Wholesale Food Prices Hit 46 Low
Wholesale food prices slid to the lowest level since Oct 8 1946 as the Dun & Bradstreet index fell 3 cents to 5.66. The report notes broad declines in potatoes and lambs while other staples like eggs and butter varied. by contrast retail prices remained above the old OPA levels.
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New York
CPA
Dun & Bradstreet
University of Miami
New York City
Washington, D. C
Coffee
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Pittsburgh
OPA
British Troubles Not Too Great Says Acheson
Secretary of State Dean Acheson states Britain's financial troubles are serious but solvable with U S help from Western Europe and the Commonwealth. He notes the situation has been overplayed as part of a world shift from seller to buyer markets while Sir Stafford Cripps reports gold and dollar reserves at 1.624 billion dollars, below the 2.0 billion safety line.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
Great Britain
United States
Western Europe
British Commonwealth
Britain
Acheson
Sir Stafford
Cripps
House of Commons
New Phone Books Arrive For Pocatello Community
Pocatellans received the first metropolitan sized phone book in Gate City history on Wednesday. Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph delivered the three column listings to dozens of businesses and residences. Albert M. Weese, superintendent, said delivery should finish by week’s end.
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Pocatellans
Gate City
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Albert M. Weese
Pocatello Telephone Office
Navy veteran Robert Train dies after long illness
Robert Eugene Train, 27, died Wednesday at St. Albans Naval Hospital in New York City following a long illness. Born February 3, 1922 in Montrose Colorado, he moved to Pocatello in 1924, graduated from Pocatello High School, joined the Navy in 1941, served in the Pacific aboard the USS Honolulu, and fought from Guadalcanal to the Philippines. He married Donna Jean Gregg in 1945 and is survived by his wife, two sons Robert and Michael, his parents, and a brother. Funeral arrangements are via McHan Henderson Funeral Home in Pocatello and his body will be brought there for services and interment.
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Robert Eugene. Train
St. Albans
Naval Hospital
New York City
Mr. Train
Montrose
Colo
Gail Train
Pocatello
Pocatello High School
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Donna Jean Gregg
Robert
Michael
W. Whitman
Train
First Baptist Church
Eee Lodge
Honolulu
Pacific
Ninth Cruiser Squadron
Kiska
Guadalcanal
Philippines
McHan- Henderson Funeral Home
Bangor blaze devastates waterfront with $2 million damage
A massive explosion and fire destroyed fifteen buildings along Bangor's waterfront causing at least 2 million dollars in damage. Fire alarms sounded as crews battled the blaze into the night with extensive structural loss reported.
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Bangor
Tokyo Rose on trial for treason in U S court
Government opens treason case against Iva Toguri d Aquino known as Tokyo Rose accusing her of willfully stirring nostalgia homesickness and war weariness in American GIs in the Pacific. Prosecutor says she acted without duress and aimed to lower morale despite warnings from her husband.
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San Francisco
Iva Toguri d’Aquino
Tokyo
Pacific
Thomas DeWolfe
Michael J. Roche
DeWolfe
Lucille V. Irvine
Heck
South Pacific
House Senate Agree On Public Housing Bill Returns
A House Senate conference committee reached quick agreement on a long range housing bill. It calls for 810000 public housing units in six years, while the House sought 1050000 units in seven years. The compromise includes a 325 million farm housing program with 250 million in loans and 75 million in grants and extends FHA mortgage insurance through August with a 500 million additional line.
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Washington
House
Senate
Sénate
Conference
Federal Housing Administration
Congress
John Sparkman
Ala
Fox Plans $60,000 Upgrade for Two Pocatello Theatres
Fox Intermountain Theatres Inc will remodel the Orpheum and Chief in Pocatello at about $60,000. The Orpheum will become a first run house by July 23 with RCA sound and projection gear, new seating, lighting, carpet and decor. The Chief will receive upgraded seats, lighting, foyer remodeling, and a deluxe refrigerated concession stand.
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Pocatello Theatre
Fox Intermountain Theatres, Inc
Chief
Orpheum
RCA
Slots Issue Up Tonight
Pocatello tonight the city council will hold the second reading of an enabling ordinance that would empower calls for special elections to enact or repeal ordinances. The referendum feature excites both pro and con slot factions as voters may be asked to decide the slot issue.
