Idaho Woolgrowers Open 56th Convention at Bannock
The Idaho Woolgrowers association opens its 56th annual convention at Hotel Bannock at 9 30 am with preliminary committee meetings at 5 pm Sunday. President John H Breckenridge cites aims including lower freight rates and domestic wool market protection. A 6 45 pm banquet and dance is planned. secretary M C Claar will miss the gathering due to hospitalization in Boise.
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Idaho Woolgrowers Association
Hotel Bannock
John H. Breckenridge
Idaho Woolgrowers
Boise
Breckenridge
Asre
Bannock
Frigid Blast To Continue In Pocatello
State police reported a severe cold wave gripping southeastern Idaho with Pocatello facing below zero temperatures. Travel was discouraged as high winds and lingering cold kept roads empty and forecasts warned of several more days of continued cold without major storms.
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Pocatello
Soda Springs
Salt Lake City
Burley
Yellowstone
Northwest
Idaho
Pacific Coast
Pocatellans
Brakeman Wins 30000 In Stop The Music Mystery
John Oaks a railroad brakeman from Sparrows Point Maryland won $30000 Sunday night after identifying When The Bridegroom Comes as the mystery melody on the ABC radio program Stop The Music.
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New York
John Oaks
Sparrows Point
Wegener Reappointed Idaho Wildlife Federation President
The Idaho wildlife federation re elected Theodore Wegener of Boise as president and Howard Jones as secretary at the end of a two day session. They affirmed resolutions to keep fishing seasons and creel limits similar to last year and to limit airplane overflights in primitive areas.
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Boise
Idaho Wildlife Federation
Theodore Wegener
Howard Jones
Wegener
Jones
Civil Service
Idaho
Federation
Fish and Game Commission
Fire Destroys Midway High School in Idaho
Eastern Idaho reported a weekend blaze that destroyed the Midway high school about 10 miles west of here. Over 100 volunteer firefighters battled the flames in 20 below zero weather, causing an estimated 80 thousand dollars in damage. The fire likely started from a defective flue or school chemistry chemicals, with hoses freezing at times. Classes for 200 pupils were to resume within a week in a nearby gym.
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Rigby
Idaho
Midway High School
Here
Airlift in High Gear Delivers Supplies to Berlin
Western Allied airlift reported 5808 tons of food and coal carried into Berlin on Sunday marking the 200th day of operations since the Soviet blockade began. Since June 19 and the start of operation Vittles five days later, American and British planes have flown 105,734 missions delivering 781,647 tons.
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Berlin
Romantic Lada Sees Mother Of His Child From Cell
Edward J. Lada, a Newark native and former paratrooper, celebrated a belated Christmas in a Berlin army stockade with his daughter Nancy and her unwed mother Ruth Riecke. He plans to wed Miss Riecke but faces a military trial opening Friday for illegally entering Germany after escaping from jail.
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Berlin
Edward J. Lada
Nancy
Lada
Newark
N. J
Ruth Riecke
Ursula Schmidt
Germany
Miss
Riecke
Army
Miss Riecke
Idaho lawmakers push ahead as 30th session opens
Idaho's 30th legislature moves from organization to lawmaking with committees in place. A two term presidential limit amendment may reach the House, while the Senate's stance remains uncertain. Ground water control, municipal finance, and repeal of the 1947 school reorganization are key debated items.
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Boise
Idaho
U. S
Congress
C. A. Robins
Dean Acheson
House of Representatives
Senate
Fish and Game Commission
Idaho Reclamation Association
Erwin Schwiebert
Canyon County
Gem
Tientsin Ends Cease Fire Efforts As Americans Go Inside Consulate
Reports say cease fire talks at Tientsin failed and all Americans were ordered into the U S consulate building. Red military commanders refused to meet with a truce delegation as Americans British French and other nationals faced Chinese communist rule.
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Nanking
Tientsin
U. S
Red
Peace Conference Urged by 200 New York Intellectuals
A 200-member group of artists scientists educators and clergymen urged a March conference at the Waldorf Astoria to pursue mutual American Soviet understanding for world peace. Signers include Leonard Bernstein Lillian Hellman Thomas Mann Norman Mailer Rexford Tugwell and Jose Ferrer among others.
