1000 Families Flee As Mild Temperature Cause Flood In Ohio
Ohio river rose over banks in Cincinnati forcing about 1,000 families from lowland homes as a thaw sent rivers toward flood stage. Flooding spread across southern Ohio and threatened Kentucky Indiana and Illinois while Detroit automotive plants resumed after gas shortages ended.
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Chicago
Ohio
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Maryland
Indiana
Illinois
Detroit
Coney Island
Addyston
Little Miami Valley
Red Cross
Mariemont
Newport
Covington
Portsmouth
Washington, D.C
Potomac
Ilinois
U. S
Ohio Valley
Commodity Prices Move Lower Again
Chicago reports another broad decline in commodity markets with wheat dropping up to 5 percent and most grains closing lower. May corn rose two cents while soybeans hit an eight cent limit. cotton and other commodities tumbled. Hog prices eased, cattle rose slightly, and retail meat prices began adjusting after the week’s declines. The Dun and Bradstreet index edged up to 277.23 after a two day rise, while wholesale grocery prices in New York fell as retailers updated tags.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Kansas City
Minneapolis
New York Exchange
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
New York
Dun & Bradstreet
St. Paul
Safeway
Idaho music professor F F Beale dies at 71
Caldwell Idaho reports Dr F F Beale 71 longtime College of Idaho music head and Beale School of Music operator died at his home. Beale organist composer and conductor graduate of American Conservatory of Music survived by son Frederick Beale three brothers and a sister
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Beale
College of Idaho
Beale School of Music
Caldwell
American Conservatory of Music
Frederick §. Beale
Catonsville, Md
Additional Tire Slashing Sparks Police Action
Police doubled efforts to catch vandals who slashed tires on the east side over the past three days. Victims include Don Fullmer a service station attendant whose rear tire on a 1936 Chevrolet was cut at Center street and Seventh Avenue Monday night, and Mrs. Wilford Mitchell who reported cuts to her car and a neighbor’s at 555 North Tenth Ave. Officers on patrol vow to pursue suspects and arrange reparations for affected tire owners.
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Don Fullmer
Center Street
Seventh Avenue
Wilford Mitchell
Hayden St
Mitchell
North Tenth Ave
O. P. Bennett
Truman Seeks China Aid in New Marshall Plan
Washington reports President Truman will ask Congress to approve a $570 million China relief and reconstruction program. The plan allocates $510 million for food and raw materials and $60 million for Canton Hankow railroad work, with no military aid or currency stabilization. The ERP bill funds $5.3 billion for Europe, $3 billion from a surplus. The move aims to placate Republicans urging focus on non Communist allies.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
China
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Nanking
United States
Europe
Eight U S Navy men missing as carrier launch sinks
In Hyeres France a party return launch from the carrier Midway sank after hitting a signal pylon. Eight sailors are missing feared dead while survivors were rescued. No one from the Intermountain region.
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U.S. Navy
Hyeres
France
U. S. Navy
Hyeres Harbor
Midway
Intermountain
Navy
Toulon
Weather card hints at early spring in Gate City area
The weatherman says warm weather will continue for several days. The weather bureau sets Thursday high near 55 degrees with Wednesday night low around 35. The thermometer reached 58 degrees Tuesday.
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Gate City
Weather Bureau
Man Held On Exposure Charge
A 35 year old man, Leroy Gerald Sopher, was arrested Tuesday afternoon on an indecent exposure charge after a group of Franklin junior high girls provided police with the license number of the car. He posted a $300 bond and faces a complaint in Justice of the Peace Charles W Hyde's court. The arrest credited to school children following an officer’s instruction to note license plates.
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Leroy Gerald Sopher
Sopher
Pocatello
Bidwell Cabin Courts
Charles W. Hyde
C. C. Dawson
Franklin
Government Fire Extinguisher Sale At $10 Each
The War Assets Administration announced a surplus sale of about 33,000 one gallon carbon tetrachloride extinguishers to state and local governments at a fixed price of $10 each. Larger discounts available for bulk orders, with orders to be sent to the WAA customer service center in Salt Lake City.
