Meat Plant Workers Eye Strike Action
The United Packinghouse Workers Union announces a 100000 member vote of 20 to 1 to strike the nation’s major meat packers for a 29 cent per hour raise. A strike date is to be set as talks continue with Armour Swift Cudahy and Wilson, plus independents like John Marshall and Company.
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Chicago
United Packinghouse Workers Union
CSO
Ralph Helstein
Armour, Swift
Cudahy and
Wilson
John Marshall and Company
Swift
Pocatello Teacher Lucy Woods McPherson Dies at 55
Lucy Woods McPherson 55 a longtime Pocatello high school English and Latin instructor died following a brief illness at a Pocatello hospital. She was widow of A R McPherson and is survived by Woods McPherson of Chicago and three sisters. Funeral arrangements by McHan Henderson mortuary.
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Lucy Woods McPherson
Fargo
Pocatello
A. R. McPherson
McPherson
Carlisle
Lincoln
Near
Idaho Technical Institute
Idaho State College
Katherine Woods
Los Angeles
Calif
QO. C. Weiss
Martha Woods
Lincoln, Nebr
McHan-Henderson Mortuary
Weather Outlook Ties Flood Risk to Warm Temps
The Portneuf River surge is caused by rising temperatures not mountain storms. The forecast from W M indicates mostly cloudy conditions Friday with occasional snow flurries and highs of 40 to 45 degrees.
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Portneuf
W. M
Bulgarian exile labels US target of world communism
Dr George M Dimitrov head of the Bulgarian peasant party told a House Un American Activities subcommittee that the United States is the main target of world communism and that American traitors are being groomed in Russia to seize control if the communists prevail He warned of a coming war and said Bulgarian Reds publish subversive papers in the US Subcommittee chairman John McDowell urged revoking second class mailing privileges for such publications.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Russia
House
George M. Dimitrov
Bulgarian Peasant Party
Soviet Union
Dimitrov
Subcommittee
John McDowell
U. S
Truman
Statler Hotel
White House
Bavaria Legislature Defies U S Military Authority
Bavaria's state legislature rejected orders from the U S military government and refused to elect a substitute for Dr. Johannes Semler. Semler had been named to the Frankfurt Bizonal Economics council but was rejected by Minister-President Hans Ehard for alleged unfitness and past firing for allegedly speaking falsely against the allies.
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Munich
Bavaria
U. S
Lucius D. Clay
Johannes Semler
Frankfurt
Hans Ehard
Semler
Pocatello Businessman and Wife Missing After Vacation Start
Police in six western states search for C. D. Dutch Barrett and his wife who vanished after leaving Pocatello February 6 for an extended vacation. They were driving a maroon 1946 Cadillac and had pledged to keep relatives and business associates updated on their location. Local relatives report no contact for about two weeks. A Los Angeles lead indicated they were there three days earlier and heading toward New Mexico.
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Pocatello
Pocatello Fed
C. D
Dutch) Barrett
Bargain Barnmarket
Barrett
Bannock County
Thomas Barrett
Los Angeles
Idaho Truckers Endorse Long Range Highway Plan
S H Bennion of Idaho Falls, president of the Idaho Motor Transport Association, said at the annual Boise meeting the group will support a constructive highway program and bear a fair share of the cost. The 250 member association seeks long term highway funding, noting trucking rates lag rising costs as Idaho studies revenue options.
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Boise
S. H. Bennion
Idaho Falls
Idaho Motor Transport Association
Idaho
Bennion
League Carnival to Benefit Local Projects in Bannock County
The Pocatello Japanese-American League sponsors a one night carnival on February 28 at Bannock County Memorial Hall. License fees for slot machines were waived. Proceeds will fund the Municipal swimming pool St. Anthony's hospital expansion fund and league activities.