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New York
Harlow Shapely
National Council of the Arts, Sciences and Professions
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Soviet Union
W. Russell Bowie
The
Union Theological Seminary
Leonard Bernstein
Jo Davidson
Olin Downes
New York Times
Lillian Hellman
Guy Emery
Churchman
Louis Untermeyer
Hoover Warns Against Amateur Dicks
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover cautioned federal and local law enforcement to beware of volunteer amateur investigators tracking subversives. The warning underscores risks from untrained citizens acting as investigators.
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Hoover
Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Taft-Hartley Repeal Split Frays Washington Debate
White House and Congress face a Democratic split over repealing the Taft-Hartley labor law. Senate and House leaders push different paths with by pass options, education funding ties, and a push for a single quick bill. President Truman defers, saying Congress must decide.
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Washington
Truman
Scott Lucas
Congress
White House
Bibett Thomas
Utah
Ate Labor Committee
National Science Foundation
John Lesinski
Mich
House Labor
Lesinski
Building Collapse Destroys Historic Union Depot in American Falls
The old Union Pacific depot in American Falls, recently moved by Arth Vollweiler to the end of Van Buren street, collapsed Saturday night with a roar. Gene Huber, the mover, narrowly escaped death as the 30 by 55 foot structure fell while intended as a warehouse.
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American Falls
Union Pacific
Arth Vollweiler
van Buren Street
Gene Huber
Rker
Four-Year-Old Evangelist Marjoe Performs in L A
Four-year-old evangelist Marjoe Gortner sparked a Sunday crowd at the Philharmonic auditorium with a varied performance including baton twirling singing and a short sermon. His mother Sister Marge and father Rev. Vernon Gortner defended the act and promoted a booklet and records while the event followed his controversial first public marriage ceremony last Sunday in Long Beach California.
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Los Angeles
Arjoe Gortner
Hindster
Philharmonic Auditorium
Long Beach
Calif
Vernon R. Gortner
Gortner
Marge
Reboy
Gortners
Marjoe
Evangelist
Skidrow
Sister West
Sunshine Mission
Communist Party Orders Daily Reads for All Members
In Rome Italy the Communist party directed its 2,200,000 members to read at least one Communist publication every day. The decree was issued Sunday by the party leadership in a move to intensify propaganda and ideological attendance nationwide.
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RED
Rome
Italy
Communist Party
Britain Seeks UN Role After RAF Plane Shootdown
The Daily Express reports the RAF may deploy jet aircraft to Egypt as Britain moves to coalitions with UN action. Britain shells Malta and cancels shore leaves after five RAF planes are shot down by Israel. Israel rejects Britain's protest and aims to have the UN recognize Israel as a belligerent in the Holy Land conflict.
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London
The
Daily Express
RAF
Egypt
Great Britain
Malta
Mediterranean
Royal Air Force
Israel
U S Holds Hands Off In Britain Israel Clash
Washington reports the United States will keep a hands off stance for now in the Britain Israel hostilities. A State Department spokesman says Washington has taken no stand on the shooting down of five British planes by Israeli forces as it is not directly involved. Officials fear renewed fighting could push the region toward Soviet influence and expect any future position to be announced through the United Nations.
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Israel
United Nations
Britain
Holy Land
United States
Egypt
Sakesman
Tel Aviv
Marriott
Haifa
Washington
State Department
Middle East
U. S
Polio toll hits 27 658 cases in 1948
New York report from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis cites 27 658 infantile paralysis cases in the United States for 1948, the second largest total in U.S. history. The foundation spent about 17 million dollars fighting polio, with California North Carolina and Texas driving over one third of cases.
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New York
United States
National Foundation For
Foundation
District of Columbia
The
California
North Carolina
Texas
South Dakota
CIO to press fourth wage increase battle in Chicago
The CIO farm equipment workers union, amid a court order to merge with the United Auto Workers, announced Sunday it will proceed with plans for a fourth round wage increase fight.
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Chicago
CIO Farm Equipment Workers Union
United Auto Workers
Cold Wave Sweeps Nation Amid Bitter Arctic Plunge
A Canadian air mass drives extreme cold across northern states and spreads south. Low temperatures dip to 22 below in Montana and reach below zero in Wyoming, Nebraska, North Dakota, and Minnesota with snow and ice hazards on highways. Rescue efforts mobilize asWay Spring residents suffer frostbite and marooned families in California cabins await aid.
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Canada
Monao
Minnesota
Weet Svers
California
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New Mexico
Midwest
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Atlantic
New York
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Way Spring
Neb
Kenneth Perk
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