Smuggling Link Tied to Vaughan Freezers at Senate Inquiry
Senate five percenter inquiry hears of smuggling angles involving Albert Verley perfume firm gifts to Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan and pressure claims by a company seeking Army research work. McCarthy notes Mrs Truman accepted one freezer amid testimony from Vaughan aides and Waitt’s Army role. closed session questions Hoffman and Bennett about gifts.
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Washington
Harry H. Vaughan
White House
Senate
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wis
Harry S. Truman
Vaughan
Albert Verley
McCarthy
Truman
John Maragon
Verley
Chicago
Alden H. Waitt
Army Chemical Corps
Waitt
C. Salt
R. Peer
Viet
Harry Hoffman
Milwaukee
Werley Firm
Hoffman
David A. Bennett
Idaho Editor Helped Police Solve Crime Dramatized on NBC
The Pocatello Post editor Clayton Darrah, once a police reporter in Boise, is portrayed on NBCs The Big Story this Wednesday evening on Station KSEI Pocatello. Darrah will receive a $500 Pall Mall journalism award as the program depicts his role in ending a series of robberies.
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Idaho
National Broadcasting Co
KSEI
Pocatello
NBC
Clayton Pall Mall Cigar Darrahettes
Clayton Darrah
Pocatello Post
Darrah
Idaho Daily Statesman
Boise
Jimmy McCallion
Pall Mall
Robert Sloane
Bernard J. Prokter
Vladimir Selinsky
Arnold Perl
Henry H. Fletcher
Ben Innis
New York
Security Bill Gets OK In Full
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a sweeping social security bill to extend old age pensions to 11 million more people, boost benefits by 70 to 80 percent, and add disability benefits with higher taxes. The measure omits universal aid, faces House opposition, and Senate action is unlikely this session.
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Washington
House Ways and Means
Truman
House
Rules Committee
Senate
Walter F. George
Senate Finance Committee
Air Expert Here Today At Bannock Hotel
Pocatello Kiwanis Club and Chamber of Commerce meet at Hotel Bannock at noon to hear Harvey Stowers analyze the nation s air strength. Stowers, assistant to the president of the Aircraft Industries Association, will discuss Congress 1948 air defense program and the aviation technology revolution driven by jet and rocket engines.
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Pocatello Kiwanis Club
Chamber of Commerce
Bannock
Harvey Stowers
Aircraft Industries Association
Stowers
Congress
Malad Valley Irrigationists Propose Road Relocation Plan
State official J R McKinney said he would consult with AG Smylie on a plan by Malad Valley Irrigation Co to have the state help build a relocated section of highway 191 around Devil's Creek Dam. The group sought extra time to finish the dam project and discussed extending construction timelines with Reclamation Engineer Mark R Kulp.
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Boise
J. R. McKinney
Robert E.smylie
Malad Valley Irrigationists
Devil’s Creek
McKinney
Malad Valley Irrigation Co
Mark R. Kulp
Vehicle Crash Injures Razdoroff and Passengers
Bulletin reports William Razdoroff of American Falls in serious condition at American Falls hospital after a car left Highway 30, struck a tree and a telephone guy wire before narrowly missing an old church. Three passengers sustained less serious injuries.
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William Razdoroff
American Falls
Highway 30
Margaret Mitchell Stable but Critically Ill at Grady
Atlanta report says Margaret Mitchell author of Done with the Wind remains holding her own but is very, very critically ill at Grady Hospital Monday night.
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Atlanta
Grady Hospital
Margaret Mitchell
NEA Telephoto
John R. Marsh
Rollnick Shoe Stores head on Idaho tour
Rollnick A C and D A Thompson owners arrive in Pocatello for a tour of stores in Idaho and Wyoming as Rollnick Shoes marks its Pocatello second anniversary. They plan new locations after visiting Rawlins and Rock Springs. Lou Lambrou praised as manager and exclusive Post advertiser for four months with sales gains.
