Eisenhower recalled to advise on military strategy
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower is recalled from Columbia University to advise President Truman and the joint chiefs of staff on strategic military issues. He will serve as principal military adviser and act as presiding officer of the joint chiefs for a short duration, with a seven to eight week leave granted from Columbia.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
War Department
Defense
James V. Forrestal
Pentagon
Washington, D. C
Washington
Truman
Joint Chiefs of Staff
White House
Army
New York
James Forrestal
Forrestal
Eben Ayers
Chiefs of Staff
Navy
Air Force
Ayers
Fisenhower
Columbia
Ike
Russia
Joint Chiefs
Eisenhower
Snow collapses Salt Lake merry-go-round carousel
A roof collapse at Liberty Park's merry-go-round in Salt Lake City buried under over two feet of snow. The damage reached 15000 dollars, but officials say the ride will be rebuilt for summer use.
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Salt Lake City
Liberty Park
Pep Regains Featherweight Crown In Ashing Victory
New York. Willie Pep defeated Sandy Sadler by unanimous decision at Madison Square Garden to regain the featherweight title. Pep, bleeding from multiple cuts, outboxed the champion and became the first man in boxing history to reclaim the featherweight crown.
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Pocatello Post
New York
Willie Pep
Hartford
Pep
Sadler
Eddie Joseph
Joseph
Sullivan
Weather Forecast for Southeast Idaho Today and Saturday
Partly cloudy to day and colder with a few snow flurries. High Friday 40 and low 22, High today 20 to 25 and low zero to five above. Southeastern Idaho continuing mostly cloudy with occasional snow Saturday. Colder Saturday. High Saturday 20 to 30, low 10 to 20, except near zero northern part.
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United Press Pocatello
Idaho
Murder Case Goes Slowly in First Degree Trial
The first degree murder case against Domingo Rangel, a Mexican beet worker, moved slowly as witnesses spoke through interpreter Officer Jack Bates. Prosecutors Henry Mc Quade and Lloyd Haight aimed to finish by next week after detailing time and place of the killing of Carlos Bluebeard Peru.
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Domingo Rangel
Pocatello
Jack Bates
Carlos “Bluebeard
Peru
Henry McQuade
Lloyd Haight
Uncle Sam Orders Envoy To Leave
Washington has ordered John G. Florian, first secretary of the Hungarian legation, out of the United States. The move comes as the U S. denounces Bulgaria for joining Hungary in a concerted Communist assault on religious liberties.
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Washington
United States
John G. Florian
Legation
Bulgaria
Hungary
Labor Takes Two On Chin From Boise
In Boise the Idaho House rejected two labor bills amid committee moves. Labor was blocked twice by a near solid Republican majority as Rep. William Smith led futile attempts to pull the labor bills from committees. The labor commissioner bill seeks $30,000 and faced procedural hurdles in appropriations.
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Boise
Labor
Idaho
House of Representatives
Appropriations Committee
John Hohnhorst
House
William Smith
Smith
Jesse Vetter
Kootenai
T. C. Waddoups
Butte
Locomotive Works Shuts Down Erecting Shop At Schenectady
ALCO accuses 1100 workers of slowing production and shuts the key Diesel locomotive erecting shop at midnight. If the plant remains closed long, about 6000 jobs could be lost. Union officials decline immediate comment as talks begin.
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Schenectady
American Locomotive Company
ALCO
United Steelworkers of America
Rail Board To Ride Diesel Cab To Determine Extra Engineer Need
A presidential fact finding board plans a ride in a Diesel locomotive to judge if a second engineer is required. The three members, a professor, a lawyer, and an army officer, will test the engineer duties to decide if the additional crewman is needed amid union strikes threatening 15 western railroads.
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Rail Board
Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
George W. Taylor
Brotherhood
Feathered foe crashes through two windows
Fred Foster of Sandpoint watched a pheasant flee from a hawk and crash through a large window. The bird then struck a second plate glass window in the living room before fleeing. Foster boarded up his windows for the winter.
