Pocatello Cardinals Top Billings in Final Playoff Tilt
Pocatello clinched the Pioneer league playoff series three games to two by defeating Billings 12 to 6 Friday night. Five home runs highlighted the contest, with Jim Peccia belting two long balls for the Mustangs, while Dick Morgan and others backed the Cards.
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Billings
Pocatello
Pioneer Baseball League
Cardinals
Billings’ Mustangs
Twin Palls
St. Lake City
Jim Peccia
Mustangs
Guido Sperato
Honest John
Tilwel
Zich
Dick Morgan
Key Reds Go Underground in Washington DC
The House Un-American Activities Committee said key Communists in Washington have gone underground and seek to infiltrate the government. It describes a tightly interwoven District of Columbia network with fronts and unions employing Reds, supplying money, and a hidden active core in the national capital. The report notes a past spy ring aided by outside Red agents and says the party slowed issuing membership cards to workers in strategic posts, hindering detection.
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Washington
House Un-American Activities Committee
District of Columbia
Communist Party
Girl Taken to Hospital After Denatured Alcohol Incident
A 14 year old girl was arrested and taken to Anthony's hospital for treatment around 7:30 p.m. Police say she was given denatured alcohol at the Porters End Waiters club.
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Anthony's Hospital
Porters End
Ram Auction at Pocatello to Sell Sixty Top Rams
A 23rd annual ram sale in the Pocatello stock yards will auction 60 head of white and black rams. Idaho Wool Growers executive secretary M C Claar notes prices were strong at the prior Filer sale. Auctioneer Col Earl O Walter of Filer. sale chair Robert S Blastock of Filer. The Idaho Wool Growers dinner follows at 7 pm at Hotel Bannock with topics on wool and lamb price shifts and the impact of British pound devaluation.
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Pocatello
M. C. Claar
Boise
Idaho Wool Growers Association
Filer
Claar
Col
Earl O. Walter
Robert S. Blastock
H. L. Finch
Soda Springs
E. F. Rinehart
Moscow
S. W. McClure
Bannock
John H. Breckenridge
Twin Falls
Daylight Saving Ends Sunday On East Coast
Daylight saving ends this Sunday for about 50 million Americans. The official time to turn back the clock is 2 a.m. Sunday, granting the lost hour of sleep from last April 24. Observance occurred in most of the northeastern states and several large Middle Atlantic cities.
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East Coast
New York
Pocatello High School Red and Blue Day Parade Winners 1949
The 1949 Red and Blue Day parade in Pocatello drew hundreds along a three mile route through downtown. The Bo i se Braves defeated the Indians 14 to7 while the event featured 20 floats 40 decorated cars 300 costumed students and a pep band. Parade winners included SPQR Latin club in floats first place and Lavern Peck with Kenneth Bingham on tandem bicycle in bicycles first place.
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Pocatello High School
Gate City
Shirlene Mason
Phyllis Willecke
Dwinnia Bennett
Anne Wells
Joyce Bowden
Marlene Hummel
Bobette Criss
Pocatello Indians
Boise Braves
Oe High School
Wayne Whitlow
Spqr Latin Club
Rameriz
Jean McKenzie
Walters
FFA
Kortum
Lavern Peck
Kenneth Bingham
Roxy Neuhardt
Haywagon
Darren Jensen
Gary Burgon
Quebec Air Crash Linked to Love Triangle Bomb Plot
Quebec police say a woman seeking to murder her rival rigged explosives on a Quebec Airways plane Sept. 9, causing a crash that killed three Kennecott Copper executives and 20 others. A man connected to the plot is being sought while the woman remains under supervision.
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Quebec
Quc
Canadien Mounted Police
Quebec Airways
Sault Au Cochon
City Bus Strikes Two Year Old Boy
A two year old, Richard Nelson, was slightly injured when struck by a Pocatello Motor Transit bus near his home at 856 E Carter. The vehicle driven by Georgia B Gutaman traveled west on Carter. police say the child darted into the street from the north curb. He received minor head injury treatment at St Anthony's Hospital.
