Idaho Moves To Register 25 000 Soon
Idaho officials announce registration for 25 000 youths under the new selective service law will begin August 30. Registrars are being chosen county by county as supplies head to county clerks. Governor Robins cites slow board organization due to absences and aims to place World War II veterans on local boards where possible.
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Boise
Idaho
C. A. Robins
Robins
John E. Walsh
Selective Service
National Guard
Thelow
Death Ends Ozark Siege
In Hasty Arkansas a 60 year old farmer Heywood Brown fatally shot his sister Dora after a 24 hour standoff with about 50 officers, then killed himself and set their two room shanty ablaze. A 25 man state trooper and local force posse pursued the barricaded pair along the Buffalo river. two troopers were wounded Thursday and one slightly Friday as tear gas and gunfire echoed through the Ozark mountain area until the cabin burned.
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Hasty
Ark
Ozarks Mountain
Heywood Brown
Dora
Brown
Buffalo River
Negress Held for Murder Trial in Stabbing Case
Preliminary hearings were held for Sadie Fisher, 36, charged with the fatal stabbing of Benjamin W. Fox, 44, Saturday night in Judge Charles W. Hyde's court. Fisher was bound over to District Court. trial date not set.
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Sadie Fisher
Negress
Benjamin W. Fox
Charles W. Hyde
Uninformative John L. Lewis Pauses in Pocatello
United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis avoids answers during a brief street encounter in Pocatello. He refuses interview questions and later objects to a photographer while in a barber chair. he eventually agrees to a street portrait after an exchange over the negative.
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John L. Lewis
United
Pocatello
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Mr. Lewis
John L
Nhates
Red Mt
Photog
Idaho
Billings Nets Close Card Battle in Extra Innings
The Pocatello Cardinals lost to the Mustangs 6 to 5 in 11 innings after a tight game. Pitcher George Koby matched speed and kept Billings in the contest as Milt Joffe and Ronnie King started the deciding rally, with Joffe scoring the winning run on a close play at the plate.
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Pocatello Cardinals
Billings
Mustangs
George Koby
Mustang
Milt Joffe
Ronnie King
Joffe
Koby
John Yelovic
Schuerman
Bill Adams
Ed Mickelson
Sport
Rita Hayworth Winds Up Visit to Seville Grandfather
Seville reports Rita Hayworth arrival with her aged grandfather Antonio Cancino waiting to glimpse the star. He taught her to dance and watched traffic all day, but no meeting occurred Friday night. Rita and Prince Ali Khan, her traveling companion, checked into separate hotel rooms.
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Seville
Spain
Rita Hayworth
Margarita Carmen Casino
Antonio Cancino
Margarita
Cordoba
Rita
Prince Ali Khan
Agha Khan
Tough' Killer Begs As He Dies In Chair
Donald Frohner an 18 year old executed for a hitchhike slaying repented hours before death at Ohio Penitentiary He sobbed prayed and cried mercy in the electric chair his last hours contrasting with his prior harden ed prisoner phase His mother pleaded for mercy but Governor Herbert refused The death scene included prayers and a final Lord's prayer as the mask muffled his cries
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Columbus
Donald Frohner
Ohio Penitentiary
J. B. Eckstorm
Frohner
Thomas J. Herbert
Valerian Lucier
Truman Acts To Head Off Coast Tie Up
President Truman ordered the justice department to seek a court injunction to halt a threatened midnight strike by 25,000 east coast longshoremen. The move marks the second use of the Taft Hartley act in the dispute.
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Washington
Truman
Justice Department
New York
International Longshoremen’s Union
AFL
Norfolk
Portland
Supreme Court
Wife Says Mate Hit Her With Chair
Doris Francom of Burley testified from her hospital bed that her husband Dee Francom struck her with a deadly weapon early Friday. Dee Francom appeared before Probate Judge Henry W. Tucker, pleaded not guilty, posted $1500 cash bond, and requested a preliminary hearing. Hospital reports note her condition not serious.
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Burley
Ida
Doris Francom
Dee Francom
Henry W. Tucker
State Food Dealers In Meeting Here
Approximately 150 Gate City food dealers and suppliers resolved to work with the legislature on food laws. Russell Black of Wyz Way Food store and state director of the Idaho Food Dealers spoke as dealers lauded unfair sales practice legislation and urged action against discriminatory taxes. The banquet and meeting were held at 8 oclock at the Hotel Whitman.
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Gate City
Russell Black
Wyz Way
Idaho Food Dealers
Whitman
Soviet envoy Lomakin books Sweden voyage amid recall demand
Soviet consul general Jacob Lomakin booked passage for Goteborg Sweden on the Stockholm, leaving Aug 28, with his wife and two children, after the U S demanded his recall over the Oksana Kosenkina case. Police tightened guard at Roosevelt Hospital as Kosenkina remained in critical condition.
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U. S
Sweden
New York
Jacob Lomakin
State Department
Goteborg
Stockholm
Lomakin
Moscow
Kosenkina
Finland
Andrei Gromyko
United Nations
Mrs. Kosenkina
Both Parties Pick Delegates Here
Bannock county parties elected delegates to state conventions in brief sessions. Republican Roy F. Miller Jr. named county chairman, with Ed Nunn as vice chair, Mrs. Ralph Garrett as vice chairwoman, and others listed. Democrats chose Irving D. Muir as county chairman and elected Peter A. McDermott as vice chairman, with Nema Ashton and Mrs. Harry Locke among officials. Republican convention set for Boise August 28, Democrats meet September 11 in Boise.
