Navajos Need Education More Than Food Says Mission Leader
Dr. C G Salsbury head of Ganado mission and Sage Memorial hospital urges abolition of the Indian bureau to boost Navajo education. He calls for a six point program including voting rights, tax obligation, lands in trust, federal subsidies, and long boarding school education on reservations.
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Dick Smith
United Press
Ganaco, Ariz
U. S. ‘Indian Bureau
John J. Rooney
N. Y
C. G. Salsbury
Ganado ‘Mission
Sage Memorial Hospital
Salsbury
Indian Bureau
Indian Bureau Administration
Idahoan William E. Lee Named ICC Chairman for 1948
Idahoan William E. Lee was elected chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission for 1948. He succeeds Clyde B. Acheson as commissioner at the end of 1947. Lee, first appointed in 1930 by President Hoover, has served under Roosevelt and Truman and previously chaired the ICC in 1934. His current term runs to 1952. He was formerly chief justice of the Idaho Supreme Court.
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Washington
William E. Lee
Idaho
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lee
Clyde B. Acheson
Hoover
Roosevelt
Truman
Commission
Idaho Supreme Court
Brother Loses Nose In Bizarre Christmas Incident
Washington police search for Otis Brown after he attacked his brother Russell with a butcher knife, cutting off his nose. Russell’s nose was later found in a trash pile and reattached by Dr. Herbert G. Brandes. Authorities pursue Otis on charges of assault with a dangerous weapon and mayhem.
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Washington
Brown
Russell
Otis
Yale
Casualty Hospital
Herbert G. Brandes
Boa
Brandes
Army
Indian Funds Aimed at Navajo Economic and Education Aid
Washington official says an 80 million dollar ten year program for the Navajos focuses on roads schools and water development on the New Mexico Arizona reservation rather than canned goods or used clothing. D'Arcy McNickle rejects charges of overstatement and notes limited success in securing hospitals roads and schools.
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Washington
Indian Office
D'Arcy McNickle
New Mexico-Arizona
McNickle
C. G. Salsbury
Ganado, Ariz., Mission
Wage Memorial Hospital
Wool Growers Meet Set in Boise January 8
Idaho Wool Growers Association schedules its annual meeting January 8 to 10 in Boise with F D Cronin, head of the wool division, speaking on the 1947 government wool program. Breckenridge, association president, announced the event and speakers.
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Twin Falls
Ida
F. D. Cronin
Federal Production and Marketing Administration
Idaho Wool Growers’ Association
Boise
John W. Breckenridge
Nere. Fricay
Cronin
Montanan Dies of Shot in Butte Home
Butte Montana Mrs Bes sie Downs 38 was found in her bedroom Friday morning with a bullet in her head and a pistol beside her Coroner R E Sayatovic classified the death as a self inflicted gunshot Her husband Wilfred said they visited taverns after dinner while their son saw a movie and she pointed the gun at her head and pulled the trigger before he could stop her
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Butte
Mont
Bessie Downs
R. E. Sayatovic
Wilfred
Amnesia Victim Released From custody in forgery case
Lewis Race 28, alleged amnesia victim, was freed by a court Friday after a motion by Prosecuting Attorney Everett M Swelley. Race had been jailed on forgery charges and was released to his wife and mother. He will be sent to the Veterans Administration hospital in Boise for treatment of service connected disabilities. The forgery charge was continued to an indefinite date.
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Twin Falls
Lewis Race
Race
Everett M. Swelley
Veterans Administration Hospital
Boise
Prince George Denies Romance Ties to Attache Post
Copenhagen reports Prince George of Denmark Friday denied British press rumors that his appointment as Assistant Military Attache in London was connected to a romance with Princess Margaret daughter of King George and Queen Elizabeth.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Prince George of
London
Margaret
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Winter Wheat Crop Likely Largest On Record In Idaho
Idaho's winter wheat crop planted this fall may be the largest on record as the Bureau of Agricultural Economics estimates acres two percent above 1947. Production could reach 23,244,000 bushels, above the 1947 record by over four percent, with good seedings and early growth but some risk of winter damage in eastern sections. Milk and egg output remained high in November with milk at 87 million pounds and eggs at 19 million, up sharply from a year earlier.
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Boise
Ida
Idaho
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Haas to Play Third for Phillies Next Season
Versatile Mr. Bert Haas, acquired from the Reds, will handle the third base position for the Philadelphia Phillies next season.
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Haas
Philadelphia
Bert Haas
Reds
Phillies
Vandals Ransack Provo Post Office
Federal and local officers investigated Thursday night vandalism at the Provo post office with damage estimated at over $1000. The second floor offices including the Forestry Service and Internal Revenue Bureau were ransacked. marble paneling pried from lobby walls and glass destroyed. About $100 in cash disappeared from a Postal Employer Credit Union cash drawer though Christmas mail remained largely intact. The motive remained unclear beyond destructive intent.
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Lody
Credit Union
Upstair
Postoffice
Post Office
Utah Man's Death Probed
Robert A. Wyatt, 60, was found dead at his Logan home. His father reported Wyatt went to tend the furnace the night before and bumped his head on a plank. An autopsy was ordered after Dr. J. C. Hayward doubted the head injury caused death.
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Logan
Robert A. Wyatt
Wyatt
Frank Wyatt
George D. Preston
Robert
J. C. Hayward
Crash Injuries Fatal To Idahoan
Jack Welch of Glenns Ferry died in Boise from injuries suffered in a Sunday car crash near Glenns Ferry. Welch, a passenger in a car driven by Silva Close, the vehicle went off the road and rolled over three times. Welch never regained consciousness.
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Boise
Ida
Jack Welch
Glenns Ferry
Welch
Silva Close
Two Wrecks Hit Richfield Idaho Over Holidays
Odell Chatfield a university student, escaped two car wrecks in three days on routes near Richfield Idaho. In the latest crash on the Richfield Shoshone highway a tire blew and the car overturned injuring Mrs Elizabeth Kunz the grandmother of Mrs Chatfield. Chatfield and his mother in law Mrs Richard Johnson survived with minor injuries.
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Richfield
Ida
Odell Chatfield
Chatfield
Richard Johnson
Richfield-Shoshone
Elizabeth Kunz
Glenn Caldwell
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