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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1945
Page
7
Washington reports railroad section hands press wage demands under the railway labor act. About 300 000 workers seek a 5 cent hourly minimum plus travel time pay and sick leave, with four hours’ pay when no work is available and fullDay pay during mid shift layoffs.
Grace Lutheran church members near completion of purchasing four lots on Tenth and Center in east Pocatello prepare to build a brick church with about 250 seats in the main auditorium. The plan includes a full basement for Sunday school and other activities at an estimated cost of 40 thousand dollars. Architect F R Webber of New York has the specifications. The congregation currently meets in a combination chapel parsonage at Custer and Arthur streets in west Pocatello.
Army and Navy casualties listed for Blackfoot and nearby Idaho towns. Names include McMillen James Dale seaman 1/c Manchester and Clson Allen Edwin machinist’s mate 1/c Coeur d’Alene. Also Wiese Theodore A private first class son of John Wiese Blackfoot. Young Lorin G first lieutenant Burley.
Burglars broke into a Fremont County liquor store and stole about $700 worth of whiskey and gin from the liquor dispensary and post office area. Local police investigate the burglary and review surveillance footage for leads.
Alameda churches present Sunday schools and worship times for multiple denominations including Assembly of God First Church of God Trinity Episcopal and First Methodist Trinity Episcopal Church offers Holy Eucharist and sermons while First Methodist lists sermon on The Paralyzing Effects of Pride and youth activities. Grace Lutheran First Presbyterian Church Nazarene and several other congregations post service times and activities for Sunday and weekday events.
Pfc. William J. Farmer of Blackfoot Idaho, 28, serves in the RAF air transport command Caribbean division on Trinidad as a clerk after duty in Europe and the Americas. His brother T/Sgt. Frank T. Farmer serves with AAF in the Pacific. Trinidad serves as a strategic aerial cross roads for redeploying personnel to the United States. ATC operates a vast transport program across the South Atlantic using C-47s from Trinidad.
The United Service Organizations approved a 1711.50 grant for operating expenses at the Pocatello USO on West Lander for June 1 to August 31. Chairman Nicholas Ifft announced the award after word from Lawrence A. Wheeler, regional USO executive in Kansas City, noting USO facilities in the continental U.S. are trim down by about a thousand, with 2367 facilities remaining. Wheeler said savings allow USO to extend services to the Pacific without raising the national budget. Wheeler explained USO priorities as military moves shift club locations, including overseas expansions to Hawaii and the Philippines, where 161 clubs now operate and 2600+ entertainers serve.
Lavern C Johnson, chairman of the sixth bond area, reported that E bond sales in Bannock county are 25 percent below the 1 081 000 quota as the seventh war loan drive ends. The six county area has surpassed the overall total bond quota despite lagging E bond purchases across seven counties.
Buyers urged to purchase more BE bonds as E bond sales by county show Bannock 806 479 dollars at 75 percent of quota Bear Lake 130 009 equals 71 percent Bingham 342 480 equals 83 percent Caribou 52 090 equals 68 percent Franklin 165 382 equals 75 percent Oneida 115 112 equals 78 percent Power 86 518 equals 83 percent Total county sales reach listed percentages Bannock 107 Bear Lake 86 Bingham 100 Caribou 63 Franklin 87 percent.
Total sales by county show Power at 115 percent and Oneida at 62 percent. Bannock tops list with 2,228,480 dollars. other counties include Bear Lake 253,427 dollars, Bingham 794,000 dollars, Caribou 105,397 dollars, Franklin 296,711 dollars, Power 220,694 dollars, and Oneida 194,820 dollars.
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