Idaho House Rejects Move to Repeal Slot Act
Idaho lawmakers blocked a repeal bid on HB 87, tabling the measure 32 to 27 in the House. The bill, pending in the Senate, faced swift adjournment moves and was not introduced there before adjournment.
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Boise
House
Senate
House of Representatives
Edwin Snow
Adams
Howard Hechtner
Nez Perce
Snow
John Hohnhorst
Jerome
Hamer Budge
Ada
Leo Murdock
Bingham
Glen Brewer
Custer
Battle Over GOP Leader Sparks Omaha Meeting Clash
GOP leaders head to Omaha this week as a bid to depose chairman Hugh D. Scott Jr. gains momentum. Taft allies accuse Scott of favoring Dewey and reshaping the executive committee ahead of the 1952 campaign.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Omaha
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Scott
Thomas J. Dewey
Dewey
Earl Warren
California
Taft
Robert A. Taft
Brown
Clarence Brown
Peace Appeals Dropped to Reds Near Nanking
Government planes dropped thousands of peace appeal leaflets in Communist territory as acting President Li Tseng Jen sought an honorable agreement with the Communists. No major fighting was reported. Communist spearheads about 15 miles from Nanking allowed the advancing armies to fill vacated positions north of the Yangtze.
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Nanking
Li Tseng-Jen
Comunists
Yangtze
Men Safe Aboard Wrecked Plane Near Milford Utah
A damaged plane wreck 15 miles northeast of Milford Utah drew searchers after Leon and Bud Williams spotted four men waving from the wreck. A Caterpillar tractor cleared a snowbound path for ground rescue teams to reach the survivors.
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Milford
Utah
Here
Leon
Bud Williams
Auto Workers Back Studebaker Resumes Full Production
About 16,000 Studebaker Corp. workers returned to their jobs in South Bend Indiana on Monday and the company said production is fully resumed.
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South Bend
Ind
Studebaker Corp
Western storm relief push for cattle and Indians
Secretary Krug forms a storm emergency coordination committee with Warne to aid western ranchers. Funds from a $500,000 disaster package will be split between the Indian bureau and the Bureau of Land Management to aid feed delivery to snowbound cattle and sheep amid one of the era’s worst crises.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
J. A. Krug
William E. Warne
Bureau of Land Management
Bureau of Reclamation
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Lruman
Rocky Mountain
Indian Bureau
Congress
Michael W. Strauss
Arthur V. Watkins
Utah
Reclamation Bureau
Taft Hartley Drive Begins In Congress
The administration presses for quick repeal of the Taft Hartley act as Senate labor committee plans brief hearings. Aiming to finish by Feb 10, the panel will report a repeal bill with possible amendments to the Senate. Democratic members back repeal, Republicans seek fair hearings, Morse warns against rushed action.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
Claude Pepper
Fla
Scott W. Lucas
Democratic Committee
Lucas
Morse
Lister Hill
Ala
Wayne Morse
Ore
Only Truman Can Halt Strike Of Locomotive Engineers Set For Jan. 31
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers says a nationwide strike will begin at 6 am on January 31 against 15 western railroads over Diesel engine rules. J. P. Shields urged President Truman to intervene, after direct talks and mediation failed and arbitration was rejected. Affected roads include Southern Pacific Western Pacific Union Pacific Rock Island Frisco and others.
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cHicaGo
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
J. P. Shields
Union
National Railway Mediation Board
Shields
Southern Pacific
Western Pacific
Union Pacific
Central District
Rock Island
Frisco
International Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Burlington Lines
Santa Fe
East End
Chicago and Northwestern
Missouri Pacific
Texas and Pacific
Protection Bill Aims to Fence Ornamental Fish Ponds
Boise Idaho AP Sen. D. I. Williams introduced a bill to shield goldfish from children and children from goldfish. The measure requires all ornamental fish ponds to be fenced. owners failing to fence face misdemeanor prosecutions.
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BOISE
D. I. Williams
Gem
Senate
Bribe Trial Defendants Held Guilty
The U S court of appeals upheld the bribery and war fraud convictions of former Rep Andrew May wartime head of the military affairs committee and the Garsson brothers. By a 2 1 vote the court overruled defense claims of trial bias. The trio face appeals to the Supreme Court.
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Washington
U. S. Court of Appeals
Andrew May
yKr
Mmates
Supreme Court
May
Kentucky
Garsson Brothers
Garssons
Senate War Investigating Committee
Baltimore
Congress
Federal District Court
University of Washington Fires Three Professors over Communism
Three UW faculty members Gundlach Phillips and Butterworth were fired for Communist Party ties. Three others Eby Ethel and Jacobs were placed on two year probation and must sign affidavits denying current party membership. The professors contest the action as a violation of academic freedom.
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Seattle
University of Washington
Ralph H. Gundlach
Herbert J. Phillips
Joseph Butterworth
Board of
E. Harold Eby
Garland Ethel
Melville Jacobs
American Association of University Professors
Gundlach
Communist Party
Bitter Idaho Winter Grips Pocatello with Deep Freeze
Bitter cold and drifting snow slam Pocatello and eastern Idaho as roads freeze and vehicles stall. The U S Weather Bureau says January sets new low temperature and snowfall records. several days remain below zero with more frigid nights predicted. Road crews blow drifting deep snow and farmers feed cattle as operations slow from the extreme cold. Nearby areas report 18 inches of snow near Ogden and Salt Lake City.
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Pocatellans
U.S. Weather Bureau
Idaho
Pocatello
Utah
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Montana
Wyoming
U. S. Highway 191
Macks Inn
Ashton
Highway Department
C. A. Kelly
Montpelier
Truman Orders Study for Columbia Valley Authority Legislation
President Truman instructed government experts to draft concrete CVA legislation for submission to Congress. Letters went to Interior, Agriculture, Commerce and Army secretaries, the budget director, and Dr Edwin G Nourse. Officials to collaborate with White House staff to develop a sound basis for a Columbia basin authority.
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Truman
Columbia Valley Authority
Columbia River Basin
Mr. Truman
Executive Office
CVA
Congress
Secretaries of Interior, Agriculture, Commerce and Army
Edwin G. Nourse
Council of Economic Advisers
Columbia Basin
Executive Branch
Tennessee Valley Authority
Missouri Valley Administration
White House
Charles G. Ross
Charles Murphy
C G Wells Rites Set Wednesday
Funeral services for Chester G Wells a 61 year old Pocatello merchant who died suddenly Saturday night will be held at 2 PM Wednesday. The Downard funeral home directs the rites and the exact funeral location was not announced by press time.
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Chester G. Wells
Pocatello
Downard Funeral Home
Weatherman Warns of Extreme Cold for Pocatellans
Aneroid the trusted feline did not recover from the cold in Pocatello as the weatherman forecast a high near 10 above and a low near 20 below zero. He said the day would be mostly clear.
Northern Lights Appears Over Pocatello In Cold Night
Residents in outlying areas saw a vivid Aurora Borealis display on a bitter cold Monday night. Visibility from the city outskirts was limited by lights from Pocatello.
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Pocatello
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