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A. C. Rollnick
D. A. Thompson
Rollnick
Pocatello
Mountain
Thompson
Denver
Rawlins
Rock Springs
Wyo
Idaho
Wyoming
Lou Lambrou
Post
Exclusive Post
Pocatello High School Holds Registration Kickoff
Principal E Rippledhill announces fall schedule with senior registration August 29 junior August 30 and other classes through September 1. Registration on the top floor north wing with preliminary instruction in rooms 216 217 and 215. A special department heads meeting is set for September 1 to plan organization and a workshop to aid new teachers.
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Pocatello
E. Rippledhill
Gledhill
Truman Extends Birthday Wishes to Ethel Barrymore
President Truman sent greetings to Ethel Barrymore on her 70th birthday, praising her as the First Lady of the American Stage and wishing her many happy returns.
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Washington
President Truman
Ethel Barrymore
49 Rescued After Skymaster Crash Off Irish Coast
A Transocean Airways Skymaster ran out of fuel and ditched five miles off Galway Shannon airport. Forty nine people including nine Americans were saved from the Atlantic. Eight of the 58 aboard were killed, with crew and rescue efforts credited for preventing a larger tragedy.
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Galway
Eire
Transocean Airways
Shannon
Picnic Spot Death at Cherry Springs Ends in Natural Cause
A 68 year old custodian Forrest Steip was found dead near his car in a wooded Cherry Springs area about 5 pm Monday. Coroner Hall says death likely from natural causes with time of death late Sunday. Steip had recent heart issues and was released from a hospital a week prior. He belonged to the Bartenders Union Local 160 and resided at 434 East Halliday. The body was taken to McHan Henderson mortuary.
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Pocatello
Cherry Springs
Forrest Steip
Eagles Lodge
Steip
Arthur W. Hall
Hall
John A.judd
East Lovejoy St
Judds
Judd
Pearl Hawk
Lafayette
Ind
Bartenders Union
E. Halliday St
McHan-Henderson Mortuary
Lights Fail Sea Diver at Santa Cruz Island
Submarine explorer Otis Barton plunged 2300 feet into the Pacific in a hollow steel ball but postponed the attempt to break the world diving record after exterior lights failed. Original plans aimed for 6000 feet, twice the deepest prior dive.
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Santa Cruz Island
Calif
Otis Barton
Pacific
Barton
Russia relieves Yugoslav ambassador to deputy foreign minister
London dispatch reports Russia has dismissed its ambassador to Yugoslavia and appointed him deputy foreign minister in Moscow. No successor named, leaving the post vacant for now as tensions between Moscow and Belgrade rise.
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London
Russia
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Road repair plan for Cedar St surface upgrade in Pocatello area
Bannock county and the City of Pocatello will jointly apply oil matting to Cedar Street from Pole Line Road east half a mile. Commission Chairman W. H. Jensen notes shared responsibility for the road and the urgent need for a better surface.
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Bannock
Pocatello
Cedar St
Pole Line Road
Commission
W. H
Pete) Jensen
Jensen
Senate OKs Army Chiefs Leaders Under Unification Law
The Senate unanimously confirmed Gen Omar Bradley as first permanent chairman of the joint chiefs of staff Gen J Lawton Collins as army chief of staff and Adm Louis Denfeld for another term as chief of naval operations The chamber also ratified Tracy Voorhees promotion to undersecretary and named Archibald Alexander as assistant secretary in New York city.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Chamber
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
J. Lawton Collins
Bradley
Army
Adm
Louis E. Denfeld
Naval Operations
Tracy Voorhees
Archibald Alexander
New York City
Storm Deluge Crashes Rapid City With Inch Hail
Hailstones an inch in diameter fell on Rapid City causing extensive damage and a 48 degree temperature drop in 20 minutes. High winds accompanied the storm. Scores of windows shattered and streets and rooftops were covered with inch thick hail.
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Rapid City, & D
Rapid City
Negotiator’s Death Halts AFL Gasoline Strike Talks
In Chicago on Monday AFL gasoline truck drivers halted negotiations as U.S. conciliator Howard A. Plank collapsed and died of a heart attack while attempting to settle the crippling strike.
