Recall Bar Stands For Idaho Senator Taylor
Idaho Attorney General Robert Smylie ruled that Senator Glen H Taylor is not subject to Idaho's 1933 recall law. Boise ex GIs E L Fuller and Don Smith said they will circulate protest petitions and form a statewide recall group to challenge him, though they may seek a district court ruling on the AG's interpretation.
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Boise
Idaho
Glen H. Taylor
G.I
E. L. (Shorty) Fuller
Don Smith
Singing Cowboy
Demon
Henry Wallace
Atty
Robert E. Smylie
Fuller
Smith
Secretary of State
Taylor
Legion Plans Regional Junior Baseball Tournament in Salt Lake City
The American Legion announces a regional junior baseball tournament for Utah Arizona California Nevada and Hawaii to be held in Salt Lake City from August 22 to 25. The event uses a double elimination format with the regional winner advancing to the national junior baseball tournament at Derks Field home of the Salt Lake City Bees.
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Salt Lake City
American Legion
Utah
Arizona
California
Nevada
Hawaii
Derks
Utah Youth Dies Under Car
Five year old Curtis Winton Vaughan of Salt Lake City was crushed to death when a parked truck in a steep driveway rolled backward. The boy and four companions fled as Garry Simpson, 12, shouted warnings. Vaughan fell under the rear wheel and died after being taken to a hospital.
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Salt Lake City
Curtis Winton Vaughan
Vaughan
Garry Simpson
Gary
Two Way Radio Aids Funeral Processions at Mt Carmel
Rev William P Casey director of Catholic cemeteries in Chicago asks the FCC to approve a two way radio system for Mt Carmel cemetery to direct funeral processions. The radio would help prevent minor traffic jams as up to 20 processions are handled daily.
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Chicago
William P. Casey
Federal Communications Commission
Mt. Carmel
Gl Finds Life Ideal in Japan
A Chicago mother and seven of her ten children left for Japan to join a husband and father who says life in the Orient is easier than the United States. Mess Sgt. Martin Planter of Rochester, New York, summoned his family claiming $365 monthly Army pay exceeds his Rochester butcher earnings. Mrs. Helen Pfuntner and her children aged two to 17 look forward to living in Japan “for a while.”
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Chicago
Japan
Orient
U. S
Martin Planter
Rochester
N. Y
Helen Pfuntner
Toscanini Wins Dual Recording Awards Again in 1947
Arturo Toscanini repeats his 1946 feat as the sole double winner in the Annual Recorded Music awards. His RCA recordings of Berlioz Romeo et Juliette and Wagner Overture to Die Meistersinger earn top prizes among 18 awards. The luncheon at the 21 Club announced results amid broad support for less popular works to widen musical repertory. The piece notes RCA Victor leading with seven awards, followed by Columbia, Decca, and others, and includes a closing astronomical fact about the oceans.
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New York City
Arturo Toscanini
Toscanini
RCA
Berlioz
Wagner
Weistersinger
Magazine
Review of Recorded Music
RCA Victor Records
Columbia
Decca
Vox
Artist and
Young People’s Record Club
Frederick Kugel
the Review of
Kugel
Public Opinion Supports Universal Military Training and Draft
George Gallup reports broad national support for Universal Military Training and a return to the draft to strengthen the armed forces. Survey finds 77 percent back UMT now, 65 percent three months ago, with over six in ten endorsing a Selective Service return. The Senate evaluates a package bill combining draft revival and UMT.
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Princeton
N. J
Truman
Senate Armed Services Committee
Congress
American Institute of Public Opinion
Lumber thieves pull loot free in midflight escape
In Fort Worth a truckload of stolen lumber got stuck near a lumberyard at night. A tow car from a local garage pulled the truck free and the thieves paid the garage man before driving off with the loot.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Fifteen Year Search Ends for Missing Heiress Daughter
Millionaire Harry Tennant learns his daughter Janet McEvers is dead, found buried under alias Janet Oakley in a pauper’s grave after 15 years. The missing heiress vanished in Redlands while studying music. her husband died in a Japanese prison camp. a University of Oregon student is her daughter and heir to a $5,000,000 fortune. Authorities traced her aliases and the rogue’s gallery photo led to the grave marker and matching fingerprints.
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Los Angeles
Harry Tennant
Tennant
Janet Tenant McEvers
One-Eyed Willie
E. F. Holmes
Missing Persons’ Bureau
Janet Hutchinson Tennant
Willie
Holmes
Janet McEvers
Janet Oakley
L. B. Sandblast
Portland
Ore
University of Oregon
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Talshe
WM. Walker
Monument CO
Oadby
Navas
Halliwell
Arthur
UMIT
George Gallup
American Institute Public Opinion
Institute
Nate’ Morgan
The
Orpheum
Adv
Western
Rockins
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Nea-Acme
David S. Boyer
Western Auto and Co
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