North Bannock Fair and Race Meet Opens with Western Theme
The North Bannock Fair opens with the Pocatello Riding Club hosting four days of events. 4-H livestock entries from Tyhee, Poctatello high school department, and county clubs are competing with more junior entrants limited to the junior division. A highlight is the 10-mile $500 race on Saturday with many local sponsors and a Ford prize for a spectator on Sunday.
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North Bannock Fair
Meade
Green Triangle
Fair Grounds
Glenn Kunkel
Kunkel
Tyhee
Robert Henderson, Jr
Pocatello High School Agricultural Department
Ralph Matthews
Robert Schild
Henry Schild
Pocatello Riding Club
Bargain Barn
Baseball Cigar Store
Hi-Way Inn
Inkom
Sawtooth Club
Arco
Scoop’s Men's Store
Stauffer’s Bar- B-Cue
Star Cab ‘Company
Solo Cigar Store
Troy-Parisian
Whitman Hotel
Rotary President To Be Honored Here
Angus Mitchell international president of Rotary clubs will be guest of honor at a special Monday noon meeting of the Rotarians at the Hotel Bannock. Mitchell from Australia is stopping in Pocatello during a tour of Rotarys in the United States. The inter city meeting will feature special programs and will be attended by Rotary representatives from 21 Idaho towns.
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Angus. Mitchell
Rotary Clubs
Rotarians
Bannock
Mitchell
Australia
Pocatello
Rotarys
United States
Rotary
Idaho
Housing Bill Is Complex Explainer Series Opens
Peter Edson, NEA Washington correspondent, launches a three article explainer on what citizens can expect from the recently passed housing bill in Congress. Drew Pearson returns to the editorial page with today’s “Washington Merry-Go-Round” on Berlin crisis and pigs.
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Peter Edson
NEA
Washington
Edson
Drew Pearson
The
Post Today
Pearson
Berlin
Whittaker Elected Secretary Manager of Rupert Chamber
Charles T. Whittaker, Elkhorn ranch owner and longtime educator leader, was elected secretary manager of the Rupert Chamber of Commerce. He has chaired the Idaho School Trustees association and Idaho Educational council, and held several state and county party roles before withdrawing to devote full time to the chamber post.
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Charles T. Whittaker
The
Rupert Chamber of Commerce
Rupert
Chamber of Commerce
Whittaker
Elkhorn Ranch
Idaho School Trustees Association
Idaho Educational Council
National Council of School Boards
Minidoka
Eye Organization
Democratic Central Committee
C. of C
RAF Plans Production of Radical Sweptback Jet XB-47
The Air Force announced plans to put the radical Sweptback nine XB-47 six jet bomber into production. Boeing Aircraft Co of Seattle is negotiating the contract, with negotiations not yet completed.
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Washington
Air Force
Boeing Airplane Co
Seattle
Actress Rita Johnson Brains Emergency Surgery After Hair Dryer Accident
Hollywood dispatch reports film actress Rita Johnson underwent emergency brain surgery to treat a serious concussion after a hair dryer toppled and hit her in her apartment. Mary Ainslee accompanied Miss Johnson from her residence as they were invited to a party at H. D. Hover of Ciro's club.
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Hollywood
Rita Johnson
Miss Johnson
Mary Ainslee
H. D. Hover
Ciro’s
Truman to Spend Election Eve With Shrine
President Truman will attend a mass Shrine ceremony in Kansas City on election eve, as he accepted an invitation to join 1,000 Shriners for the induction event.
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Washington
Truman
Kansas City Shriners
Kansas City
Police Reveal Spud Bowl Parking Plan
Pocatello police plan to use 10 to 15 ISC students to aid two traffic officers during Spud Bowl events. Student body president Bill Folsom says campus parking will be organized and managed this year and students will assist city police on game days.
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ISC
L. F. McKinnon
Pocatello Department
Bill Folsom
Will Honor Cardinals In Ceremony
Pocatello will honor the pennant winning Cardinals with a 15 minute city run today. Mayor George R. Phillips will host 24 players as guests at a Friday 1 15 p m Bannock Hotel dinner with Cardinal President Harold C Hinckley and Pioneer League president J P Jack Haliwell aboard for a triumphal tour and police escort. The Cardinals beat the Ogden Reds 18 to 5 Wednesday night. players may choose the Bannock luncheon menu.
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Pocatello
Cardinals
George R. Phillips
Bannock Hotel
Cardinal
Harold C. Hinckley
Pioneer League
J. P
Jack” Haliwell
Bats
Ogden Reds
Phillips
Ian Phillips
Truman Proclaims United Nations Day on Oct 24
President Truman designated October 24 as United Nations Day and urged government and private groups to sponsor ceremonies honoring the UN. Secretary of State Marshall called for a global re dedication to the UN Charter as the 24th marks the third anniversary of its adoption.
