Bill O'Connor Succumbs In California
William J. O'Connor aged 68 a Pocatello Tribune advertising staffer former WPA chief clerk and KSEI owner died in San Pedro California after a heart condition. Survived by widow Beulah a daughter Mary Jane Goss and brother Robert Emmett OConnor. Funeral plans pending burial in Catholic cemetery.
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William J
Bill” O'Connor
Idaho
Utah
Pocatello Tribune
Pocatello
WPA
KSEI
San Pedro
Calif
Beulah
Mary Jane Goss
Robert Emmett O’connor
Arthur Olson
W. Lovejoy
O'Connor
Milwaukee
Wis
Marquette University
Utah Elks Lodge
Salt Lake City
Idaho Falls
California
Elks Lodge
OPA Future Depends on Night Talks in Conference
House conferees set a date to confer with the rules committee on procedure for calling up the British loan bill. Four major disagreements remain centering on Senate amendments lifting price ceilings on meat poultry dairy petroleum and tobacco. The policy aims to remove ceilings as supply meets demand, with special treatment for certain items.
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House
Rules Committee
Senate
Labor Groups Rally Over Unemployment Services Proposal
Labor groups and citizens gather to back a federal operation of unemployment services aimed at maximum employment and reduced turnover. The compromise is viewed as the most likely to win congressional approval amid two state rights measures.
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Osed
Congress
Senate
Army recruiting drive closes June 30 in Pocatello
Captain R J Green of the Pocatello district announces the army recruiting office at 118 North Main Street will stay open all day Sunday June 30 to accept applicants before the deadline. Veterans out of the service over three months are urged to reenlist with favorable high grades and options to retain rank or enlist as a specialist. Family allowances apply for dependents enlisting by June 30 and the reenlistment window for grade changes drops from 80 to 20 days after discharge.
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R. J. Green
Pocatello
U.S. Army
North Main Street
Oregon State College graduate Arthur Peterson earns science degree
Arthur Henry Peterson son of Mr and Mrs A W Peterson 311 13th received the degree of science in mechanical cosine at graduation exercises at Oregon State College Corvallis Ore June 9. There were 422 graduates Special tribute noted for armed forces and 272 Oregon State Gold Star men. Arthur attended Idaho Southern University and served 38 months in the Army with 15 months overseas in Europe and the Pacific. He then married Marcia Madole and they reside in Los Angeles.
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Arthur Henry Peterson
A. W. Peterson
Orregon S College
Cor- Ore
Oregon
Marcia Madole
Los Angeles
Number of S and L Associations in the United States
About six thousand one hundred thirty savings and loan associations operate across the United States, reflecting a large mid century financial network.
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Savings and Loan
United States
Veteran Enlists in Regular Army Woonsook Reenlists for Two Years
Dwight Henry Woonsook age 24 of Pocatello Idaho reenlists in the regular army for a two year term announced by Captain R J Green. A veteran of three years service including Africa Sicily Anzio Cassino and Normandy battles he earned the Purple Heart and six bronze stars with one arrowhead. He attended Bear River High School and played football and basketball.
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Dwight Henry Woonsook
Henry Woonsook
Star Route
Pocatello
Idaho
R. J. Green
Pvt
Woonsook
U. S
422Nd Aaa
England
Africa
Oran
Tunisia
Casserine Pass
451St Aaa Bn
Anzio
Cassino Abbey
30Th Infantry Regt
France
Belgium
Rhineland
Commar
States
EAME
Bear River High School
Mayor Moore Attends American Municipal Association Meet
Mayor C D Moore returned from Portland where he attended the American Municipal association convention June 20 to 22 at Timberline lodge Mount Hood. The conference drew 125 officials from the northwest including mayors of Boise Twin Falls Idaho Falls and Pocatello with speeches on urban housing veterans housing and relief in war torn Europe by UNRRA official George Mooney.
