Rebellion Against Meat Prices Starts Today Nationwide
Housewives in many cities plan a boycott of meat this week to force price reductions amid record highs. Led by 71 year old Mrs R H Vaughn of Dallas, supporters spread word from California to New York and Wisconsin, while industry leaders doubt success. Prices remain high as cattle and hog markets show year over year increases.
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Chicago
R. H. Vaughn
Dallas
Texas
Vaughn
California
York
Wisconsin
Flora
Midwest
Department of Agriculture
National Association of Retail Meat Dealers
Los Angeles
Chicago Daily Drovers Journal
Landon Pins Inflation Blame on Truman at YMCA
Alf M. Landon former Kansas governor and 1936 GOP presidential candidate told an Estes Park YMCA conference that President Truman could curb the cost of living with one line of legislation. He urged slowing bank credit and cutting government spending through Federal Reserve actions.
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Estes Park
Colo
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Truman
YMCA
World Affairs Institute
Landon
Federal Reserve Board
Copper Strike Threat Is Ended
Utahn Kennecott Copper Corp and the CIO union avoided a strike after Kennecott agreed to honor the expired contract and grant a retroactive 12 cent hourly wage increase. Union leaders refused to sign anti Communist pledges and members had voted to strike in Utah Nevada and New Mexico.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
IUP
Kennecott Copper Corp
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
CIO
Kennecott Corp
Nevada
New Mexico
Hail and Rain Flood Gate City Streets
A heavy downpour broke a long drouth with hail and rain. The Weather Bureau logged 10 inches of moisture in 24 hours, most in a midday burst. Small hail caused little damage, basements flooded, power lines down, Halliday street underpass clogged, and motorists faced delays.
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Pocatello
Halliday Street
Near-Drouth
Gate City
U. S. Weather Bureau
Norman Thomas Due In Boise For Conference
Veteran Socialist leader Norman Thomas arrives Monday for a Boise press conference and will keynote the Idaho Socialist party convention Tuesday. He arrives from Montana, with two other minority parties also nominating on Tuesday in Nampa and Lewiston.
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Boise
Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
Idaho
Thomas
Denver Post
Montana
Prohibition Party
Nampa
Progressive Party
Henry Wallace
Glen Taylor
Lewiston
Idaho Democrats vie for Second District nomination
Idaho primaries loom as Asael Lyman and Rexburg real estate man Bert Minwegen vie for the Second District seat. Lyman travels to Boise while Minwegen campaigns southern Idaho and touts roads and rural growth amid intra party attacks.
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Asael Lyman
Rexburg
Bert Minnegen
Montpelier
Jerome
Minwegen
Idaho
Bingham County
Robert M. Kerr Jr
Blackfoot
Bert Minwegen
Lyman
Boise
Progressives
Minnegen
Local Teacher Captures Skunk Turns Lonely Man
Wayne B. Whitlow a Pocatello school teacher and biologist was called to corral a skunk by Mrs. Hendricks at 5 PM Sunday. He grabbed the skunk by the tail but the attempt backfired leaving him alone and meditating on life’s vagaries.
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Skunk
Wayne B. Whitlow
South Fourth Street
Pocatello
Whitlow
Ray A. Hendricks
South Ninth Street
Brass Hats Start Berlin Inspection
U S Air Secretary Stuart Symington and Air Force commander General Hoyt Vandenberg began an inspection tour of American air installations in Britain and Germany. They indicated that itinerary and length of stay were not yet finalized.
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London
U. S
Stuart Symington
Air Force
Hoyt Vandenberg
Britain
Germany
Tobin Denies Taking Labor Post While Running for Governor
Maurice J. Tobin, former Massachusetts governor and Boston mayor, says he has not accepted nomination as U S Secretary of Labor and remains a gubernatorial candidate. He plans to visit President Truman soon and told supporters he is still running for governor of Massachusetts.
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Boston
LLP
Maurice J. Tobin
Massachusetts
U. S
Gilbertville
Truman
Washington
Scituate
Tobin
Truman Plans Criticisms of Congress After Special Session
President Truman prepared a stern statement denouncing Congress for failing to pass his legislative program after the 13 day special session adjourned. He is expected to sign the Republican price and housing bills reluctantly and issue a broad critique early this week.
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Washington
80Th Congress
Truman
Homer Ferguson
Mich
Ferguson
Senate
Congress
Mr. Truman
Senates
Robert A. Taft
Scott W. Lucas
Lucas
Claude Pepper
Fla
Republican Party
Party of
People
Reynaud threatens resignation over reform bill in France
Paris reports that Paul Reynaud France’s new finance minister warned to resign if the core of his financial and economic reform legislation is not approved by the National Assembly He stated he would return to his deputy seat without hostility but with anxiety in the face of rejection.
