McCabe Named New Head of Federal Reserve Board
President Truman designates Thomas B. McCabe to become chairman of the Federal Reserve Board upon Senate confirmation, replacing Mariner S. Eccles who will stay on as vice chairman. Eccles term as chairman ends Feb. 1. McCabe has led Scott Paper Co. and now heads the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eccles
Secretary of Treasury
John W. Snyder
Snyder
McCabe
Federal Reserve Board
Scott Paper Co
Chester
Mass Starvation of Babies Charged in Tokyo Case
A Japanese couple and their young assistant were indicted for mass starvation of at least 40 illegitimate babies handed to them for care at a Tokyo maternity hospital from July 1947 to year end. Police probe linked up to 100 more infants said to have starved at the couple's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Takeshi Ishikawa
Chief Scans Parking Violations in New Castle
New Castle Indiana police chief Ross H. Scott launched a campaign against parking law violators. On the first day sixty five people received tickets including Sidney E. Baker a former mayor of New Castle the day prior Jess Leakey former Henry County sheriff Herbert Daily county Democratic chairman and Franklyn George former county Republican chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Ind
Ross H. Scott
Sidney E. Baker
Henry County
Jess Leakey
Herbert Daily
Franklyn George
Kay Francis Reported Better
Kay Francis, famed screen and stage actress, was reported in good condition at White Cross hospital in Columbus after an overdose of sleeping tablets. She spent a comfortable night and showed improvement, with officials saying she would likely remain hospitalized another week.
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Columbus, O
Kay Francis
State of the Union
White Cross Hospital
Barbara Hutton Hospitalized in Bern Switzerland
Princess Barbara Hutton Troubetzkoy, heiress to Woolworth millions, is ill at the Victoria clinic in Bern for two days. Prince Troubetzkoy stays at Bellevue Palace. The illness type is not yet known. United States flaxseed output in 1947 reached 39,763,000 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
Barbara Hutton Troubetzkoy
Woolworth
Victoria Clinic
Prince Troubetzkoy
Bellevue Palace
United States
Wallace Near Ballot Spot In At Least 13 States
A United Press survey finds 13 states with active efforts to place Henry A. Wallace on the November ballot as a third party candidate. Wallace is assured of ballot position only in New York, with ALP backing in that state.
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Henry Wallace
Washington
United Press
Henry A. Wallace
New York
Pennsylvania
California
Illinois
American Labor Party
Wallace
ALP
Balance of
Roosevelt
Truman
South
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Vermont
Connecticut
Minnesota
Nevada
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Progressive Citizens of America
Michigan
Indiana
Detroit
American Falls Students to Take Part in Music Clinic
Nineteen students from American Falls High join a Southeast Idaho clinic in Pocatello February 4 5. A 150 piece band a 100 piece orchestra and a 200 voice chorus will be formed from 34 schools. Ten local band members and eight chorus members will participate under director Werner Erickson and Miss Florine Neilson respectively.
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American Falls
Pocatello
Idaho
Pocatello High School
Marguerite Sikes
Henrietta Mayer
Don Otis
Grace Sweet
Bill Sikes
Bob Misenhimer
Irlene Schroeder
Linfield Crowder
Mr. Werner “Erickson
Direcor
Madeline Reed
Robert A. Swim
Pat Schultz
Helen Aguirre
Billie Bryan
Otto Reitz
Dallas Gill
Vaughn Morgan
Bernell Wetzel
Florine Neilson
Heiress Funds Reduced To Small Amount
Beulah Louise Overell faces only a few thousand dollars from a half million dollar tune accused of murdering her parents. Creditors claim over $400,000 of the $436,984 estate as attorneys say more may be filed. Att orney Otto Jacobs who secured acquittals for Overell and her former fiance George Gollum sought $100,000 but has received $9,000. Case continued to Feb 26 seeking out of court settlement.
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Los Angeles
Beulah Louise Overell
Otto Jacobs
Jacobs
George Gollum
Walter E. Overell
Miss Overell
Fire Levels Two Thirds Of Moclips Town In Blaze
A Monday night fire in Moclips Wash destroyed about two thirds of the coastal town. The only known casualty is a firefighter with a broken rib. The blaze started in a garage during welding at 8:55 p.m. and swept the business and residential areas, destroying thirteen buildings including the post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Wash
Moclips
Ee Patrol
Tuesay
Kokoda Wins New Orleans to St Louis Steamboat Race
The Kokoda towed by diesel power won the New Orleans to St Louis race in 11 days 17 hours and five minutes as the Helena trailed about 200 miles away near Cairo.
