U S Holds China Hopeless Concedes Red Sweep
The Federal Reserve Board released 1.8 billion dollars to spur loans, cutting reserve requirements to the lowest in eight years. Changes apply gradually, with New York Chicago and other reserve cities seeing staged reductions, boosting bank lending amid signs of renewed business expansion.
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U.S
China
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve System
Boston
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Richmond
Atlanta
St. Louis
Minnneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
Federal Reserve
New York
Chicago
Chiang Regime Blunders and Graft Blamed for Fall
Washington reports reveal Secretary Acheson calling Communist victory in China beyond U.S. control while warning Russia of trouble if Red forces advance. The 1054 page White Paper traces U.S. China policy, noting Chiang Kai-shek’s corruption and military blunders as key factors in the civil war outcome.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
China
United States
Russia
Asia
Chiang Hu
Acheson
Chiang Kai-Shek
U. S
Chiang Kai- Shek
Stuart
Congress
Stilwell
Wedemeyer
Joseph W
Vinegar Joe
Chiang
U.S
Japan
Quake Toll Nears 100 In Ecuador
A violent Central Ecuador earthquake Friday caused widespread damage and flooded rivers. Unofficial reports place the death toll near 100 with many injured as rescue work faces blocked roads. Ambato and Latacunga reported dozens of fatalities and ruins.
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Quito
Ecuador
Shell Oil Co
Ambato
Here
Latacunga
Salcedo
Wage Bill On Floor For Vote In House
House Rules Committee sent the administration’s new national minimum wage bill to the House floor for action Monday. The measure proposes a 75 cent per hour minimum, bringing about 600000 workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act and allows amendments. The bill, by Rep Wingate Lucas, would set a 65 cent minimum for the rest of the year then a flexible rate tied to the cost of living with a 50 cent floor.
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Wingate H. Lucas
Tex
UN Rejects Slave Probe In Council Vote
In a stormy session the United Nations Economic and Social Council rejected the U S resolution to set up a commission to probe slave labor. The 10 to 5 vote included abstentions from the Soviet Union Byelo Russia and Poland with Belgium Turkey Chile and Peru supporting the United States. Critics said Russia would not participate making the panel infeasible.
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Geneva
United Nations, Economic and Social Council
United States
Soviet Union
Russia
Poland
Belgium
Turkey
Chile
Peru
U. S
Webb to Instruct Farm Institute at Illinois
John H Webb executive secretary of the Idaho Farm Bureau is chosen as an instructor for the American Farm Bureau Institute August 14 20 at the University of Illinois. He will teach courses in legislation and farm bureau leadership. About 400 Farm Bureau Federation leaders from across the nation will attend. Webb leaves Pocatello August 12 for Illinois.
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John H.,webb
Pocatello
Idaho Farm Bureau
American Farm Bureau _ Institute
University of Illinois
Webb
Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Federation
Illinois
Drowning Fatality In Burley Investigated
Two year old Michael McGill son of Mr and Mrs James A McGill of Burley drowned Friday afternoon in an irrigation ditch on the family farm five miles south of town. Mrs McGill sought help after his disappearance and neighbors located the body where the ditch crosses a road. A Burley fire department resuscitator was used for an hour and a half without success.
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Pocatello
Burley
Michael McGill
James A. McGill
Here
Convict Slots Man in Police Court Trial
A six man jury found Larry Boyd guilty of operating three unlicensed slot machines. He faces sentencing next Wednesday in police court before Judge Henry W. Tucker.
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Pocatello
State July Tax Revenue Tops 1.5 Million
P G Neill Boise state tax collector said July revenue reached 1 509 955 with total admin costs 16 986 98. He noted consolidation trimmed agencies to three groups while welcoming progress after one month of operation. Major categories include motor fuels 1 105 813 67 cigaret tax 137 781 47 beer tax 91 312 42 and others.
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BOISE
LLP
P. G. Neill
Neill
Looky Los Angeles Smells headline shocks city
Miami Herald dispatch reports a pungent odor sweeping Los Angeles drawing native reactions as residents and officials discuss its source and impact.
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MIAMI
The
Miami Herald
Los Angeles
McGrath Plans August 24 Demo National Committee Meeting
Chairman J. Howard McGrath tentatively schedules a Democratic National Committee meeting in Washington for August 24 to elect his successor. The move signals a shift in leadership as the party prepares for upcoming conventions and races.
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Washington
J. Howard McGrath
Democratic National Committee
Shirley Open Sea Test Waits By Shirley May France
Dover England NEA report on Shirley France preparing for a cross Channel swim under Coach Harry Boudakian and her father. She trains in rough seas near the breakwater with winds and rain, aiming to determine readiness for the long open water crossing.
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Harry Boudakian
Speir Quits Water Post
W. J. Bill Speir, city water department superintendent, resigns to join a water equipment supply business entering incorporation. Speir, 33, served nearly six years and helped plan future Gate City water supplies. J. E. Fuger to succeed as assistant superintendent. Speir resident of Pocatello since 1937. appointed superintendent in March 1947 by Mayor C. D. Moore after Clarence M. Rainey’s death.
