Million Face Leath Over Lack Of Food
Snow and high winds hindered efforts to feed nearly 1,000,000 cattle and sheep in the western ranges. The air force emergency feedlift faced weather delays, with planes unable to fly hay and cottonseed cake to starving flocks in Nevada. Governors in Utah and South Dakota called for aid while bulldozers and equipment were arranged to clear snowbound routes.
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Chicago
Air Force
Nevada
Utah
J. Bracken Lee
South Dakota
George T. Mickelson
Fifth Army
Nebraska
L. C. Curtis
Associated General Contractors of America
Val Peterson
Cliff Jones
Ned Schram
Fourth Air Force
Hamilton Field
Calif
Jones
Reno
Fallon
Nev
Eight Die In Two Big Fires In Chicago Area
A south and a west side Chicago tenement fire killed eight people including an eight year old who remained missing and left ten injured. Yolanda Callahan five and brother Jerome two were found dead, while Anthony Mica sixty eight, Michael Lekester seventy five, and Rose Lekester seventy five died in the separate blazed one and two story structures. A North Chicago cannery fire added to the total damage over 500000 dollars as crews from nearby cities battled the flames. The cause of the fires was not yet determined.
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Chicago
Yolanda Callahan
Jerome
Yards
Anthony Mica
Michael Lekester
Rose
Cranberry Canners, Inc
North
Waukegan
Ill
Great Lakes Naval Base
Five Die In B26 Plunge Into James River Near Fort Eustis
A Virginia air national guard B 26 crashed into the mouth of the James River three miles from Fort Eustis. Four crewmen were believed killed as the aircraft was blown to bits.
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Newport News
Virginia Air National Guard
James River
Fort Eustis
MacArthur Allows Longer Tourist Stay in Japan
General Douglas MacArthur approved a regulation change increasing the tourist stay in Japan to 25 days from seven. The order affects travelers and updates postwar travel rules administered in Tokyo.
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ITV
OKEH
MacArthur
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Quick Action Wins five dollar award
Mrs. I. Roberts of 703 North Harrison St. earned this week's five dollar news tip prize from the POST for promptly reporting a derailed train at American Falls. The weekly award honors the best story or picture, with winners receiving a check by mail after tipping the editors. Call 3530 and give name and address.
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POST
I. Roberts
North Harrison St
American Falls
The
Portland private clubs face slot ban crisis
Portland managers of fourteen non profit clubs including the American Legion Elks Press Club of Oregon Eagles Shrine and Multnomah Athletic Club struggle to cope after Mayor Dorothy McCullough Lee enforces anti gambling laws shutting down slot machines. revenues funded charities graveside services and club treasuries shrink forcing layoffs and cuts.
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Portland
Ore
Dorothy McCullough Lee
Claus
American Legion
Elks
Press Club of Oregon
Eagles
Shrine and Multnomah Athletic Club
Shrine
Burke Elected Idaho Editorial Association President
Ronald Burke publisher of the Record-Herald Salmon was chosen president of the Idaho Editorial association at its annual convention. Other officers for 1949 include Larry Robinson co-publisher Minidoka County News as vice president and Mable G. Bark of Boise as secretary. The awards for weekly papers went to Minidoka County News first Emmett Messenger second and North Side News third under Wallace Garets.
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Boise
Ronald Burke
Record-Herald
Salmon
Idaho Editorial Association
Larry Robinson
Minidoka County News
Mable G. Bark
Wallace Garets
Idaho State College
Rupert
Emmett Messenger
Emmett
North Side News
Jerome
Freight Train Sideswipes City of San Francisco Near Blairstow
A freight train collided with the City of San Francisco passenger train about a mile east of Blairstow, derailing 12 or 13 passenger cars. One man Dan Garcia dining car employee was seriously injured and hospitalized in Cedar Rapids Iowa. No cars overturned and 1000 feet of track torn up. An extra train was dispatched from Belle Plaine to reroute passengers.
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Blairstow
San Francisco
Northwestern
Dan Garcia
Cedar Rapids
Northwestern Union Pacific
Chicago
Belle Plaine
Utah Urges Fast Action Amid Livestock Feed Crisis
Utah extension service and the Utah agricultural experiment station warned that severe snow conditions have left the intermountain region deficient in feed. Director Carl Frischknecht said livestockmen face possible disaster unless federal aid arrives and supplies are shipped from other regions at reduced or no cost.
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Logan
Utah
Utah Extension Service
Utah Agricultural Experiment Station
Carl Frischknecht
Intermountain
Frisek
Crash Injuries Take Utahn's Life
A Utah man died from injuries after a truck collided with a Union Pacific freight train near Jericho on Saturday. Cushing, 39, of Salt Lake City, suffered severe burns and died in a Payson hospital early today while transporting a snow plow to West Jank county for emergency road relief.
