Estranged Husband Dies After Shooting at Home
In Pocatello a 56 year old carpenter Herbert S Howell was fatally wounded at the family residence at 733 South Garfield Friday evening after an argument over a property settlement and divorce. His estranged wife and 16 year old daughter Ida Mae Howell were injured but in fairly good condition Saturday night. Detectives interviewed the women and another officer investigated the events leading to the shooting.
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Pocatello
Herberts. Howell
Carpenter
South Garfield
Y. D. Black
Glenn Hadley
Ida Mae
Trainmen Postpone Oct. 1 Strike in Northwest
W. Blake More and H. W. Corbett announced a temporary postponement of the October 1 strike by railway engineers and conductors. The walkout would have affected about 2,100 Idaho division workers and rail crews in Utah, Wyoming, Montana, and Oregon. Negotiations in Pocatello October 10 aim to resolve unsettled cases with Union Pacific vice president E. J. Connors.
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Pocatello
W. Blakemore
H. W. Corbett
Order of Railway
Idaho
Ut Wyoming
Montana
Oresta
Blakemore
Corbett
Portland
E. J. Connors
Union Pacific
Connors
Fallen Trees Block Roads in Idaho Dust Storm
A major wind and dust storm in East Idaho halted traffic and damaged property. Four people hospitalized, dozens of cars wrecked, and buildings damaged as trees toppled, debris scattered, and visibility dropped. State patrol diverted about 150 cars onto safer routes near Lewisville. George Denning and a 19-year-old were among the injured driving north of Pond's Lodge.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Montana
Here
Lewisville
Pond’s Lodge
George Denning
Posse Nabs 4 Desperadoes Wanted Here
A citizen posse captured four Utah youths after a three mile chase across Montana hills. Three escaped from the Utah Industrial School Ogden. one was an employee. They left a trail of stolen cars from Ogden to Montana and were recaptured after shots were fired. all were unarmed.
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Utah
Montana Hills
Utah Industrial School
Ogden
Thomas K. Moursey
Dale Pickering
Levi Tueller
Bernie Lambs
Montana
Pocatello
Sam Hanson
South Second Avenue
Walt Osborne
Big Timber
Mont
Hanson
Osborne
Absarokee
GOP Frowns On Minton Supreme Court Nomination
Washington newsbud reports Republicans undecided on opposing President Truman's choice of Sherman Minton for the Supreme Court. Senator Wherry indicates Senator Jenner will decide the party line as Jenner weighs a possible fight against Minton, a former Indiana Senator who served 1935 to 1940. Ferguson has led the GOP stance on the nomination.
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Washington
Truman
Sherman Minton
Supreme Court
Wherry
Nebraska
GOP
Jenner
R-Ind
Indiana
Roosevelt
Minton
Judiciary Committee
Ferguson
R-Mich
U.S. Supreme Court
Wiley Rutledge
Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Two Planes Crash In Midair Killing Two Pilots
An F-51 National Guard fighter plane collided with a Navy torpedo bomber in flight near Irving Texas on Saturday, killing both pilots. The guardsman was James Lewis Turner Jr 27 of Irving and the Navy pilot Leroy Bates of Pasadena Texas.
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Irving, Tex
Navy
National Guard
James Lewis Turner, Jr
Irving
Leroy Bates
Pasadena
Texas
Senate Hears Soviet Army Has 5 Million Under Arms
Senate committees reported that Russia has more than five million men under arms and is increasing its military strength. The estimate appears in a report on the administration's foreign arms aid bill. The document notes a 19 percent rise in 1949 military spending and a boosted German force from 70 000 to 100 000 with tighter border security.
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Washington
Senate
Russia
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Germany
Weather Outlook for Pocatello Area
Increasing cloudiness Sunday with a high near 65. Mostly cloudy Sunday night with a few showers and a low around 35 to 40.
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Pocatello
Nation Faces Coal Miners Walkout Over Pension Suspensions
Pittsburgh report says about 480,000 UMW miners are ready to quit as pension and welfare payments are suspended. Work stoppages spread in the west and some eastern/midwestern locals refuse to report for duty. UMW officials say Lewis telegrams touched off the dispute. Government mediation aims to avert a broader strike.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
East
Midwest
UMW
John L. Lewis
Diggers Lewis
CIO
United Steelworkers
Washington
Judge Halts Idaho Power Line Project
Boise Idaho power line across southern Idaho is paused by Federal Judge Charles C Cavanah with a temporary restraining order. The suit alleges trespass on public lands as the case moves toward a possible permanent injunction after a Friday hearing.
