Rupert Robbery Suspect Tied to Post Office Breakin
James O Leary 32, a transient, was arrested early Saturday on burglary suspicions after leaving the Rupert post office and nearby buildings. A furnace room entry and broken rear window tied to the crime scene. O Leary held awaiting a federal postal inspector. Robbery details include high school desk loss of fifty dollars and an adding machine.
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Rupert
Jake Wall
James O'Leary
O'Leary
Roy Jackson
Curtis Edwards
Faggs Market
Walton
Glenn Walton
Truman backs Acheson on North Atlantic pact
President Truman endorsed Secretary Acheson over reports of backing down on the proposed Atlantic security pact. He said the United States will do everything the constitution permits to support the treaty and rejected fears of automatic war commitment. He referred reporters to Acheson’s statements and foreign policy messages.
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Washington
Truman
Dean G. Acheson
United States
Acheson
Congress
Fire at Wilson theater and court docket details
A fire at the Wilson theater caused by thawing a drain pipe with a weed burner was quickly controlled with $15 damage. The district court opened at 10 am on February 16 with Judge Hugh A. Baker. juries for four trials will be called as weather permits.
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Wilson Theater
Hugh A. Baker
Baker
George Latimer
Loren Carter
Parry
Keenan
Robertson
Daly
Smith and Jacobs
Falls
Eleanor McLane
Lloyd McLane
Earl Walker
Twin Falls
State of Idaho
Lowell Penned
S. T. Loewe
Willard Kunz
Coun
State of
State of Idaho Vs. Frank Saylor
George Redford
Randahl Signs $27 Million Veterans Bonus Bill
Gov. Fred B. Randahl signed into law a $27,000,000 hoesk cave veterans bonus bill. The measure took effect immediately.
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Bismarck
N. D
Fred B. Randahl Bag Eet
Hoek Cave
Phone Girls Deserve Better Pay and Working Conditions
A speaker vents about overworked telephone operators facing storms and heavy toll calls. She praises their hard work, laments low pay and scant support, and argues the public rides their patience, noting salty phrases she would utter in anger but refrains in print. She concedes she could not endure a full shift without losing temper.
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New York
New Orleans
Maine
Commodity Index Rises on Week Ended Tuesday
The labor department’s wholesale index of 900 commodities rose one percent for the week ended last Tuesday as grain, livestock, cotton and related products rebound from February 8. Cash corn jumped over 11 percent from the prior week, while candy bars, nylon hose, tuna, canned salmon, scrap iron and steel fell.
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Washington
Labor Department
Department
Utah Senate advances liquor by the drink measure
A joint resolution to submit the liquor by the drink issue to Utah voters in the 1950 general election was sn on in the Utah senate. Sponsored by Lewis H. Larsen and P. S. Marthakis, the bill ties to a liquor investigation report from a 20 man committee appointed by Gov. J. Bracken Lee.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Snon
Lewis H. Larsen
Kanab
P. S. Marthakis
Salt Lake
J. Bracken Lee
Leopold seeks parole in wartime malaria study record
Nathan Leopold, convicted with Richard Loeb of the 1924 kidnap slaying of 14 year old Bobbie Franks, has been granted a parole hearing for April 12 in Springfield. He serves life plus 99 years and was part of wartime malaria experiments as a reason for special consideration.
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Springfield
Ill
Nathan Leopold
Richard Loeb
Leopold
Loeb
Pr.t
Wildlife group opposes Idaho Senate confirmation bill
The Idaho Wildlife Federation opposes a bill passed by the Idaho Senate that would require senate confirmation every two years for all Fish and Game Commission members. The group had agreed to reasonable confirmation of governor appointees but says the measure shortens six year terms to two years, politicizing the commission.
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Boise
Idaho Wildlife Federation
Idaho Senate
Senate
Fish and Game Commission
Federation
Causes of sterility blamed on lifestyle and late marriage
In Los Angeles Dr. Edwin C. Hamblen of Duke University Medical School attributes rising sterility among American couples to hectic city life and late marriages.
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Los Angeles
IUP
Edwin C. Hamblen
Duke University Medical School
Same Acreage Urged in Corn and Cotton Cuts
The Agriculture Department urged farmers to plant the same corn acreage as last year to ensure seed supplies for expanding meat production next year while asking southern cotton farmers to reduce cotton acreage by seven percent. It set 1949 goals at 86,000,000 acres for corn and 21,894,000 for cotton.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
City Faces 77 Million Annual Rat Care Cost
Expert Lee Ross says Chicago spends about 77 million dollars yearly to feed and support its rat population. He proposes a citywide shift to ordinary galvanized garbage cans to largely solve the problem.
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Chicago
Lee Ross
George Washington's Ties to Gray Race Horses
George Washington owned 0.49 race horses and favored gray horses for betting. The note highlights his interest in horse racing and preference for gray-colored animals.
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George Washington
Early Upturn In Jobs Seen By Economist
Washington analyst Ewan Clague says U.S. unemployment stands near 3,000,000 with potential rise to 5,000,000 if February data shift. He notes no current crisis, expects 3,000,000 to 4,000,000 more jobs by April as sectors open, and cites a stronger trend in housing, autos and steel ahead.
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Washington
Ewan Clague
Clague
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Innee
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