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Pocatello
Honeymoon Delayed as Husband Remains in Jail
Pittsburgh report notes Mary McKenna asks to take husband John to Hollywood after he is held on district attorney detainer. John McKenna, a combat veteran, is key witness in Charlie Peyton murder trial. trial starts March 1 with bonds set at $25,000.
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Pittsburgh
California
Mary McKenna
John
Charlie Peyton
McKenna
Hollywood
William S. Rahauser
Peyton
Pilot Sacrifices Life As Nuclear Rescue Misses Danger
Test pilot L. A. Slim Perrett 44 ordered crew to jump from a three engine Northrop Pioneer during a 30 minute test over a million dollar oil storage site. Perrett died when his parachute failed. Engineer E. P. Hetzel 30 and co pilot John Atkinson 28 survived after bailing from about 3000 feet.
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Los Angeles
L. A
U S Silent On Dispute In Antarctica Row
The United States remains neutral in the Britain Argentina Falkland Islands dispute linked to the Antarctica confrontation. Secretary Marshall reiterated no change in policy while British Ambassador Inverchapel and Chilean bases heighten tensions amid hopes for a peaceful settlement.
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Washington
United States
Antarctica
Falkland Islands
Lord Inverchapel
George Marshall
Marshall
Gate City Stores to Close Monday on Washington Birthday
Pocatello merchants will observe the holiday by closing their stores Monday. The local Retail Commission, chaired by Ellis Donaldson, announced the decision after a recent merchants meeting.
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Washington
Pocatello Retail Commission
Pocatello Merchants
Ellis Donaldson
Korean fears world cataclysm in Asia warned
K P S Menon of India told a United Nations special session that restraint by Russia the United States and Korean factions is needed or the outlook in Korea and the region could trigger a broader Asian world crisis. He warned a blow up in Korea could spark a larger cataclysm.
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Lake Success
N Y
United Nations
Korean Commission
Asia
United States
Russia
Menon
India
UN Assembly
Korea
Section Hard Hit By Cold and Floods
A severe cold wave gripped the north central states while floods swelled the Mississippi Delta. Windy, zero to subzero temps followed near 50 degree highs in Chicago and Minneapolis. Army engineers and guardsmen fought Yazoo river floods threatening 700000 acres as levees were reinforced south of Greenwood.
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Chicago
Mississippi Delta
Plains
Mercury
Midwest
Great Lakes
Central States
Ohio Valley
Chicago Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Atlantic Coast
Minneapolis
Ohio River
Mississippi
Greenwood
Yazoo River
U. S. Army
Yazoo Basin
Yazoo
Tallahatchie
Yalabousha
German war leaders get prison terms for civilian atrocities
A U S war crimes court in Nuremberg sentenced eight German army leaders led by Field Marshal Wilhelm List to prison terms up to life for wartime atrocities against non belligerent civilians in southeastern Europe. The court absolved them of charges related to partisan reprisals, ruling many partisans were outlaws not entitled to POW treatment, a logic possibly extending to other countries including France.
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Mernberg
Germany
United States
Wilhelm List
Adolf Hitler
Europe
France
Blackfoot Man Pleads Guilty to Petty Larceny
Ivan McClellan of Blackfoot pleaded guilty in Justice P. D. Thomas court to petty larceny and was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail.
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Blackfoot
Ivan McClellan
Court of Justice
Truman Bid Highlights Liberal Vote Power Tactics
The piece notes Truman pushing to energize liberal voters as part of his political strategy. It also reports broader market shifts with wholesale prices of about 900 basic commodities down 2.5 percent last week, led by a 7.5 percent drop in farm products and notable meat and dairy price movements.
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Chicago
Labor Department
Washington
Chicago Board of Trade
New York
International Harvester
Roach Named President Of Idaho Power Company
Board of directors of Idaho Power Co. in Boise named T. E. Roach as president succeeding C. J. Strike who died February 11. Roach, executive vice president and general manager since last June, will retain the GM post. He came from Portland Oregon where he led Northwestern Electric Co. and has held multiple electric industry management roles since 1915.
