Pollitt Hounded by Angry Crowds in Plymouth Siege
British Communist Leader Harry Pollitt faced a night of violence as sailors and civilians besieged the Corn Exchange in Plymouth. Chairs and stones were hurled, doors torn from hinges, and police evacuated Pollitt to safety, with six demonstrators arrested and several injuries reported.
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Plymouth
England
Harry Pollitt
Corn Exchange
Devonport Navy
Pollitt
Britain
Yangtze River
Dartington
Dartmouth
Yangtze
Police Probe Burglary of Arco School
ARCO local and state police with Butte County officials hunted a burglar who stole about 600 dollars in coins and bills from Arco High School. It was the fourth school burglary in a week, with Mackay and Salmon also hit. Detectives from Idaho State Police aided the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ARCO
Butte County
H. C. Smith
Worth Jardine
Harry P. Pearson
Smith
Mackay
Salmon and
Challis
J. ¥. Bedingfield
Irvin Dunn
Britons Get Candy Again
In Britain crowds lined up outside candy stores as sweets left the official ration list for the first time in seven years. Children paid with pennies and two-shilling coins, while shops opened Sunday sales to meet demand. A Folkestone shopkeeper gave away 200 free lollipops amid the jubilation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
John Strackey
Folkestone
Medics Plan Important Parley in Pocatello
About 200 physicians and surgeons are expected to attend the first clinical conference of the southeast Idaho district medical association in Pocatello September 9 and 10. Dr. M. M. Graves chairs the committee. Six prominent speakers from Mayo Clinic University of Michigan Columbia University Oregon Health and other centers will discuss medical surgical orthopedic cancer and psychiatry topics. Invitations extend to Idaho southeastern Montana eastern Wyoming Utah and Nevada doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Or. Jm. M. Graves
Idaho
Gate City
Southeast Idaho District Medical Association
Pocatello
M. M. Graves
E. V. Allen
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Frederick A. Collier
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Michigan
American College of Surgeons
Philip D. Wilson
Columbia University Medical School
New York City
N. Y
Hospital of Special Surgery
New York
Frank B. Queen
University of Oregon Medical School
Portland
Oregon
Oregon Cancer Control Program
Franklin C. Ebaugh
University of Colorado
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
Nevada
Car Crash Victim Airlifted In Critical Condition Near American Falls
Reuben Permann an 18 year old Aberdeen resident was flown by air ambulance to Salt Lake City for emergency surgery after a Sunday morning crash 10 miles northwest of American Falls. His condition described as extremely critical and his companions treated for minor injuries.
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Lucene Clemens Post
American Falls
Mercy Aviation
Reuben Permann
Salt Lake City Hospital
Young Permann
Aberdeen
Here
Permann
Power County Hospital
Richard Permann
Air Ambulance Sevice
Burley
Roscoe C. Green
Green
Shackleford
Peter Bartholoma, Jr
Fanel
Bartholoma
Death Takes Mrs. Vickers in Pocatello Home
Mrs. Della Sue Vickers 76 of 938 E Center died Sunday at her residence after a brief illness. She was a 1918 arrival to Pocatello, widow of Thomas M. Vickers, and the mother of Lucile V. Bailey. Born November 30, 1872 in Radford Virginia, she moved from Virginia with her husband in 1892 and to San Francisco later. Survived by daughter Lucile, three sisters Kate Boyd Radford Virginia Louise Essrick Raleigh North Carolina and Antoinette Morgan. member of First Methodist Church. Funeral under McHan Henderson. body to be taken to Virginia for burial.
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Della Sue Vickers
E. Center
Pocatello
Vickers
San Francisco
Ign
Pocatello Post
Kate Boyd
Radford
Louise Essrick
Raleigh
N. C
McHan-Henderson Funeral Home
Virginia
UP Train In Derailment Near Minidoka
Special to the POST. At the De Wolf crossing twelve miles east of Minidoka a Union Pacific freight derailed Sunday afternoon. Crewmen escaped injury as officials noted no other traffic was hindered. Derailment occurred at 2 50 p m between switches, a wrecker was sent from Pocatello to scene.
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Minidoka
Union Pacific
de Wolf Crossing
Here
Betwen
Pocatello
All-Schools Pageant Set To Aid Fund
A fourteenth school pageant to benefit music equipment needs is set for Thursday and Friday April 28 and 29 at 8 p m in the Pocatello high school auditorium. Miss Madeline Thompson wrote the eight episodes with student help. Schools and directors listed include Washington Tyhee Whittier Jefferson Lincoln Bonnevill Emerson and others. Proceeds go to fund music equipment for the participating schools.
