Grain price rally and government purchases pause noted
Chicago reports a late grain price rally as Secretary Clint Anderson delays resuming government grain purchases for Europe, citing market stabilization needs. Europe expected to raise grain output by 450 million bushels but continue large exports. butter prices fall. New York stocks steady while grain futures rise modestly and livestock prices vary by market.
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Chicago
Clinton Anderson
Anderson
Europe
New York
Chicago Board of Trade
Agriculture Department
Clinton P. Anderson
National Press Club
United States
Rising waters threaten new floods across Ohio Indiana
Floods worsen along the Ohio and Mississippi basins as the river crests near Cincinnati at 53.9 feet and recedes, while Mississippi, Kentucky, and Maryland report widespread flooding. The Red Cross aids about 20 families, 41 shelterless remain, and forecasters warn of much colder weather moving southeast, with Chicago expecting a sharp drop.
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Ohio River
Ohio
Indiana
Cincinnati
Mississippi
Kentucky
Maryland
Illinois
Chicago
U. S
Minnesota
North Dakota
Red Cross
Coney Island
Downs Race Track
Red River Valley
Ohio River Valley
Batise Case Is Placed Before Court
Opening motions in the appeal against Power county commissioners order creating the village of Batise were heard by Fifth District Judge Isaac McDougall. Appellants seek bond if appeal is not in good faith. village counsel argues the appeal is ineffectual and should be dismissed. The Batise village spans the 30-club and Last Frontier areas near Bannock county, five miles from Pocatello on US 30N. Named appellants Basil Walker Wayne Dutson Levi R. Walker Ona V. Walker and Rudolph Rast allege the board lacked power to create the village and that the order was illegal and prejudicial.
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American Falls
Power County Board of Commissioners
Batise
Ben Peterson
McDougall
B. A. McDevitt
Peterson
Board of County Commissioners
30-Club
Last Frontier
Bannock County
Pocatello
Power County
Zener and Peterson
Basil Walker
Wayne Dutson
Levi R. Walker
Ona V. Walker
Rudolph Rast
Indians Rally Past Rupert Pirates In OT Victory
Pocatello Indians avenge earlier loss to Rupert Pirates with a 7 point overtime win 43 to 36. Gibson led Rupert with 25 points while Cotant Satterfield and Fenwick paced Pocatello with 12 11 and 10 respectively. Indians overcame early deficits and held strong at the line sinking 9 of 12 free throws to Rupert 7 of 21.
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Rupert Pirates
Invaders
Thendians
Rupert Quintet
Rupert
Indians
Gibson
Cotant
Pocatello
Satterfield
Fenwick
Pirates
Pocatello Boys
Rupert Jayvees
Rockland
Pocatello Jayvee-Fresh
Halliday
Pocatellans
McCammon Red Raiders Rout Inkom Cowboys Basketball
McCammon Red Raiders defeated Inkom Cowboys 47 to 26 at the McCammon High School gym in a rough game with frequent whistles and several personal arguments. The halftime score was 23 to 14. Jayvee McCammon beat Inkom 30 to 24. In the prelims McCammon second graders beat first graders 6-0.
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McCammon
Red Raiders
Inkom Cowboys
Inkom
Rapid Beef Shortage Warns Of Hard Times Ahead
Washington dispatch reports government experts say Americans are eating beef at a rapid rate with supplies insufficient for at least four years. Pork, lamb, poultry, and dairy are dwindling. a slight grain relief for hungry Europeans may occur as harvests begin. cattle and hogs down to 1939 lows, yet farm value tops $13.45 billion due to price inflation. Meat and dairy shortages are seen persisting with rebuilding unlikely for two years.
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Washington
Anderson
U. S
Farragut Viewed As State Park
Idaho Governor C A Robins reveals a state plan to acquire all land and part of the buildings of the former naval training station at Farragut Idaho. The formal 7000 acre land request was filed February 10 at a Farragut meeting with state purchasing agent Harold A Boyd and budget director Alvin Reading. The development was largely frozen until March 15 per Gov Robins request.
