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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1945
Page
8
Around Town items list the Pocatello city council in regular session at 8 p m and a series of local notices. Palm Leaf Circle 19 postpones its covered dish dinner. thefts include a $136 robbery and a $30 knife threat, plus a bicycle and license plate losses. Community events cover a dessert luncheon, horse auction, and health unit clinics.
The sheriff asks Pocatello officers to contact Mr and Mrs Murray Lind of Butte en route to San Francisco to visit a son. A Motor Transit bus driven by Louella Schell collided with Fred C Forster’s sedan on West Center, both vehicles damaged. Tax delinquent sale yielded 3 91665 dollars, no property owned by service members sold. Methodist vacation church school closes Friday with 76 registered and a 7 30 pm program. Walla Walla police seek Ford sedan R 26 79 and suspect duo in a Stickup. two women reportedly sisters. Herman P Ryan reports damage to his Ford from a 1936 blue Chevrolet. Mayor C D Moore invites eastern Idaho mayors to Pocatello June 23 ceremony for Zimmerly Air Lines 10 passenger service. Lowell P Jenkins, Idaho Falls, found guilty of reckless driving, fined 50 dollars.
An Idaho jewelry store advertises summer hours with a light hearted notice. Staff listed include Lew Watch Inspection Merline VP Lucille New York buyer Jimmie Arthur watchmakers Lorraine stene Haven Catherine Nancy and other extras. The piece thanks patrons and announces Wednesday noon closings through August with late Thursday hours.
A suspect fled after a traffic stop at Center and Main with liquor in his car. Police report a second prowler attempt at the Berger store on West Whitman, chased by Mr. Berger. The Pocatello summer band season opened at Ross Park despite weather delays, with parking challenges noted by Chief A. L. Oliver. A head on collision near Virginia injured four, including Dale Olsen and John Barfus. Taxicab driver Henschel Arrington forfeited a $20 bond for speeding, and several others forfeited small bonds for illegal parking or minor offenses. A highway crash near the G L Gregersen place injured three when a car left the road en route from Salt Lake City to Pocatello.
Bannock county Red Cross chapter teams with the U S forest service to educate residents on forest and range fire prevention. The plan, from Spokane outreach, expands nation wide with a rule-of-five poster campaign. committee members include Ralph Wilson Vernon Heidenreich and Ernest Filis. Posters will be placed soon to teach and enforce the rules.
Idaho conference of the Methodist church announces pastoral assignments. Rev. T. O. Hill is sent to Aberdeen American Falls Rev. William Frank to Ashton Rev. B. F. Hutchins to Blackfoot Rev. Grooks H. Moore to Idaho Falls Rev. Albert B. Parrett to Pocatello Rev. Donian Smith to Salmon with Rev. A. B. Parrett remaining in Pocatello.
Magistrate James A. Blanchfield in Brooklyn adjourned until July 9 the hearing in the case of Leo Durocher manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers on a felonious assault charge. Assistant District Attorney Clarence H. Wilson said John Christian the complainant had jaws and teeth wired and could not speak. Christian claims Durocher and Joseph Moore a 50 year old Ebbets Field guard struck him after the June 9 night game.
Ivy Kensington members gathered for a Wednesday dessert luncheon at 1 30 in the L C O F hall. A brief business session preceded pinochle with honors to Mrs Watts high and Mrs Homer Champlin in a cut. Committee chairs were Mrs Ernest Prazier Mrs Norman Roberts and Mrs Setia Nye.
Mrs. Mary C Warts McElderry 76 wife of Charles W McElderry of 1255 South Fourth died at home after a short illness. Born July 7 1869 in Town Nine Wisconsin she lived in Wisconsin before moving to Pocatello in 1900. Survived by her husband son Percy Raynor and daughter Mrs John Lundberg Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm in Downard chapel with Rev Albert B Parrett. body to Oakland for cremation.
Funeral services were held Sunday at Hall mortuary chapel for Orilla Bald ridge Alexander who died Tuesday. Rev. Albert B. Parrett officiated with a Methodist church affiliation. Music by a three-woman trio with piano accompaniment, a solo by R. Ss. Garrett, and the body sent to Salt Lake City for burial at Wasatch Lawn cemetery.
Funeral services for Glennda Fay Richards were conducted Sunday in the Hall mortuary chapel with Bishop Vern Wardle officiating. Bishop Ward Meadows spoke, with David Hillbrand giving the invocation and Bishop Wardle delivering the benediction. A vocal solo by Helen Gee, with Laverne Bell, prelude by Eyvonie Christensen. Pallbearers were Phyllis Mittelstedt, Elaine Mittelstedt, Dorothy Mittelstedt, Darlene Duce. Flower girls Ce cile Rice, Jacquelyn Willard, Shirley Goddard, Martha Goddard, Marie Haws, Ardis Duce. Burial followed at Falls View Cemetery in American Falls with grave dedication by Bishop Meadows.
A driver fell asleep at the wheel causing a collision at the Gregersen place. In the car were Oyota and Nyero from Salt Lake City and Sgt. Heinki Yameshita from Harmon General hospital. Oyota and Nyero were taken to General hospital. Yameshita to the Pocatello naval ordnance plant hospital. All three sustained serious cuts and bruises.
Troops move north on Leon Island and clear enemy caves while the First Cavalry and 112th RCT report 200 Japanese killed near the Lenatin river area. On Mindanao Maj. Gen. Woodruff with the 24th and 41st divisions push toward Calinan cutting inland from Davao City. In central Mindanao the 31st Division probes east of Silae finding a demolished cable ferry across the Pulacigi river.
A fire Sunday at 4 35 p m destroyed one portable and damaged two others in the 600 block on South Garfield. The Boy Scouts owned the portables used for paper storage. Firemen fought the blaze for ninety minutes using two 24 inch hose lines and believe it started from children playing with matches near the portables.
American forces launched a three hour attack on the Amami island group, 120 miles north of Okinawa, after sinking one light unit. Warplanes dropped nearly 10 tons of bombs, rockets and machine guns rattled Japanese positions while amphibious tanks shelled shore defenses. Nimitz reported 1,680 prisoners since April 1, with 5,332 killed or missing and 21,343 wounded through May 24.
A geographic summary notes the Philippines consist of ten large islands and about 970 smaller ones. The count highlights the archipelago's extensive landmasses and complex coastal geography.
Total property damage remained un-estimated as of press time. The fire department answered three false alarms at 12 09 a m 12 30 a m and 1 07 a m Monday.
The speaker voices hope for world peace while acknowledging heavy personal costs of war. He mourns lost young lives and the grief of parents wives and friends, warning the ultimate relief lies in a future where such suffering never recurs.
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