Pocatello Schools Open Tuesday Form 49 50 Term
Pupils return to schools Tuesday with 8 30 a m for juniors 9 a m for grade school and 8 40 a m for high school. Bus routes and assignments align with last year including newcomer placement. Tyhee and Westello areas direct first graders to Jefferson and other neighborhoods to Washington and Portneuf Park Wyeton subdivisions to prior schedules.
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Pocatello
Westello
West Beach
Jefferson School
Pocatello Heights
College Terrace
Washington School
Portneuf Park
Wyeton
Tyhee Jr
Tyhee
Franklin
Irving Jr
Citizen Sues Western Union for 50 Million Dollars
A self described citizen and taxpayer sues Western Union Telegraph Co. for 50 million dollars, alleging the firm drains federal postal revenue by illegally handling first class mail without postage. The case, filed in Danville Illinois federal court, seeks to restore postal revenue and uphold the post office monopoly.
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Danville, Ill
Western Union Telegraph Co
Western Union
United States
Raymond W. Nichols
Morristown
Minn
Wever
Nichols
Federal Court
Walter C. Lindley
Nichole
Egally
New York City
Telegraph Company
U.S. Postal Department
Wild Bullet Strikes Woman at Filer Fairgrounds
Mrs. George Monroe was wounded in the back of the head by a bullet believed to be a ricochet from a shooting gallery at the Two Falls county fairgrounds in Filer. She sat in the grandstand during the rodeo when the bullet pierced the backrest plank and struck her. Sheriff Jesse Carlton said inquiry shows the bullet came from one of three 22 caliber rifles at the gallery, which has since been moved.
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Twin Falls
Filer Fairgrounds
George Monroe
Twin Falls County
Two Falls County Fairgrounds
Filer
Monroe
Jesse Carlton
Idaho Falls Teen Dies After Auto Crash North of Shelley
Gilbert Pratley age 16 of Idaho Falls was fatally injured when a car driven by Monte G. Scott overturned after a tire blew out. Pratley suffered a skull fracture and other injuries and was thrown from the vehicle. Rolland Wilson, also of Idaho Falls, remained in the car and was not hurt. Police reported the wreck occurred Friday night, the car skidded 62 feet and rolled 1.5 times.
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Idaho Falls
Gilbert Pratley
Shelley
Hatley
Monte G. Scott
Rolland Wilson
Child Drowns in Local Irrigation Ditch Near Home
A two year old girl Colleen Bossnan, daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold tich on, fell into an irrigation ditch near her Kimberly home and drowned around noon Friday.
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Kimberly
Colleen Bossnan
Harold Tich On
Labor Parade in Pocatello to award $130 in prizes
Labor day parade in downtown Pocatello will start at 10 am from the high school with about 20 floats entered. Judges include city officials and a Fort Hall Indian group will participate along with the municipal band and refreshments funded by local merchants and Coca Cola.
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Pocatello
Tom H. Morris
Arthur
Wyeth
Main
Center
Bonneville
Caldwell Park
Morris
Guy Gates
Fort Hall Reservation
Coca-Cola Company
Drillers Suffer Shock After Farm Well Blast
A father and son, Oscar Sigman aged 19 and Sterling Sigman aged 34 from American Falls, were hurt Friday in a well drilling accident near Pocatello. A dynamite blast snapped a live electric wire, nearly electrocuting them. they are in fair to good condition at General hospital with shock as the main issue.
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General Hospital
Oscar B. Sigman
Sterling Sigman
American Falls
Pocatello House Hospital
Sigmans
Lee Richardson
Pocatello
Mink Creek
Campaign Closes for Petition Signatures in Bannock County
The drive to secure about 3,800 signatures for a second hospital bond election ends Wednesday. W. L. Phillips chairing the committee reports near enough signatures gathered countywide, with a concentrated push over Labor Day weekend to ensure the target is met. County Treasurer Mrs. Laura Berg notes about nine percent of signatures are defective.
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W. L. Phillips
Bannock County
Phillips
Laura Berg
LDS to Hold Semi-Annual Conference
The 120th semi annual conference of the Latter Day Saints church will be held with two sessions. The relief society plans meetings on September 28 and 29. Joseph W. Anderson notes the gathering is scheduled earlier than usual, possibly the first September start.
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Salt Lake City
Latter-Day Saints
Cal. Y
Relief Society
Joseph W. Anderson
Card Uprising Falls Short
Salt Lake City Bees fall behind 8 2, surge in ninth to tie Pocatello Cardinals 8 8. Sabatini singles and Sacrifice, White pops out, Tuc kett walks, Noverini’s 375 foot double drives Sabatini home for a 9 8 final.