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Boise
Abe McGregor Goff
Ida
Naval Training Station
Farragut
C. A. Robins
Goff
Robins
Idaho
Harold A. Boyd
Alvin Reading
War Assets Administration
Aged Lava Resident Dies in Lava Hot Springs
A. M. Boyce, 93, oldest Lava Hot Springs resident, died at 10:55 p.m. Wednesday at his daughter's home in the Boyce Hotel. A longtime figure in L D S activity in Lava and McCammon, he was honored last year by Church President George Albert Smith as one of the country's original pioneers. He would have turned 94 on March 16.
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Boyce Hotel
Lava
McCammon
Boyce
George Albert Smith
Pocatello pool fund donations pass fifteen thousand
Donations to the municipal swimming pool fund in Pocatello totaled 15 491 31 with recent gifts from the Pocatello Buildings and Trades Council Pocatello Central Labor Union Dr Merrill C Evans Rowland Brothers Dairy Stratford Furniture Co Bannock County Sportsmen’s Association Beta Sigma Phi Brotherhood of Railway Clerks Pocatello Local 900 and Pocatello City Employees Local 319. Mayor George R Phillips noted the ledger and quipped about a possible radio and springs for Lava Hot Springs road repairs after a chuckhole incident on Highway 30.
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George R. Phillips
Pocatello Buildings and Trades Council
Pocatello Central Labor Union
Merrill C. Evans
Rowland Brothers’ Dairy
Stratford Furniture Co
Bannock County Sportsmen’s Association
Beta Sigma Phi
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Pocatello
Phillips
State Highway Department
Lava Hot Springs
Highway 30
Pocatello Weather Forecast Clipping Spring Warmth
The forecast warns Pocatello will see a brief spring touch cut by a cold front. Partly cloudy skies with scattered mountain flurries and cooler temperatures expected. Highs climb to around 35 to 40 degrees.
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Pocatello
State Organization Elects Craig President
Idaho commercial and trade executives meeting in Boise elected J Ledge Craig of Pocatello Chamber of Commerce secretary as president. Robert Summerville of Moscow chamber was chosen second vice president and Floyd West of Boise chamber reelected secretary. Mel Claar of Boise holds over as first vice president.
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Boise
Idaho Commercial and Trade Executives
J. Ledge Craig
Pocatello Chamber of Commerce
Robert Summerville
Moscow Chamber of Commerce
Floyd West
Idaho State Chamber of Commerce
Mel Claar
R.A. Ouellette
Lewiston Chamber
Earl Reynolds
Boise Chamber
Craig
Leon Weeks
Mel
Claar
West
Bureau of the Census
Lewiston
Pocatello
Chamber of Commerce
Ben R. Lawshe
Washington
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Money color bill aims to replace dollar bills
Washington dispatch reports Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts introducing a bill to retire outstanding currency. The proposal would replace greenbacks with multicolored notes that function the same in daily commerce and be more visually appealing.
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Washington
Edith Nourse Rogers
Massachusetts
House
Navy AWOL sailor found living on Treasure Island two years
James Leroy Telfer, 23, Wichita, Kansas, charged with desertion after two years as AWOL. He confessed to staying on Treasure Island San Francisco Bay under the name James Leroy Johnson, working as water tender third class and participating in Navy baseball, bowling, and Waves softball activities. He admits two-year absence, was arrested after bragging to friends, and is in the Yerba Buena brig awaiting desertion trial.
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Navy
James Leroy Telfer
Wichita, Kan
Telfer
Treasure Island
San Francisco Bay
James Leroy Johnson
U.S. Navy
Waves
Thee Island
Scuttlebutt
Johnson
Yerba Buena Island
War Vet Takes Girl in North Carolina Abduction
Police charged Eugene Carr, a 31 year old veteran just returned from Alaska, with abducting his 19 month old daughter Betsy Carr from his estranged wife’s home. A search spanned eastern North Carolina and Virginia as Carr appeared at his wife’s home amid the investigation. The wife said she believed he remained in Alaska after his discharge from the army.
