Hoover supporters form Idaho farm group in Boise meeting
Idaho Hoover commission supporters in Boise organized a committee to lobby Congress to implement the Hoover report. James Newport of Parma was elected chairman aided by Tom Gooding of Ketchum as vice chair and Max Yost as ex officio secretary. The group cited potential saving of three to five billion dollars annually and urged public support to press for action before the Hoover commission is dissolved.
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Boise
Idaho
Hoover Commission
James Newport
Parma
Congress
Wresley Horne
Caldwell
Associated Tax Payers of
Newport
Tom Gooding
Ketchum
Max Yost
Associated Taxpayers
D. P. Jones
Malad
E. T. Taylor
Coeur d'Alene
Marvin Christensen
Pocatello
Mabel Brainard
Kellogg
James E. Graham
Rexburg
Horne
U. S
Henry Dworshak
Burley
Washington
Yost
Hoover
Highway Department
Public Utilities Board approves dropping two Montana trains
Idaho Public Utilities Commission approved discontinuance of two Union Pacific trains between Idaho Falls and Monida on the Idaho Montana line. The change follows a sample survey showing heavy losses. revenue and expense totals are cited for two segments, Idaho Falls to Monida and Monida to Butte, during 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
UN- Pacific
Idaho Falls
Montana Pac
Butte
Salt Lake City
Monida
Idaho-Montana
W. B. Joy
Commission
PUC
S P Crewmen To Cast Strike Votes
Seven thousand Southern Pacific trainmen in the far west begin casting strike ballots over freight train crew requirements. Negotiations, cooling period, and mediation rules frame the dispute as the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen seeks a uniform three brakemen per freight train over 40 cars. Company argues California's full crew law repeal made extra brakemen unnecessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Far West
A. J. Corcoran
Chairan
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
California
Brotherhood
Pub Utilities Commission
Winding Mountain Canyons
Tragic Boise Area Crash Fatality Claims Calvin Johnson
Calvin Johnson, 20, of Cataldo, died from injuries after an auto accident near Boise on Thursday. He suffered a severe skull fracture and scalp laceration. His wife Mary, 23, is in good condition and being treated for shock. State police report the Johnson car skidded and rolled three times on U S 30 about 12 miles east of Boise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Calvin Johnson
Cataldo
Mary
Johnson
U.S. 30
Bolse
Weather Forecast for Pocatello Saturday
The Weather Pocatello and vicinity: Mostly clear and slowly rising temperature Saturday. High 70 to 75, Low 40 to 45.
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Pocatello
Boise
Ween
Burley
Butte Seat E
Chicago
Denver
Dubois
Great Falls
Idaho Falls
Los Angeles
Phone Crews May Strike In 3 Months
The CIO Communication Workers of America votes to strike within three months if needed to win recognition from the Bell system. The union claims 320,000 telephone workers, about half are switchboard operators, and seeks bargaining elections after joining the CIO. President Joseph A. Bierne notes that many Bell contracts were abrogated and dues impounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
CIO
Bell System
CIO Communication Workers of America
National Labor Relations Board
Bell Telephone
Bell Company
CWA
Joseph A. Bierne
Bell Companies
Beirne
Pioneer League Standings Hint at Tight Race
Fragmentary data shows team names Twin Falls Great Falls Idaho Falls Ogden Boise and scores 7,14,0 with players Moranes Tressera Webster Eskenberry Danielson. Context suggests a league update with partial results and team matchups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
Twin Falls
Moranes
Tressera
Webster Eskenberry
Danielson
Great Falls
Idaho Falls
Ogden
Boise
Idaho public accountants hear growth forecast at banquet
Idaho state representative Henry O'Leary urged officials to serve public interests while drafting bills for the 1951 session as the Idaho Association of Public Accountants held its third annual convention. Speakers from Idaho Power and a bank discussed industrial growth, banking expectations, and auditing insights ahead of tonight's banquet and officer installations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho Public Accountants
Sheridan L. Gill
Boise
Pete Carlson
Pocatello
George Peacock
Burley
Peter Schever
National Association of Public Accountants
Bannock
Bannock Hotel
Idaho
Henry O'Leary
Idaho Association of Public Accountants
Certified Public Accountants
Columbia Valley Authority
O'Leary
CVA
Orland Mayer
Idaho Power Company
T. R. Bowden
First Security Bank of