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Judge
Idaho
Boise
Idaho Power Company
Charles C. Cavanah
Bliss
American Falls
Chase A. Clark
T. E. Roach
Power Company
Heating Plant Disappears. Dismantled by Mistaken Crew
Hazel Lane built a fire to warm her home then left for work and found the furnace and its heating plant missing upon return. A furnace company revealed their workers were sent to dismantle a neighbor's system and inadvertently entered the wrong Lane basement.
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Hazel Lane
Narry Lane
Demo Leaders Open Western Democatic Conference in San Francisco
Washington officials travel west for a two day meeting with 11 western states Hawaii and Alaska under a land water and jobs theme. William Boyle says it will boost Democratic strength in the west as cabinet members and top officials plan panel discussions through the weekend. Alben Barkley to close Monday night with remarks. Brannan Tobin Sawyer Krug Keyserling among participants.
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San Francisco
Washington
America
Hawaii
Alaska
William M. Boyle
Democratic National Committee
Charles F. Brannan
Sacramento
Western Grange
Brannan
Labor
Maurice Tobin
Commerce
Charles F. Sawyer
Interior
Julius Krug
Leon Keyserling
President Truman
Council of Economic Advisors
Coed Injured After Fall From Moving Car
An Idaho State college coed, Nada Bishop aged 18 of Wendell, was injured when she tumbled from a car after a football game. The vehicle driven by Thomas Parisot, 19, dragged her 18 feet after the door flew open. She sustained a fractured left scapula and severe facial injuries. treated at St. Anthony hospital.
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Idaho State College
St. Anthony Hospital
Maxine Paris
Lee Zook
Gravely Hall
Bob Glenn
Colonial Hall
Trujillo
One Engine Plane Enroute to New York Reported Lost
A small single engine plane en route from the Azores to New York is missing after taking off Friday at 5 13 am EST. The Beechcraft Bonanza carrying Italian aviators John M Brondello and Camillio Barrogno disappeared over the Atlantic as American and Canadian search planes joined the hunt. They planned a nonstop 2000 mile flight to La Guardia arriving at dawn Saturday with fuel for until 10 am under normal conditions.
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New York
Azores
Atlantic
New York City
la Guardia Field
John M. Brondello
Camillio Barrogno
Hospital bids to be opened for Blackfoot improvements
The Idaho department of public works said bids will be opened October 4 for improvements at the state hospital south of Blackfoot. Planned work includes a pedestrian tunnel a sewer extension and new electrical distribution lines. High school football at Great Falls Montana: Great Falls 12 Pocatello 0.
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Boise
State Hospital
Blackfoot
Department of Public Works
Great Falls
Mont
Pocatello
War Captives To Receive Compensation
A new three member war claims commission will begin paying compensation to about 132000 Americans mistreated by Japanese and German captors in World War II. The top death claim could reach 7500 dollars with four months needed for preliminaries.
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Daniel F. Cleary
War Claims Commission
Philippines
Pacific
Channel crossing by Hassan Abdel Rehim sets record
CAP GRIS NEZ bulletin reports Hassan Abdel Rehim, 41, a husky Egyptian army officer, swam the English Channel from Dover to France in 15 hours 58 minutes. He becomes the third person to complete the crossing in both directions. In Idaho news, the Vandals beat Willamette 79 to 0, exceeding season totals but not their single game record from 1923 when they defeated the College of Idaho 83 to 0.
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Cap Gris Nez
France
Hassan Abdel Rehim
English Channel
Dover
Moscow
Idaho
Idaho Vandals
Willamette
College of Idaho
Panic Fire Kills Hundreds Aboard Noronic Steamer
Hundreds die and more than 400 escape as fire engulfs the Canadian pleasure cruiser Noronic in Toronto harbor. The ship sank after a fast spread from state room 462, with 170 crew members saved and about 90 more feared dead or missing.
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Toronto Ont
Noronto
Pocatello Employs Fewer City Workers Than U S Average
The UB Department of Commerce finds Pocatello has 145 full time municipal employees as of January, a rate of 5.8 per 1000 residents, below the national average of 10.7. The report covers U S cities with 10 000 or more population.
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Pocatello
Pocatello Tribune
New York
United States
Department of Commerce
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Fecatello
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Alfred A. Boles
U.S
Posse
High Court
Packer
By Jack Bell
Reds
Soviet Union
High Low Pepn
Billings
Buey Rescisces
Butte
Minneapolis
Omaha
Salt Lake City
Seattle
West Yellowstone
Alben W. Barkley
Coed
N. Y
Big Lake
Ll.c
Otto Rahn
Cornell University
Great Lakes
Hiram McCallum
Canada Steamship Lines
Detroit
Cleveland
Ben Kosman
Noronic
Pocas
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