Foes of CVA Will Not Attend Boise Meeting
In Boise the Idaho reclamation association rejects participation in the CVA sponsored mass meeting led by Assistant Secretary of Interior C Girard Davidson. William E Welsh questions travel paid by taxpayers and federal lobbying rules while the event plans a reception with Mayor Potter Howard present.
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CVA
Boise
Columbia Valley Authority
C. Girard Davidson
Idaho Reclamation Association
William E. Welsh
Davidson
Association
Clayton Davidson
League For
Interior Department
Seattle
Potter P. Howard
Ceiling Collapse Injures 40 at Houma Theater
In Houma Louisiana a section of ceiling at Parks Theater collapsed on a crowd of about 150 before the film Tulsa. Forty people were injured. six discharged after first aid, two sent to New Orleans for further care. Hospital officials reported several in serious condition.
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Houma
Parks Theater
Ellender Memorial Hospital
New Orleans
Tulsa
Ellender Hospital
Everett Talbot
Carnival Opens Three Night Gay Nineties Event In Pocatello
The first season carnival opens at the Pocatello Memorial building with Post 4 American Legion hosting a three night Gay Nineties event from 7 30 p m to midnight each night. Admission is small and western outfits are requested. A Saturday parade leads to the festival finale with 15 marching bands and a rebuilt Model T Ford display along a route through Main Clark Arthur Bonneville Center to the courthouse.
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Pocatello Memorial Building
Post No. 4
The
American Legion
Ben Bailey
Pocatello Cardinal
ISC
Main
Fremont
Main Street
Clark
Arthur
Bonneville
Center
Courthouse
American Legion Post
Church Collapse Sends Four Trapped Workers to Escape
In Rising Sun Indiana a Baptist church collapsed yesterday into a brick pile. Four construction workers working in a basement beneath the church narrowly escaped death as the roof belfry and walls gave way. They freed themselves within minutes and suffered no injuries.
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Ind
Baptist Church
Camp Fire Field Adviser Leads Training in Pocatello
Miss Anne C. Armstrong regional field adviser for Camp Fire Girls presided at a training course in the Hotel Bannock for local guardians sponsors and Blue Bird beginner groups. She met with Pocatello council leaders to plan seasonal and committee work and outlined plans for a two week camp starting July 17.
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Camp Fire
Anne C. Armstrong
Camp Fire Girls National Association
Pocatello
Spon
Sors
Bannock
Miss Armstrong
Stacey Smith
L. R. Scholl
Pocatello Council
Robert Watson
South Eighth Avenue
Camp Fire Girls
Camp Fire Girls Council
Earl Chantry
John Mee- Masters
Roland Smith
George Crofts
John Wurster
G. W. Anthony
L. W. Davis
Earl Campbell
L. R. Sehou
Jack Blair
Fred Zweigart
Ralph Clevenger
Charles Wilson
Grace Bistline
M. J. Hodkins
Horace Criswell
G. N. Green
Arthur Walters
Thomas West
S. C. Rhoades
O. D. Garrison
Richard Howard
Robert Baum
Stacy Smith
Pocatello Camp Fire Girls Council
Anne Armstrong
Job Openings Rise in Idaho Sectors
The Idaho state employment service reported last night a rise in job openings across agriculture mining logging and lumbering and service industries indicating broad gains in employment activity.
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Boise
Idaho State Employment Service
Chinese communists attack British ships on Yangtze
In a 600 mile offensive along the Yangtze River, Chinese communists shelled two British warships. The Amethyst ground on a Yangtze island after a battle, with 17 killed and 20 wounded aboard. the Consort suffered nine dead and three wounded during a rescue attempt. The attacks escalate international tension as gunfire echoed toward Nanking and Hankow.
