Draft Measure Before Solons Draft Measure Before Solons
The administration sent a bill to draft men 19 through 25 and require a year of military training for 19 year olds. It aims to raise armed forces to 1,734,000, with debates to begin April 8 or 9. Trainees would receive pay and related benefits under a universal military training plan.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Senate
House
Defense
James Forrestal
Forrestal
House Armed Service Committees
Walter G. Andrews
House Armed Services Committee
U S recalls Czechoslovak officials in Washington
The United States asked Czechoslovakia to recall two diplomats from its Prague embassy in Washington, Theo H. Florin first secretary and Dr Evzen Syrovatka attache, labeling them persona non grata. A third diplomat, from a country behind the iron curtain, was also requested to withdraw.
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Washington
United States
Czechoslovakia
State Department
Theo H. Florin
Evzen Syrovatka
Oeey
Italian Labor Leader Slain in Sicily
An Italian leftwing labor leader, Calogero Cangliaosi, 36, was killed by machine gunners near Camporeale in northwest Sicily. Interior Minister Mario Scelba ordered police shakeups to head off communist negligence charges and accused communists of using tactics to sow fear before the April 18 election.
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Rome
Sicily
Mario Scelba
Scelba
Italy
Calogero Cangliaosi
Sicilian Agricultural Workers’ Union
Camporeale
Elnora Cheney Hearing Aid Granted by Radio Program
Elnora Cheney of Rigby was promised a hearing aid after a friend wrote to Ben Alexander on the Hearts Desire Mutual program. The feature also notes a claimed record baby born in Wapi, Idaho, at 16 pounds 4 ounces in 1915, with Giannini now a 150 pound innkeeper reflecting on his birth size.
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Elnora Cheney
Rigby
Har
George F. Giannini
Joseph Giannini
Giannini
Wapi
Ida
Five Mile Inn
Youngster Injured After Running Into Car Near Rosewood Ave
Dennis Delguadri three year old son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Delguadri was cut and bruised when he darted from behind a parked car into the path of Grover F Morton of Pocatello late yesterday. Morton swerved and hit a curb blowing a tire. police say the crash was unavoidable and no charges were filed. The child was taken to St Anthonys for examination and released to his parents.
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Dennis Delguadri
Joseph Delguadri
Rosewood Ave
O. P. Bennett
Pocatello Police Department
Grover F. Morton
Pocatello
Morton
Bennett
St. Anthony’s
Touhy Seeks Habeas Corpus to Free From 298-Year Term
Roger Touhy a Chicago gangster of the Prohibition era has filed in federal court for a writ of habeas corpus to overturn his 298 year prison term. The action aims to challenge his detention and seek release.
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Touhy
Chicago
Roger (the Terrible
Gate City Launches Cancer Fund Campaign in Idaho
Idaho division of the American Cancer Society opens a fund drive with posters and boxes. Goals are $2000 for Pocatello and about $33 000 for the county as officers schedule two public meetings April 10 and April 15 at Irving junior high and sponsor groups plan film showings and expert talks. Proceeds include a Beta Sigma Phi style show from February 14.
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Idaho
American Cancer Society
James Walton
George Bronson
Max Petty
Judson Cook
Pocatello
Irving Junior High
Irving
PTA
LaMar Hadley
Walton
Judson
Groups Meet To View Dam Plans
Hailey Idaho residents gather as reps from the Corps of Army Engineers Idaho state reclamation association and federal agencies discuss a proposal to build a reservoir on the Boulder Flat site of the Big Wood river.
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Hailey
Ida
Corps of Army Engineers
State Reclamation Association
Boulder Flat
Big Wood
O. A. Lewis
Idaho
William E. Walsh
Idaho State Reclamation Association
Pocatello Mayor Proclaims April Cancer Control Month
George R. Phillips, Pocatello mayor, issued a proclamation declaring April as Cancer Control month following a Truman lead. He urged individuals, institutes, businesses and organizations in Pocatello to cooperate with the Idaho division of the American Cancer Society in its April campaign.
