Idahoan Caught In Hold-Up Try
Marion Stevenson of Boise attempted to rob the First National Bank in Chicago but was overpowered by guards and disarmed after a pistol threat. An alert teller triggered the alarm, leading to swift police action and Stevenson’s capture. Boise police later linked a fingerprint card to Stevenson as an army deserter, though no prior Boise arrest record was found.
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Chicago
Idaho
First National Bank
Marion Stevenson
Boise
Art
The
Loop
Clark and
Monroe Streets
Elmer Larsen
Larsen
Stevenson
Boise City
Hammett
Idah Boise
Vancouver Barracks
Wash
Howard Stevenson
Pauley Plans Return to Commodity Market Trading
Edwin W. Pauley told Senate investigators that after leaving government he will resume commodity market speculation. The remark came as Pauley accused Harold E. Stassen of mixing ignorance and falsehood to attack him for his own aims.
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Washington
Edwin W. Pauley
Senate
Truman
Pauley
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Runoff Primary For Louisianans
Earl K. Long held a strong margin over Sam H. Jones in the Louisiana governor race with 264,127 to 145,547 votes from 1,684 precincts. Jones dismissed withdrawal rumors and vowed to campaign on. The result secures a runoff to be held after the February 1940 contests that followed the Louisiana scandals.
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New Orleans
Earl K. Long
Sam H. Jones
Louisiana
Jones
Long
Huey
Concerted effort can push hospital fund drive over top
The Pocatello POST reports a city campaign for St. Anthony's Hospital funds aims to finish strong as officials urge broad donations. Crowding in the hospital children’s ward prompts appeals while a massive earthquake in the Philippines is noted for context. G N Scardino contributes a 225 pound hog among unusual donations. local residents are urged to pledge, mail, or deliver funds to the hospital drive.
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St.Anthony Mercy Hospital
St. Anthony's Mercy Hospital
POST
Loretta Bauman
Lou Haller
Pocatello
St. Anthony’s
Drive
F.E. McKenzie
North Main
ST. Anthony's Hospital
G. N. Scardino
North of Pocatello
Scardino
Jack Holt
Se McCloud
Mistake Takes Life At MT. CLEMENS
In Mt Clemens Michigan a 17 year old boy, Stephen Kalis Jr, shot and killed his 41 year old father during a struggle with his mother Harriet Kalisz. Prosecutors say the father was attempting to pour hot milk down his wife’s throat in a death by action attempt after a drunken episode. The youth told police he fired a .22 caliber bullet into his father’s chest as the elder Kalisz fought with Harriet.
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MT. Clemens
Mich
Macomb County
Edward A. Jacob
Stephen Kalis , Jr
Kalisz
Harriet
Housing rent controls face Senate hearing debate
Washington Republicans and two CIO unions clashed before a Senate banking subcommittee over whether federal rent controls should extend beyond February 29. John E. Owen of the National Apartment Owners Association argued controls cause artificial shortages, while CIO union spokesmen urged extending and strengthening restraints to prevent sharp rent hikes and evictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Senate Banking
John E. Owen
National Apartment Owners Association
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Textile Workers Union
Neer
Treason Charge Made in German POW Escape Case
Miss Gloria Sammartino of Winthrop Massachusetts pleaded guilty to treason on arraignment after the FBI arrested her following the escape of German prisoner Rudolph Von Hye burg. A former serviceman identified the POW from a wanted poster. the remark by Vonhey burg about killing his wife led to the arrest at a Westminster place rooming house. She was held on $5000 bond pending grand jury action or indictment.
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ST. Louis
Gloria Sammarinto
Winthrop
Mass
FBI
Rudolph von Hyeburg
West End
Gerald B. Norris
Hyeburg
Miss Sammartino
Westminster Place
Sammartino
U. S
John A. Burke
Drake Watson
Taylor Backs Disclosure Legislation for Public Officials
Sen. Wayne Morse and Sen. Glen Taylor proposed a bill to require full disclosure of all speculation and outside incomes by federal officers including congressmen and judges earning $9,000 a year or more. They claim annual statements will reveal financial interests influencing lawmakers and apply equally to all public servants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wayne Morse
Ore
Glen H. Taylor
Ida
U. S
Democratic Jefferson Day Dinner Planned in Boise
Democratic State Chairman Dan J. Cavanaugh announced the annual Jefferson Day dinner will be in Boise on February 26. The central committee will meet at 2 p.m. the same day to choose the delegate convention location and time. Frank J. Keenan of Boise will run the dinner and later announce the featured speaker.
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Twin Falls
Dan J. Cavanaugh
Boise
Cavanaugh
Democratic Central Committee
Frank J. Keenan
Keenan
Central Committee
Sewer System Program Passes By Wide Margin
Denver reports a sweeping vote on a sewer system program passing by a wide margin. In other news the Army Air Forces mobilized 4,000 personnel for a 48 hour search of 150 square miles of Berthoud Pass terrain for a missing C-47 with three aboard. Snow hindered aerial efforts.
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Denver
Army Air Forces
Berthoud Pass
Bevin Plan Sparks Talk of Seven Power Conference in London
London sources report a seven power conference may convene in London to advance Ernest Bevin’s Western Europe plan. Radio Moscow decries the move as a military threat. Bevin meets Italian ambassador about Italy joining a Britain France Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg coalition and a mid February US Britain France Germany talks in London are anticipated. France may join its zone in Germany with the Anglo American bloc.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Europe
Radio
Moscow
Bevin
Russia
Tomaso Gallarati
Italy
France
Portugal
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Germany
United States
Germey
Bizonia
Oil Racket Charged Involves Saudi Oil Access 1941
Senator Owen Brewster accused Max Thornburg, later with Standard Oil California, of planting a director in the state department to steer policy toward lend lease for Saudi Arabia. Harold Ickes called Thornburg’s actions shocking as he testified against efforts to pressure him to back American oil access. Brewster compared oil pricing by the navy at $1.05 a barrel with British purchases nearby at 40 cents.
