Taft urges cabinet post for ERP director
Senator Taft calls for making the Marshall Plan administrator a cabinet member to oversee aid, curb costs, and ensure U S economic interests are protected. He criticizes State Department control and proposes an independent official with direct cabinet access. Baruch and Hoover weigh in with cautions and alternatives.
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Taft
Washington
Robert A. Taft
Truman
University of Chicago Round Table Forum
NBC
George C. Marshall
State Department
U. S
Global War Shaping Up Over Chinese Ideologies
The Chinese government views the conflict between the Nationalist and Communist forces as a nascent global struggle of rival ideologies. An anonymous Chinese source says the Asia clash could echo Pearl Harbor, urging United States action to avoid a broader war and higher casualties.
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Arthur M. Goul
United Press
Shanghai
Pearl Harbor
Asia
United States
China
Store Sales Hit New Peak
Commerce Department reports U S retail store sales reached a record 118 billion dollars in 1947, up 18 billion from 1946. Prices drive much of the rise, with upcoming railroad freight rate increases expected to push prices higher, though officials hope for lower food prices later.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Linda Christian seeks U.S. stay as immigration papers filed
Actress Linda Christian, linked to Tyrone Power as his new girlfriend, goes before immigration officials to straighten papers and remain in the United States.
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Hollywood
Linda Christian
Tyrone Power
U. S
Labor Bid In Politics Moving Up
Organized labor’s 1948 bid for political power gains momentum on many fronts. Truman seeks an emergency board to avert a nationwide railroad strike on Feb 1 for higher wages. The Communications Workers of America, representing 233,000 telephone workers, convenes negotiators to press 1948 wage demands, while United Auto Workers CIO proposes a 25 cent hourly raise plus five cents for benefits. CIO President Murray and Railroad Trainmen President Whitney plan key meetings to push the political program with government officials, including Labor Secretary Schwellenbach.
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Washington
Truman
Communications Workers of America
United Auto Workers
CIO
Auto Union
Philip Murray
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad
Murray
Whitney
Secretary of Labor
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Owners of Clubs Facing Charges
Two club proprietors faced charges after an early Sunday investigation by Bannock county sheriff's office. Bob Jackson of the Shamrock Riverside Drive was charged with remaining open after hours while LeRoy Lewis of the South Park Inn 1655 South Fifth Ave was charged with selling beer after hours. Both were arraigned before Judge C. W. Hyde and released without bond pending a preliminary hearing.
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The
Shamrock
South Park Inn
Bannock ‘County
Sheriff's Office
Sheriff’s Office
Bob Jackson
Riverside Drive
LeRoy Lewis
South Fifth Ave
C. W. Hyde
Police Await Clue In Disappearance Of Jacqueline Horner
Hollywood police waited Sunday for clues to the disappearance of 14 year old Jacqueline Horner a stage and screen pianist who vanished after a quarrel with her mother. Unconfirmed reports placed her on a northbound bus while authorities searched for any sign of her whereabouts and how she financed a possible trip.
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Hollywood
Jacqueline Horner
Jan
George W. Horner
Buffalo
N. Y
Ced
Jacqueline
Clara Horner
Tuesay
Third Big Fire Strikes Cleveland
Cleveland fire officials report a downtown blaze as the city’s third major fire in a week. Fire Chief John Kral estimated damage at 225000 dollars. over 20 shops in a two story brick building were destroyed and residents above fled the flames.
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Cleveland
John Kral
West Side
Freshman Senators Seek 1949 Rent Controls Extension
Senators Irving Ives and Raymond Baldwin plan a bill to extend controls for 16 months to mid 1949 and reimpose residential hotel controls. The measure would freeze rents for tenants with voluntary 15 percent increases, give local boards public hearings, and require housing expediter approval only on substantiated recommendations.
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Washington
Irving M. Ives
N. Y
Raymond E. Baldwin
Conn
Ives
Baldwin
India Israel UN Panel Eyed Amid Gandhi Fast Ends
A three nation UN mediation proposal for Kashmir peace was presented to India and Pakistan by Belgiums Ferinand Van Langenhove as Gandhi ends his fast. India seeks scope limits while Pakistan may back broader reach in the stalled dispute. Gandhi ends 122 hour fast after pledges for Hindu Muslim amity.
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New York
United Nations
Kashmir
India
Pakan
UN Security Council
Fernand van Langenhove
Belgium
Security Council
Pakistan
New Delhi
Mohandas K. Ghandi
Dominions
Van
Langenhove
Mediation Commission
Kash
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Nixon seeks help from former justice on communism law
Chairman Richard M. Nixon said his house subcommittee on un American activities is consulting former Supreme Court Justice Owen J Roberts. Roberts is listed among blue ribbon witnesses invited to testify next month on the legality of the proposed communist control legislation.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
House
Supreme Court
Owen J. Roberts
California
Roberts
Pocatello Postings on Politics and Press Life
Sailor Evans believes Eisenhower could win the presidency from either party and Harold Stassen’s path depends on a convention deadlock. Ken Drick is his given name. A local tale recounts a Laguna Beach hotel owner who fired staff after buying the hotel, underscoring the adage the customer is always right. Photographers in Pocatello face banquet delays and strategic photo timing, prompting them to bring sandwiches and soda.
