Eastern snowstorm blankets a 1000 mile belt from Kentucky to New England
Strong winds drive an icy storm across the eastern states, dumping heavy snow from Kentucky through New England. New York City records six inches of snow, Harrisburg eight inches, and California fog causes major flight closures while 70 traffic accidents in Los Angeles County are blamed on the fog. In the Midwest weather improves while Red Cross aids 200 flood-evacuees in Wyoming with U S Army engineers assisting.
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Idaho job openings steady as weather slows hiring
Idaho employers saw only minor changes in labor demand for the week ending Feb 14 as cold weather kept firms hiring. Construction utilities and retail declined slightly while gains appeared in lumbering agriculture and private households. Commercial building is expected to rise but material and skilled labor limits remain.
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Boise
Idaho Employment Service
IES
Weather turns unsettled in Pocatello after a calm week
Balmy conditions in Pocatello faded yesterday as the weather bureau forecast scattered showers for the next several days. Today’s outlook is partly cloudy with a high of 40 to 50 degrees and a low near 30.
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Pocatello
Twenty Killed As Train Rams Into Apartment House
A 10 car ski train carrying 349 passengers crashed into a three story apartment in Waedenswil Switzerland killing twenty and injuring forty four. The engineer blamed faulty brakes as the train sped down a steep grade and ignored signals before plowing into the building. The locomotive was buried under debris and the first cars telescoped.
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Waedenswil
Switzerland
Walter Kunz
Horgen
Samstagern
China Gets Military Aid to Chiang Kai-Shek Regime
The United States approves new military aid to nationalist forces in China including surplus ammunition and airplanes at reduced prices. A state department memorandum to the House Foreign Affairs Committee shows several contracts in recent months to sell war material to Chiang Kai-Shek's government amid debate over a $570 million economic aid package.
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Washington
U. S
China
State Department
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Chiang Kai-Shek
Price Increase Probe Is Planned
Washington leaders of the steel industry will be summoned before the joint congressional economic committee next Thursday to explain the recent steel price rise. Chairman Robert A. Taft announced the group unanimously voted to call two or three spokesmen for the industry for an opening hearing to decide whether to launch a full inquiry.
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Washington
Joint
Congressional Economic Committee
Robert A. Taft
Youth Stages Wild Raid To Free Buddy From Jail
Detroit police report 17 year old Carl Schrader forced nurse Sarah McClellan at gunpoint to open a dormitory at the Wayne county training school to reach Ralph Carriveau 16. Aimed to remove his friend, Schrader fired twice, injuring Robert Hahn 21, and fled with the nurse before car trouble caused a crash. Schrader was captured on the highway after the vehicle crashed. he faces assault and kidnapping charges.
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Detroit
Carl Schrader
Wayne County
Schrader
Sarah McClellan
Plymouth Mich
Ralph Carriveau
Carriveau
Robert Hahn
McClellan
Leonard Luedtke
Jackpot Slime? Man Claims Tricks On Slot Machines
Chicago police detain Delbert Shinn 36 after he confessed to drilling an eighth inch hole in back of slot machines at a Moose Lodge in Celina Ohio to trip jackpots with a wire. He says he has done it for years and calls slot machines illegal. Sheriff Raudenbush was asked for help.
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Chicago
Delbert Shinn
Celina
Shinn
Dwight Raudenbush
Mercer County
Ohio
Burns Fatal To Idaho Youngster
Five year old Gerald Hemenway died four hours after his clothes burned in a basement incident at the Hemenway home in Washington County Idaho. Authorities investigated the accident with the parents aiding the account of how the fire started.
Stassen Calls for Radio Debates in Oregon Primary Clash
Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota, entering the Oregon Republican presidential primary, challenged Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York to radio debates on vital policy issues. He has already sparred with Sen. Robert A. Taft and filed to place his name for 12 Oregon delegates at the Republican convention.
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Harold E. Stassen
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Oregon
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Stassen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Dewey
Salem
Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
Henry A. Wallace
Taylor
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Bronx
Maryland
Progressive Party
Idaho County Solves Problem
Murphy Idaho county seat loses its only elementary student as Mr Terry Casey and family move to Orena leaving Murphy with 20 residents mostly officers and families. The county is still the nation’s least populated county seat though Idaho’s second largest county in area rivals Massachusetts.
