Fire razes Hawthorne Road apartments. two families burned out
Mrs. Andrews rescued nine children from the blaze that destroyed a frame building on Hawthorne Road. Fire started in the Shucks apartment from a hot stove. two families and neighbors watched as flames raged for almost two hours with no chance to save belongings.
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Hawthorne Road
Neva
Andrews
Monte
Dean
George
Verlon
Gertrude Andrews
Alameda
George Andrews
Dan R. Shuck
Truman Intervenes in Loco Engineers Rail Strike Dispute
President Truman set up an emergency fact finding board to resolve the battle over an extra engineer on four unit diesel locomotives. The move delays a threatened walkout by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers on 15 western railroads and affects 69 major carriers. Negotiations bogged down as the union seeks safety and efficiency gains while railroads cite a 1943 finding against the extra crew.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
B of LE
Saps Doe
Union
Pocatelans
Chicago
Western Roads
J. P. Shields
Brotherhood
Ieago
North Western
Frisco Lines
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Rock Island
International Great Northern
Milwaukee Road
Illinois Central
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Burlington Lines
Santa Fe
East End
Missouri Pacific
Western Pacific
Texas and Pacific
G. E. Leighty
Wheipo
Leighty
Two Chinese Steamers Collide Off China Coast
Survivors estimate more than 1500 passengers drowned when the Taiping and Kienyuan collided off Bonham lighthouse near Wenchow. The Taiping sank 15 minutes after collision. Kienyuan sank in five minutes. Australian destroyer Warramunga rescued 38 Chinese, including 34 men and four women. Survivors expect more may have reached the China coast seeking boats or lifeboats.
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Warramunga
Bonham Lighthouse
Wenchow
China
Shanghai
Japan
Woosung
Yangtze River
Israel Receives Worldwide Recognition Push
Australia and Switzerland led a parade of nine nations ready to recognize Israel with a tenth, New Zealand, expected soon. Western European powers Britain France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg signaled readiness, followed by Norway Iceland Sweden and others, signaling a likely UN membership for Israel at the April 5 General Assembly in New York if peace holds.
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Australia
Switzerland
New Zealand
Switeerland
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Western European Alliance
Israel
Oslo
Ank
Iceland
Sweden
Fuure
United Nations
Southern Pacific to Lay Off 2520 Workers in West
Southern Pacific announced that 2 520 shop employees will be laid off at the end of January across six western states in its Pacific division.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific Railroad
Pacific
Millionaire Miss Butler Left No Heirs After Frugal Life
Akron authorities to enter the Portage hotel room home of 80 year old Miss F Louise Butler to determine the extent of her wealth and to verify claims of a theater and opera career. She left more than a million dollars in assets with no known heirs and no close friends.
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Akron, O
F. Louise Butler
City Hospital
Portage Hotel
Akron
New York
Scott Belden
Caruso
Metropolitan
Miss Butler
C. L. Bower
Rise in Pocatello school attendance exceeds prior year
A new release from the Pocatello school system reports 301.83 more students in average daily attendance than a year earlier. Superintendent George N. Green notes Idaho law counts 30 grade school pupils as one classroom unit, indicating 10 more classroom units in use than last year, marking a full school building expansion comparable to Emerson school.
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Pocatello
George N. Green
Green
Idaho
Emerson
Snake River Unit Named In Quick Idaho Action
Gov Robins swiftly creates a nine member Snake River compact commission after signing the bill. Mark R. Kulp will head the panel, with eight other members from Idaho Falls Rexburg Rigby Stony and Jerome among them. The first meeting is set for February 1 in Rock Springs Wyoming with a Wyoming counterpart.
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Boise
C. A. Robins
Snake River
Mark R. Kulp
Rock Springs
Wyo
John E. Kelly
Shelley
Ivor
Goslen
Aberdeen
A. E. Steinger
Idaho Falls
Hyrum Levreson
Rigby
Alec Coleman
Stony
Willis Walker
Rexburg
Roy Marquess
Paul Charles Welee Jerome
M. V. Sharper
Water District
Upper Snake
Wyoming
Hot Debate Opens On Convention in Idaho House
In Boise the Idaho House debated a proposal to place on the 1950 ballot the question of calling a constitutional convention. Reps Hamer Budge Howard Hechtner and R H Young backed the measure while Rep George Barrett opposed it, arguing it would be costly and unnecessary. The session paused as lawmakers sought time to discuss with their constituents.
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United Press
BOISE
House of Representatives
House
Hamer Budge
Ada
Howard Hechtner
Nez Perce
R. H. Young
Canyon
Ther
Idaho
George Barrett
R. Canyon
Action on Taft-Hartley repeal delayed again
Washington reports the administration’s bill to repeal Taft Hartley was delayed again as CIO and United Mine Workers officials said they forced the White House to revisit the measure.
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Washington
CIO
United Mine Workers
White House
Radio Guilty in Baltimore Court Gag Rule Violation
Three radio stations and one news editor were found guilty in Baltimore Friday of violating the city court gag rule that bans publication or broadcast of certain criminal case information.
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RADIO
Baltimore
Union Holds Off On Pay Round
The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America CIO delayed its fourth round of wage increases and referred the issue to a nine member subcommittee. Government data showed wholesale prices fell for the fifth straight week ending January 5, signaling ongoing cost of living declines.
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Washington
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
CIO
Ange
United Auto Workers of America
Labor Department
Clothing Workers
General Executive Board
Teachers Meet At College Today
Southeastern Idaho homemaking teachers gather on the Idaho State college campus for a district conference. Mrs. Dorothy Mercer of Pocatello High School is in charge of the sessions.
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Southeastern Idaho
Idaho State College
Dorothy Mercer
Pocatello
Weather By UNITED PRESS Pocatello report
Pocatello and Southeastern Idaho see fair but cold conditions with increasing cloudiness tonight and slight warming tomorrow. Highs 5 to 15 below fading to 0 to 10 below north and west, south and southeast above 5 below. Overnight lows 10 to 20 below with fog in spots. Arctic air affects regional temperatures. City and national city temps listed with a mix of frigid readings and traces of precipitation.
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