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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1948
Page
3
Boise lawyer William C. Dunbar, executor of Anna E. Crane's estate, reports a hoard of gold coins valued around $10,000 found in a safety deposit box. Crane died May 24 at age 89. The will offers no hint of the coins. Estate appraisal lists real estate at $12,000 and personal property about $25,000.
George N. Green reports that the administrative offices including the business lobby superintendent and elementary school director's offices will be redecorated this weekend. A new cesspool is being dug at Tyhee school and new vents and heating system improvements are being installed there.
Dorothy Thompson muses on the motives behind pursuing the presidency at a New Hampshire governors conference. She notes Dewey leading GOP governors, Truman’s rising poll image, and hints of a Democratic dark horse while reflecting on the personal burden and calling of national leadership. Lincoln and Lincoln era themes frame questions of ambition, duty, and the leader’s education in facing a crisis-filled era.
Bids are advertised for construction of the Jerome airport. R F Hamilton of Pocatello, engineer, estimates excavation for the county project at 23600 dollars. A 3050 foot runway is planned with excavation slated to begin by August 1.
The bodies of 4,400 Americans who died in the last war and were buried in the British Isles will be transported to New York aboard the American ship Lawrence Victory, expected to reach on June 27.
Seymour Reynolds Woolfender was fined $15 in police court for selling merchandise without a license. Lorenzo Bate also fined $15 after being arrested on the same charge. Woolfender is taking orders for a deodorant device attached to restroom doors. Other cases include construction without permit, vagrancy, petit larceny, property destruction, speeding, and intoxication charges. A Salt Lake State College student, Robert Chas. Himstreet, was fined $100 and jailed on a hold for a potential blackmail charge.
Mrs. William Wade entertained guests at a midweek bridge party honoring her sister Mrs. John C. Bud Bauguss. Pinky Watson, now Mrs. Bauguss, and her husband visit from Boulder after Pinky’s at University of Colorado. Willard led scoring and Janet Billmeyer won all out. Attendees included Mrs. John C. Bauguss Mrs. Rasmussen Mrs. Zaccardi Mrs. Norman Mrs. Walker Mrs. Willard Betty Tydeman Virginia Bryant and Janet Billmeyer.
Six marriage certificates are on file with Bannock County clerk. Amsey Upchurch 30 and Mary E. Shumway 17 both of McCammon wed June 10 by Stake President Leo O Hansen at McCammon. George W Bradley 20 of Pocatello and Jessie Moser 23 of St Anthony wed June 16 by Bishop Thomas M Basset at St Anthony. Elder David Smith of Idaho Falls presided over three Idaho Falls marriages including William Earl Read Jr 30 of Ogden and Eunice Frost 26 of Burley wed June 2. Franklin M Welch 23 and Jean Delores Kent 18 both of Pocatello wed June 9. William H Garnewells 45 of Pocatello was among the couples.
A man’s car was found parked east of Red Hill with the driver identified as not her husband. Investigators considered whether the owner and driver were a couple or separate figures in the incident.
Lena Matilda Behle and Ida Kidwell, both of Kalispell, Mont., wed on June 4. Elsie Learn of Proctor, Mont., aged 27, married Rey L. A. Steller who tied the knot with Richard on June 5 at Pocatello.
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