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Paris
Paul Reynaud
France
National Assembly
Assembly
Drugs and burglar tools seized in Preston theft probe
Two men, G L Satterfield and Samuel W Fertig, were arrested after a failed burglary of a Grace drug store and a liquor-store break in Preston. A car held burglar tools and morphine cocaine in Satterfield’s possession. Satterfield faced with attempted burglary. Fertig as accomplice.
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Preston
G. L. Sattersfield
Ogden
Samuel W. Fertig
Seattle
Satterfield
Burwood Huls
Huls
Grace
Harold Campbell
Don Wickham
Police Department
Fertig
Campbell
Wickham
Hall
R. O. Ward
Dale Allred
Sgt. Campbell
Hull
Marley
Bannock County
Alma Marley
Spy Quiz Centers On Red Seizure
The House un American activities committee moves to break diplomatic immunity to question a 52 year old Russian woman kept in seclusion by Soviet officials in New York. Lauchlin Currie, a White House aide to Roosevelt, will testify Wednesday regarding claims he supplied information to a communist spy ring.
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Washipigton
House un-American Activities Committee
New York
Lauchlin Currie
White House
Roosevelt
CIO PAC Back Democrats as Campaign Opens
The CIO political action committee opened its fall campaign with national director Jack Kroll signaling a preference for the Democratic party and criticizing the Republican Congress for inaction. He announced a formal decision expected August 19 in Washington and a PAC meeting shortly after, aiming to mobilize about 60 million voters in November.
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Cincinnati
CIO Political Action Committee
Jack Kroll
Democratic Party
Republican Congress
Kroll
Cooper Seen Likely Republican Nominee In Kentucky
Kentucky's GOP race favors U. S. Sen. John Sherman Cooper as three fourths of precincts report. Virgil Chapman leads the Democratic field over John Young Brown with Chapman ahead 78,538 to 65,352, Brown refusing to concede as remaining votes count Monday.
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Louisville
U. S
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
Virgil Chapman
John Young Brown
Lexington
Brown
Eight Die As British Channel Storm Rips Coast
Severe weekend storm batters British and French coasts with high seas and floods. At least eight people die as ships, yachts, and boats are wrecked. lifeboats and tugs aid survivors along Beachy Head Seaford and Clacton on Sea.
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London
United States
U. S
William Hawkins
Beachy Head
Newhaven
Foremost
Sandgate
Folkestone
Gull
Seaford
Brooklands
Clacton
Shambles
Portland Isle
Hope
Binnel Point
Isle of Wight
Herm
Guernsey
Perros-Guirec
Leo Anderson Wins Contest for Pacific Northwest Trip
Leo Anderson of Pocatello tops a POST carrier contest ending Friday earning a Pacific Northwest and British Columbia trip. Reed Pugmire of Montpelier finished close, winning a Hiawatha bicycle, with Bob Mower Earl Smith and Jimmy Rupp also placing. Fifty prizes include bicycles cash prizes of 35 and 25 dollars watches a camera and pogo sticks.
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Leo Anderson
Pocatello
Pacific Northwest
British Columbia
Beldon Anderson
Maplewood Ave
Leo
Los Angeles
Anderson
Reed Pugmire
Montpelier
Hiawatha
Bob Mower
Earl Smith
Jimmy Rupp
Cardinals run past Great Falls in high-watery eight-walk marathon
The Pocatello Cardinals beat the Great Falls Electrics 14 to 11 in a rambunctious contest. Eight walks in the first inning helped fuel a nine-run frame as fifteen Cardinals batted. Ernie Schuereman opened with a homer, and Ed Mickelson was hit by a pitch among other early rallies.
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Pocatello
Cardinals
Great Falls Electrics
Ernie Schuerman
Ray Lewins
Ed Mickelson
Neil
Nat LeBlanc
Sheehan
Dom Barczewski
Larry Swederski
George Koby
Schuerman
Lowins
Mickelson
LeBlanc
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Compton I. White
Burnis B. Brigham
Genesee
White
Brigham
Miller
Supreme Court
Bert H. Miller
Henry Dworshak
Abe McGregor Goff
John Sanborn
Henry C. Dworshak
State Supreme Court
Cavanagh
Secretary of State
Berlin
Bay
Pres. Truman
Reynaud
Minneapolis
Edward Courval
Rogers City
Courval
General Hospital
Charles E. Summers
Doylestown
O. Yep
Summers
Suzan
Patricia
Michael
Paul
Charles Jr
John
Yellowstone Park
Great Falls
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