Budget Increases Baffle Pocatello Merchants
Pocatello merchants pressed Bannock County commissioners as the proposed 1949 budget shows higher operating costs than 1948 despite annexation shrinking the county. They cited a 20 percent drop in assessed valuation and 44 percent fewer roads, urging public explanation and noting clear increases in assessor sheriff court house and commissioner budgets.
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Pocatellans
Bannock County
Caribou County
Merchants of
Pocatello
Sheriff’s Office
Wallgren Named Head of New National Security Board
President Truman nominates Mon Wallgren former Washington governor and ex senator to chair the newly created National Security Resources Board with a $14 000 salary. The board wields far reaching power to mobilize federal funds for resource development and industry relocation, with members including the nation’s top cabinet secretaries. Wallgren’s past as a New Deal aligned senator and Washington governor is noted as he faces a pivotal, potentially controversial assignment.
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Truman
Senate
Mon. C. Wallgren
State of Washington
National Security Resources Board
Congress
Security Resources Board
State
Treasury
Defense
Interior
Agriculture
Commerce
Labor
Wallgren faces Senate scrutiny after presidential clash
Marquis Childs and Truman carried the state as Wallgren faced charges of backing a Democratic lawyers’ clique selling liquor licenses and ferry-line assets. He disputed the accusations, calling them political. Republicans threaten to block his confirmation, urging hearings.
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Wallgren
Padget Sound
Rumors Surround Roosevelt Death Persist in Public Lore
Robert Ruark notes four years after Franklin D Roosevelt's death rumors persist about murder or secret disappearance. He observes widespread speculation in bars and letters to writers, fueled by fascination with macabre theories and enduring public anxiety about shadowy enemies.
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New York
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Hitler
South America
America
Stalin
Eva Peron
Mr. Stalin
Lucky Luciano
Television arrives in the living room soon says early reports
Earl Wilson reports on early reactions to television with Beatrice Lillie spotting a TV set and stars like Jack Benny Red Skelton Edna Skelton Borzage Lew Wasserman and Fred Allen weighing in on when major TV shall come and how soon sponsors and contracts shape the rollout.
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Beatrice Lillie
Bea
Jack Benny
Red Skelton
Edna Skelton Borzage
Red
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Lew Wasserman
MCA
Fred Allen
Washington Roundup highlights in Thurmond and diplomats
Senate notes show Thurmond snubbing Barkley at a South Carolina mayor’s meeting as Barkley seeks to avoid a public incident. Tobin fears a long coal strike this summer to keep coal prices up, amid cautious stocks and operator motives. MacArthur reports Communist financing in Japan via black market medicine and newsprint, while Royall orders crackdowns. Acheson Rusk press Congress for NATO, Arab refugees aid, and Palestine funding, with Bloom and Veep risk assessments. Paraguay shift seen as civilian-led, Lovett eyed for ambassadorship to France.
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Washington
J. Strom Thurmond
Truman
Barkley
South Carolina
Thurmond
Senate
Burnet Maybank
Olin Johnston
Columbia
Maurice
Tobin
John L. Lewis
Labor Department
Gen
MacArthur
Army
Royals
Japan
U. S
Red Flag
W. J. McNeil
Air Force
Congress
Acheson
Dean Rusk
Senate Foreign Relations
House
Vandenberg
Palestine
United States
Rusk
Capitol Hill
Con
Sol Bloom
Foreign Affairs Committee
State Department
Bloom
France
Britain
Germany
Chiang
T. V. Soong
Stuart
Paraguay
Latin America
Bob Lovett
Jefferson Caffery
Lovett
City urged to install stop signs at busy intersection
Pocatello editors warn Bannock County officials and residents that the South Arthur and West Halliday streets intersection needs stop signs to prevent crashes and possible fatalities. The piece also notes ongoing political pressure over vehicle taxes and humorous reflections on weather closures and daily newspaper life.
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South Arthur
West Halliday
Tuesay
Bannock County
Ball Moguls Fear End of Reserve Clause Sparking Player Exodus
A columnist likens owners to plantation figures as Danny Gardella sues for 300 000 and the end of the reserve clause looms. He argues players would seek richer teams, harming clubs from the Yankees to the Giants, while noting Connie Mack and Clark Griffith as examples of owners who’ve profited by the clause. He questions whether any owner can justify resisting pay raises if the clause disappears.
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Lincoln
Danny Gardella
Yankees
Tigers
Indians
Red Sox
Cubs
Giants
Washington
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Yawkey
Wrigley
Stoneham
Veeck
Connie Mack
Connie
Mack
Clark Griffith
Washington Senators
Griffith
St. Louis Browns
Browns
Hollywood Happenings From Hedda Hopper’s Notebook
Florence Bates buys Medal For Mom to star in independent film about a Gold Star mother who sees her son in every stray boy. John Lund eyed by Metro for Side Street, may stay at Paramount to co star with Barbara Stanwyck in I Married a Dead Man. Ethel Merman seeks rest from Annie Get Your Gun before Gentlemen Prefer Sandes musical. Marvin Wald nominated for an award after Naked City preview. his mother courted for publicity. Gilbert Roland shifts to new type in Rough Sketch and co authors Eagle On The Cactus with Ernest Pascal aiming for Huston’s next project.
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Hollywood
Florence Bates
Florence
John Lund
Metro
New York Police Department
Lund
Paramount
Barbara Stanwyck
Ethel Merman
Annie Get Your Gun
Traiung
Gentlemen Prefer Sandes
Joe Fields
Julie Styne
Leo Robbins
Styne
Sammy Cahn
Marvin Wald
Universal-International
Gilbert Roland
John Huston
Roland
Ernest Pascal
Mexico
Huston
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Key West
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Hughes-Meyer
Holywood
Palm Springs
Robert Ruark
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State Automobile Association
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