Top official vows limits on major industry strikes
A federal labor official said the government cannot and will not permit big strikes in coal oil atomic energy railroads or shipping this year. He noted use of the wartime urgency act to halt essential industry strikes and urged labor and management to settle disputes without strikes to protect the Marshall Plan.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation Service
Southern Coal Producers Association
President Renews Plea On Price Act
President Truman urges Congress to pass price stabilization measures to control inflation. He warns that rising living costs threaten the welfare of urban residents and calls for an education program and targeted reforms to restore economic soundness. He cites his January state of the union for context and stresses action by Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Congress
United States
Idaho engineers to attend four day university sponsored meet
Forty six north Idaho engineers of the State bureau of highways will attend a four day meeting starting Tuesday on highway discussions and laboratory demonstrations. The meetings are sponsored by the University of Idaho college of engineering.
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Moscow
Ida
North Idaho
State Bureau of Highways
University of Idaho College of Engineering
Floods and Severe Weather Toll Rise Across Six States
The death toll from a four day onslaught of floods and storms reached six Sunday as rains receded in six states. The Red Cross sheltered and evacuated tens of thousands, with Ohio West Virginia Kentucky Tennessee and Mississippi affected. Water supplies and power were disrupted while farms flooded and towns were isolated. Many evacuees began returning home as conditions improved.
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Chicago
U.S. Weather Bureau
Red Cross
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
Cumberland River
Concert Offered by Metropolitan Opera Baritone Huehn at Local High School
Julius Huehn, Met Opera baritone, will perform at the Pocatello high school gymnasium at 1:45 this afternoon with accompanist Galen Lurwick. The concert, second of the season by the Junior Concert Association led by Rampton Barlow, features works from Figaro to Tschaikowsky and Verdi with sea chanteys and folk arrangements.
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Pocatellans
Julius Huehn
Metropolitan Opera
Rampton Barlow
Junior Concert Association
Metstar
Huehn
Galen Lurwick
Spokane
Wash
Barlow
Figaro
Schubert
Waldgestrach
Jensen
Tschaikowsky
Daugherty
John Henry
Kingsford
Malotte
Market Operator To Testify Before Senate Probers
Edwin T. Maynard veteran Chicago speculator who earned about 300000 by betting against wheat cotton and oats faces a Senate inquiry. He alleges his forecasted price declines and says he acted on own judgment. Senators push for open hearings with Agriculture Secretary Anderson and committee leaders debating public access.
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Washington
Edwin T. Maynard
Chicago
Senate
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Maynard
Clinton P. Anderson
Congress
Arthur Capper, Jr
Senate Agriculture Committee
Millard E. Tydings
Theodore Francis Green
R. J
Tydings
Green
Homer Ferguson
Mich
Burns Fatal To Two Workers At Atlas Works Refinery
Two workmen died from burns suffered in a $10,000 flash fire at Atlas Works Refinery of Socony Vacuum Oil Co in Buffalo New York. Charles Harris 60 and Robert Craig 63 were critically burned when fire burst from a condenser box tower and both died in emergency hospital without giving a coherent account of the incident.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Atlas Works
Socony Vacuum Oil Co
Charles Harris
Robert Craig
Coast CIO Head Resigns Over Action Policy Dispute
Morris Zusman resigns Sunday as president of the California CIO Council in protest of political action policy. The council refuses to accept the resignation and appoints Virgil Caragliotti to lead temporarily, with Zusman off payroll for the rest of the month.
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Los
Angeles
Morris Zusman
California Cio Council
Council
Biltmore
Zusman
Virgil Caragliotti
Martinez
Coragliotti
CIO Oil Workers’ Union
State Council
CIO
Dill announces birth of daughter in Pocatello
Mr and Mrs Paul B Dill welcomed a daughter born Saturday at General hospital. Mrs Dill formerly Vivian Woolley, daughter of Mr and Mrs Aerian R Woolley of Pocatello.
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Paul B. Dill
Pocatello
General Hospital
Dill
Vivian Woolley
Aerian R. Woolley
Latrobe Couple Welcomes Quadruplets At Local Hospital
Latrobe Pa. three girls and a boy were born Sunday at Latrobe hospital to Barbara Zavada 25 and Andrew Zavada 35 a seven month Caesarean birth produced four babies John Michael Zavada weighed 3 1/2 pounds Anna Mary 3 3/4 Barbara Rose 3 1/4 and Bernadette Elizabeth 3 pounds all placed in incubators four incubators donated by Electric Hot Pack Corp of Philadelphia Dr O Toole from St Margaret Hospital aided the newborns and first feeds were directed by him Hospital staff prepared a private nursery and two local men donated blood for the quads with plans to continue care as needed.
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Latrobe
Latrobe Hospital
Retty
John Michael Zavada
Anna Mary
Barbara Rose
Bernadette Elizabeth
Electric Hot Pack Corp
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Dr. O'Toole
St. Margaret Hospital
O’toole
Barbara Zavada
Dorothy, Pa
Andrew
Latrobe Die Casting Co
Catherine Allison
Zavada
Eisenhower Warns U S Defense Weak
In his farewell report Gen Dwight D Eisenhower warns the United States is not adequately prepared to defend itself amid fears of aggression. He urges stronger ground forces and unity, backs the Marshall Plan, universal military training, and closer United Nations cooperation.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
America
Tential
Europe
United Nations
Kenneth C. Royall
Columbia University
Omar N. Bradley
Eisenhower
Farm Labor Outlook in Idaho Sees Normal 1948 Supply
Boise report from the Idaho Employment Service says farm labor supply for 1948 appears normal though farmers remain wary about planting certain crops this spring. Transient workers in Idaho last year were the largest since before the war, and statewide labor demand rose with a net gain of 50 jobs, totaling 934 as of Feb 7.
