Bridges Told To Get Out Of CIO
CIO executive R. J. Thomas challenged longshore leader Harry Bridges to quit the CIO during a stormy convention session. The dispute centered on Bridges’ followers’ autonomous stance and Bridges criticism of CIO support for the Marshall Plan and opposition to the third party in last November's elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridges
San Francisco
CIO
R. J. Thomas
Harry Bridges
Thomas
Longforemens- and -Warehousemen’s
Mysterious fireball sighting rocks Utah region
Residents from Salt Lake City to Logan reported a red glowing object and possible explosions as a meteor or man made object streaked across the sky. Reports described smoke streams and a ball of fire entering the atmosphere around 20 000 feet, with no strong seismic impact recorded at Logan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cers
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Logan
Idaho
Brigham City
Martin
Utah Highway Patrol
Ted Martin
Salt Lake
Utah State Agricultural College
Stewart Williams
Gamble Robinson Earnings Reported
Net sales of Pacific Gamble Robinson Co., the largest wholesaler of food in North America, totaled $158,762,317 in 1948, down from $160,398,447 in 1947. Net income stood at $2.24 per share on common stock, with expenses rising by $845,734 over 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Gamble Robinson Co
North America
Ed Parsch
Parsch
Power Co authorised to sell stock in Salem
Idaho Power Co received authority from state utilities commissioner George H. Flagg to issue 200000 shares of common stock at 20 dollars each and 10000 shares of 4 percent preferred stock at 100 dollars each in Salem Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem, Ore
Idaho Power Co
George H. Flagg
Metals Rate Hike Flayed in Salt Lake City Hearing
Spokesmen for non ferrous metals industries opposed a proposed 13 percent railroad freight rate increase. Copper firms urged adjusting two years of raises to create a fair price base with aluminum, iron and steel. The interstate commerce hearing led by Clyde B. Aitchison continues in Salt Lake City with Washington arguments set for May 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Interstate Commerce
Clyde B. Aitchison
18 Elephants Stampede Through Gonzales After Fake Display
A herd of 18 Bailey Brothers circus elephants stampeded over a two mile area near Gonzales Texas injuring two men and damaging fences and a farm porch after trainers staged a fake stampede ordered by owner Ben Davenport. Earlier a practice stampede had been conducted without incident for newsreel cameraman Lee Orr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gonzales
Tex
Bailey Brothers Circus
Guadalupe River
Ben Davenport
Lee Orr
Car Catches Fire Right at Station
Art Crone paused near the city fire station when smoke poured from under his car hood. A short circuit started a small blaze, but firefighters quickly smothered it with extinguishers and no damage was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Crone
S. Grant
Crone
State conservation panel to discuss Butte county district
A meeting of the state conservation commission will be held in Area Thursday, April 14, to consider forming a Butte county conservation district. George C. Welch said the district is being requested by County Agent Orson Callister and local Arco farmers and ranchers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Conservation Commission
Area
Butte County Conservation District
George C. Welch
Pocatello
Scs
Butte District
Orson Callister
Arco
Hospital Fire Toll Grows as Rescue Stretches On
Firemen recovered 34 of 37 known dead from the hospital ruins. Three victims died at city rescue centers. Assistant Fire Chief George Chamberlain said it would take at least 48 hours to recover the remaining bodies. A crane would aid work as walls remained, and Superintendent Frank Reis was missing. Hospital records were lost hampering casualty checks.
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George Chamberlain
Chamberlain
C. C. Landon
Frank Reis
CIO Chief Again Pushes To Repeal Taft Hartley Law
CIO President Philip Murray urged outright repeal after meeting with President Truman. Murray said the House outlook for repeal is good but warned several senators must shift their positions in the Senate, noting a 1950 election could influence votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
Truman
Senate
Murray
Hit Play Slated In Frazier Hall By Civic Drama Guild
"But Not Goodbye," Broadway hit from 1947, will be staged in Idaho State college Frazier hall auditorium Sunday night April 10 at 8 15 by the Civic Drama Guild of New York. Sponsored by the Pocatello Junior Chamber of Commerce. Jaycee President Harold Read said tickets at 3 dollars include tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho State College
Frazier Hall
Civic Drama Guild of New York
Pocatello Junior Chamber of Commerce
House Committee Cuts Budget for State and Justice Agencies
The House Appropriations Committee on a 1950 fiscal plan proposed cash funds of 684,616,102 for state, justice and commerce departments and the federal judiciary, about seven percent below the budget bureau. It also set 62,600,000 in contractual authority, 5.4 million below requests, boosting FBI by 1.6 million and anti trust by 100 thousand. Internal security needs cited for FBI workload since 1948.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
State, Justice and Commerce Departments
Federal Judiciary
Budget Bureau
Justice Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Pact Termed Start Of UN
Hector McNeil British minister of state and UN delegate said the Atlantic pact may mark the beginning of the United Nations. He told the Foreign Press Association western nations must cooperate regionally due to failures to secure world cooperation. He cited lack of trust and faith making the UN seem unable to invest power, forcing western powers to seek other charter guarantees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hector McNeil
United Nations
U.N
McNeil
Foreign Press Association
Tax Parley Slated Here With Union Pacific Taxes
Bannock county assessor George Allen said the Idaho state tax commission will meet Friday with railroad officials to review charges that Union Pacific underpaid taxes. The group will include Edward D. Baird chairman and other officials to discuss mileage tax through Pocatello.
