Pocatello Ponders Cat Ordinance and Rat Mystery
Readers hear a tongue in cheek puzzle on cats and rats in Pocatello. Police officer Cook questions why the city has no rats while noting many cats and proposes whimsical licensing ideas. The piece toys with local officials and a curious soil theory about rats. The column blends humor with local civic concerns.
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Pocatello
S. M. Cook
Ted Talbot
Ted
Poundmaster Talbot
Cook
Arond
Rocky Mountain Area
Red Hill
Cookie
Wreckage Sighted of Missing Air Force AT-11 Transport
A civilian pilot reported sighting the wreckage of a missing AT-11 transport on Stoam Mountain slope, 35 miles east of Everett. The plane carried Capt James E McLaughlin, Second Lt Francis A Geyer, and Sgt Carl T Fields. A search by military and civilian planes and a ground party followed the report. The aircraft disappeared Friday during a heavy rainstorm while en route from McChord Field to Seattle.
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Seattle
Stoam Mountain
Everett
Air Force Reserve
McChordfield
Millard Smith
Washington
James E. McLaughlin
Tacoma
Wash
Sand Point Naval Air Station
Francis A. Geyer
Aberdeen
Carl T. Fields
Puyallup
Marshall Plane Tire Blow Injures None In Colombia
U S Secretary of State George C Marshall and four other top delegates narrowly escaped injury when their plane blew a tire on landing at Medellin Colombia A luncheon was held in their honor with officials from the city in attendance including W Averell Harriman William M Martin Jr William D Pawley and Walter J Donnelly.
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Bogota
Colombia
U. S
George C. Marshall
Medellin
Marshall
Commerce
W. Averell Harriman
Export Import Bank
William M. Martin, Jr
William D. Pawley
Walter J. Donnelly
Italians View Show Of Strength In Pre Election Parade
In Rome a 20 000 strong force of troops and police paraded before 500000 cheering Romans as a clear pre election display of anti Communist resolve. Premier De Gasperi asserted government force backs Italy if needed. Soviet Polish Yugoslav British French and American military ranks observed.
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Rome
Italy
Mussolini
Hitler
Alcide de Gasperi
Russia
Poland
Yugoslavia
Britain
France
United States
Christian Democrats
de Gasperi
Via del Impero
Army
Uncertain Weather With Drizzle Persists
The U S Weather Bureau reports no relief today from gray skies and drizzling rain. Daytime and tonight remain damp with a high in the 40s to 50. Sunday’s high reached 48 and the low 26, per the forecast.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Accountants to Convene in Boise Next June
Idaho Association of Public Accountants will hold its annual meeting in Boise next June. A special meeting here Saturday approved the convention plans. Arthur G. Ryman of Boise is president with P. W. Carlson of Pocatello as vice president and W. C. Hancock of Buhl and Fred D. Graff of Boise as directors.
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Boise
Idaho Association of Public Accountants
Arthur G. Ryman
P. W. Carlson
Pocatello
W. C. Hancock
Buhl
Fred D. Graff
War Threat Due To Politics Avers Taylor
U S Sen Glen Taylor says Washington control could trigger a third party election fight to unsettle the nation. He faults court actions on coal miners and warns of inflation, universal military training and broader controls as the admin ties aid to defense goals. He defends civil rights and criticizes the European recovery program's link to military aid.
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Avers Taylor
Huntington
W. Va
Russia
Washington
U.S
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
Wall St
Henry Wallace
Nate Erties Aakes
Hitler
Berlin
Truman
Taylor
Coun
Slow Back To Work Movement Seen Likely
Pittsburgh reports show mines open but union leaders and rank and file give mixed signals on ending the 21 day pension strike led by John L. Lewis. Federal judge orders 400000 UMW members back to work while penalties rise from past refusals.
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UMW
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Illinois
Lewis
Mathew McGuire
National Health and Safety
War Scare Is Rapped by Rep Buffet Neb
Rep Howard H Buffet says the current war scare is a crime against American humanity based on facts from a secret meeting with unnamed high level officials. He asserts unprovoked war with Russia does not seem probable in the foreseeable future and calls the information astounding vs. current news reports.
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Washington
Llp
Howard H. Buffet
Neb
Russia
Four Die When Boat Capsized on Wabash River
In Posey county Indiana four young men and a 9 year old boy drowned when an overloaded outboard boat carrying nine people capsized on the Wabash near its Ohio junction. Survivors include two girls and four others rescued after clinging to the hull for over half an hour.
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MT. Vernon
Ind
Wabash River
Ohio River
Wabash
Palmotors
Planes Hit Killing Three in Circleville Crash
Two light planes collided over Circleville Ohio on Sunday at about 5 30 p m killing three people Mrs Ruth Swift 30 wife of the general manager of Circleville airport and flight instructor was in a Taylorcraft when her craft struck an Aeronca flown by Bob Newman with his partner Jack Moats in a local auto agency The Aeronca crashed burning on a rail line near a private home and all three occupants died instantly Cause of the collision was not determined
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UMW
William Blizzard
Charleston
W. Va
Herman Lisse
Illinois
William Hines
Uniontown
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Lewis
Circleville, O
Ruth Swift
Circleville Airport
Taylorcraft
Fmes
Bob Newman
Newman
Jack Moats
Aeronca
Pennsylvania Railroad
Officials Predict UMW Chieftain Will Battle Action In Court
President John L. Lewis defies a federal court injunction calling off the 21 day old soft coal strike. U S Marshals to serve notice today as Lewis contemplates court action to contest the order amid rising production fears and potential contempt proceedings.
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John L. Lewis
UMW
Washington, D.C
Washington
United Mine Workers
Lewis
U. S
Truman
Tom C. Clark
Matthew McGuire
United Press
Justice Department
H. Graham Morison
McGuire
Thousands Pack Temple For Session
Thirteen thousand people filled Temple Square in Salt Lake City for the opening of the LDS church annual conference. Church president George Albert Smith led services in the oval tabernacle as crowds in the hall and grounds followed by loudspeakers. Smith marked the church's 118th anniversary and urged a return to Christ and religion for peace. George F. Richards spoke next urging faithful observance of tithing as a universal church law.
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Salt Lake City
Temple Square
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Day Saints
George Albert Smith
Oval Tabernacle
Church Assembly Hall
Temple
Tabernacle
Smith
Germans Flee Border as Allied Soviet Tension Grows
Refugees move between British and Soviet zones near Helmstedt amid rumors of flying saucers and sea rafts. Military posts report thousands crossing, with guards tightening controls and fresh Russian police reinforcements deployed along the border.
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Helmstedt
Germany
Marienborn
United States
Soviet Zone
Weather Turns Warmer Across Nation Amid Floods in Southeast
Chicago reports springlike warmth with highs in the 60s and 70s while the southeast contends with floods forcing hundreds from homes. Midwest and East rise, peach trees bloom in Georgia and Florida. floods threaten roads and farms with damage reaching millions and crops at risk.
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Chicago
East
Midwest
Llindg Orchard
Georgia
Florida
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Clay
Mikhail Dratvin
Dratvin
Charles K. Gailey
Gailey
Pittsburgh
Western
National Coal Association
Ed Weatherford
Raymond Goldman
Paul Denning
Robert Uhde
Point Township
Posey County
Roy Schmitzer
John Weatherford
Irma Jean Yearwood
Mary — Moore
William Floyd
Welly K. Hopkins
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