Girl Aims for English Channel Swim by 17
Shirley May France, 16, from Somerset Massachusetts, trains in England to swim the 19 miles of tide rip currents. Daughter of ex swimmer J Walter France, she hopes to be the first American since 1926 and the youngest to complete the feat. NEA Service will publish her story through member papers.
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Richard Kleiner
NEA
Somerset
Mass
England
Shirley May
France
J. Walter France
Shirley
NEA Service
Guardian
The
Pocatello Post
Shirley France Faces Meat Shortages To Train For Channel Swim
Shirley May France 16 from Somerset Massachusetts expresses concern over food scarcity in Britain delaying her plan to swim the English Channel. She needs about a pound of meat daily and hopes to train near Cap Gris Nez in France to secure better meals. Her family life is outlined amid austere conditions as they seek improved sustenance and opportunity.
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London
Shirley May
France
Britain
Somerset
Mass
Walter France
Cap Gris Nez
Shirley
Glacier Ice Found in Bannock County Shale Bed
Earl Adkins reports a 12 foot deep shale bed near Vir ginia in Bannock county containing 25 feet wide ice buries five to seven feet below the frost line. He says the ice is crystal clear, formed with no surrounding water evidence and could indicate ancient glacier activity.
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Tee
Bannock County
Virginia
Earl Adkins
Bonneville
Adkins
Serenthe
Police Seek Bandit After Service Station Hold Up
An unknown man robbed Phillips service station at 255 S Fifth early Sunday taking an undetermined amount of money from attendant Lewis W. Stites 926 S Second. The bandit, about 30 years old with dark hair and light complexion wore khaki clothing and a pesket navy fatigue cap. He fled west along W Bonneville.
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Phillips
S. Fifth
Lewis W. Stites
S. Second
Stites
Paper Urges Pact to Forge Atlantic Federal State
The Observer Sunday urges uniting Atlantic nations into a federal state as the sole security guarantee. It cites 4,000 miles separating the US from Central Europe as a weakness and argues a united front would remove questions of shared strength and frontline defense.
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London
Observer Sunday
United States
Europe
America
Atlantica
Johnson Proposes Air Force Academy Plan
Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson outlined a $171 million Air Force Academy to mirror West Point and Annapolis. He told legislators the force lacks adequate facilities to train officers and needs a separate academy to relieve bottlenecks.
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Washington
Air Force Academy
West Point
Annapolis
Defense
Louis Johnson
Air Force
New Jersey Man May Head GOP
A top Republican said Guy G. Gabrielson from New Jersey has the inside track for the GOP national committee chairmanship. He reportedly agrees with major factions and would take the job if offered. Republican leaders meet Thursday to accept Rep. Hugh Scott Jr. resignation and choose a new leader ahead of 1950 elections.
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Washington
Guy G. Gabrielson
New Jersey
Gabrielson
Hugh Scott, Jr
Couple Found Dead in Pennsylvania Canyon Murder Suicide
A man and a woman were found shot to death along a secluded mountain road near Ranchtown Pennsylvania. The woman Eva Karstetter about 40 and Lawrence Getgen 40 both of Jersey Shore were identified. Police said preliminary investigation indicated murder and death by own action.
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Lock Haven
Ranchtown
Eva Karstetter
Lawrence Getgen
Jersey Shore
Convicts Escaped 1898 1901 List Sent to Midwestern Sheriffs
Leavenworth Kansas reports that federal penitentiary officials have sent midwest sheriffs a list of 11 convicts who escaped between 1898 and 1901. If alive they would be aged 66 to 94.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Uncle Sam
Federal Penitentiary
Midwest Sheriffs
City Building Boom Reported in Idaho and Pacific Northwest
The Coastr ion News Bulletin notes large rises in building construction across Idaho Oregon Utah and Alaska with June 1949 permits in Pocatello reaching 468527 and state totals 2190841. First five months of 1949 Idaho permits total 9180282.
