State College Plans for New Building
Idaho State College will open three bids for campus construction projects. The first bid, for six prefabricated single bedroom houses, is set for 2 p.m. June 25 in the ISC bursar office. Architect John A Scoville, a former Navy commander, drew the plans. The project aims to finish the Veterans Village south of the pharmacy building. A second bid on July 2 at the Boise statehouse covers a new heating plant and steam line at Pocatello, funded with 265000 dollars. A third bid covers transferring two Gowen Field buildings to Pocatello for conversion into classrooms and labs, financed by the federal works administration.
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Idaho State College
John R. Nichols
ISC
O. D. Garrison
Bursar
John A. Scoville
Navy
Civil Engineering Corps
13Th Naval District
Seattle
Pocatello Naval Ordnance Plant
Veterans’ Village
Pharmacy
Richland
Washington
Statehouse
Boise
Idaho Southern
Pocatello
Nichols
C. A. Sandberg
Idaho Falls
D. Garrison
Gowen Field
Bureau of Community Facilities
Federal Works Agency
Obituary notices for Joyce Kay Leger and Myron Gudmunson
Obituary notices summarize services for Joyce Kay Leger five year old daughter of Kenneth and Phyllis Leger died in Salt Lake Tuesday with services at Downard chapel officiated by Reverend Doctor J Willis Hamblin. Also noted are services for Myron Andreas Gudmunson who died Tuesday with services in the sixth ward LDS chapel led by Bishop Arnold Reddish and speakers Golien Jensen and William P Whittaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panera
Joyce Kay Leger
Kenneth
Phyllis Leger
Salt Lake
Downard Chapel
J. Willis Hamblin
First Presbyterian Church
Myron Andreas Gudmunson
Sixth Ward
LDS
Arnold Reddish
É. Golien Jensen
Presiden
William P. Whittaker
James E Johnsen
Gustave Gollschwieler
Riley Dixon
Ruby Huldah
Ermna Croxall
Arthur W. Hall
Gordon Jensen
Phil Sappington
Charles H. Kibler
N. C. Beckley
Otis Neal
B. H. Lowrie
Franklin Schnoke
ORC
Dan Currie
Mary Maio
Agnes Wright
Sixth Ward Relief Society Leader Interred in Mountainview
The obituary notes interment in Mountainview Cemetery for Ger rude Powell and mentions several relatives and friends including Mrs Dan Agnew Zelda Richards Ethel Daley Mrs Fred Moore Mrs W H Corbett Mrs Mildred Kunze Mrs R B Watkins Mrs E P Young and the President of the Sixth ward Relief Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Agnew
Zelda Richards Ethel Daley
Fred Moore
W. H. Corbett
Mildred Kunze
R. B. Watkins
E. P. Young
Sixth Ward Relief Society
Gerrude Powell
Mountainview Cemetery
Funeral services held for Daniel McDonald pioneer resident
Daniel McDonald 77 a Pocatello pioneer and former Union Pacific engineer died Wednesday. Services were at Downard chapel with Rev LeRoy Walker officiating and Mountain View cemetery rites led by B of LE No 228. Daughters, a son and spouses attended. pallbearers named. GIA to B of LE members listed.
