Idaho State Grange May Change Stance on Hydroelectric Power
At the 40th annual convention in Lewiston Idaho the Idaho state Grange indicated a shift from its long opposition to government powered development. Resolutions urged Congress to fast track multiple purpose dams with transmission lines to bring hydroelectric energy within range for Idaho residents. State Grange Master George Horsley lauded cooperative power groups and urged energy to drive industry and farm homes.
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Lewiston
Ida
Idaho State
Grang
Grange
Nez Perce
Pomona Grang
Congress
Idaho
George Horsley
Boise
Nitschke Pushes for Grand Jury Over Machine Violations
Twin Falls reports Nitschke criticizes Idaho law hindering prosecution of illegal machine operations. He sought grand jury action after discussions with County Prosecutor Sweeley and the city council, and after appeals to the state attorney general. Further presentations were made to the Twin Falls county prosecutor.
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Nitschke
Idaho
Everett E. Sweeley
Twin Falls
Mantz Says Coast-to-Coast Run Was Within Reach
Speed ace Paul Mantz reported he would likely have broken the coast-to-coast speed record before an emergency landing in Cleveland. He said he averaged 530 to 540 mph at 30,000 feet en route from Burbank to New York, with favorable winds, and expected about 4 hours 45 minutes to complete the flight.
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Cleveland
Paul Mantz
Mantz
Earth
Burbank
Calif
New York
General Marshall Undergoes Kidney Operation
Secretary of State George C. Marshall was operated on for a kidney issue at Walter Reed hospital. The Army hospital bulletin reports the operation successful and Marshall in excellent condition with no complications expected. details on gravity were not released.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Walter Reed Hospital
Army Hospital
Gen. Marshall
State Department
Britain Extends Military Service to Eighteen Months
The House of Commons approved extending armed forces service from 12 to 18 months on the bill's third reading by a 218 to 25 vote.
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London
House of Commons
Pilot Relates Ditching Of Plane In Shark Infested Seas
Lt Col William R Calhoun of Birmingham Alabama piloted the C 54 transport that ditched in the Pacific Sunday. All crew and 33 survivors reached a raft saved by lifeboats after the ship Rendova sank. Four Americans died and one jumped overboard. Weather and engine trouble forced the ditching about 12 minutes afloat.
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Pearl Harbor
William R. Calhoun
Birmingham
Ala
Air Force
Pacific
Calhoun
Rendova
Ochs Fined Ten Dollars for Looking at Ten Dollar Bill
Chicago police figure Martin Ochs known as The Ox was fined ten dollars after a patrolman testified he looked longingly at a ten dollar bill atop a stack in a theater cashier window. The court deemed his proximity to money sufficient for a disorderly conduct charge.
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Chicago
Martin
the Ox) Ochs
Richard Herrity
Ochs
Truman To Spend Yule In Missouri
President Truman and family will celebrate Christmas at Independence Missouri with a traditional observance. Mrs Edith Helm said Mrs Truman and Margaret will depart for Missouri in about a week escorted by Mrs Truman s mother Mrs D W Wallace. The president s exact travel time is not yet known.
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Washington
Truman
Independence
Edith Helm
White House
Stone anchors through history described by Britannica
The article notes that the earliest anchors were heavy stones, stone-filled baskets and sacks, or logs weighted with lead, as outlined by the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Yank Gives Christmas Gift To German U-boat Commander
Fred Ritzenthaler, an American deck engineer, sent a Christmas package to Otto von Bulow, the U-boat commander who sank his West Nates in 1942 after a fierce battle 315 miles south of Cape Hatteras. Ritzenthaler recalled rescuing a fellow crewman and the brutal realities of war.
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Mill Valley
Calif
Fred Ritzenthaler
Otto VY. Bulow
Cape Hatteras
Argentina
New York
Ritzenthaler
Francis Sherlock
Bulow
Snowbound Idaho Faces Isolated Grangeville Area
In north central Idaho the Grangeville area and Whitebird summit were in very bad condition isolating Grangeville by snow. The Weather Bureau noted four to five inches on ground in southern Idaho with nine inches since month start. most melted or packed leaving about five inches. Airlines cancelled flights and the University of Idaho basketball team attempting to fly to Boise found planes not flying due to the storm.
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Idaho
Grangeville
Whitebird Summiit
Weather Bureau
University of Idaho Basketball Tem
Boise Junior College
Boise
Dark Days Ahead Forecast for Light Snow Flurries
The forecast predicts considerable cloudiness on Wednesday with light snow flurries. Wednesday night will bring increasing cloudiness with intermittent light snow, continuing into Thursday. Wednesday highs 25 to 35 Fahrenheit, lows 20 to 25. Tuesday's high reached 38 and low 23 with a trace of precipitation.
Plane crash near Columbus claims GM executive and two women
Wreckage found ten miles west of Columbus after a missing night flight from Jamestown. The victims are identified as Werner J. Blanchard, 48, and two female employees, Miss Vivian Johnson and Miss Betty Anne Charles, in a fogbound disaster.
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Columbus
General Motors Corporation
Here
Jamestown
State Highway Patrol
Werner J. Blanchard
Vivian Johnson
Betty Anne* Charles
Plane crash in Formosa kills 25 evacuees near Nanking
Twenty five people aboard a Chinese air force transport evacuating Chinese army dependents from Nanking were killed when it crashed into a hill near Keelung Formosa. A small boy survived with serious injuries.
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Nanking
China
Keelung
Formosa
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