Snowbound Idaho and New York hit by heavy blizzards
Idaho road crews fight deep drifts along U S 191 and U S 95 with rotary plows aiding closures between Ashton Ferdinand and White Bird hill. North Idaho rains expected to help clearing. New York endures third heaviest snowfall with dozens dead and widespread transit and mail disruptions ahead of a new cold front. Boise Capitol decorates for Christmas with a cart delivering mail in state offices.
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Boise
Idaho
C. A. Kelly
Pocatello
U. S. 191
Ashton
Yellowstone Park
J. J. McCreedy
Lewiston
U.S. 95
Ferdinand
White Bird Hill
U.S. 191
Idaho Falls
New York
Weather Bureau
Dakotas
Atlantic
Virginia
New Hampshire
Death of Greeley Sailor Raises Bus Toll to 14
A Salt Lake City report details the Utah desert bus tragedy toll rising to 14 dead and 34 hospitalized, with the latest victim a 20-year-old sailor from Greeley. Twelve were killed outright as two Burlington buses collided in fog near Tooele. Names withheld and civilians among the injured. Many victims carried Christmas presents and money lost in luggage.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Desert
Burlington
Delle
Donald Stoltz
Greeley
Colo
Tooele
Salt Lake City Veterans’ Hospital
Billie J. Johnson
Weitunka
Okla
Gordon Eldred Smith
Downs
Kans
Jack L. Stewart
Macon
Ellis Scott
San Leandro
Cal
Ivan Waller
Callao
Kenneth A. Lee
Wichita
Lee
North High
Albert Marschke
Toledo
Kari Arvidson
New York
San Francisco
Basques Plan Big Time At Boise Shindig
Boise AP reports hundreds of Basque herdsmen will travel from Idaho ranges for the 19th annual Sheep herders ball on December 27 in Boise. More than 1500 Basque descendants are expected for the clan reunion and festival, with traditional La Jota and Aurreska dances. Attire ranges from wealthy rancher to camp cook in work clothes.
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Boise
Idaho
América
Boise City Council Bans Slots Delays Punchboard Ordinance
The Boise city council voted to outlaw slot machines by midnight December 31 but deferred action on banning punchboards, awaiting legislative action. Proponents warned of job losses and lost revenue while opponents cited moral concerns and doubt about boards’ public fairness.
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BOISE
Boise City Council
J. Jones
Jones
Frank E. Chalfant
Chalfant
Carl Burt
Burt
Harry Kessler
Allied Civic Forces
Challenge
Kessler
Truman to Spend Christmas In Independence
President Truman will leave Wednesday for a week long Christmas vacation at his Independence Missouri home. Mrs Truman and daughter Margaret are already there to greet him. He will join the White House tree ceremony from Independence and light the tree by radio activated electric key, delivering his annual Christmas message as well.
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Washington
Truman
Independence
Margaret
Missouri
White House
Sculptor Ed Gardo Simone Dies in Los Angeles
Internationally known sculptor Ed Gardo Simone died Sunday at his home in Los Angeles. His notable busts include General John J. Pershing Benito Mussolini Theodore Dreiser and Supreme Court justices Oliver Wendell Holmes and Frank Murphy.
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Los Angeles
Edgardo Simone
Gen
John J. Pershing
Benito Mussolini
Theodore Dreiser
Supreme Court
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Frank Murphy
Snow Drifts Halt 50 Cars On Highway To Sun Valley
Gate driven snow created five to seven foot drifts that blocked the highway between Shoshone and Sun Valley for ten hours blocking about 50 cars and three Sun Valley stages. A rotary plow cleared a path after delays including a flat tire and broken jack. Winds continually filled the cleared segment with two to four inches of new snow.
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William B. Hatch
Sun Valley
Here
Shoshone
Kotchum
Ne Ot
Pocatello Child Struck by Car in Alameda Street Incident
Sharon Ames, a six year old girl from 1036 North Eighth Avenue in Alameda, suffered bruises and a possible right leg fracture after being struck Monday evening by a car driven by Hugh Hatch, eighteen, of Tyhee, in the 200 block of East Oak Street. The child was taken to St. Anthony hospital. Police say she darted between traffic. the driver claims he did not see her.