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Pocatello
Idaho
Pacific Northwest
Coastrion News Bulletin
Oregon
Utah
Alaska
Boise
Idaho Falls
AFL Huddle Opens with State Leaders Present
Idaho Falls hosts the Idaho Federation of Labor annual convention starting today and running through Wednesday with about 15 delegates expected. Gov. C A Robins is slated to speak along with Elmer McIntire Boise secretary and other officials including Leo Houtz Warren Cassidy and John Galipeau.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho Federation of Labor
Gov. C. A. Robins
H. L. Bradshaw
Idaho Falls Building Trades Council
Rogers Hotel
Elmer McIntire
Boise
MclIntire
Leo Houtz
State Industrial Accident Board
Warren A. Cassidy
Idaho
John Galipeau
Coeur d'Alene
London Pictorial Uses Propaganda Lessons in Captions
The London Pictorial printed provocative captions under a three US MPs and a German civilian scene. Captions include Moscow praising Lenin’s son beaten by American louts and New York about Reds, with Berlin noting a German civilian intervening. The Truth headline calls the scene a drunk cops.
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London
London Pictorial
The
Pictorial
Moscow
Lenin
New York
Uncle Sam
Berlin
Wood Plans Super Ship
Detroit paper reports Gar Wood, speedboat king, revealing designs for a 188-foot twin-hull express passenger liner. After 16 years from retirement, he showcases a no-roll unsinkable craft aimed to carry 6,000 passengers, potentially rivaling transoceanic airliners and the Queen Mary.
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Detroit
Gar Wood
Wood
Florida
Transocean
Power Coroner Selects Jury for Mrs. Myrtle Perry Death
Power county coroner H. L. Davis announced the twelve person jury to investigate the head on collision that killed 31 year old Mrs. Myrtle Perry near Rockland. Jury members include Ed England Clifford Paris John Miser A Yutarte Leo Aguirre Carl Adams William F Jasmine Fernando Hansen John Rast Cleon Chapman and Bert Hager. The panel convenes at 2 p m in the county courthouse. Driver Richard May of Rockland remains in critical condition. nine other accident victims were released from the hospital.
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American Falls
Myrtle Perry
Rockland
H. L
Richard May
Perry
Schlitz Hospital
Weather outlook with warm temps and scattered rain
The forecast says generally fair weather continues with warm daytime highs around 95 and 97 on Sunday. Scattered afternoon showers are possible, especially in the mountains, with overnight lows near 60 and 58.
CIO Calls 50 to 85 Percent Jobless Pay Plan
The CIO urged a year long unemployment subsidy funded by employers and taxes. The plan would boost weekly benefits to 30 for singles earning 50, up to 60 to 85 for higher wages and families, aiming to preserve purchasing power and restore full employment.
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Washington
CIO
Federal Security Agency
Eight Die In Jallopy Winder Ga Car Crash
In Winder Georgia an ancient jallopy carrying eight people including four children crashed into a highway abutment at a three way intersection early Sunday. The charred bodies prevented identification. one man, three women, a 12 year old girl and three young girls were among the deceased.
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Winder
IMU Band Performs Seasonal Concert in Ross Park
About 600 attendees gathered Sunday night in Ross Park to hear the Inter national Musicians' Union sponsored concert finale. The program included Emblem of Freedom King Liszt Second Hungarian Rhapsody Bravura March Duble Menuet in G Beethoven Colonel Bogey Alford Dancing Tambourine Polla Maytime Romberg From Africa to Harlem Bennett El Capitan and Porter's Catalina Band March.
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Ross Park
International Musicians’ Union
King
Liszt
Duble
Beethoven
Colonel Boggy
Alford
Polla
Romberg
Gomez
Sousa
Africa
Harlem
Bennett
Porter
McCaughey
President Truman Returns Home From Shangri La
President Truman cuts short weekend rest at Shangri La Maryland to return and greet Mrs Truman arriving from Independence Missouri.
