Jury seated for Tokyo Rose treason trial in San Francisco
A 12 member jury and two alternates were sworn in to hear the government’s eight count case against Iva Toguri D’Aquino known as Tokyo Rose. The trial opened with clashes over defense and FBI witness participation as Judge Roche moved to reserve ruling on a key issue.
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Tokyo Rose
San Francisco
Iva Toguri D'Aquino
Pacific
D’aquino
James A. Nye
Michael J. Roche
Tokyo
Wayne M. Collins
Thomas DeWolfe
Department of Justice
Roche
Federal Grand Jury
New Fight On Taft Hartley Law Anticipated
House Speaker Sam Rayburn indicated after a White House meeting that the administration may press for repeal of the Taft Hartley Act this session. Truman discussed labor law revisions with Rayburn and party leaders while Rayburn left open whether to pursue repeal or a Sims compromise bill.
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Washington
LLP
Sam Rayburn
Tex
White House
Truman
Rayburn
Alben W. Barkley
Senate
Scott W. Lucas
House
John W. McCormack
Hugo S. Sims, Jr
S. C
Sims
Lee Lesinski
House Committee
Eaders
Six Polio Cases Reported In Weekend Influx
Six polio cases appeared in a 24 hour period with patients aged five to sixteen admitted to St. Anthony's Mercy hospital in Poca. Doctors requested an iron lung from Boise while Idaho Falls police sped a replacement part to Idaho's Gate City, arriving fifty minutes after the call.
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St. Anthony's Mercy Hospital
St. Anthony
Boise
Dersteler
Idaho Falls
Pocatello
LDS
Gate City
Legislative Goals Set for Summer Session
President Truman and the Big Four leaders met to map priorities for the summer adjournment. Social security, minimum wage, and farm legislation are on the must list, while housing, rent control, grain storage, and export controls have already moved forward.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Downey Hospital Nears August Completion
Downey receives a nine bed receiving hospital to be finished by August as part of Bannock county’s 1.4 million hospital program. The Downey project costs include 80 000 for the receiving hospital and 125 000 in fees for construction and design with 28 rooms and maternity and emergency facilities.
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Downey
R. D. Brennan
Bannock County Hospital
Pogatello
Downey Hospital
Grace
Bannock County
Caribou County
Marsh Valley
Pocatello
Man Seeks Court Name Change to Clarence Jack Jones
Clarence Autry Jones filed a petition in district court Tuesday through attorney J. H. Anderson of Blackfoot to change his name to Clarence Jack Jones.
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Clarence Autry Jones
J. H. Anderson
Blackfoot
Clarence Jack Jones
Calling All Kids Junior Police Jobs Are Waiting
Patrolman C. C. Alabama Dawson calls all children to meet him next Monday at 2 p.m. in the police station to join the junior force. The group assists with traffic, park patrols, and crowd management to aid the police department. Mayor Halsey and Chief Oliver support the program as a path to friendly relations with law enforcement and possible future firearms training and team matches.
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C. C
Alabama
Dawson
A.L. Oliver
R. M. Pugmire
W. W. Halsey
Halsey
Car plunges down mountain. four escape unharmed
Four people narrowly escaped serious injury when their car tumbled from the road and plunged down the side of a mountain in Justice Park. Dwain A. Kinghorn, Bernice Kinghorn, Linda Hubbard, and Ranny Greene sustained only minor injuries after the rollover and fall about 45 feet to the base. Kinghorn said a washout pulled the wheel off the road after passing another car. The incident occurred late Monday night near the lookout point.
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Justice Park
Dwain A. Kinghorn
Route 2
North
Bernice Kinghorn
Pocatello
Linda Hubbard
Rigby
Ranny Greene
Kinghorn
Bannock County
Alma Marley
Justice Park Lookout Point
County Hospital Bond Drive Organizes Council
Downey and Pocatello county hospital bond drive kicks off with W L Phillips calling 150 groups to form a county hospital council. The council will meet Friday at 8 p m in the Hotel Bannock to facilitate the bond issue.