Idaho Falls
Negro Singer's Son Weds White Woman Chooses New York Wedding
Paul Robeson Jr., 21, son of the famous Negro singer, received a marriage license in New York to wed Marilyn Paula White, 21, a university graduate. The couple planned a Sunday ceremony with Rev John W Carr Jr officiating. Robeson listed as electrical engineer. his mother Eslanda said they had been in love since college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paul Robeson, Jr
Marilyn Paula & White
Robeson
Cornel
John W. Carr, Jr
Europe
Soviet Russia
Eslanda
Miss Greenberg
Baseball Box Score Summary for Pocatello vs Billings
Game details show Pocatello collecting 9 left with 9 runs while Billings totals 4. Williams Duretto Skinner provide RBI outputs with Skinner hitting a homer. Pitcher Hanna took the loss and Stillwell earned the win with 9 strikeouts combined for a 1.53 game time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R—Dean
Caloia
Moore
Duretto
Peccia
Skinner
Stillwell
E — Lewandowski
Zich
Lowe
Morgan
Hanna
RBI
Williams
Dean
Calola
Stilwell
Strota
Swim Party Delayed by YWCA Girls Club Update
The Swim Party for the Business Professional and Industrial Girls club of the YWCA is postponed to Monday June 27. Members meet at 6:30 PM in YWCA club rooms and travel as a group to the Municipal swimming pool for swimming and lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YWCA
Idaho PUC Denies Freight Rate Hikes on Intrastate Traffic
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission denied increases on call potatoes lime rock ore tailings ores and concentrates and sugar beets while approving molasses and pumice stone rate boosts. The decision follows applications by Idaho railroads filed in late 1947 and early 1948 with prior action in 1948 authorizing some increases. President W B Joy noted long haul sugar beet rates may be too low and could yield more revenue if carriers publish a new scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
PUC
Idaho
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. B. Joy
Commission
Player Undergoes Minor Operation
Eddie Waitkus of the Philadelphia Nationals, shot by a fan, underwent a minor operation in Chicago to draw blood from a lung pierced by the bullet. Surgeons worked about 30 minutes at Illinois Masonic hospital. He was said to be breathing easier and showing marked improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Eddie Waitkus
Philadelphia Nationals
Illinois Masonic Hospital
Ruth Ann Steinhagen
Waitkus
Idaho Deaths List Includes Army Scout and Local Residents
Obituary notices report the deaths of James Eagle Boy aged 63 a former Lapwai Indian Army scout Marcy W Sartain 78 Lewiston housewife Mrs Mary Jane Hundman 63 Mount housewife Billy Eugene Hunt 17 Boise Mrs Eulalia Acordagiota 69 Boise housewife Harry Fay Angier 79 Caldwell businessman Calvin Johnson 20 Cataldo Boss Mrs Cynthia Viola Stokesberry 84 Meridian Russ Lindsey 32 Thousand Springs resort manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Eagle Boy
Lapwai
Truman Attacks Real Estate Lobby Over Housing Bill
President Truman denounced a real estate lobby he called ruthless and misleading as the housing bill moves before the House. He claimed the group misstates and distorts the plan for 1,050,000 low rent units and a five year slum clearance program, appealing to Congress to resist pressure near the vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
House
Rayburn
D-Tex
80Th Republican Congress
Snow in June Stuns Winchester Amid Brief Flurry
In Winchester Idaho an unusual June snowstorm dropped flakes for about 15 minutes on Thursday. The white precipitation appeared after rain and hail and largely melted upon reaching the ground, leaving residents surprised by the wintry sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Ida
Secret Police Hold Bishop In Prague Palace
Archbishop Josef Beran, leader of Czechoslovakia’s 9 million Catholics, was kept under de facto house arrest at his Prague palace as the communist crackdown on the church intensified. Police raided the archbishop’s consistory arresting two priests, barred access without ID, and staffed the palace with secret police at the gate, reception, and switchboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Josef Beran
Beran
Archbishop Beran
Polar Breeze Brings Frost to Idaho Crops
The Boise Weather Bureau reports unseasonably cold polar air lowering temperatures across Idaho. Readings reached 25 degrees at Hill City and 26 at Fairfield with 28 in Hailey, suggesting potential losses in wheat and alfalfa. officials estimate a 10 percent drop for alfalfa in Blaine County. Weather outlook promises warmer conditions today.
