Reclamation Plan Praised At Boise Meet
Idaho officials and lawmakers debated the army engineers Columbia basin plan at a Boise hearing. William E. Welsh praised the plan overall but urged stronger irrigation commitments and concurrent reclamation resource development for central Idaho and flood control. Representatives from Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, eastern Oregon and eastern Washington supported development while seeking storage for flood control and regional power benefits.
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BOISE
William E. Welsh
Idaho State Reclamation Association
Army Engineers
Columbia River Basin
Welsh
Board of Engineers For Rivers and Harbors
Columbia Basin
Idaho
Wyoming
Nevada
Oregon
Wash
Bureau of Reclamation
Corps of Engineers
Palisades
Lucky Peak
C. A. Robins
Board of Idaho
Bonners Ferry
Deer Creek Park
Rigby
Rexburg
Columbia and
Snake
L. C. Bishop
Leslie A. Miller
Cheyenne
A. M. Smith
Snake River
M. V. Sharp
Bistline
F. M. Bistline
Pocatello
John C. Pool
Deer Park
Jesse Vetter
Coeur d'Alene
Added
Albenai ‘Lis
Cattle Prices Collapse In Week's Trade
Market observers report a widespread drop in livestock prices across midwest stockyards as demand remained weak and supplies rose. Omaha saw the sharpest weekly decline while Chicago and other markets posted sizable losses. corn futures slipped toward limits amid a broader deflationary trend.
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San Francisco
California
Department of Agriculture
Omaha
Chicago
Man Recovers Gold Signet Ring Lost 27 Years Ago
Sterling Fyckes has his gold signet ring returned after 27 years when a neighbor found it while raking leaves on the same Massena lawn where he lost it during play. The reunion ends a long missing item mystery and brings a small, personal triumph.
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Ming
Massena
N. Y
Fyckes
Pillsbury Says Life Uncertain He Dug Grave In Scarborough
In Scarborough Maine John Scott Pillsbury aged 80 has dug his own grave in a local cemetery declaring life is uncertain and he is taking no chances.
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Scarboro
John Scott Pillsbury
Torrid Debate Over Tax Legislation Draws Farmers, Consumers
In a heated senate session Rep. Earl Spelberg urged wiping out the chain store tax as harmful to business. Sen. S Dean Orme wrestled with conscience opposing the bill. Sen. Elmer Jams minimized the uproar, while Gov Robins faces a five day window to sign the measure amid ongoing pressure from both sides.
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Earl Spelberg
Butte
Senate
S. Dean Orme
Fremont
Elmer Jams
Bingham
C. A. Robins
Famous Hillbilly Jamboree to Play in Pocatello
An outstanding attraction the Hillbilly Jamboree of Nashville Tennessee will be presented at the Delta ballroom in Pocatello on Wednesday February 9. The jamboree will feature all the famous stars who have appeared on radio networks from coast to coast.
Eight Killed As Air Force Bomber Crashes Near New Orleans
The U S air force bomber, likely a B 25 from Keesler Field Mississippi with eight aboard, crashed into Lake Pontchartrain late Friday. Navy and coast guard say all eight dead. witnesses saw two parachutes and a life raft. Plane en route from Keesler to Houston via New Orleans. fog hindered search at night.
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New Orleans
Air Force
Keesler Field
Miss
Lake Pontchartrain
Navy
Coast Guard
U. S. Naval Air Station
Municipal Airport
Cmdr
John Parsons
Naval Air Station
North Dakota House backs Missouri Valley Authority plan
The North Dakota House of Representatives approved a resolution urging the creation of a Missouri Valley Authority by a 77 to 31 vote after extensive debate. If the Senate passes it, North Dakota would show a shift in official sentiment toward the MVA.
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Bismarck
N. D
Missouri Valley Authority
North Dakota Senate
House of Representatives
House
Senate
North Dakota
Grain price dive a year ago reshaped markets nationwide
A year ago Friday the Chicago Board of Trade saw the sharpest grain price nosedive in history. Wheat and corn collapsed from all time highs, triggering declines in stock and livestock markets and lowering living costs as wholesale food prices fell in the ensuing year.
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Chicago
H. M. Conway
National Livestock Producers Association
Chicago Board of Trade
Edwin T. Maynard
Bad-Check Charge Faces Prisoner
Searle Daley of Weston was arrested on a $25 bad check charge in Alameda last August. He was brought to Bannock county jail by Deputy James Johnson after Franklin county officers acted on information from Alameda Police Chief E. J. Adkins. Daley allegedly passed the check to used car dealer W. H. Honeycutt last summer.
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Alameda
Searle Daley
Weston
Bannock County
James Johnson
Daley
Franklin County
E. J. Adkins
Adkins
Eda
W. H. Honeycutt
Births at St. Anthony's Reported by Jensen Mathews Perkins
Mr and Mrs William Jensen 181 Washington welcome a girl. Mr and Mrs Henry Mathews Route 1 South welcome a girl. Mr and Mrs Rudene Perkins Reed Apts welcome a girl.
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St. Anthony's
William Jensen
Washington
Henry Mathews
Route 1
South
Rudene Perkins
Reed Apts
Prayer for Wisdom Prayer by Reverend Powell
Boston dispatch notes Reverend Sidney W. Powell of Tremont Temple writes a daily prayer on the sins of the tongue. He asks for guidance to keep his big mouth shut and urges others to weigh words carefully in daily life.
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Prayer For Wisdom
Boston
Sidney W. Powell
Tremont Temple
Soap makers cut prices again in two cities
In Cincinnati Proctor & Gamble announced a six percent wholesale cut on principal household soaps the fourth in a year due to lower fat costs. In Cambridge Lever Brothers followed with a six cent reduction on all major soaps effective immediately.
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Cincinnati
Proctor & Gamble Soap Co
Cambridge, Mass
Lever Brothers Company
New Rent Control Law Sponsored
Senator Francis J. Myers and Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas sponsor a new rent control bill. It extends controls to June 30 1951 and fixes maximum rents at March 31 levels, creating a national advisory committee and penalties for violations.
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Washington
ULP
Francis J. Myers
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Calif
Roosevelt stroke denial from Boettiger on radio
Mrs An na Roosevelt Boettiger denied Look magazine claims that her father former president Roosevelt had suffered strokes before his death on April 12. She called Dr Karl C Wold's statements utterly and entirely misleading during an ABC radio program.
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Hollywood
Anna Roosevelt Boettiger
Roosevelt
ABC
Karl C. Wold
Look Magazine
Marshall Plans Return to U.S.
General George C. Marshall said he would return to the United States very shortly and is fully recovered from a kidney operation. He met reporters and photographers for the first time since arriving in San Juan for rest three weeks ago.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
George C. Marshall
United States
Israel election results crown Ben Gurion with Mapai lead
Final tabulation shows Premier David Ben Gurion's Mapai party with 48 seats in the 120 member assembly. The premier's moderate labor faction gathered 162,574 votes with Arab turnout totaling about 7300, among a total 440,080 votes cast.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
David Ben Gurion
Mapai Party
Constituent Assembly
Labor Party
Another Treason Trial Scheduled
Herbert John Burgman a 52 year old former state department employee arrived in Washington from Germany to face treason charges for Nazi propaganda broadcasts during the war. Like Mildred Gillars Axis Sally Burgman faces treason trial in the capital.
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Washington
Herbert John Burgman
State Department
Ger- Seal
Mildred
Sally
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Terpot
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MVA
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Rod Skeel
Ssriroplane
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SKYRO
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Srael
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Dude’s Confectionery
South Main
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Hotel Whitman
Farr
S. Main
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