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ST. Louis
Kokoda
New Orleans
Helena
Cairo
Idahoans Cited Among Speculators
Washington reported that Postmaster Parley Rigby of Idaho Falls and four other Intermountain residents were listed as commodity traders in a government release covering transactions from 1946 to 1947. The list included Boise and Salt Lake City residents and several national figures, with details of their trades and affiliations.
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Washington
Parley Rigby
Idaho Falls
Intermountain
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Futures Commission
Rigby
Ure, Pett and Morris Co
Salt Lake City
Boiseau
Robert N Harmon
Borah St
Boise
Ida
U. S
Daniel F. Rice & Co
Chicago
D. J
Erma R. Haslam
West 2Nd North
J. A
J. A. Hogle and Co., Salt Lake City, Dr. T. M. Morrow
Seobey
Montana
Veterans Administration
Vargill Inc
Minneapolis
D. Waring
Building
Ft. Douglas
Utah
U. S. Army
Abbott, Proctor & Paine
New York
Elmer Thomas
Okla
Senate Agriculture Committee
Edith
Beth Gage
Thomas
Miss Gage
Harry C. Westphal
Harlan J. Bushfield
S. D. Bushfield
Agriculture Committee
Westphal
James Bruce
Baltimore
Argentina
Suspect Denies Kidnap in Seattle Case
Roscoe Lee Hayton denied any link to the kidnap slaying of 10-year-old Charles Mattson after a three hour interview under truth serum. He reaffirmed his confession to two of his three wives’ killings and will be handed to FBI for questioning in the Mattson kidnapping from Tacoma home on December 26, 1936. the boy’s body was found near Edmonds, Washington, by a rabbit hunter fifteen days later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Roscoe Lee Hayton
Charles Mattson
Adam Lyskoski
Hayton
FBI
Mattson
Tacoma
Edmonds
Greeks preferred diluted wine flavored with salt and resin
Ancient writers describe Greek wine traditionally diluted with water and enhanced by salt and resin. This custom reflects their wine culture and taste preferences in antiquity.
Pocatello Greeks Urged To Abandon Factionalism
Pocatello Greek members heard Salt Lake City official P S Marthakis urge unity to fight racial prejudice and promote American ideals. He emphasized pride in Greek heritage, warned against name changing, and urged organizing to raise immigration quotas for war victims. New officers were installed including N A Binaris as president and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. S
Pete) Marthakis
Salt Lake City
Order of Ahepa
Pocatello
E. N. Binaris
Gate City
Gus Contos
P. S. Marthakis
The
Marthakis
Brown
Smith
Martin
Martin Is A Coward.” Marthakis
Utah
Ahepa
Greece
Minidoka County Assessor Resigns For State Tax Post
Arthur T. Smith, longtime Minidoka County assessor, resigned yesterday to become state tax commissioner for southeastern Idaho, covering from Twin Falls to Bear Lake counties. He has served in the role for 15 years and now departs to take the new position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert
Ida
ULP
Arthur T. Smith
Minidoka County
Smith
Idaho
Twin Falls
Bear Lake
Egg Association Elects Directors
Caldwell Idaho The Idaho Egg Producers association yesterday re elected Charles A Ziebarth of Idaho Falls and Robert Aiken of Caldwell to its board of directors. The association has branches in Pocatello Boise Twin Falls and Payette.
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Caldwell, Ida
Idaho Egg Producers Association
Charles A. Ziebarth
Idaho Falls
Robert Aiken
Caldwell
Pocatello
Boise
Twin Falls
Payette
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Marriner Eccles
Federal Board
Barbara Hutton
By Lyle C. Wilson
Glamor Girls
By Don Flowers
Steamboat
Diesel
Walter §. Salant
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Edwin G. Nourse
Salant
Anderson
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
GOP
Harold E. Stassen
Pocatello Greeks
N. A. Binaris
Harry M. Dudenaire
John N. Dudenake
John Kalaniotis
Board of Governors
Gus
Contos
John B. Bettas
Peter Dokos
Sam Lambrou
James K. Morris
Peter Kordopatis
Tom Chipras
Louis Karras
Guards
Minidoka
Brennan & Cahoon
Pole Line Road
Is Ata
Tate Ription
Pocatello Drug
Egg Association
Bendix
R. H. Wells
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