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Sharon Ames
North Eighth Ave
Hugh Hatch
Tyhee
East Oak Street
Alameda
St. Anthony Hospital
Farr Adkins
Hateh
Norseman and Swiss Take First Fort Worth Horse Ride
Arve N. Funnemark of Norway and Renato E Rampinella of Switzerland rode a ranch horse near Fort Worth. They found it easier to pedal a bicycle up European mountains than to stay aboard a Texas horse, noting the experience was quite challenging.
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Fort Worth
Tex
U.P
Arve N. Funnemark
Renato E Rampinella
Switzerland
Europe
Bar Nominees Named for Idaho Court Vacancy
The Idaho Bar Association proposed three district judges L. J. Glennon Pocatello C. J. Taylor Idaho Falls and D. A. Sutton Weiser as candidates to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by Senator-elect Bert H. Miller with Gov Robins to appoint. Miller leaves to join the U S Senate and the bar plans a ballot process across 11 local associations to select a recommended nominee.
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Boise
Bert H. Miller
Idaho Supreme Court
Sam
Griffin
Idaho Bar Association
Miller
Pgh Court
C. A. Robins
Washington
Henry C. Dworshak
U. S. Senate
L. J. Glennon
Pocatello
C. J. Taylor
Idaho Falls
D. A. Sutton
Weiser
Bar Group
Bar Associations
State Bar Commission
Robins
Bar Association
Sun Fo forms non communist cabinet for peace talks
China’s premier Sun Fo said he would seek an honorable peace with the communists while leading a new cabinet drawn from rightist and liberal Kuomintang factions. He pledged to press civil war but open to discussion as Communist forces approach Nanking within 50 miles. Reports say Reds claim gains near Marco Polo Bridge and Tientsin as Peiping’s defenses brace for attack.
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Nanking
China
Sun Fo
Kuomintang
Chiang Kai- Shek
Sun
Red
Marco Polo
Peiping
Japan
Tientsin
Roads At A Glance Lava Hot Springs To Bancroft One Way
Road conditions report shows one way traffic from Lava Hot Springs to Bancroft. Pocatello to Boise is fairly good while Pocatello to Logan is slippery. Malad Hill on U.S. 191 is slippery. No. 20 Rexburg to Driggs is closed, likely reopen Tuesday. No. 29 Rigby to Alpine is uncertain.
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Lava Hot Springs
Bancroft
Pocatello
Boise
Logan
U. S. 191
Rexburg
Driggs
Rigby
Alpine
Nabarro Case Heads to Jury in District Court
The trial of Delphina Nabarro of 514 East Bridger Street is expected to go to the jury around noon today. She faces a charge of feloniously assaulting Gilbert Medina on October 2 with a .38 caliber revolver. William J. Ryan will present the defense, while Assistant County Attorney Lloyd Haight prosecutes.
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Delphina Nabarro
East Bridger Street
Nabarro
Gilbert Medina
William J. Ryan
Lloyd Haight
Suspect Jumps To His Death In Midtown Office
Laurence Duggan, 43, a former high State Department official linked in a congressional spy probe to passing government documents to Whittaker Chambers, jumped to his death from his 16th floor Midtown Manhattan office tonight.
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New York
Laurence Duggan
High State Department
Congressional
Whittaker Chambers
Midtown Manhattan
Rails to decide today on wage policy amid rail unions
In Chicago the 1,000,000 non operating railroad workers debated a presidential fact finding board report as 16 unions with 1200 representatives weighed the peace proposals. A potential strike could be triggered after January 17 and early impressions show dissatisfaction with the report. In New York Gloria Swanson, former film star, had an emergency appendectomy at Doctors Hospital Monday.
