Gobbledygook fuels rail strike fears and union resolve
A Chicago conference seeks a settlement as union leaders in Pocatello warn against concessions on rules changes. They stress issues like terminal pay and 10 hour days, noting many reforms already work on western railroads. The piece brands a government gobbledegook clause as a threat to 30 years of gains.
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Chicago
Pocatello
Walter Blakemore
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Texas
Maury Maverick
Carters
Philadelphia
Bingham Scouts Clean Chapel Site
Blackfoot troop 39 cleaned Triangle Park the future Third ward chapel. Eighteen boys under leaders Dyle Clark Leo Clark Holley Manwaring and Joe Nebeker worked Monday evening clearing winter rubbish until dark.
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Blackfoot
Triangle Park
Third Ward
Dyle Clark
Leo Clark
Holley Manwaring
Joe Nebeker
Auction slated May 11 for Turner building at 320 West Center
A one story Turner building at 320 West Center St is slated for auction on May 11. The sale was authorized by a state lab department mission granted in early April.
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Turner
West Center St
State Lab Department
House Approves Tax Cut for Colored Oleomargarine
The House voted 260 to 107 to permit housewives to buy butter colored oleomargarine with no federal taxes or handling fees. The bill, supported by Rep. Sam Mendel Rivers, faces likely Senate action after President Truman’s stated support. The measure ends 62 years of taxation on oleo and sours the dairy state voting bloc.
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Washington
House
August H. Andresen
R. Minn
Sam Mendel Rivers
S. C
Truman
Senate
Will Eye Michaud Meeting for Idaho Water Project
The Idaho Reclamation Association will discuss the Michaud Flats project at a Boise meeting on May 5. Bannock and Power counties plan to fund 15000 dollars for water distribution from the American Falls reservoir with contributions from counties cities and the chamber of commerce. Power county will contribute 500 dollars annually and Bannock 300 with American Falls 150 and the chamber 50.
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Michaud Flats
Boise
Idaho Reclamation Association
Bannock and Power County Irrigation Committee
American Falls
Bannock County
S. E. Brady
J. Ledge Craig
Ed Dufford
Dale Cotant
W. C. Carnes
Power County
William Hess
Ward Meadows
H. E. Allen
L. R. Scott
Ford Roberts
B. E. Jacobs
John Mehlhaff
John Lee
Snake River Protective Union
Hess
Meadows
Scott
Pocatello Chamber of Commerce
J. L. Craig
County
City of
Chamber of Commerce
Bingham Man Reappointed as State School Board Chair
Andrew H. Johnson of Bingham County was re-elected chairman of the state school reorganization committee at the Boise annual meeting. Milton Horsley of Soda Springs was chosen vice chairman and Paul Eimers of Grangeville secretary. Johnson released Boise meeting reports Tuesday afternoon.
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Andrew H. Johnson
Bingham County
Boise
Milton Horsley
Soda Springs
Paul Eimers
Grangeville
Johnson
Chamber Opposes River Projects
The United States Chamber of Commerce adopted a resolution opposing many features of TVA and federal river projects after a lengthy convention wrangle. It also backed a temporary draft and other preparedness steps and urged a temporary immigration quota raise to admit displaced Europeans.
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Washington
TVA
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Idaho Supreme Court frees Videan in extradition case
A Idaho Supreme Court ruling favors Pocatello attorneys O R Baum and Pete McDermott by overturning a lower court decision and ordering Ernest R. Videan released from bond as the extradition issue to Michigan is reviewed. The ruling marks the first Idaho Supreme Court examination of extradition provisions.
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Idaho Supreme Court
Pocatello
O. R. Baum
Pete McDermott
United
Ernest R. Videan
Michigan
C. A. Robins
Idaho
Videan
Supreme Court
Bannock
McDermott
State Supreme Court
High Court
New Tax Withholding Rates Take Effect Saturday
Government says machinery to implement the cut is ready and 45 million taxpayers will see lower withholding starting Saturday. Internal Revenue Commissioner George J. Schoeneman urges employers to obtain and apply the new tables, with wages paid on or after May 1, 1948. No refunds before final returns post January 1, 1949.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
George J. Schoeneman
Schoeneman
Collegians Map Conclave Plans For IK Regional Meet
Delegates from Idaho and Montana gathered at ISC campus for the Intercollegiate Knights regional convention. Wallace Walker and Larry Stanley attended, with IKs from College of Idaho and Montana State among others. Meetings featured round-table discussions and talks by Dr. Carl McIntosh and Bill Folsom.
