Official Faces Senate Probers amid Subpena
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson agreed to appear before the Senate Appropriations Committee and may not bring the confidential records on commodity market trading. He warned of contempt if he defied the subpoena and said the scope would require vast personnel to extract. The panel’s GOP majority backed the subpoena over secrecy rules.
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Washington
LLP
Clinton
Anderson
Senate Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Department
Capitol
Congress
Senate Committee
Homer Ferguson
Mich
Robert A. Taft
Senate
J. M. Mehl
Commodity Exchange Authority
Alert Voter Holds Key To 48 Election
CHICAGO AP Sen Raymond Baldwin urged Republicans to court independent voters in 1948 saying regular GOP ballots alone won’t win. He urged making the party the home for alert independent voters, noting they favor a good congressional record and action on high prices and housing as keys to success.
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Chicago
Raymond Baldwin
GOP
National Party Magazine
Connecticut Republican
Wallace
Baldwin
Republican Party
Congress
Course Set At Pocatello
Idaho division of the American Cancer Society will run four training schools for its members in January and February in Burley Moscow Caldwell and Pocatello. President Leo J Falk said county cancer control leaders will attend. The programs will cover diagnosis early treatment statewide education and national research progress. 425 Idaho cancer deaths occurred in the first nine months of the year.
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Boise
Idaho
American Cancer Society
Leo J. Falk
Burley
Moscow
Caldwell
Pocatello
Falk
Idaho Division
Four Lane Highway Right of Way Meet in Boise
J E Painter Bonneville county engineer finished a conference with state highway officials on right of way needs for the proposed four lane Idaho Falls to Beechs Corner highway. The Idaho Falls chamber of commerce is pushing the project.
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Boise
Ida
J. E. Painter
Bonneville
State Highway Bureau
Idaho Falls
Beeches Corner
Painter
Wickiup 1947 48 Progress Shown at Idaho State College
Idaho State College yearbook Wickiup is 25 percent complete with 50 pages sent to printers. Editor Kenneth Spiekerman presents The Old and the New theme tracing the school from the 1903 Academy of Idaho to 1947 Idaho State College.
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Idaho State College
Wickiup
Kenneth Spiekerman
Academy of Idaho
Idaho Staet College
Weather Report Patchy Snow Across Idaho Cities
A fragment reports west and north winds over Idaho towns. Schooled by mood music, locals note increased light snow in Idaho Falls Malad Dubois and Pocatello. Forecast calls for little temperature change Thursday cloudy with flurries. High near 35 and low around the mid twenties. Sun rises 7 56 sets 4 57.
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Pocatello
Malad
Idaho Falls
Dubois
Thursy
Rejection Of Plan Seen By Coal Pension Proposal
Washington sources report John L. Lewis faces rejection of his plan for 100 a month pensions for miners aged 60 with 20 years service. Operators say such pensions cannot be funded from the current levy and would require higher coal levies. Ezra Van Horn will deliver the trustees’ decision after meetings in New York and Cleveland. Lewis notes no comment.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Bituminous Welfare and Retirement Fund
Ezra van Horn
New York
Cleveland
Vandals Headed for Missoula After Two Montana Tests
University of Idaho basketball team travels to Missoula Thursday for two games against Montana after winning the prior home series 62-44 and 57-51 over the Grizzlies.
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Moscow
University of Idaho
Missoula
Montana
Grizzlies
Mail rush looming as post office hires more staff
Postmaster Jack Trimming warns of peak Christmas mail with up to 70 000 cancellations expected. Fifteen extra workers join the sorting effort while regular staff endure 12 to 16 day schedules to speed delivery. Eight emergency sorting bins are ready and six parcel post trucks operate for home deliveries in Pocatello.
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Jack Trimming
Cousin Minnie
Alaska
Trim
Ming
Pocatello Homes
Maine Gets Plenty Spuds
Idaho Governor Robins clarified that Gov Horace Hildreth of Maine would receive Idaho potatoes. The Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce had pondered gift plans after news that Maine would not receive Christmas potato packages.
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Boise, Ida
Idaho Falls
Jaycees State Radio Program at High School Gym
A one hour radio program will be broadcast from the high school gym Thursday at 2 30 p m under the direction of Les Schwei bert of the Junior Chamber of Commerce All city schools will participate offering musical numbers in the Yuletide theme Participants will receive candy favors The program is the culmination of a home window and classroom decoration contest sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce
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Les Schweibert
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Tried Hard Anyway Kent O. Divorce Suit Fled
Lous Thomas files for divorce citing gross neglect and cruelty. He says he spent 37 years trying to persuade his wife to move from Greece to reside with him, but his efforts failed.
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Kent, O
Lous Thomas
Greece
Lands Board Sets Meet in Pocatello January
A public lands committee meeting was announced for January 8 at 1 p m in the county commissioners office in Pocatello. W H Pete Jensen said livestock associations and county officials were invited to attend.
