Three-Wike Collision Bottles Up Pole Line Cedar Street
Two people and a Greyhound bus collided late Thursday on Pole Line road Cedar Street causing injuries. John Apa 820 East Lander Street fractured clavicle. Bus passenger Nellie Hall kept for observation for wrist and possible arm fracture. Shirley Stokes 6 narrates smoke and fear as two cars parked at Halford service station were damaged. Passengers transferred to another vehicle. officers Bedingfield Muir Hillbrand Bennet investigated.
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Greyhound
Pole Line Road
Cedar St
General Hospital
John Apa
East Lander St
Nellie Hall
Hamer
Idaho
Shirley Stokes
Stokes
Walier
Mont
J. S. Halford
Halford
Bedingfield
Muir
Hillbrand
Bennet
Idaho Democrats Convene Banquet Ahead of Platform Convention
Idaho's Young Democrats will gather at a Boise hotel banquet Friday night on the eve of the state platform convention. Guest speaker Claude J. Burtenshaw, political science professor at Ricks College and Madison County state committeeman, will address the group.
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Boise
Idaho
Boise Hotel
Claude J. Burtenshaw
Ricks College
Madison County
Doctors Get Throat Tips From Salt Lake Specialist
About 40 physicians and allied persons attended a Bannock hotel dinner meeting in Pocatello. Dr Ralph Rigby of Salt Lake City, a throat foreign object removal specialist, provided tips to the local medical society, which serves southeastern Idaho. The society is led by President Dr Forrest Howard with Dr Ralph B Hegsted as vice president and Dr W R Hearne as secretary-treasurer.
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Pocatello
Ralph Rigby
Salt Lake City
Bannock
Pocatello Medical Society
Idaho
Forrest Howard
Ralph B. Hegsted
W. R. Hearne
Wallace Travels Deep South Amid Rough Reception
Henry A. Wallace faced a hostile southern welcome as state police from Mississippi and Louisiana escorted him through the region. An unfriendly Monroe crowd threw tomatoes while troopers kept watch, following three days of egg and tomato attacks during his southern campaigning trip.
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Monroe
Mississippi
Louisiana
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
Stevenson Leads Texas Senate Nomination Narrowed to 255
Former Governor Coke Stevenson maintained the lead in the Texas Democratic senatorial race though his margin fell to 255 votes after revised returns from six counties. Stevenson's total stood at 494,299 with Lyndon B. Johnson at 493,974 after corrections.
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Dallas
Tex
Coke Stevenson
Texas Election Bureau
Stevenson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Diamond Cab Case Upheld Taxicab Fare, City Witnesses
Judge R Don Bistline upheld the Pocatello ordinance setting a 35 cent minimum taxi fare. State of Idaho vs Diamond Cab Co drew mayor George Phillips and councilmen as witnesses. two councilmen did not appear. An appeal to district court was planned after the judge ordered a formal judgment and possible penalty.
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R. Don Bistline
Pocatello
State of Idaho
The
Diamond Cab Co
George Phillips
James Hopper
Harold Hinckley
J. P. Halliwell
Hugh Maguire
Ralph Jones
Otis Wootsers
Taxi Company
Bistline
Maguire
Wooters
Idaho panel seeks to merge mine inspector into labor office
The Idaho labor legislation committee proposed a bill to abolish the office of mines inspector and transfer its duties to the commissioner of labor. The act, led by Fred McCabe of Boise, will be submitted to the 1949 legislature.
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BOISE
Idaho Labor Legislative Committee
Commissioner of Labor
Fred McCabe
Governor Robins lauds Sam Hanson as outstanding Pocatello citizen
A letter from Governor C. A. Robins’ office, signed by executive secretary Louise Shadduck, congratulates Sam Hanson the POST columnist after his selection by the Veterans of Foreign Wars as Pocatello’s outstanding citizen for 1948. The governor’s message praises Hanson as deserving, noting VFW’s PICK and following the POST staff.
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C. A. Robins
Sam Hanson
POST
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Pocatello
Louise Shadduck
Idaho Registrants Warned On Draft
Idaho Selective Service Director Grig. Gen. John E. Walsh reminded men 18 through 25 that only those on active duty are exempt from registration. He noted confusion about National Guardsmen and reservists with a local board turning down guardsmen.
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Boise
Grig
John E. Walsh
Idaho
Selective Service
Walsh
Gaming equipment burns in Sawtooth club raid
Hailey Idaho two liquor law enforcement officers burned an expensive roulette table crap table and two 21 tables confiscated in a raid on the Sawtooth club about two weeks ago. State liquor law enforcement director Clarence Saunders could not travel due to an appendectomy in Boise hospital.
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Hailey
Ida
Clarence Saunders
Boise
National Safety Council estimates Labor Day highway deaths
The National Safety Council projected 260 immediate highway deaths during the Labor Day weekend, with 30 million cars and 100 million pleasure seekers on the roads. The AAA forecast 300 deaths as part of a worst traffic jam period, while railways and airlines prepared for peak travel.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
American Automobile Association
AAA
The
Safety Council
United Airlines
Jury Blames Truck Driver For Accident
Coroner's jury faulted the truck driven by Joe Williams for a crash south of the city that killed five, citing loss of control but finding no negligence. Survivors include 17 year old Eileen Morrison in hospital. civil actions possible by Morrison and Thalmann families.