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Salt Lake City
Dick Sabatini
Don Napoli
Ray White
Glen Tuckett
Jack Rial
Little Jimmy Noverini
Sabatini
Truman Signs $7.62 Billion Budget For VA and AEC
President Truman approved a 7.6177 billion dollar appropriation covering the veterans administration the atomic energy commission and numerous independent federal agencies for the bargain year ending June 30. The measure allows contract obligations up to 452.19 million and provides about 5 billion for the VA and 1 billion for the AEC.
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Washington
Truman
Veterans Administration
Atomic Energy Commission
Orchard Loses Pet In Idaho Prison
Harry Orchard Idaho state prison's oldest lifer has lost his dog Pooch a part collie and part shepherd run down by a car. Orchard 83 year old convicted slayer of Gov. Steunenberg hopes for another dog to fill Pooch's place. Orchard raised Pooch on the prison grounds.
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Boise
Harry Orchard
Idaho State Prison
Pooch
Frank Steunenberg
Orchard
Alameda Man Arrested in Shovel Assault Case
Art Edgington of 345 Taft was arrested Friday by Police Chief G W Chatterton on a complaint by Ernest Exeter charging assault with a deadly weapon. Edgington waived preliminary hearing before Justice Charles Hyde and was bound over to district court on a $750 bond after allegedly striking Exeter in the face arms and ribs with a shovel handle during an irrigation water dispute.
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Art Edgington
Taft
G. W. Chatterton
Alameda
Ernest Exeter
McKinley
Edgington
Justice of the Peace
Charles Hyde
Exeter
Russets Forfeit Loss to Ogden Reds
Idaho Falls Russets forfeited to the Ogden Reds 9 0 in Pioneer league action. Umpire George Ciarelli awarded the game after Idaho Falls players and manager refused to obey a ruling following protests over ball and strike calls.
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Ogden
Idaho Falls Russets
Ogden Reds
Pioneer League
Russets
George Ciarelli
Idaho Falls
Don Corey
Ciarelli
Frank Ga
Florida manhunt ends as fugitive Russell slain in orange grove
In Tampa Florida a 34 year old knife wielding fugitive John Calvin Russell was killed after a four day chase by deputies Bob Spooner and Harvard Frazier. Russell under indictment for the torture slaying of Norman Browne at Clearwater fought back before being shot multiple times and dying. Browne and his wife were assaulted at their home with Browne slain and his wife tortured.
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Tampa
Fla
Florida
John Calvin Russell
Bob Spooner
Harvard Frazier
Spooner
Harvard
Russell
Pinellas County
Clearwater
Norman Browne
Browne
Strike Talks Of U P to Be Held Soon
Union Pacific Railroad and the Union for Conductors and Engineers plan negotiations in five Western states before Oct 1. A strike authorisation is in effect from Oct 1, with potential postponement if talks succeed. Officials from Idaho and Oregon regions note meetings may occur in Salt Lake City or Pocatello.
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U.P
Omaha
Union Pacific Railroad
The
Union
Railroad
Salt Lake City
Pocatello, Ida
Huntington
Ore
Idaho
Granger
Wyo
Butte, Mont
H. W. Corbett
Pocatello
Order of Railway Conductors
D. W. Brassey
Nampa, Idaho
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Ferns and Plants Offer Cancer Cure Hope
Harvard botanist Dr. Ralph H. Wetmore said recently developed plant-based techniques aid cancer growth studies. He noted plants may reveal tissue development changes under various influences, offering potential insights into factors behind uncontrolled cell growth. Wetmore spoke ahead of a symposium at Connecticut College by the Society for the Study of Development and Growth, which he leads.
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New London
Conn
Harvard
Ralph H. Wetmore
Wetmore
Connecticut College
Society of Study of Development and Growth
Crowth
State Police Not To Relax Enforcement Over Labor Day
Idaho Governor Robins warned Friday there will be no relaxation in enforcing liquor and gambling laws during Labor Day weekend. A memo to R C Lewis, Idaho commissioner of law enforcement, stressed that rumors of leniency are unfounded and enforcement must be continuous and equitable without exceptions.
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Boise
Co. A. Robins
R. C Lewis
Idaho
Idaho Labor Day Weekend Shuts Banks and Offices
Idaho observes a three day weekend as Labor Day falls on Monday. Banks liquor stores and state and county offices will be closed for the holiday. Memorial Day and July 4 also opened on Mondays this year.
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Boise
Women sentenced in Hyde court for public intoxication
Juanita Meeks received 30 days in the county jail and Nancy Arnold 60 days for being intoxicated in a public place. Justice of the Peace Charles W. Hyde presided Friday afternoon.
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Justice of the Peace
Charles W. Hyde
Juanita Meeks
Nancy Arnold
Meeks
Arnold
Yakima Man Arrested on Idaho Forgery and Flight Charges
A Yakima Washington man Kenneth W. Mathew 35 was arrested in Portland on forgery and flight to avoid prosecution charges. He is linked to December 1947 forgeries in Baker Oregon and Malad Idaho and holds a Twin Falls Idaho warrant listing alias R R Lee. FBI Portland chief F A Fletcher notes resemblance to an Idaho assault case in Rupert around July 15.