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Washington
Truman
United Nations
George C. Marshall
UN General Assembly
World Peace Organization
Dodgers’ Rex Barney Tosses No Hitter Against Giants
Rex Barney, Brooklyn right hander, pitched a no hitting, no running game to beat the New York Giants 2 to 0 at the Polo Grounds. Only four balls were put in play, Carl Furillo handling them all, as Barney joined a rare club of 8 Dodgers with a no hitter. The final out came on a foul ball off Whitey Lockman.
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NEW York
Rex Barney
Brooklyn
Giants
Barney
Bob Lemon
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Dodger
Phillies
Phils
Traffic Deaths Listed in Idaho for Sept 1
Idaho traffic deaths reached 138 on September 1 this year, up from 118 on the same date in 1947, reported State Safety Director George E. Vaughn on Thursday.
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Boise
Idaho
George E. Vaughn
Miss Minnesota Bebe Shopp Qualifies In Swim Suit Round
Bea trice Bella Shopp from Minnesota, 18, won favor in the preliminary swim suit division at Miss America in Atlantic City. The Berwyn Illinois native measured 5 feet 9 inches tall and 138 pounds with noted bust 37, waist 27, hips 36 and other listed measurements.
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Atlantic City
Beatrice Bella
Bebe
Shopp
Minnesota
Berwyn
Ill
Coast Strike Deadlocked After Refusal to Resume Talks
The Waterfront Employers' Association rejects Harry Bridges offer to return to bargaining as the eight day coast strike continues. They demand non-communist affidavits under Taft-Hartley before any talks, with Bridges planning to reopen once the union's anti Red oath vote tally finishes.
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San Francisco
Waterfront Employers’ Association
Harry Bridges
Bridges
CIO International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s Union
Pius Pleads For Accord With Interparliamentary Delegates
At Castel Gandolfo Pope Pius XII urged 370 delegates of the Interparliamentary Union to seek enduring compromises to settle disputes. He asked if there might be an alternative to war embitterment or force, speaking in French during a two hour audience at his summer palace.
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Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Pius
Interparliamentary Union
Sone
Salt Lake County Grand Jury Meets Over Gambling Issue
The Salt Lake county grand jury will convene Saturday to review the gambling situation following a surprise raid that seized 300 pinball machines. On Wednesday jurors questioned two employees from locations where the machines operated.
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Ss. L. Jury
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake County
Grand Jury
Improvement Bonds Fail To Attract Bids
Pocatello fringe residents to bear without curbs gutters and sidewalks this year as council fails to attract bids for a 105000 general improvement district. City attorney says they tried. one firm would buy if guaranteed by the city. Council also vacated foothill streets, approved 108952.84 in claims, delayed a service station permit, and projected the Carson Street bridge replacement next spring.
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Pocatello
F. F. Tydeman
Bert Reese
City ¢Erk
Reese
Center St
Halliwell Park
Carson St
College Terrace
East Bend
Lewis Street
Pacific States Cast Iron Co
Portland
Carson Street
Les H. Baliff
Leonard M. Steeger dies at 69 in Poca Tell o
Leonard M. Steeger, 69, longtime Poca Tell o resident, died after a lingering illness at the Hotel Bannock where he lived for 44 years. He was a retired wholesale hardware salesman and is survived by sister-in-law May Stackpole of Washington, D.C. Preceded in death by his wife Claire in 1943. Burial will be in Mt. Moriah cemetery. interment by McHan Henderson. Funeral services not yet set.
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Leonard M. Steeger
Pocatello
Bannock
Steeger
May Stackpole
Washington, D.C
Claire
Presbyterian Church
Mt. Moriah Cemetery
McHan- Henderson
Baritone FitzGerald Debuts at Town Hall at 84
At 84 James Taber Fitzgerald, a Los Angeles music dealer by trade, gave his debut concert as a baritone in Town Hall New York. He married his singing teacher at 77 and spoke of singing as a sacred hobby despite past business reverses that left him penniless.
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New York
James Taber Fitzgerald
Town Hall
Fitzgerald
Los Angeles
Sorffe
PHS Jayvee Malad Game Cancelled at Irving Field
Pocatello high school junior varsity game against Malad Dragons at Irving field scheduled for 2 pm today was cancelled last night by Malad. Coach Chick Atkinson announced the decision citing the fair as the reason.