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War Assets Administration
WAA
South
Redwood Road
Salt Lake City
Utah
Lowe Outlines Voter Qualifications for Saturday Consolidation Election
County superintendent Scott D. Lowe details who can vote in Saturdays school consolidation election. Voters must be qualified in their voting district by being a parent or guardian of a person 21 or younger, a taxpayer in the district, or a spouse of a taxpayer in the district. The vote decides district reorganizations, not building locations or construction plans, with yes or no on several consolidation proposals across Pocatello, Inkom, Portneuf, Marsh Valley, and Bannock County districts.
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Scott D. Lowe
Lowe
Pocatello Independent
Inkom_ Independent
Portneuf
Arimo
McCammon
Lava Hot Springs
Downey
Swan Lake
Robin
Hawkins Basin
Virginia
Rent Control Delay Forecast By Spokesman
Washington (UP) Senate leaders push for a 14 month rent control extension with quick action but House spokesmen doubt action by February 29. Taft Barkley and Wolcott urge swift passage while some favor a 30 day extension if needed. Debate also touches 90 day tin and fats allocations decontrol and import controls.
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Senate
House
Congress
Jesse P. Wolcott
Mich
House Banking Committee
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
GOP
Taft
Banking Committee
Senate Banking Committee
Rupert Plays Indians Tonight at Local High Arena
Rupert hosts Pocatello high Indians meeting Pirates of Rupert in a night of hoops. A 7 p.m. preliminary pits the Indian Jayvees against Rockland, shaping a busy high school gym schedule and heritage in this classic Seals On game night.
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Pocatello High Indians
Pirates of
Rupert
Rockland Five
Pocatello Postings Celebrate Seven Lucky Babies and Mixups
The Pocatello Postings column notes seven year old David Worth winning a bicycle on Feb. 7 at the Chief theater, while a mistaken report corrects a gender mixup for a February baby girl born at Pocatello General Hospital. It also covers Henry McQuade’s wife Betty Downing McQuade welcoming a daughter and a correction involving Lillian Tindore of Inkom who was mislisted for intoxication, clarifying her innocence and alias use.
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David Worth
South Second Ave
David
Paul Dills
R.F.D
North
Valentine
Pocatello General Hospital
Post
Dills
Henry McQuade
Bannock County
Ear
Lillian’ Tindore
Inkom
News of Record
Pocatello
Lillian Tindore
Fort Hall
Bastille
Tindore
Wallace and Taylor Celebrate N Y Vote Victory
Wallace hailed Leo Isacson’s special election win in New York as a real repudiation of bossism and machine politics. Reactions from Brown and Taylor framed the result as evidence of Wallace strength and fatigue with “get tough” foreign policy, while GOP strategists offered guarded, varied interpretations.
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Tampa
Fla
Henry A. Wallace
New York
Wallace
American Labor Party
Leo Isacson
Glen Taylor
Ida
United Nations
America
Russia
Isacson
Pocatello Skilled Help Sought as Job Listings Rise
Pocatello job openings, summarized by the Idaho State Employment Service, show a 90 percent or more share of skilled positions. Across Idaho, 934 jobs were listed on February 7, up 50 from the prior period, while winter weather limited growth. Rexburg cites stormy conditions delaying farm jobs but some skilled and service openings appear. Idaho Falls sees spasmodic potato packing with uneven work. Preston notes construction jobs for a new building. the Eastern Idaho area records a net gain of 22 listings, totaling 109.
