Dollar Gains One Penny in Purchasing Power
The Labor Department reports the drop in living costs since last August increased the dollar's buying power by one cent. A 1948 dollar now buys 58.3 cents in 1939 terms, up from 57.3. In June 1946, it bought 75 cents. Manufacturing wages and company adjustments are noted as prices decline. International Shoe Co plans a three cent per hour wage cut starting Feb 7.
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Washington
Labor Department
Department
Eee Ae Union
International Shoe Co
St. Louis
Soviet charges that pact plans aim at world domination
The Soviet foreign ministry charged that the proposed north Atlantic pact and the Brussels pact are Anglo-American steps toward world domination and the destruction of the United Nations. It warned the United States seeks to expand militarily, including plans to use atom bombs, and vowed continued struggle against war mongers and aggression.
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Moscow
Soviet Foreign Ministry
United Nations
Soviet Union
United States
Canada
Britain
North Atlantic Alliance
Iny
United of Great Britain
Month Shows Decrease In Farm Buying Price
The Agriculture Department reports mid-January farm buying prices were 1.2 percent lower than a year earlier, the first decline since August 1939. Prices received for commodities fell 13 percent from a year ago while prices paid for living costs, tools, and services showed no change from December to January. Parity stood at 108 percent, with meat, dairy, poultry drops offset by fruit and vegetable price hikes from the California freeze.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
California
Pocatelans Attend Institute Before Dance Festival
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Walker 1225 Yellowstone Ave district MIA supervisors for the LDS church depart Sunday for Salt Lake City to attend a preparatory institute for the church wide MIA dance festival at the University of Utah stadium in June. They will later conduct similar institutes for stakes including Pocatello West Pocatello Blackfoot Portneuf Bannock and American Falls. In Utah they will also attend a testimonial Tuesday honoring retiring church dance director W O Robinson, a longtime organizer of Mutual dance efforts.
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Lawrence Walker
Yellowstone Ave
MIA
LDS Church
Salt Lake City
University of Utah Stadium
Pocatello
West Pocatello
Blackfoot
Portmef
Bannock
American Falls
Utah Capital
W. O. Robinson
Robinson
Riots at Shanghai Office Over Ship Collision Sinking
Hundreds of relatives of victims burned the Chung Lien Steamship Co. offices after the Taipingee collision with Enraged off the China coast. Survivors say crew drank before sail, with 38 known rescued by the Warramunga as the mob protested for explanations.
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Shanghai
China
Chung Lien Steamship Co
Taipingee
Warramunga
Chiao Chen
Tsingtao
Outstanding Youth Named on Pocatello Radio Program
Three outstanding youths aged 10 to 16 were named on Pocatello's Youth broadcast on KEYY. Betty Henderson 12 Campfire leader Harry Padis 13 Eagle Scout Troop 7 and Floyd Anderson 13 violinist were chosen for their contributions to their organizations school and community. Selection was by Pocatello's Youth staff and leaders.
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Pocatello
KEYY
Betty Henderson
S. Arthur Ave
Harry Padis
S. Main
Floyd Anderson
Willowood
Guy R. Burgon
Foresight urged to face world crisis and budget reality
Sen. Joseph C. O Mahoney urged Congress to abandon sham battles and factionalism at a University of Cincinnati forum. He criticized publicists and leaders for denouncing President Truman’s 42 billion dollar budget, arguing war obligations drive federal increases and that the nation supports the presidential program.
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Cincinnatio
Congress
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyo
University of Cimeimmati
Wyoming
Joint Committee On the Economic Report
Truman
O'Mahoney
United States
Air Force reports 32 foot rocket with 100 mile plus height
Washington reports the Air Force developing a 32-foot rocket expected to soar over 100 miles high. A $26.5 million program trains combat crews to launch the rocket and other guided missiles, with the 774 nicknamed a possible V-2 successor and featuring design improvements for stable launches.
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Washington
Air Force
Army
WAC
Navy
Benefit Dance For Monroe Family At Memorial Hall
VEW Aid Ducats Move tickets are selling fast for a benefit dance Wednesday at Memorial hall. Sponsored by VFW Post 735 members, proceeds aid the Fred Monroe family who lost home and possessions in a disaster fire. Joe Ortega’s orchestra provides special entertainment and dancing music. About 20 volunteers canvass the city to sell tickets or call the VFW club at 252 South Main for those unable to obtain them.
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Acc
Memorial Hall
Post
VFW
Fred Monroe
Joe Ortega
South Main
Family trips hint as car radios map summer and winter drives
A lighthearted note suggests that during any season driving with family acts as a cue for dad to choose stops. The line implies the family communicates preferred destinations consistently.
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Dad
Writer Declares Tent Camping The Ultimate Vacation
A columnist proclaims the best vacation is to set up a tent and stay inside it. The emphasis is on the tent itself rather than the act of pitching it.
Planes search South Atlantic for missing B 29 and crew
Fifty American British and French aircraft comb the South Atlantic from the Bay of Biscay to the Canary Islands after a B-29 trainer with 15 men aboard goes missing near Dakar. Dumbos B 29s Sunderland Catalinas and Portuguese ships take part in favorable weather as the search widens.
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Bushey Park
England
South Atlantic
Frort
Bay of Biscay
Canary Islands
United States
U. S. Air Force
Wiesbaden
Dakar
Frisco Prices Down Frisco Prices Down
Retail prices mixed across western cities in December per the U S Bureau of Labor Statistics. Los Angeles reached record 172.7, food 214.9, and miscellaneous 154.1 as prices edged up while Seattle and Butte fell, Portland and Salt Lake rose slightly.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Portland
Salt Lake
Seattle
Butte
Montana
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Pocatello Mattress Mfg. CO
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Grimm’s School of Business
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