AAA Probes Gas Price Rise With Oil Firms
The American Automobile Association plans letters to 33 million motorists asking why gasoline prices rose while other petroleum products fell. AAA will question individual oil companies about the price increases seen since April 1946, noting high stocks and recent production cutbacks, while stressing higher profits and tax changes.
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Washington
American Automobile Association
Association
American Petroleum Institute
Institute
AAA
Russell E
Singer
Gallum
Thieves smash four slot machines at Bob's Top Hat
Two quarter slots a dollar slot and a dime machine were smashed in the cafe and basement lounge of Bob's Top Hat at 117 South Main. Owners H A Bernhagen and Herman Levinson told police the entry occurred between 1 a.m. and 7 a.m. loss estimated at 750 dollars in coin.
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Bob
Top Hat
S. Main
H. A. Bernhagen
Herman Levinson
Glen Hadley
Levinson
Bernhagen
Major League Ball Openers Set Today
United Press reports opening day begins with two games in Boston and Washington as the Braves host the Phillies at Braves Field and the Senators meet the Athletics in Washington. President Truman throws out first pitch in D C, while Brecheen will start for the Cardinals against the Reds next Tuesday.
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Boston
Braves
Philadelphia Phillies
Paul Revere
Harry Truman
Harry Brecheen
Washington Senators
Philadelphia Athletics
Brecheen
St. Louis Cardinals
Reds
Cincinnati
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Griffith Stadium
Washington
Warren Harding
Oyt
Marion
Cal Coolidge
Herb Hoover
Bobo Newsom
Woodrow Wilson
Big Bill Taft
Clark Griffith
Senators
Orlando
Fla
Griff
Farm Prices Seen to Dip in 1949 Outlook
Washington reports the agriculture department predicts a gradual fall in farm income and prices in 1949. Economists say net farm income may drop more than 10 percent from last year, while price supports should prevent a sharp overall decline.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Four Viels Die In Easter Drive Crash Near Napoleon
Four members of the Viel family, including Rosemary 25 and Teresa Ann 6, died when their 1940 Chevrolet crashed into a tree after a passing attempt on Route 24. Francis Viel 28 and two children were killed. Leroy Dickason and his wife and two other children survived with injuries. Viel worked for the Pennsylvania railroad and had lived in Toledo, Ohio.
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Napoleon
Here
Fred Bartles
Francis C. Viel
Fort Wayne
Ind
Viel
Rosemary
Therese Ann
Frances Marie
Bartles
Napoleon Hospital
Leroy Dickason
Viels
William
Mary Madge
Pennsylvania Railroad
Toledo
O. Bartles
Gate City mayoral candidate attacks Tribune questioning tactic
W. W. Halsey criticizes the Pocatello Tribune for its 20 questions printed before the Gate City mayoral race. He says the questions are fair but the paper imperils his race by implying nonresponse affects election results. Halsey refuses to answer questions about city appointments. Stowey offers no comment yet and seeks time for analysis.
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W. W. Halsey
Gate City
Pocatello Tribune
Halsey
Tribune
Sunday Tribune
Grant Stowell
The
Timent
Post
Stowell
US to Display War Might With Russian Absence
Seventy thousand U S troops plus air and naval units mass along the Czechoslovak frontier in Germany for a weeklong exercise described as a test of how the American army might fight in Europe. A giant radar screen is to be tested while observers from Britain France Holland and Norway are allowed. Russian observers were not invited.
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Mernberg
Germany
U.S
Czechoslovak
Europe
Whch
Britain
France
Holland
Norway
Czechoslovakia
Prague
U. S. Navy
Bremerhaven
Rhine
Real Estate Meet Slated for Boise
The Idaho real estate association opens its semi annual convention in Boise on May 5 and runs through May 7. Association President Delbert Groberg of Idaho Falls says several nationally known real estate authorities will address the convention and discuss current business problems.
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Boise
Idaho Real Estate Association
Delbert Groberg
Idaho Falls
Man Confesses Poisoning Aged Sister In South Carolina
Wyman Hiott, 60, confessed to killing his sister Carrie Hiott Carter, 80, by strychnine in coffee on April 5. He buried her alive behind the farmhouse after she was still breathing, and faces murder charges at the next criminal court term.
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Walterboro
S. C
Wyman Hiott
Strychnine
Randolph Murdaugh
G. Haskell Thompson
Hiatt
Murdaugh
Good Water Year Foreseen for West Irrigation
The agricultural department reports a good water year across the western states based on the final mountain snow survey. Snow was unusually deep for early April, indicating high runoff this month and sustained water flow late in the season with only a few areas short of supply.
Maniac Shot Down By Posse In Pullman Shootout
A gunman identified as George McIntyre killed four people and wounded three in a spree in Pullman Washington before a posse and authorities fatally shot him. Victims include Ross Claar and Gilbert Gallagher. McIntyre had a prior suspended sentence for threatening Officer Claar.
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Pullman
Wash
Maynard Hicks
Washington State College
George McIntyre
McIintyre
Hicks
McIntyre
Ross Claar
Gilbert Gallagher
Colfax
Whitman County
L. M. Parnell
E. G. Buck
James
Hic
James T. Roberts
W. H. Kershaw
Claar
Kershaw
Oficer Claar
Woodstock
MelIntyre
Auto Crash Kills Youth Near Boise
Carl E. Hartley, 18, Meridian, was killed when the car he rode in overturned near Boise as it returned from Idaho City. Gerald Bailey, 18, Boise, was driving. six youths were in the vehicle. Hartley was crushed beneath the car and died instantly. it was Ada county's first fatality of the year.
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Boise
Carl E. Hartley
Meridian
Here
Hartley
Ada County Sheriff's Deputies
Gerald Bailey
Idaho City
Bailey
Ada
Stage Film Star and Composer Husband Concert Here
Stage and screen actress Gale Page and her composer-musician husband Solito de Solis will present a popular concert Monday evening April 25 in the high school auditorium. Miss Page will sing selections from Gershwin Chopin Cole Porter Debussy Jerome Kern and Irving Berlin. The concert sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce will begin at 8 30 p m. Tickets are 1 80 general admission and 75 cents for students.
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Gale Page
Solito de Solis
Miss Page
Gershwin
Chopin
Cole Porter
Debussy
Jerome Kern
Irving Berlin
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Easter Reunion for Mom Freed From Army Slaying Case
Mrs. William Ybarbo, released by Gen. Clay, returns to New Bedford with her 6-year-old son Jimmy after a year apart. The boy, unaware of his mother’s past, greets her with joy as reporters observe the emotional homecoming following her wartime release from custody.
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Wilma Ybarbo
Lucius Clay
U.S
Germany
New Bedford
Mass
William Ybarbo
Jimmy
John Ybarbo
Goliad
Tex
Lucius D. Clay
Westover Field
Charles Bailey
Eunice
Mrs. Ybarbo
WAC
Mary E. Rohr
Petersburg
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McCabe
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Carl Lundquist
United Press
New York
Braves Field
Stan Musial
T. R. Neilson
First Methodist Church
the Four Apostles
Albrecht Duerer
West
Agricultural Department
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Posse
Washington City
Hubby
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