Idaho Governor Pushes Federal Aid for Postwar Building
Governor C A Bottolfsen told the Idaho State Planning Board that about ninety percent of communities will need federal aid to launch postwar construction programs. He urged a general financing plan, with veteran and war worker reemployment a key goal, and asked for a statement to the Northwest Development Association opposing Interior Department land acquisitions in western states including possible Sawtooth area park plans.
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Boise
Idaho
C. A. Bottolfsen
State Planning Board
Bottolfsen
Northwest Development Association
Department of the Interior
Wyoming
Utah
Congress
Sawtooth Mountain
Coroner Jury Rules Crash Unavoidable in Pocatello
Bannock county coroner’s jury at Downard mortuary chapel ruled the Monday crash that killed Mrs. Mary Francis Cooper 33, of north Pocatello, unavoidable. Officers testified she crushed her head attempting to escape after seeing a collision with a coupe driven by Mrs. Doris Wright. Cooper tried to save her three year old daughter Benita by jumping from the car. Arthur W. Hall led the inquest.
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Mary Francis Cooper
North Pocatello
Bannock County
Downard Mortuary Chapel
Benita
Arthur W. Hall
Newsweek reports War Department on missing Shenkel
Editors said war department reported William Shenkel of Silver Springs Maryland a Newsweek war correspondent missing from a B 29 raid over Japan Shenkel 38 was an observer on a plane from which no report was received
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New York
Newsweek
War Department
William Shenkel
Silver Springs
Japan
Shenkel
Now She Shops Cash and Carry
Fragmentary newspaper item mentions backache relief and kidneys as nature’s waste removers. Vague ad-like prose references pain relief and a product or service, with unclear context and fragmented phrases.
Larry Allen recalls wartime captivity and return to freedom
Associated Press war correspondent Larry Allen narrates his escape from a Germany bound train and his grim imprisonment in Moosburg Oflag 64 Lauffen and other camps. He describes isolation, hunger, crowded transit through bombed German cities, and his eventual repatriation via Gradisca to Spain and home.
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Associated Press
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Moosburg
Munich
Oflag
Baltic Sea
Lauffen
Upper Bavaria
Germany
France
Marseilles
Red Cross
Gradisca
Spain
America
Europe
Sixteen Join Navy From Southeast Idaho Towns
Sixteen men from southeastern Idaho were inducted into the Navy through selective service. From Blackfoot: Tommie J. Hernandez Abner Hevenah Rex Dee Buchanan Carlos Fullmer Miner Earl J. Rice Ervin R. Herbst John S. Ness Vernon H. Stantliff Ross W. Anderson Donald F. Jackson Lawrence R. Rodgers. From Pingree: Adrian V. Grimaud Alma A. Clough. From Aberdeen: Arthur L. Langenwalter Walter H. Hoffbuhr Morten Payne.
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Boise
Southeastern Idaho
Navy
Tommie J. Hernandez
Abner Hevenah
Rex Dee Buchanan
Carlos Fullmer Miner
Earl J. Rice
Ervin R. Herbst
John S. Ness
Vernon H. Stantliff
Ross W. Anderson
Donald F. Jackson
Lawrence R. Rodgers
Blackfoot
Adrian V. Grimaud
Alma A. Clough
Pingree
Arthur L. Langenwalter
Walter H. Hoffbuhr
Morten Payne
Aberdeen
Cook Wins Promotion In Navy Right Guard and Coxswain
Word from Pocatello reports Wally Cook son of Mr and Mrs W J Cook promoted to right guard of his Farragut platoon He also serves as coxswain for a crew of 12 Cook previously worked as a Tribune carrier and for the Boise Payette Lumber company before entering the navy.
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Pocatello
Wally Cook
W. J. Cook
Farragut
Cook
Tribune
Boise Payette Lumber Company
Navy
Crossword clues jumble tie to Pacific content
A readied crossword item presents vertical clues with scattered phrases and cryptic hints. Readers navigate a mixed set of terms including geography languages and livestock while resolving entries that tie to a regional Pacific tema.
Thirteen Teens in Sedan Alarm Center Street
A group of fourteen teenagers were seen boarding a sedan on Center Street at about 1 a.m. Wednesday. Police reported no immediate cases or charges as witnesses noted the large group dispersing near Third Street. The incident occurred near Hall mortuary with arrangements by J F Burnham.
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Hall Mortuary
J. F. Burnham
Lucille Denkers
Amy Hansen
Arvilla Croshaw
Arthur Hall
Harry M. Herschi
Ray Levien
Pfc
Henry Selby
Henry Haddenham
Paul Zapka
George Parker
Carmie Zaccardi
Elizabeth Dunn
Relief Society
Gladys Katherine Carlton Funeral Services Held
Funeral services were held Wednesday for Gladys Katherine Carlton who died Friday. The notice provides a brief obituary noting the time and place of services.
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Gladys Katherine Carlton
CAP to Stage Review at 8
CAP to Stage Review at 8 in the national guard armory at 8 p m will be presented by the Pocatello Civil Air Patrol and cadet squadron under Col. Leverett Davis CAP commander in Boise. First Lt David J Noack commanding officer of the Blackfoot squadron announced today. One hundred twelve cadets aged 14 1/2 to 18 are trained in Pocatello 65 in Blackfoot and 30 in American Falls under the Pocatello squadron. After ground school cadets may begin flight training at Pocatello municipal airport five miles west of the city. Two army liaison planes from the municipal airport support cadet pre flight orientation. Regular adult patrol members who train the cadets have been on emergency duty since Pearl Harbor and remain on call for liaison and searching duties.
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Pocatello Civil Air Patrol
Leverett Davis
Boise
CAP
Idaho
National Guard
David J. Noack
Blackfoot
Pocatello
American Falls
Noack
Pocatello Municipal Airport
Army
Air Corps
Pearl Harbor
Canadians Shot by Germans in French Village
London based war dispatch reports 13 Canadian prisoners executed by German forces in a village later liberated by Allied troops. The correspondent details the atrocity as part of ongoing frontline reporting.
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London
London Daily Mirror
France
Vacation School to Present Program at Methodist Church
First Methodist church daily vacation school will close with a 7 30 p m program Friday in the sanctuary. Pupils will demonstrate a typical school session and display handwork in the social rooms. Refreshments will be served and all parents and friends are invited.
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First Methodist Church
Idahoan on Trial for Murder in California Slaying
An all male jury in Los Angeles began hearing testimony in the murder trial of William N. Dorman a sailor and Merlin Smith an army private from Twin Falls Idaho. They are charged with killing Ralph W. Bigelow whose beaten body was found in a canyon near Newhall California last April 17.
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Los Angeles
William N. Dorman
Merlin Smith
Twin Falls
Idaho
Ralph W. Bigelow
Newhall
Calif
Idahoan's Mother Dies
Mrs Mary Amelia McGary van Valken burg 76 of Union died Tuesday in Salt Lake City. Survivors include Idaho residents Luella Herbst of Blackfoot a daughter and John McGary of Shelley a brother.
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Mary Amelia McGary van Valkenburg
Union
Idaho
Luella Herbst
Blackfoot
John McGary
Shelley
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