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Intercollegiate Knights
Logan
Louis Melendez
Nourseman Saints
Ricks College
ISC
Melendez
Leeroy Ehlers
College of Idaho
Carl McIntosh
Jerry Olson
Wallace Walker
Boise Junior College
George Barth
Montana State College
Dean Joslin
IK Magazine
Tiger
Halliwell Park
Duke
Boise
State
Saints
Knights
Ricks
Mark Madsen
Bill Folsom
VA magazine drive warning and local farewells in Pocatello
Pocatello residents are warned that VA backed magazine subscription solicitations are fraudulent. Leon Fields of the Boise VA warns to disregard callers claiming VA involvement and to contact the VA office. The column also notes the Pocatello Cardinals’ bus troubles and a weathered ride, and reports Tom Breneman's death with local mourners the Stouts.
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Veterans’ Administration
Leon Fields
Boise
Fields
Salmon Plans New Hospital in Steele Memorial Facility
The U S public health service approved Lemhi County for a one third match on a 230000 hospital project in Salmon Idaho. The planned 30 bed Steele Memorial Hospital will be funded with federal aid after Idaho’s second approval. construction to begin in coming months and Montpelier’s project is the first to receive sanction.
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Boise
U.S. Public Health Service
Lemhi County
Salmon
Idaho
Public Health
L. J. Peterson
Lembhi County
Montpelier
Steele Memorial
Subcommittee on Columbia Basin to Meet in Boise
Fish and Game Department Director T. B. Murray said a subcommittee on fish and wildlife of the Columbia basin inter agency committee will convene in Boise on May 19. The full committee meets the next day to discuss fish and game protection with officials from basin states.
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Boise
Fish and Game Department
T. B. Murray
Fish and Wildlife
Columbia Basin
Two Rail Unions Schedule May 11 Strike Amid Government Talks
Two operating brotherhoods announced a May 11 strike date against U S railroads while the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers withheld a decision. Government mediation chief Frank P. Douglass said talks would continue to avert a walkout as the unions seek a 30 percent wage rise and a $3 daily minimum.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Firemen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Frank P. Douglass
National Railway Mediation Board
Engineers Union
J. P. Shields
Shields
C. H. Keenen
Firemen and Enginemen’s Union
C. E. McDaniels
Switchmen’s Union
Cleveland
Washington
Douglass
British Help Protect Jaffa as Arab Defenders Hold City
RAF planes and heavy tanks join Arab defenders to shield Jaffa from advancing Jewish forces. British withdrawal plans accelerate as Bevin says evacuation moves cannot be halted. In Amman and London officials push for rapid action while battles rage around Jaffa and Bat Yam with villages reported encircled.
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United Press
RAF
Jaffa
Jerusalem
Arab Legion
Holy Land
Britain
Amman
Trans- Jordan
bin Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
Palestine
London
Ernest Bevin
Commons
Haganah
Tel Aviv
Bat Yam
Irgun
Lydda
Salame
Three Glucose Victims Reported in Louisville Case
Officials at St Mary and Elizabeth hospital say three patients were harmed by contaminated glucose fluid from a California lab. One patient died but was critically ill beforehand. death not attributed to the glucose.
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Louisville
St. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital
California
Prohibition church board calls for return of temperance
The church temperance board urges restoring prohibition. The recommendation comes from its report to the 1948 Methodist quadrennial general conference and will be acted on later by the general assembly.
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Church
Board of Temperance
General Assembly
Radio star Tom Breneman Dies of Heart Attack in Encino
Hollywood mourns Tom Breneman, famed Breakfast in Hollywood host, at age 46 after a heart attack in his Encino home. Fans lined up at his Vine Street restaurant at dawn, many leaving flowers and their breakfast money. Breneman, known for his orchid gifts and humorous banter, had curtailed work due to a heart condition and recently opened a new Vine Street venue.
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Tom Breneman
Frank Stout
West Clark
Breneman
California
Ie Stouts
Jack Adams
Sherry
Adams
Pocatello High
Mr. Adams
George Adams
Pocatello
Hollywood
Encino
Vine St
Brenenman
Fred Kearn
Tom
Nan Kaufman
G. T. Shearer
Waynesboro
George M. Cohan
Hollwood Boulevard
Vine
Billie Dunn
Gloria Anne
Tom, Jr
Jack Meelroy
Saeden
Breakfast
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Billings
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