Thomas Offers Personal Records To Bar Inside Trading Charge
Sen. Elmer Thomas, D Okla, offered to submit his personal records on commodity markets and investments to prove he did not profit from inside information. Chairman Homer Ferguson, R Mich, invited the material as the Senate subcommittee probes speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Elmer Thomas
Okla
Homer Ferguson
Mich
Sa- Senate
Thomas
Edith Thomas
Washington, D. C
Agriculture Department
Senate Appropriations Committee
Harold E. Stassen
Edwin W. Pauley
Pauley
Stassen
Ferguson
Oklahoma
The
United Press
Eight Injured As Streamliner Hits Broken Rail
Eight people were injured when the Atlantic Coast Line Miami to Chicago South Wind wrecked near Pidcock Junction, Georgia. The locomotive and two cars remained intact while 29 rail sections were torn up, sending several cars into a muddy gully. Passengers, mostly unhurt, were treated at Thomasville and Quitman hospitals.
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Thomasville
Atlantic Coast Line
Miami
Chicago
South Wind
Here
Streamliner
Pidcock Junction
Georgia
Florida
Beth Williams
The
Quitman Free Press
Quitman
Ada Newsstand Struggle Over One Nickel
A customer in Ada, Oklahoma, searched his pockets for a nickel to buy a copy of the Ada Evening News. An employee said the man wasn’t broke, but they could not change his $1,000 bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada, Okla
Ada Evening News
Fireman killed as train boiler explodes in Wisconsin
A Milwaukee rail line shuttle between Portage and Madison failed when the locomotive boiler blew up. Fireman Ray Hovey, 38, of Portage, died instantly while engineer Walter Woodrow, 63, of Endeavor, suffered serious burns. Six passengers were aboard. no injuries. Brakes stopped the tender, baggage car, and one passenger car.
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Arlington
Wis
Portage
Madison
Ray Hovey
Walter Woodrow
Endeavor
Fire Hits Penitentiary in Lincoln Nebraska
A Sunday fire damaged the furniture shop and a 300 foot two story building at the state penitentiary in Lincoln. About 100 convicts attending church were kept orderly as the blaze, estimated at 40000 dollars in damage, was controlled in two hours. Warden James Jones praised inmate cooperation. No injuries were reported and the cause remains undetermined.
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Lincoln
Neb
State Penitentiary
Furnture
James Jones
Lynx Shot by Veteran on Mt Pattaquatuck
Raymond Smart, a war veteran who lost an arm, shot and killed a 40 pound lynx on Mt Pattaquatuck in Palmer Massachusetts. The incident was reported by United Press.
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Palmer
Mass
Raymond Smart
Mt. Pattaquatuck
Best Years Of Our Lives Tops 1947 Film Poll
The motion picture Best Years Of Our Lives was named best picture of 1947 by 344 newspaper reviewers and 102 radio commentators in a film daily poll. It scored 352 votes, beating Jolson Story by 59 votes. Jolson Story placed second and Life With Father ranked third for Warner.
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New York
Film Daily
Samuel Goldwyn
Columbia Studio
Jolson
Warner
Father
Crippled Dvina Reaches Tow Toward Hakodate Japan
U S naval HQ says the crippled Russian ship Dvina moves slowly toward Hakodate Japan under tow by a Soviet patrol boat. Two other Russian vessels head to Vladivostok with 800 passengers transferred during the mid sea rescue. Soviet officers depart Tokyo for Hakodate to arrange repairs.
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TOYKO
U. S
Hakodate
Japan
Vladivostok
Stassen faults admin on food prices and market speculators
Harold E. Stassen told reporters in Omaha that the administration cannot fully curb food prices while grain market speculation continues. He linked the issue to Edwin Pauley and pledged further efforts to expose large speculators during a 10 state western tour ending in Washington.
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Omaha
Neb
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
St. Louis
Cheyenne
Wyo
Washington
Edwin W. Pauley
Army
Democratic Party
Senate
Pauley
Homer Ferguson
Mich
Fast Train Loses Wheel Near Hayden
The Union Pacific streamliner City of Los Angeles was delayed five hours Sunday when a wheel came off on a mountain grade near Hayden California. One pair of trucks left the track but no injuries were reported. Betty Grable and her husband Harry James were aboard the Chicago to Los Angeles bound train en route to Las Vegas.
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Hayden
Cal
Union Pacific Streamliner
Los Angeles
Chicago
Betty Grable
Harry James
el Rancho Vegas
Las Vegas
Nev
Navajo Superintendent Nomination Withdrawn Amid Opposition
Assistant Secretary William E. Warne said Cy Fryer withdrew from consideration for Navajo reservation superintendent amid tribal opposition. James Stewart remains Navajo superintendent. Fryer stays in Indian Affairs. William Zeh continues as regional director of Indians in the southwest.
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Washington
Cy Fryer
Secretary of the Interior
William E. Warne
James Stewart
Fryer
Office of
Indian Affairs
Warne
William Zeh
Southwest
New Alfalfa Processing Method Concentrates Feed Value
Researchers develop a process that extracts alfalfa juice and dries it into powder. The powder is designed to be mixed into livestock or poultry feeds to boost nutrition and feed value.
