Saipan ordered to rescue marooned airmen over Greenland
The Navy ordered the aircraft carrier Saipan to sail from Norfolk to Greenland to use helicopters in a five day mission to reach 11 Air Force fliers stranded atop a 7,700 foot ice cap since December 9. Christmas leave was canceled for 1,200 crew aboard the 14,500 ton carrier.
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Washington
Navy
Saipan
Norfolk
Air Force
Greenland
Kansas City
Truman
Roy Lamoureux
Casper
Wyo
Robert B Landry
Landry
Lamoureux
Bushvilot
Goose Bay
Labrador
Bluie No. 1
Ice Cap
Christmas Buying Tops All Records
Retail trade experts predict December sales will reach 13 billion dollars, a record for the month and three percent above last year, with late Christmas shopping accelerating sales to new highs. Dun & Bradstreet reports retailers expect the surge in New York identified forecast.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Ten Die in B-50 Crash Near Fairbanks Alaska
Ten airmen were killed when a B-50 long range bomber crashed ten miles south of Ellison Air Base during a routine training flight. The wreckage was found at 1 30 p m with no survivors. The crew had been sent from Davis Monthan Arizona for arctic operations familiarization. Cause under investigation.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Elison Air Base
Air Force
Elison Field
Davis-Montham
Tucson
Ariz
Presbyterians Open Church To the Jews
In Greenwich Village New York the Village Presbyterian church invited the Village Temple a Jewish congregation to hold Friday services, marking a Christmas season gesture. Pastor Jesse W. Stitt said the vote was unanimous and described the move as a progressive experiment in living together with a fine group of people.
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New York
Greenwich Village
Jesse W. Stitt
Village Presbyterian Church
Village Temple
Dr. Stitt
Madame Chiang Kai-shek Relocates From Marshall Home
Madame Chiang Kai-shek has moved from the Leesburg Virginia residence of Secretary of State George C. Marshall and is now living in Washington at a home formerly owned and occupied by her brother T. V. Soong. No plans were disclosed.
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Washington
LLP
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Leesburg
George C. Marshall
T. V. Soong
Bishop Reddish Killed In Highway Crash Near Fort Hall
Bishop Arnold Reddish, 27, 1025 South Fourth Avenue, and at least six others were injured when a northbound car collided with a southbound truck on a snow swept highway one half mile north of Fort Hall. Reddish died at 6 p.m. at General hospital. Survivors include his wife Rose Nielson and four sons. The crash was blamed on poor visibility and excessive speed.
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Arnold Reddish
South Fourth Avenue
LDS
Sixth Ward
Fort Hall
Idaho Falls
South Fourth
Pete” Bosquet
Sunset Auto Court
Dorothy Bosquet
M. H. Saxton
South Fifth
Charles Faulkner
J. F. Bedingfield
Faulkners
C. S. Bosquet
General Hospital
Bosquets
Reddish
Bosquet
Jay Golden Jensen
Arnold E. Reddish
Pocatello
Henry E. and
Lilly Edmonds Reddish
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Rose Nielson
Salt Lake City
Robert
Edward
Allen
Bryan
Clinton
Ivan Reddish
Riverside
Calif
Ellen Kemper
Verna Holladay
Mprtle Jensen
Lavone Davis
Hall Mortuary
De Vere Anderson Dies in Tractor Accident at Simplot Plant
DeVere Anderson 40 of 114 Pen Neuf Park was killed instantly when a caterpillar he drove rolled over him at the Simplot Fertilizer plant north of Pocatello. The coroner cited shock and severe head wounds. He leaves a wife Emma and three children, Larry Betty Jean and Clee Ann. Funeral arrangements pending.
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DeVere Anderson
Penneuf Park
Simplot
Pocatello
Anderson
E. W. Hansen
Emma
Larry
Betty Jean
Clee Ann
Mississippi
Hansen
Skip Davis
Power County
Rigby
Ole and
Eunice Hadley Anderson
Rigby High School
Naval Ordnance Plant
Barnhart and Wheeler Company
Teamster’s Union
Erma Michaelson
Rexburg
Third Ward
LDS Church
Larry Fae Anderson
Kessler Field
Miss
Clee Ann Anderson
Hrs
Hill Hall
Sierra Madre
Calif
Harriet Noel
William Lafey Anderson
Luther, Eather
Stanley Anderson
Downard Mortuary
Singers Told to Report by 6 45 for Santa Claus Program
Girl singers in the Santa Claus affair on the courthouse lawn were asked to report by 6 45. Rampton Barlow, director of the high school A Capella choir and the girls chorus, announced plans for several special numbers as the program begins at 7.