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Wilson
N. C
Alaska
North Carolina
Virginia
Eugene Carr
Betsy Carr
Truman asks Congress for 570 million aid to China
President Truman urged Congress to approve a 570 million dollar program of limited economic help to China to slow its disintegration. A Republican spokesman called the plan inadequate for lacking military aid. The Senate also moved to cut 2.5 billion from Truman's fiscal 1949 proposals while discussing a 5 billion tax slash.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
China
Senate
Joint
Congressional Budget Committee
Alben W. Barkley
Walter F. George
George
Styles Bridges
N. H
Senate Appropriations Committee
Chiang Kai-Shek
N.H
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Meteor Shatters Windows Across Kansas and Oklahoma
A meteor racing across the sky shattered windows in Norton Kansas and caused alarm across central Kansas and northern Oklahoma. Reports described a ball of fire and smoke trails seen by residents from many towns as observers estimated the smoke trail at 20 000 to 40 000 feet high and five miles long.
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Kans
Kansas
Oklahoma
Buffalo
Okla
CAA
M. R. Krehbiel
Norton County
Tye
Taft cites Friday rent control debate in Senate
Sen Robert Taft said the Senate would start debate Friday on a 14 month rent control extension unless Democrats object, noting many are away for Jefferson Jackson day events. Secretary Marshall warned the United Nations future hinges on decisive action on the Palestine partition issue.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Senate
Taft
Republican Policy Committee
George C. Marshall
United Nations
De Valera Ousted in Ireland After Election Shakeup
Eamon De Valera was removed as prime minister after 16 years in office. The February 4 election left him without a parliamentary majority and the Dail elected John A. Costello, a 57 year old Dublin lawyer, to lead a five party coalition.
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Eiré
Eamon de Valera
Dail Eireann
John A. Costello
Western ministers warn on aggressive postwar Germany
Prague Czechoslovakia March 3 1947 foreign ministers of Czechoslovakia Poland and Yugoslavia accused Western democracies of rebuilding an aggressive Germany that threatens Europe’s peace and economy.
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Czechoslovakia
Poland
Yugoslavia
Germany
Europe
Armored convoy of UJA leaders attacked twice
An armored car convoy carrying 28 United Jewish Appeal leaders from the United States was struck by Arab bands twice on Wednesday but escaped unharmed, according to authoritative reports from Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
United Jewish Appeal
United States
Portneuf Co op Holds Annual Meeting
Portneuf Co op held its annual meeting at the LDS Seventh Ward chapel with over 200 officers and members and guests present. Retiring president Claude Ashton discussed progress, L C McDermott delivered a manager’s report, L H Hudgepeth presented an auditor’s report, and H P Williamson explained cooperative benefits. Dividend checks were paid, ranging from two cents to 16 dollars 67, and attendees received soap or motor oil as gifts.
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Portneuf Cooperative Association
LDS Seventh Ward
Claude Ashton
Tyhee
Board of
L. C. McDermott
L. H. Hudgepeth
H. P. Williamson
Pacific Supply Co-op
Co-Op
Broncos Trounce Malad 58 to 22 in Bronco Gym
BLACKFOOT The Blackfoot Broncos defeated Malad 58 to 22 in a one sided Bronco gym game Wednesday night. In the preliminary, the Blackfoot Jay Vees beat Malad second stringers 31 to 20. Bell of Blackfoot led varsity scoring with 27 points while Ledard and Gardner topped Malad with 7 each. Blackfoot led 21 to 9 at halftime and the win featured few fouls and strong shooting.
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Blackfoot Broncos
Malad
Bronco
Jayvees
Bell
Usc
Dard
Gardner
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