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Daniel McDonald
Pocatello
Union Pacific
N. Hayes
Downard Chapel
LeRoy Walker
First Methodist Church
Paul Willecke
Twucille Kuhre
R. H. Hunter
Sylvester Trout
W. C. Jones
J. McGowan
Charles Cochran
C. G. Vance
Flowers
GIA
P. J. McDermott
Mountainview Cemetery
R. D. Scott
Melvin F. Stewart
Longview
Wash
James Gregerson
Donald K. Brandon
Eugene
Ore
William H. McDonald
Glendale
Calif
William K. McDonald
Salt Lake City
Services for Miss Altossa Bair Held in Denver
Miss Altossa Bair, 66, died at her Denver home. Services were held Saturday at Downard chapel with Rev. Ed Cunningham officiating. Pallbearers included Elvis Hart and others. out of town relatives from Sydney Montana and Livingston Montana attended, with Ralph Bair in Pocatello as a surviving brother. Cemetery details follow in the family plot. Flowers were arranged by local ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller Bodell
Guy Gates
Larry Seamons
Don Williams
David Ogle
Dean Green
Grace Glemisky
Donna Petersen
Phyllis Ogle
Fern Hutchins
Jane Seamons
Dolores Howell
Mount Moriah Cemetery
Downard Mortuary
Altossa Bair
Denver
Colo
Downard Chapel
Ed Cunningham
First Congregational Church
R. F. Goranson
Goranson
Elvis Hart
Clifford Cook
Heber Davis
Fred Reese
Harold Reese
Dale Bair
L. P. Kanz
R. J. Roub
Mountainview Cemetery
Leo Morin
Sydney, Mont
Leo Bair
Livingston, Mont
Stimson Named Dean of University of Idaho Law School
Edward S S Stimson former special assistant to the U S attorney general during World War II and professor of law at Syracuse University will become dean of the University of Idaho college of law starting September 1 President J E Buchanan announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Edward S.S. Stimson
U. S
Syracuse University
New York
University of Idaho College of Law
J. E. Buchanan
Nichols Talks At Meeting in Sun Valley
Nichols and W Averell Harriman spoke to the Idaho Potato and Onions Shippers association dinner about occupation of Japan. Nichols described advisory work for Gen Douglas MacArthur on revising Japanese education while Hariman outlined commerce goals. Ashby of Union Pacific touted rail service improvements as part of a 100 million plan for Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun Valley
Idaho Potato and Onions Shippers Association
John Nichols
Idaho State College
Japan
Nichols
W. Averell Harriman
Douglas MacArthur
Shippers
George Ashby
Union Pacific Railroad
Ashby
Idaho
Senators Act on Measure Monday Noon
The piece reports the upcoming Monday vote on a bill, with President Truman having lobbied publicly and within Congress. It notes two absent allies Senator Wagner and Senator Thomas, and that Republicans reject pairing due to potential impact on the outcome. Taft says their presence wouldn’t alter the result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Wagner
New York
Eibert Thomas
Utah
Geneva
International Trade Organization
Taft
Taft Predicts Veto Overridden By Three Or Four Votes
The Senate debate over the veto featured a 54 to 17 vote as senators planned pairings with Wagener and Thomas to reach a two thirds margin. Taft predicted success, Wherry boasted about breaking the filibuster, and Pepper warned the margin could shift over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagener
Thomas
Taft
Senate
Pepper
City of San Francisco Train to Run Daily
Union Pacific announced the City of San Francisco will operate daily once two new train units, costing 5 000 000 dollars, are received. The streamlined service is operated jointly with Southern Pacific and Chicago and Northwestern railroads, replacing its current tri weekly schedule.
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Salt Lake City
Union Pacific Railroad
City of
San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Chicago and Northwestern
Griggs Heads Legion Staff After Friday Election
A staff of World War II veterans led by Joe Griggs was elected by post 120 of the American Legion. Griggs will be installed July 4, replacing retiring commander William Jones. Adjunct Pompy Johnson Jr. was elected adjutant after a tie and subsequent withdrawal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Griggs
American Legion
Griggs
William Jones
Pompy Johnson, Jr
Charlie Woods
Clinton Morris
Jack Bevins
Shelster Griggs
Ben Fox
Brooklyn Smith
Robert Randall
Harrison Holmes,Jr
Claude Holmes
Isaiah Washington
Edgar Secrett
William Hicks
John Pryce
William Glover
County weed crews exempt from state pesticide license
The attorney general ruled county weed control crews are not required to secure a license from the agriculture commissioner. Smylie said the act covers commercially engaged pest control with insecticides, but county crews charging at or below cost are not in a commercial venture. The opinion may deter other law requirements, though the agriculture department may urge crews to comply with the spirit of the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Attorney General’s Office
State Commissioner of Agriculture
Robert Smylie
Smylie
Department (of Agriculture
Wife Slain and Father Critically Injured