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Pocatello
Idaho State Employment Service
ISES
Idaho
Rexburg
Idaho Falls
Preston
Queen for Day Visits Pocatello En Route to Ashton Races
Mrs. Doris Herrin of Los Angeles California, named Queen for a Day on a national radio hook up, will pass through Pocatello Saturday evening for a 8 25 p m stop over at the municipal airfield. She will be interviewed by KEYY staff before spending the night in Idaho Falls and attending American Dog Derby races in Ashton on Sunday before returning to Los Angeles Monday.
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Doris Herrin
Los Angeles
Calif
Pocatello
Gate City
Ashton
Pocatello Municipal Airfield
Herrin
Keyy Radio
Idaho Falls
Western Air
Isacson Upsets Dems in Bronx Special Election
Leo Isacson of the American Labor party with Henry Wallace backing won the 24th congressional district race in the Bronx, tallying 22,697 votes to Karl Propper’s 12,578. Dean Allange and Joseph De Negris trailed as liberal and republican candidates in a striking ALP victory.
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Isacson
New York
Clarence Brown
Republican National Committee
Demostrate
Wallace
Democratic Party
Demope
American Labor Party
Labor Party
Leo Isacson
Henry A. Wallace
Bronx
Karl Propper
Dean Allange
Joseph de Negris
Edward J. Flynn
ALP
House of Representatives
Benjamin Rabin
State Supreme Court
Democratic
Flynn Organization
William O'Dwyer
Eleanor Roosevelt
Propper
Vito Marcantonio
Manhattan
Paul Robeson
New York State
Truman
U. S
Palestine
Roosevelt
Pocatellan Wins Office
Ernest W. Hall of Pocatello Electric Supply was named vice president of the Idaho Electrical Contractors Association at its Boise convention. Officers and eight directors were re-elected or named, with a board including Billing American Falls, Herdti Rexburg, Vietor Jerome, Smock Twin Falls, Shumate Nampa, Koch Boise, Furman Coeur d Alene, and Nannenga Lewiston. The group adopted condolences for C. J. Strike and appreciation for Estella Mulliner for aiding the electrical code administration.
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Ernest W. Hall
Pocatello Electric Supply Company
Idaho Electrical Contractors’ Association
Boise
United Press
W. W. Hopper
Carl Baldridge
T. L. Masingell
Payette
L. W. Billing
American Falls
Glen Herdti
Rexburg
A. C. Vietor
Jerome
Don Smock
Twin Falls
R. A. Shumate
Nampa
H. F. Koch
C. H. Furman
Coeur d’Alene
John Nannenga
Lewiston
C. J. Strike
Boise, Idaho
Estella S. Mulliner
State
Fire Laddies Make 3 Runs
Pocatello firemen conducted two calls in the morning and one in the afternoon. At 10:35 a.m. they responded to Bird Finlayson’s home on South Lincoln Avenue to a coal furnace overload fire with no damage. Another call to L L Grover’s home on South Johnson Avenue involved a damper in the flue, extinguished on arrival with no damage. A third no damage fire occurred Monday at Union Pacific back shops due to grease in the heating unit blower.
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Bird Finlayson
Lincoln Ave
L. L. Grover
Johnson Ave
Union Pacific
World News In Brief Sees Officers Manhandled In Korea Parade
United States Army officers were manhandled by Korean authorities during a parade in the Russian occupation zone while about 100 Red Army officers stood by without aid. In other items, Los Angeles reached 85 degrees amid a mid winter heat wave as Detroit industries resumed production and a French train crash near Lille killed 22 and injured 50. Washington heard Chicago Board of Trade president denying any collusion to rig grain markets.
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Korea
United States Army
all-Korea Army
Red Army
L. A
Lille
France
Thumeries
Washington
Richard F. Uhlmann
Chicago Board of Trade
Senate
Chilean President Lays Claim to Antarctica Lands
President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla arrived at Sover eignty Bay Antarctica to personally assert Chilean sovereignty over disputed lands currently claimed by Great Britain.
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Sovereignty Bay
Antarctica
Gabriel Gonzalez Videla
Great Britain
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