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Washington
Owen Brewster
State Department
Brewster
Max W. Thornburg
Saudi Arabia
Thornburg
Standard Oil Company of
California
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Ickes
Standard Oil Co
Texas Co
Aramco
Navy
Pocatello Postings Highlight Local Fund Drives and Odd Tale
County assessor Mark Manley reports 5000 license plates on hand and contemplates using the first 1000 distributed. Community fund contributions pour in including 100 from the Japanese American Citizens League, 25 from War Mothers, 132 plus 75 projected from a benefit, and 10 from Retail Liquor dealers plus 10 from the Jesse M Chase Service Club. A stray black brindle dog with white neck ring is kept at 247 North Twelve St after following the Dean Royter family home, awaiting owner contact at 1986-J.
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Mark Manley
Pocatello
Mark
Dean
North Twelve St
Royter
American Lieutenant Shot. Berlin Incident Details
In Berlin the American lieutenant Fred Scheunemann of Chicago was wounded in the shoulder by a Russian soldier after flashing a light toward a noise. Russian troops halted a British military train near Berlin, keeping it until nightfall. Authorities report the wound not serious and that the assailant was captured.
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Berlin
Air Force
Fred Scheunemann
Chicago
Schennemann
Kreuzberg
Russia
Scheunemann
U.S
Pocatello Approves 130000 Bond for Sewer Interceptor
Voters pass a 130000 dollar bond 5 to 1 to fund an interceptor sewer line as phase one of modernizing Pocatello Idaho's sewage system. Unofficial totals show 331 for 61 against with talks of future disposal plant plans and river pollution concerns.
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Pocatello
George R. Phillips
City of
Pertneul
Phillips
Ralph Bair
Eastern Seaboard Hit By Gale Weather Storm Stirs Major East Coast
A blizzard like storm lashes the eastern coast from Cape Hatteras to Massachusetts. The center sits southeast of Atlantic City moving north with high winds sleet and snow. New York reports 4.2 inches snow with gusts up to 35 mph. Boston area sees 8 inches. Coastal tides rise Sunday. Newport Rhode Island warns of possible evacuations.
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New York
Cape Hatteras
Massachusetts
Washington
Philadelphia
Boston
New England
New York Weather Bureau
Atlantic City
Long Island
Newport
R.I
Beet Group Plans Move For Increasing Profits
Idaho Beet growers Association met in Pocatello to back a nationwide beet by products profit plan. Five delegates were chosen for the National Beetgrowers Federation in Denver, then to Washington to meet Secretary Clinton Anderson on new contracts. Officers elected include Arvil Millar reelected vice president and Jack Clairborn as secretary treasurer. Directors named include H E Nagle M E Willis Berkley Larsen Angus MacRae with reelected Preston Ellsworth Carlyle Chaffin William Steele M H Ray George Coble Arthur Norby.
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Idaho Beetgrowers Association
Pocatello
Idaho Association
Tional Beetgrowers’ Federation
Denver
Washington, D. C
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton Anderson
Bannock Hotel
Arvil Millar
Shelley
Jack Clairborn
Kimberly
H. E. Nagle
Nagle
Berkley Larsen
Angus MacRae
Rupert
M. E. Willis
Preston Ellsworth
Lewisville
Carlyle Chaffin
Idaho Falls
William Steele
M. H. Ray
Blackfoot
George Cobbly
Arthur Norby
Rupret
Nevada deputy shoots ex wife and taxi driver then suicide
Sheriff deputy William R. Honrath shot to death his recently divorced wife Clarice Honrath and mortally wounded John Lewis Kirkpatrick, then killed himself in her kitchen. Kirkpatrick died later at Clark County Hospital.
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Las Vegas
William R. Honrath
Honrath
Clarice Honrath
John Lewis Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Glen Jones
Clark County Hospital
Critic Ridicules Marshall Plan At Senate Hearing
Senator Arthur H. Widdenberg and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee angrily denied a critic's claim that the Marshall plan would socialize Europe and undermine the United States. Merwin K. Hart, head of the National Economic Council, Inc, charged the U N in promise and accused the United States of yielding to Russia.
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Washingtox
Arthur H. Widdenberg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
United States
Merwin K. Hart
National Economic Council, Inc
Russia
United Nations
Thousands Celebrate California Century in Coloma
In Coloma California about 15 000 people crowded the ghost town for a two day centennial fete. A re enactment of James Marshall s gold discovery drew crowds as visitors filled the two main roads in a 15 mile bumper to bumper procession of cars.
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Coloma
Cal
California
James Marshall
Watson Retains World Clam Eater Crown In 132 in 10 Minutes
In Seattle Richard Watson out gulped challenger Joseph Silva of Martha's Vineyard by swallowing 132 clams in 10 minutes to set a new world record. Silva had set a prior mark of 127, as both contestants finished with bulging cheeks and shook hands amid a lively postrace mood.
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Seattle
Richard Watson
Joseph Silva
Martha's Vineyard
Mass
Watson
Silva
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Sharon Griffith
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Patricia Griffith
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P. I.up
Philippines
Jaro
Panaya Island
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States
England
Hawaii
Sulu Sea
Phiippines
Hebrides Islands
Owen
Taylor
AAF
Herbert C. Holdridge
Gate City
Jesse M. Chase
Dean Royter
Cate City
Pocatello Post
East Benton
East Center
North Arthur
Eastern Seaboard
Beet Group
Nevada
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