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Chicago
AFL
U. S
Howard A. Plank
Three Women Escape Injury In 50-Foot Embankment Car Crash
Three Pocatello women narrowly escaped serious injury Monday afternoon when their car left the Arbon valley road and plunged down a 50-foot embankment, landing in three feet of water. Driver Marjorie Ewing suffered possible rib and arm injuries while Mrs. Howard Allen and Mrs. R. M. Roper were only slightly injured. After the crash, locals helped remove the women from the submerged vehicle.
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Pocatello
Arbon Valley
Marjorie Ewing
Howard Allen
R. M. Roper
First Polio Case Reported in Franklin County
Preston special report notes the year’s first polio case in Franklin County. Four month old Susan Nash, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lyle Nash, was hospitalized after being taken to a Salt Lake City facility.
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Preston
Franklin County
Susan Nash
Lyle Nash
Salt Lake City
Three Swan Lake Women Hurt in Highway Plunge
Three Swan Lake women injured eight miles north of Preston when a southbound coupe driven by Mrs Belva Hadley left Highway 91. Hadley fractured leg and cuts, Mrs Venna Gibbs suffered chest injuries and bruises, Mrs Ruby Merrill fractured pelvis and cuts. Irene Hadley, six months old, escaped injury. Sheriff and trooper investigated. Hadley crawled up embankment to signal aid. Ambulance crew treated aboard and took patients to hospital. Dr Hawks provided first aid.
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Preston
Swan Lake
Here
Belva Hadley
Hadley
Venna Gibbs
Ruby Merrill
Irene Hadley
Lee Hanson
Franklin County
Glenn Kendle
Sherwin Webb
Gibbs
Leo Hawks
Merrill
Hoover In New York Feeling Fine
Herbert Hoover arrived in New York with a cheerful, ruddy appearance after a minor gall bladder attack. The former president showed interest in national affairs and his losses at cards, insisting he is not planning a hospital checkup, saying he is feeling fine.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Shirley May France Plans Swing Time Channel Swim
Shirley May France a 17 year old from Somerset Massachusetts seeks a phono graph and swing records for a Channel swim from Cap Gris Nez to Dover. The equipment would ride on the pilot boat Providence to accompany her if weather remains favorable for the 24 hour window. She hums Slow Boat to China as she swims and has asked Ted Warner to provide real swing records for mood in the long hours at sea.
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Dover
England
Shirley
France
Somerset
Mass
Providence
China
Ted Warner
Warner
Cap Gris ‘Nez
Air Ministry
Thistle Like Safflower Offered as New Idaho Crop
In American Falls area farmer E G Commons promotes safflower as a new dryland crop. Grown for oil bearing seeds used by paints and varnish, the plant resembles a thistle but offers rotation value with winter wheat. Commons plans larger plantings after proving its viability this season.
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Sonny’ Commons
Longmont
Colo
Idaho
Rockland
American Falls
Commons
House UK On Arms Aid Plan Passes House Panel
The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved President Truman’s $1.45 billion arms aid program. It limits Western Europe cash spending to $655.84 million in year one while $1.16 billion for North Atlantic Pact nations would be in contract authority awaiting future appropriations. Senators Vandenberg and Dulles urged a $500 million cash cap and congressional veto power over the program.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Truman
Western
Europe
Congress
Sens
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
John Foster Dulles
Syria Forms Coalition Cabinet After Coup
Syria's first coalition cabinet began governing Damascus after the army committee overthrew and executed President Hossni Zaim. Col Samiel Himaoui led the revolution, establishing a new government within 24 hours of Zaim's 137 day rule. A six hour curfew was lifted and streets appeared normal with no military patrols evident.
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Damascus
Syria
Army
Hossni Zaim
Samiel Himaoui
Zaim
Washington Times Herald sale to Chicago Tribune chief disclosed
The Washington Times-Herald was sold to Col. Robert R. McCormick publisher of the Chicago Tribune for 4.5 million dollars in cash. Executors of the Eleanor Patterson estates disclosed the terms on Monday noting the paper was willed to seven executives.
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Washington Times-Herald
Robert R. McCormick
Chicago Tribune
Eleanor Patterson
Times-Herald
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