Memorial service to honor World War II heroNathan K VanNoy
Preston honors Pvt. Nathan K. (Junior) VanNoy with a memorial service at city park led by Lieutenant Governor Donald Whitehead and American Legion Post 34. Remains arrive at Richards and Sons mortuary, with graveside rites at Grace Cemetery officiated by Bishop Ernest Eberhard Jr. and Bishop Howard Hall. VanNoy, born 1924 in Grace, died 1943 in New Guinea, survived by his mother and siblings.
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Preston
City Park
Pam
Nathan K
Junior
Vancy
Donald Whitehead
American Legion Post 34
Edward Kross
Richards and Sons
179 East
First South
Grace Cemetery
Ernest Eberhard, Jr
Howard Hall
Mark Hart
VanNoy
Grace
Pauline Peterson van Noy
U.S. Army Engineers
Scarlet Beach
New Guinea
Merrill
Fort Douglas
Philadelphia
DeLane Coombs
Spencer
Bill VanNoy
Gene Layne
Ogden
Netta Peterson
Gunnison
Utah
Costa Rica Declares War on Axis First American Republic
Costa Rica becomes the first American republic to declare war on the Axis powers in World War II, signaling its full participation in the Allied war effort.
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Costa Rica
Missionary Returns After 20 Months in East Central States
Elmira Galloway of Rt. 2 No and her mother Mrs. Matilda Galloway return after 20 months in the east central states L D S mission. Also returning this week are siblings Rulon Rachel and Lorence.
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East Central States
Elmira Galloway
Rt. 2 No
Matilda Galloway
Rulon
Rachel
Lorence
Church officials to attend stake quarterly conference in Blackfoot
Elder Clifford E. Young and Mark B. Graff of the LDS church will visit Blackfoot Saturday and Sunday for stake quarterly conference. They will address ward bishoprics and welfare committees on Saturday with two general sessions planned for Sunday.
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Blackfoot
Clifford E. Young
Council of Twelve
Mark B. Graff
General Church Welfare Committee
LDS Church
Stake
Groveland Bishop Receives Island Mission Appointment
Groveland Ward Bishop Golden H Hale of the LDS church is named to officiate at the Samoan mission. He and his wife will depart June 17 for Salt Lake City, then sail from San Francisco July 7. Vernetta Hale joins in San Francisco to serve as missionary in Saenoa.
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Blackfoot
Golden H. Hale
Groveland Ward
LDS Church
Hale
Samoa
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Vernetta Hale
Saenoa
Hales
LDS Leader Visits Preston for Oneida Stake Conference
Elder Joseph Fielding Smith of the Council of Twelve led sessions at the Oneida stake conference in Preston over the weekend. He was accompanied by Paul C. Childs, member of the church general welfare committee.
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Preston
Joseph Fielding Smith
Council of Twelve
LDS Church
Oneida
Smith
Paul C. Childs
Church General Welfare Committee
Highway Bill Passes Senate with Lower Two Year Funding
The Senate approved a two year highway bill authorizing 468.5 million dollars per year for federal and federal aid roads, a major shift from the House plan. The measure goes to a conference committee to reconcile differences with the House version which proposed 500 million per year for three years starting July 1, 1949.
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Washington
Senate
House
Lost hand truck reported by Lloyd Scott Saturday
A green hand truck with rubber tires and the letters C F stenciled on the side, owned by Consolidated Freightways, was reported missing to police sometime after noon on Saturday by Lloyd Scott of 444 Randolph.
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Lloyd Scott
Randolph
C. F
Consolidated Freightways
Senate Beats House on Farm Aid Bill
The House approved a stop gap farm price bill in an unusual Saturday session to extend government price supports on selected commodities until June 30, 1950. The bill awaits Senate action as leaders debate long term changes and adjournment timing. The Senate delayed a vote on the reciprocal trade act while focusing on appropriations.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Truman
Martin
Mass
Taft
Ohio
Pocatello Student Conducts Survey on Weekly Papers
Miss Melba Rae Barnett of Pocatello completed a nation wide survey at the University of Idaho on editorials in weekly newspapers. The study notes increasing use of editorials especially in the East and Far West, with topics on community progress politics and safety campaigns leading, and a shift away from partisan writing. A retiring editor from Wilmot South Dakota offers a grapefruit analogy about editors.
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Melba Rae Barnett
Frank S. Barnett
Pocatello
University of Idaho
Miss Barnett
Department of Journalism
Far West
The
Pocatellan
B. L. Opsal
Wilmot
S. D
Premier Wong lays out plan to convert south China into arsenal
Premier Wong Wen-Hao said south China is being turned into a vast arsenal to carry the fight back into north China and Manchuria. The respected scientist drew applause in his first formal policy report to a hostile legislature. He warned the government will not abandon north China to the communists, but victory may take two years or more.
