Calendar Reform Opposed on Religious Grounds
President Belleau of the Idaho Conference of Seventh Day Adventists urged opposition to the World Calendar reform. He argued it disrupts the weekly Sabbath and sacred week structure, noting Christians Jews and Muslims hold specific holy days. The plan would create a 364 day year with an extra World Holiday and a leap day every four years, altering sacred time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World Calendar Association
George Belleau
Idaho Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
Pocatello Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Belleau
New York City
Lawns to Be Planted at West Pocatello Housing
F C Hummell of Boise consulting architect says 120 homes built by the American Land Co in west Pocatello are completed. The company plans to contract for lawn installation, though some street work remains to be finished at the project.
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American Land Company
West Pocatello
F. C. Hummell
Boise
Federal Housing Authority
Hummell
Polio Leader Basil O Connor to Speak at Local Banquet
Basil O Connor president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis will speak Monday at 7 P M at a banquet in his honor held by the local Infantile Paralysis Foundation and medical and nurses associations. Lava Hot Springs foundation will discuss making Lava Hot Springs a treatment center for polio. B A McDevitt will MC the dinner and Judge L E Glennon will introduce O Connor. Leaders from Idaho foundations are expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basil O'Connor
New York
National Foundation For
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Lava Hot Springs Foundation
O'Connor
Lava Hot Springs
Pocatello
B. A. McDevitt
Bannock County Foundation
L. E. Glennon
Idaho
O’connor
McDevitt
Roosevelt
Salt Lake City
Two Boys Enlisted in Navy at Pocatello Station
In the past week two 17 year old applicants were enlisted through the Pocatello navy recruiting station. Ace Hansen of Pocatello and Bryan Gardner of Malad were accepted. After ten days they will be called for boat training at Farragut.
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Navy
Pocatello Navy
Ace Hansen
Pocatello
Lillie Gravatt
East Halliday
Bryan Gardner
Charles Gardner
Malad
Farragut
Sheriff Arrests Man On Burglary Charge
A. J. Akins was arrested Friday on burglary charges after breaking into the Alameda service station. Investigators say the entry was made by breaking a south window, with about 200 mixed gas stamps A B C T and E taken, all of which Akins claimed were endorsed.
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A. J. Akins
Alameda
Sheriff's Office
Representatives Leave to Attend State Convention
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Walz Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Brynildsen and Mrs. Vern Roche left Saturday morning to attend the Idaho state postal convention at Boise. Walz elected to represent the local branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers and its auxiliary. Brynildsen will represent the local branch of the National Federation of Postoffice Clerks. Mrs. Brynildsen is state president of NFPOC auxiliary and Mrs. Roche is state secretary of NALC auxiliary.
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E. W. Walz
P. A. Brynildsen
Vern Roche
Idaho
Boise
Walz
National Association of Letter Carriers
Brynildsen
National Federation of Postoffice Clerks
N.F.P.O.C
Roche
N.A.L.C. Auxiliary
Journalist Margaret Cobb Airshie Travels Through Idaho
On her way to Chicago, Margaret Cobb Airshie of the Boise Statesman and Twin Falls Telegram passed through Pocatello Thursday evening en route to the national Republican convention.
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Margaret Cobb Airshie
Boise Statesman
Twin Falls Telegram
Pocatello
Chicago
Japan loses 44 ships and 638 planes in Marianas
An axis broadcast reports heavy bomber attacks on Yap Palau and Tobi islands flanking the Philippines. Tobi lies midway between MacArthur’s Dutch New Guinea positions and the Philippines. Tokyo boasts of a day when Japan’s whole navy is deployed in the Marianas waters.
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Japan
Marianas
Yap
Palau
Tobi Islands
Philippines
Tobi
MacArthur
Dutch New Guinea
Phlippines
Asia
Tokyo
U. S
Marianas Islands
Rotary Chief Wells Heads July Rotarian Cover
Richard H. Wells of Pocatello president of Rotary International appears on the July Rotarian cover. The leading article Are We Fit to Win is by Wells urging preparation for peace. The issue also features Dick is the Name with Wells family photos including Kay Anne and Gail, wife of Lt. Keith Petty USNR.
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Richard H. Wells
Pocatello
Rotary International
The
Rotarian
International Organization
Wells
Rotary
Shock Troops Crack Last Defenses of Cherbourg
Soviet and Allied forces advance amid heavy air raids in France and Italy. Russian troops claim Cherbourg falls and 200 towns captured as bombers hit Pas de Calais. German reports claim executions of prisoners while French forces push toward the Ombrone river near Rome.
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Cherbourg
Pas-de- Calais
France
Hitler
Normandy
U.S
Italy
Fifth Army
Ombrone
Rome
Eye Sight Specialist to Visit Bannock Hotel
Dr. H. H. Scarborough of Salt Lake City will be at the Bannock Hotel on Wednesday and Thursday June 28 and 29 to examine eyes and fit glasses. See him for skilled eye examination and correctly fitted glasses.
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H. H. Scarborough
Salt Lake City
Bannock Hotel
Iris Garden Attracts Visitors West Of Brennan Store
Iris display at the home of Mrs. Bert Merritt near the Brennan store draws crowds. She has grown 607 varieties of iris, many unique to the area, and visitors are urged to see the blooms before they fade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Merritt
Brennan
Iris
Merritt
Eight Couples Granted Marriage Licenses in County Clerk Ceremony
County Clerk Anna Reefe issued licenses Friday to Harold Ruff and Amieta Anthony of Idaho and Spokane, and to Junior Miles and Ruth Porter of Lava Hot Springs with Porter’s mother’s consent. Saturday licenses go to Orville Jackson Jr. of Browns Town and Isabelle Zaccardi, and Joseph Gobeil and Laura Zwiron of St. Paul. A note adds a new process for making soap from petroleum.
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Anna Reefe
Harold John Ruff
Spokane
Amieta J. Anthony
Idaho Falls
Reese Miles
Ruth Porter
Lava Hot Springs
Laura Zwiron
St. Paul, Minn
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