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W. J
Bill) Speir
Speir
City Water Department
Gate City
J. E. Fuger
Pocatello
C. D
Dinty) Moore
Clarence M. Rainey
Paris Police Stop Red Heckling of Bradley
Police and troops cordoned off the area around the American embassy as about 500 Communists demonstrated near Paris. The crowd shouted for Gen. Omar Bradley to be sent home and clashed with officers who charged with clubs, arresting several. Bradley and other U S leaders met French military chiefs and Viscount Montgomery to discuss Western Europe defense, with no pact specifics disclosed.
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Paris
Poice
United States Chiefs of Staff
Chiefs of Staff
Rue de Rivoli
Bradley
Omar N. Bradley
United States Army
Adm
Louis Denfeld
Naval Operations
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Field Marshall
Viscount Montgomery
Western European Alliance
United States
Western Europe
Russia
Vandenberg
S. D. Clinton Named Building Inspector for Pocatello
Samuel D. Clinton of 341 S. Garfield was named Friday as Pocatello's new building inspector. He replaces M. M. Rabourn, who died Thursday afternoon after a heart attack. Clinton comes from the city engineering department.
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Samuel D. Clinton
S. Garfield
Pocatello
City
Clinton
M. M. Rabourn
Pocatello Moose Lodge To Initiate 75 Tuesday
Pocatello Moose Lodge No. 387 will initiate 75 new members Tuesday night at 8 p.m. in the Moose hall on W. Clark street ending a year long "49ers Campaign." Gate City lodge governor Jay Geyer announced three Moose groups of about 175 members each led the drive. The winning group earns a dinner, the runner up cleans the hall.
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Pocatello
Pocatello Moose Lodge No
Moose Hall
W. Clark St
Jay Geyer
Gate City
Porcupine Arrested by Pocatello Police
Pocatello police Friday night arrested an errant porcupine prowling 416 S Fourth. Officer Robert Phelps captured the invader with a cage. The animal remains in a reinforced cage pending investigation.
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Pocatello
S. Fourth
Robert Phelps
Ivo
Sky
Grass Fire Extinguished by Pocatero Firefighters
Pocatero firemen were called Friday to extinguish a grass fire on the 200 block of S Fourteenth. The blaze was smothered with aid of a booster pump.
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Pocatero
S. Fourteenth
Gold Star Mother Jailed Over Insurance Trust Funds
Salt Lake City reports scores of telegrams and calls protesting the 30 day jail term for Nettie W. Capps of Bountiful who defied a court order to turn over Jacob Capps insurance payments to a trust for his estranged wife Maureen Stam. The judge fined her and ordered compliance. Capps remains steadfast, saying she honors her son's final wishes.
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Salt Lake City
Nettie W. Capps
Bountiful
Utah
Ray van Cott Jr
Jacob Capps
Capps
Maureen Stam
Seaside
Calif
Fice
Woodburn
Ore
J. Bracken Lee
van Cott
J. C. Stocks
Lee
Indian’s Kin Seek $50 875 in Damages for Fatal Accident
John Tendoy and Edna Chinjay, relatives of Joe Yoohoo Tendoy, 91, who died after being struck near Blackfoot July 28, sue driver H. E. Olson in district court for 50 875 total damages. suit lists 50 000 general damages 625 burial expenses and 250 medical expenses. Walter H. Anderson represents Tendoy’s relatives.
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John Tendoy
Edna Chinjay
Joe ‘Yoohoo) Tendoy
Blackfoot
H. E. Olson
Walter H. Anderson
Tendey
Wife Slain. Police Seek Husband in Maryland
Nellie F Barker 21, mother of two, was beaten to death in a Savage Maryland one room shack on Friday. Police launched a search for her husband John, suspected of fleeing in a stolen car.
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Savage
Nellie F. Barker
John
Foreign Aid Nears Final Senate Vote
The Senate voted 46 to 34 to kill a proposal restricting France recovery funds, backing Vice President Barkley who said the measure was unrelated to the 5.467 billion foreign aid bill. Leaders rejected earmarks for Spain and a call to direct 1.85 billion to U.S. farm supplies. final action expected Monday.
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Washington
Senate
France
Alben W. Barkley
Spain
Paul G. Hoffman
Tor
Death Curve Land Bought to Realign Highway
Bannock county completed right of way acquisitions for Porte Neuf Hill realignment to remove the death curve. W P Havenor says 22.92 acres were purchased for 6145 dollars with hoped half from the state. Five tracts from seven landowners secured. project aims to cut grade and erase the sharp curve over 1.275 miles. Negotiations continue for U S Highway 91 191 Downey to Arimo with 34 parcels total. 20 acquired, rest expected to follow for this year’s work.
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Bannock County
Porteneuf Hill
W. P. Havenor
Downey
Arimo
Havenor
Highway Department
New Arms Measure Bans Blank-Check Aid in Washington
The administration bowed to congressional pressure and introduced a new arms aid bill that ends blank-check authority for President Truman. It limits free military aid to 15 specified nations and gives Defense Secretary Louis Johnson and the joint chiefs a stronger say in which equipment can be shipped abroad.
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Washington
Truman
U.S
Secretary of Defense
Louis Johnson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Firemen May Get Walky Talkies for City Fire Units
Mayor W. W. Halsey proposed using wartime Army walkie talkies by the Pocatello fire department. He planned to ask Salt Lake City firemen for their experience with the radios to determine if the devices could speed reinforcements and equipment while fires are being fought.
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Army
Pocatello
W. W. Halsey
Halsey
Salt Lake City
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