Idaho Supreme Court Clears Bannock County Hospital Bonds
The Idaho Supreme Court affirmed a Bannock County district court ruling denying an injunction on a $1,000,000 hospital bond issue. The plan funds a $900,000 main hospital in Pocatello and two $50,000 receiving hospitals in Downey and Grace, with no constitutional limit on county hospital bonds.
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Boise
Idaho Supreme
Bannock County
High Court
Raymond L. Givens
John W. Hubbard
Emery Hansen
Alma Moser
George Hogan
H. L. Bassett
Givens
Idaho
W. H
Pete) Jensen
Commission
Supreme Court
Rent Bills Get Approval By Congress
The Senate extended rent control to April 30 1949 and the House rushed a one month extension. The long range bill allows voluntary increases up to 15 percent with leases through Dec 31 1949, and removes criminal penalties for violations in favor of civil damages.
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Washington
Senate
House
Robert A. Taft
GOP
Truman
White House
Caribbean
Banking Committee
Diary reveals romance details in Grimditch divorce suit
In Phoenix the court heard diary excerpts from Gioia Grimditch detailing alleged affairs with the sons of a Phoenix banker. The great granddaughter of Jay Gould is suing for divorce from William H. Grimditch Jr. and cites intimate diary entries from September 27, 1946 including travel and hotel stays.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Gioia Grimditch
Phoenix
Grimditch
Oak Creek
Flagstaff
Sedonia
Call of the Cayon
Rien, Moneu
White Eyes Idaho Congress Seat Return Bid
Compton S. White of Clarksfork says he may run again for the Idaho first district congressional seat he lost to Abe McGregor Goff in 1946. He will confer with Democratic leaders at the Jackson-Jefferson day dinner in Boise on Thursday. White was first elected in 1932 and served until his 1946 defeat.
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Boise
Compton S. White
Clarksfork
Abe McGregor Goff
Idaho
White
Goff
Rails Need Modernizing, Clark Claims
New York based report cites Attorney General Tom C Clark saying U S railroads are in horse and buggy days and require a streamlined system for national defense He criticizes the Bulwinkle bill exempting railroads from anti trust rules and notes railroads must be rehabilitated and made competitive to meet wartime needs Robert R Young of Chesapeake and Ohio Railway argues railroads are vital to national security and outlines four reform goals including fair rates and updated equipment
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New York
Tom C. Clark
National Defense
Clark
Federation For Railway Progress
Congress
Robert R. Young
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Federation
Young
U. S
FBI Opens Steel Price Investigation
FBI agents questioned 16 top steel company officials about last week's $5 per ton rise in semi finished steel. The inquiry was ordered by President Truman and joined by justice and commerce departments and the Council of Economic Advisers. Government economists warn the hike challenges anti inflation efforts and may trigger wage demands.
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Washington
FBI
Truman
Key West
Fla
Justice and Commerce Departments
Council of Economic Advisers
Tom C. Clark
Justice Department
Anti-Trust Division
Steel Company
Department
John F. Sennett
Antitrust
Commerce
W. Averell Harriman
Sun Valley
Ida
Congress
Joint Economic Committee
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Benjamin S. Fairless
U. S. Steel
Arthur H. Homer
Bethlehem Steel
Hiland Batcheller
Alleghany Ludlum
Joseph C. O’mahoney
Wyo
Massachusetts Leader Warns of Communist Infiltration in Hawaii
Lt. Gov. Arthur W. Coolidge charge alleges Russian agents infiltrate Hawaii in a move he calls a new Pearl Harbor style surprise attack. He claims documentary evidence and cites authority from Hawaii Gov. Ingram M. Stainback as he addresses a Massachusetts veterans group.
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Quincy
Mass
Arthur W. Coolidge
Massachusetts
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Calvin Coolidge
Ingram M., Stainback
United States
U.S. Pushes UN to Order Korea Elections in North
U S officials urged the United Nations to mandate national elections in Korea as the Soviet bloc blocks entry of the UN commission into the northern zone. In Twin Falls Idaho Senator Glen H Taylor said he has no disagreement with Idaho Democrats and hopes for a working agreement with the state central committee.
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Lake Success
N.Y
United States
United Nations
Little Assembly
Korea
UN Commission
Taylor
Twin Falls
ULP
Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
Dan J. Cavanagh
Democratic Party
State Central Committee
Long Leads Louisiana Governor Runoff With Big Margin
Earl K. Long held a commanding lead in the Democratic runoff for Louisiana governor, facing Sam Jones. Results tallied from 579 of 1,878 precincts show Long with 133,435 votes to Jones's 77,966.
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New Orleans
Llp
Earl K. Long
Huey P. Long
Sam Jones
Lake Charles
Wage average slips to $52.27 per week in January
The Labor Department estimated January factory worker earnings at $52.27 weekly, down 47 cents from December's all time high, while Henry A. Wallace's Progressive party nears ballot access in California with 278,619 voter petitions filed.