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Truman
George R. Phillips
Pocatello
United States
Idaho
American Cancer Society
Contracts Awarded for Pocatello Grammar School Additions
Three bids from Brennan & Cahoon Idaho Falls firms E H Elle and Arrington Construction were opened for adding six rooms to Washington and Whittier and eight rooms to Jefferson in Pocatello. Final tabulations awaited, with awards to be decided at a special board meeting chaired by Lavern C. Johnson. Financed by a portion of a 700000 school bond approved in September. Remaining funds to back junior high in Alameda.
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Pocatello Grammar
Lavern C. Johnson
Iach
Johnson
Brennan & Cahoon
Pocatello
E. H. Elle
Pocatello and
Arrington Construction Co
Idaho Falls
Washington and Whittier
Jefferson School
Alameda
U S Forces Sit Tight In Berlin As Crisis Looms
Army Secretary Royall said US would move through the Soviet zone to rescue 10,000 Americans in Berlin if Russia cuts supply lines, but no immediate danger to Americans exists. Gen Clay may open fire only in extreme emergency. evacuation is unthinkable. Berlin remains supplied as 25 tons of food arrive and trains continue into the city.
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Washington
Kenneth C. Royall
Russia
U. S
Berlin
United States
Trom
Mutual
Royall
Lucius D. Clay
Europe
Clay
Unian
Army
State Department
Omar N. Bradley
Royal
Bersylia
Congress Overrides Presidential Veto To Enact Tax Slash
BERLIN UPI United States army military police surrounded the Russian administered Reichsbahn building in the American sector at midnight to prevent Russian entry while allowing German employees in. MPS guarded entrances and saluted Soviet officers as food relief trains and emergency airlift operations tested new four power controls in Berlin.
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Berlin
United States Army
Marienborn
George Cassidy
Scotia
N. Y
89Th
Reichsbahn
Idaho youths begin 1948 YMCA model legislature session
Boise youths in the Idaho YMCA model legislature opened their 1948 session with 21 house and 16 senate bills under serious consideration. Art Mendini of Buhl was chosen governor, Richard Franks of Oakley president of the senate, and Davis Bitton of Blackfoot speaker of the house.
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Boise
House
Senate
Idaho
Art Mendini
Buhl
Richard Franks
Oakley
Davis Bitton
Blackfoot
Jim Vergobbi
Kellogg
Gordon
Vaughan
Maladh
Earl Folk
Kingston
Dale Lavigne
Weather forecast on weatherman for today
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with scattered showers then general rain or snow by evening. Cooler today with a high near 48 and a low around 30 tonight.
ERP Bill Ready For Truman Pen
Congress passed a 6.098 billion dollar global aid bill to curb Communism in China and Europe. The measure clears the House 318 to 75 and moves to President Truman who will sign on return from Williamsburg. An interim ERP administration will run 30 days under Paul Nitze before a permanent setup.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
China
Free Nations
Europe
United States
House
Senate
New York Alp
Vito Marcantonio
Leo Isacson
Williamsburg
State Department
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Robert A. Lovett
FRP
Paul Nitze
Trieste
Germany
Franco Spain
London
Paris
Rome
White House
Paul G. Hoffman
Studebaker Corp
Congress Overrides Truman to Enact Major Tax Cut
Congress overrode President Truman to pass a large individual income tax cut effective January 1. The measure lowers personal exemptions and expands credits, with 7.4 to 12.6 percent reductions across brackets, and creates a new national system for gift and estate taxes.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Senate
House
H. Carl Andersen
Minn
Thruston Ballard Morton
Harry P
Wash
Rs Vate
Sta
State Board Views ISC Field House Plan
A 10 000 seat field house for Idaho State College was presented to the State Board of Education by ISC alumni leaders who back the project. They say costs near a million dollars and WWI memorial status would shape funding, with current legislature funds earmarked for a liberal arts building and no clear appropriation for the field house.
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Idaho State College
State Board of Education
Alumni Association
Perry Swisher
Pocatello
ISC
F. M. Bistline
Theo J. Turner
Joseph McCarthy
Orofino
Emory Owen
Idaho Falls
Peabody Institute
Board of Education
St. Anthony
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Freedom Train
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Pan
Salt Lake City
Battlin
Ben Petersen
Pocatello Golf Association
Golf Commission
Ben
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BY Sam Hanson
Gate City
E. V. Simison
Society
Perry Nelson
Petty
South
Lincoln St
U.S
Radio
State Board
Alton B. Jones
W. R. McNaughton
Coeur D'Alene
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