A 31 year old Vancouver machinist Homer A Simpson is charged with killing his divorced wife Ann Rose 23 and wounding her father Robert H Cole 53 in an auto camp. Simpson refused to answer questions and is held without charge in Everett jail. Cole remains in grave condition after a gunshot wound to the right side and blood plasma was given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snohomish, Wash
Vancouver
Wash
Homer A. Simpson
Snohomish County
Phil Sheridan
Simpson
Sheridan
Everett
Robert H. Cole
Ann Rose
Idaho Falls Russets Release Two Players Before Boise Clash
Salt Lake City report states the Idaho Falls Russets released utility catcher Dick Wilson and right handed pitcher Bill Parrish before their Saturday night game with the Boise Pilots. The club departed for Boise after the announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Idaho Falls Russets
The
Pilots
Boise
Dick Wilson
Bill Parrish
Club House Plans Ready at Local Baseball Grounds
Mayor George Phillips reports completion of plans for a club house and dressing room to be built east of Harliwell park on the Legion junior baseball grounds. Construction will start soon with Harold Hinckley noting strong business support and donor cooperation. Carpenters and plumbers pledge donated services to the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Phillips
Legion
Harliwell Park
Harold Hinckley
Bench Proposed as Golf Course Site
The city council reported acquiring 89 acres on the west bench adjoining 60 acres in Hyland park as a potential golf site. An option on land was taken and a Pocatello reviewer may assess the sites. a golf engineer may be hired. Water supply for the bench areas is a prerequisite before action at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyland Park
Milton Zener
Pocatello
George Phillips
Highland Park
Fremont Heights
West Benchland
Jerome Woman Lois Grace Dies at Boise Hospital
Lois June Grace 25 of Jerome died Friday at a Boise hospital after a lifetime in Jerome. Born June 25 1921 she served in the Army WACs in Trenton New Jersey and belonged to the American Legion. She is survived by her parents Mr. and Mrs. E A Brown of Jerome. Burial arrangements at Wiley Funeral Home Jerome.
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Beatrice Ghilomi
Judith
Anthony Lembo
New York
Boise
Lois June Grace
Jerome
That City
Army Wac
Tilden General Hospital
Trenton
N. J
American Legion
Mrs. E. A. Brown
Wiley Funeral Home
Denial of Marriage to GIs and Japanese Girls Sparks Debate
The article notes a director forming a Tokyo league branch and quotes Baldwin on Nisei in Japan. He argues thousands of Nisei abroad and relatives visiting Japan during the war face citizenship loss due to tenchical rules. He calls for state department action to restore American homes to those as American at heart.
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Japan
League
Tokyo
Canada
Brazil
Peru
State Department
Congress
Baldwin
Majestic union ties Ford and Firestone clans in Akron
Martha Parke Firestone, granddaughter of Harvey Firestone, wed William Clay Ford, grandson of Henry Ford, at St Pauls Episcopal Church. The ceremony drew about 450 guests while 1000 onlookers gathered outside. Bishop Beverly D Tucker blessed the couple as Dr Walter Tunks officiated and Henry Ford II served as best man. The bride wore antique rose pointe lace satin gown with a mantilla and veil, carrying white camellias, orchids and lilies of the valley. Elizabeth Firestone was maid of honor with seven bridesmaids including Ann Firestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio
Martha Parke Firestone
King of Rubberdam
William Clay Ford
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Walter Tunks
St. Paul’s
Beverly D
Tucker
Tunks
Mr. Ford
Henry Ford II
Miss Firestone
Harvey Firestone, Jr
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Elizabeth Firestone
Miss Ann Firestone
Condition Unchanged for Injured Salt Lake Teen
Katherine McDougall 14 daughter of Judge and Mrs I E McDougall remains in poor condition at LDS hospital Salt Lake City after a car crash June 3 when the vehicle rolled over on impact with a soft shoulder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LDS Hospital
Salt Lake City
Katherine McDougall
I. E. McDougall
Rites Planned for Lost Hunter J A Schaffer
J A Schaffer a Pocatello hunter missing since last week in Pineview area is believed to have fallen from a cliff. Remains found last Wednesday night. Funeral set for 2 pm Monday at the Sixth Ward LDS church. Deputy Ray Reynolds reports Schaffer 1215 South Fourth residence and 30 shells recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Hiltebrand
Painters
J. A. Schaffer
Pocatello
Pineview
Schaffer
Car Union
Garretts
Sixth Ward
LDS Church
Hiltebrand
Ray Reynolds
South Fourth
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State College
Myron A. Gudmunson
Papa
Altossa
Bair
Stimson
Jimmy’s
Jimmy Fingerlos
Morse
R-Ore
Wherry
R-Neb
GOP
D-Fla
Packard-Bell
Thomas Radio & Appliances
North Wat
Martin Furniture CO
North Main
Ford
Firestone
Rites
Mountain Home
East Center
Taalalana
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