Bitter Winter Paralyzes Southern Idaho Roads
Post staff report severe storms blanketed southern Idaho over the weekend. Six inches fell in Pocatello with overall monthly snow reaching 5.4 inches, buses ran late, highways iced, and drivers urged to use extreme caution and carry shovels. Trains stayed on time and private flights avoided.
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Idaho
Pocatello
Gate City
United States Weather Bureau
Greyhound Line
Boise
Twin Falls
Salt Lake City
Preston
Bannock County
Tyhee
Highway 91
Tyhee Road
Pocatello Municipal
United
Continental Divide
Yellowstone
Pacific Northwest
Sheriff's Department
Local Man Hit By Automobile In Pocatello
Kenneth Lish 21 of Pocatello was treated at General Hospital for injuries from a Sunday night auto collision at 11 pm. He was crossing Main and Wyeth streets when Bruce Mooney's car struck him after Lish stepped from a parked car. Police say Mooney could not stop in time due to weather.
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Kenneth Lish
Pocatello
Lish
Main Street
Wyeth Street
Bruce Mooney
Mooney
WBA Meet Set Rupert Christmas Dinner Planned
The Women's Benefit Association will gather at the C H Burgher home on Sunday December 12 for their annual Christmas dinner and gift exchange. A 1 30 p m pot luck meal is scheduled.
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WBA
Rupert
Women's Benefit Association
C. H. Burgher
War Brides and Children Airlift to U S Amid Expiring Act
Airlift carries alien wives and children to the United States as the war brides act nears expiry on December 27. Fog delayed transport across Europe but commercial and Air Force planes resumed flights to Westover Field to ship about 2300 dependents to America. Since 1946 more than 32,000 wives and children have been transported, with Britain supplying the largest group and Germany the second largest.
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Frankfurt
Germany
United States
U. S
Getunith
Westover Field
Europe
Army
Britain
Argentina
Southampton
America
China Tightens Yangtze Defenses Amid White-Hot Talks
China reinforces Yangtze river defenses with port closures and naval patrols as Nationalist forces retreat north from Pengpu. Government press cites no urgent cause while radio claims of 104,000 government troops surrounded near Suchow are unconfirmed. A Nationalist general Huang Po-Tai reportedly died by his own hand after encirclement at Nienchuang.
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Nanking
China
Yangtze River
Yangtze
Great River
Shanghai
Pengpu
Suchow
Huang Wei
Huang Po-Tai
Nienchuang
Cefeal
Coast Sailors End 95 Day Waterfront Stand
Coast peace comes as Harry Lundeberg and SUP leaders reach a settlement with CIO longshoremen and shipowners clearing the way to resume Pacific coast maritime operations. Employers plan unloading ships and loading about 10 empty vessels at 8 am Monday.
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San Francisco
AFL Sailor's Union
Harry Lundeberg
Waterfront Employers Association
Pacific-American Shipowners Association
Lundeberg
CIO
Sailor’s Union of the Pacific
SUP
Omar Hoskins
Janitor Confesses to 1947 Farm Killings in Pa
Colorado Springs FBI and police arrest 51 year old Salvation Army janitor John W. Givens after he signs a statement admitting the July 19 1947 hammer slayings of Joseph Neugebauer 72 and Matthew Magana 79 at Baden Pennsylvania. He says alcohol fueled the killings during an argument over leadership on a Gallitzin Catholic Home for Boys farm. Givens says he beat the men to death and will waive extradition to Pennsylvania to face charges. He traveled from city to city avoiding detection and was identified after a Los Angeles post office poster prompted a tip leading to his arrest.
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Colorado Springs
Salvation Army
Santa Claus
Pennsylvania
John W. Givens
Joseph Neugebauer
Matthew Magana
Baden
Gallitzin Catholic
Givens
Erie
FBI
Sacramento
Calif
R. P. Kramer
Denver
Kramer
Los Angeles
Senate to scrutinize all spending including military budget
Senator Kenneth McKellar said the Senate Appropriations Committee will carefully review all forms of spending, including the military budget, in the new Congress. He avoided predicting if military outlays would meet or fall below the $15 billion limit urged by President Truman.
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Washington
Kenneth McKellar
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Truman
Holiday Card Row Ends In Sudden Killing
In West Branch Michigan a 15 year old boy William Lee Farley confessed to shooting his mother Lucy Gregg 42 after an argument over Christmas cards. He fired through the kitchen door wounding her chest and eye. Police say he hid the rifles and planned to run away. Prosecutor Melvin Orr said he would be taken to probate court for jurisdiction waiver and then to justice court for arraignment.
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West Branch
Mich
William Lee Farley
Lucy Gregg
William
Ana
Ogeman County
Melvin Orr
Justice Court
Boise Considers Strong Anti Smoke Ordinance
Boise leaders push for tougher city smoke rules after chamber of commerce proposes an ordinance to empower the building department to curb the smoke problem. William A. Goodall chairs the smoke abatement committee and says the measure would strengthen city code enforcement.