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Joe Williams
Benton Ave
Williams
Morrison
Roberts Thalmann
Morrison Auto
Eileen Morrison
Ed Edgley
Joe Croxall
Charles Remberg
E. T. Hancock
J. W. Gregory
Dan W. Martin
Keith Mo
William Poll
F. M. Ayers
Joe Trujillo
F. M. Schilbabel
Wallace D. Hartman
Loyalty Check Proposed for Officers and Enlisted
A joint Army, Navy and committee recommends a loyalty check of all officers and enlisted personnel to root out communists and other disloyal individuals. The panel urges discharge other than honorable for any serviceman found disloyal.
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Washington
Army, Navy and Committee
Armed Forces
United States
Joint Committee
New Rides To Help City Chest Drive
Stan Day and Harold Ory will assist C Ed Flandro as Gate City launches a 40000 dollar Community Chest drive. Flandro set a goal just below last year in a Wednesday meeting and co chairmen were named Thursday. A Sept 8 meeting will pick assistants while Oct 1 opens the campaign for advance gifts and by Oct 25 the citywide program goes into high gear per Paul Scott.
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Stan Day
Harold Ory
C. Ed Flandro
Community Chest
Gate City
Flandro
Paul Scott
The
Chest Organization
Reds Going Home San Francisco
Soviet Vice Consul Ivan Tarassov and another consulate member left San Francisco with families aboard the Southern Pacific Overland Limited heading to New York and Russia in a consulate shutdown move.
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San Francisco
Ivan Tarassov
New York
Russia
Bridges Rejects Conciliation Calls in Major West Coast Walkout
Thirty thousand maritime workers begin a six month walkout as Marty Bridges rejects federal talks and orders a long strike. Dockworkers and seafarers set up picket lines and soup kitchens while the federal conciliator Margolis urges negotiations.
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San Francisco
CIO
Marty Bridges
Pacific Shipping
Bridges
William N. Margolis
U. S. Conciliation Service
Washington
Margolis
Waterfront Employers’ Association
WEA
Frank Boisie
Foisier
Pocatello Post cautions against unauthorized subscription offers
The Pocatello Post reports that bargain offers are being made for this paper. No arrangement exists to sell subscriptions with any other publication. No one is authorized to sell POST subscriptions for any other firm. Call the POST to report such offers.
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Pocatello Post
The
POST
Veterans Fined For Egging Rexburg Speech
Rexburg police court records show two World War II veterans Jerry Brian and Harold Butler fined $20 each for disturbing the peace by throwing rotten eggs at a Taylor Rexburg speech. They pleaded guilty and linked the incident to a Truman or Wallace campaign clash as the BOSS Senate slate commented.
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Truman
Wallace
Russia
Wallace-Taylor Progressive Party
Jerry Brian
Harold Butler
Rexburg
Twin Falls Slot Income Rises in August
Twin Falls city revenue from slot machines increased by 2517.50 in August compared with July. August totals lift year to date income from the machines to 239419.66 dollars.
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Twin Falls
Cardinals Dominate Ogden Reds 9 4 At Halliwell Park
Pocatello Cardinals overpower Ogden Reds 9 to 4 at Halliwell Park as Adolphe Torres goes distance. Reds jump ahead with early run but Cards rally in third inning with walks and timely hits. Tonight features Players Appreciation Night with 60 plus gifts for fans and a potential single game record.
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Pocatello Cardinals
Halliwell Park
Nat LeBlanc
Ogden
Uthpaw
Adolphe Torres
Pocatello
Reds
Cliff Ross
Bob Murphy
Torres
Ernie Schuerman
Ray Lewins
Murphy
Schuerman
Ed Mickelson
Lou Ruehl
al Neil
Lowins
Mickelson
Funeral Services Today For Caldwell Victims
Funeral services are held Friday afternoon at the First Methodist church for four Caldwell residents who died in an April 18 airplane crash in Idaho. Mayor and Mrs R H McNeill and Mr and Mrs Don Baldridge, recovered from 8,000 foot Flk summit northeast of McCall, leave two and one sons respectively. Caldwell businesses will close 2 to 4 30 p m for the service.
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Caldwell, Ida
First Methodist Church
Caldwell
Idaho
R. H. McNeill
Don Baldridge
McCall
Caldwell Business Houses
Mr. Baldridge
Ida
Coeur d'Alene
Elk Summit
Truman Denies Red Charges as Plain Lie
President Truman denounced House un American Activities Committee claims that he shelters communists as a plain lie. He called the accusations a red herring tied to failed inflation policy and stated the inquiry against wartime atomic security would continue despite his denial.
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Washington
Truman
House
White House
House un-American Activities Committee
Russia
GOP
Congress
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