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Downey
Pocatello
W. L. Phillips
Bannock County Hospital Board
Bannock
Postmasters Delay Bird Hunting Stamp Sales
Postmaster John E. Trimming said Congress will raise migratory bird hunting stamp costs from 1 to unknown amount. Postmasters were advised to withhold stamp sales for the 1949 50 season until the bill's final outcome is clear. Stamps normally go on sale beginning July 1.
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John E. Trimming
Congress
Safe Fourth Wins Praises of Mayor
Mayor W. W. Halsey aired congratulations to Poca residents for an excellent traffic safety record over the holiday weekend. In his weekly The Mayor Reports program he called the unmarred record highly gratifying despite heavier traffic.
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Roche
Collins
D’aquino
United States
DeWolfe
Fred Tillman
Tillman
FBI
W. W. Halsey
Pocatellans
Two Teen-Age Girls Sought After Leaving Home
Two teen-age girls are missing after leaving home with an encyclopedia salesman named Dick Austin and his wife and child. Bannock County sheriff's office investigates at the mother's request with suspected plan to travel toward St Anthony.
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Austin
St. Anthony
Tyhee Farm Fire Destroys Hay and Equipment
Fire at F. D. Briscoe’s Tyhee farm destroyed an estimated $1,000 worth of new hay, milking equipment, and machine sheds. Witnesses say children playing with matches near a hay stack started the blaze. The farm sits at Reservoir and Hawthorne, two miles south of Tyhee.
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Tyhee
F. D. Briscoe
Reservoir and
Hawthorne
Pact Urged To Ratify North Atlantic Security Pact
Chairman Connally urged the Senate to ratify the North Atlantic Security Pact as a warning to world Communism. The treaty requires a two thirds vote to bind the United States with Canada and 10 Western European nations. Senator Vandenberg will voice support, and administration leaders expect fewer than ten opposing votes.
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Washington
Fonr Connally
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
United States
Canada
North Atlantic
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Holiday Death Toll Reaches All-Time Record High
The nation logged a record three day July 4 period with 818 deaths. Traffic 321, drownings 278, heat prostrations 70, and 18 in airplane incidents. Heat and unsafe behavior spurred the carnage as officials called for restraint.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
United Press
Safety Council
America
Dearborn
Timate
New York
Texas
Michigan
South
Weaden
Eureka Confessed Sex Slayer Surrenders After Valley Murders
Ex convict Henry Brun Guldbrandsen surrendered in Eureka claiming responsibility for the July Fourth murders of Peter J. Flint and Peter J. Jensen and the rape of a 32 year old mother. He confessed to luring her to Candlelight Lodge near Jack London estate then fleeing toward Oregon. Her condition was listed as just fair at Sonoma Community Hospital.
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Aureka
Calif
Henry Brun Guldbrandsen
Valley of the Moon
Sonoma Community Hospital
Eva Paget
Jack London
Peter J. Flint
San Francisco
Boyes Springs
Peter J. Jensen
Sonoma
Carl L. Christensen
Guldbrandsen
Oregon
Uranium Rush Expands Across Manitoba and Ontario
The 1949 uranium rush accelerates as over 300 claims are registered in an 80 mile stretch from Rennie to Bee Lake. Manitoba reports 180 claims and Ontario more than 100 in the past week, with KENORA area leading coverage.
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Kenora
Ont
Rennie
Man
Bee Lake
Manitoba
Ontario
Right To Think Held World Key To Peace
Ban nock County District Judge Isaac McDougall told the Pocatello Kiwanis that lasting peace hinges on granting the right to think to citizens of both nations. He urged adding this right as a fourth to life liberty and pursuit of happiness, and outlined six great decision periods in American history. Cmdr. C. J. Walters attended, with Les Anderson introducing the speaker. The Kiwanis picnic is slated for Ross Park on Sunday, July.
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America
Soviet Union
Bannock County
Isaac McDougall
The
Pocatello Kiwanis
McDougall
Kiwanis
Bannock
Rus
Sia
United States
Cmdr
C. J. Walters
Pocatello
McDougal
Les Anderson
Ross Park
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Wagner
Herbert H. Lehman
Robert F. Wagner
Lehman
Autry
Alabam
Ball Park
Charles Grieb
East Hempstead
N. Y
Map Hospital Bond Drive Organization
Tyhee Farm
Ned H. Dearborn
Midwest
Sex Slayer
Charles Cavagnero
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