Idaho Power Projects Approved
Defense Secretary James Forrestal warns of a critical national electric power shortage especially in the Pacific Northwest. A House appropriations committee hearing considers hydro power development and recommends $2,500,000 to start a Tennessee Valley Authority steam plant at New Johnsonville with additional reclamation projects for the Columbia Basin Payette Valley and Provo River areas.
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Washington
Defense
James Forrestal
Forrestal
Pacific Northwest
R. A. Wheeler
Army Corps of Engineers
House Appropriations Committee
Interior
J. A. Krug
Tennesseee Valley Authority
New Johnsonville
Tenn
Budget Bureau
Rum Locker Plan Faces Legal Doubt in Utah Clubs
Utah Attorney General Clinton D. Vernon ruled locker systems for liquor in private clubs are legally doubtful. The ruling, issued in response to Sen Rue L. Clegg, says there is serious doubt about legality and urges legislative clarification or a court decision to settle the issue.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Clinton D. Vernon
Ofice
Rue L. Clegg
Vernon
Trial Judge halts five week attack on federal jury case
Judge Harold Medina abruptly ends the five week effort by 11 Communist leaders to challenge the jury system. He orders the defense to stop and directs U S Attorney McGahey to begin the government reply and juror questioning phase.
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New York
Judge Curran rules column not grounds for mistrial in Gillars case
Federal Judge Edward M Curran holds that a newspaper column by Mrs William Randolph Hearst Jr does not provide sufficient grounds to declare a mistrial in the treason charge against Mildred Gillars known as Axis Sally The decision leaves the trial status unchanged and will not disrupt the scheduled proceedings or verdict timeline.
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Washington
Edward M. Curran
William Randolph Hearst, Jr
Mildred Axis
Sally Gillars
Rayburn predicts tax hike to cover government costs
Speaker Sam Rayburn said Congress will likely need to raise taxes this year to prevent a deficit. He spoke after a White House session with President Truman and Ways and Means Democrats about prioritizing social security over general tax changes.
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Washington
Sam Rayburn
Congress
Rayburn
House
Ways and Means
Truman
White House
Way and Means
John W. McCormack
Mr. Truman
Ways and Means Committee
Pocatello Firms Are Incorporated
Two Pocatello based firms filed incorporation papers with the secretary of state. Yellow Cab Co. Inc. lists $5,000 capital stock with incorporators David O. Smith Ethel M. Smith and Jessie Mackenzie. State Loan and Investment Co. Inc. lists $10,000 capital stock with the same incorporators to engage in real estate investment and loan business.
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BOISE
Pocatello
Yellow Cab Co., Inc
David O. Smith
Ethel M. Smith
Jessie MacKenzie
State Loan and Investment Co., Inc
Yellow Cab Company
Mindszenty Trial Alibi. Hungary Says Vatican Rejected Offer
Szabad Nep reports Hungary offered the Vatican a chance to remove Cardinal Mindszenty before his arrest but the Vatican did not act. Jozsef Revai accused the Vatican of responsibility for the prosecution and contrasted Cardinal Spellman’s remarks with Mindszenty’s actions.
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Budapest
Szabad Nep
Hungary
Vatican
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Jozsef Revai
Revai
Mindszenty
Mindy
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Cardinal Spellman
Cardinal Mindszenty
Spellman
Republican Heads Utah State Group
Salt Lake City Utah Governor J Bracken Lee named R Harvey Dastrup as chairman of the state agriculture commission the fourth Republican to head major agencies under the new administration Dastrup succeeds Tracy R Welling as commission chair.
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Salt Lake City
R. Harvey Dastrup
Utah
J. Bracken Lee
Dastrup
State Agriculture Commission
Tracy R. Welling
Commission
Family of Six Dead in Tunisian Shell Explosion
In Sfax Tunisia an entire family of six was killed instantly when a souvenir shell exploded as the father disassembled it at home. The wife and four children were nearby. In India three posts are held by women with Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit ambassador to Russia Mrs. Sarajini Naidu governor of a province and Rajkumari Amrit Kaur health minister of the national government.
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Sfax
Tunisia
India
Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Russia
Sarajini Naidu
Rajkumari Armit Kaur
Army Denies MacArthur Request for More Occupation Troops
Army Secretary Kenneth C. Royall said he refused Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s request for additional occupation troops in Japan. He called the move impractical amid budget cuts but affirmed no planned reduction in Japan or removal of key personnel. Royall noted the request was not tied to the China crisis and cited poor GI housing in Korea as a problem to fix.
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Washington
Kenneth C. Royall
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Royall
MacArthur
Truman
China
Alaska
Korea
Okinawa
Guam
Kwajalein
Hawaii
St Laurent Returns From Washington Say Talks Were Satisfactory
Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent arrived back in Ottawa after a weekend Washington visit. He said talks with President Truman couldn't have been more satisfactory and that no embarrassment is expected over American based bases in Newfoundland after confederation.
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Ottawa
Louis St. Laurent
Washington
Truman
Newfoundland
Pilots Await Weather to Seek Lost Boise Pilot
A Boise group of airmen planned an aerial search for Gale Burgener, missing since Saturday after taking off from Boise in a Luscombe monoplane bound for San Francisco via Winnemucca, Nevada. Chet Moulton said search planes from Hamilton Field were sweeping the route as weather and snow delays hinder the operation. Burgener’s craft carried a two way radio and about four and a half hours of fuel. reports of a Winnemucca stopover were deemed incorrect.
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Boise
Here
Winnemucca
Nev
Gale Burgener
Burgener
San Francisco
Lovelock
Chet Moulton
Bradley Field
Air Force
Hamilton Field
Repairs Voted to Patch Capitol Roofs in Summer Recess
The house appropriations committee approved a 2.2745 million dollar plan to repair the roofs of the Senate and House chambers during the summer recess. President Truman supported the move as part of upkeep for the Capitol.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
House
Negroes Parade At Utah Capitol
Nearly 100 Black Utahns visited the state capitol to back civil rights legislation in the legislature. They carried placards and gathered in the governor’s board room to support fair employment practices and other anti discrimination measures.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
New Board Man Picked
Roy Marquess of Paul was named a member of the Snake River Compact Commission by Governor C A Robins. The group met February 1 at Rock Springs Wyoming with the Wyoming commission to discuss an equitable share of Snake River water. No final agreement was reached and another spring meeting was planned.
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Rupert — Roy Marquess of
Paul
Snake River Compact Commission
C. A. Robins
Rock Springs
Wyo
Wyoming Commission
Snake River
Wyoming
Marquess
Track Mark Ties World Mile Record at Hialeah
Coaltown the Calumet Farm sprinter, once overshadowed by Citations, equalled the world record for a mile and an eighth and unofficially broke the mile mark in the St Valentine purse at Hialeah Race Track on Monday in Miami.
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Miami
Fargo's Bigger Dollar Worth Look At Page 3
A Friday page 3 feature highlights value stories and local economy notes in Fargo. It surveys market movements and consumer tips with focus on price trends and shopping guidance.
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Chicago
National Potato Chip Institute
Idaho Power Projects
Budget Committee Bureau
Columbia Basin
Payette
Ida
Provo River
Government of
U.S.A
Ilrose Aumaitoe
Melrose
Owstress and Companys Ing
Baltimore, MD
Pocatello Firms
Davie Grain and Fuel Co
Reds
Rita
Rita Hayworth
Malibu
Calif
Aly Khan
Villa
Leon
Cee
Geiberling Safe Aire Tires
Seiberling Tires
Seiberling
City Motor CO
DE Soto
Canada
Moulton
Utah Capitol
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Fargo’s
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