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Nanking
China
Yangtze River
Information Office
Yangtze
Hankow
Military Tells Brass to Stop Using Official Automobiles
Defense Secretary Louis Johnson ordered Army Navy and Air Force leaders to stop using government autos for commuting. They may walk ride a bus drive their own cars or fly as needed, but only for actual official duties. The crackdown follows a House protest over luxury vehicles for officials in Washington.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Air Force
Defense
Louis Johnson
Daniel J. Flood
House
Armed Services
Johnson
Wholesale Prices Dip to New Low in Week
Dun & Bradstreet reports the wholesale food price index at 5.68, down from 5.71 and 6.85 a year ago, the lowest since price controls were loosened. The index covers 31 common foods. 13 items unchanged, nine up, and nine down in the past week.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc
Dun & Bradstreet
OPA
Farm Bureau Attacks Mountain States Telephone Rate Move
Idaho Farm Bureau accuses Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co. of inconsistency as it seeks a rehearing on proposed rate hikes for southern Idaho. Attorney Alfred C. Cordon says the company is pursuing both state rehearing and federal court avenues, while the bureau plans to oppose the rates again.
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Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co
Idaho
Pocatello
Alfred C. Cordon
State Public Utilities Commission
Cordon
Idaho Farm Bureau
PUC
U. S
Boise
Commission
Idaho Supreme Court
Federal District Court
Farm Bureau
Bureau
Death Takes Mrs. McCarty
Mrs. Fannie McCarty of Pocatello died yesterday after a short illness in a local hospital. She returned home last week from Arizona at 522 North Arthur. Funeral arrangements will be announced after her sister Mrs. Rose Lewis arrives from San Francisco and three brothers reach town. services directed by McHan Henderson funeral home.
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Fannie McCarty
Pocatello
W. H. McCarty
Senate stalls on civil rights housing bill fight
In Washington the civil rights driven housing bill faced renewed Senate debate with Bricker and Cain offering an amendment to ban racial discrimination in public housing. Administration leaders warned no vote before late today. The plan seeks 810,000 public housing units over six years, a 1.5 billion slum clearance program, 267.5 million for rural housing, and federal research.
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Washington
Senate
John W. Bricker
Harry P. Cain
Wash
Meat ration value increased in Britain
The British ministry of food announced a rise in the weekly meat ration value from about 17 cents to about 22 cents, effective April 24. The quantity of meat distributed remains unchanged.
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London
Ministry of Food
Ida ho State college gym expansion undecided
A special meeting at the Bannock hotel near Pocatello discussed adding 100000 to the 860000 state legislature appropriation to expanding Idaho State College gym seating from 3980 to 4980 and adding building space. Attendees debated fundraising and a May 3 deadline with F M Bistline presiding.
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Bannock Hotel
Idaho State College Gymnasium
Pocatello Business Houses
F. M. Bistline
Lilienthal Sees Arco Reactor as World Power Breakthrough
David E. Lilienthal, head of the atomic energy commission, arrived in Boise and said the Arco atomic reactor project, a 400000 acre site costing 500 million dollars, would launch a new era in energy. He stated the reactor program could surpass all oil and other power sources and that U.S. researchers would translate ideas into concrete plants at Arco.
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Arco
David E. Lilienthal
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Boise
Pocatello
Lilienthal
Idaho
Gov. C. A
Well-drilling prep for atomic plant site moves to Arco
Captain McCarty announced that well-drilling equipment from the U S naval ordnance plant will be moved to the Arco site to sink water wells as the first construction step. 50 to 100 men will staff the operation with work starting in a couple of weeks under AEC supervision.
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Atomic Plant
U. S. Naval Ordnance Plant
W. P. McCarty
McCarty
Navy Department
Atomic Engineering Commission
Robins
AEC
Leonard E. Johnston
Arco
Commission
Johnson
Pocatello
Lilienthal
C of C Old New Members to Meet in Pocatello Breakfast
Pocatello Chamber of Commerce hosts a Partners in Pocatello breakfast in the Wedgewood room at Hotel Bannock at 7:30 Friday morning. The event aims to acquaint new members with existing ones and chamber duties, with a $1.10 plate price. Attendees should notify the chamber of their plans.
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Pocatello
Chamber of Commercce
Wedgewood
Hotel Bannock
C of C
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