Lower Taxes Urged by Welker at Idaho GOP Luncheon
Idaho freshman state senator Herman Welker warned Republicans to seek simplicity in government or risk becoming a minority party. He urged lowering taxes, cutting spending, and resisting new state police expansion while endorsing open gambling with regulated slot machines to avoid new taxes. Gov. C. A. Robins introduced Welker at the Boise luncheon.
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Boise
Idaho
Herman Welker
Peyette
Welker
C. A. Robins
Ezra B. Hinshaw
Payette
C.A. Robins
Washington Inauguration A Thrill Ride For The Nation
The 41st presidential inauguration unfolds as a solemn oath for Truman and Barkley with a festive, multi-event pageant. White House guests, grand receptions, a 700-artist gala, parades, and nightly fireworks fill a weather-sunny Washington, with crowds filling streets and hotel rooms scarce.
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Apalanda
Caerriel
Harry S. Truman
United States
Truman
Alben W. Barkley
Capitol
Weather Bureau
Margaret
Barkley
Max Truitt
Missouri
Electoral College
National Guard Armory
Buddy Night Planned by American Legion Post
Pycatellds Post of the American Legion will host Buddy Night at Legion hall tonight. Commander Ralph J. Comstock III announced the event will feature activities and recognition for members and guests.
Weather Outlook for Idaho and Utah Regions
Snow and colder today give way to partly cloudy skies tonight in Pocatello area. High near 10 above with low around 10 to 15 below. colder Wednesday with a high near 17 above and low around 10 below. Southeastern Idaho expected cloudy with snow Thursday and highs 12 to 22, with a zero to 10 above overnight. Utah to see cloud cover and snow Thursday with broad spread across the state. southwestern Idaho mostly cloudy with snow Thursday and temperatures 15 to 25 high, 5 to 15 low. Continuous readings across listed western cities included.
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Pocatello
Idaho
Utah
Arsay
Boise
Chicago
Denver
Vega
Los Angeles
New York
Omaha
Phoenix
Portland
Salt Lake
San Francisco
Mayor to Decide Wage Dispute On Holiday Pay
Pocatello Mayor George R. Phillips will issue a decision next week in a holiday pay dispute between Kraft Cheese Co and Teamsters Gate City Local 983. The panel includes two labor representatives and two Kraft officials, with Phillips serving as a fifth member. The case centers on whether workers should be paid for Christmas and New Year holidays that fell on a Saturday.
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Pocatello
George R. Phillips
Kraft. Cheese Co
Teamsters Gate City
Phillips
Idaho
Teamsters
Kraft Company
James Barber
Henderson Douglas
Washington, D. C
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Harry B. Yearsley
Arthur Chauvel
San Francisco
New York City
Inter-County Dispute Over Road Equipment in Idaho Court
The Bannock and Caribou counties argued in district court over $20 000 worth of road equipment seized after a county line change last fall Each side claims ownership or entitlement based on which county had paid for or annexed the residents The judge requested briefs within 20 days and then will schedule a final trial a restraining order keeps the gear idle awaiting the ruling
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Bannock
Caribou
Bannock County
Caribou County
Mudge C. J. Taylor
Idaho Falls
Sai He Yan
Bill Aims to Reactivate Idaho Labor Commissioner
A bill introduced in the Idaho House would reactivate the labor commissioner’s office and transfer regulatory duties from the industrial accident board. It proposes mediation panels and collective bargaining elections, while also boosting workers compensation. The measure alongside amendments to the employment security act faced likely withdrawal.
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Boise
Office of Commissioner of Labor
House of Representatives
House
Jesse Vetter
Kootenal
Wallace Averill
Cassia
Vetter
Labor
Industrial Accident Board
Accident Board
Commissioner of Labor
Paul Vernon
Ada
Helen Miller
Elmore
W. C. Smith
Nora Devis
Gem
Senate
Idaho
California
Arthur Campbell
Shoshone
Clarence H. Phillips
Bert Call
Jefferson
W. E. Bolton
Lincoe
Adam Blackstock
Owyee
Clark Hamilton
Farm Bureau proposes public works bureau in Idaho
Idaho Farm Bureau drafts legislative package urging abolition of the highway department and creation of a five member public works commission headed by a chief engineer. Other proposals include motor fuels tax refunds for farmers year round, beaver and muskrat control after notices, utility scope expansion to gas and oil, funding for Bangs disease and potato nematode control, and irrigation expansion. Resolutions ask congress for Alsades Dam funding, Bear River erosion control, and noxious weed control. Committee heads to Boise to discuss bills. some may be introduced tomorrow.
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Bureau of Highways
Department of Public Works
Idaho Farm Bureau
Bureau
Hotel Bannock
J. F. Fredrickson
Highway Department
Commission of Public Works
Farm Bureau
Twin Falls Chamber of Commerce
Idaho State Grange
Fish and Game Commission
State Public Utility Commission
Congress
Alisades
Army Engineers
Bear River
Frederickson
Boise
George Horsley
Andreas Hikele
Moore
M. L. Haresley
Soda Springs
4 Han Boys Feted At Banquet In Pocatello
Thirty one Bannock County 4 H farm youths were feted at the Pocatello Chamber of Commerce banquet at the Bannock hotel. The annual event joined the boys with local businessmen who will sponsor calf-raising contests in 1949. Sponsors loan threeads for calves, said C of C secretary J Ledge Craig. Attending towns include North Pocatello McCammon Downey Swan Lake and Zenda.
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Bannock County
Pocatello Chamber of Commerce
Bannock
Pocatello
J Ledge Craig
North Pocatello
McCammon Downey
Swan Lake
Zenda
Ex convict confesses on killing to avenge bum rap
Roy Frank Godbey, a former convict, told FBI agents he killed the Oklahoma City attorney who had him jailed on a 1932 bum rap. He said the shooting last week was vengeance for the alleged wrongful imprisonment.
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EL Paso
Tex
Roy Frank Godbey
FBI
Oklahoma City
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