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Richard
Murphy
Orena
Idaho
Massachussets
Barretts Reassure Family After Mexico Trip
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Barrett tell daughter Donna Wilkes that they are safe after a search was started when relatives did not hear from them. The Barretts say they were in Tia Juana, Mexico for the past week and could not reach Pocatello by phone.
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C. D
Dutch) Barrett
Donna Wilkes
Jefferson Ave
Bulganin Demands Constant Readiness for War
Soviet armed forces minister N. Bulganin warned that imperialist danger requires Russia to stay in constant fighting preparedness. He recalled past border encroachments survived by a strong armed force and cited victory over Germany and Japan as proof of Soviet strength. He said the Soviet Union pursues a peaceful foreign policy while guarding democratic peace and supports friends of peace worldwide.
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N. Bulganin
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Radio Moscow
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Big Three Meet Today
Delegates from the United States Britain and France gather in London to craft a unified response to German postwar economic issues after the council of foreign ministers collapsed. Key topics include occupancy zones, Ruhr questions, frontier claims, and Germanys potential Marshall Plan contribution. The Soviet Union protests and refuses to recognize any outcomes.
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Western States Plan To Map Northwest Tourist Drive
Delegates from Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana will meet in Pullman April 5 and 6 to plan full use of the Northwest tourist industry. Governors urge coordinated federal state and private efforts to improve accommodations promote natural beauty and publicity. A Washington State College study cites about 400 million dollars in resorts last year. Attending officers include Art Garton Harry T. Martin Manley Robinson Tom Cunnings and Walter T. Rankin.
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Idaho
Montana
Washington State College
Art Garton
Washington Conservation and Development
Harry T. Martin
Washington State
Manley Robinson
Travel and Information Department
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Tom Cunnings
Idaho State Board of Publicity
Walter T. Rankin
Railroader Robert Young Eyes Presidential Bid
CHICAGO UP Robert R Young head of Chesapeake and Ohio and Allegheny Corp says he may run for US president possibly by 1948 or 1952. He has never held office and has voted for both parties, citing 10 000 businessmen who could do better than current candidates.
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Robert R. Young
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Advertising Age
Young
United States
Allegheny Corporation
Secret 1919 documents reveal US fear of Bolshevism
Washington reports publish hidden 1919 records showing US fears of Bolshevik world domination and parallels to today. The volume reprints commission reports on Eastern Europe the Balkans and the Near East with containment language and notes on Palestine and Zionist aims.
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State Department
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Lithuania
Estonia
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Greece
Turkey
Mediterranean
Baltic Sea
Eastern
Balkans
Near East
Palestine
Southerners Draft Plans To Fight Civil Rights Campaign
Five southern governors announced a united plan to present to Democratic National Chairman McGrath aiming to ease Truman civil rights efforts. Governor Thurmond said the group was in a fighting mood and prepared to force party peace or withhold presidential electors to throw the 1948 election to the House.
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Washington
J. Howard McGrath
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Mayflower
Truman
House of Representatives
Diplomats Walk Out At Vienna Red Army Ceremony
U S and British diplomats left a Vienna ceremony honoring the Red Army after Soviet occupation commander Col. Gen. V Kurassov accused imperialistic powers of preparing for aggression. The event drew Austrian and Allied leaders at the Vienna Music Hall in the four power city.
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Vienna
Austria
U. S
Red Army
V. Kurassov
Vienna Music Hall
International
Man Suffering Slashed Wrist Found in Portneuf Park
Russell Rogge, 29, of 240 Seu Second Ave., was found unconscious in Portneuf Park early Sunday with a severe cut on his left wrist. He was rushed to a hospital by ambulance and listed in good condition.
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Russell Rogge
Seu Second Ave
Portneuf Park
Heiress Fights Diary Publicity
Phoenix authorities prepared to fight a diary public reading on Tuesday. The diary belongs to the great granddaughter of Jay Gould and is alleged by her husband to document illicit relations with other men.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Jay Gould
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