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Payson
Utah
Jericho
Cushing
Salt Lake City
Union Pacific
West Jank County
Acheson Maps Plans On U. S. Future Policy
Secretary of State Dean Acheson met with James E. Webb to outline future U S policy aiming to strengthen free nations and roll back communism. They discussed UN support, the North Atlantic pact, and living standards in underdeveloped regions as world events showed strain from Peiping to Middle East armistice talks.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
Truman
James E. Webb
U. S
Robert A. Lovett
Acheson
Henry I. Stimson
United Nations
Peiping
Middle East
Road conditions improve across southern Idaho after snow
Road-clearing crews opened most routes in southern Idaho as snow and wind eased. Only two small stretches between Gooding and Wendell and the Jerome Sho Shone road remained closed, expected to open by mid afternoon. One-way traffic persisted on several segments Burley to Boise and Preston to Pocatello. Weather outlook calls for light snow flurries southeast and frigid lows near zero to below in the mountains.
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United Press
Rais
Idaho
Gooding
Wendell
Jerome-Shoshone Road
Highway Department
Southeastern
Magic Valley
Burley
Boise
Pocatello
Salt Lake
Preston
U. S
North Idaho
Weather Bureau
Snow Closes Montana Highways Amid More Winter Weather
Snow and cold returned last night to hinder Montana travel with still blocked sections in Browning Babb and Ennis Virginia. Highway 89 between Cut Bank and Glacier Park station was open but forecast storms could close it again. Madison River floodwaters covered 1000 feet of U S 10 five miles east of Three Forks.
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Helena
Montana
State Highway Maintenance Department
Browning Babb
Ennis-Virginia
Cut Bank
Glacier Park Station
Madison River
U. S. 10
Three Forks
Idaho House sets Monday showdown on slot machine bill
Idaho lawmakers prepare for a high stakes slot machine vote with third reading on Monday at 10 am. The chamber on Saturday passed 10 bills including a medical practice code rewrite while the Senate approved a measure allowing Indians to buy arms with its companion passing Friday. Observers expect a very close vote with some members likely to avoid counting in the slot debate.
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Boise
Idaho House of Representatives
House
Senate
Five Idaho 4 H club members win scholarships
Three Idaho girls and two boys were awarded scholarships to the 4 H club short course in Moscow next June. Winners are Maurice Johnson Coeur d Alene Mary Fowler Winchester Donna Severe Gooding Ruth Burkman Idaho Falls and Boyd Buck American Falls. Scholarships offered by Potlatch Forests Inc.
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Moscow
Ida
Idaho
Vernon H. Burlison
University of Idaho
Maurice Johnson
Coeur d’Alene
Mary Fowler
Winchester
Donna Severe
Gooding
Ruth Burkman
Idaho Falls
Boyd Buck
American Falls
Burlison
Potlatch Forests, Inc
Northern Idaho Lumber Company
Inkom Pedestrian Struck By Car on Highway 30
A pedestrian, Hans Staley, was hit by an automobile driven by Keith Anderson of Inkom on Highway 30 near Inkom. Deputies called the accident unavoidable. Staley reportedly walked away from the scene.
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Inkom
Bannock County
Billings Alderman Rowe Announces Mayor Bid
Alderman Tom Rowe of Billings second ward announces his candidacy for mayor in the upcoming municipal election. He becomes the second candidate to enter the race after city attorney R. C. Dillavoy.
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Billings
Tom Rowe
Rowe
R. C. Dillavoy
Last Bastion Falls Before Communists
Peiping surrendered to Communist forces as Nationalist China collapsed. Chiang Kai-Shek resigned as president and Li Tsung-jen moved to ease obstacles to peace. Fu Tso Yi admitted Peiping’s fall and a 13 point peace accord was reported with a cease fire and reorganization plans.
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Nanking
China
Peiping
Li Tsung- Jen
Chiang Kai-Shek
Sun Fo
Sun
Canton
Fu Tso-Yi
North
Central
Chiang
United Press
Michael Keon
Keon
Idaho Falls Expands Power System With 3000 KW Substation
Idaho Falls city council approved 75000 dollars for city power system upgrades. A new 3000 kilowatt substation will be built in the east part of the city with four miles of transmission line. Distribution capacity will rise from 11000 to 14000 kilowatts.
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Idaho Falls
Ida
E. W. Fanning
Fanning
Strike Date Set For Jan 31 by Southern Pacific BLE
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers votes to strike Southern Pacific on January 31, shutting down passenger and freight service across Oregon California Arizona Nevada Utah and New Mexico. About 3 500 workers will walk out at 6 a.m. over the demand for a second engineer on diesel units to allow maintenance during operation.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific Railroad
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Colgar
Pacific Division
BLE
Southern Pacific
Oregon
California
Arizona
Nevada
Utah
New Mexico
Pacific
Portland
Angeles
el Paso
Brotherhood
Chicago
All Western Railroads
Southern Pacific Union
National Mediation Board
Truman
Pocatello Area Weather Report Parts Cloudy and Cold
Partly cloudy and cold with scattered snow flurries in Pocatello today. High near 20, low around 5 above. Friday highs near 19, low about 1. Snow accumulates about 0.02 inches. In Southeastern Idaho mainly cloudy with brief snow flurries. highs 10 to 20, lows 0 to 10 below. Western Idaho shows similar clouds and snow flurries in the mountains. cold ahead with highs near 28, shifting to colder Sunday.
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United Press
Pocatello
Idaho
Uthwestern Idaho
Max Butte
Reno
Salt Lake
San
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