Della Warren Shawver 61 Dies in Salt Lake City
Della Warren Shawver 61 a longtime Blackfoot resident died Friday in Salt Lake City at a daughter’s home. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 1 p m in the Methodist church with Rev Ben Hutchins officiating. Graveside rites follow at Grove City cemetery by the Progress Rebekah lodge under Mrs Bert Peterson noble grand. Peck and Packham mortuary Blackfoot handles arrangements. Born December 31 1886 in Chautauqua County Kansas she married Marcus Shawver in 1905. The family moved to Blackfoot in 1910 and she later lived with daughter Blossom Peterson in Salt Lake City. Survivors include her husband a son Kenneth Shawver three daughters Edwina Regan Blossom Peterson Madge Johnson ten grandchildren and several siblings. She belonged to the Rebekah lodge and the Esther chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star.
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Della Warren Shawver
Blackfoot
Salt Lake City
Ben Hutchins
Grove City
Progress Rebekah Lodge
Bert Peterson
Noble Grand. Peck and Packham Mortuary
Blossom Peterson
Madge Johnson
Pocatello
Harry Warren
Earl Warren
Firth
Pete Warren
Platte
Kansas
Dorothy Williams
Moline
Stella Bruner
Sedan
Shawver
Rebekah Lodge
Order of the Eastern Star
Esther
Nicholas Cano 44 Dies After Lingering Illness in Pocatello
Nicholas Cano of 430 North Third died early Sunday at home after a long illness. Born September 10, 1903 in Mexico, he moved to Pocatello in 1920. He married Lucille Meehan in 1926. Survivors include his widow, son Nicholas Jr., two daughters, three sisters, three brothers, and an uncle. Funeral arrangements by Downard's Funeral Home.
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Nicholas Cano
North Third
Mexico
Isabel and
Jesus Rojas Cano
Nicholas
Pocatello
Lucille ~MéeMahon
Catholic Church
Firemen’s and Oiler’s Union
Nicholas Cano Jr
Gloria
Marion Cano
Martin Rodrigue
Tracy
California
Amada Muriello
Downard's Funeral Home
Accused Insists On His Sentence In Federal Court
Edward F. Drier, 42, former Jacksonville chef, faced Judge Walter Labay on auto theft charges. Drier urged jail, while Labay weighed probation options, delaying ruling until Feb 13. Drier resisted bond, hoping for jail or release depending on hearings.
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Chicago
Tup
Edward F. Drier
Jai
Drier
Gosh
Jacksonville
Fla
Walter J. Labay
Georgia
Labuy
Labay
Marshall
Refinery Strike Ends as Workers Return to Halted Production
Texas City report says Pan American Refinery workers go back to work after a 10 day strike. Company spokesmen promise resumed fuel flow to east coast states and loading of six tankers began Sunday, with two more expected to arrive soon.
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Texas City
Tex
Pan American
Pan Americans
Birth Notices From St Anthony Hospital
Born January 10 to Earl Wickam St Anthony a boy. Born January 10 to Dean Gates 214 McKinley Ave St Anthony a girl. Born January 11 to Virgil Roche 1721 North Main St St Anthony a girl. Born January 11 to John Drymer Rt 1 North St Anthony a boy. Ray C Ralphs Rockland at St Anthony hospital a girl.
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Earl Wickam
St. Anthony
Pocatello St. Anthony Hospital
Dean Gates
McKinley Ave
St. Anthony Hospital
Virgil Roche
North Main Street
John Drymer
North
Ray C. Ralphs
Rockland
Italian Communists Push Bank Strike Support Drive
Communist led labor confederations in Rome call for a strike to back 60 000 bank workers and keep out until the conflict is resolved. Giuseppe Di Vittoria general secretary leads the action after a fourth failed meeting. The strike enters its third week with banks pressed on wages and government settlement.
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Rome
Italy
UPV
Giuseppe di Vittoria
Confederation
Orice
Banker's Association
Bank of Italy
Alcide de Gaspert
Russian Claims Aviation Record
A Moscow broadcast says Russia set an aviation duration record when Baku schoolboy Victor Malinin’s rubber band powered model stayed aloft three minutes and three seconds, nearly twice the prior American record held by Michigan’s Tariani. Separately, Victor Kerkle of Chester, Pa., fell 20 feet after sawing a limb from a tree.
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London
Moscow Radio
Russia
United States
Victor Malinin
Baku
Tariani
Michigan
Chicago
Victor Kerkle
Chester
National Safety Council
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NEA Telephoto
Savannah
Richter
Choise
NEW York Stock Exchange
Ure, Pett & Morris
Pett & Morris
Chicago Board OF Trade
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Salt Lake Stock Exchange
Salt Lake City, Utah
Idaho Falls, Idaho
Pocatello, Idaho
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Waterfront
Wae & Pier
Winkler Stoker
Western Coal CO
Idaho
News of Record
Arden Milk IN
Arden
Idaho Creameries
Winnett’s
Housewives
Idaho Glass & Paint
N. Main St
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