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Boise Weather Bureau
Idaho
Hill City
Fairfield
Hailey
D. E. Smith
Blaine County
ACA
Dubois
Gooding
Idaho Falls
Boise
Grangeville
Lewiston
Bonners Ferry
Spokane
FBI Agent Visits Pocatello on Official Duties
W. G. Banister, FBI field office head in Butte, stopped in Pocatello to confer with local agents. He was en route from Caldwell after attending the Idaho State Police Officers’ association convention to his home office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Banister
Butte
Pocatello
Irrigation Plans Studied for Michaud Flats and More
Boise reports the Bureau of Reclamation studies 22 projects including Michaud Flats Big Lost River Bruneau and Rathdrum Prairie. Nineteen forty eight saw $202 million in crops on northwest projects with land previously sagebrush now irrigated. The bureau lists $70 million under construction and plans to open 11 Roza division and 48 Payette division homesteads for World War II veterans in the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Pacific Northwest
Bureau of Reclamation
R. J. Newell
Bureau
Northwest
Reclamation Bureau
Newell
Idaho
Big Lost River
Michaud Flats
Bruneau
Rathdrum Prairie
Roza
Yakima
Payette
Hunt
Minidoka
County to begin construction on new hospital
Bannock county will let bids next week and start building the county hospital immediately with $850000 bond funds and additional financing sought from federal aid and local sources. Clarence Elle submitted the lowest bid at 1197210 dollars. federal grant details discussed with Idaho officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. HL
Pete) Jensen
Bannock Commissioners
Pocatello
Clarence Elle
Court House
Jensen
R. T. Hale
Jack Aljets
Henry McQuade
Frank Paradice
Meek Hunter
Arthur Hail
Fred Burton
Nate Block
Mr. Klein
Robert Dy Gallae
D. C. Ray
H. J. Hartvigsen
E. N. Roberts
H. H. Hughart
Preston M. Goodfellow
Edna Serevice
Senate
Harris
Idaho
Former Agent Dies in Salt Lake City Police Chief Era
Reed E. Vetterli, who led Salt Lake City police from 1940 to 1945, died Thursday of a heart attack. He previously served 12 years with the FBI and was agent in charge of the New York office at his resignation in 1938. He headed 18 FBI offices, including in Salt Lake City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Reed E. Vetterli
Vetterli
Federal Bureau of Investigation
New York
FBI
Balt Lake City
Coal Chutes Burn at Wells Nevada
Western Pacific railroad coal chutes in Wells were destroyed by fire on Thursday. The chutes held about 162 tons of coal and roughly half was burned. Fred L. McElroy Western Pacific agent reported the loss and investigation began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells, Nev
Western Pacific Railroad
Wells
Fred L. McElroy
Raga Tedy
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Hoover Supporters In
South Idaho
Farm Organization
U. P
Montana
S.P
Pioneer League
Mayer
America
Mr. Bowden
Gate City
William W. Halsey
Dan Martin
F. M. Bistline
Bandock Hotel
Willian D. Fitzgerald
Ned McCue
Fae Greenberg
Eee Pocatello Ab
Czaplewski
Lewandowski
Eeee Zich
Mother
Walter F. Gibson
Oakland
Calif
Loyal Order of Moose
Ross Park
Gibson
London
England
United States
Oakland Street
Oakland Lodge 324
Associated Press
Michaud
L. J. Peterson
Vernon L. Harris
Peterson
U.S. Senate
North Idaho
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