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Washington
Truman
Maryland
Shangri la
Mrs. Truman
Independence
Missing Burley men feared after Massacre Rocks trip
Fear arose Sunday night for the safety of two Burley men who motored Saturday morning to Massacre Rocks and had not returned by Sunday night. William T. Hunter, 28, and Erthel Bonner, 25, were driving a 1949 light gray Plymouth. Hunter is dark complexioned with black hair blue eyes 140 pounds and five feet four inches tall. Bonner has brown hair blue eyes 170 pounds and five feet seven inches tall.
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Burley
Rocks
Pocatello
American Falls Man Dies In Truck Plunge Into Lake
Power county rancher and contractor Herbert Schritter, 34, was killed when his loaded farm truck went through a guard rail near American Falls. The vehicle sank in 12 feet of water on Spring Hollow inlet, about five miles north of town, with rescuers recovering the body at 6:30 a.m. The crash occurred around 12:30 a.m. as he moved scrap lumber from his winter home to the ranch. Funeral services are planned for Thursday at St. John's Lutheran Church.
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American Falls
Herbert Schritter
Power County
Schritter
Spring Hollow Inlet
Aberdeen Road
Here
W. J. Hoehnen
Pete Farwell
Farwell
Davis
Dick Heaton
Melvin
Marion
Marvin
Maxine
Otto
William Schritter
Manuel Schritter
Aberdeen
Edward Schritter
Washington
Albert Schritter
Monaview
Idaho
Bertha Dalke
San Leandro
Calif
Olga Dalke
Hayward
Hulda Walsh
Pocatello
Leon Tina Miller
Lockford
Clara Starky
Erna Casidideo
Brisbane
Rosa Cook
Paul
Falls View Cemetery
the Davis
Secret Talks Loom Today On Defense
FRANKFURT Germany UP The United States joint chiefs of staff will open top level talks with Atlantic pact military leaders today on the defense of Western Europe against Communist aggression Gen Omar Bradley Admiral Louis Eisenhfeld Gen Hoyt Vandenberg lead a tour of Western Europe and begin discussions with Luxembourg and Italian service chiefs this morning They will meet German commanders this afternoon.
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Frankfurt
Germany
United States Joint Chiefs of Staff
Western Europe
Omar Bradley
Louis Eisenfield
Hoyt
Vandenberg
Army
Navy
Air Force
Europe
Wage Compromise To Be Presented In Congress
House administration leaders finalize a compromise 75 cent minimum wage bill affecting about 600 000 workers. Moderates from the South assist in drafting. Committee Chairman John Lesinski will sponsor the measure to placate Southern Democrats and GOP opposition, with floor consideration slated for August 8.
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Washington
House
House Labor Committee
John Lesinski
Mich
Engineers to Name New Walla Walla District Executive
G. G. Neff, formerly of the Corps of Engineers Denver district, will replace Lt. Col. V. Frisby as executive officer of the Walla Walla district. Whipple, the district engineer, announced from Pocatello on Sunday. Neff has 20 years in the Corps and was an army colonel in World War II. He served in 1938 as an assistant to Gen. Lucius Clay, recently U S high commissioner in Germany.
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G. G. Neff
Corps of Engineers
Denver
V. Frisby
Walla Walla
William Whipple
Pocatello
Neff
Lucius Clay
U. S
Germany
Bard of Blackfoot to Launch Campaign on 81st Birthday
Byrd Trego retired editor known as Idaho's crusading editor and Bard of Blackfoot will start a campaign Tuesday to modernize farms and farm homes on his eighty first birthday. He promotes the American Falls dam and once learning interviewing from Elbert Hubbard.
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David Leslie
Byrd_ Trego
Idaho Daily Journalism
Trego
Chamber of Commerce
Utah Press Club
Idaho
Sagehurst
Elbert Hubbard
Garcia
Lusitania
Robbery Report Stages Stolen Suitcases From Car
Elden Schlehuber reports two suitcases with clothes stolen from his car at the U P station. Damaged by a break in the loss valued at about $200. The incident occurred Sunday as police investigate the theft.
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Elden Schlehuber
E. Carter
U. P
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