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Pocatello High School
Malad Dragons
Irving Field
Chick Atkinson
Atkinson
Kiwanis Head To Speak At Idaho Meet
J Belmont Mosser of St Marys Pa Kiwanis International president will address the Kiwanis Idaho Utah district meeting at Sun Valley September 26 27 and 28. He promotes adult education and freedom as everyone’s business while serving as vice president and sales manager of Speer Carbon Co and vice president of International Graphite and Electrode Co. Other speakers include Gov Robins Bernard Mainwaring and Rep Dawson.
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J. Belmont Mosser
St. Mary’s
Kiwanis International
Kiwanians
Sun Valley
Mosser
Rocky Mountains
Kiwanis
Pennsylvania
Speer Carbon Co
International Graphite and Electrode Co
Gov. C. A. Robins
Idaho
Bernard Mainwaring
The
Nampa Free Press
William A. Dawson
Utah
Small Party Turns Riot at Seattle Home
Mrs. Mabel Champion hosted a snack for teen friends of her stepson Wally Monette. About 400 youths gathered after a dance, 75 cars lined the street, and doors were forced. Food stock thawed and eaten, freezer emptied, one dish broken. last guests left at 4 a.m. Police were notified.
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Seattle
Mabel Champion
Wally Monette
Champion
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Wally
Purina Official Leads Training in Pocatello for Dealers
W B Kilgore Purina Mills western division sales manager supervises a training course in Pocatello for nine Purina dealer representatives from Washington Oregon Idaho Utah and Montana. Harold Ory Purina Mills manager meets the group at Rippledhill ranch near Ross Park. Morning sessions cover poultry dairy cattle is the afternoon focus hogs are planned for Friday at a Shelley Idaho ranch.
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W. B. Kilgore
Western Division
Purina Mills
Pocatello
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Utah
Montana
Harold Ory
Rippledhill
Ross Park
Shelley
U S and Britain to Leave Hyderabad
UPI reported air evacuation of American and British nationals from Hyderabad will start within 24 hours and be completed by Saturday as India demanded troop stationing in the state. The Nizam refused Indian troops entry amid fighting that left 31 Hyderabad soldiers dead on the border.
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New Delhi
India
UPI
Hyderabad
U. S
Berlin Crisis Deepens as West Scrutinizes Options
London backed by the British government labeled the Berlin crisis extremely serious as diplomats from Britain France and the United States weigh three possible moves. They may end talks with the Russians or push on in Berlin and Moscow while demanding Russian restraint amid the riot.
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London
Berlin
Britain
France
United States
Moscow
Foreign Office
Fort Hall to Host National In Day Celebration
Fort Hall hosts a two day event at Buffalo Lodge on September 24 and 25 to mark In Day. Friday features an afternoon program with races games including a pie eating contest and an Indian round dance. Saturday offers prize events a stone throw tug of war and a stick horse race ending with a war dance.
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Fort Hall
Buffalo Lodge
Hollywood studio pledges gas coupons for moviegoers
Hollywood studio offers to supply coupons for one gallon of gasoline to every ticket buyer for a theater event next Thursday. Screen Plays Inc. arranged the deal with a local service station to provide the gasoline, with attendees paying for the gallon themselves.
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Hollywood
Screen Plays, Inc
Henry Morgan
New York
Hollywood Chief Leaves for Moscow
Eric Johnston president of the Motion Picture Association of America flew to Stockholm then Moscow. He planned talks with Russian officials on distributing American films in the Soviet Union and would stay with U S Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith during the trip.
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Paris
Eric Johnston
Motion Picture Association of America
Stockholm
Moscow
Helsinki
Finland
Johnston
Soviet Union
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Russians Open Fire as Germans Stone Soviet Memorial
In Berlin the clash outside the Reichstag area escalated when ten Russian soldiers fired into a large anti communist demonstration inside the British sector. British MPs and police subdued the scene as a German flag depredation occurred during the protest. No casualty toll was immediately known.
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Berlin
Reichstag
United Press
Kenneth Ames
Brandenburg Gate
Unter den Linden
Allied Control Authority
M.p.s
John Hayes
Manchester
Eng
War Memorial
Progressives Slam Cavanagh Over Democratic Platform
Idaho Progressive party leaders defend their stance after Dan J. Cavanagh criticizes them for not accepting Democratic rebuke. Helen McCannon criticizes Democrats for lacking anti inflation and veterans housing plans and says progressives formed a new party to challenge Wall Street influence.
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Boise
Idaho Progressive Party
Dan J. Cavanagh
Democratic
Progressive Party
Cavanagh
Democratic State Platform
Helen McCannon
Wall Street
Miss McCannon
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Purina Head
U.S
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