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Rampton Barlow
Actor Scott Beckett Fined for Driving Offense
Hollywood young actor Scott H Beckett aged 19 paid a $150 fine to avoid a 30 day jail term. Beckett played a youth version of Al Jolson in The Jolson Story.
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Hollywood
Scott H. Beckett
al Jolson
Jolson
Malad Loses Passenger Rail Service
Idaho Public Utilities Commission authorized Union Pacific to discontinue passenger line services between Ogden Utah and Malad Idaho due to rising labor and material costs. Net loss of about 50000 dollars yearly and adequate bus service cited. Railroad may end passenger runs once freight service can be equipped with passenger cars.
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BOISE
Idaho
Public Utilities Commission
Union Pacific Railroad Co
Ogden
Utah
Malad
Ida
PUC
White Christmas Expected Across Midwest and East
The weather bureau forecast a white Christmas for most of the Midwest New England and parts of the West. Elsewhere the forecast implies no blanket of snow in places like Pocatello despite the prior arrival.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Midwest
New England
West
Governor Cagey On Court Job
Boise headline reports Governor C A Robins evades a direct pick for Idaho supreme court successor to Bert H Miller. The Idaho Bar Association has named three finalists L E Glennon C J Taylor and A O Sutton, with the governor noting all three are fine men.
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Cagey
Boise
C. A. Robins
Bert H. Miller
Idaho Supreme Court
Idaho Bar Association
L. E. Glennon
Pocatello
C. J. Taylor
Idaho Falls
A. O. Sutton
Weiser
Pointblank
Record Cold Snap Hits Sawtooth Region in Idaho
Snow flurries and plunging temperatures swept Idaho with many spots reporting subzero readings. An unofficial 54 below was logged by Stanley bus driver G W Brewer near Sawtooth. nearby Valley Creek ranger station measured 45 below, later warming to 28 below by noon.
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G. W. Brewer
Stanley
Idaho
Sawtooth Mountain Range
Valley Creek
U. S. Forest
Dean Rowland
Rowland
Rites Held in New York For Laurence Duggan
Funeral services were held in New York for Laurence H. Duggan 43 former state department official as police investigate whether his 16th floor office window death was accidental self-inflicted or murder. About 75 attended including Sumner Welles Adolf A Berle Jr Sarah Blanding Edward R Murrow and Duggan family members. Dr Harry Emerson Fosdick presided. Duggan died Monday night with friends saying no suicide motive and police deem foul play unlikely after autopsy.
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Quentin Roosevelt
Laurence Duggan
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Theodore Roosevelt
China
Duggan
State Department
Washington
New York City
New York
LLP
Laurence H. Duggan
Sumner Welles
Adolf A. Berle, Jr
Department
Sarah Blanding
Vassar College
Edward R. Murrow
International Institute of Education
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Riverside Church
Judges Pick Prettiest Homes in Pocatello
A committee named eight homes as the prettiest decorated residences in Pocatello last night with cash prizes. First prize went to 139 South Twelfth Street followed by 710 North Arthur in second and third at 900 block East Whitman. Other winning properties include 600 block North Thirteenth, Rosewood streets, 706 North Garfield, West Halliday by the river, and Rosewood street bottom. Judges were Byron Garritson Ralph Mustard and Mrs Georgia Foreman. Watch Saturday's POST for pictures.
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Pocatello
South Twelfth Street
North Arthur
East Whitman
North Thirteenth
Rosewood Street
North Garfield
West Halliday
River
Byron O. Garritson
Ralph Mustard
Georgia Foreman
Phone strike averted by wage compromise in five states
A five state telephone worker strike was averted by a wage compromise between the Communication Workers of America and Southwestern Bell. The agreement provides a 10.55 cent per hour raise for about 350000 union members across Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
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ST. Louis
Communication Workers of America
Ind
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
U S court in Marburg runs to Tuesday without verdict
The three man U S military government court trying Mrs Wilma Ybarbo of Malden Massachusetts for the fatal shooting of her GI husband announced last night that it had not reached a verdict and will reconvene Tuesday.
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Marburg
Germany
U. S
Wilma Ybarbo
Malden
Mass
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