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Washington
Labor Department
Wallace
Los Angeles
Henry A. Wallace
Independent Progressive Party
California
U.S. Proposes Five-Party Talks on Palestine Security
The United States on Tuesday urged five major powers to convene about Palestine security but avoided committing to American participation in a UN security council debate or an international army. Britain faces pressure to slow its exit as plans set May and August troop timelines.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United States
Palestine
Americ Ae
Holy
Warren Austin
United Nations Security Council
Big Five
Great Britain
Holy Land
Teacher Strike Shuts Minneapolis Schools
Minneapolis teachers walked out for higher wages, shutting 92 public schools and sending about 75,000 students home. Negotiations stalled as attorney Arthur T Nelson said he represents Gudrun H Jensen seeking an injunction against the striking AFL American Federation of Teachers locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Arthur T. Nelson
Gudrun H. Jensen
AFL American Federation of Teachers
Idaho Records Mine Fatality Claims 45 Year Old Part Owner
North Idaho reports its first mining death of the year as 45 year old Ben Thomas, part owner of the Thomas Consolidated Mines near Wallace, died Tuesday in the incident.
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Wallace
North
Idaho
Ben Thomas
Thomas Consolidated Mines
Here
Woolworth Heiress Barbara Hutton Still Weak After Surgery
Salem Hospital officials said Barbara Hutton remains weak and feverish following a recent appendectomy. She is the Woolworth heiress and is hospitalized in Bern Switzerland.
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Bern
Switzerland
Salem
Woolworth
Barbara Hutton
Canadians Claim A Billion In Trade Opportunities
Donald H. MacKay president of the Canadian Junior Chamber of Commerce spoke in Pocatello about favorable trade balance with the United States. He noted U S buyers handle a five billion dollar stake in Canada while England has two, with 1 600 U S corporations operating there. He urged Canada U S tourism ties and highlighted youth leadership as key to future progress. MacKay also broadcast a Canadian perspective on KEIO and planned a talk in Bozeman Montana.
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Donald H. MacKay
Jaycee
Lewis Harrison
United States
Canada
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Pocatello
MacKay
Pocatello Junior Chamber of Commerce
Whitman
Jaycees
England
U.S
49Th Parallel
Chamber of Commerce
Keio Teasday
KSEI
Bozeman
Mont
Crashes Cause Minor Damages in Two Morning Collisions
Two automobile crashes Tuesday morning caused minor property damage. The first at 8:08 a.m. at South Fourth Avenue and East Benton Street involved Matilda Galloway and Robert F. Hamilton, damaging front and rear bumpers. Six minutes later in the 900 block of South Second Avenue Eugene Dame ion and Dan J. Davis collided. the coupe suffered bumper grill radiator damage while the truck remained undamaged.
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South Fourth Avenue
East Benton Street
Matilda Galloway
R.F.D
Robert F. Hamilton
Arthur Ave
Galloway Machine
Hamilton Machine
South Second Avenue
Eugene E. Damion
Dan J. Davis
East Poplar St
Communists Take Over Czechoslovakia in Bloodless Coup
The Communist party seized control of Czechoslovakia using police and union power to dominate national life. President Eduard Benes may be unable to function, while Red action committees gain authority and labor unions seize major factories. Nearly 200 non Communist leaders arrested as police guard key offices and border controls tighten nationwide.
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United Press
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
Eduard Benes
Red
Ludvik Svoboda
Soviet Union
National Socialists
Svobodne Slovo
Free Word
Klement Gottwald
Benes
Gottwald
Vaclav Nosek
Social Democrats
Social Democratic
Prikopy Avenue
United Press Bureau
Albania
Yugoslavia
Poland
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Czech Coup Was Expected By Americans
American officials accepted the fall of Czechoslovakia to communism as an accomplished fact. The United States saw no effective protest and expected Moscow to seize control, noting Prague’s ultimatum last summer and the pattern of Soviet takeovers in eastern Europe.
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R. H. Shackford
United Press
Washington
United States
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Kremlin
State Department
Prague
Vision Okeh Blast Victims Leave Hospital
An 8-year-old boy named Rody Lee Grindard drove his father’s car to transport Lois Grindrod, Kenneth Grindrod, and Paul Chesley, all burned in a February gasoline explosion near Paul, to Burley hospital where they were treated and later released with vision restored.
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Burley
Lois Grindrod
Kenneth
Paul Chesley
Paul
Rody Lee Grindard
Virginia grain elevator the subject of right of way request
Idaho brief notes a 1918 grain elevator near Virginia unused since completion and lacking access. Wayne Mason may buy it and seeks a right of way. Also puny local items include a blood report misread, Louie Racine’s cigarette wrapper note, a newborn Jean Antoinette at St Anthony’s, a Canada Dry joke, and a UP railroad attorney. Police joke about a jackpot winner with a witty medal doodle.
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Virginia
Clegg Raymond
Wayne Mason
Power County
St. Anthony's Hosital
Jean Antoinette
Russia Returns Lend Lease Ship Red Army to Pioneer Valley
The Soviet Union returns a lend-lease tanker to the United States, one of eight ships loaned during the war. The $2 million vessel, originally named Red Army, was renamed Pioneer Valley by the U S Maritime Commission. A crew of 40 was flown to Hong Kong to operate the ship and load oil from the Persian Gulf for New York. Captain Edward E. Butler said the tanker arrived in good condition.
Dr John Gregg Dies at 80 in New York
Dr John Robert Gregg, 80, inventor of the Gregg shorthand system, Irish born, died Monday at his New York home from a heart ailment. He published his first shorthand manual in Liverpool in 1888 and moved to the United States in 1893.
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New York
John Robert Gregg
Gregg
Liverpool
United States
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UPRR
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Alberta
Pocatello Post
Russia
DR Gregg
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