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Chicago
New York
Gloria Swanson
Doctor's Hospital
Weather summary fragment from Pacific coast to mountain states
Patchy rain and light showers diminish today with slightly colder conditions this afternoon. Southeastern Idaho and Utah area forecasts show scattered snow flurries, colder Tuesday with highs around 25 to 35, and mixed cloudiness across Pocatello Salt Lake City and nearby regions.
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Peepee
United Press
Southzastern
Idaho
Flurie
Utah
Touday
Iliovics Vorsern Neuntais
Pocatello Aden
Heenix Fortland Pge
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Washington, D.C
West Yellowstone
Free lodging in Oakland jail for burglar
A 26 year old burglar, Der ger Scott, broke into a downtown building in Oakland and slept in a warm hallway until police arranged lodging in the city jail for several nights. In Hollywood, comedian Daye plans a marriage to New York actress Betty Bigelow later this month, announced Sunday.
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Oakland
Calif
Derger Scott
City
Hollywood
Factor Daye
Will Anarry
Betty Bigelow
New York
Third Girl In Ladas Love Life
BERLIN Americans asked Soviet authorities to help locate Ed ward J. Lada a Newark veteran jailed for love who escaped. Col Thomas Lancer said a girl in the Russian sector or Soviet zone may be sheltering him after Saturday night escape. He admitted two girls but suggested a third may have been kept secret. Lancer called Lada a smart operator who left no trace and wore faded prison clothes. He warned Russians to beware lack of identification papers which could mean Siberia.
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Berlin
Edward J. Lada
Newark
N. J
Thomas Lancer
U. S
Lada
Lancer
Siberia
Rich Brothers Won’t Help Needy Sister
A 59 year old New York woman asked the state supreme court to compel the welfare department to grant relief. Gertrude C. Herzig claims two wealthy brothers Milton A. Herzig of Great Neck and Benjamin M. Herzig, a Park Central hotel resident, refused to support her after she objected to a brother’s will. Her lawyer says the brothers cut her $210 monthly allowance last year.
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New York
State Supreme Court
Welfare Department
Gertrude C. Herzig
Milton A. Herzig
Great Neck
L. L
Benjamin M. Herzig
Park Central Hotel
Crusaders Return To Action At Local Slot Machine Club
In Moline Illinois Carrie Nation supporters resume protests at a local club seeking slot machines. Marie Van Muelebrock, 26, and her companion Mrs Prosper Van Muelebrock breach the line of duty, abandoning their anti saloon drive after expressing dismay at public cooperation.
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Moline
Carrie Nation
Crusaders
Marie van Muelebrock
Mosher
Prosper van Muelebrock
Twin Falls Cowboys reject 1948 business manager award claim
Maury Doerr, president of the Twin Falls Cowboys, dismissed a Salt Lake City press release claiming Jack Radtke was nominated for the 1948 minor league business manager of the year. The release was blocked. Radtke will be manager in 1949 and is noted as highly valuable in the Yankee chain, having won the Pioneer League most valuable player award twice.
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Twin Falls
Maury Doerr
Twin Falls Cowboys
Salt Lake City
Doerr
Jack Radtke
Club Oictsts
Radtke
New York Yankee
Delay Seen In Jap Executions
Tokyo officials said executions of Hideki Tojo and other war criminals would not occur for at least 24 hours. Col. M. P. Echols, MacArthur's press officer, noted no machinery could be set in motion before then and that official word from the Supreme Court was awaited. He added no talks of postponing until after Christmas.
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Tokyo
Allied
Hideki Tojo
Col
M. P. Echols
Douglas MacArthur
Echols
Supreme Court
MacArthur
Woman Appointed To Legislature In Idaho
Mrs. Lora Albright of Arrow near Lewiston was named Nez Perce county representative to fill the late Joe Rosenkranz seat. Gov. C A Robins appointed the Republican, who ran second in the election Rosenkranz won. Rosenkranz elected Nov 2 but believed to have died Oct 24 in a North Central Idaho plane crash.