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Jack L
Jumping Jack) Niles
Oakland
Canf
Fort Lee
N. J
George Washington Bridge
Niles
Hudson River
Golden Gate
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
Portland
FBI
Yakima, Wash
Kenneth W. Mathew
Baker, Ore
Malad
Idaho
U. S
Twin Falls
Mathew
R. R. Lee
F. A. Fletcher
Rupert
Truman Plans Three Flights On Labor Day
President Truman will fly from Washington to Pittsburgh to address the Allegheny County Free Fair at noon, then to Des Moines for an Amvets convention speech, and finally to Kansas City before driving to Independence. He plans to return to Washington Tuesday.
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Washington
Truman
Independence
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Idaho Drivers Kill 90 in August Auto Fatalities
Boise Idaho. Twenty one persons died in Idaho auto accidents in August raising the yearly toll to 90. State safety director George Vaughn said there were 142 deaths in Idaho during the first eight months of 1948. Deaths by month for 1948 and 1949 are listed with August at 21 and 25 respectively. Vaughn stressed August figures are those reported to his office.
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Boise
Idaho
George Vaughn
Vaughn
Blonde Attempted Bank Robbery in Dallas
A neatly dressed young blonde woman attempted to rob the Dallas National Bank shortly before noon today by delivering a handwritten note to a teller. The teller slammed the cage window down, ending the attempt.
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Dallas
Dallas National Bank
Widow Seeks 100000 Damages in Plant Death Case
Coleen Porter and her son De Lewis Porter sue Lego Milk Products Co. and Utah Light and Power Co. in federal court for 100637 dollars claiming De Lewis Porter was killed by an electrical shock at the Preston plant on April 18, 1948. The complaint accuses the firms of negligence and carelessness.
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Boise
Preston Milk Products Company
Coleen Porter
de- Lewis Porter
Lego Milk Products Co
Utah Light and Power Co
Checks Going To Vets In Idaho For WWI Insurance Dividends
Boise Idaho WWI veterans to receive dividends from Permanent National Service Life Insurance. Leon Fields of the VA notes no link to WWII payments starting January. Those who held GI insurance on the permanent plan before 1944 and kept it through 1948 share in 40 million dollars, with dividends to policyholders who built a full reserve.
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Boise
Idaho
Leon Fields
Veterans’ Administration
Pioneer League Team Rosters and Standings Fragment
The snippet lists Pioneer League teams such as Billings Boise Great Falls Twin Falls and players including Fazzio Shepard Stilwell Mele Neuenswander Con stantino Scott Manier Stumpf Vacure vich Belyea Schroeder Jones Triandos with scattered numeric codes. The fragment lacks full context but indicates rosters and positions or scores tied to specific teams.
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Scott
Manier
Stumpf
Vacurevich
Belyea
Schroeder
Jones and
Triandos
States Agree On Details To Sign Soon
After nearly a year of talks, Idaho and Wyoming near a compact on Snake River water spending for four percent of the river and Salt River flow. Drafting completed. next meeting likely at Cheyenne or Jackson in October with ratification by legislatures and Congress to follow.
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Boise
Wyoming
Idaho
Mark R. Kulp
Cheyenne
Wyo
Kulp
Snake River Compact Commission
Jackson
Wyoming-Idaho
Congress
C. A. Robins
Snake River
Northwest States Development Association
Bishop
European aid under Marshall plan still short of goals
European officials report that over 5 billion dollars of U S aid has not yet made Europe self supporting despite two years of improvement. They note unresolved dollar shortage and urge deeper economic cooperation and lower trade barriers to meet the 1952 self sufficiency goal.
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Paris
Europe
U.S
Marshall Plan
Baron Jean Charles Snoy
Belgium
Organization For European Economic Cooperation
Robert Marjolin
France
OEEC
Assembly of the New Council of Europe
Strasbourg
Boise River flood control funds released
Army engineers informed Rep. Sanborn of Idaho that $80,500 is allotted for Boise river flood control work in Idaho.
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Washington
Army Engineers
Rep. Sanborn
Idaho
Boise River
Tax-Free Veterans Special Dividend Delayed Tax
The Treasury announced that the $2.8 billion special dividend to veterans under the national service life insurance plan will not be subject to income tax. The decision, stated Friday, confirms tax exemption for this veteran benefit.
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Washington
The
Treasury
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Jumping
LDS
Killer
Holiday
Roosevelts
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
New York
Roosevelt
Suzanne Perrin
Yakima
Blonde
Billings
Fazzio
Shepard
Stilwell and
Mele
Neuenswander and
Constantino
Great Falls
Percy Coplon
Birmingham
Ala
Percy
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