Idaho Needs Carpenters in Statewide Shortage
The U S employment service reports a severe carpenter shortage in Idaho, with 125 openings in Boise and 100 more needed by an international firm in southwestern Idaho. Other sectors show declines in forestry construction and logging, while agriculture faces delays from bad weather. Jobseekers total about 4500 with one third women.
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BOWE
Idaho
U. S. Employment Service
Boise
Veteran's Administration
Lewiston
Nez Perce County
Snake River Valley
Idaholis
North Pocatello Ordinance on village claims process
The ordinance directs filing of written itemized claims with the Village Clerk, presentation at the next board meeting, and payment by warrant if allowed. If disallowed, the claimant is notified within five days. Enacted June 12 1946 by R H Nipper with A Lee Lund clerk. Little Stories For Children follows about Hooty the Owl seeking a new nest after Farmer Brown's Boy destroys theirs. Portugal cork source note.
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North Pocatello
Bannock County
Idaho
Board of Trustees
R. H. Nipper
A. Lee Lund
Farmer Brown
Hooty
Mrs. Hooty
Hooty the
Great Horned Owl
Grouse
Jumper the Hare
Peter Rabbit
Hawk
King Eagle
Hooty the Owl
Blacky
Blacky the Crow
Subsidy on Bricks Expanded Under Veterans Housing Act
A new regulation implements a premium payments plan of five dollars per thousand bricks produced above plant quotas. Covering bricks and building tile, it is the first rule under a four billion dollar subsidy aimed at easing a severe home building materials bottleneck. Effective from the first of the month, it ends June 1 1947, with similar subsidies planned for plywood and hardwood flooring.
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Wyatt
Precinct Committeemen Chosen in Bannock County Primary
Bannock County commissioners finished counting ballots from last Tuesday's primary. The official tallies list precinct leaders by district and party, including Pocatello, Alameda, Chubbuck, Tyhee, Inkom, McCammon, Robin, Arimo, Swan Lake, Lago, Oxford, Lund, Bancroft, Thatcher, and Central divisions with multiple names and votes noted. The results align with the earlier unofficial count and highlight key names across Republican and Democrat precincts.
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Bannock County Commissioners
Republican Pocatello
H. D. Lonkersdorfer
Kenneth Roebuck
Harry H. Coder
Eugene H. Evans
Sam Hansen
James Hopper
W. D. Hale
Pocatello
James Bowns
Rulon Williams
Ralph Jones
Elkin Chandler
Clifford Clay
Lewis Racine
Alameda
S. Leland Freckelton
Jack Dils
J. G. Fuger
Chubbuck
E. P. Brennan
Tyhee
E. R. Buehler
Inkom
Murl Ellis
McCammon
R. T. Hale
Robin
E. L. Marley
Downey
Johns. Hyde
Swan Lake
James Abbott
Chesterfield
Chris Call
Oxford
Dan G. Hatch
W. R. Fisher
Lund
Arnold Reddish
August Sanders
J. E. Wilson
Arthur Peterson
Fire threat abates as winds subside in California
Drying north winds that had heightened the forest fire threat for a week eased today. Three fires in Los Angeles and Ventura counties were reported contained after burning about 3200 acres of brush.
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Los Angeles
California
Here
Ventura Counties
Card of Thanks from Mickelsen Family
The Mickelsen family thanks relatives and friends in Pocatello and Grace for kindness and sympathy after bereavement and for floral offerings.
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Pocatello and
Grace
C. H. Mickelsen
Truman reports UNRRA relief ships totals and US role
President Truman told Congress UNRRA shipped 8,251,736 gross tons of relief supplies valued at 1.14 billion dollars through March 31. He noted the United States supplied 171.1 percent of all UNRRA relief shipments and stressed continued aid is needed to avert starvation.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
UNRRA
United States
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Bill Cuts Costs on Private Irrigation Bonds
Senators Johnston and Butler introduce legislation to ease irrigation project financing by reducing interest on bonds of states public authorities counties and other public bodies to 24 percent of current rates aimed at lowering private irrigation project costs.
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Washington
Johnston
8.C
Butler
R.-Nebr
Subdivision Financing and Bond Cancellations Proposed
A proposal directs the Federal Works Agency to secure federal financing for projects and to cancel bonds tied to navigation flood control and power benefits. It would waive interest on irrigation costs charged to these projects.
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Federal Works Agency
Group Awaits Word on Farragut Educational Center Proposal
Educators civic groups and veterans organizations press Washington for action on a plan to use Farragut naval training station as an overflow university for veterans. The proposal asks the government to set aside and freeze for 60 days the area buildings and equipment for educational purposes and to forward the measure via Rep White of Idaho.
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Spokane
Farragut Naval Training Station
Washington
Washington and Idaho
Veterans Organizations
Chambers of Commerce
Farraguet Naval Center
Rep. White
Marshall Proposes Reduced Forces To Preserve Peace
General George C. Marshall calls for cutting China's army to 60 divisions under U.S. supervision, down from an estimated 250 to 375. Acting Secretary Acheson and Secretary Patterson testified to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, urging a bill authorizing war goods transfers and U.S. training in China.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
China
Far East
United States
State Acheson
Patterson
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
Marshall Serves as Presidential Envoy in China
Officers report that Marshall is in China acting as a presidential envoy, coordinating discussions on high level diplomacy and security issues with Chinese authorities.
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Marshall
China
St Anthony Pioneer Day to Feature J Reuben Clark Jr Speaker
J Reuben Clark Jr, first counselor in the LDS church first presidency, was named principal speaker for the St. Anthony Pioneer Day celebration on July 24. The one day program includes a parade rodeo fireworks and a dance.
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ST. Anthony
J. Reuben Clark, Jr
Latter Day Saints Church
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Redtail
Mrs. Redtail
Portugal
Royal
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Hakh
Emes Hogan
Thatcher
George A. Hogan
Central
Heber Christensen
Ford C. Christensen
H. Weller Jenkins
Floyd Smart
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Winkler
Stokers
Coal CO
U.S
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Rie
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Kerr
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Montgomery Ward
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