Taft Opposes Marshall Plan Aiding Europe Recovery
Senator Robert A. Taft says the proposed 17 billion dollar Marshall Plan could wreck the U S economy and argues large scale American spending is unnecessary for European recovery He predicts the plan won t reach Senate floor for debate before March 1 delaying funding and approval Meanwhile Secretary Marshall takes a vacation with his wife at Pinehurst North Carolina as Truman prepares to urge speedy action in the State of the Union address set for January 7
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
U. S
Taft
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Truman
Europe
Congress
Amer
George C.marshall
Idaho job openings fall across state as mining slows
Idaho Employment Service reports 920 job openings for the week ending December 13, down 231 from the prior week. Most industries show declines, with mining hit hardest as Wallace mines pause hiring for 150 miners. In January, 60 experienced hard rock miners will be needed and vacancies persist in several cities for teachers, machinists, secretaries, mechanics and trades.
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Boise
Idah
Idaho Employment Service
ISES
Wallace
Shoshone County
Coeur d
Pocatello
Gooding
Baker
Burley
Caldwell
Kellogg
Communists Isolate Mukden in Manchuria siege
Reports from Mukden say communist forces have isolated the Manchurian capital with only a month of food and six weeks of coal left. Electricity is cut except for military use, prices soar, and gunfire is heard on the city’s southern outskirts as Red armies push toward driving Chiang Kai-shek forces from Manchuria. The vanguard reportedly breached suburbs ten miles from the center.
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Shanghai
Mukden
Chiang Kai-Shek
Manchuria
Official
Central News Agency
Muk‘den
Dancer Patricia Schmidt Sentenced to 12 Years in Cuba
Patricia Schmidt a 22 year old American dancer was sentenced by a three man tribunal in Havana to 12 years in prison and fined 5000 dollars for shooting and killing her married lover aboard his yacht in Havana harbor last April.
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Havana
Cuba
Patricia
Laura) Schmidt
Havana Harbor
Narrow Escape After Slick Highway Crash
A driver and his wife, plus their daughter and son-in-law, escaped a crash on a slippery highway south of Pocatello. The driver, Schaub, blamed the mishap on ice, noting no other car involved and urging sand spread on the road. A trailer jackknifed in the same stretch, and state officials pledged more sand and trucks to improve safety. Police warned motorists to slow down and use extreme caution on icy routes toward the Utah border.
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General Hospital
Schaub
McCammon
Idaho
Utah
Kelly
Carl Muir
Pocatello
Muir
Horrow Pit
Ink
Karl C. Schaub
Logan
Ouster of Pauley urged by Senator Kenn
Senator James P. Kenn of Missouri demanded President Truman remove Edwin W. Pauley from his post as special assistant to the Army secretary. Kenn criticized Pauley as a “friend of the president” enriching himself via grain speculation and noted Army monthly grain purchases reach about 82 million dollars. He also pressed resumption of the Senate inquiry into the Department of Justice.
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Kansas City
James P. Kenn
Truman
Edwin W. Pauley
Secretary of the Army
Kem
Congress
Senate
Department of Justice
Police Seek Hit Run Driver After North Fourth Ave Crash
Police hunt a hit and run driver after William Brown of 1224 South Third Ave. sustained abrasions and facial and head lacerations in the 500 block of North Fourth Ave. Officers reported a car matching the accident description was found but the driver was released as no crash evidence appeared.
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William Brown
South Third Ave
North Fourth Ave
School Head Warns Of Christmas Charity Racket
Roseville Union High School principal J. W. Hanson warned of a nationwide Christmas charity racket tied to a supposed 13 year old girl from Asher Kentucky. He said last year students answered a clothing request, and a second request in November this year confirmed the scam. Local authorities and Harlan county officials confirmed the scheme as a racket.
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Roseville
Cal
Asher
J. W. Hanson
Roseville Union High School
Hanson
Faye Morgan
Harlan County
Asher Hanson
John D. Begley
Club License Renewal Slow in Idaho
In Boise sources report many of Idaho's 450 retail liquor establishments will not renew licenses until the slot machine law is clarified. Commissioner R C Lewis said only 139 clubs renewed to date while 75 applications await beer license decisions. About 532 of 1800 bartenders renewed their licenses as doubts linger over the law's constitutionality.
