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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1944
Page
8
Around Town items report travels to Iowa and Denver, a postponed Presbyterian picnic, military leaves for Camp White and a buying trip to the east, local police notices of vandalism, and visits from residents including Ruth Peterson and Mrs. B M Hines. Also listed are board meetings, graduations, and hog shipments.
Mrs. Elsie Nielson of Spanish Forks Utah left a purse at the Coffee Cup on Center Street at 400 East about 6 30 p m containing glasses a case a wrist watch five dollars and personal papers She was en route to Lewisville Idaho for a funeral Mr E W Gasser of 517 South Seventh reported the loss of a gasoline coupon book for a car bearing the license 3A 8157
Bannock county Republican precinct committeemen will meet at 8 p m Saturday July 8 in the city council chambers police building to elect a county chairman state executive committee men and other party officers. A decree of divorce was granted in Melva E Pullmer vs Kenneth O Fullmer with custody awarded to the plaintiff for two sons aged 10 and 6.
Special agent Charlies Lewis reports Felice Perniziani age 24, a prisoner of war who does not speak English, escaped from a train at Orden at 2 am by jumping from a window. He has a scar under the chin and wore a blue denim jumper marked P.W. and is believed to have boarded a freight to Pocatello.
Police report a 1 15 a m collision in the 260 block East Center. Celia Chapman of 1745 North Main allegedly hit a coupe driven by Ruth Larson which was being parked. The coupe suffered a damaged front fender and Chapman was arrested on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence.
Mayor C. D. Moore says bad weather has the street department using trucks to haul gravel from the city pit west of Pocatello. The gravel will repair and maintain alleys and streets, with many underused alleys now being regraded and brought up to standard.
District Judge L. E. Glennon grants a divorce in the case of Romania Dayley Smith versus Francis Howard Smith. The plaintiff is awarded custody of a minor son. They were married August 11 1936 in Salt Lake City. The complaint accuses the husband a railroad brakeman of three days absence and drinking while away from home last August.
A county clerk granted a license to Robert Louis Delphin 20 Hartford Conn a soldier at Pocatello army air field and Mildred Lee 19 Wichita Falls Texas. Saturday licenses went to Elmer C Cummings 24 Vancouver Washington in military service and Julia A Hagan 18 Salem Oregon to Joseph E Gobeil 22 and Laura Zwirn 21 St Paul Minn and Orville Jackson Jr 19 Browns town Ind in the military service and Isabella Zaccardi 18 Pocatello.
Juvenile Judge Willard Lund sentenced Joe Riley and Ernest Peterson, both from Chicago, to six months in county jail and court costs for contributing to delinquency of a minor. They allegedly took two girls aged 15 and 16 to Rock Springs where arrests were made. one girl claimed she was 18. The girls face juvenile court arraignment on Tuesday. Both defendants had 4-F draft status.
Reports note the girls were allegedly taken across the state line with a sister stating they walked into Wyoming and were picked up by Riley and Peterson. The piece also covers university staff moves, juvenile driving warnings, a divorce custody ruling, a misreported arrest, and a Bannock county farm wage board meeting.
A notice invites farm or barnyard workers to testify before the board. Court reporter Ray Bistline will record the proceedings for Judge I E McDougall. Billy Goat is tied to a police station flagpole after vagrancy charges filed by Officer John Perkins and MP Dave Hamilton. His wife Nanny is not allowing him home for non support. she was last seen with a soldier.
Soviet reports claim 16 000 Germans killed and 25 mile advance in three days near Vitebsk Mogilev and Bobruisk with 1650 towns freed. A German front near Ostrov is challenged as Leningrad and Karelian fronts push toward Estonia and Finland, threatening Petrozavodsk and the Svir river crossing.
Official canvass results show Taylor defeating Clark by 216 votes among Idaho statewide races. The document lists vote totals for governor, secretary of state, attorney general, treasurer, auditor, lieutenant governor, and congressional seats with party breakdowns and pluralities.
A GOP insider said a “responsible leader” approached Byrd about the vice presidential slot. Byrd declined the offer while California pledged 50 Dewey votes on the first ballot pushing his tally toward nomination. Alabama and Florida also swung to Dewey as Bricker forces press on to the roll call. Illinois Governor Green accused Roosevelt officials of meddling with wartime military heads.
Field dispatches describe the third of the city under American control amid heavy bombardment of Cherbourg forts by Nevada Tuscaloosa Quincy Glasgow Enterprise Arkansas and Texas with support from British units. Omar Bradley seeks to spare the town while mopping up pockets resist and Rommel fails to retake Ste. Honorine La Chardonnerette amid rain and shells.
A fragment notes that in November professional fighting men will receive a free hand, implying reduced restrictions or controls on their actions. The wording suggests a policy shift affecting combat sports or military work, but details and context are unclear from the fragment.
Ration roundup lists revised validity for meat fats and processed foods with book four red stamps A8 through W8 and blue stamps A8 through V8 remaining valid indefinitely. Additional stamps W8 through Z8 and AS become valid July 1. Sugar stamps 30 31 32 remain five pounds. Stamp 40 five pounds through Feb 28 1945. Shoes airplane stamps 1 2 valid indefinitely. Gasoline coupons 12-A valid three gallons through Sept 21. B-3 B-4 C-3 C-4 valid five gallons everywhere.
An airline carried one million passengers during 1927 to 1937 and again logged the same figure in the first ten months of 1941, marking two consecutive decades of high passenger traffic for the carrier.
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