerusalem was struck by a mortar shell Tuesday night, breaking windows and tearing down power lines. No injuries were reported.
Judge L. E. Glennon refused the application for incorporation by residents of the Blackrock settlement. He affirmed the county commissioners’ ruling, citing that the law does not recognize such a settlement as a town and that most local taxpayers opposed incorporation.
Senator Taft indicates the Senate will act this week on raising government worker pay. He orders staff to draft amendments to the Langer-Flanders-Baldwin bill to grant a $400 annual raise for postal workers, $360 for civil service salary classifications, and a $100 boost via classification revisions. The earlier bill proposed $800 for postal workers and $500 for other workers, plus raises through classification changes.
Secretary of State Marshall announced Norman Armour will resign soon after serving as assistant secretary in charge of political affairs since last July. Armour, former ambassador to Spain and Argentina, gave up retirement status last summer to aid a reorganization and will stay until key organizational matters are settled.
Nampa officials on Tuesday approved a 475000 project for a modern sewage disposal plant. They said the old plant built in 1919 was inadequate for current and future populations and posed a health hazard.
Idaho states first Rocky Mountain spotted fever cases for 1948 were reported by the state department of vital Statistics. John W. Wright, head of the department, said one case involved a 32 year old Potlatch man and the other a 32 year old Boise man.
Czechoslovakia’s national front led by the Communists announced Klement Gottwald as its sole candidate to succeed Eduard Benes as president. Antonin Zapotocky was chosen as premier to replace Gottwald, setting the stage for Gottwald’s acclamation in Parliament after Benes’s resignation. Zapotocky, head of the trades unions, will join the government as premier.
Ten year-old Edmund Melvin McClain fatally injured Tuesday after falling into the front door glass at his Salt Lake City home. A sliver of glass pierced his groin, severing an artery and he bled to death before reaching a hospital.
The deputy premier and staunch Communist seized power during the February coup. A new constitution became law on Wednesday, though Benes refused to sign it and officials did not state which executive signature validated the document.
In Weiser Idaho police officer Jim Shaw assists a farmer in delivering a calf to a cow valued at $350 after the farmer could not locate local veterinarians. Chief Harold Bigler assigns officer Skow a 240 pound deputy who dons boots and jeans to complete the task.
Seventy guests attended the I O O F and Rebekah district meeting in American Falls with a full day of events. Activities included registration at 11 a m and luncheon at noon at the Odd Fellows hall followed by 1 30 p m meetings in both halls, a 6 30 p m banquet at the Methodist church parlors, and an 8 30 p m dance at the Legion hall. Lodge dignitaries were present. The program also noted fertilizer use as key to cotton production.
Blackfoot Henry Becker was elected Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus succeeding Postmaster A J Boyle. Also elected for the ensuing year were Matt Behrend deputy grand Knight Ralph Grimnell chancellor Max Ansola warden John Becker advocate George Spanbaurer treasurer Joe Spanbaurer trustee Don Ducischer inner guard William Stewart outer guard. They will take office next month. The meeting and election took place recently in St Bernard's Hall where lunch was served afterwards under the direction of John Tanney.
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