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Boise
Idaho Power Co
T. E. Roach
C. J. Strike
Roach
Portland
Ore
Northwestern Electric Co
Strike
Northwestern Public Service Co
Huron
S. C
Blackfoot Man Dies in California
Har vey Storer longtime Blackfoot resident died in Santa Maria California He ran a local machine shop and later worked as a machinist for the Idaho Potato Starch company Funeral plans to be announced by Peck and Packham funeral home and the body to arrive today
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Blackfoot
Santa Maria
California
Harvey Storer
Three Pocatello Founders Die In Sequence
In Gate City history three early Pocatello retailers died at three month intervals. The trio Henry Higson who worked at Fargo Wilson Wells and later ran his own shoe store, George Gasser, and W Cleare founders of the People's Store departed within six months of each other, each aged about eighty.
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Pocatello
Gate City
Henry Higson
Fargo-Wilson- Wells
George Gasser
and W. Cleare
People's Store
Bancroft Flooding From Rapid Spring Thaws
In Bancroft area rapid spring thaws flood basements and inundate highways. Deputy Clarence Anderson reports Mrs Lucille Rigby and her three children evacuated their four foot flood basement Wednesday night. Several other homes also suffered basement flooding as state highway trucks assist through flooded spots.
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Bancroft
Ida
Clarence Anderson
Lucille Rigby
Anderson
Rigby
Psychologist Elmer Martin Appointed at Idaho State Hospital
Dr. Elmer Martin of Los Angeles is named psychologist at Idaho State hospital south. Hospital superintendent Dr. J O Cromwell notes no psychologist on staff for about ten years. Mrs Martin named junior psychologist and both have reported for duty. Martin's background includes VA Hospital Los Angeles and a PhD from UCLA.
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Blackfoot
Elmer Martin
Los Angeles
Idaho State Hospital South
J. O. Cromwell
Martin
Veterans Administration Hospital
University of California At
Cromwell
Boise
Genevieve Cresswell
The
Charitable Institutions Commission
Four Minors Paroled on Break-In Charge
Judge Guy Stephens of Sixth district court paroled four minors to the state board of correction on Thursday. The youths were jailed on February 7 for breaking into the Tilden service club located 12 miles west of here.
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Blackfoot
State Board of Correction
Guy Stephens
Sixth District Court
Tilden Service Club
Here
Ball Park Roof Repair Approved By City Council
The Halliwell ball park roof repair bid of 450 dollars from Modern Roofing Co. was approved by city councilors at a Thursday meeting. The panel also directed most of the funds toward steel folding chairs for upgraded seating in boxes and reserve areas. American Legion recreation committee member J C Bangs urged grading and repair of the Legion ball field as part of city recreation. The mayor and council will act on this when weather allows.
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Halliwell Ball Park
Martell Fogg
Modern Roofing Company
J. P
Jack) Halliwell
Ball Park
J. C. Bangs
American Legion Recreation Committee
American Legion
George R. Phillips
Truman attacks Republicans in Jefferson Jackson Day speeches
President Truman denounced the Republican Congress as unable to grasp world facts and urged five liberals to vote Democratic to defeat reactionary conservatism. He warned against isolationism and urged support for the United Nations while praising Democratic liberalism and past leaders.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Democratic Party
United Nations
Statler
Sam
Texas
Helen Gahagan
Cal
Mayflower Hotel
Henry A. Walace
Democratic’ Party
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Debate on Tax Fraud Probe Hits House Floor
The GOP led House rules committee approves early floor debate on a potential investigation into possible fraud in income tax returns by Louisiana Democratic leaders. The session follows corruption criticisms and adds to fiscal transparency debates in Washington.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Louisiana
Nanking
U. S
J. Leighton Stuart
Havana
Cuba
Supreme Court
Patricia
Laura) Schmidt
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