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Sailor Evans
Pocatello
Sailor
Dwight Eisenhower
GOP
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Joe McQuade
Oasis
Laguna Beach
California
Joe
Gate
Idaho and Idaho State College to meet for athletic competition
Boise UP reports University of Idaho and Idaho State College set a joint athletic meeting for Tuesday. George Greene, UI athletic director, called the gathering with ISC officials including President Carl W. McIntosh athletic director Johnny Vesser and Tom West. They aim to discuss modified eligibility rules for competition.
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Boise
University of Idaho
Idaho State College
George Greene
Idaho University
Carl W. McIntosh
Johnny Vesser
Tom West
Trend To Control By Military Hit
Washington report says Albert Einstein and 20 others warn democracy may erode if military control of institutions rises. They cite ROTC expansion and funding links affecting high school and college life and note military involvement in the Boy Scouts and Air Scout Program as signs of a militarized America.
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Washington
Albert Einstein
America
Boy Scouts
Japan
Germany
National Council Against
Truman
Congress
UMT
Army and Navy R.O.T.C
Armed Services
Scouts of America
Air Force
Campaign Rolls Toward Louisiana Primary Fight
In New Orleans, Louisiana Democratic primary race tightens two days before election as Rep. James Domengeaux repeats earlier charges in the House against gubernatorial candidate Earl K. Long, brother of the late Huey P. Long. The focus centers on Lafayette where the publicized accusations escalate a heated contest for governor.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Lafayette
James Domengeaux
House of Representatives
Earl K. Long
U.S
Huey P. Long
Police Hold Driver Blameless In Accident
The driver Leroy Jenkins was not charged after Carl H. Carlson 48 of Pocatello died when struck by Jenkins northbound car near the Wagon Wheel Inn on South Main St. Investigators labeled the crash unavoid able noting Carlson wore dark clothing and Jenkins could not avoid the collision due to icy conditions and headlights. Carlson a veteran and long time resident of Pocatello left a wife six children and several siblings. Funeral plans will be announced by Hall mortuary.
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Bob Vance
Wagon Wheel Inn
South Main St
Carl H. Carlson
Pocatello
Wagon Wheel
Leroy Jenkins
East Bonneville
Carlson
Pacific
Jaese
Onake Island
Ott Carlson
Bee Eemont
Packer
Foxell
Jenkins
Bannock County
Arthur Hall
Hall
Denmark
United States
Preston
Idaho Falls
Budget Cut Session For Republicans
Washington leaders of the GOP meet to slash President Truman’s 39.7 billion budget and craft strategy for a 5.6 billion tax relief bill. Speakers discuss a three to five billion cut, with Taft pressing a hot decrease including at least a billion for the Marshall Plan.
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Washginton
Senate
House
Truman
Congress
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Martin
Robert A. Taft, O
GOP Policy Committee
Styles Bridges
N. H
John Taber
N. Y
Charles A. Halleck
Ind
GOP
Taft
Freeman, Garsson aide, dies in Los Angeles
F. Freeman age 50, co-defendant with Henry Garsson Murray Garsson and former Rep. Andrew J. May on fraud charges tied to war contracts, died Sunday of a heart attack at his Los Angeles home. Freeman headed the Garssons Washington office during the war and remained a key political figure nearby after the trial. He had been ill two weeks.
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LOS Angeles
LLP
F. Freeman
Garsson Munitions i
Freeman
Henry M
Murray Garsson
Andrew J. May
Garssons
Washington
Garsson
Garsson Brothers
May
Funeral services for Mrs Emily Beckett Bailey
Funeral services for Mrs Emily Beckett Bailey age 85 will be held at 2 p m Monday in the Third Ward L D S chapel with Bishop R K Hart officiating. Interment follows beside her husband in Ogden City cemetery. Friends may call at Hall mortuary until services.
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Emily Beckett Bailey
Third Ward
L.D.S
R. K. Hart
Ogden City Cemetery
Hall
Atomic Unit Head Warns of Myth About Bomb
David Lilienthal, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, told CBS radio that Americans must not believe the myth that atomic energy serves only as a weapon. He warned that focusing on destructive power could lead to a false sense of global safety based on military force.
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Washington
David Lilienthal
The
Atomic Energy Commission
CBS
Weather forecast promises mild warm spell ahead
Gate City Weatherman early Sunday predicts a slight warming trend with a high of 30 to 35 degrees. Expect partly cloudy skies today and Tuesday as the forecast calls for continued agreeable but cool conditions.
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Gate City
Nation's Cold Wave Tapers Off Across U S
The cold wave relaxing nationwide after three days, with subzero temps in the north and near zero in the midwest. Forecasters predict gradual warming and a lingering risk of frost. Southern California ends a heat spell threatening agriculture as 80 degree days ease. Chicago area warms from below zero to near 20, while New England sees heavy snow. New York City reports more snow but traffic remains normal.
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Chicago
Rocky Mountains
New England
North Atlantic
Mercury
Central States
New York City
LaGuardia Fields
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