Pari Mutuel Machines Ordered Closed Down Hand Books Spring Up
Blackfoot Idaho racing at the Eastern Idaho State fair ended bets at ticket windows as state officers shut pari mutuel machines. The opening day saw lively wagering in stands with windows closed, while onlookers reported a shift to person-to-person bets. Horseman Bob Hillman fared better than Crosby, with Hillman’s Buck-a-Luck winning race results and purses listed for seven events.
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Pocatello
Bob Hillman
Crosby
Burrows
Hillman
Hokanson
D. Hokanson
Roberts
D. Guttenberg
Faysdor
Dewey Plans Campaign Tour Through Montana and West
Republican nominee Thomas E. Dewey will speak in Helena Great Falls Salt Lake City Pocatello and Cheyenne in late September and early October with three Montana speeches planned. Dewey and campaign aides including John Foster Dulles discussed foreign and domestic policy as they mapped western stops.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Pocatello
United Press
Dewey
Helena
Great Falls
Salt Lake
Cheyenne
Wyo
Henry McQuade
Dewey For President Club
Roy Miller Jr
Bannock County
United States
Miller
Albany
N. Y
Congress
Herbert C. Brownell
Maine
Montana
Brownell
Republican High Command
Senate
Dulles
John Foster Dulles
Berlin
Pocatellans Head Firm Leaders Elected at Idaho Mutual Benefit
Willard Allen was chosen president and Homer S. Satterfield vice president of the Idaho Mutual Benefit Insurance Association at a Bannock hotel meeting. E. P. Larsen Boise named secretary treasurer. The one day session covered the six Idaho associations with attendees from Pocatello Boise and Lewiston.
Two Die in Basin Oil Tank Farm Blast
Inglewood California reports fourteen oil storage tanks exploded at Basin Oil company tank farm sending flames high and blasting a trailer house into the air. Two people died later in hospital: Mrs. Lillian Reynolds aged 35 and young Judy Ziegler aged 3, both residents of Inglewood.
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Inglewood
Cal
Basin Oil Company
Lillian Reynolds
Judy Ziegler
Cards Beat Idaho Falls in Shaughnessy Playoffs Opener
Pocatello Cardinals edged Idaho Falls 2 to 1 at Halliwell park to move two games up in the Shaughnessy playoffs. Nat LeBlanc scored both runs, doubling in the second and homering in the fourth as Ken Lehman limited the Russets to a lone run.
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Pocatello Cardinals
Idaho Falls
Halliwell Park
Russets
Shaughnessy
Redbird
Nat LeBlanc
Pocatello
LeBlanc
Carl Musten
Ned Sheehan
Ken Lehman
Sports Page
Judge suspends judgment for five Mexican farm workers
Five Mexican laborers who entered the U S illegally were ordered to Santa Clara Valley to pick prunes and repay costs. Federal Judge Michael J Roche suspended judgment until December 10 and ordered them to report with their earnings, saying they now have something to work for.
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San Francisco
Santa Clara Valley
Mexico
Michael J. Roche
Roche
Tension Rises Over Berlin Anti Communist Demonstrations
In Berlin demonstrations by anti communist protesters drew sharp Russian penalties against German participants, risking a new East West and Soviet German crisis as tensions grew Wednesday night.
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Berlin
U S Cracks Down Hard On Packers
The government accuses the four largest meat packers Armour Swift Wilson and Cudahy of a monopolizing combination. It seeks civil action in federal court to break up the firms for suppressing competition in meat and by products. John Holmes of Swift calls the suit politically motivated. The firms allegedly control livestock purchases set uniform cost formulas and use loading weights.
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Chicago
Justice Department
Armour and Co
Swift and Co
Wilson and Co
Cudahy Packing Co
John Holmes
Swift
Nane
City Welcomes Bengals For ISC Orientation Week
ISC students stream into Gate City as Pocatello hosts a big welcome. Firemen hang pennants and shops display orange and black while a Thursday street dance near the post office entertains. Registration is set for Friday and Saturday before classes start Monday.
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ISC
Gate City
Pocatello
Bengals
Pocatello City
Jay Slaughter
Sky Ride For Homeruns Brings Rush Of Business
E N Curly Wilson owner of Wilsons Flying Service in Poca tells of adding planes to the fleet as baseball players earn air time for each homer. Nat LeBlanc, Al Neil, and Ned Sheehan rode for three hours after accumulating homers. Several others remain eligible, but Wilson sees the promotion as a good cause.
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E. N
Curly” Wilson
Wilson
Pocatello
Curly
Frisco
Nat LeBlanc
al Neil
Ned
Sheehan
Joe Neeser
Yellowstone
LeBlanc
Neil
Ernie Schuerman
Ed Mickelson
Ray Lewins
Dom Barczewski
Larry Swederske
Cardinal
Wilson Flying Service
Ned Sheehan
Jack Morris
Wilsons
Mansfield man testifies insanity defense in triple murder case
Robert Murl Daniels 24 testifies under oath that he does not recall killing anyone in the July 21 slayings of John Niebel, his wife and daughter. State says killings were deliberate and sane. defense cites long-term mental unsoundness and past head injuries. Daniels’ mother collapses after her testimony in Mansfield.
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Mansfield
Ohio
Robert Murl Daniels
Daniels
John Niebel
Lydon Beam
Columbus
William Smith
Robert Daniels
Boise Mayor Seeks 1949 Slot Licenses Ban
Boise Mayor Potter P. Howard announced he will urge the city council to refuse slot machine licenses for 1949 ending the local gambling trade. The calendar year licenses expire December 31 and his plan follows a meeting with over 300 annexation supporters. In Twin Falls, officer Orville Reinoehl was released on $1000 bond on extortion charges related to threats to revoke a cafe slot machine license.
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Boise
Potter P. Howard
Howard
Twin Falls
Orville Reinoehl
Reinoehl
Duffy G. Reed
Everett M. Sweeley
Sweeley
Campaign Trail Opens With Major Party Tours
The 1948 election campaign enters full swing as GOP candidate Earl Warren launches a 31 day nationwide tour starting in Salt Lake City with 25 speeches and 60 platform appearances. President Truman begins a west coast campaign trip with a large schedule including a speech near Dexter Iowa and stops through Colorado Utah and California.
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Washington
Earl Warren
California
West Coast
Salt Lake City
Warren
Truman
Michigan
U. S
Dexter
Colorado
Denver
Utah
Nevada
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
Southwest
Arizona
New Mexco
Texas
Oklahoma
South
Kentucky
West Virginia
Illinois
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Wanda Mary Crowse
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Daniel Jr
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Iran
Smott Brothers
Centerville
Park Bros
Shelley
Guernsey
Gop
Pocatellans Head Firm
U.S
Killer
Rambo
Howard W. Gillette
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