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Bannock
Roy F. Miller, Jr
Ed Nunn
Ralph Garrett
Howard Lenkersdorfer
J. P. Halliwell
Twayne Austin
Bryan Blackhurst
Irving D. Muir
Peter A. McDermott
Nema Ashton
P. C. O'Malley
Harry Locke
Boise
Capitol City
Fire damages McCammon hotel by overheated stove
Firefighters and the Union Pacific steel gang doused a blaze at the McCammon hotel on Friday afternoon. Proprietor May Turner said the overheated stove used daily at 3 PM heated water, and basement rubbish caught fire, quickly stopped with prompt action.
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McCammon
Union Pacific Steel Gang
May Turner
Steel Gang
Taylor campaign opens with 44 speeches in Idaho tour
Senator Glen H. Taylor arrives in Coeur d'Alene to launch a Progressive party drive with a 44-stop itinerary. He and family prepare auto loudspeakers for Saturday speeches on Priest River main street and in Bonners Ferry Sandpoint and St Marie s. The team includes John Derr and congressional candidates Tom Wood and C D Dill. Henry Wallace links noted in New York.
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Coeur D’alene
Ida
Glen H. Taylor
Progressive Party
Idaho
Taylor
Priest River
John Derr
Clark Fork
U. S
Taylor Party
Tom Wood
C. D. Dill
Shoshone
Bonners Ferry
Sandpoint
St. Maries
Boise
New York City
New York
Henry Wallace
Hog Prices Fall From Peak but Retail Relief Lags
Hog prices eased from Thursday’s all time highs in Chicago Indianapolis Sioux City Oklahoma City Kansas City and Omaha while cattle and wholesale meat prices stayed steady or unchanged in New York. Retail cuts persisted amid consumer boycotts with Memphis stores cutting to cost to discourage organized buyers.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
Sioux City
Oklahoma City
Kansas City
Omaha
New York
Memphis
Ain't Love Grand Girl Marries Man Turns Out Woman
A 17 year old bride in San Francisco learns the spouse she married two years earlier was actually a woman. The supposed husband, Robert Stewart Nelson, 25, fled with $900 from a wholesale grocery firm, leaving Roberta Lawson Nelson shaken after a Phoenix Arizona ceremony at age 15.
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San Francisco
Robert Stewart Nelson
Roberta Lawson Nelson
Nelson
Phoenix
Ariz
Roberta
Chinks Peak Police Radio Dedication Ceremony
Peace officers and mayors from southeastern Idaho cities attended the dedication of the Chinks Peak police radio station. Mayor George R. Phillips presided as master of ceremonies with demonstrations in Preston and Idaho Falls. Sergeant A L Oliver was promoted to Lieutenant for outstanding past work and ongoing radio station duties.
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Idaho
Chinks Peak
George R. Phillips
Preston
Idaho Falls
A. L. Oliver
Phillips
Oliver
Pocatello
Westvaco Officials Visit Pocatello For Site Tour
Westvaco executive vice president H. Y. Seaton and mines development engineer J. B. Perry are due in the Gate City Saturday night. W. T. Nichols, technical assistant to the company’s EVP, arrived to inspect the new electric furnace site at the J R Simplot firm. A meeting will review progress on the furnace project and phosphate mine development near Fort Hall with officials and local engineers.
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W. T. Nichols
Westvaco
Pocatello
J. R. Simplot Company
Gate City
H. Y. Seaton
J. B. Perry
Fort Hall
Youngest Navy Admiral Dies of Heart Attack
Rear Adm. Martin C. Burns aged 39, the youngest flag officer in navy history, died of a heart attack in Long Beach. Funeral plans were delayed until his father Martin J. Burns arrived from Spokane Washington.
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Long Beach
Martin C. Burns
Navy
Martin J. Burns
Spokane
Wash
This is It, Girls Man Advertises For Loving Wife
William J. Warner 70, a Spanish American War veteran with nine children, asks the Spartanburg Journal to help him find a wife. He says he has a home and affection, wants companionship, and seeks applicants aged 50 to 70 who are good looking. He is clear he offers no money, only companionship.
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Spartanburg
S. C
William J. Warner
Spartanburg Journal
B 29 Crash Kills 17 at Rapid City Army Base
An Air Force B 29 bomber crashed on takeoff at Rapid City army air base killing all 17 crew members. The plane dipped left wing, burned, and split as it failed to become airborne. Crew were new to the unit of the 28th Bomb Group returning from a qualification flight. An investigation was announced.
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Rapid City
S. C
Air Force
Rapid City Army Air Base
Tom Segler
Air Force Headquarters
Segler
28Th
England
Cattlemen Set Four Day Idaho Ranch Tour
A group of Idaho businessmen and stockgrowers began the state tour sponsored by the Idaho Cattlemen's association. They traveled from Idaho Falls through Island Park Spencer Dubois Salmon Challis Stanley Ketchum and Sun Valley to acquaint participants with Idaho's livestock industry led by association president J. H. Nettleton.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Gem State
Idaho Cattlemen's Association
Island Park
Spencer
Dubois
Salmon
Challis
Stanley
Ketchum
Sun Valley
J. H. Nettleton
Murphy
State Association
Fog Applicators Incorporate Here
Fog Applicators Inc of Pocatello filed articles of incorporation in Boise. Incorporators are Todd Cahill Mareen Maynard and John R Black all of Pocatello. Capital is $25 000. Two other firms Hope Land and Water Co of Twin Falls and The Clearwater Water Assn Inc of Clearwater were incorporated in Idaho Friday.
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Fog Applicators, Inc
Pocatello
Boise
Todd Cahill
Mareen Maynadeer
John R. Black
Hope Land and Water Co
Twin Falls
Clearwater Water Assn., Inc
Clearwater
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