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Boise
Idaho Employment Service
ISES
Idaho
Salt Lake Feeds Elk To Keep Em Away From City
Utah state fish and game commission will feed 400 starvation threatened deer near Salt Lake City to deter them from invading the city. Director Ross Leonard said deer migrate to the east bench during heavy snows, past winters they have damaged gardens and orchards in search of food.
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Salt Lake City
Utah State Fish and Game Commission
Ross Leonard
The
Fish and Game Commission
Kaiser Frazer Plans Suit Against Otis Co for 7 Million
Kaiser Frazer corp. filed notice of intent to sue Cleveland investment firm Otis & Co. for more than 7,000,000 over alleged repudiation of a contract to underwrite stock of the automobile manufacturers. The notice was filed in Albany and the suit could be brought in New York Supreme Court in Manhattan.
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New York
Kaiser- Frazer Corp
Cleveland
Commt
Secretary of State
Albany
Otis & Co
State Supreme Court
New York City
Solon Charges Deceit In ERP Probe
Rep. Fred E Busbey accuses the state department of deceiving the public about the Marshall European recovery program. He says the department censored documents that would reveal U S connivance in Soviet duplicity while publishing Nazi Soviet papers to allege a Russian German conspiracy.
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Washington
Fred E. Busbey
Ill
State Department
Department
Europe
U. S
Woman Fasts in Price Protest Inspires Local Stance
CHICAGO Mrs Ruth Berbes 22 a soda fountain clerk began a two week fast protesting high food costs She has cut meals to bread and milk weighing 118 pounds on Sunday and aims to rally housewives to action akin to a buyers strike City readers sympathize and discuss collective pressure on prices.
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Chicago
Ruth Berbes
Mohandas Gandhi
Spring Weather Draws Idaho Visit and Varying Temps
The weather bureau reports warmer temperatures across Idaho with showers in lower elevations and snow squalls in the mountains. Boise topped 52 degrees while Burley reached 64 and several other cities posted mid forties to low fifties.
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Weather Bureau
Boise
Burley
Pocatello
Lewiston
Gooding
Grangeville
Taft to Campaign in Five States After Denver Address
Sen. Robert A. Taft left Denver en route to Washington after calling his six state tour extremely encouraging. He plans brief appearances in Michigan Pennsylvania Maine and Missouri within 55 days and opposes a 30 day rent control extension, arguing for a full year to align with Marshall plan and tax cuts actions.
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Denver
Robert A. Taft
Washington
Nebraska
Indiana
Illinois
Minnesota
Iowa
Colorado
Ohio
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Maine
Missouri
Taft
Senate
What A Revolting Development This Is
Washington experts warned Sunday that meat prices will bounce and possibly rise above prior levels unless a general recession hits. Grain collapse won’t ease prices unless unemployment rises. demand must fall to keep meat cheap as production declines seasonally, with a late summer peak likely.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Cain Urges Fast Action On 14 Month Extension
Senator Harry P. Cain argues against a 30 day rent ceiling extension and pushes a 14 month extension plan. He backs preserving most control features while allowing housing expediter discretion on decontrol of rooming houses. The bill would raise costs, loosen ceilings in high vacancy areas, and exempt luxury units and post act leases through 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry P. Cain
Wash
Senate Banking
Congress
Cain
Further Food Price Drops Seen Across Cities
A United Press survey of 16 cities shows retail prices for meats flour butter and other staples down since mid January with further cuts anticipated today Retail baskets have moved ahead of lower wholesale prices as some items rise in select areas Butter rose 2 cents a pound and T bone steak 4 cents in Atlanta Milk prices climbed in Los Angeles A 300 item price cut list from Independent Associated stores in Kansas City shows all changes down A Wisconsin check notes bacon down 13 cents per pound Appleton down 29 cents Kenosha down 20 cents.
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Chicago
United Press
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Associated Stores
Wisconsin
Appleton
Kenosha
Doctor Leaves US to Return to African Medical Mission
Dr Ernest Pearson, 56, says he is giving up his small-town practice to become a medical missionary in the Belgian Congo. He and his wife will return to Moneika, where they lived and worked, to educate their four children who were born there. Their youngest Barbara is a Denison senior.
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Eureka, Ill
Ernest Pearson
Civilization
Moneika
Belgian Congo
United States
Congo
Barbara
Denison University
Granville
Lloyd Emmert
Ben Streid
Metamora
Ill
Pearson
Japan
Unified military command feuding continues after censorship order
Washington reports say the unified army navy and air force feud persists underground despite Defense Secretary James Forrestal's order restricting top officers public remarks. In Pittsburgh the CIO United Steelworkers wage-policy committee of 175 members meets to plan a substantial 1948 wage growth.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Air Force
Defense
James Forrestal
Order
Pittsbur
CIO
United Steelworkers
Wallace urges resignations of top U S Cabinet officials
Henry A Wallace called for the resignation of Army Secretary Kenneth Royall and the dismissal of Defense Secretary James Forrestal and Commerce Secretary Averell Harriman. Consuls warned by Stern gang in Tel Aviv over diplomatic immunity. US and UK authorities establish a German central bank in occupation zones with $10,000,000 capital.
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New York
Henry A. Wallace
Army
Kenneth Royall
Defense
James Forrestal
Commerce
Averell Harriman
Jerusalem
Palestine
Stern Gang
Tel Aviv
Frankfurt
Germany
United States
Laender
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