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Boise
Lora Albright
Arrow
Lewiston
Nez Perce
Joe Rosenkranz
C. A. Robins
Albright
Rosenkranz
Idaho
Reds Know About Alaska Defense
A House labor subcommittee report stated Russians in Siberia have detailed information on U S defenses in Alaska that could be obtained only by espionage. It hinted allied Soviet communists may be responsible and urged Congress to bar them from the area.
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Washington
House
Siberia
U. S
Alaska
Espianses 1. A
Alievan Ria
Congress
U.S. Presses Dutch To End Indonesia War In UN
The United States adopts a hard line toward the Netherlands at Paris aimed at stopping the Dutch-Indonesian war. Washington plans a security council resolution demanding a cease fire and Dutch withdrawal, with refusal labeled a threat to peace.
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Paris
United States
Netherlands
U. S
U.S
Security Council
Red Strike Fails in 24 Hour State Employee Walkout
Rome reports a 24 hour state employee strike failing to paralyze government, with 85 percent of workers either on duty or back at work. Telegraph, telephone, postal services and railroads operated at about half normal. Communists hailed the outcome as better than expected while labor influence seemed weaker since October 14.
Sheriff Warns Against Forgers
Rupert Sheriff Ron Hawkes warns shoppers and merchants to require full identification when cashing checks as forgers exploit busy clerks during the holiday season. Rupert Chamber of Commerce urges changes in forgery laws to allow grand larceny charges across state lines as petty larceny cannot be enforced beyond state borders.
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Rupert
Ron Hawkes
Rupert Chamber of Commerce
Berlin Kiddies Get Yule Bid
Berlin children in the Soviet sector are invited into the American sector to sing Christmas carols and chew gum. The invitation, aired on American-controlled radio, aims to counter the ban on carol singing or gum chewing in the Soviet zone.
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Berlin
Guam murder case shocks Navy town
Police in Guam on Monday arrested two men in connection with the rape and slaying of Ruth Farnsworth, a 27 year old civilian employee of the Navy from San Francisco. Officials said neither man was a good suspect.
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Guam
Ruth Farnsworth
San Francisco
Navy
Reds Said in Control of Department Store Unions
A House labor subcommittee report accuses New York City locals of the Department Store and Retail Sales Workers of CSO of communist domination threatening the national union. It urges federal law tightening and a cleansing of CTO leadership. Contempt charges are urged against 15 United Electrical Workers CIO officers amid a finding of communist control.
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Reds
Washington
New York City
Department Store and Retail Sales Workers
CSO
National Union
House
Charles J. Ker
Wis
National Union No. 2
CTO
Kersten
United Electrical Workers (Cio
Electrical Workers Union
Strike Called Off at Tokyo After Allied Pressure
Tokyo reports the seamen’s union called off its planned K-day strike after pressure from Allied labor officials. The stoppage would have halted more than 500 ships at major ports.
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Tokyo
Trsearmen
Doctor Faces Murder Count In Rivalry Slaying
Cedar Rapids reports Dr. Robert C. Rutledge 29 of St. Louis charged by county attorney with first degree murder in the death of rival Byron C. Hartman 29 also of St. Louis. Hartman’s body was found in a blood splattered hotel room after his wife’s attentions drew suspicion.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert C. Rutledge
St. Louis
William Crissman
Rutledge
Byron C. Hartman
Surgeon General Hugh S. Cumming Dies at Home
Dr Hugh S Cumming longtime surgeon general of the United States died at his Washington home Monday. He led the public health service for many years and played a pivotal role in national medical policy and vaccination campaigns. The obituary notes his contributions to public health and his tenure in the medical administration.
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Washington
Hugh S. Cumming
United States
Tito sends birthday greetings to Stalin from Prague
The Yugoslav news agency Tanjug says Marshal Tito sent Premier Joseph Stalin a congratulatory message on Stalin's 69th birthday today.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Tanjug
Marshal Tito
Josef Stalin
Ship Loses Propeller Near Adak in Aleutians
The freighter Matia Staphatos was reported last night to have lost its propeller about 350 miles southeast of Adak in the Aleutian Islands.
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San Francisco
Matia Staphatos
Kavee
Adak
Aleutian Islands
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