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Pocatello High School
Madeline Thompson
Claude Wilcox
Bonita Ogusthrope
Ella Becker
Washington School
Industrial Life
Caroll Harrison
Blanche Magelby
Tyhee School
W. R. Stolworthy
Beverly McCarthy
Whittier School
Fred Pauley
Kate Morris
Jefferson
Stanley Wilson
Gerjtrude Richmond
Lincoln School
Jefferson School
Lewis Dunn
Flora Byrd
Bonneville “School
Margaret Pomeroy
Mellie Hutchings
Emerson School
Strike Halts Packard Firm Over Golden Jubilee Plans
UAW Local 190 ordered the night shift to stay away at Packard Motor Car Company halting production of the 50th anniversary Golden Jubilee gold models. Local president Ralph Urban said over 97 percent of members voted to authorize the strike after complaints of unjust dismissals seniority violations and unsafe working conditions amid preparations for 2,000 gold models and meetings with 2,000 dealers in Detroit.
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Waykaquen
Packard Motor Car Company
Packard
UAW
Ralph Urban
Urban
Detroit
Scouts Pack Southeastern Idaho for Tenday Circus Event
Nearly 3000 Boy Scouts and leaders from Bannock Bingham Power Caribou and Bear Lake counties are expected in Caldwell on April 30 for the Tenday Council Scout Circus. Activities include a downtown parade a circus rehearsal and features such as a chariot race clown parade fire building and wall scaling. Tickets are 60 cents for adults and 30 cents for children.
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Tenday Boy Scout Council
Jon Soderblom
Kenneth Bunyard
Leo Hansen
Vaughn Hansen
Paul Myler
Nile Don Evans
Ronnie Harriman
Carl Oberg
Pocatello Montpelier
Blackfoot
Grandview
Dendey
Pocatello High School
Idaho
Gate City
Tenday Council
C. R. Balmforth
Bannock
Bingham
Power
Caribou
Bear Lake
Wyoming
Lincoln County
Lake Town
Utah
Balmforth
Caldwell Park
Seventh and Center
Four Die In Truck Upset On Artillery Range
Four soldiers were killed and five injured when their army truck overturned on an artillery range near Yakima Washington. The incident occurred as the men returned to the firing center from a pass. two seriously hurt were taken to Yakima hospital. Names were withheld pending family notification. Cause under investigation.
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Yakima
Wash
Navy Chief Learns of Stop Work on Mighty Carrier
Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan called the stop work order on the 65,000 ton A bomb aircraft carrier a complete surprise. Defense Secretary Louis Johnson decided after talks with President Truman and the joint chiefs that the carrier should not be built and Sullivan should halt work at once. Sullivan, returning from Corpus Christi, said he must learn what prompted the action and had no idea it was coming.
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Navy
Washington
John L. Sullivan
Defense
Louis Johnson
Sullivan
Johnson
Truman
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Corpus Christi
Tex
GOP Slating Pep Talks for 1950 Campaign Kickoff
Republican strategists approved two or three regional pep talks for the fall to launch their 1950 drive to regain control of Congress. A committee plan outlines sessions on agriculture in the Midwest, industry and taxes in New England, and conservation on the West Coast. Dates and venues will be chosen by a five man subcommittee named by National Chairman Hugh Scott Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Midwest
New England
Hugh Scott, Jr
Atom Official Travels East to Oak Ridge and Washington
Leonard Johnston, manager of the atomic reactor testing station to be built near Arco, left Pocatello yesterday afternoon to return to Oak Ridge, Tennessee and Washington, D. C. He will confer on Idaho plant problems and stay about three weeks in Washington before returning to Pocatello. Bion Phillipson remains here to oversee field work. Johnston spent yesterday inspecting Blackfoot facilities.
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Leonard Johnston
Arco
Pocatello
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Washington, D. C
Johnston
Washington
Idaho
Bion Phillipson
Blackfoot
Reds Push In Try To Make Trap In China War News
Shanghai area braces as advance Red units bypass the city and push toward the coast to trap about 350,000 Nationalist troops. Chen Yi’s spearhead veers southeast toward Kaishing Hangchow Woochow while Shanghai’s defense stiffens with 17 Nationalist armies in position. Reports say Soochow remains touch and Wuish is moved to Shanghai defenses as Red forces wheel west and south to block escape routes along Kiukiang Wuhu.
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Shanghai
China
Mort Day
Red
Chen Yi
Nanking
Kaishing-Hangchow-Woochow
Kaishing
Shanghai-Hangchow
Nanking-Hangchow
Soochow
Wusih
Asia
Chinkiang
Kiangyin
Chekiang-Kiangsu
Anhwei
Liu Po-Chen
Kiukiang
Wuhu
Yangtze
Miss Redfield Injured In Salt Lake City Car Pedestrian Crash
Miss Ethel E. Redfield of Poca, an educator, remained in a critical condition Friday night after a vehicle pedestrian collision in Salt Lake City. Doctors at Holy Cross Hospital reported her condition as serious and unstable.
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Ethel E. Redfield
Pocatello
Salt Lake City
Holy Cross Hospital
Heyland Wins Post Tip With Simple Phone Call
Jack Heyland of 1536 N Garfield won five dollars for the best news tip of the week. He alerted the POST editorial department after seeing a tree fall onto two cars. Anyone can participate by calling 3530 with a potential story or photo idea.
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Jack Heyland
N. Garfield
POST
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