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Boise
Ida
Idaho
R. C. Lewis
Defense Unit Attacks Arabs near Jerusalem Barracks
A Jewish police sergeant was shot to death near the Allenby Barracks in Jerusalem by a member of the Trans-Jordan Arab Legion. Reports say a Jewish Haganah unit attacked Arabs near Lydda and Bet Nabala where Legion troops are camped, with no confirmation from police or British Army. An initial Mauser pistol was found on the slain sergeant. Local airport advisories urged caution amid the tensions.
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Palestine
Tel Aviv
Jewish “Defense Army
Haganah
Lydda
Bet Nabala
Atiniota
Omatt Lydda
Legionnary
Allenby Barracks
Ex Nazis Enter Pleas In Wartime Trial At Nuremberg
Twenty one former Nazi leaders pleaded innocent at arraignment before an American military tribunal in Nuremberg on charges of sharing major responsibility for World War II and advancing the Nazi program at home and abroad. They included diplomats and high ranking figures from government finance industry and propaganda circles. Baron Ernest von Weizsacker asked to be represented by Warren E Magee through his German attorney Helmuth Becker. May, convicted of war bribe, is noted as context.
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Germany
Adolf Hitler
William C. Christianson
Red Wing
Minn
Baron Ernest von Weizsaecker
Vatican
Helmuth Becker
Warren E. Magee
Andrew J. May
May
Washington
August T. Andreasen
House
Minnesota Republican
Congress
Andreasen
Senate
Woman reports choking and purse snatch in Center Street subway
An elderly woman told police Saturday she was choked and her purse snatched in the Center Street subway. Authorities are investigating the incident and reviewing nearby surveillance footage for clues.
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Center Street
Cloudy forecast with light Sunday snow possibility
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with no major temperature change. High near 40 and low around 20. yesterday reached 42/16. Sunrise at 7:57 a.m. and sunset at 4:58 p.m.
Western Union Tie-up Strike Looms After Parley
Washington officials report a looming Western Union strike as three AFL unions threaten a nationwide walkout over a 15 cent an hour pay raise. Negotiations paused after a long day with no progress. mass meetings planned nationwide to back strike action. Local Boise preparations indicate partial walkout of about 65 percent of Boise crew.
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AFL
Western Union Telegraph Co
Federal Mediation and
Copseyvice
Telegraph Company
Western Union
Adolph Brings
AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union
Frank Bloom
The
Telegraph Employes Union
Telegraph Workers Union
Mediation Service
Boise
Commercial Telegraphers Union
Crash Driver Held After Spectacular Main Street Crash
A 21 year old California visitor, Eddie Bishop of Santa Barbara, was jailed in Pocatello on suspicion of reckless driving after a car crashed at Main and Custer, snapping a lamp post in front of Chaffee Bottling Co and catching fire. Spectators saw several youths in the car who fled before police arrived. Bishop said he was the driver and appeared unhurt. other occupants’ injuries were not known.
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California
Pocatello
Main
Custer
Chaffee Bottling Co
Eddie Bishop
Santa Barbara
Beta
Bishop
Naples riot wounds five as police clash with protesters
In Naples, five people were wounded by gunfire after police fired during clashes with unemployed rioters protesting Christmas allowances. Simultaneously, 300,000 Italian food industry workers walked off the job in a nationwide strike, threatening widespread misery if unresolved. Police reinforcements restored order.
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Rome
Italy
Naples
Via Duomo
High price top issue for next year in Congress race
Washington dispatch notes high prices as the dominant issue for the coming Congress and presidential campaign. Lawmakers, returning from a holiday, expect actions to curb living costs while debates over the Marshall Plan influence views on domestic economic impact. Taft and Rayburn comment on inflation and possible new legislation.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Europe
Robert A. Taft
R. O
Truman
Work Speeds Up On China Aid Ship
Vancouver reports faster repair on the Panamanian freighter S. S. Colima at North Burrard dry dock with completion expected to load arms and ammunition for Chinese nationalist forces by Monday.
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China
Vancouver, B.C
Works
S. S. Colima
North Burrard Dry Dock
Gate City Goings On in Pocatello Postings
The Pocatello Post notes officials releasing public records, praising accessibility to the press and public. It reports Santa’s unlikely Idaho arrival, a nightclub gag, and a near drowning incident on Riverside Drive where a car slid into the Portneuf River with bystanders commenting on child safety near the banks.
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United Press
Carey
Idaho
Santa C
Santa
Pocatello
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