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C. D. Moore
Portland
American Municipal Association
Timberline Lodge
Mount Hood
Earl Riley
Moore
Morton Long
Washington, D. C
Earl J. Glade
Salt Lake
Great New West
George Mooney
Canada
Administrative Council
European Regional Office
UNRRA
Europe
Northwest
Boise
Twin Falls
Idaho Falls
Pocatello
Earthquake Shakes Northwest Sways Seattle and Vancouver
A strong quake rocked the Northwest causing Seattle buildings to sway and a wall collapse at a Courtenay post office. Plate glass shattered as tall Vancouver structures swayed, with casualties and displaced residents reported amid continuing tremors.
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Courtenay
Georgia
Vancouver
B. C
Vancouver Island Earthquake Grips Coast Off Vancouver
A quake rattled the Canadian coast with masonry crashing near a railway station and chimneys collapsing. A gas line snapped and multiple power outages occurred while the Lions Gate Bridge swayed and a highway bridge cracked. War veterans fled the old Hotel Vancouver as lines shorted north of Seattle and Everett reports cut service for about thirty minutes.
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Canadian National
Vancouver
George Finley
Lions Gate
Vancouver Harbor
Empire
Seattle
Highway Department
Everett
Vancouver Island
Twin Falls Telegram Women’s Page Honored in 1945 Contest
The Twin Falls Telegram women’s page earned second place in a national contest by the National Federation of Press Women for the Christmas 1945 issue. Editor then was Mrs. Olive May Cook. current editor is Shirley Bay.
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Twin Falls
National Federation of Press Women
Twin Falls Telegram
Olive May Cook
Telegram
Shirley Bay
Fire Destroys Stockyard Buildings in Meridian Blaze
A wind driven stockyard fire in Meridian destroyed three warehouses and buildings including a 20 year old drying structure of the Idaho Evaporating Company and a cooperative facility. Power loss halted most hoses. firefighters faced a fast spread with a northwest wind. Louis Yoder of Nampa owned a ruined warehouse. cause was not immediately known.
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Meridian
Idaho
Louis Yoder
Nampa
Captain Gee Receives Army Commendation Ribbon
Captain Lynn L. Gee of Poca is cited for the Army Commendation Ribbon. The award recognizes his service as a reserve officer and later as officer in charge of timely development of a biological war fare agent at Camp Detrick Maryland, for guiding superior production medium and key pilot plant research. Signed by Major General Alden H. Waitt, chief CWS.
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Lynn L. Gee
W. E. Gee
Pocatello
Camp Detrick
Frederick
Gee
Alden H. Waitt
Cws
Boy Survives Night in Utah Mountains
In Wellsville Utah three year old Jimmy Parker son of Mr. Ward Parker wandered with family members during an outing in the northeast Utah mountains. The boy survived the night after being found by rescuers and returned safely.
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Wellsville
Utah
Utah Mountains
Jimmy Parker
Missing Wellsville boy found after overnight search
A young boy wandered from a family picnic in eastern Cache valley and was found on a ledge at daybreak by his father and an uncle Smith Parker. Searchers located him at 6 a.m. after an all night hunt amid local exposure and shock.
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James Parker
Wellsville
Cache Valley
Smith Parker
Jeep Kills Passenger in Oregon Jeep Mishap
Pvt. Chester J. Kuchnia of Chicago died when an army jeep overturned in heavy rain near NYSSA Oregon. The incident occurred yesterday as troops were traveling in a convoy and the vehicle turned over on a slick road.
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Nyssa, Ore
Chester J. Kuchnia
Chicago, Ill
The frog breathes by swallowing air.
The frog uses gulped air to aid respiration due to the absence of ribs, preventing chest expansion and contraction as in typical breathing.
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White House
Truman
Charles G. Ross
Opa
Pocatello Drug
Littl
Mate and Center
Regular
Phes
Bette
Bettie
Idahoan
Less
Pat
Her
Nyssa
Douglas C. Evans
Tae Lae Drews
Kuchnia
New York
Jeep
McOmber’s Dairy
Snake River Valley
Idaho Power Company
Telay Idaho Power Company
Idaho Power
Idaho VY
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