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Richard Nelson
Pocatello Motor Transit
E. Carter
Perry Nelson
Carter
Georgia B. Gutaman
J. Tenth
St. Anthony's Hospital
Goon Squads Set For Robeson Riot Threat
Hollywood leaders allege Communist goon squads plan to provoke a riot at Paul Robeson’s September 30 concert at Wrigley Field Los Angeles. James K. McGuiness of the Motion Picture Alliance said advance guards aim to trigger a Peekskill like incident. The alliance includes Ginger Rogers and Rupert Hughes. city officials urged residents to stay away.
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Hollywood
Paul Robeson
James K. McGuiness
Motion Picture Alliance
Clvic
The
Ginger Rogers
Rupert Hughes
Robeson
Wrigley Field
Los Angeles
Auto Collisions Lead to Citations and Damages
Mildred L Mower 31 Portney Park was cited for driving without a license after her sedan collided with Maurice W Gladwin 42 1229 N Hayes at Custer and Hayes. At 1 56 p m a Fremont Ninth street collision involved Delmar Dee Thomas 14 driving east on Fremont and Mathew Williams 43 Georgetown driving a two ton truck west on Premont damaging a fender headlight grill bumper and a tire.
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Portney Park
Custer
Custer and
Hayes
Maurice W. Gladwin
N. Hayes
Priday
Ninth
Fremont
Delmar Dee Thomas
Mathew Williams
Georgetown
Premont
Child Bitten by Dog In Lincoln Neighborhood
Mrs. M. N. Hook reported to police at 5 35 p m Friday that her small daughter was bitten by a dog owned by residents of 206 South Lincoln.
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Chatters
R. K. Bennett
Moscow
Lola Schiesa
Miracle of Intelligence Reveals Soviet Atomic Blast
A White House source says a so called miracle of intelligence enabled the United States to learn of a Soviet atomic explosion. Different explanations include secret agents or radiation and earthquake detection instruments possibly indicating an explosion without naming sources or confirming details.
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America
Washington
U. S
Russia
Truman
Germany
Italy
U S Suggests Global A Bomb Control After Russian Blast
President Truman announced evidence a Soviet explosion occurred recently, signaling loss of U S monopoly on atomic weapons. Officials stressed need for enforceable international control while noting U S lead in production. Britain echoed call for global oversight amid Cold War tensions.
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Russia
Truman
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S. R
Acheson
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London
Mr. Truman
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New Mexico Proving Grounds
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Hiroshima
Japan
State Department
Congress
Pentagon
Police Warn Potatoes Sold In Pocatello Contaminated
Chief A L Oliver cautions Gate City buyers to inspect spuds sold this week after reports of potatoes with wormholes. Residents warned to avoid purchases until inspected.
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Pocatellans
A. L. Oliver
City Leaders Settle Agenda at Idaho Municipal Convention
City officers wrap three day meeting in Bannock hotel in Pocatello today with resolutions on taxation without representation and city financing. New league president to be chosen, officers up for reelection, and a noon luncheon to close the convention.
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Salt Lake City
Earl Glade
Pocatello
Idaho Municipal League
Joe Cotant
Sun Valley Indians
Cotant
Idaho
Amateur
Bannock Hotel
League
Leo J. Morgan
Lewiston
California
Pioneer Room
H. C. Seeber
Kellogg
W. L. Lesner
Burley
Bert D. Reese
Potter Howard
Carl H. Chatters
American Municipal Association
Chatters
Soviet Envoy Urges Five Power Peace Pact At UN
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky urged a five power peace pact at the United Nations. Western doubts rose as Warren Austin and other delegates questioned substance while Vishinsky avoided direct references to Truman's atomic disclosure. He called for prohibiting atomic weapons and international control, and urged peaceful dispute settlement among the United States Britain China France and the Soviet Union.
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New York
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Warren R. Austin
Vishinsky
United States
Britain
General Assembly
China
France
Soviet Union
Truman
Washington
UN Assembly
Assembly
Carlos P. Romulo
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Acheson
Monkey Breaks Loose Shuts Ogden Streets
A pet monkey named Brownie escaped at Rich's Shoes on Washington Boulevard drawing hundreds of residents into a citywide search. Police and firemen helped form a human barrier guiding the animal back to its cage after about an hour of roaming. Ben Rich offered the monkeys to the city as a start for a sea of displays for youngsters.
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Brownie
Buster
Washington
Washington Boulevard
Ben Rich
Butte, Mont
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