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Bannock County
George Allen
Idaho State Tax Commission
Union Pacific Railroad
Allen
Railroad
Pocatello
State Tax Commission
Thomas J. Kurdy
Edward D. Baird
Lloyd A. Fenn
Joseph H. Nettleton
Floyd W. Neale
Damage suit in court names dog
Dog damage case filed by G. D. Katsilometes against Alvin Bramhall with district clerk Anna Keefe alleges Bramhall’s dog killed 17 sheep. The plaintiff says the sheep were worth 850 dollars and the dog has a ferocious mischievous disposition.
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G. D. Katsilometes
Alvin Bramhall
Anna Keefe
Bramhall
Katsilometes
House Armed Services Committee Threatens Full Investigation
The House Armed Services Committee warned the defense department that a full scale investigation will occur if the Army Navy and Air Force continue bickering and leaking secret information to the press. It adopted unanimously a resolution accusing service members of endangering national security by pushing their own views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
Army
Navy
Air Force
Convict’s Escape Bid Ends Quickly Near Boise Prison
Robert Mariana, 33, serving a 14 year term for grand larceny, bolted from a prison truck at the hog farm by the Boise river. He ran a mile and a half before being recaptured by Deputy Warden Paris O’Neil and a prison guard, with Warden L E Clapp noting he was a trusted inmate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
L. E. Clapp
Robert Mariana
Boise River
Clapp
Mariana
Paris O'Neil
Solon Plans Book On Jail in Spokane
U. S. Rep. Compton I. White from Idaho said he is writing a story titled A Night in the Spokane Jail to be read into the congressional record. The 71 year old congressman charged he faced rough treatment by Spokane police Friday and was fined $100 in police court Saturday for disorderly conduct.
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Spokane
Wash
U. S
Compton I. White
Ida
Congressional Record
Clark Fork
White
Stamp Coin Club Meeting Tonight at ISU Lewis Building
The Pocatello Stamp and Coin club will meet at 8 PM in the Lewis building on the Idaho State College campus for a club gathering and discussion of stamps and coins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello Stamp and Coin Club
Lewis
Idaho State College
CVA League States Meet in Boise to Explain Bill
Clayton David announces that Assistant Secretary of the Interior C Girard Davidson will attend a Boise public meeting to discuss the CVA bill. The event follows CVA supporters’ anger over chamber of commerce restrictions and a rival critique by Amalgamated Sugar Co. manager Harry A Elcock who calls opponents “pinks.”
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Boise
Clayton Davidson
League For
Columbia Valley Authority
C. Girard Davidson
Davidsons
Twin Falls
Harry A. Elcock
Amalgamated Sugar Co
CVA
Japan Ready to Ship Scrap to United States
Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer said a four man study commission reports Japan has a stockpile of about 5.1 million tons of scrap metal built up since World War II and could export some to the United States reversing postwar shipment flows.
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Washington
Japan
U. S
Charles Sawyer
Agriculture Bill Passed in House Amid Budget Debate
The House approved by voice vote a $701,122,079 appropriation for the Agriculture Department. The measure, backed by the Appropriations Committee, was trimmed by $25,757,829 from budget estimates. Rep. John Taber criticized the bill as exceeding requests by $66,412,071 due to borrowing authority folded into the Farmers Home Administration funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Agriculture Department
John Taber
N. Y
Farmers Home Administration
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Hinton
W. Va
Gamble Robinson
Pena
Sandy Blvd
Ortland
Orecqn
TEL Kenwood
Jaycee
Harold Read
NORGE
Soea
Hale's Heating and Appliance Co
Yellowstone
House Committee
Housewives
Devoe Library of
Boise Payette
Devoe
America
Mirrolac
Devopake
Truscon
Carl Wahlquist
Pocatello, Idaho
Solon
Chamber of Commerce
Davidson
Fame
Ove
Tnt Ak Gyyquty Blo
Kentucky
National Distillers Products Corp
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