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BOISE
Boise City Council
Chamber of Commerce
William A. Goodall
Goodall
Cty
Supreme Court ruling may speed Japanese war lords hang
Washington reports the U.S. Supreme Court could decide today whether seven condemned Japanese war lords, including Gen Kenji Doihara and ex premier Koki Hirota, may be executed without further delay. Gen Douglas MacArthur halted their hangings, with five others, until the court acts. If not halted, executions likely Tuesday on Pearl Harbor anniversary.
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Washington
R UP
Supreme Court
Far East International Tribunal
Kenji Dohihara
Koki Hirota
Douglas MacArthur
Hideki
Tojo
Pearl Harbor
Truman Returns From Sea Trip On Navy Yard Visit
President Truman returned to the capital from a weekend cruise to Norfolk Virginia. He attended the Mississippi silver service presentation valued at ten thousand dollars for the battleship Missouri aboard the Williamsburgh yacht docking at the Washington Navy Yard at 10 a.m. EST on schedule.
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Washington
Truman
Capital
Norfolk
Missouri
Williamsburg
Washington Navy Yard
Lonely Old Man Buried In Exact Manner He Planned
Fort Worth Texas reports the funeral of Charles Mark Sunday who died alone with no known relatives. He arranged a burial policy and chose a full service, including a Cadillac hearse and roses, with funeral staff attending and a small neighbor group. The event reflected his wish to be treated as he had planned.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Charles Mark
R. D. Owens
Owens
Lilherman
Mark
Miller Pledges Progressive Legislation After Victory
Senator elect Bert H. Miller vowed four years of major congressional action at a Boise victory banquet attended by more than 300 Democrats. Speakers, including Ed Brennan, praised the party’s unity as Idaho returns to the Democratic column with Miller’s pledge amid a long celebration at the Crystal ballroom.
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Boise
Bert H. Miller
Congress
Miller
Ada County
Democratic Committee
Ed Brennan
Washington
Idaho
Phil Evans
Owyhee County
California Quake Toll Rises Across Southland
An earthquake that struck Saturday night caused extensive damage from Santa Maria to the Mexican border. Palm Springs suffered heavy effects with shattered bottles, cracked windows, and toppled ceilings as crowds fled theaters and shoppers. Injuries included a broken ankle for a 85 year old man and a heart attack for a 35 year old man, among others amid hysteria and store debris.
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Los Angeles
California
Palm Springs
Southland
Santa Maria
Long Beach
California Institute of Technology
Coachella Desert
Indio
Pasadena
Palm ‘Springs
John Escobedo
Billy Welgin
Rose Ball
Beverly Hills
Alice Weil
John Galvin
Claude Chapin
Sonya Roth
Riverside
Bell Gardens
Overwhelming Berlin election shows democratic push in West
In West Berlin on Sunday 88 percent of eligible voters cast ballots in a city election to pick 98 assembly members amid Cold War tension. The vote opposed Soviet control with 73 Communist agitators arrested, as workers’ stoppages enabled western Germans to vote and return to jobs.
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Berlin
Russia
Frank L. Howley
United States
Western Berlin
West Berlin
Will
Bartenders Strike Planned Across Manhattan After Vote
About 2500 bartenders of Local 15 AFL plan a citywide strike starting Monday to demand higher wages and a 40 hour week. They accuse the United Restaurant and Liquor Dealers Association of contract breaches and seek court relief to enforce a labor contract.
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Bartenders Union
AFL
United Restaurant and Liquor Dealers ‘Association
Manhattan
Times Square
East Side
Jack Townsend
Lunch Sickness Strikes Stoker School in Utah
Principal D R Tolman checked about 200 students and teachers at Stoker school after many felt ill post lunch. He reported all were fine by Saturday as samples were sent to the state health board for testing with results pending. Tolman said 550 to 700 pupils eat daily and this was the first such incident.
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Bountiful
Utah
Stoker
State Board of Health
Salt Lake City
D. R. Tolman
Tolman
Fordham Seismologist Reports Pacific Quakes
Father Joseph Lynch of Fordham University notes two fairly severe earthquakes recorded early this morning with epicenter in the South Pacific about 8900 miles from New York. The first quake was recorded at 1 45 a m EST on second album.
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New York
Joseph Lynch
Fordham University
South Pacific
Movie Actors Report Thefts
Hollywood police reported thefts by two actors. Crooner Dick Haymes said his 1941 foreign-improved convertible coupe was stolen from a repair lot and actor Donald OConnor said a robber took his two watch dogs.
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Hollywood
Dick Haymes
Donald O'Connor
Hoffman arrives in London to discuss German reparations
Economic cooperation administrator Paul Hoffman flew from the United States to consult American officials in London on postwar German reparations.
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London
Paul Hoffman
United States
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