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Fred Foster
Foster
Strike Stops Newspapers In Portland
In Portland Oregon both the Oregon Journal and the Portland Oregonian halt publication as the Web Press men's Union AFL No 17 orders a work stoppage after a three hour meeting. The union refuses to work until a new 1949 contract is agreed upon with employers over wages hours a pension and vacation terms. Buxton says over 100 members attended and the strike leaves the city without a daily paper.
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Portland
Ore
Web Pressmen’s Union
AFL
Oregon Journal
Portland Oregonian
Labor Temple
K. J. Buxton
Idaho Prepared For Emergencies
The Idaho Department of Public Health says it is ready for emergency duty anywhere in the state if high water or flood results from heavy snowfalls this year. Local health units in Coeur d Alene Lewiston Boise Twin Falls and Pocatello and state staff have been asked to plan activities so they can go anywhere in the state if an emergency develops.
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Boise
Idaho Department of Public Health
Coeur d'Alene
Lewiston
Twin Falls
Pocatello
Snarl Over Equipment Gets Worse in County Dispute
District Judge C J Taylor of Idaho Falls ruled Bannock county owns the road equipment in the Bannock Caribou dispute. He said Bannock established title and is entitled to possession. Costs and value were not to be decided now. Caribou officials threaten appeal to the Idaho Supreme Court.
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C. J. Taylor
Idaho
Falls
Bannock County
Bannock
Caribou
Taylor
Bannock and
Boise
Caribou County
Idaho Supreme Court
Bennock County
Charges Cleared. Remington Returns to Work in Commerce
Washington (UP) William W. Remington, once accused of Communist ties, was cleared by the loyalty review board. He resumed a $10,000-a-year commerce department post but not his former export screening duties to Russia. Assistant chief Francis E. McIntyre said he will take another equally important assignment to avoid security criticism.
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Washington
William W. Remington
Commerce Department
Russia
Francis E. McIntyre
Department
Office of International Trade
Remington
Eight Die in Flames at Clayon House Fire
Seven children and their mother Mrs. Clifford Conant 29 perished in a Friday blaze that destroyed a three room house in Clayon New York. The father and one other child escaped the flames.
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Clayon
N. Y
Clifford Conant
West Region Hit by Snow and Wind Storms
Severe weather blankets southeastern Idaho with freezing rain and heavy snow disrupting roads. Power lines and telephone outages persist from Pocatello to Boise as crews struggle to clear ice laden highways and aircraft are grounded.
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Southeastern
Tasha
Susi
Pocatello
Twin Falls
Burley
Boise
Pocatello West
Idaho Faces Severe Weather and Fuel Shortages
Heavy floods snow and wind strained Idaho as roads and communications suffered new damage. Fuel shortages threatened many communities while motor travel remained disrupted by ice and lingering blizzards in the southeast region.
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Idaho
Four Pork Chops Rate Day in Court
In Washington a local misdemeanor case over selling four pork chops at short weight leads to a mistrial after Judge Aubrey B. Fennell admonishes counsel to proceed. The defense invokes rights to a day in court, and a new trial is set for March 3.
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Washington
Aubrey B. Fennell
Judge Medina Demands Clear Summary From Defense
Federal Judge Harold R. Medina lashes at defense lawyers for 11 Communist leaders accusing them of trying to mock justice as the trial nears the fourth week without a jury. He orders a concise summary of remaining challenges to the jury system for Monday.
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New York
Harold R. Medina
Medina
Justice Minister Andre Marie Stricken With Pulmonary Ailment
Paris reports Justice Minister Andre Marie seriously ill Friday night due to a pulmonary ailment contracted while imprisoned at Buchenwald during the war.
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Paris
Andre Marie
Buchenwald
U S Engineers Survey Flood Areas in Idaho
Three army engineers led by ex Colonel O A Lewis arrived in Pocatello to assess flood risks and urge Congress to approve flood control funding for the region. They propose dredging the Portneuf River to build levees using the excavated soil, warning of heavy runoff from nearby hills. Bannock County Commissioner Roy Hale said at least 50000 dollars are needed to begin, with work contingent on a federal grant. Local officials aim to unite city and county efforts to secure aid and notify Idaho delegates in Washington.
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Pocatello
O. A. Lewis
Congress
Idaho
Lewis
Portneuf
Bannock County
Roy Hale
Hale
Washington
Leonard G. Estey
Boise
William
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