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Pocatello
Rover Attack on Mail Brenner Spurs Citywide Deliveries
Pocatello postmaster John E. Trim ming warns dogs threaten mail service as carriers defend the slogan the mails must go through. Deliveries may halt to a block if a dog is vicious or roaming, with residents told to pick up mail at General Delivery until the dog is tied up.
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Trimming
Heat wave persists with mounting deaths across regions
Forecasters warned no immediate relief from the heat with 393 deaths since Friday, including 284 drownings and 109 heat related fatalities. Temperatures eased briefly in the Midwest and Northeast but are expected to rise again, while drought losses reach 74 million dollars along the East Coast.
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Chicago
Midwest
United Press
Great Lakes
Dakotas
U S Postal Aide To Head Idaho Masters Convention
Walter Myers fourth assistant postmaster general will be chief speaker at the Idaho chapter annual convention in Wallace July 17 19 John E Trimming president of Gem State Association said on Wednesday other officers were named and the program outlined in the notice.
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Walter Myers
Idaho
National Association of Postmasters
Wallace
Gem State Association
John E. Trimming
Pocatello
Scattered Showers Bring Scant Aid To Withered East
Scattered showers teased the dehydrated East as drought losses climbed to about 74 million dollars. New Jersey suffered the heaviest damage with 50 million dollars, while Long Island potato and truck crops faced about 10 million in losses. Officials warned rainfall must intensify to aid crops and grant loans via disaster relief.
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New York
New Jersey
James C. Auchinloss
N. J
Washington
Agriculture Department
Delaware
Maryland
Disaster Relief Fund
New York State Agriculture Department
Long Island
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Manhattan
Jersey
Job Offers Drop in Idaho Week of July Opens
Gem State employment softened in the first July week as job openings fell by 268 to 810. The Idaho Employment Service forecasts weak labor demand until fall, with Eastern Idaho showing gains in Preston for pea canning, Paris phosphate mine stripping, and a Palisades to Goshen power line crew forming.
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Gem State
Idaho State Employment Service
Idaho
Preston
Paris
Palisades
Goshen
Upswing in Polio Cases Observed Across Nation
Basil O’Connor of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reports a prolongation of a rising polio trend with 2,718 cases this year versus 2,006 last year. He warns the 1949 season may be the worst in history and calls for an emergency fundraising campaign if cases continue to climb. Hot spots include Texas California Mississippi Arkansas Oklahoma and Utah with Maryland and New Hampshire reporting none.
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New York
Basil O'Connor
National Foundation For
O'Connor
Ihoten
Hart E. van Riper
Foundation
Texas
California
Mississippi
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Utah
Maryland
New Hampshire
U S Steel Rejects Wage Hike Demand A Strike Looms
U S Steel Corp rejected CIO president Philip Murray's demand for a fourth wage increase. The move sparks a nationwide steelworkers strike set for July 16 as talks sour and Murray vows action after a 24 cent insurance increase is deemed insufficient. The contract runs to April 30 1950 with a reopening clause, and a meeting of union leaders is planned to decide next steps.
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U. S. Steel
Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Insects and Drought Rise to Threaten U.S. Grain Surplus Picture
Government officials say dry weather and pests may slow a grain surplus as drought reduces spring wheat prospects from the Dakotas to the Pacific. Private forecasts cut U.S. wheat yield, Europe and Canada droughts lift breadgrain exports, possibly easing 1950 price supports and production controls.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Europe
Russia
Canada
Vandenberg Urges Ratification of Atlantic Alliance
Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg urged the Senate to ratify the North Atlantic Security Alliance and clear the way for a new crusade for peace. He called the 12 nation pact a powerful deterrent against a resurgent Germany or a Communist aggressor and rejected claims it is inflationary or aggressive.
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Washington
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Senate
Truman
GOP
Germany
Vandenberg
Russia
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Robert Train
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Maine
Ival B. Long
John O. Denman
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Edward Arnold
Mel M. C. Glatz
Denver
Mendy
Fox
John Denman
Hero
Mel C. Glatz
Orpheum Theatre
Glatz
Rover
Duluth
Minn
Lake Superior
Pierre
S. D
Pemberton
N. D
U. S
New Jersey Agricultural Department
Benjamin F. Fairless
United Steelworkers
Ance
U.S
U. S. Weather Bureau
Pacific States
Charles F. Brannan
Brannan
Treasury
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