Idaho House kills chain store taxes amid heated debate
The Idaho House ended a partisan clash over a chain store tax with several leaders voicing support and opponents warning it protects small merchants. Debate also covered calls for a constitutional convention on the 1950 ballot, needing a two thirds vote to pass.
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Boise
Idaho
House of Representatives
House
Tom Bell
Minidoka
Bell
Vernon Mendenhall
Franklin
Mendenhall
Safeway
R. Howard Angus
Bonneville
Canyon County
Jay Merrill
Twin Falls
Homer Budge
Ada
Howard Hechtner
Nez Perce
R. H. Young
Canyon
Mediator Assigned to Western Pacific Rail Strike
A federal mediator was assigned to settle the threatened strike by five rail brotherhoods against Western Pacific. Negotiations under the mediator will be held next Tuesday over the dispute stemming from the firing of a brakeman, with the National Railroad Adjustment Board ordering back pay for the discharged worker.
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San Francisco
Western Pacific Railroad
National Railroad Adjustment Board
Rent Control Fight Spurs Congress Probe and Eviction Protests
Tulsa landlords led by Rev. Wallace J. Murphy demand a congressional investigation of rent director Tighe Woods while inviting him to discuss housing solutions. Chicago landlords rally for the Tulsa Plan as evictions loom, with officials warning against mass moves and Carthage leaders opposing evictions though opposing rent control.
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Tulsa
Wallace J. Murphy
Tighe Woods
Chicago
Property Owners League
William Schmidt
League
Landlords’ National
Woods
Congress
Schmidt
Norman B. Shogren
Chicago Area
Shogren
Carthage
Lost Utah Man Sought in Remote Arizona Strip
Washington county sheriff An tone B. Prince led 20 men with six trucks and three bulldozers to establish a camp 90 miles south of St. George for a two week search of Wayne C. Gardner missing since two weeks. Gardner disappeared after abandoning his truck in snow while heading toward his flocks. air reconnaissance continued.
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ST. George
Utah
Washington County
Antone B. Prince
Here
Wayne C. Gardner
Arizona Strip
Prince
Gardner
Gas Blast Injures 33 in Chicago Plant
An explosion at a People's Gas and Coke plant injured 12 workers, one critically, and 21 more at a nearby power plant were cut by flying debris. No deaths were reported, but windows shattered within a mile as the four story plant collapsed a wall and damaged adjacent units.
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Chicago
People’s Gas, and Coke Company
Michael Corrigan
Commonwealth Son Company
Emloyesia
Ion Ss
Rand Sued Over Drapery Rental in Baltimore Suit
Sally Rand, the famed fan dancer, faces a $513.55 suit filed by Frank W. Stevens of New York. He claims unpaid rental for scenery and drapery used during her show in Birmingham and other venues from April to July, with no mention of fans in the charges.
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Baltimore
Sally Rand
Frank W. Stevens
New York
Stevens
Miss Rand
Birmingh
Plant Blast Injures Twelve Workers In Fire
Corrigan says explosion likely caused by gas accumulation on the ground floor of the plant. Firemen extinguished a small fire that followed the blast to prevent spread to nearby gas storage tanks. The twelve injured were the only workers at the plant.
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Corrigan
Rupert Memoir an Army Veteran and Local Obituaries
Rupert mourns Bert Cameron former Union Pacific worker and WWI veteran who died en route to Boise hospital He is survived by a large family including a son and several daughters The report lists other local obituaries and a 1949 county budget proposal with figures and changes The items reflect community notices and public finance updates from Minidoka County Idaho Today’s notes include school apportionments and a poultry meeting summary by C E Lampman and county agents
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Rupert
Bert Cameron
Jerome
Veterans Hospital
Boise
Canal Fulton
Malad
Juniper
Hazel Ranson
Mr. Cameron
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Union Pacific Railroad
Lyle Cameron
Beryl Peterson
Venice
Calif
Maxine Marcusen
Honolulu
T. H
Elsie Freeman
Wayne Ranson
Baltimore
Blanch Plummer
Leavenworth
Kansas
C. E. Lampman
Department of Poultry Husbandry
University of Idaho
Lampman
Moscow
Bill Priest
Senators Work On Flood Aid
Western senators coordinate with Army engineers on flood threats in the far west. Chavez expects an Albuquerque engineers report on the emergency due to recent snowstorms and seeks immediate relief. Malone cites looming floods in Meadow Valley and Muddy River areas and will discuss with engineers next week. Saltonstall urges a re survey of flood needs on the Housatonic after December flood damages totaling about 2.8 million. Chavez to review emergency funds in the deficiency bill for west storm and flood relief.
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Washington
Army
Dennis Chavez
N.M
Senate Public Works Committee
Albuquerque
George W. Malone
Nev
Meadow Valley
Wash
Army Engineers
Public Works Committee
Leverett Saltonstall
Mass
Housatonic River
Massachusetts
Chavez
Saltonstall
Berkshire County
North Adams
Great Barrington
Senate Appropriations Committee
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Main & Center
Q4ho State College
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Jack Horner
Carthage Property Owners Association
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E. Center
Palo
Fogr
U OF Idaho
Draper
Balance OF Ladies
Coats
Gaberdines
POST
Clara B. Hansen
Minidoka County
Emerson Joint Common
Hansen
Rhoda May Park
Goodman Mortuary
James R. Crowe
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Methodist Church
Rupert Cemetery
Frank G. Rosenberger
Heyburn
Rupert Hospital
Town County
Belcaris
Saskatchewan
Canada
Bernice van Male
Bruce Park
Brandon
Manitoba
Dell Park
Ontario
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el Atacose
Texas
Frank Rosenberger
William H
Bill) Herman
Rupert General Hospital
Iowa
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