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Nanking
Wong Wen-Hao
South China
North China
Manchuria
Wong
Pot-Luck Picnic Planned by First Presbyterian Ladies Aid
The Hold Pot-Luck Picnic Ladies Aid of the First Presbyterian church will meet at 1 15 PM Wednesday at upper Ross Park for a pot-luck picnic. Those needing transportation should meet at the church at 1 PM.
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Ladies Aid of
First Presbyterian Church
Upper Ross Park
Man Confesses Slaying Two of His Wives
Seattle, (7?) Prosecutor Lloyd Shorett to file first degree murder charges against Roscoe Lee Hayton over the death of his third wife Ellen. Hayton already received a life term for murdering his second wife Sarah after pleading guilty to a reduced second degree charge. He led officers to both bodies, first near Mount Vernon and then near Panther Lake in Mason county. He claimed to have killed both through correspondence.
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Seattle
Lloyd Shorett
Roscoe Lee Hayton
Hayton
Ellen
Shelton
Sarah
Mason County Superior Court
B. Franklin Heaton
Mount Vernon
Lake City
Panther Lake
Mason County
Club to Meet Avenue Nomads
Avenue Nomads club will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. with Mrs. Boyd Mercer at 905 N Hayes. All sojourners of O. E. S. are invited to attend. Haiti, with an area smaller than Maryland, is the smallest American Republic.
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Avenue Nomads Club
Boyd Mercer
N. Hayes
Haiti
Maryland
Children Present Morning Program For Presbyterians
The Presbyterian Sunday school children presented the annual Children's day service during the morning worship Sunday. Dr. J. Willis Hamblin said the program was organized by Mrs. Edward Finch and others. Participants included Albert M. Weese Jr., organ prelude. David Stevenson, piano processional. Vera Nelson, essay. Sharon Powell and Howard Sealey, vocal duet. Bible presentation to Patricia Moore. Frederick Stevenson, piano solo. and intermediate girls reading.
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Presbyterian Sunday
J. Willis Hamblin
Edward Finch
Paul Brynildsen
I. H. Nelson
Darlene Sealey
Albert M. Weese, Jr
David Stevenson
Glemisky
Kunkel
Rounsavel
Pioneer Group Meeting and Dinner at Mrs Gunn Home
The Daughters of Utah Pioneers plan a meeting with Lego Lily Camp and will host a Brigham Young dinner at Mrs. Ben Gunn’s residence 1426 Fast Center. Members and their husbands are invited for Wednesday at 7 30 p m.
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Lego Lily Camp
Daughters of Utah Pioneers
Brigham Young
Ben Gunn
Fast Center
Local Scouts Attend Encampment At Tacoma Air Base
Senior Boy Scouts Jimmy Martin LeRoy Hoskins and Darrell McClure join about one hundred Northwest Air Scouts at McChord Air Force Base Tacoma Washington from June 13 to 23 The Po catello American Legion sponsored Air Scouts travel from Seattle Bellingham Olympia Yakima Portland Twin Falls and Pocatello for base activities including rides in C 82 flying boxcars of the 62nd troop carrier wing.
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Jimmy Martin
LeRoy Hoskins
Darrell McClure
Air Scouts
Northwest
McChord Air Force Base
Tacoma
Wash
Pocatello American Legion
Seattle
Bellingham
Olympia
Yakima
Portland
Ore
Twin Falls
Pocatello
Ida
62Nd Troop Carrier Wing
Oakley Lady Vigilanties to Ride in Posse Show
Blackfoot chamber committee chairman Alf Hahn announced the Oakley Lady Vigilanties will ride in the Posse Show on July 2 at the state fair grounds. The group formed in 1946 for Pioneer celebrations with members drawn from wives and daughters of Vigilanties.
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Blackfoot
Alf Hahn
Blackfoot Chamber of Commerce Committee
State Fair Grounds
Firefighters Extinguish Grass Fire in Pocatello
Pocatello fire department responded to a grass fire in the 300 block on 8th Avenue around 11 15 Saturday night. Crews extinguished the small blaze with no injuries reported.
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Pocatello
Body Found Idaho Woman Missing Since June 4
The body of Mrs. Dace Anthony 63 of Ririe was found Saturday in Willow Creek about 10 miles east of Idaho Falls. Jefferson County Sheriff Oscar Orstrom said Douglas Smith, among many searchers, located the body. She wore a nightgown a gray coat and shoes. Coroner Leland Call said she had been in ill health and no inquest will be held.
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Idaho Falls
Dace Anthony
Ririe
Willow Creek
Here
Jefferson County
Oscar Orstrom
Douglas Smith
Leland Call
Rigby
Anthony
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