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Pocatello
W. H
Pete) Jensen
County Commissioners’ Office
Increase In Gas Price Draws Protest In Area
Idaho state representative Henry O Leary from Bannock county protests a price hike on crude oil and retail gas and fuel oil. Continental Oil Co first to raise prices with a roughly one cent per gallon increase on tank truck gasoline and nearby firms following. O Leary argues Idaho prices are 15 to 20 percent higher than neighboring states and urges statewide action to curb costs and boost tourism by improving highways.
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Henry O'Leary
Bannock County
Idaho
Continental Oil Co
Treasury
L. R. Kump
Continental
Pocatello
U.S
Dworshak
The
POST
O’leary
Tdaho
O'Leary
Senate Thin Budget Bill Cuts Foreign Aid and Army Funds
The House passed an emergency foreign relief bill trimming aid to 509 million and slashing China funding, with a companion bill signed by President Truman. The action reduced military funding to 230 million and included Western reclamation and Indian welfare provisions amid broader inflation control debate in the Senate.
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Washington
House
Senate
China
Truman
France
Italy
Austria
Budget Bureau
Alaska
Stess
Delayed Flight Parcel Leads to Airmail Letter Discovery
Mrs Wanda Mae Speer of Fort Worth Texas received an air mail letter mailed in Gary Indiana on January 12 1938. The delayed correspondence highlights cross state mail routing issues and mentions the recipient by name.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Wanda Mae Speer
Gary
Ind
United States May Open Talks on Tripartite German Zone Merge
London reports that the United States Great Britain and France may start formal negotiations in Washington in January to merge their German occupation zones, leaving the Soviet zone isolated behind the iron curtain. The idea emerged from a dinner with Secretary of State Marshall and French Foreign Minister Bidault and was discussed with Bevin, Bevin with Dulles, and the king was informed at Buckingham Palace.
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London
United States
Great Britain
France
Washington
George C.marshall
George Bidault
Bidault
Marshall
Ernest Bevin
Trizonia
Bevin
King George
Buckingham Palace
Potesent Dulles
Repubblican Oreign
Ana Fas Ee
Unemployment Rising Across Idaho State Jobless Numbers Grow
W B Cox manager of the Idaho State Employment office in Pocatello says unemployment is increasing statewide. Job possibilities are poor everywhere and many more unemployed are expected this month over November.
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Pocatello
Idaho
W. B. Cox
Boise contractors file articles of incorporation
Barnhart and Wheeler, contractors, Inc., filed articles of incorporation with the Idaho Secretary of State. The firm is capitalized for 300000 dollars. Incorporators are Levi L. Wheeler, Thomas H. Barnhart, and Milton E. Zener, all of Pocatello.
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Boise, Ida
Barnhart and Wheeler, Contractors, Inc
Levi L. Wheeler
Thomas H. Barnhart
Milton E. Zener
Pocatello
Pocatello Postings Burglary and Local Notes
Pocatello postings report Perry Nelson and George Phillips burglarized offices with no loot found. A noon heist in the Kasinski building netted $63 for Drs McDougall and Hegsted. U S Marshal Everett Evans passed through en route to Boise. Local gift orders to the Bahama Islands proved costly. Gladwin and sons hinted at business plans. Dan William Gladwin born to Maurice and wife. Christmas auto plates prompt an office pool for arrival date. Boise named cleanest town in Idaho by the National Cleanup Bureau, prompting questions about scope.
Gromyko Says UN Still Has Chance to Be Effective
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko told United Press the UN can become an effective instrument for peace if great powers cooperate. He warned that the London foreign ministers’ breakdown could hinder UN work and urged US changes to enable global atomic energy control. He condemned incitement in Palestine and said Russia has no direct material interest there, only as a UN member.
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New York
Andrei A. Gromyko
Soviet Union
Russia
United Nations
Gromyko
United Press
Council of Foreign Ministers
London
United States
Palestine
Middle East
Nnn
Washington
UN General Assembly
Manhattan
UN Atomic Energy Commission
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Hildreth
Jaycees State Radio
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Claude Pepper
Florida
Jesse P. Wolcott
Banking Committee
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Mr. Truman
Gate City
Perry Nelson
George Phillips
Perry
George
Kasinski
D. C. McDougall
R. B. Hegsted
U. S. Marshall Everett Evans Evans
D. C
Harry Dudenake
Nassau
Bahama Islands
Chamber of Commerce
Maurice Gladwin
Gladwin
Mrs. Gladwin
Dan William
Hoover-Nash Motor Company
Bargain Barn Meat Department
Mark Manuey
Mark
National Cleanup Bureau
Bureau
UN Assembly
Balkans Commission
Korean Independence Commission
General Assembly
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